Shen Yang entered Beijing to worship as the prime minister, and Emperor Yanyou gave Shen Yang the well-preserved Wen Mansion as the prime minister's residence.

Since the previous dynasty, as the highest official rank of the civil and prose officials, the "opening of the palace and the three divisions" is more of a symbol of honor and status, in fact, except for the prince and the county king, the princes and ministers do not have the power to open the government privately.

However, Shen Yang, as the prime minister of Great Chu, wanted to be alone, but it was impossible.

Too many military and political affairs, from the six ministries, courts, departments, prefectures and counties, have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and they are gathered here, and after he and the ministers of the political affairs hall have discussed and decided, they will be asked to be decided by His Majesty.

There is no huge team of staff or secretaries, only Shen Yang and a limited number of rank and rank officials in the political affairs hall, so many excerpts can drown them out.

There are hundreds of slaves and maids who have been rewarded before and after Shen Yang, but most of them are arranged to work in the rewarded grange, and there have always been only a few old servants around him.

Shen Yang directly divided more than a dozen sets of houses from the prime minister's mansion and asked them to live in it with their families, but the prime minister's mansion called Nuoda was also crowded and lively.

The backyard of the prime minister's mansion was originally a garden of more than ten acres, but at this time, except for more than a dozen big trees, other exotic flowers and plants were removed, and they were all changed into vegetable gardens at this time.

"Shen Yang, just forget about your cow chewing peonies, aren't you afraid that others will say that you are doing this to sell your reputation and reputation?" Every time Yang En went to Shen Yang's mansion and saw that the back garden was trampled like this by Shen Yang, he couldn't help but count him down a few words sadly.

"You are also the Minister of Politics, and you run to my side at every turn, so you are not afraid of being joined in a private party?" Shen Yang said.

"What kind of temper and temperament do I Yang En, not to mention that everyone in Jinling City knows it, but it can be regarded as a smell in the streets and alleys of the market, if someone wants to impeach me, he will go," Yang En laughed suddenly, "It's a shame that you didn't ask someone to dig up these trees, otherwise there would be no shady place to talk in the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

The staff guests walked away at this time, knowing and interested, and did not prevent Yang En from discussing secrets with Shen Yang.

Yang En still had a playful demeanor before, but the next moment he couldn't help but sigh and asked Shen Yang: "Sizhou civil turmoil, if you want to say that Han Qian didn't do anything secretly at all, you and I won't believe it, right?" ”

Some things are well known, but they can't be said openly in the political hall, after all, everything that the princes discuss in the political hall will be recorded in the case and will be the main material for the compilation of history in later generations.

There are some things that can only be discussed in private.

The political affairs hall was discussed for most of the day, and everyone had big differences of opinion, but Shen Yang ignored the civil turmoil in Sizhou at this time, and advocated that the candidates for the governor of Guangde should be determined first.

Yang En can guess the common denominator between Sizhou and Guangde Mansion, which is related to Han Qian, but there are some things that cannot be said thoroughly in the political hall and in front of His Majesty, so he can only chase Shen Yang to the Prime Minister's Mansion, thinking that it is better to say it thoroughly in private, so as to save everyone from speculating behind the scenes.

Of course, Yang En is only like this to Shen Yang.

Shen Yang took out an opened letter from his arms, handed it to Yang En, and said, "In the early hours of yesterday morning, someone threw this letter into the hospital, you can take a look at it......"

Yang En took the letter suspiciously, looked down and read it, but the more he looked at it, the more shocked his face became: "Is this letter definitely written by Han Qian?" ”

Han Qian naturally would not leave a handle to write this letter by hand, but there should be no doubt that this letter was sent by him into the courtyard. Otherwise, no one would know so much about it. Shen Yang said.

"Why don't you present this letter to Your Majesty?" Yang En asked subconsciously, but after thinking about it, he first figured it out, "Present this letter to Your Majesty, and Han Qian will flatly deny it, and it will also make things more complicated——"

Shen Yang nodded, admitting that he didn't take out the letter because he didn't want things to get more complicated.

Yang En sighed in his heart, he has experienced too many ups and downs in his life, and his understanding of human nature has long been clear, where can there be unreserved trust between monarchs and ministers?

