"This is Mr. Zhang Meng. The emperor saw Luan Xuan's doubts, introduced with a smile, and then added: "My friend in cloth." ”

Luan Xuan was secretly shocked, he didn't know the relationship between Zhang Meng and the emperor, he had only been under the curtain of King Qin for more than three years, and he didn't know that seven or eight years ago, the then crown prince, and now in the emperor's palace, Zhang Meng's ranking was still above Pengzhu.

The emperor called him Mr., Luan Xuan naturally did not dare to despise it, took a deep breath, and retorted as calmly as possible: "Mr. Zhang's words are wrong, first of all, there is no 800,000 silver in Yongliang and Liangzhou, and secondly, it is not enough for the imperial court to allocate 800,000 silver. Liangzhou is not enough troops, even if only 5,000 people are sent to Huangsha Pass, there are other passes, Changchuan Pass, Hekou Pass, these passes must also increase troops, General Duanmu has calculated, the total strength must not be less than 30,000 people, which may repel Tibet. ”

"It doesn't take that much. Zhang Meng's expression is still very calm, he has been in Liangzhou for seven or eight years, his wife and children are buried in Liangzhou, and now he is alone. In these seven or eight years, more than five years were spent in hard labor, and hard labor was to work at various passes, facing several passes in Tibet.

"Hekou Pass uses a maximum of 1,500 people, and it's useless to have more. Zhang Meng snapped his fingers and said: "Changchuan Pass, you don't need many people, there is a snow-capped mountain opposite this pass, and it is difficult for a large group of people to pass, and a small caravan usually passes by." The point is that the Red Cloud Fort behind, even if Changchuan Pass is attacked and the Red Cloud Fort is held, it will block the route of the Tubo people, and if I were Dejib, I would not choose this route. He will definitely go through Huangsha Pass. ”

Luan Xuan sneered twice: "Mr. Zhang knows a lot about Liangzhou, but, Mr. Zhang has thought about it, General Duanmu has been in Liangzhou for more than ten years, and he knows the situation in Liangzhou more clearly. ”

This is good, but the imperial court can't take out such silver and grain now, and the imperial court should pay attention to merging states. Xue Mi said solemnly: "King Qin should be sympathetic to the difficulties of the imperial court!"

"But the court should also be sympathetic to the prince's difficulties!" Luan Xuan was a little angry, and his voice was slightly amplified: "Over the years, the imperial court has been difficult, and the funds for the two states of Yongliang are insufficient, the prince is sympathetic to the imperial court, and all the difficulties have been solved by himself, drought, displaced people, and border troubles have been solved, but this year, the prince really can't hold on, so he can only ask the court for help." ”

As soon as these words came out, both the emperor and Pengzhu Zhang Meng were speechless, these years, the imperial court treasury was empty, Yongzhou Liangzhou suffered disasters every year, the imperial court only had a very small subsidy, all relying on the Qin King to move west, tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and begged everywhere, almost offended all the gate lords and scholars in Yongzhou, and barely coped with the past, there was no rebellion in Yongzhou Liangzhou, and the King of Qin made great contributions.

"Yes, Brother Wang has been difficult enough over the years. The emperor sighed, looked out the window, and after a while, he said: "In this way, I will allow the King of Qin to open another field in Liangzhou, implement the salt tax reform, and the imperial court will allocate it to 800,000, and I will transfer it from the inner treasury, well, 300,000, a total of 1.1 million, grain, grain, 1 million, and this year Yongzhou and Liangzhou will not need to send grain to the imperial capital." ”

As soon as the emperor said this, Luan Xuan knew that this was the emperor's final decision, he thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, the minister has a request." ”

The Emperor nodded.

"In this rebellion of the Hu tribe outside the Saiwai, some small tribes want to be annexed, and the minister thinks that some tribes can be allowed to be annexed, and the premise is that they must send people to join our Great Jin army to resist the attack of Tibet. ”

The emperor was slightly stunned at first, and then his eyes lit up, and Zhang Meng nodded slightly.

