In the corridor of the Hongen Palace, King Xian was furious:

"Li Xu is stubborn and stupid, he is really angry!"

At this time, the four of them arrived in a hurry, and Gao Xun said as he walked:

"King, foolish ministers like Li Xu are not worthy of the king's anger, please calm the king's anger."

"Such a foolish minister, how can the widow be angry. Yongxing Hou has contributed to Sheji, this is obvious to all, he dared to give Aiqing the following Ma Wei in person, how he let the widow step down! ”

At this time, Bai Liyan answered:

"King, what is the situation of this Li Xu, I don't know how difficult it is to use troops, he is still in the court and keeps asking his ministers to make the gold and silver treasures public, which is obviously a move to sow discord and have ulterior motives."

King Xian restrained his anger and said:

"This Li Xu is becoming more and more lawless. He was the official recommended by the prince to the widow three years ago, and the prince advised to reform the malpractice and open up the way of speech, and the widow felt that it was advantageous, so he agreed. I never thought that it would be such a result, which really annoyed the widow. ”

"The Imperial Doctor is subordinate to the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister is subordinate to the Long History, Lord Gao, haven't you reviewed this person in advance?"

Bai Liyan asked Gao Xun, Gao Xun looked bitter, he was actually the most wronged:

"Before Li Xu became the imperial historian, he had not yet served as the chief historian, so I have no right to interfere with the prince's employment."

Li Xu was appointed as the imperial historian in 631, and Gao Xun was appointed as the chief historian in 632, largely because Li Xu had just taken office in 631 and beheaded He Meng, the governor of the capital, on the charge of embezzlement of military funds.

In 632, Chen Feishi's son Chen Qu was investigated and punished by Li Xu for stealing goods from Yongxing City to make extra money because he borrowed a warship to run goods for private use, and was dismissed from his military position and demoted to a concubine, and the old general Chen Feishi died of anger.

"Zhao Shuai is on the front line, the whip is beyond reach, and it will be too late to behead He Meng in the Taiwei Mansion!" Gao Xun said in frustration.

"Taiwei Mansion, it's the Marquis of Dingyang!" Bailiyan asked.

"Yes, it's Ding Yanghou."

"Military logistics, shouldn't it be the Great Sima Mansion to ask!"

"Alas...... This is all to blame for the widow's negligence for a while......" King Xian blamed himself, and then said: "Zhao Qing is busy with military affairs, and Baili Aiqing is far away from the widow, so he has no choice but to give some chores of Sima Mansion to Ding Yanghou, but the widow never expected that such a thing would happen!" ”

After the Marquis of Dingyang stripped off his military power, they were all collected by King Xian and transferred to the hands of Da Sima. When He Meng was killed, Zhao Xunyuan was busy with military affairs on the front line, Bai Liyan, as the great Sima envoy, was in the south, and the chief and deputy chiefs of the Sima Mansion were not there, so King Xian handed over the chores to the Marquis of Ding Yang, who took advantage of his position to install people to fight against the other party.

"Not only He Meng and Chen Feishi, but Li Xu even tried to frame Zhao Shuai by forming a party for personal gain, which is really hateful!"

Gao Xun said, Bai Liyan was shocked:

"Is he a mad dog, he bites when he sees someone, opens his mouth and closes his mouth for the king, for the sake of the country, and the big Sima is also the minister he can frame."

Li Xu accused Zhao Xun of forming a party for personal gain, which is actually ironclad evidence, which is also the reason why Zhao Xun hid it.

The reason is that Zhao Xun has not been able to get money in the past few years, and it is difficult for the treasury to adjust, so he asked Baili Yanfuzhong for it several times, to say that there is no problem in the special period, but after Li Xu took office, there was a problem.

The so-called forming a party for personal gain is colluding with each other for their own interests, Zhao Xun used money to Baili Yanfu to govern the army and reward and bereavement benefits.

If there were no three relationships, Guangxin Gong, Xuanting Hou, and Princess Lanyuan, I am afraid that the first person to be copied would be him Bailiyan.

"This bastard is simply a mad dog. Why didn't the king, such an ignorant person, remove him from office? ”

King Xian is embarrassed:

"Ding Yanghou and others strongly oppose it, and the widow is really embarrassed."

"What about the prince?"

