"No, I'll excuse you." Hou Dexing naturally knew that such a big matter would not have an immediate result, so he was already prepared. After agreeing, he left the palace again under the leadership of the young eunuch and headed straight for the city. and left for the inn.
There was no one else in the Yangxin Hall, and Emperor Qianwen didn't need to continue holding it. Instead, he relaxed a little and asked Yan Fu who was standing aside: "Tell me your opinion. Do all the officials agree? And King Ji also agrees." ?"
"This... Baiguan needs to discuss it. As for Prince Ji, as long as His Majesty and Baiguan have a unified understanding and suppress it with righteousness, he can only keep silent even if he has some ideas. This It is an imperial order and a father's order, so he cannot disagree with it." After Yan Fu thought for a while, he answered aloud.
After hearing this answer, Emperor Qianwen disagreed, "Hey, King Ji is also an adult and has his own ideas. It's not good to order him by putting pressure on everything. Well, you send someone Send the news to him and see what he says before speaking."
Emperor Qianwen said this very carefully. Don't think that he is paying attention to Tang Ao's opinion. In fact, what he is afraid of is the powerful Jizhou army behind Tang Ao. If Tang Ao is just a prince, there will be no troops around him. If you are looking at him, do you still need to be so polite?
Because Tang Ao had a lot of troops, Emperor Qianwen had to consider his feelings and arranged for someone to let the news out first to see Tang Ao's attitude. As for the ministers in the court, Emperor Qianwen didn't have so many He was worried. In his opinion, he was the emperor, and as long as he made a decision, these people would definitely support him.
What he never expected was that the very court officials who made him seem most at ease would put forward different opinions during the court meeting the next day, making him very angry.
After Emperor Qianwen returned to Daliang City, he restored the rule of three days for one dynasty and five days for one dynasty.
Coincidentally, the next day was the day of the dynasty. After the morning dynasty began, a group of civil and military officials entered the Tai Chi Hall and stood in their respective positions, waiting for the emperor to appear.
Accompanied by Yan Fu and others, Emperor Qianwen, who had lost his left arm, appeared in the court hall and came to the seat of Da Ma Jin Dao in front of the golden dragon chair. What followed was a tsunami-like shout of "Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live Long Live". With the sound of the New Year, the morning dynasty officially begins.
Yan Fu announced early that he had something to do. After he retired without incident, Rui Butong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who had resumed his official position, stood up first, holding a white jade tablet in his hand and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Daliang City will be rebuilt soon. I have paid you before." My ten million taels of silver have been used up, so I would like to ask your Majesty to appropriate some more money. I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty on behalf of all the people in the city."
"Are you still going to withdraw money?" As soon as he heard about this matter, Emperor Qianwen felt confused.
Daliang City was taken back by me, but compared to the prosperity here before leaving, it is now in a mess.
First, it experienced the destruction when Emperor Qian Ying left, and then after Tang Ao settled here, he did not take any construction measures. Maybe he knew that he would not stay here. In short, not only did he not make any repairs, but he also carried out Some "destructions", such as the homes of some dignitaries in the city were confiscated for various reasons, making the place even more chaotic. In this way, it is true that Emperor Qianwen got Daliang City, but in fact he got nothing more than It's just an abandoned city or a deserted city. If you really want to make this place as prosperous as before, it will take a lot of effort.
Considering that Daliang City was also the century-old imperial capital of Daqian, wouldn't it be looked down upon by people if it looked like this now? Emperor Qianwen then bit the bullet and started rebuilding it, and the matter fell on the heads of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.
The Ministry of Household Affairs provided money and the Ministry of Industry provided manpower to build the city as soon as possible and restore its former prosperity. For this purpose, Emperor Qianwen also gave 10 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But how long has passed, just over a month, and all ten million taels of silver have been spent? Now there is still money, how can this not give Emperor Qianwen a headache?
It's just that building the city is his holy will, and he has to do it. Although Emperor Qianwen was full of displeasure, he still had to grit his teeth and asked: "Rui Aiqing, Ming Aiqing, but I don't know that I want to build the entire city." How long will it take and how much money will it cost?"
"Your Majesty, it depends on how far it has been built. If it is built to its previous prosperous appearance, it will take at least two years or even longer, and the money required will be at least fifty million taels. If you just want to The construction can be completed in half a year, but it will require at least 25 million taels of silver." Rui Butong raised his head and reported back, obviously the relevant data had been stored in his mind for a long time.
"What? Do you still need so much silver?" Emperor Qianwen's eyes widened when he heard that it would cost fifty million taels of silver to cultivate as before.
