The revenge of the literati will make people infamy for eternity, but the revenge of the warriors can kill the whole family. Zhang Kuan carefully played both sides and tried his best to maintain the balance of the court, and did not allow anyone to rashly destroy this balance.
"Does the Ministry of War have any suggestions?" Emperor Dade suddenly asked.
Shi Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said: "The Ministry of War has considered it carefully and concluded that the only person who can be the commander of the Suzaku Army is the Prince of Nanyang County."
Everyone was in an uproar again. As we all know, Nanyang County Prince has disabled legs and has difficulty moving, so how can he be qualified to be the commander of an army. But everyone looked up at the prime ministers on the left and right, and saw Zhang Kuan and Wang Cheng both nodding in approval. Everyone was not a fool, and in their hearts
opposite
Come here. Now among the four forbidden armies, the remnants of the Green Dragon Army, the White Tiger Army, and the Xuanwu Army are all under the control of Uncle Dushan. If the Suzaku Army also belongs to him - he will really be under one person and over ten thousand people, and there will be no more.
People can check and balance him.
Maybe many ministers are not practical men, but they are qualified politicians and conspirators. Thinking that a disabled person from Nanyang County is far better than having all the four forbidden armies belong to Du Shanbo alone, I don't dare to have anyone anymore.
Objected.
In fact, if Nanyang County Prince is disabled in both legs, his popularity has always been good.
Wang’s surname is Wang Ye.
"My lord, I support the Nanyang County Prince to take command."
"I second the proposal."
"I also second the proposal!"
Du Shanbo snorted in his heart, but on the surface he smiled slightly and didn't care. He had no ambition to threaten the emperor to control the princes, but the situation forced him to this position. How could he not understand the thoughts of these civil servants?
, so I just turned a blind eye.
Emperor Dade immediately agreed and ordered the prince of Nanyang County to assume the position of commander-in-chief of the Suzaku Army and immediately rush to Yuezhou to command the army.
After the matter was over, another member of the Ministry of War, Wai Lang Shitain, presented a memorial. Regarding how to reward and punish General Zhang Xiaowu of Saibei for not rescuing Paoze, according to the agreement between the emperor and his ministers, Zhang Xiaowu was removed from the post of General of Saibei, and was only appointed as the commander of the Ghost Guard, and removed from his post.
The third grade Hejian Hou.
This punishment was very serious for many people. They were exempted from the opportunity to be promoted to the gentry. They might have to wait for this opportunity for more than ten years. When the emperor agreed, everyone could only lament that Xiaowu had no background and no one was willing to speak to him.
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But someone took a step forward. This person was Wang Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It turned out that Zhang Xiaowu was impeached for appointing the magistrate of Mucheng County without permission, and then he ignored the national law, so he should be severely punished. Wang Yi insisted on severely punishing Zhang Xiaowu, but fortunately the Ministry of Civil Affairs could not control the Ministry of War.
, However, Wang Yi then impeached the Ministry of War for shielding Zhang Xiaowu, which made the Ministry of War gnash their teeth with anger. This madman Wang will bite whoever he wants.
"Your Majesty has decided not to say anything, Minister Wang." Right Prime Minister Wang Cheng suddenly said. Seeing his immediate superior reprimanding him, Wang Yi felt dissatisfied, but still stepped back.
Wang Chengdao: "Your Majesty, foreign troubles have been eliminated now, but domestic troubles are everywhere. The biggest problem right now is the sudden blizzard this year, which caused a bad harvest in the Central Plains. In the south this year, grain production was also reduced due to rebellion. Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture speculated that by the end of this year
There may be large-scale displacement by next year."
The Minister of Agriculture and the ministers immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there will be natural and man-made disasters this year, and the people may not have enough to eat."
Although Emperor Daedoku exempted him from war taxes and exempted some areas from agricultural taxes, more than three years of war still severely damaged the vitality of the country, especially the people. Emperor Daede immediately asked the Ministry of Agriculture if they could release grain.
Jimin, the Minister of Agriculture said with a wry smile that it was because of the blockade.
In the war in the north, almost all the granaries in the Central Plains supported the northern part of the Great Wall, so that the government could not raise enough funds to release grain for disaster relief. More importantly, the Jiangnan area, which has always been the granary of the Holy Han Dynasty, is now undergoing riots.
Not a single grain of food.
"I love you, is there any other way?" Emperor Dade asked the ministers in the Zhengde Hall.
All the ministers lowered their heads. The country has no food. What can we do? We can't conjure food out of thin air. Emperor Dade looked at Zhang Kuan, who also smiled bitterly.
The Great Virtue Emperor was angry in his heart. If there is a political fight, everyone present is a master, but when it comes to the important matters of governing the country, you have nothing to do. The Great Virtue Emperor walked back to the dragon throne dejectedly, and suddenly heard someone say: "Your Majesty, minister
Maybe there is a suggestion that you can try."
Emperor Dade immediately turned around and saw Shi Chong, the Minister of Household Affairs, and asked excitedly: "What can Shi Aiqing do?"
After Shi Chong was pardoned, he returned to Beijing to recuperate for half a year. Zhang Kuan originally recommended him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but Shi Chong refused. He said that during his one year in Bingzhou, he found that many local officials were not incompetent or incompetent, but
There is no way. For example, the land in the northwest is barren,
The people paid very little taxes, which made life difficult for local officials. Officials could no longer live, so how could they not be corrupt and pervert the law. Shi Chong suggested to Zhang Kuan that the empire must balance the income and expenditure of officialdom and let officials survive first and live well.
, Only then can officials govern the country with peace of mind.
Zhang Kuan felt that Shi Chong was more mature, so he transferred him to the Ministry of Household Affairs to take charge of the work. When the Minister of Household Affairs saw Shi Chong's arrival, he handed over most of the work in the Household Department to him, and he was happy to be a leisurely official. Shi Chong
He immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Central Plains and the North were hit by floods at the beginning of the year.
It also encountered a severe winter, so that the land was unproductive, and the people were hungry, and rebellions would breed in the south. However, the empire had a vast territory, and there was a lot of fertile land waiting to be developed, such as the Lingnan region. Although the Lingnan region was the third country of our Holy Han Dynasty,
It’s been a hundred years, but it’s still sparsely populated today.”
The so-called Lingnan area refers to the southernmost Cangling area of the empire. Yongzhou is from the east of Cangling to the seaside, Shouzhou is from the west of Cangling to Duanshan Mountain, and Yuezhou is from the south of Cangling to Shiwanda Mountain. Since ancient times, Canngling
The area is the land of barbarians.
, during the war in the Central Plains, the people of the Central Plains fled south one after another. They established Central Plains towns around Cangling, and had conflicts or blood fusion with the local barbarians, gradually forming the Lingnan culture that integrated the Central Plains and barbarians.
After the establishment of the Holy Han Empire, Saint Taizu sent a large army to conquer Lingnan. It took ten years to conquer the Lingnan area and drove the barbarians who were dissatisfied with the Holy Han into the mountains of 100,000. Saint Taizu planned three states in Lingnan and immigrated 500,000 people.
In the past three hundred years, the number of Han people in Lingnan has increased to three hundred.
With tens of thousands of people, Lingnan was the "barbaric" place that the imperial court was most at ease with, but also the most neglected. What is puzzling is that the more the Lingnan region was ignored by the imperial court, the more loyal its people were to the empire, just like the less loyal the people at home.
Children who are valued by their parents are often the most filial children.