The political structure of the Jin State made Haoge subject to the Han gentry at home and the warlords in various places.

Ten years of development, so that the strength of the Jin State at the same time, the strength of the Han gentry in China also grew rapidly, and gradually formed a political ecology like the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty.

The gentry and warlords in the country are even bigger than the Guanlong aristocracy.

Haoge's face was gloomy, Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan, Kong Wenfu and these people, Haoge couldn't deal with them, but Haoge's anger needed to be vented.

"Is this the case in other counties?"

Yu Yin nodded, "The farther away from Chang'an, the more serious the situation will be." ”

Haoge's cheeks twitched a few times, "According to the estimation of the household department, how much has the grain decreased this year, is the grain in the entire Guanzhong enough to eat until next year's wheat harvest?" ”

"According to the minister's estimates, the grain reduction is about fifty or sixty percent, and the imperial court may need to put the stored grain accumulated in recent years into the market, and it also needs to think of getting a batch of grain from the Ming Kingdom to barely survive until next year's wheat harvest."

Grain has always been the soft underbelly that has stifled the development of the country, and now the grain price has doubled, and by next year's wheat harvest, there will be more than half a year to go, and the grain price will certainly soar upward.

In recent years, Guanzhong has gradually recovered, and the Jin Imperial Court has saved a little military rations every year.

At this time, on the road in the distance, a team of people and horses carried an official sedan chair and came quickly towards the edge of the Wei River.

The sedan chair stopped a mile away from the river, and an old man wearing the robe of the county magistrate ran out of the sedan chair.

The official helped him to run to a place not far from Haoge, the old man broke away from the officer, and trotted to Haoge in a panic, he didn't dare to look at Haoge on the horse, and knelt on the ground as soon as his knees were weak, and said in a trembling voice: "Lintong County Ling Kong Chenggang, meet Your Majesty!" ”

Haoge has nowhere to vent his anger, it should be that this Kong Chenggang is unlucky, Meng Qiaofang, Kong Wenfu and other cabinet scholars can't move, but it is still necessary to kill a few county orders and kill the current atmosphere.

"Someone! Take him down to me, put him on death row, and let him go! ”

Haoge roared angrily, and several guards immediately turned over and dismounted, holding down the paralyzed Kong Chenggang, and Kong Chenggang's face turned pale, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty spare your life." ”

Haoge ignored it and urged the horse to run past him, followed by Yu Yin and the guards, heading towards Lintong County.

Along the way, there are also large cotton fields, and men and women are picking cotton in the fields with hats that shade the sun, and their faces are full of joy of harvest.

When Hauge entered the county seat, he went straight to the county office, ordered someone to take out the county's strategy, and then called the guards to transfer troops, and asked the officials to check the booklet.

After the loss of Sichuan, the Manchu ministers in the court were in a slump and were completely suppressed by the Han gentry, and Haoge's power was also hollowed out by the cabinet.

Food is the lifeblood of the Golden Kingdom, and Hauge will not allow them to shake the foundation of the Golden Kingdom.

This point should be the consensus between Haoge and the gentry of the Jin State, cotton three wheat seven, this is the result of the original discussion, but now it has become cotton seven, or even cotton eight, then it will definitely not work.

This situation, whether Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan, and Kong Wenfu know it or not, for Haoge, who has been an emperor for ten years, has gone through many ups and downs, and is already familiar with political struggles, it is an excellent opportunity to consolidate power.

Although it is impossible for Haoge to dismiss several prime ministers in the cabinet, after all, he has seized their handle and appointed a few Han gentry, and there is still no problem.

In this way, the rush to plant cotton can be suppressed, and the cultivation of cotton can be controlled within the acceptable range of the gold state, and secondly, Hauge can take back some rights from the cabinet.

After the army was transferred to Lintong, Haoge successively arrested two relatives of Kong Wenjiao and confiscated the family property, and then continued to tour Weinan County eastward.

As a result, before Haoge arrived in Weinan County, the county ordered Meng Fanjian to hang himself, and Meng Qiaofang's brother-in-law also committed suicide at home.

Chang'an City, the residence of Meng Qiaofang, the king of Yongping, and several prime ministers who controlled the government of the Jin State gathered together.

