Chapter 80 Handling Political Affairs
The second day is the small court meeting, Zhou Bian has been running around for half a year, so this small court meeting originally scheduled to be held once every five days can rarely be held on time, so this small court meeting is particularly valued, and the first day he sent his attendants to inform everyone. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
It was still cool in the early morning, and the important ministers of the royal family were full of seats, Zhou Bian was on the top, the left hand side was headed by the Taishi, and below was the young master, Tsukazai, Sikong, Wang Sunman, and the right hand side was headed by the young master, and below were Sima Tu, Si Kou, Shan Wen, Liu Zixi and Jian Jia, the important ministers in the royal family and Wang Sunman and others who were reused by the king were all here, and Bai Gui was naturally not here.
This time is not a big deal, first of all, the Imperial Forest Army got a reward and was festive, so the young master took the opportunity to propose whether to continue to recruit troops, the last time in Luoyang only recruited more than 100 people, there is still a lot of room for the 300 people promised by Zhou Gong, but the young master is worried about whether Zhou Gong will be happy. In addition, I saw a lot of rewards in the Imperial Forest Army, many people in the Chengzhou Garrison Division and the palace guards, and even some scholars who were afraid of the Queen Mother also proposed to join the Royal Forest Army. This expansion of the army is naturally what Zhou Bian is looking forward to, but it will never be indiscriminate, and everyone in the city of Cheng Zhou can join the Imperial Forest Army, but they must pass the exam, that is, running and lifting stones, this is what I am thinking of at present, in addition, Zhou Bian also creatively proposed a probationary period, that is, according to the training method of the Imperial Forest Army, try to train for a month, if you can bear it, you will stay, and if you can't bear it, you will leave, and the young master will remember it one by one in his heart. As for Luoyang's side, Zhou Bian thought about it and decided to pay the management fee of this month's natural residence first, so as not to overstimulate Zhou Gong, the power of the royal family must be slowly expanded step by step, and it must not be expanded all at once.
The second thing was proposed by Zhou Bian himself, which was a supplement to the three chapters of the previous law change. As soon as the previous land law came out, now even Zhou Bian himself felt that it was too loose for the peasants, after all, the rapid development of the royal family now requires a lot of manpower, so Zhou Bian added two new laws this time, one is the household registration law, which is led by Lord Si Kou, and Liu Zixi is specifically responsible for counting all the farmers in Wangji in Chengzhou, and everyone is registered, in fact, every small village has a village elder who specializes in assisting the royal family in management, so this statistics is not very difficult. The other is the law of conscription, conscription and taxation are the two magic weapons of the feudal rulers to oppress the common people, Zhou Bian originally scoffed, but now the royal family lacks labor, and has to make up his mind on this. The new conscription law stipulates that every man over the age of 16 and under the age of 50 must unconditionally contribute to the royal family for one month every year. Now what Zhou Bian is thinking about is planning to build a new military camp and school field outside the east gate of Chengzhou City, otherwise there will be no place to stay after the expansion of the Imperial Forest Army. The conscription law needs to cooperate with the household registration law, so the supervision and contribution are still under the control of the sikou, and the construction of the military camp is naturally the responsibility of the sikong lord, and several people are ordered.
Thinking of the more than 800 children of the nobles of the clan in the city, Zhou Bian couldn't help but have a headache, since the queen mother was a wicked person before, then he should be a good person. So Zhou Bian continued to order, because it takes a lot of manpower to count household registration and supervise the peasants to serve forced labor, and these few people are naturally not enough at present, so Zhou Bian decided to recruit from these more than 800 people, and they must be loyal and honest, which is a bit like recruiting civil servants in later generations. After being hired, in addition to the salary of his own title, he can also get a salary, and in Zhou Bian's thoughts, he must gradually change from relying on his title to getting money for work, otherwise the royal family can raise a small army with so much money from idlers, and now this situation is just a transitional period. However, these ministers naturally couldn't think of such a far, and when they heard the king say that they would pay another salary, they naturally praised the king for his grace. Liu Zixi, Danwen and others saw that the king was sympathetic to him, and they couldn't stop thanking him.
These political matters are simple to say, but when they are actually handled, it still takes half a day to complete the discussion. Thinking of the ancient diligent emperor who had worked so hard for decades, Zhou Bian couldn't help but have a headache, so he had to comfort himself and said, at present, it is not smooth, everything has formed rules and regulations, and it is easy to do things.
After sending off the ministers, Zhou Bian let out a big sigh, stretched his waist, and finally finished his work. Thinking that there was nothing else to do, he got up and walked to the Queen Mother, as a young son of heaven, he still had to report everything to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was in a good mood today, and after listening to it, she nodded again and again, and the Queen Mother naturally had no opinion on Zhou Bian's actions. Seeing that it was noon, Zhou Bian stayed behind to accompany the Queen Mother for lunch, and then returned to his small courtyard.
Every time he returned to this small courtyard, Zhou Bian had an impulse to change or give this courtyard a name, and the small courtyard where he lived did not even have a name, but when he thought that the great cause of revival had just begun, he couldn't help but think, after all, a comfortable life is easy to make people lazy, and everything will wait for the royal family to return to Luoyang.
Naturally, there is no white face to scary in the courtyard today, the summer heat is just right for a nap, and under Liu Qing's service, he took off his coat and lay down, and Zhou Bian soon fell asleep.
In a daze, I don't know what time it was, Zhou Bian was woken up by a shout, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Liu Qing for a long time.
"The king, the king, Lord Prison is out asking to see you."
"What's the matter?" Zhou Bian rubbed his eyes and asked.
"I didn't hear him say anything important."
