From realizing the seriousness of the problem of soaring food prices this time, to finally making up his mind to adopt Ning Yi's proposal, during this period, as the leader, Qin Siyuan will have to do no less psychological construction than he knows people. When it was decided to do something, everything went to the point of no return, and in August, when the first batch of officials questioned Qin Siyuan's decision, the prime minister's side made a clear response.

Since the officials who were arranged on several trade routes this time had something to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion, Qin Siyuan first sent a relatively simple letter, talking about the number of people affected by the disaster this time, the expectations of food prices, the expectations of the affected people, and the rest will not be talked about. If the order is not carried out within three days, the notice of resignation will be immediately sent out from the official department, and the replacement official will take him directly to the locality, and the person will be removed from his post on the spot for investigation.

This is nothing new, every time the court officials do something, almost there is a procedure of Liwei. Even if the means are a little more arbitrary, if you remove some petty officials from other places, you will not get into trouble in the court. However, the atmosphere of the slaughter was already brewing, and the small number of people who noticed the inside story were waiting for someone to come out and impeach Qin Siyuan and others first, but the fuse of the chaos after that began with a Chen comb at the end of August.

It was an excerpt handed over by a six-product chief named Xue Deyi in the household department: "On Business and Benefiting the Country".

For more than 200 years since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, commerce has developed rapidly, and in recent decades, some large businessmen have begun to meddle in political affairs after they have money. The so-called food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace, since you can reach out to this side, of course, you also want a step into the body. During this period. On the other hand, over the years, there have been people who have gradually preached the importance of business in the imperial court, and there have been people who have handed over a few small folds, some of which were beaten back on the spot, and later caused one or two small storms.

The attitude of the most post-national dynasty seems to be clear: of course, commerce is important, but businessmen want status, don't think about it!

Of course. The status of a class changes. It's always a long process. If there is a discerning person, you can also find that this originally unbreakable situation has actually loosened over the years.

But I want to really put things on the table and negotiate. It's not time yet.

And this time. This head of the household department named Xue Deyi is very old. Compared with Li Pin, who jumped to the position of the fifth grade in his early thirties not long ago, this old gentleman has been trembling in the officialdom all his life. At this time, it is just a positive six products. When he took this fold, he didn't know if it was instructed by others, or he felt that he couldn't do anything in the officialdom, so he suddenly let go and wanted to leave something. In short, this excerpt undoubtedly gave Qin Siyuan the best buffer point.

After the excerpt went up, it was not immediately rejected because of its great rebellion, and the two prime ministers handed over the excerpt to the emperor, and then used their influence to suppress the Liuzhong, and handed over to the ministers to "take a look at it at will and discuss it".

Then everything broke out, and the courtiers said that this fold was a big rebellion, Xue Deyi was called to the Golden Palace, and someone scolded on the spot: "How much silver did you collect from those cockroaches!" Xue Deyi was originally trembling, but he was already old, how could he stand this kind of scolding, and he stiffened his neck to debate with others. Then someone began to say, "Some of these words also make sense." ”

Although it is said that due to the limitations of the times, the people of the Wu Dynasty may not be sensitive to economic theories, but Xue Deyi has indeed stayed in the household department all his life, and this paper that embodies his life's work is detailed and logical. For a while, there were discussions and quarrels in the court about "great rebellion" and "some of them are reasonable".

On the second day, the imperial historian impeached Xue Deyi, colluded with big merchants, wanted to overturn the words of the sage, lead people to pursue profits, shake the country's foundation, and rebel. On the spot, some people came out to impeach these officials, who were always alarmist, seemingly upright and selfless, but in fact they were obstructing the way of speech. Later, some people handed over other impeachment memorals, impeaching several of them with real evidence, saying that they were not honest and privately took bribes for the control of others.

The situation began to be chaotic, the court was like a fire oil that had been ignited, and in the following days, either there was mutual abuse of words and swords, or some officials were found to be wrong, corrupt the law, bribery and bribery, and then, some businessmen took advantage of the disaster to flood the grain storage, the private use of public utensils in the prime minister's house, the matter of Wu Min's family fortune behind him, and the matter of Cai Taishi's party and private business, all kinds of things were pulled on the table, and it was the prelude to another round of party disputes.

In such a chaotic officialdom situation, everyone is in danger for a while. The Prime Minister's side is also trying its best to protect itself, but in a sense, the big businessmen have wanted to speak for a long time, and suddenly there is such an opportunity - in fact, I don't know if they will be the leader of the Dao at the beginning - the Prime Minister and some officials with the power of businessmen behind them have come closer, although the court is chaotic, and the Imperial Historical Observatory is also upright and igniting guns everywhere, but the whole situation has maintained a delicate balance in the chaos.