The bitter cold outside the plug, the Hu people were originally intended to be attached, the court has a precautionary heart for the Hu people, and a small number of Hu tribes are allowed to be attached, these tribes are all for the Great Jin Dynasty to make great contributions, at this moment, if some Hu tribes are allowed to be attached in Liangzhou, let them provide soldiers, in the Great Jin, the Hu soldiers are not paid, and there is no pension for the dead, such free labor, this time is not used, when to use.

"I'm right. The emperor made a decision directly without consulting Zhang Mengpengzhu.

"Minister, thank you!" Luan Xuan was about to kowtow, but the emperor stopped him: "Don't kneel, this is the imperial study, kneel around, trouble." ”

Peng Zhu was a little surprised in his heart, no wonder Peng Zhu and Zhang Meng were so comfortable, the emperor really didn't care much about etiquette.

"Peng Qing, you write a note, give it to Shang Shutai, and let Pan Lian approve it, oh, by the way, don't write the attached things on it, Luan Qing, when you and General Pan Taishiqiu meet, talk about this matter, and say that I have been approved. ”

"Lord Luan, tell King Qin," Zhang Meng suddenly interjected, Luan Xuan frowned slightly, he was still very unaccustomed to interrupting the emperor's behavior at will, but he didn't make a sound, just looked at Zhang Meng.

"In Yongzhou and Liangzhou, there are many wealthy families who occupy a lot of land, and they can pay some military salaries. ”

Luan Xuan was startled, the emperor frowned, turned his head to look at Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng nodded, the emperor flashed angrily, the world's gate valves, there is no one who occupies more land, Yongnan is rich, Taizu once used this as a basis to conquer the world, but today, ninety percent of the land in Yongnan is in the hands of the gate lord clan, and the court tax has been greatly reduced.

However, there is an unspoken rule in this, which is exactly the same as Chen Guo.

There are regulations in the Great Jin Dynasty that there are clear regulations on how much land is allowed for the upper grade scholars, how much land is allowed for the lower grade scholars, and how much land is allowed for the Shu people.

But after hundreds of years, this rule has long been broken, and the emperors of the Yan family have scolded the small cleanup, and the gate lord clan occupies more and more land, and the emperor is more and more afraid to touch this hornet's nest.

Therefore, King Qin did not dare to touch this hornet's nest.

"Go back and tell King Qin, I will support him. The emperor stared at Luan Xuan, and almost jumped out word by word.

Luan Xuan's face was pale, of course he knew the stakes, but he could let the Shi clan expand the land, and there was a detailed discussion on this in the "Zhou Qian" left by his ancestors, pointing out that the death of Zhou, the large number of land annexed by the Shi clan was an important reason, and if the world wanted to have long-term peace and stability, it was necessary to suppress land annexation.

really asked King Qin to poke this hornet's nest, and he was very hesitant.

He didn't know how he promised the emperor, so he went out of the palace gate in a trance, and when he arrived outside the palace gate, he came to his senses and looked back at the palace gate.

For a long time, a long sigh.

"What's wrong?" Xi Feng sensed that his mood was wrong, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, the court doesn't give ?!!! at all"

Luan Xuan sighed, turned around and walked towards the carriage, and Xi Feng hurriedly chased after him: "Tell me at the bottom, did the court give it?"

Luan Xuan still didn't speak, and went straight to the car, but Xi Feng hesitated and didn't follow, turned over and got on the horse, and followed the carriage.

"I don't think King Qin dares to touch this hornet's nest. ”

As soon as Luan Xuan went out, Peng Zhu said contemptuously, the emperor stood with his hands in his hands, with a sneer on his face, but the hand behind his back was already clenched into a fist.

"It's okay not to move now," Zhang Meng sighed: "Liangzhou is facing a big war, and Yongbei is also in turmoil, so now go and poke this hornet's nest, causing unrest in the government and the opposition, which is not conducive to the war ahead." ”

These words are faintly criticizing the emperor, he should not mention the matter of land at this time, and the king of Qin should not move those gate lords at this time.