Yang En couldn't help but read the letter carefully, but he couldn't help but pouted and said: "He has no scruples, he directly provoked in the letter that he was doing something in Sizhou, if he knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, let the princes of the political hall know that Guangde Mansion was in chaos - he was sure that the guilds of the political affairs hall would be led by him?" ”

"Sizhou civil turmoil, Yang Junwang, Li Hou, and Lord Zheng will inevitably have deeper thoughts, but they may not be led by his nose," Shen Yang said, "That's why he will send this letter to my courtyard to ensure that I will be led by the nose......"

"Do you believe Han Qian, he is not his father Han Daoxun after all?" Yang En said with a frown.

Before the relationship between His Majesty and Han Qian collapsed, Yang En believed that Han Qian could become the minister of Great Chu, but now that His Majesty and Han Qian are separated, it will be difficult to repair the broken relationship.

Yang En doesn't think that Han Qian is a traitor and hypocrite, but he also doesn't think that Han Qian will be the kind of person who completely disregards his own life for the sake of the great Chu Jiangshan Society and the people of Limin.

At present, all kinds of whirlpools and undercurrents around Guangde Mansion are too many people targeting Han Qian, and it is normal for Han Qian to be cautious in order to protect himself.

At the beginning, in order to get out of Fanchang City, didn't Han Qian calculate Shen Yang?

"Look at my full head of white hair, it is for him to toss out, and now some people say that Wang Lin is behind his back

I secretly sent an assassin to kill him, how do you tell me to believe him completely? ”

Shen Yang smiled bitterly,

"But one thing is certain, the Liang State has already quelled the rebellion of King Bo, and the intelligence detected by the Ministry of Labor is consistent with what Han Qian said in his letter, and Emperor Liang did send Zhou Daoyuan of the Ministry of Engineering to serve as the assassin of Luozhou, and built hydraulic equipment and mined coal and iron in Fengze in the mountains and rivers to build craftsmen. It can be seen that it must be the secret spy of Liang Guo who lurked beside Han Daoxun at the beginning, and secretly passed the industrial secretary mastered by Han Qian and Han Daoxun father and son to Liang Guo. Now it's not about believing or not believing Han Qian's words, but if Guangde Mansion is chaotic and Jinling is unstable, it will be impossible to progress in suppressing Shouzhou, and the problem of Chuzhou will not be solved. ”

"Yes, Han Qian's words, whether you believe it or not, even if you have to be very vigilant, you have to do it with dignity. In the end, as long as the foundation of Great Chu is solid and the subjects are at peace, Han Qian and other scheming people will become unambitious if they have ambitions," Yang En couldn't help but sigh and said, "Otherwise, you won't be able to play Han Qian by playing conspiracy, and your face will be lost." ”

"It's a pity that not everyone can figure it out!" Shen Yang said with a sigh.

"This is also simple, I will go to see the prince of the county and Zheng Chang, and ask them, there is turmoil in Guangde Mansion, the situation in Jinling is unstable, Han Qian has won Sizhou, his appetite is not satisfied, and he wants to take the opportunity to encroach on Chenzhou and Yezhou, how should they deal with it?" Yang En said.

“…… Since they are afraid of Xuzhou, then they will explain the jealousy thoroughly, and the county prince and Zheng Chang should be able to think clearly about what the consequences will be," Shen Yang nodded, approving that Yang En had to lobby Yang Zhitang and Zheng Chang first, and said, "However, even if the county prince and Zheng Zhongcheng support the early determination of the candidate for the prefect of Guangde, it is unknown whether they will agree to use Xue Ruogu, or if they have a more preferred candidate." And the civil unrest in Sizhou has risen, and it can't be said that they really just sit idly by! ”

"At this time, using Xue Ruogu to know about Guangde Mansion may harm him, and the assassination case is extremely alarming, and it is impossible to really give up and not pursue it, but as long as the prince of the county and Zheng Zhongcheng can consider the consequences thoroughly, they may recommend a more secure candidate," Yang En said, "As for the civil unrest in Sizhou only broke out for seven days, Yang Xingfeng sent his son to Jinling, I think most of the princes have the intention of waiting and watching the situation, delaying for ten days and half a month, the situation will not deteriorate anywhere, and it may be more appropriate to wait for further news and then make a decision." ”

Shen Yang knew that Yang En did not advocate using Xue Ruogu to know the Guangde Mansion, probably because he also considered that Xue Ruogu might not have His Majesty's trust, if he insisted on his own opinion, he might ask someone with a heart to seize His Majesty's mind and firmly oppose it.

Sometimes, compromise is just the last option.