In such a situation, there is only one person who really maintains the attitude of sitting firmly on the hanging fish platform and watching all this happily. But it was Zhou Zhe who was supposed to be in an irritable mood.

Although everyone began to impeach each other, there were always some corrupt officials on the periphery who were found out, so that he couldn't help but throw the song fold on the ground and scolded: "Kill him!" These guys are moving my roots! But for the whole situation, he could see that he was unexpectedly happy, and once he was overjoyed when he watched the performance, and he spoke to the eunuch next to him on a whim: "Du Chengxi, look at you, look at it, haha......ha These old things, I'm old, and these things I did in front of me, ha, ha, it's really ...... I'm so tired of acting! ”

Du Chengxi couldn't see whether the emperor was really happy or fake happy for a while: "The saint is talking about the recent events in the court?" ”

"Of course, this court has been really lively recently, I haven't seen such a lively thing for a long time, ha, ha, it's interesting......"

"The slave and maid have heard that the court has been making a lot of noise recently, and the saint ...... Isn't that something...... Party Rivalry ......"

Du Chengxi said with some hesitation, and Zhou Zhe restrained his smile slightly: "Party struggle." He thought about those two words. Then there was a laugh, "What is the party dispute, where is the party dispute." Du Chengxi, you are still too tender, don't you see, Yushitai has been busy recently, see who impeaches whom, if it is really a party dispute, where will it be like this. I have said a long time ago, this old Qin. The most delighted by me. ”

"The Holy One is saying...... Qin Zhongcheng? ”

"Hmm. Qin Huizhi, he was kidnapped by the Liao people and fled back, I knew that he was not afraid of anyone. He laughed. He shook his head in contentment. "You say partisanship. I tell you that only the faint monarch is afraid of party disputes, but I am not afraid. As long as the world is in the heart, the party can cut the old and establish the new, but ah, now we are still doing big things, and we must first settle the inside, and there are some people who still have to be protected. Yushitai is so upright, but it saves me a lot of trouble. ”

Knowing that Zhou Zhe was already talking to himself at this time, Du Chengxi didn't continue, and after a while, Zhou Zhe smiled happily again.

"Tsk, I'm going to give him a reward...... Not now...... though."

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By September, dozens of officials had been imprisoned in the turmoil of the imperial court over commercial affairs. This is Qin Siyuan's domain, and Ning Yi is not involved in it, but if you look at it from the back and forward, this seemingly amazing officialdom chaos is just the fuse for further conflicts of interest in the future. And from a larger point of view, whether it is the party struggle in the territory of the Wu Dynasty or the famine, it is not a major event that attracts attention. In the realm of the so-called world, there are a few things that happened in September.

On the northern land, Zhang Jue led 50,000 soldiers and horses to surrender to the Wu Dynasty, and he stationed the soldiers and horses in the suburbs of Runzhou, and at the same time coerced the nearby four prefectures of Qian, Lai, Run, and Xi. Although the Jin people came south and Zhang Jue surrendered to the Jin people, his Pingzhou army was strong and strong, and his vitality was not damaged. This time, within the scope of the sixteen states of Yanyun, the power of Wu and Jin completed the reversal for a while. It is said that Guo Yaoshi applauded and laughed in the barracks, saying that he had finally found a brother to rely on. Officials in some other places in the 16 prefectures have also shown their intention to take refuge for the time being.

Compared with the disaster relief prepared by the Right Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, in the eyes of most people, recruiting Zhang Jue is a more eye-catching thing done by the Secret Investigation Division. Emperor Jinghan Zhou Zhe was originally quite unhappy with the Jin people's refusal to return the Sixteen Prefectures, and this time he finally gave the other party a dismount. It's just that during this period of time, the court was fighting fiercely, and for Zhang Jue's reward, it had not yet been decided - this was also the reaction of the imperial court waiting with bated breath for the Jin people.

The golden man is furious! Sent someone to negotiate with the Wu Dynasty - in fact, this is also more happy, in the past, the Wu Dynasty sent people to talk to the other party about the affairs of the Sixteen Prefectures, and the other party didn't bother to pay attention to it at all, this time: You finally have to pay attention to me.

So Wang An and others on the side of the Wu Dynasty took the opportunity to discuss the affairs of the Sixteen Prefectures with the other party.

At this time, on the prairie in the northwest, there is something happening outside of everyone's sight......

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If you want to select a few Khitan "heroes" in the last years of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Gan is one of them, and Yelu Dashi will definitely be among them.