"Forget it, don't talk about this," the emperor was not displeased at all, turned around and sat behind the bookcase, looked up at Pengzhu and said, "Has the will for the king of Taiyuan been prepared?"

Zhang Meng nodded, this holy decree was not handed over to the middle secretary, but Zhang Meng personally drafted it, after the emperor read it, he didn't say a word, and ordered Huang Gonggong to seal it, Zhang Meng was stunned, and hurriedly persuaded: "It's better to send it to Shangshutai first, let Shangshutai seal it first." ”

The procedure for delegating the decree is generally that the central secretary first prepares the decree, then hands it over to the Shangshutai for sealing, and then sends it back to the emperor for sealing.

The reason for this is that the emperor's holy decree must be stamped with the seal of Shangshuling in order to become a holy decree, and if the emperor seals the jade seal and Shangshuling refuses to seal it, the emperor's face will be disgraced.

"It's okay, Pan Chain won't be sealed. ”

Pengzhu's tone was contemptuous, and he did not hide his contempt for Pan Lian in the slightest.

The emperor didn't speak, waved his hand and asked Huang Gonggong to send someone to send it quickly, Huang Gonggong didn't have the slightest expression, came out with the holy decree, handed it to Xiao Huangmen who was waiting outside, and asked him to send Shangshutai quickly.

The war is about to start, Shangshutai is very busy, even Pan Ji has come to Shangshutai, the holy decree has arrived in Shangshutai, Pan Lian has carefully seen it, and is about to seal it.

"The emperor still let the king of Taiyuan lead the troops?" Zuo Chen asked, Shang Shutai had a big disagreement about who would lead the troops, among which Qiu Yun's voice was the loudest, but the emperor just didn't agree, Qiu Yun also proposed to let Duan Chang lead the troops, but Pan Ji thought that Duan Chang wanted to sit in Youzhou, which was also very important here, and Pan Ji recommended the original return to the ministry to Zhan Peng.

In the war more than 10 years ago, Zhanpeng fought under the command of Duan Changqi Wang Fanghui, after the war, he was transferred to the Pishan battalion, as the cavalry lieutenant general of the Pishan battalion, Pan Ji adjusted the forbidden army and the Pishan battalion, transferred him to Fang Hui, and was promoted to a level, becoming the fourth grade of Zhenwei Zhonglang general.

Transferring Zhanpeng to Bingzhou originally had the intention of letting Zhanpeng clean up the situation after the solution returned, but Emperor Taiding suddenly changed his mind and divided the border army of Bingzhou into three parts, which were led by the clan.

However, the king of Taiyuan had no experience in leading the army, although he had participated in the war against Xianbei, he had never led the army alone, and he had no experience in fighting out of the fortress.

Therefore, Qiuyun did not recommend him, but recommended Zhanpeng.

"The king of Taiyuan has been in Bingzhou for many years, and he is also familiar with Saiwai, so let Zhanpeng be his deputy, even if he can't win a big victory, there will be no accidents. Pan Ji sighed.

Qiuyun didn't make a sound, what should be said has already been said in the imperial study.

"This grain and grass, the people, alas, before the battle is fought, the silver goes out like flowing water. Gan Tang shook his head bitterly, food, people, that all need silver, the people are okay, and there are a large number of displaced people in the state, recruit them on the spot, you can get tens of thousands of people, although the people are cheap, they can gather sand into a tower, and this silver is also a lot.

"Yes, over the years, the Saiwaihu people have been restless, and the first emperor has been ignoring it, isn't it helpless. Pan Lian said with a sigh.

"Luckily, we finally got some money this year. Zuo Chen is a little excited, with the victory of this war, the Great Jin will once again dominate the world.

Pan Lian took out the Chinese book order, snapped, and stamped it on the holy decree.

looked up at everyone and said with a smile: "Now it's up to King Taiyuan." ”

(Tianjin)