As for 50 million taels of silver, if he had not left Daliang City a few years ago, it would not have taken much effort to take it out. After all, there was always 200 million taels of silver in the national treasury at that time. In order to cope with some emergencies.
But now, although he is still Emperor Qianwen, after several years of melee, Daqian is no longer as strong as it used to be, and many places are not under his control at all, so he cannot receive any taxes. Income has decreased. It's a lot, but it costs a lot, which makes people have to have a headache.
But Daliang City, as the imperial capital, cannot be too shabby, otherwise, how will outsiders view it? Then he gritted his teeth and said: "Well, that's it, then let's follow the second idea. Now This is a time of war, so everything should be kept simple. Looking back, I will first withdraw 10 million taels of silver, but the Ministry of Industry must save some money, and the Ministry of Accounts must perform supervisory duties. If anyone dares to put a hand in it, they will all be dealt with seriously. "
Of course Emperor Qianwen wanted to build the imperial capital better, but because he didn't have enough money, he could only choose to make a simple repair first, and then expand the city again when he had money.
"Promise." Rui Butong and Mingshan, who had received the holy order, both stood up and answered with clasped fists. Although they only got 10 million taels of silver, they could finally start work. As for the future, they will just repair it as they go. we have a deal.
After experiencing such an experience of asking for money in the morning, Emperor Qianwen's face was no longer as good-looking as before. First, he looked at the ministers and saw that they had nothing important to report, and then he opened his mouth. Yesterday the Huns sent an envoy to see him and told him what had happened.
Emperor Qianwen did not mention that the person was sent by Wei Qian'er. After all, he was wanted before, and now he wants to treat him as a friend. This change will make him, the emperor,'s order too trivial. Instead, he put the matter in the The face on the head of the Hun King looks much better.
The chief eunuch, Yan Fu, explained the purpose of the Hun King's envoy. Then Emperor Qianwen looked at the ministers with hope in his eyes and asked: "You already know the matter, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, let the Xiongnu troops withdraw from Daqian without spending a single soldier. This is indeed the way of a benevolent king. I agree with you." As soon as he finished speaking, General Shi Hongyun, one of the military attaches, was the first to stand up and add. Co-authored.
Among all the courtiers, Shi Hongyun was considered an oddity.
Since the news of Emperor Qianwen's death came out, this person did not stay in Daliang City like other courtiers and wait and see what happened. Instead, he first followed King Qing and went to Xinzhou. Naturally, he made no contribution during this period. Then when After the news came out that Emperor Qianwen was still alive, he defected to the emperor again. He also made no contribution, because at that time he only defected to Emperor Qianwen with dozens of soldiers and did not bring a large army.
But just such a person, a general who could not fight well, always lost the battle, and had no morale in the army, was very popular with Emperor Wen because of his loyalty.
It seems that even if the battle is defeated, there will not be too much punishment, and it will not be long before it will be reactivated.
And now, it is no surprise that Shi Hongyun, who has the word "loyalty" on it, is the first to stand up and express his support. Many people even think that if this guy has known about this matter for a long time, he will be the first to do so. The reason for standing up is just to give the officials a good start.
If it were other matters, someone might take the lead, and other officials would follow suit. But when it comes to matters involving foreigners, it's completely different. Just when Shi Hongyun stood up to express his stance, there was an announcement immediately. Voices raised objections.
The voice was not very loud, but it attracted everyone's attention. Otherwise, it was just because the speaker had a very important identity. He was Du Jin, the internal minister and also known as a pilgrim saint.
"I object, this is obviously an act of betrayal. Shi Hongyun, as a general and a pillar of the country, you should take the responsibility when the country is in trouble. How can you do such an act of agreeing with the bandits? Selling us out like this This is the land of human beings. If you bow your head to the aliens to show your kindness, I ask you, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"
Du Jin changed his usual dignified scholarly demeanor and began to curse loudly, which surprised everyone and made Shi Hongyun's face turn blue and white at times after being scolded.
This time after Emperor Qianwen returned to Daliang City, he did not set up left and right servants. Instead, he personally took charge of the government and directly managed the six ministries. However, the position of internal minister was still there, which made Du Jin's identity even more significant. In addition, This person, together with Tang Ao, wrote the book "Records of the Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", which had a wide influence and was called a contemporary saint by scholars.
With the bonus of this title, even Emperor Qianwen cannot ignore his words. On the contrary, he must pay great attention to them. Otherwise, despising Du Jin will be equivalent to despising the scholars in the world, and the consequences will be very serious. .