Chapter 339: An Investigation from Chai Rong
Zhao Pu stared at Ye Hua closely, he really wanted to get encouragement from Ye Hua's eyes, after all, this was the way he was thinking hard, and he needed someone to support him very much, and Ye Hua was the best candidate, but Zhao Pu was going to be disappointed, Ye Hua was silent for a long time, and then said slowly: "I'm afraid you have more suggestions, let's say them together!" β
As Ye Hua said, now it is only a case of military rations, Zhao Puda can write to Chai Rong, there is no need to come to Ye Hua, since he is here, it shows that Zhao Pu has greater ambitions, and it is far from being as simple as setting up a transfer envoy.
Zhao Pu took a deep breath, took out a notebook from his sleeve, and respectfully placed it in front of Ye Hua.
"This is the strategy I have drawn up for Your Majesty, and I would like to ask the Hou Ye to take a look."
Ye Hua bowed his head, he picked it up and opened it to watch. Ye Hua was not happy to see it, he carefully tasted every sentence, Zhao Pu's brainchild was of course extraordinary.
In the notebook, Zhao Pu proposed a twelve-character strategy.
"Seize their power, control their money valley, and collect their elite soldiers."
These twelve words are aimed at the local feudal towns, but they are also aimed at the shortcomings exposed this time.
Chai Rong took advantage of the affairs of the Gao family to take back the inheritance of the feudal town, and the envoys of the various festivals and the deputy envoys of the festivals must be appointed by the imperial court, and the personnel and horses must be dispatched, and they also need to obey the will of the Son of Heaven.
This is only part of the problem, and there is still a lot of work to be done to completely eliminate the feudal towns.
Zhao Pu suggested that the personnel, finance, taxation, and criminal powers of the Jiedu envoys should be withdrawn, and the powers of the Jiedu envoys should be limited to military matters, and the rest of the things should not be touched.
Arrange transshipment envoys, collect grain taxes, and be responsible for transporting money and grain to the capital, as well as undertaking materials from the capital and transferring them to the local and military areas.
The festival makes it impossible to touch the treasury and taxes, so it is impossible to expand the army wantonly and increase its own power privately.
For those local feudal towns that still have a lot of power, they are required to hand over their elite troops and integrate them into the forbidden army. At the same time, it is also necessary to limit the number of generals and followers to prevent them from becoming larger......
This series of measures will continue to be used, interlocking and impermeable, and all of them will hit the vital places. As long as it can be done more than half, the drawbacks that have plagued the feudal town for two hundred years will be completely lifted, Ye Hua has no doubts at all, after all, this is what the Zhao brothers did in history, Zhuyu is in front, but Da Zhou wants to repeat the mistakes of the past and become a "weak Song"? Is this really what you want to see?
Ye Hua was asking himself, and he couldn't help but fall into thought.
Zhao Pu wanted to convince Ye Hua very much, he said sincerely: "Master Hou, just take this deficit as an example, this account really can't be counted in the political affairs hall, nor can it be counted on the civil officials, this is a confused account at all." β
Zhao Pu asked Ye Hua, "Master Hou, do you know how much the army occupies in the place right now?" β
"There should be half of it!"
"It's sixty percent!" Zhao Pu sighed helplessly.
The so-called "army" is the name of the troops stationed on the border in the Tang Dynasty, the big one is called the army, the small one is called Shouti, since the five dynasties, the army has become a kind of administrative region, due to more and more wars, divided, all kinds of "army" is more and more, open the map of the five dynasties and ten countries, the original familiar place names have become "so-and-so army", people are confused, dark, not clear at all.
According to the rules, the army is subordinate to the prefecture, which is higher than the county level, but does not govern the county.
But in the era when there are soldiers who are the king of grass, how can the military leaders listen to the arrangement of the governor of the state, isn't it a joke!
Therefore, almost all the armies were above the prefectures and counties, and the Jiedu envoy also became the local governor, not only holding military power, but also civil power.
Take this time as an example, the government affairs hall ordered to send grain and grass to the front.
Ordinary states and counties will obey orders and allocate as much as they want, and of course, there are not a few of them who are greedy for ink, and they are even very amazing. But compared to those "armies", the situation is much better.
In order to expand their power, the local temperance envoys naturally had to be greedy for food and wages, embezzle the treasury and people's wealth, and strengthen their own strength.
Under the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty, more than half of them were controlled by various "armies".
Just imagine, half of them are Wenchen who has the final say, and half of them are Wufu in power, and they are intertwined and intricate.
In the face of such a bad situation, it is no wonder that there is no problem!
In response to this fraud case, and also for the division of the feudal town, Zhao Pu put forward his full set of plans.
In addition to those twelve words, he also suggested abolishing the army, changing it into a state capital, sending civilian officials, and governing the localities. In this way, you can achieve the same heart, such as the command of the arm. When encountering a military situation, the warriors concentrate on the war, and the civilian officials concentrate on the rear, and they are each responsible for a booth, so they can work together without mistakes.
What a good idea!