Gao Xun answered:

The prince said...... There is solid evidence for the deposition of Li Xuyan, and everyone is not convinced. ”

"There is real evidence to check and there is real evidence, according to his investigation method, wouldn't everyone be in danger, how can this be true!"

According to the usual practice, during the period of the crown prince's auxiliary administration, he has the right to propose to the monarch the appointment of personnel and build the prototype of his future ruling team, so the first batch of officials proposed by the prince to appoint, as long as they are not the chief and deputy heads of major departments, in principle, the monarch and the heads of various departments will not object.

In particular, the first appointment is to demonstrate the ability of the crown prince, and the monarch needs to determine the future succession policy by inspecting the prince's appointment.

But I don't want to, the crown prince Jiang Yu appointed the imperial historian, because the Xianguo has rarely placed the imperial historian for hundreds of years, and they are all temporary appointments, and they have not caused great harm in history, and the king of Xian failed to realize the harm of the imperial historian.

Gao Xun was only a foreign envoy at that time, and for the sake of his future future, of course, he would not confront the future monarch, so Li Xu sat on the post of imperial doctor very smoothly, and then bit people everywhere like a mad dog.

What is odious is that it was the Marquis of Ding Yang and other powerful people, after discovering Li Xu's value, he desperately protected him, and used his mouth to eliminate dissidents, plus the prince "according to his conscience and fairness", King Xian's two dismissals of Li Xu failed to take shape.

"Now that Aiqing has returned to the widow, the widow is relieved."

"Please rest assured that the king will live up to the king's trust."

"With Yongxinghou's words, what do the widows have to worry about, hahaha......"

King Xian laughed, and all the unhappiness was swept away. The five of them chatted while walking, and there were many mentions on Lu Gao Road during the Xianxi War, and Bai Liyan was more concerned about the battle situation in Changsun Kingdom:

"Zhao Shuai, what is the current situation of the eldest grandson country?"

"The combat power of the Changsun Kingdom is actually unbearable, most of the counties in the southeast and south have been lost, but after the appearance of the Earthquake Fire, its combat power has increased sharply, and a number of lost territories have been regained in the past two years, but last year, the Black Turban Army also made black fire powder, imitating the Earthquake Fire, after our army stopped advancing westward, the Changsun Kingdom suffered defeats, so in recent months, the Black Turban Army and the Changsun Kingdom have not been able to hold each other."

"In this way, most of the southeastern counties of Changsun Country are still in the hands of the Black Turban Army, and they are still far from the western part of Sun Kingdom."

"Exactly."

Zhao Xun affirmed, and King Xian gritted his teeth and said:

"The hateful eldest grandson villain deceived people too much, Yongxing Hou didn't know, at the beginning, the widow said that he wanted to buy the earth-shaking fire, and the eldest grandson country actually asked for 200,000 inches of silver for a lion's mouth, which is simply unreasonable."

Bailiyan was taken aback when she heard the news:

"They want to go crazy for money, this kind of rag is worth 200,000 yuan, give it to the minister, and the minister doesn't want it!"

Gao Xun said:

"The land route to the West Sea has been interrupted for many years, China's cargo ships go west to be subject to the eldest grandson, after the king refused to buy, the eldest grandson country will increase the toll tax by two percent, the price of pearls is also plummeting, and the current business channel is not smooth, not only Sun Guo is exploited, Liang is affected by the war, the toll tax is also a lot longer, and the tax will be collected after arriving in the Yan country, and my country's profits are not as good as before.

In addition, in the past two years, the lost land has been regained one after another, and the people have been relieved to resume farming, and the state treasury is now unable to make ends meet, and it is still the old capital saved in the past few years. ”

At this time, the king of Xian took over and said:

"Therefore, the widow wants Aiqing to be the chief farmer and lead the military armament department, what does Aiqing want?"

"Shhh...... The minister is now concurrently serving as the governor of Su Neishi and the Great Sima Envoy, and he also has to take care of the army and Yongxing City, and then serve as the post of the Great Si Nong, and the minister is afraid that he will lack skills. ”

"Aiqing can rest assured, from today, Aiqing will step down from the post of Grand Sima Envoy and will be replaced by General Lu Gao. In the future, Aiqing will specialize in financial and taxation for the widows, and Zhao Qing and General Lu will be in charge of military affairs, what does Aiqing think? ”

Hearing the news of stepping down as the Great Sima Envoy, Bai Liyan was shocked, it turned out that his military power was lost in this round-and-forth. After a moment's thought, he said:

"King, the war has not subsided, military affairs still need to be rectified, and it is probably inappropriate for the minister to take up a civilian position at this time."

