Chapter 0859 - The Man Behind the Scenes
Zhong Changtong tidied up his clothes, rushed to the palace early, and under the leadership of several yellow gates, he came to the Houde Palace, and the yellow gate told him that Zhong Changtong walked into the Houde Palace, walked into the main hall, raised his head, and saw the Son of Heaven sitting on the Hu chair, with some anger on his face, Zhong Changtong respectfully bowed to the Son of Heaven, "Meet the Son of Heaven!" ”
Liu Xi didn't let him get up, just looked at him coldly, and then said: "You came very quickly, usually the courtiers come to visit me the next day, you have only come to see me after more than ten days, not bad, not bad." ”
Zhong Changtong was not afraid, raised his head, grinned, and said, "Am I not afraid that I will affect His Majesty's good mood?" I knew that His Majesty would be annoyed when he saw me, so he didn't dare to come to see me..."
"Heh...", Liu Xi snorted coldly, "You can see it clearly, in this way, I have to find a way to let you go to Ningzhou, or Jiaozhou, it's best not to see you in this life, so that the mood must be very good, don't you say?" ”
"Don't, Your Majesty, among the ministers of the East Palace, the ministers are the worst, Zhuge Kongming has served as the third order, and the rest of the ministers are not servants, but also serve as state pastors outside, just me, I have been a Taishou for six years... The first political performance every year, and he has never been promoted.. I have survived the history of thorns, the state pastor, and even the county orders under my command have been boiled away by me..."
Hearing Zhong Changtong's complaint, Liu Xi laughed and waved his hand, "Get up, sit down!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" , Zhong Changtong bowed again, and then sat in front of Liu Xi.
Liu Xi looked at him and said with emotion: "Back then, when you followed me, you were just a hairy boy, the youngest of all, but now, you have grown up, how about having a family?" ”
"If there are daughters in the family, they all go to the state shepherd to shoot and marry, how can I, a little guard, get married?" , Zhong Changtong whispered, Liu Xi laughed, "Are you blaming me for not reusing you?" ”
"Don't dare!!"
"After so many years, why didn't I refuse to let you come to Luoyang and enter the core of the temple? It's not because of your temperament, you don't believe in ghosts and gods, so you don't believe in them, so why bother to let everyone in the world be like you, don't believe in ghosts and gods? How much trouble have you caused me all these days? Yes? The position of this sacrificial servant has just been given to you, but you almost demolished the martyr's hall in Luoyang!! ”
"I ask you, if you continue to be in power, do you even want to tear down Mount Tai's altar of sacrifice?"
Liu Xi frowned and asked angrily.
Zhong Changtong was a little afraid at this moment, he and the Son of Heaven had not seen each other for a long time, he really didn't expect that the change of the Son of Heaven would be so huge, this is really moody, the last moment he was still smiling and asking if he was married, and the next moment he was angrily questioning, as if he was going to be dragged out and beheaded if he didn't answer correctly, Zhong Changtong's face was bitter, and he hurriedly said: "Don't dare." ”
"Don't you dare?? Hehe...", Liu Xi sneered, looked at Zhong Changtong, who was a little frightened in front of him, slowed down, and continued: "Axiom, you are my confidant, when I was still the prince, you followed me, I have the heart to use you, but you have to promise me, you can't do such nonsense anymore, after you take office as a servant, the impeachment of your documents can drown the Houde Palace..."
"This time, I will give you another chance, the household house will give you, the household house is the top priority of the temple, you can take care of the household with peace of mind, if you don't understand, you can go to Shang Shuling to ask, if you cause trouble again, you will not blame me for being merciless.."
"Your Majesty . . . If you make a mistake, you want to kill me? Zhong Changtong asked cautiously.
"Oh, that's not going to happen, I'm going to cut your hair, make you a monk, and go to worship the Buddha Sutra all day long."
Zhong Changtong's eyes widened suddenly, "The minister will definitely not make a mistake again!" ”
"Alright... Get up! Liu Xi said, and asked about some things in Liangzhou, especially about the situation in Zhangye, Zhong Changtong proudly talked about Zhangye, Zhangye was originally just a poor and inconspicuous county in Liangzhou, under the careful governance of Zhong Changtong, the annual tax is showing an amazing upward trend, and the Son of Heaven is also quite curious about this.
"Your Majesty, you don't know, Zhangye cultivated too little land, all the land that can be cultivated has been occupied by the powerful clan, most of the people have become tenants under others, there is no land, the land is someone else's, so this grain production is very low, Your Majesty may not know, this people, they value the land very much, there is no land, it is definitely a huge blow to the people..."
Zhong Changtong talked about the problem of land, Liu Xi immediately became serious, the Son of Heaven now wants to implement the uniform land system, what he thinks about is this problem, the big clan and Haoqiang continue to annex the people's land, making the people's land more and more scarce, and finally, Emperor Xiaokang led the people to work hard to reclaim the land, and it returned to the hands of Haoqiang, but the people still have no land.