Meng Qiaofang glanced at Han Chaoxuan, and said a little unhappily: "Han Xiang, isn't Yu Yin your person?" Such a big matter, how can you directly stab the emperor and not give us a breath first. ”

Han Chaoxuan said: "Lord Wang, he is now the head of the household department and the prime minister, why is he my person?" And Yu Yin actually said this in the cabinet, but he had a dispute with Kong Xiang and stabbed the emperor. ”

Seeing Meng Qiaofang looking at him, Kong Wenyu hurriedly twisted his body and explained: "You can't blame me for this, who knew that the people below were so bold and didn't take the orders of the imperial court seriously. I want to suppress the matter, wait for the next season, and then let the people below plant wheat back, but Yu Yin thinks that it must be investigated, otherwise the wind of planting cotton cannot be suppressed, he is making a big fuss, so I earned it with him. ”

The more Kong Wenyu spoke, the more angry he became, "Everyone works in the cabinet, and there are usually no less disputes, who knows that he will report the matter to the emperor." ”

Han Chaoxuan sighed, "Actually, as far as our current status, who cares about that money, it's too late for us to keep Dajin and our own status, how can we dismantle the stage ourselves!" ”

They are in high positions, and what they are most afraid of is that the people below will cause trouble and implicate them, so they are unlikely to instruct their families to plant all the fields into cotton.

However, the people below ignored the orders of the Jin Imperial Court and wantonly replanted cotton fields, saying that Han Chaoxuan did not know, and it was definitely impossible, they knew some, and also provided a little help, and took the share of cotton fields in their hands.

It's just that they didn't expect that the people below were too bold and took a thirty percent share, and they were not satisfied, and they actually expanded the cotton field to the point of seven or eight percent.

Meng Qiaofang said angrily: "It is impossible for us to instruct the people below to plant cotton to seventy or eighty percent, but after all, we have divided thirty percent of the share and robbed the people of the share of cotton fields." Now that the emperor has grasped this handle, he insists on saying that we instigated, and we are at a loss for words! ”

Han Chaoxuan frowned, "Hasn't the prince already done the aftermath over there, and the emperor can't do anything to us!" ”

Meng Qiaofang said: "The emperor can't do anything to us, but the emperor is now standing on morality, but he can handle the people below." If the emperor continues to mess around, our hearts will be scattered. The key at the moment is to solve the problem, and the emperor cannot be allowed to continue his eastern tour. ”

In the past ten years, several Xiangguo can become the tumblers in the political arena of the Jin State, in addition to the fact that they united at the beginning to fight against the Manchu forces in the court, and then suppressed Haoge together, and there was no internal dispute, another reason is that they each have a group of people, in addition to private soldiers, there are more than 10,000 tenants, and the power is strong, so their political position in the court is stable.

Now, if Haoge is allowed to do the people below, it will cause turmoil in the people below, thinking that several prime ministers cannot provide them with political asylum, and then the foundation of several prime ministers will be shaken.

Meng Qiaofang hopes that this matter will be resolved as soon as possible, and hopes that Hauge will not hold on to the handle, and that the cotton and wheat planting in Jinguo should be replanned now, and he does not want to cause too much turmoil.

After he finished speaking, Han Chaoxuan nodded and said a few words to each other, and finally Han Chaoxuan said: "Then we can only compromise, enable a few Manchurians, and let the emperor return to Chang'an first to settle this matter." ”

Kong Wenfu said unhappily: "There is a radish and a pit in the middle of the court, where is there a place full of people?" ”

Meng Qiaofang frowned, "If you don't, just squeeze out a few and get through the current crisis first, if you continue to make trouble like this, it won't be good for anyone!" Kong Xiang, you are responsible for this matter, the reaction is too slow, your Ministry of Rites will let a waiter position, a position of the chief affairs come out! ”

Kong Wenfu turned his head unhappily when he heard this, and did not object, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

At that moment, several people were discussing how to vacate some seats and let Haoge go back to Chang'an first, but at this time, an official ran over in a hurry, he tripped over the threshold, and the black sand on his head fell far away, but he didn't even pick up his hat when he got up, so he broke into the inner hall in a hurry.

Several cabinet elders were discussing, and Han Chaoxuan saw that someone broke in, and it was his protégé, Ren Chang'an's prefect, and he couldn't help but scold, but the officials who came in said in a trembling voice: "Lord Wang, Xiangguo, the price of cotton has plummeted." ”

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