Wang Maozhong's case can be regarded as over, but it has caused a lot of uproar inside and out, and those who are still a little unhappy are those courtiers who are mortal enemies of Wang Maozhong, but after His Majesty has made a final decision, he can't say anything more.

At this time, in the Daming Palace, Tang Xuanzong stroked the railing of the Hanliang Palace, looked north, and the Taiye Pool under his eyes raised microwaves from time to time after the wind, and the pavilion and attic appeared in the sparkling waves. The decaying willows by the lake are lifeless, and the autumn air is pervasive, and the drums are cold and frosty.

Tang Xuanzong was dressed in golden silk and was silent, and the eunuch next to him said softly: "Your Majesty hasn't forgotten that you are going to Zichen Hall today to listen to politics, right?" ”

"Haven't you forgotten, all the ministers have arrived?"

The eunuch said: "Except for Xiao Song, a member of the Zhongshu House, who has not arrived, saying that he has a sudden fever, the others have arrived." ”

Tang Xuanzong turned around and said: "Originally, I was looking for him to draw up a decree, but since this is the case, there is no need for him to come, and now the minister of the official residence knows the system and Qi Huan, call Qi Huan to come." The eunuch hurriedly received the order and asked another eunuch to go to pass the order, and at this time, Tang Xuanzong, accompanied by the eunuchs, went to the Zichen Palace.

On the way, Tang Xuanzong thought that today's listening to the government should be a little interesting, after all, I haven't heard so many important ministers for a long time. Although the ministers sometimes disagreed, the scale that weighed the pros and cons was in their hearts. He is going to be silent for the first time in this discussion, see how so many important ministers judge, and then make the final decision himself.

When Tang Xuanzong's royal car arrived at the Zichen Palace, all the ministers were already at the entrance of the palace, Tang Xuanzong walked up to the hall quickly after getting down, and the eunuchs behind him followed closely and said: "Your Majesty, why do you need to be so anxious? Watch out for stone steps. ”

Tang Xuanzong didn't seem to hear this, and walked up towards the palace gate, and the ministers standing at the gate of the hall all knelt down to salute, and Tang Xuanzong said "Get up" loudly, and recruited all the ministers into the hall.

There are a lot of pieces on the wooden case in the hall, Tang Xuanzong is ready to deal with them one by one when he asks about politics today, at this time all the ministers are standing in line, Tang Xuanzong raised his eyes and looked at the faces of the important ministers, and said slowly: "Which of you will come first?" ”

Yao Chong knew that he was in Zaifu, so he had to take a step forward and said: "Weichen came first, after the evaluation of this ministry, many officials have been promoted, among which Song Jing, the governor of Guangzhou, took office, it can be said that he is diligent and thrifty and loves the people, changes customs in the local area, and teaches the people to burn tiles instead of thatching to build houses, which is deeply popular with the people." Therefore, please transfer Song Jing to the center and ask him to be the minister. ”

This Song Jing Tang Xuanzong has heard of it a long time ago, and he also knows that he is a loyal minister, this person is too upright and not tactful, this character makes Tang Xuanzong know why Yao Chong chose Song Jing, Yao Chong is fickle for government affairs, and Song Jing is in the same vein for Yao Chong's governance.

At this time, Tang Xuanzong said: "Song Jing has merits, but he can't be directly transferred to Zaifu." ”

Yao Chong saw that this matter could not be completed, so he retreated into the team again, and then Tang Xuanzong asked again: "This is a local government, let's talk about Gyeonggi." ”

Then Su Ying said: "Your Majesty does you know Pei Yaoqing, the commander of Chang'an County?" This person has a very high prestige in Chang'an City, and when it comes to handling government affairs, this person is indeed correct, and the public order atmosphere in Chang'an County has also changed greatly. ”

After Tang Xuanzong heard this, he understood the thoughts of these Zaifu, Yao Chong didn't care about it for the time being, and Su Ying seemed to be promoting his henchmen, Pei Yaoqing is now a low-level official in the Gyeonggi area, with quite little qualifications, if he is promoted unusually, he will inevitably be jealous. Therefore, it is better to experiment for another two years, and wait until the two-year period has passed, and then discuss promotion.

Su Ying looked at Tang Xuanzong thoughtfully, and seemed to understand something, so he took the opportunity to say: "Since Your Majesty has other ideas, let Pei Yaoqing's matter be put aside for the time being." ”

Now that the important ministers of Zhongshu Province have finished speaking, the officials of other departments can't help but say it, at this time, Jiang Hui stood up and said: "Weichen has a report, now the land annexation is more serious, and many people are fluctuating due to livelihood problems, which really affects taxes." ”

Jiang Hui said this, Tang Xuanzong knew that it should be played by a supervising imperial history who patrolled the Quartet, and Jiang Hui also thought so, so he could get this hall. The highest official position in Taichung is the imperial history Zhongcheng appointed by Jiang Hui, and the imperial historian in the Tang Dynasty was only a reward for meritorious heroes, which was really a false position.

At this time, Tang Xuanzong was very concerned about Jiang Hui's words, and the consequences of land annexation in all dynasties and dynasties endangered Sheji, and now that this matter is beginning to take shape, it cannot be allowed to develop.

So Tang Xuanzong said: "This matter will be carefully studied by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the solution to this matter will be drawn up, and then a final conclusion will be made." ”

Although Tang Xuanzong said only a few words, he had already shifted the direction of the entire court meeting to this matter, and the other ministers saw Tang Xuanzong say this, and they all discussed this matter.