Liu Xi wants to break this cycle, he wants to let the people of the world keep their farmland.
Therefore, when he heard Zhong Changtong talk about this issue in Liangzhou, he seemed very concerned.
"At that time, the minister was thinking, how to solve this problem, speaking of which Your Majesty should not blame, in Liangzhou, they dare not provoke me, especially in Zhangye, I can do a lot of things as I want, I can bypass the state pastor, they are afraid of the minister, feel that the minister is a demon, but this also gives the minister the opportunity to show his skills..."
"Hehe, they weren't wrong." , Liu Xi sarcastically asked, "Then how did you do it?" ”
The minister thought at the time, isn't this the problem on the land? Wouldn't it be better if the minister just let Haoqiang spit out the land? Therefore, at the beginning of this, the ministers killed a lot of heroes and distributed their arable land to the people...", Zhong Changtong said, but Liu Xi shook his head with some disdain, "This has no effect. ”
Zhong Changtong was shocked and asked, "How did Your Majesty know?" Liu Xi smiled and didn't answer, Zhong Changtong said: "It's really useless, the minister killed a group of heroes, and the rest will continue to be annexed, and those people, after owning the land, there will be people who will become new heroes, this is unavoidable, so the minister failed..."
"After that, the minister was thinking about what method to use to avoid the powerful annexing the people's farmland, and the minister had an idea, so he ordered... Let everyone continue to cultivate and cultivate more arable land..."
"Alas, it's a pity, this also failed, Zhang Ye is like that, not much land can be reclaimed, the minister is helpless, fortunately at this time there is a virtuous talent, Your Majesty may also know, it is the disciple of Jia Xu Jia Gong, called Xu Fu, now called Xu Shu, he proposed to the minister, the minister ordered, within Zhangye, all the cultivated land belongs to the Taishou Mansion, and it is not allowed to be sold! and divided the land equally among the local people..."
Liu Xi's face was moved, his eyes widened, and he looked at Zhong Changtong suddenly, "What did you say?" ”
"Your Majesty. Your Majesty.. The minister is just to solve the problem, not to occupy the land..", Zhong Changtong hurriedly explained, but Liu Xi didn't care about his explanation, and asked directly: "What is the result, what is the situation?" Is Zhangye so prosperous now?? ”
"Alas, Your Majesty, the minister is still wrong."
"No!! How could it be wrong?! ”
Zhong Changtong looked at the Son of Heaven with some doubts, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is really wrong, after the minister ordered this, the people all scolded me behind my back, and the governor almost wanted to impeach me, these are all right, after that, the people completely lost their enthusiasm for farming, they felt that they had become tenants, and there seemed to be no difference between farming for the temple and farming for Haoqiang..."
"How can there be no difference?? Although the land belongs to the temple, the right to use it is in their hands, they can cultivate it at will, and the harvest is all theirs! ”
"Country fool, where do you know this... Your Majesty, the farmer refused to plow, and the large planting area formed by the original gathering of the powerful also stopped, and Zhangye suffered a devastating blow... At that time, the minister wanted to beat Xu Shu's dog thief!! ”
"In the end, the minister wants to open, no longer obsessed with the land, the number of people who can be accommodated by the cultivated land is limited, but the trade can be accommodated, the minister will open the door of commerce, reduce business taxes, and encourage businessmen to go out to do business.. No more curfews... For a time, all industries were prosperous, and Zhangye had the current situation..", Zhong Changtong said proudly.
And Liu Xi in front of him was at a loss at the moment, he frowned, gritted his teeth, his hands seemed to be trembling slightly, Zhong Changtong saw the silence of the Son of Heaven, was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Your Majesty?" Are you all right?? ”
Liu Xi raised his head suddenly, staring at Zhong Changtong in front of him, and Zhong Changtong was cold behind his back.
"Who sent you?"
"Your Majesty... Didn't you let your ministers come? ”
"Hehehe, really?" , Liu Xi sneered, the killing intent in his eyes became stronger, Zhong Changtong was shocked and frightened, and hurriedly bowed, "I don't know what I said wrong, please deal with it, you can be executed, just beg Your Majesty not to let me become a monk..."
"Hahaha!" , Suddenly hearing a loud laugh, Zhong Changtong slowly raised his head, and secretly glanced at the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven was full of smiles, where was there a little bit of anger, he smiled and helped Zhong Changtong up, "You don't have to be afraid, I'm just scaring you, it seems that you really don't dare to make mistakes again, am I so terrible?" Look at you, your hands are soaked..."
"Don't dare!"
"Get up, get up...", Liu Xi said with a smile, his words were kind, and he couldn't see Fang Cai's killing intent at all, the two exchanged pleasantries for a long time, and then Liu Xi said: "Do your thing well, do a good job of this household servant, don't let me down, you know?" ”
"We will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations!"
After sending Zhong Changtong away and sitting alone in the Houde Palace, Liu Xi's face gradually became gloomy.
"Xun Yu...."
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