Chapter 108: The Palace

cpa300_4();“ Let's talk about Chen Guo. (Remember the latest chapter of this site to read for free in one second) ☆ → top ☆ → o'clock ☆ → small ☆ → said, "The emperor stared at the pile of music and said, in Chen Guoqing's land inventory, it was his first major decision after he ascended the throne, but this decision was extremely difficult to implement, Chen Guojun's gate lord clan joined forces to fight, Peng Zhu was difficult to take every step there, Peng Zhu tried to mobilize the support of the county soldiers, but Chen Guojun and the lieutenant resolutely refused, on the contrary, they secretly supported the gate valve families.

Not only did Chen Guojun's family of gate lords desperately intercept it, but also other county gate valves in Yanzhou also took action, and their disciples in the court launched round after round of impeachment of Pengzhu, and Shang Shutai received dozens of impeachment letters every day, which were menacing, and it seemed that they would not give up if they did not get Pengzhu down.

The ministers of Shangshutai were silent, this reaction surprised the emperor a little, he turned around and looked at his auxiliary ministers one by one, the auxiliary ministers did not answer his gaze, and the emperor couldn't help but snort a little angrily.

"Why? Silent yet? Inventory of land is my first national policy, I will never allow failure, now the implementation of the national policy is unfavorable, Zhu Qing is the auxiliary minister left by my father to me, they all say, how should this land be inventoried?"

The auxiliary ministers in the palace looked at each other, but they still didn't speak, there were no secrets in the court, and the words here would soon spread out, and those who spoke were bound to be fiercely attacked by the clan lords all over the court.

"Taishi, you are the head of the courtiers, you speak first!" The emperor was a little impatient, so he simply called the name directly.

Pan Lian hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the inventory of the land is not trivial, and he should send a stable minister to carry it out. ”

Emperor Wen Yan couldn't help frowning, and turned his gaze to Pan Ji: "Taiwei Pan, what is your opinion?"

Pan Ji thought about it and said carefully: "The minister thinks that the inventory of the land is a big trouble, and he should be cautious, Pengzhu is too strong, you can consider changing someone to preside, the minister, recommend Zuo Chen Zuo." ”

The emperor's brows furrowed even tighter, he didn't speak, and looked at Qiu Yun again, Qiu Yun did not hesitate: "The sage said, you should be consistent, Your Majesty should insist, no matter what Pengzhu has now, Your Majesty should support it, and the ministers think that Your Majesty should be awarded the festival to Pengzhu, and in addition, the Taiwei Mansion should adjust the military positions of Chen Guojun and even Yanzhou." ”

The emperor was stunned, and looked at Qiu Yun with some surprise, Qiu Yun was the only one who opposed the inventory of land in Chen State, but he did not expect that now he is resolutely supporting Pengzhu and wants to carry out the inventory in Chen Guo County.

Just as he was about to ask further, Qiu Yun had already taken a step back, revealing Gantang behind him, who was relatively quiet today and barely said anything.

Gan Tang saw Qiuyun let himself out, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, bowed to the emperor and replied: "The minister thinks that Chen Guojun will check the land and move the whole body, Pengzhu is young, and he acts Meng Lang, and the minister agrees with Pan Taishi's proposal." ”

The emperor's face was further gloomy, and he looked at Zuo Chen again, Zuo Chen was not afraid, and bowed down and replied loudly: "I am willing to go!"

The emperor's face was cloudy, and he said after a while: "The teacher is old, and he accompanies me like this every day, I am already deeply uneasy, Chen Guo's situation is complicated, the old man is not in good health, and I can't bear it." ”

Zuo Chen couldn't help but be very excited when he heard this, and looked up at the emperor: "Minister, minister......"

The emperor nodded and comforted: "Teacher, don't say it, this matter is like this, alas, Taishi Pan, what General Qiu said, what do you think?"

Pan Lian replied without hesitation: "No, no, General Qiu's move is very dangerous, Chen Guo is bound to be in chaos, the result is unpredictable, the minister thinks it is better to change people, since Lord Zuo is unwell, the minister recommended Lord Qiu, the first emperor once said that Lord Qiu is old and seeks the country, is the pillar of the country, and this will definitely be able to carry out the national policy." ”

Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Qiu Yun, who was silent and did not move at all.

