Five hundred and ninetieth chapters game (fifteen)
Chen Qing returned to the Internal Affairs Hall and took a sip of hot tea. Zhao Qiaoyun handed him the open letter he had written and asked, "How about you read this letter?"
Chen Qing read it once and praised: "Your master is a poet of the Wanyue school. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to write it. It's very good, very powerful and inspiring. It can be said to be the best I have written in several years, especially the last sentence."
, 'Let me ask the world, who dares to take away the edge of my war sword? Who dares to stop my fierce horses and iron hoofs? Anyone who offends the power of our army will be killed even though he is thousands of miles away!' It has the momentum of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."
Zhao Qiaoyun said a little embarrassedly: "The last sentence is indeed borrowed from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but I think not many people in the army know this sentence. As long as it can inspire the morale of the army, it can be used."
"I am very satisfied with this letter. I will have it engraved and print thousands of copies for the entire army."
Chen Qing put the letter aside, gently held her in his arms, and said with a smile: "Are you nervous?"
Zhao Qiaoyun's pretty face turned red, she nodded slightly and said, "I'm afraid of being seen."
People would indeed see her, and the tea boy was in the yard. Chen Qing let her go, pulled her to sit by the brazier, and said with a smile: "I have thought about it. On New Year's Eve, you will offer tea to Madam, and then on the first day of the first lunar month, come with me."
Sacrifice.”
Zhao Qiaoyun blushed even more and nodded slightly.
"You are two years older than Xiu'er, but you still call her eldest sister, which is very difficult for you."
Zhao Qiaoyun whispered: "This is a rule. Just like Jiang Changshi is fifty years old, you can see that he is not respectful and respectful to officials who are more than twenty years old, and calls himself a humble position?"
"This is a good metaphor. I won't marry too many women, maybe just the four of you. I don't want there to be internal fights, and I especially don't allow disrespect for my wife. Even if you are the emperor's concubine, you can't do anything wrong.
Thoughts.”
Zhao Qiaoyun bit her lip and said: "Guardian, let me say it again, the emperor Zhao Qiaoyun is dead. I am the civilian daughter Zhao Qiaoyun. This emperor brings me only shame and nightmare memories, and it also reminds me of the girl in the palace."
The woman who killed my mother, I hate the title Di Ji."
Chen Qing nodded, "It's getting late, you should go back!"
"Then I'll leave first!"
When Zhao Qiaoyun walked to the door, Chen Qing stopped her again and smiled at her: "I hope you will continue to help me here after we get married."
Zhao Qiaoyun smiled brightly, turned around and walked away in high spirits.
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Early the next morning, the negotiations continued. This time the negotiations were held in the military camp outside the city. Three large tents were set up. The middle tent was the main tent for the negotiations. The tent to the east was that of Prime Minister Zhang Jun, and the tent to the west was that of Prime Minister Zhang Jun.
Chen Qing is in charge.
Because Zhang Jun attended behind the scenes, Chen Qing also attended behind the scenes.
The negotiators of both parties are still Jiang Yanxian and Li Hui, and the deputy envoys are Su Ji and Huang Guinian. If the first round of negotiations was a trial, then this round of negotiations has entered into substantive negotiations.
Zhang Jun specifically listed twenty-four rights, including garrison power, public security power, defense power, militia power, local government power, personnel appointment and dismissal power, supervision power, criminal review power, taxation power, salt and iron power, transshipment power, and mining power.
The right to make money, the right to be an official and craftsman, the right to recommend for imperial examinations, the right to appoint honorary officials, the right to income from public land, the right to dispose of official residences, the status of Xiazhou, the status of Hanzhong, etc.
Zhang Jun is worthy of being an experienced prime minister. The emperor's bottom line is local government power and personnel appointment and dismissal power. However, Zhang Jun listed 24 rights and negotiated with the other party one by one. In this way, he finally got the rights
There are definitely more than two items.
Moreover, many powers are not local powers, such as mining rights, supervision rights, salt and iron rights, appointment of honorary officers, power to recommend imperial examinations, which are the powers of the imperial court, criminal review rights, and transshipment rights are the powers of various parties. If they are not clarified, , in the end all these powers belonged to Chen Qing.
In addition, Zhang Jun also wants to discuss the ownership of Hanzhong together. Zhang Jun wants to take back the local government power and personnel appointment and removal rights of Hanzhong. This is an additional gain. Then there is the ownership of Xiazhou. Under normal circumstances, Xiazhou It belongs to Jinghu South Road, not Sichuan, but in this war Chen Qing occupied Xiazhou.
Su Ji hurried to Chen Qing's tent and handed the negotiation list drafted by Zhang Jun to Chen Qing. Chen Qing was stunned. He did not expect that it would involve so much.
He pondered for a moment, then circled the eight items: garrison power, security power, defense power, militia power, taxation power, salt and iron power, transshipment rights, and mining rights, and crossed out the ownership of Hanzhong and Xiazhou. Not involved in negotiations.
Leave it to Su Jidao: "The ones I circle must be obtained, and the ones I cross out will not participate in the negotiation. Then local government power and personnel appointment and dismissal power can be given to them, but the two positions of Chengdu Governor and Chengdu General Magistrate must be recommended by me. , In addition, I will be appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi."
It is impossible for Chen Qing to let Qin Hui or Queen Mother Wei's people control the core city of Chengdu Prefecture. Either Zhang Jun's people or the Lu family's faction.