"The widow asked Aiqing to step down as the envoy of the Great Sima, didn't he let Aiqing ignore it, in the future, but for all military affairs, Aiqing will still ask the widow to play, so as not to be criticized by the cabinet and the state political supervisor."

"That being the case, the minister commands!"

Dasi Nong was originally Mo Anzheng, but he was already powerless when he was old, and he was a person from Jiang Min, the Duke of Guangxin, who occupied the pit and did not, and many people in the court were eager to move it away.

Mo Anzheng has been the chief farmer for so many years, and he has reaped a lot of benefits for Jiang Min, of course, he himself has not made any less illegal gains. He was worried that "the late festival would not be guaranteed", and after seeing the fate of Chen Feishi and He Meng, he resigned from the post of Dasi Nong in the first month of 633.

Xihuan coveted the finance of Xianguo for many years, and under the pretext that his uncle Fang Bo had done a lot of business in Yin Yangcheng, the prince proposed that Fang Bo be appointed as the chief Sinong in order to pass through the Jin market. At the same time, Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Taiwei Dingyang, also plucked the powerful of the Manchu Dynasty and nominated his eldest son Zhang You to serve as the first position of the Great Si Nong.

In addition, Princess Lanyuan also did not lack activities, and asked King Xian to let Xuanting Hou Qiaolian serve as the Great Si Nong, and the three major forces of the Xian Kingdom all showed their sharp teeth and claws to eat ugly, coveting the fat shortage of Da Si Nong.

After the King of Xian and Gao Xun discussed, it was decided to leave Baili Yan to return to China in the future to serve as the Great Si Nong, one to reduce his military power, and the other to monopolize internal affairs, by the King of Xian, the Marquis of Xuanting, and the Duke of Guangxin, Baili Yan Jin was the marquis, and the Quartet balanced the forces of the Marquis of Ding Yang and the Jin State.

Speaking of which, the Marquis of Ding Yang had already lost power, only because during Bailiyan's absence, the demonstration of the law of granting land was remarkable, and Gao Xun was anxious, and aggressively implemented this law to the four counties of Beihai, Dongyuan, Jiangdong, and Suidang, which intensified the contradiction between the imperial court and some vested interest groups.

The new policy was resisted and rebounded greatly in the four counties, and the results were not obvious, and Zhang Jun, the Marquis of Dingyang, was able to gain the support of the nobles of the four counties and regain the right to speak.

After Mo Anzheng left his post, the contradictions between the local aristocracy and the imperial court were further exacerbated, and the trade plummeted, and in addition to grain, the taxes of the four counties of Beihai, Dongyuan, Jiangdong, and Suidang fell sharply in 632, and there was a huge gap in the treasury.

In addition, Zhao Xun led the army to victory, regained lost territory, and intensified financial and ration expenditures, which made Mo Anzheng, who was already powerless, anxious, and Li Xu forced it tightly, and finally had to resign and return to Guangxin for the elderly.

During the Southern Expedition, although Zhao Xun recovered most of the land in Xianxi, due to the implementation of the policy of supporting the people in Baili Yan'an, the financial expenses continued to rise, and last year the King of Xian had to ask the Marquis of Xuanting, the Marquis of Lu, and the Baili Mansion to pledge 200,000 inches of silver and 1 million copper coins to relieve the urgent need.

Originally, the value of the copper coins of the Xianguo country due to the economic improvement, the pearl as a hard currency, the depreciation of the currency has been greatly reversed, the Jin State, the Changsun State could not see the benefits of the Xianguo, joined hands to defend the country to short the price of pearls, forcibly suppressed the price of pearls in the three countries, Zhiguo, Liang Guo also took the opportunity to lower the price of Yongxingcheng steel ingots, resulting in the depreciation of the copper coins of the Xianguo again, the trade volume plummeted, there was a deficit in precious metals, and the price of silver and copper was out of balance, and it returned to seven years ago overnight.