Two years earlier, the Jin people invaded the south to conquer Zhongjing, the then Tianzuo Emperor did not dare to resist, the first to flee, in order to calm the people's hearts, Yelu Dashi and others supported Yelu Chun as the Tianxi Emperor, resisting the Jurchens.

At this time, Yelu Dashi was the largest force in the Liao State to lead the joint military resistance to Jin, but unfortunately, the hot face of the Liao State was attached to the cold ass of the Wu Dynasty, and then the Wu Dynasty attacked Yanjing twice, and Tong Guan led the 200,000 army to fight for the first time, it was he who led the army to defeat the other party in the Baigou River. The second time Guo Yaoshi led the army to attack Yanjing City, and the resistance in the city was also jointly organized by him and Concubine Xiao De, and later Xiao Gan waved his army and defeated the second attack of the Wu Dynasty in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that this resistance didn't last long, after which Tong Guan and others spent money to ask the Jurchens to send troops to conquer Yanjing, and he was captured by the Jurchens. But after he was captured, he took the opportunity to escape and defected to Emperor Tianzuo with Concubine Xiao De. It's a pity that Emperor Tianzuo couldn't forgive him for supporting the new emperor and no longer trusted him, so on the eve of Emperor Tianzuo's preparation for a decisive battle with the Jin people, he killed the prison army, led more than 200 personal guards and cavalry, and began the journey to the northwest.

In another period of history, this journey of Yelu Dashi is known as the Great Western Expedition. He took more than 200 people to Central Asia, and in the following decades, he conquered the east and the west, established the Western Liao Empire, and the territory reached Gaochang in the east and the Caspian Sea in the west, becoming the hegemon of Central Asia. More than ten years later, he led an army to the east in an attempt to restore the country. After that, the Jin people tried to go on an expedition, but they were also defeated by Yelu Dashi in the desert of Central Asia, and this war became the most confrontation between Jin and Liao.

At this time, he led this group of the most elite subordinates into the steppes of Mongolia, which was the original northern frontier of the Liao State and had a vast territory. Because the Liao people didn't treat the grassland people very well, after the Jin people defeated the Liao people, there were frequent rebellions in these places, but compared to the Jurchens, the situation here was a bit of a drizzle.

Yelu Dashi was originally quite prestigious in the Liao Kingdom, and after leaving Emperor Tianzuo, his team had already carried a lot of food supplies. For him, once he decides to go, the road in front of him will be open to the sky, but his heart is still a little confused and lonely. After a while, in front of the field of vision, a cavalry of the Mongols appeared, and after seeing them, they stopped and posed...... A seemingly defensive formation.

The eagle flies in the sky.

"Who is that?" Yelu Dashi frowned and asked his deputy.

"It seems that the intentions are not good, after the domestic turmoil, these barbarians on the grassland have also taken the opportunity to cross the situation, among which there are several tribes, I heard that the scale is not small."

The Liao people have always looked down on the Mongols, although they have good equestrian skills and good bows and arrows, but they have always been poor in materials and ...... in character In some respects even more barbaric than the Jurchens. At this time, the more than 200 elite riders on his side are all elites who have followed him for a long time, and the other party does not seem to be more than himself. He frowned and looked at the tall black horse in the distance.

"It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs...... "put on a position and let them dodge!" ”

The knight took up his position and headed that way. The dignified Liao Empire, bullied by the Jurchens and bullied by the Wu Dynasty, now these things are also watching themselves, and everyone's hearts are holding back the fire.

The clouds drifted high in the grassland, and soon after, the iron hooves roared and trampled over the blood-stained grassland. The most reluctant hero of the Liao State burned out his afterglow in the struggle, and there was a thread of history that was quietly broken.

There was a terrible name called Temujin, which was gradually becoming clear in the rolling tide......

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In mid-September, in the courtyard of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, the sunlight was gradually losing its strength with the accumulation of fallen leaves, Ning Yi walked into a room and rubbed his palms in front of the desk.

"Next, it's time for me to perform......"

On this day, the first batch of prepared grain began to enter the various disaster areas. For a long time after that, this will be the place where he sits in the middle, after all, only he knows the law of prices best. In another courtyard, an old man named Qin Siyuan was dealing with the surging discussions in the court and officialdom, paving the way for all this at the political level.

And it is conceivable that in the future, when the interests are put on the table, the prelude has been exhausted, and the really huge danger and malice will rush towards this side.

All the landlords, gentry, and merchants whose interests have been harmed will become enemies at this moment.

Ning Yi sat down. (To be continued......)

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