Ye Hua sighed secretly, that's right, this is the path taken by the "Great Coward" in history, Zhao Pu took it out in advance and wanted to use it for Da Zhou.
No wonder Zhao Pu wants to find himself, such a big thing, without the support of a strong figure, don't want to convince the emperor, let alone implement it.
Speaking of which, Zhao Pu can be regarded as a discerning person, as long as Ye Hua is willing to nod, he will become half. And with his merits, Zhao Pu can completely enter the political hall in one fell swoop.
Now those prime ministers are good at law and punishment, Wang Pu is good at literature, Wei Renpu is good at calculation, Li Gu is an expert in financial management, and Xue Juzheng's ability to do things is too poor...... After all, the court lacks a prime minister who truly reconciles yin and yang, assists the king, and governs the world!
To a certain extent, Guo Wei hopes that Ye Hua will take on the mission of prime minister.
But after all, he is a martial artist, and there are many inconveniences, if Zhao Pu can enter the political hall, he is a well-deserved real prime minister.
Facing Ye Hua, Zhao Pu did not hide his ambitions, "Hou Ye, Xia Guan asked himself, this strategy is for the good of the court, there is no personal selfishness, if Hou Ye can support it, Xia Guan is willing to jointly present it to His Majesty with Hou Ye." β
With such a big credit, half of it should be given to Ye Hua, and Zhao Pu is quite generous.
It's just that Ye Hua shook his head, he put the paper on the table, and his index finger tapped the table table rhythmically.
"Lord Zhao, I naturally know your good intentions. It's just that I want to ask, if you do this, where do you put the warriors? β
"Sure enough!"
Zhao Pu lowered his head, unable to help but be disappointed.
He came to Ye Hua, in addition to valuing Ye Hua's influence on Chai Rong, he also valued Ye Hua's identity.
After all, doing this is clearly aimed at the martial arts, and the backlash of the martial artists can be imagined.
Ye Hua is the champion Hou, the first person in the army, if he can stand on his side and support it fully, the dissatisfaction of other martial artists can be suppressed.
Zhao Pu has worked with Ye Hua, and in his mind, Ye Hua still has a very big picture and will not obstruct actions that benefit the country and the people for his own selfishness.
Zhao Pu was full of confidence, but he was wrong, Ye Hua couldn't care less about the interests of the martial artists, sure enough, he couldn't be too naΓ―ve, Zhao Pu reached out and was ready to take it back, just as if he didn't say anything.
"Wait!"
Ye Hua stopped Zhao Pu, "I asked you where you plan to put the martial artists, but you haven't given me an answer yet." β
"This ...... Why should Master Hou be strong, his subordinates really don't know. Zhao Pu shook his head again and again.
Ye Hua smiled, "If you don't think about it, you dare to go to the book, this is not what a prime minister should do!" β
Zhao Pu was stunned.
Ye Hua continued: "According to your method, you have collected elite soldiers, controlled Qian Gu, and set aside the power of affairs. The local men and horses must lack money and food, and they are negligent in training, how can they resist foreign insults, and how can they sweep the world? If you don't have a complete solution, I won't write a joint letter with you, and Your Majesty won't agree to it. β
"Ahh
Zhao Pu was stunned, could it be that he misunderstood, did the Hou Ye dislike his incomplete ideas and thoughtless?
Ye Hua smiled and said: "Martial artists are not only the source of trouble, but also the cornerstone of a country. Lord Zhao, when formulating a strategy, the most taboo selfish prejudice, think about it! β
Zhao Pu came out of Ye Mansion, he lost his soul, as if he had been beaten by frost, he thought that the perfect strategy was actually pointed out to be fatal, he only thought of half of the things, and half of it, he actually didn't think that in this way, what kind of prime minister is he! It's still time to catch fire!
Back at home, Zhao Pu locked himself in the study and didn't come out for three whole days. He frantically rummaged through various texts to find a solution.
Zhao Pu is not a person who loves to read, but this time, he played with his life, looked through the classics of the previous dynasties, looked for the codex of the soldiers of the past dynasties, read word by word, and looked for a way. After finding the idea, you have to think about it repeatedly, and if it is not suitable, continue to ponder......
After three days of retreat and hard thinking, Zhao Pu came up with a solution.
In the evening of the next day, Zhao Pu came to Ye Mansion again, his face was full of stubble, his eyes were red, and he looked very embarrassed, but his eyes were full of brilliance.
"I've found a way, Master Hou, just wait and see!"
Ye Zhong walked out, "It's Lord Zhao, please come here." β
Zhao Pu was full of confidence, followed Ye Zhong, and arrived at the flower hall, above the flower hall, there were two people sitting and talking, one was Ye Hua, he was holding a teapot and making tea for the other.
"Your Majesty, today is talking about state affairs, and the minister doesn't dare to prepare drinks here."
Chai Rong remembered that he was drunk by Ye Hua before, and he was so angry that the roots of his teeth itched. "I will first listen to the ability of the 'prime minister', if it is really as you say, he is a virtuous minister of the country, and he will naturally be revealed!"