Chapter 182: The Power of Checks and Balances
Lu Zhenfei saw that Empress Dowager Zeng was looking at him, and continued: "Let's talk about the word 'elimination' first.
"Although the Tang King controls the household department and seems to control the world's taxes, where is the tax and silver to be collected in the household department at present? However, it is indeed impossible to shirk the responsibility of the household department to bear the expenses of the imperial court.
"Just after the great victory of King Chen, the grain road of the captives was cut off, and Bolo must return to the north in order to reopen the passage of Xianxia Pass. We can take advantage of this to send troops to follow the Bolo army and then attack it, and the righteousness of the imperial captives will follow, and no one will have any other opinions.
"And the soldiers and horses have not moved the grain and grass first, and the army has been dispatched, and all kinds of food and salary need to be paid by the household department. In addition, the Ministry of Labor of the Huangge Old Office also made a large number of weapons, and the money spent was immeasurable.
"When the household department has nothing to do to urge the money for all parties, it can use this as a handle, which can make Su Guansheng anxious and tired to deal with it, and he will not have the heart to take care of the affairs of the court."
When he said that he was proud, he was foaming at the mouth of the river, when he heard the dry cough of the zodiac and turned his face to the side.
Only then did Lu Zhenfei react, although his tricks were for the king's society, but he did do a little bit, and his demeanor was greatly restrained at the moment, and he said softly: "In addition, you can also use this to transfer Liu Ruolan and the imperial camp led by him out of Tianxing Mansion and order him to pursue the captive army." In this way, there is no Tang Wang's military strength in Tianxing Mansion. ”
Huang Mingjun frowned and said, "How could King Tang agree to transfer his imperial camp out of the city?" ”
"The queen mother can order Jiang Zongbing to lead the imperial camp to capture the imperial camp in the imperial court, and after Jiang Zongbing receives the order, she will send Liu Ruolan's troops to go with her. He also made it clear that this was a major event to avenge the country, and the imperial camp would go to it as a holy army. With this righteousness, the Tang King should have nothing to say. ”
Huang Mingjun said again: "If you do this policy, wouldn't it hurt a thousand people and lose eight hundred?" ”
"It's okay," Lu Zhenfei shook his head and said, "One, even if General Jiang leaves, there will still be your Huang Pavilion subordinates in Tianxing Mansion."
"Second, there is a follow-up here, which is what I call the word 'long'.
"When Liu Ruolan leaves Tianxing Mansion, he can use the reason that the forbidden army is insufficient to protect the national capital, and others will concurrently serve as the captain of the imperial camp, and recruit troops near Tianxing Mansion for training.
"By the time the army of the Tang King returned, Tianxing Mansion had already been controlled by my newly recruited imperial camp, what could he do?"
"It's not difficult to recruit soldiers," Zhu Jizuo muttered, "It's just that there are not a few salaries and silver needed, where does this silver come from?" ”
Lu Zhenfei smiled slightly and stretched out two fingers, "There are two strategies."
"First, the Empress Dowager can secretly order the Yang Pavilion Department to make it solve the Jiangxi tax and silver secrets into the Holy Inner Treasury instead of the Ministry of Households. However, this year, it will take time for Jiangxi's tax to enter Tianxing Mansion, so there is another way to raise money.
"Second, it's called the sale of the lord."
When Huang Daozhou heard this, he immediately interrupted him and said: "Lu Ge Department, this law is not allowed, it has always been the beginning of chaos to buy and sell officials, and this precedent must not be set!" ”
Lu Zhenfei said to the Empress Dowager Zeng: "What Weichen said is only for sale, but not for officials. The title is only an honorary title, and has no real power, and has no influence on the government. In addition, the hereditary position is not granted, just to cope with the current predicament, and there is almost no trace of this matter when the life of the person who buys the lord is exhausted. ”
Huang Daozhou wanted to stop him again, but he heard that the Empress Dowager Zeng said: "Extraordinary times do extraordinary laws, regardless of small sections." She immediately frowned slightly, "It's just a matter of conferring the title, how can the ministry approve it?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, this matter does not need to go through the ministry, and give some false knights, from the Holy Lord's decree. It is necessary to see whether the person who buys the knighthood recognizes the holy decree or the household department. As for the criticism in the court, let him quarrel, which only increased the noise. ”
Empress Dowager Zeng's face immediately showed joy, but in her heart was calculating, there were many maritime merchants in Tianxing Mansion, and they had traded with various countries over the years, and the accumulated silver money was incalculable. If silver can be exchanged for knighthood, there will be many gentry who will rush to it, regardless of the cost.