Shen Yang sat in this seat, said that he was the head of the courtiers, and he also understood compromise more thoroughly, waved his hand, and decided not to mention this section again, saying: "Sizhou people are in turmoil, maybe we really have to wait and see for a while before we can make a conclusion." ”

After reaching a consensus on the matter of the Guangde prefect and the civil unrest in Sizhou, Yang En asked again: "By the way, what does Shen Xiang think about the relocation of the hungry people into the Shuzhou Military Government?" Hundreds of thousands of people drowned in the road, and if it is delayed, hundreds of people may die of famine every day......"

Excluding Gyeonggi County, in Jinling City alone, there were as many as 500,000 or 600,000 people at its peak.

The dependents and relatives of the generals and military attaches of the forbidden army and the guards and pro-army officials, as well as the children of the clan lords and wealthy families who moved to Jinling to enjoy the prosperity of the world, as well as many good civilians who begged for a living in Jinling, as well as tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids, as well as more than 200,000 slaves and maids who were dependent on the powerful or servitude of the powerful.

The Jinling Incident was a big mess, and even though it had been four months since the recovery of Jinling, there were still a large number of remaining problems that had not yet been resolved.

How can we help those civilians who used to live in the city, but whose houses were burned down and their property looted during the war, are no longer able to make a living in the city?

Tens of thousands of eunuchs and palace maids who were expelled from the palace, these people mainly came from Shouzhou, Chuzhou, Guangling and other places, and said that they were dismissed and returned home, but they couldn't really take over these people to the rebels of Anning Palace and King Xin, right?

And that's not even the main thing.

After the Jinling Incident, the vast majority of courtiers and nobles in Jinling City chose to serve the Anning Palace.

After the recovery of Jinling, among these nobles and courtiers, except for Yang En, Shang Wensheng and others, only a few were pardoned.

More people either fled north across the river with the Anning Palace, or they were already severely punished, or beheaded, or exiled, or directly demoted to official slaves and maids, subordinated to the Shaofu Temple, and used as prisoners as apprentices.

The slaves and maids who were originally attached to these renegade courtiers and nobles amounted to more than 100,000 people, and most of them stayed after recovering Jinling City, or the old master, the mud bodhisattva, crossed the river and protected himself as refugees, so he could only abandon them in Jinling.

Theoretically, these people should be incorporated into official slaves and maids, and assigned to Shaofu Temple, Taifu Temple or the palace to serve as workers and palace slaves.

The problem is that the officials, slaves, maids, prisoners and families left over from the Shaofu Temple and other courtyard divisions, plus the renegade courtiers and nobles who have been demoted to slavery, have reached 120,000 people, and it is not impossible to be incorporated again, but can the imperial court afford such a large spoiled expenditure?

The farms of renegade courtiers and nobles have been confiscated, either to reward meritorious deeds, or to expand the cantonment of the forbidden army and the guards of the pro-army, and the remaining fields are all lords' land, but they are also caused by the war

The mouth is lost, and large areas are desolate down.

Shen Yang did not boldly and directly advocate the expropriation of these barren fields, but only thought that Emperor Yanyou could grant amnesty, give cheap and good, let these slaves and maids restore their status as commoners, and lease these barren fields from the hands of the clan lords to cultivate, so that the abandoned agricultural production in Gyeonggi counties could be restored as soon as possible.

Zheng Yu, Huang Hua and others insisted that the good and the poor could not be opened lightly, and strongly demanded that the old system be followed and these people should be incorporated into official slaves and maids.

On the one hand, they were worried that the negative impact of Gwangdeok Province would be expanded in Gyeonggi as a result, and on the other hand, it was nothing more than some clever people who thought that the imperial court would not be able to accommodate too many official slaves and maids in the end, and that they could obtain a large number of slaves and maids very cheaply, which was better than renting out barren fields.

Emperor Yanyou was also very conflicted.

When he ascended to the throne, he naturally did not want the desire and power of the clan lords to continue to swell, and he did not want to see Gyeonggi Fu County completely fall into the world of the clan lords.

However, at this time, he had to rely on the clan lords to rule the Great Chu world.

Shen Yang and the generals from Hanshu are currently only a very small number of them in the command system of the court and the forbidden army and guard generals.

Another reason is that a large number of wealthy officials, slaves and maids must be sold, and a large amount of money and grain can be raised in a short period of time to relieve the current pressure on the national treasury.