Su Jidao: "I'm afraid the governor of Chengdu and the general magistrate of Chengdu won't give it to us!"
"It doesn't matter. In the end, Hanzhong's political power and personnel appointment and dismissal power can be exchanged in the end of the negotiation."
Gu Wei
"I understand the humble position!"
Chen Qing asked Zhang Xuan to quickly copy the twenty-four rights before giving the list to Su Ji.
Chen Qing read the list and said to Zhang Xuan: "Go and invite Mr. Wei!"
Mr. Wei is Wei Ningyuan's third uncle, named Wei Zhan, and is currently the only elder of the Wei family. He served as the governor of Jingzhao during the Zhenghe period, and was transferred to the imperial court as Taichang Qing and Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Although he has no real power, he has great influence on He was well aware of the various operations of the imperial court and officialdom.
Chen Qing paid a special visit to him, hoping that he would serve as the counselor of the Economic and Strategy Office, equivalent to a consultant, to make up for their lack of experience.
Negotiations have begun. Chen Qing has no objection to the four rights of garrisoning, public security, defense and militia. The other party has agreed. However, the other five fiscal and taxation rights and transshipment rights are fiercely contested by both parties.
Li Hui proposed two plans. The first plan was to return the fiscal and taxation rights to the Western Army, but the money and grain would be divided in half, and the court would use it to pay the salaries of officials in Bashu prefectures and counties and the daily expenses of the government; the second plan was for the court to bear the responsibility of the Western Army for twenty The military salary of an army of ten thousand, but the five financial and taxation rights, including taxation rights, salt and iron rights, transshipment rights, mining rights, and coinage rights, belong to the imperial court.
This is Zhang Jun's plan. Of course Zhang Jun wants the second plan, which is to take back Bashu's fiscal and taxation rights and transshipment rights, which is nothing more than paying for the military salary of 200,000 troops.
At this time, Wei Zhan was invited. He was about sixty years old, thin and energetic, especially clear in thinking. In front of Chen Qing, he seemed very humble.
Chen Qing asked him to sit down and asked his men to serve tea, and then told Wei Zhan the twenty-four powers and the current dispute.
Wei Zhan read the list carefully and said with a smile: "Xiangong Zhang is a master! His methods are so sophisticated that the Xuanfu Envoy would never have imagined the significance of the right to appoint officers."
"I don't quite understand, so I asked the old minister for advice."
"The right to appoint honorary officers is actually to control each squire. Basically, each squire has an honorary officer, and thus gets many benefits, such as refusing to worship an official, immunity from minor crimes, taking concubines, traveling in carriages, etc. They
The social status of the people is obtained from the imperial officials. The imperial officials are in the hands of the imperial court, so the squires will naturally obey the imperial court. Once the gentry supports the imperial court, then the subordinate staff at all levels controlled by them will also support the imperial court.
Moreover, without the support of the gentry, the militia in the military power will be abolished. If the gentry does not agree, the emperor will not be able to recruit militia soldiers at all."
"What if I strive to get the right to appoint and remove officers?"
"It's useless to get it from the governor! The squires don't accept the honorary officers appointed by the governor. They want the honorary officers from the imperial court."
"Then how to solve it?"
"The method is also simple. They all agreed to get the Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu envoys. One of the functions of the Xuanfu envoys is to approve or dismiss honorary officials on behalf of the imperial court. The imperial court will give fifty honorary officer quotas to each province in Sichuan every year, and then the Xuanfu envoys will
The envoy appoints and removes officials from the lists submitted by various states and counties, and finally submits the list to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for record. In fact, the power to appoint and remove honorary officers lies in the hands of the Xuanfu envoy. If a squire disobeys, his honorary officer will be dismissed directly."
Chen Qing secretly admired that ginger is still spicy when he is old.
He asked again: "What suggestions does the old minister have regarding the fight for fiscal and taxation rights?"
Wei Zhan chuckled, "Taxation is a power that the government has to control the people. It is understandable that the court wants to fight for it, but the key is the transshipment right. All money and grain warehouses and ships are controlled by the transshipment department. How to allocate money and grain is also decided by the transshipment department.
, As long as the government gets the transshipment rights and mining rights, it doesn’t matter if the other fiscal and taxation rights are handed over to the other party.”
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "But I still want to get the right to salt and iron!"
The salt and iron right is actually a monopoly right. Salt, iron, wine, sugar and other monopoly rights are all handled by the Salt and Iron Department, and the profits are extremely generous.
"If the unified government wants to take the power of salt and iron, then it will have to make major concessions in other aspects, such as returning all the powers in Hanzhong except the power to garrison troops to the court."
Chen Qing hesitated and said, "Actually, I want to use Hanzhong in exchange for the appointment rights of Chengdu Prefect and Tongpan."
Wei Zhan smiled slightly and said: "Personnel power is actually not important. As long as Dutong serves as the envoy to Sichuan and Shaanxi and holds the money and food firmly in his hands, no matter who becomes the official, he can be easily dealt with."
Chen Qing nodded, "I understand!"
He wrote a note and proposed a new plan. First, he asked the imperial court to appoint him as the envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi;
Second, among the financial rights, the transfer rights, salt and iron rights and mining rights are under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Envoys. The salaries of state and county officials and the daily expenses of the government offices are allocated by the transfer envoys in real terms. The income from the rental of official land and official residences can be used as government offices.
Supplement to daily expenses;
Third, as a concession of financial rights, all powers in Hanzhong except the garrison can be transferred to the imperial court."