The minister disagreed. Without waiting for Pan Lian to finish speaking, Pan Ji had already opened his mouth to object, and he said with a straight face: "Lord Qiu is a hussar general, and he has the responsibility of commanding the army. ”

The emperor nodded, turned his head to look at Qiu Yun and asked, "Qiu Aiqing, what do you mean?" Qiu Yun did not hesitate at all: "The minister opposed, not that the minister was unwilling to go, but that the minister was a hussar general, this is a military position, the court has a system, there is no special purpose, and the military position is not allowed to interfere in government affairs." ”

"Lord Qiu, both military and political, when he was in Liangzhou before, he didn't also govern Liangzhou in an orderly manner. Pan Lian said quietly.

Qiuyun retorted unhurriedly: "Liangzhou is the border, at that time, the imperial court was to defend against the invasion of Xianbei, not only Liangzhou, but also Youzhou, these years, the imperial court has gradually withdrawn power, the purpose is to divide the military and the government, the army does not take care of the government, the government does not care about the army, so that the world can be stable for a long time." ”

"What Lord Qiu said is right," without waiting for Pan Lian to fight back, Zuo Chen quietly supported: "The separation of government and army is the way to peace in the world, and General Qiu is brave for the country, which is admirable." ”

The emperor nodded quietly: "What Qiu Qing said is extremely true, the army does not interfere in politics, and the government does not govern the army, which is why the assassin is no longer in charge of the state soldiers, and the county guard is no longer in charge of the county soldiers, Pan Qing's move is inappropriate." ”

Pan Lian didn't say anything and bowed down to receive the order, and the emperor just commented lightly, and did not blame Pan Lian, however, he was very disappointed, sighed softly, and turned to look at Gu Wei, this Gu Wei seems to be a talent, but it's a pity that Du Zhicao can't do without him, at least at this stage, Du Zhicao needs this person to be there.

"Passing the decree, the degree of Cao Shangshu Tian Ning, old age and decrepitude, I pity it, agree to tell the old man, and the left Cao Shangshu will be taken over by Gu Qing. ”

Gu Wei was happy in his heart, but he was still silent on the surface, he just bowed down to thank him, and Pan Lian showed a faint smile.

At this time, Pan Ji stepped forward: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

The emperor was stunned and a little unhappy, and said in his heart I just mentioned the person recommended by your Pan family, why am you not satisfied.

Pan Ji lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, when the first emperor proposed the minister to serve as the Taiwei, the minister once said to the first emperor, the minister brother is the Taishi, and the minister is in charge of the order, and the minister should not be the Shangshutai, the two brothers are both Shangshutai, and there has never been one in the history of this dynasty, but the first emperor said that the minister needs to control the Taiwei Mansion, and the minister reluctantly takes over, and now the court situation is stable, and the minister feels that the minister is unable to control the Taiwei, so the minister resigns from the Taiwei, and asks His Majesty to choose another meritorious. ”

The emperor was surprised, he didn't expect Pan Ji to resign from the lieutenant at this time, for a while, he didn't know what to say, Pan Lian was anxious, and he had the intention to dissuade him, but he didn't know how to speak, his eyes looked around, and he wanted to seek support.

Before he could find support, the emperor had already spoken, and said warmly: "Don't be afraid of slander and ridicule, I see that this Taiwei Mansion is still up to you, Aiqing must come up with an adjustment plan for adjusting the commanders of the military schools and lieutenants in various prefectures and counties as soon as possible, these people have been there for too long, it's time to move." ”

Pan Ji sighed, he really didn't want to work in this position, and now Gu Wei has also become Shangshu, although he can't participate in Shangshutai politics, but it is also a very important position in the court, the Pan family's power is getting bigger and bigger, which makes him secretly frightened, and the heart of retreating bravely is even heavier.