If the silver taels are sold, there is a surplus in addition to recruitment, and it can also be used to expand the brocade guard. This time, King Tang privately made Zi Palace, intending to take the lead in mourning for the first emperor, and it was Zheng Guangying's Jinyiwei who noticed it, which made her deeply understand the importance of Jinyiwei.
At present, there are only dozens of Jinyi guards left, and they can't play the role of investigating and interrogating courtiers at all, she secretly thought to herself, first recruit a thousand Jinyi guards, and use this force to deal with the Tang King's power in the court.
In addition, the East Factory can also be rebuilt, if the most reassuring person in this Tianxing Mansion is Pang Tianshou, Bai Daqi and other eunuchs, they control a team of private soldiers who can arrest and interrogate courtiers, which will definitely be of great benefit to stabilizing the position of the little emperor. But I don't know if the money is enough.
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager Zeng said: "The Law of the Road Pavilion Department should be implemented, and it will be handled by you personally." The roster was handed over to Pang Tianshou on time, and then knighted from the emperor. ”
"Minister, obey the decree!"
Empress Dowager Zeng glanced at the Tang newspaper of King Chen's great victory in her hand, and asked the ministers in front of her: "King Chen has made great achievements this time, should the emperor also express it?" ”
Huang Daozhou lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then arched his hand and said slowly: "Empress Dowager, the minister thinks that not only should there be an expression, but also praise his merits and praise him." ”
He paused for a moment, as if he still didn't feel enough, and said, "Even the content of this Tang newspaper should be revised." Words such as 'outwitting' and 'not cutting much' should be deleted, and replaced with a bloody battle with the stubborn thieves in the city, and finally the soldiers forgot to die to overcome Quzhou. Wiped out the thief army in the city, cut more than a thousand, since then Fujing north of the north of Ding, Xianxia Pass barrier is stable. ”
Empress Dowager Zeng was greatly surprised, and wondered: "Why did Huang Ge Lao do this? ”
Without waiting for Huang Daozhou to reply, Lu Zhenfei picked his fingers and praised: "Huang Ge is really an old minister seeking the country!" This method is based on Chen to control Tang, and the end is clever! ”
He also said to the Empress Dowager Zeng: "Chen Wanggang is about to pass the year of the weak crown, and he has no foundation in the court.
"King Chen carried the most elite heavy troops in Fujian, and had military exploits such as recovering Fuzhou, Guangxin, Xianxiaguan, Quzhou, etc., if he strengthened his influence in the court, he would definitely be able to become a force to balance the Tang Dynasty.
"Queen Mother...... No, the emperor adheres to the unification, borrowing power from the left and right above the two kings, and it is difficult to stabilize the court. ”
Empress Dowager Zeng immediately looked at Huang Daozhou, and saw that he also nodded slightly, obviously what Lu Zhenfei said was exactly what he thought.
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Tang Wangfu.
The newly promoted auxiliary king cried in front of the spirit of the first emperor for a day according to the custom, and returned to his house after dark.
With Su Guansheng as the case, Wang Yinghua, He Wuyu, Zeng Daowei, Lin Mei and other henchmen of the Tang Dynasty have long been waiting in the mansion, waiting for him to come back.
In the study of the palace, Su Guansheng saw that although Zhu Yuao, who was dressed in decrepit clothes, looked sad, his face was bright with red light, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the position of auxiliary king, and he couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart.
King Tang is satisfied with the ten thousand people under him, but what about Su Guansheng? His dream of being a cabinet assistant, a knight, and a third duke has not been realized!
How could King Tang be so satisfied?!
"His Royal Highness the Vice-Chancellor." When the ceremony was over, he immediately bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty has a word, and you should tell Your Highness first." ”
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