Before the words of the official title can be exchanged for grain, they will be taught several officials to a truckload of grain before they can finish their speech.
Zhang Xi hurriedly stopped him. "Your Majesty, it is indeed valuable for the people to eat pots of slurry to welcome the king's army. However, official titles are important tools of the court and should not be given lightly. If the people of Hedong respond to the news, Your Majesty cannot reward them all, those who receive them are grateful.
Those who fail to obtain will also have resentment, which will damage Your Majesty's reputation."
Zhao Wen remained silent.
The attendant Liu Ai also advised: "What Sikong said is very good. Moreover, Zhao Qing was grateful for the kindness of the late emperor and gave his all. His loyalty is commendable, but this wind is not helpful. The people are not rich, and if someone starves to death,
Wouldn't it go against His Majesty's original intention?"
Taichang Wang Jiang and others agreed.
Liu Xie remained as motionless as a mountain.
It is impossible to say that their reasons are unreasonable, but he has enough reason to believe that this is by no means their most important reason.
Of course, they targeted Zhao Qing, but the Hedong clan who had more food.
If Zhao Qing and his son were able to give him dozens of stones of grain, how many official positions would the Hedong clan change?
But he was by no means impulse.
It was indeed accidental to meet Zhao Qing, but how to gain a foothold in Hedong and not be influenced by the Hedong tribe has been thinking about this for a long time in his mind.
Zhao Qing just happened to meet him.
Liu Xie said to Zhao Qing: "These grains are the only food stored in your family, right? Do they also include seeds?"
Zhao Qing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the only food stored in my family. But it doesn't matter. Although I am old and my martial arts are still there, I can go up the mountain to hunt and sell it for some food. As for seeds, I can also borrow some
, more than a dozen acres of land, not much seed is used.”
He knelt down again and kowtowed. "Your Majesty is so grateful that I am so grateful to you, but I dare not accept the official position. I hope Your Majesty can promote the Han Dynasty and build peace, so that the younger generation can live a peaceful life. Even if I starve to death, I will be willing."
Liu Xie helped Zhao Qing up. "The father-in-law treats the court with sincerity, how can the court abandon him? That's how, I have taken over your food. How many people in your family have to eat every day?
All of them are provided by me. If I eat something with me, I will definitely eat something with you. If you have the energy to go up the mountain to hunt, the gains will be purchased by the court. But the court is poor and the price will not be too high. Will my father-in-law?"
Zhao Qing was stunned, blinking his old eyes, not understanding what Liu Xie means.
Zhao Wen reacted instantly, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Your Majesty can share the joys and sorrows with his subjects, which is the blessing of the Han Dynasty."
Zhang Xi, Liu Ai and others looked at Zhao Wen suspiciously, not knowing whether to postpone the proposal or continue to dissuade him.
Zhao Wen sighed: "The loyalty and righteousness of the people in Hedong are rare and precious. If the world can advance and retreat with the court like Hedong, why worry about the Han Dynasty's failure to prosper and the world will not be peaceful?"
He politely bowed again. "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible. Not only is Hedong feasible, but he should also be the edict to run the world."
Liu Xie nodded with satisfaction. "Although Situ is nearly sixty years old, Xiong Fei's heart is not stopped. This is also the blessing of the court and my blessing."
Zhao Wen said a few words of humility, and finally put down a big stone that had been in his heart for a long time.
Seeing this, Zhang Xi and others had to agree.
Civil affairs are Situ's responsibilities. Since Situ Zhao Wen agreed with the emperor's decision, it is difficult for them to stop them.
Liu Xie immediately ordered Zhao Qing's sons to be organized into the team, and to be responsible for transfer tasks first and do some hard work. Zhao Qing himself was granted the official position of Yulinlang and specially left the imperial camp to feed the emperor horses.
Zhao Qing and his son were very grateful and knelt down to thank him.
Started again and rushed to Anyi.
Zhang Xi and Zhao Wen were in the same car and whispered: "Zirou, are you planning to deceive the emperor into selling official positions?"
Zhao Wen glanced at him sideways and chuckled: "Do you know how many household registrations there are in Hedong?"
Zhang Xi shook her head.
"There were more than 90,000 households in Hedong at the maximum, but now it is less than half. According to Pei Juguang's estimate, there may be less than 40,000 households."
"So what?" Zhang Xi said angrily: "Most of the exiles are the people, but the big clans have limited losses, so they may become richer."
"You are right." Zhao Wen nodded and asked back: "The food is in their hands. Whether to give it or not, it is up to them to decide how much it should be done? If the official position is given is small, they are unwilling to change it.
How can the court raise food and overcome the difficulties in the moment?"
Zhang Xi smacked her lips, speechless, and looked a little confused.
He also thought of the problem mentioned by Zhao Wen, but there was no solution.
If the people from Hedong set a price on the ground, the three dukes might not dare to ask for it, but the nine ministers could have fought for one or two.
Zhao Wen stroked his beard and sighed.
"Your Majesty commended Zhao Qing and his son, not only to make the Hedong tribes ashamed, but also to raise food. The surplus grain in ordinary people's homes is limited, but the number is large, the accumulation is large, and the number is quite considerable. If there are 30,000 households, even if it is impossible to raise food, it is even more important.
If a household contributes one stone of food, that is 30,000 stones."
Zhang Xi was stunned, his hands twisted his beard trembled, and he pulled off two gray beards.
"Yes, 30,000 shi, save some food, and can supply the court for one month. If it is two or three shi per household, the support will be longer." He thought about it and said, "But there are so many officials, this salary..."
Zhao Wen interrupted him. "How long has it been since you received your salary?"
"Uh..." Zhang Xi smiled bitterly. It's good to have a meal in the past few years, and there is no salary to receive.
"The three dukes have no salary, and the emperor can only eat wheat rice. Where can the man have a salary? If you can have two bowls of wheat rice a day and fill your stomach, you will be satisfied. But in this way, the court can increase at least two or three more dollars.
Ten thousand soldiers. These are all young and strong men who are hard-working and loyal to His Majesty. They are not better than those northern and southern armies composed of those tyrants?”
Zhang Xi was stunned for a while and turned to look at Zhao Wen. "Are you sure... this is the original meaning of the emperor?"
Zhao Wen snorted, ignored Zhang Xi, with a little more disdain in his expression.
Zhang Xi was a little embarrassed.
It doesn’t matter whether the emperor’s original meaning is. As long as this plan is beneficial to the court and to them, it can be implemented.
As for what the final execution will be, the emperor doesn’t have the final say, they will only have the final say.
As for what Zhao Wen said, if what Zhao Wen said could be realized, the court had tens of thousands of stones of food and the support of the people of Hedong, the confidence of the Hedong tribes to bargain was weakened.
They are willing to offer food, and they can only listen to the emperor's rewards if they can get any official position.
If he refuses to offer food, the emperor will have enough strength, either to threaten or to attack by force.
"Zirou, you're better off seeing the opportunity." After understanding the pros and cons, Zhang Xi took the initiative to apologize to Zhao Wen.
In extraordinary times, the three dukes cannot have internal conflicts and are taken advantage of by others.