Seeing that he seemed to be about to excuse himself, the emperor hurriedly said: "Pan Qing, don't worry, you go back and do a good job of the adjustment plan of Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Xuzhou, I will not be suspicious of the loyal ministers, you put your heart firmly in your stomach." ”

The emperor said this, Pan Ji had no choice but to bow down to receive the order, whether it was Pan Lian or Qiuyun, when they heard Ji Qingyan and Xu Sizhou, they all understood what the emperor meant.

Some time ago, King Qi was critically ill, and the emperor sent the king of Yanping County to visit with the imperial doctor, but he didn't expect that the king of Yanping was still on the road, and the king of Qi died of illness.

There is no cut, this is a great favor, the ministers thought that with the death of the king of Qi, the matter had passed, but they didn't expect the emperor to still be worried, the four states of Jiqing, Yanxu and Xu were the states and counties supported by the king of Qi the most, and the purpose of adjusting the state and county officers of these four states was self-evident.

But the emperor's biggest problem has not been solved, looking at the auxiliary ministers in the palace, the emperor sighed, waved his hand and said: "Everyone, Aiqing, go down first, think about it for me, Chen Guojun's matter." Alas!"

The ministers saluted the emperor one after another, and then turned around and withdrew, and Gonggong Mu was still standing aside, during which he did not speak, whether the emperor was in a hurry or the ministers were suggesting, he was like a dumb person, standing in the corner, without saying a word.

The emperor sighed heavily, stood in front of the desk, picked up the music and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more annoyed he became, and suddenly he couldn't control it, and pushed all the pieces on the desk to the ground.

"It's all some bastard!!"

Father-in-law Mu walked over quietly, squatted on the ground, picked up a notebook, sorted it out and put it on the desk.

The Emperor sat on the side angrily and said for a while, "What do you think?"

"If the emperor doesn't ask, the old slave will not be able to interject, the emperor wants to ask, and the old slave will say, if it is not right, please forgive Your Majesty. ”

"Alas, you also have so many words, just say anything, I won't blame!" The emperor was a little anxious, and Gonggong Mu steadily saluted the emperor first, and then said: "Actually, Lord Qiu's opinion is correct. ”

"What do you mean?" the Emperor asked.

"What the old slave means is that Lord Qiu said that no one can be replaced now, and the land of Chen Guojun must be cleared. Mu Gonggong said solemnly.

The emperor frowned slightly, and Gonggong Mu pushed the song down, and said coldly: "The whole world knows that the inventory of the land of Chen Guojun is the first major event that His Majesty has done since he ascended the throne. Has Your Majesty ever thought about it, why are so many of them impeaching Pengzhu?"

The emperor nodded, and Gonggong Mu continued: "These impeachments are just a threat to Your Majesty, Taishi Pan was fooled, he thought that it would be enough to change someone, but he didn't know that if this is the case, he just fell into the other party's tricks, Your Majesty, changing people means failure, and the national policy of checking the land is bound to fail, and Your Majesty's prestige will also be greatly damaged at the same time, and no one will dare to check the land in the future." ”

The emperor suddenly realized, he thought that Peng Zhu was acting too strongly, so as to arouse the dissatisfaction of the courtiers, but he didn't expect that there was such a big article here, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"No wonder! Pan Lian, they didn't see it?" The emperor's heart was a little confused, and all kinds of thoughts came to him: "If you want to understand people, I am not as good as the first emperor!"

"Your Majesty, you must not be presumptuous, the first emperor chose you to take care of the Great Jin Jiangshan, which means that he knows, you can take good care of the people of this world. Mu Gonggong's face did not change and comforted.