Jiang Hui immediately received the decree at this time, and promised Tang Xuanzong that he would definitely solve the matter, and the person who raised this issue, Jiang Hui knew that this person's name was Yu Wenrong, and this person did have some talent.

Tang Xuanzong watched the ministers talk eloquently at this time, so he deliberately coughed a few times, and suddenly the scene fell silent again. Suddenly, Tang Xuanzong remembered that Xiao Song, a member of the Zhongshu House, did not participate, so he said: "I heard that Xiao Song is sick, who will go to see it for me?" ”

At this time, Tang Xuanzong saw that no one of the ministers agreed, so he said: "At this time, let Xu Guogong Su Ying handle it." ”

Su Ying hurriedly said: "The minister should personally go to Xiao Song's mansion to lie down and send condolences in the name of His Majesty." ”

After speaking, the Zichen Hall fell into a dead silence again, and then Tang Xuanzong said: "Today's court meeting is over, please don't forget your duties, the most important thing is what Jiang Hui played, and report it to the Que Court within one month for my consideration." ”

Yao Chong was a little surprised, he retired from the dynasty so quickly, some of the things in the place where he was originally going to play were not finished, and His Majesty only focused on the annexation of this land, as for other things, it seemed to be a little disgusted. However, since he is a courtier, since the monarch does not want to listen, it is useless to say more about himself. Yao Chong and Su Ying walked out of the Zichen Hall side by side, Yao Chong saw Su Ying bowing his head and pondering, a little preoccupied.

Yao Chong asked, "What is Xu Guogong thinking?" ”

Su Ying wanted to hide his thoughts, but after thinking about it, Yao Chong was also friends with him, so there was no need to hide it. Su Ying said: "As far as I know, not only the barren land outside Chang'an City is uncultivated, but there are also barren fields in other places. ”

"Then what does Xu Guogong think?"

Su Ying was just worried, but Yao Chong wanted to ask, so he smiled bitterly: "For the time being, I think it is necessary to send a capable minister to measure the land, and then send most of the farmers to give full discounts for recultivation, but it may take some time." ”

Yao Chong said: "This time it was proposed by Jiang Hui, if you don't do it well, you will be in trouble." ”

Yao Chong and Su Ying kept going out of the palace, Su Ying was going to Xiao Song's house to visit the saint, and Yao Chong was going back to the house. After the two parted ways, Su Ying drove on the road in a carriage. At this time, he was a little sleepy, so he leaned back in the carriage and rested for a while.

At this time, the shops on the street closed earlier than before, and before the night shadow fell, the people on the street had lost the noon liveliness. Some of the peasants who left the city ran to their homes carrying firewood, sweating profusely, but sometimes they could sing some tunes in a leisurely manner.

Su Ying, who was tired and sleepy just now, also opened his eyes at this time, poked his head out of the car window, and looked at those hard-working farmers with a lot of feelings. These people were already having a hard time, but now they know that the fields have been occupied and they have lost the property on which they depend.

As an important minister of the imperial court, Su Ying did not forget the people's livelihood and suffering, and this land annexation was caused by the clever seizure and oppression of peasant households by some landlords, plus these landlords bought off local officials, and tax evasion was also quite common, so these black-hearted landlords were the culprits.

When the door of the Xiao Mansion could already be seen, Su Ying asked someone to stop the carriage and walk in by himself, and the Xiao Mansion was already lit at this time, and the whole courtyard was bright. Xiao Songzhi's eldest son, Xiao Hua, was reciting in the courtyard at this time, and Su Ying listened to it clearly.

Su Ying walked up, Xiao Hua blocked Su Ying's way, Xiao Hua was still young at this time, so he said, "Who are you who actually broke into Xiao Mansion?" ”

Su Ying was a little surprised, and said, "You are Xiao Song's eldest son, and now you can read, let me see what you read?" ”

Xiao Hua was a little naughty and shouted, "Someone has entered the house." At this time, Xiao Song came out of the house and saw that it was Su Ying who was about to salute, but was helped up by Su Ying.

Su Ying said: "You can't come to the court because of your illness, Your Majesty asked me to come and see you." ”

Xiao Song asked his subordinates to take Xiao Hua away, sat down with Su Ying and said, "Your Majesty misses me, I am very moved. However, I did get a fever today, which caused me to be in a bad state and my mind was not clear, so I missed the court meeting, and I ask Your Majesty to bear with me. ”

"It's not a problem, there is nothing to be discussed at today's court meeting, and it is the same whether you go or not."

Xiao Song said at this time: "What does this mean? ”

Su Ying smiled and said: "What else can it mean, it's nothing more than that the ministers are talking about each other, which makes Your Majesty angry, so Your Majesty stopped the court meeting when he was angry." Although His Majesty didn't say anything on the surface, Yao Xiang and I both found out. ”

Xiao Song said again: "What is it that makes the minister talk about it?" ”

"It's not a matter of land annexation, this is a question raised by Cheng Jiang Hui in the imperial history, who knows that His Majesty directly ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, so that some ministers can't stop."

When Xiao Song heard the issue of land annexation, he did feel that there were countless landlords who privately occupied land in Chang'an City, and Xiao Song alone knew a lot, and more importantly, many of these people colluded with courtiers, so they could occupy the land so safely, and no one came to complain. Therefore, this is also a chronic disease, which cannot be dealt with in a moment and a half, and there are too many days to be implicated in it.

Xiao Song also sighed at this time, looked at Su Ying's face, and said, "The things that Your Majesty entrusted me to bring you are outside." ”