There is also an opinion that these slaves and maids should be moved to Shuzhou, and another military government should be opened in Shuzhou, and these slaves and maids should be organized into military households.

Li Zhihe was in Shuzhou at this time, controlling the elite of the Zuo Longque Army and the Zuowu Guard, but the total strength was only more than 40,000 people, and the Wuya Army Naval Division was not enough to form a military advantage over the rebels of Anning Palace who withdrew to defend Chao and Shou.

Not to mention the king of Xin, who was enshrined in the eastern kingdom of Huai, and he still coveted the side with ill intentions.

If these slaves and maids are moved into Shuzhou or into Chaozhou, which can be recovered, and organized into forbidden army soldiers, the number of soldiers and horses that Li Zhihe can command in Shuzhou will increase to more than 70,000.

Yang En prefers the third option.

Since King Xin had been enshrined in the Eastern Kingdom of Huai, he thought that if he could recover Chaozhou and Shouzhou as soon as possible, King Xin would become peaceful and self-contained.

This is the same as his attitude towards Xuzhou, no matter whether Han Qian and King Xin are ambitious or not, as long as the imperial court has a solid foundation and can control the situation, Han Qian and King Xin will become ambitious and keep to themselves.

And Shen Yang's proposition, the opposition is too strong.

As long as this problem is solved, the clan lords have no other hope and will hire civilians who cannot make a living in the cities to cultivate the barren fields – even if this is done, the recovery of agricultural production in the Gyeonggi counties will be much slower, but it will be better than a stalemate.

In addition, Chaoshou Prefecture, which is the real northern gate of Jinling, has become scarce due to the war before, and it is also expected that in the next war, the population will be further lost, and a large number of people need to be moved in from the outside, so that the foundation of this most critical gateway will be solid.

Of course, there are also opponents to this plan.

Then Xinchang Hou Lipu.

Li Zhihe went out of Shuzhou, and Li Pu also strongly opposed it, but the princes of the political hall always thought that Li Zhihe was a person from the Marquis of Xinchang.

At this time, there were Li Zhihe and Chai Jian in the Xinchang Marquis Mansion, and Emperor Yanyou trusted the generals of the Xinchang Marquis Mansion, and there should be a limit.

Now don't say that Li Pu used Chai Jian as the core to organize a war in Shaozhou and recover Yongzhou, Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu, Zheng Chang, Zhang Chao, Du Chongtao and others even advocated the removal of Chai Jian and replaced others with someone else to preside over the Wuzhiling defense line south of Shaozhou.

Li Pu resisted the pressure and resolutely did not agree to the removal of Chai Jian, which could only strongly oppose the strengthening of Li Zhihe's authority.

However, Chai Jian did not remove and replace him, and Yang Zhitang, Zheng Yu and others did not support the rush to move so many slaves and maids to Shuzhou and hand them over to Li Zhihe for moderation, so they strongly advocated that too many officials, slaves and maids should be disposed of according to the second plan, and that the soldiers and horses lacking in Shouzhou should be recruited from several other forbidden armies.

This is the court!

This is a chaotic court, everyone is smart, and everyone has their own interests to adhere to.

From the perspective of checks and balances, Shen Yang, Yang En, and even Yang Yuanpu cannot say that Yang Zhitang and Zheng Yu are wrong.

In addition, there is a more realistic difficulty.

So many slaves and maids moved north to be organized into military government and soldiers, and the imperial court had to come up with a large amount of money and grain for resettlement.

Even in order to recruit strong men from these slaves and maids for training and equip them with military armor, the cost is several times that of being placed as official slaves and maids.

Yang En raised this question, and many controversies and stalemates turned around in Shen Yang's mind, his brows also wrinkled deeper, and asked Yang En with a wry smile: "Look at my head, is there a few more gray hairs in an instant?" ”

Yang En also smiled bitterly, no matter what he claimed, he was also very clear about the entanglement of interests and interests, and said: "Then let's drag it out, first solve the civil unrest in Guangde Mansion and Sizhou, and then talk about ......."

Of course, everything is difficult to decide, in addition to the entanglement of interests above the court, there is also a layer of reason, even in front of Shen Yang, Yang En is inconvenient to say it directly.

That is, His Majesty lacks his own ideas in these military affairs, is too indecisive, and is always easily shaken by other people's words.

It's just that His Majesty has not yet passed the age of the weak crown, and Yang En knows that he can't have too many harsh requirements for His Majesty, thinking that things may really be in a hurry.

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