The emperor looked at the full number of cases, and his brows couldn't help but wrinkle slowly: "But now, how should the situation in Chen Guojun be opened? ”

"To open up the situation of Chen Guojun, it is easy to say," Mu Gonggong said quietly, the emperor looked up at him in surprise, Mu Gonggong nodded and said: "Lord Qiu said well, continue to support Pengzhu, Your Majesty can confer the festival with Pengzhu, officials below 2,000 stone can be cut first, and in addition, the old slave can also help." ”

The emperor couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, officials below 2,000 stone can be cut first and then played, which means that Pengzhu controls the greatest power in Yanzhou, according to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, the salary of the assassin is only 2,000 stones;

But Qiu Yun didn't say it just now. "The emperor was a little hesitant, when Xianbei invaded, Emperor Taiding let the state assassin Shi control the army, and then it took a lot of effort to take back this power, and now Pengzhu is going to confer the festival, this., once this holy decree arrives in Shangshutai, it will inevitably cause the opposition of the ministers of Shangshutai.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about Shang Shutai, Your Majesty is also telling Shang Shangtai that Chen Guo's land inspection will never change! Shang Shutai can only agree in the end. Mu Gonggong's expression remained unchanged and said calmly.

The emperor pondered for a moment and nodded slowly: "Then try it, Xuan Xue Yu." ”

The little eunuch quickly went to deliver the decree, and the emperor looked at Gonggong Mu and asked, "You said you could help, what can you help?"

"Your Majesty instructed the internal guard to supervise Chen Guojun, and the internal guard found something in Chen Guojun and reported it to the old slave, who felt that it was of some use to Lord Peng after seeing it, and was thinking about asking if he wanted to give it to Lord Peng. ”

"What is it?" the Emperor asked.

"A couple of old cases. Mu Gonggong said, the emperor frowned, Mu Gonggong explained: "These old cases involve Chen Guojun's county guard and Du Wei, and also involve several gates of Chen Guo, once the case is turned over, it must be a big case, Your Majesty must be mentally prepared." ”

"Hmph!" the emperor snorted coldly, stood up and walked back and forth twice: "No matter what big case I have, as long as I can clear the land of Chen Guojun, even if it is a big case, it is not a big deal!"

Mu Gonggong was about to speak, and there was a cry from outside the door from Xue Mi asking to see him, Mu Gonggong immediately retracted his words, respectfully agreed, and then stepped aside, the emperor glanced at him, and then let Xue Mi in.

"Xue Aiqing, I asked you to come to let you draft an edict and give a festival to Pengzhu. ”

"Obey. Xue Mi agreed without hesitation, and then was about to retreat, but the emperor suddenly stopped him: "Aiqing, don't worry." ”

Xue Mi stood there respectfully, his mind quickly calculated, just now in the court room he heard that Gu Wei had been promoted to Cao Shangshu, which shocked him, for a while, excitement and jealousy were intertwined, Gu Wei was just a commoner, and now he actually became a Shangshu, the next step is to enter Shangshutai, and give orders at the core of the imperial court, and he, the emperor's brother-in-law, is still working in the middle book supervisor, which makes him excited and faintly dissatisfied.

The excitement comes from the fact that as long as the emperor's appetite is right, the emperor is bound to vigorously promote him, and dissatisfaction is naturally dissatisfied with his current situation.

"I heard that you have a lot of opinions on the affairs of the court, and now that the imperial treasury is empty, do you have anything to do?" the emperor asked, and Gonggong Mu was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, showed a hint of mockery, and then lowered his head silently.

As everyone knows, although he disappeared quickly, his ridicule has been seen by Xue Mi.

Xue Mi's heart was furious, he knew that many ministers looked down on him, thinking that he could only enter the middle school book supervisor because of the queen's relationship, and usually mocked himself as a straw bag, hum, let these guys take a look.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has a strategy to alleviate the emptiness of the imperial treasury. Xue Mi said calmly.

As soon as these words came out, not only was the emperor a little surprised, but Gonggong Mu also quickly raised his head to look at him, and the emperor frowned slightly: "This is not in Changqiu Palace." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, it is precisely because it is not in the Changqiu Palace, so the minister said that there is a strategy, however, the minister's policy has not been perfected, I wanted to offer it after a while, but today Your Majesty inquired, the minister dared to offer, if Your Majesty felt that it was inappropriate, the minister did not have to bother with it. Xue Yu Zhengse said.

The emperor was a little interested, and glanced at Father-in-law Mu, who also showed a curious expression, you know, this is a problem that even the adults of Shangshutai can't solve, this Xue Mi actually boasted about Haikou, combined with his usual performance, this can't help but make the two of them interested.

"Your Majesty, the minister's policy is to open up the salt and iron. Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Xue Mi was a little angry in his heart, and blurted out without waiting for the emperor to ask.

"Open salt and iron?" The emperor's brows furrowed even deeper, salt and iron are the source of national wealth, once opened, wouldn't the treasury be even more empty.

"Yes, the minister's policy is to open up the salt and iron. Xue Mi's tone increased by two points, and the emperor's brows deepened, but Xue Mi had already let go, and continued: "The tax revenue of salt and iron is decreasing day by day, and the tax collected by the imperial court is based on the output, so the reduction of the salt tax must be a decrease in output, but if the output is reduced, it will inevitably cause a salt panic, but Your Majesty, have you heard that there has been a salt panic there in the past few decades?"

Xue Mi said loudly, and his voice gradually increased: "There is no salt panic, which means that the total amount of salt produced in the world has not changed, but why has the salt tax been reduced?"

If the emperor and Gonggong Mu were still a little contemptuous at first, but now their expressions are all cautious, and both of them began to think.

"The reason is very simple, the salt fields fell into the hands of the gate lord clan, and the imperial court could not collect their taxes, so the salt tax of the imperial court decreased year by year, and these salt taxes were missing, and all went into the treasury of the gate lords. Therefore, if the imperial court wants to increase the salt tax, it can only take it from the hands of the gate lord clan. But if it is taken like this, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the gate lord clan, just like what happened to Pengzhu in Chen State, it is time-consuming and laborious, and it may not be successful, and the opening of salt and iron is different, the minister thinks that the ownership of the salt fields can be auctioned, the number of salt fields can be sorted out, and then the salt field tax can be rated, this tax can be lower, but the merchants who buy salt are higher, in addition, the salt field auction can also add a sum of income to the treasury. ”

After Xue Mi finished speaking, he looked at the emperor a little carefully, and saw that the emperor's expression was not angry, but he frowned and thought, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief in his heart. Expression, you know, this is a problem that even the adults of Shangshutai can't solve, this Xue Yu actually boasted about Haikou, combined with his usual performance, this can't help but interest the two of them.

"Your Majesty, the minister's policy is to open up the salt and iron. Seeing the expressions of the two of them, Xue Mi was a little angry in his heart, and blurted out without waiting for the emperor to ask.

"Open salt and iron?" The emperor's brows furrowed even deeper, salt and iron are the source of national wealth, once opened, wouldn't the treasury be even more empty.

"Yes, the minister's policy is to open up the salt and iron. Xue Mi's tone increased by two points, and the emperor's brows deepened, but Xue Mi had already let go, and continued: "The tax revenue of salt and iron is decreasing day by day, and the tax collected by the imperial court is based on the output, so the reduction of the salt tax must be a decrease in output, but if the output is reduced, it will inevitably cause a salt panic, but Your Majesty, have you heard that there has been a salt panic there in the past few decades?"

Xue Mi said loudly, and his voice gradually increased: "There is no salt panic, which means that the total amount of salt produced in the world has not changed, but why has the salt tax been reduced?"

If the emperor and Gonggong Mu were still a little contemptuous at first, but now their expressions are all cautious, and both of them began to think.

"The reason is very simple, the salt fields fell into the hands of the gate lord clan, and the imperial court could not collect their taxes, so the salt tax of the imperial court decreased year by year, and these salt taxes were missing, and all went into the treasury of the gate lords. Therefore, if the imperial court wants to increase the salt tax, it can only take it from the hands of the gate lord clan. But if it is taken like this, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the gate lord clan, just like what happened to Pengzhu in Chen State, it is time-consuming and laborious, and it may not be successful, and the opening of salt and iron is different, the minister thinks that the ownership of the salt fields can be auctioned, the number of salt fields can be sorted out, and then the salt field tax can be rated, this tax can be lower, but the merchants who buy salt are higher, in addition, the salt field auction can also add a sum of income to the treasury. ”

After Xue Mi finished speaking, he looked at the emperor a little carefully, and saw that the emperor's expression was not angry, but he frowned and thought, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief in his heart.