"Then let the king sleep again." Zhou Bian turned over and was about to go back to sleep, when he suddenly remembered that he wanted to be diligent in government, and he wanted to be diligent in government, so he got up again and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Back to the king, it's just time to go to Shen."
Shen Shi was from three to five o'clock in the afternoon in the later generations, and he didn't expect to sleep for so long, Zhou Bian touched his face and got up in spirit.
When I got out of the inner room, I saw Supervisor A waiting in the front hall, and after seeing Supervisor A saluting in a proper manner, he presented a pair of bamboo slips.
"The king, this is the bamboo slip brought by the people of the caravan entrusted by the Baigui doctor, and it will only arrive at noon, and the old slave will send it to the king."
I didn't think it was a letter sent by Bai Gui, didn't I just go back yesterday, and I didn't know what to say, so I opened the bamboo slips under curiosity, and saw a row of neat big seals, with round gestures and neat and symmetrical, this trace made Zhou Bian blush, much stronger than what he wrote. It's just that he has studied with the Taishi for a while, so the big seal still can't recognize it, so Zhou Bian glanced at it and handed the bamboo slip back to Jian Jia, who would think about it.
"The king is above, and the minister Bai is bowed. Since yesterday's farewell, the heroic posture of the king is often in the minds of his subordinates, and he can't help but secretly rejoice, it is the luck of the Bai family to be able to serve my king. Yesterday and the king had a very happy conversation, but the helpless time is very short, the words are still not finished, and the ministers have heartfelt words that do not vomit and are unhappy, so today's book is for my king's royal view. ”
"Fang today's downward trend, is Wei Qiang, the minister looks at Wei Hou and his people, has great ambitions, so within a few years strong Wei will be the north to conquer Zhao, the east to conquer Qi, the south to conquer Han, the west to conquer Qin, since now for decades the situation in the world is not related to Wei, so the minister suggested that my king, with the royal family to get the wealth of Luoyang, can not reverse the strength of Wei, but should take advantage of the trend. Under the Marquis of Wei, Gongsun Acne is the phase, Gongzi Wei is the general, and there is the prince Shen, these three people are deeply used by the Marquis of Wei, and my king should send people to make friends with him, so that he is good with my royal family, and the power of Wei can be borrowed by my king. ”
"Second, the king's worries and subordinates are moved, but the safety of his subordinates in Luoyang City is not worrying about our king. This week's Duke is on the throne, and the work of Ning Yue, the Xin brothers and General Long is all about it, Ning Yue is upright and strategic, and the king needs to be careful of this person. Xin Zheng, the elder brother of the Xin family, is erudite and talented, and is good friends with his subordinates, and the Duke of Zhou will deal with his subordinates in front of him, so the safety of his subordinates is not a concern for my king. Xin's brother Xin Zhongli is greedy and loves money, so he caters to the Duke of Zhou, so he is deeply loved by the Duke of Zhou, and my king can bribe people to pay him a heavy treasure, and it can be convenient for Luoyang to act in the future. General Long has two divisions in his hands, he is not good at political affairs, he loves his wife and children very much, when he conquered Gongyi, he expected that this person would go to the army, and then my king could control his family, and General Long would surrender to my king. ”
"In addition, yesterday there were scholars in Chengzhou City who made a fuss about rewarding money, and his subordinates also heard about it. The minister thinks that the revival of my king's great cause is in sight, it is the time to employ people, especially the change of law and business needs the most people, why don't my king recruit the sages in the idle scholars to use it, you need to know that although there are many illiterate people in the Zhou scholars, there are still sages such as Wang Sunman and others, and the children of the clan do not need to doubt the loyalty of my king, my king can use it with confidence, and can avoid idlers from making trouble again, why don't my king do it? ”
"Your Majesty's loyalty to my king is visible to my king, but my minister's thoughts are limited, and the only ones I am worried about are these three articles, knowing that my king likes plain words, so my subordinates write in plain language throughout, and I hope that my king will forgive me if the words are not good. The son of another subordinate is not sick, and he is a year old when he is a young man, although he is studious but still a little dull, so he specially sent him to my king's side to serve, hoping that my dynasty will teach him, and his majesty is grateful. The words are endless, but the minister's desire to serve my king is endless, may my king live long, and the minister Bai will pause again. ”
After Jian Jia finished reading, he put away the bamboo slips, and saw that the king was still pondering, and couldn't help but remind, "The king, the Bai family's letter has been read. That Bai Xiao'er came with the caravan, and he was in the front yard at this time, does my king want to summon him? ”
Still immersed in Bai's suggestion, after listening to Jian Jia's words, Zhou Bian suddenly woke up, sighed and said, "Bai Gui treats this king like this, this king will live up to Bai Gui's feelings!" Where is Bai Wuxi, hurry up and call in, and I will accompany this king in the future. ”
Bai Gui's mind Zhou Bian didn't know how to put his only son here is naturally the meaning of being a hostage, and he can also let go of his hands and feet when Bai Gui wants to do anything in the future, so as not to let anyone in the royal family suspect or even pull back, and it is rare that Bai Gui trusts the royal family so much that he is willing to send his only son here. Of course, Bai Gui has another layer of ideas, that is, to let Bai Wuxian also get the favor of the king, if the king is really prosperous in the future, then the Bai family will be prosperous for at least two generations.
After a while, a little fat man with sweat dripping from his head was led in, it was the Bai Wuxian who had been seen, this time the little fat man came naturally because of Bai Gui's repeated instructions, so as soon as he entered the door, he knelt down and shouted Long live my king. Although the actual psychological age is very different from this little fat man, thinking of Bai Gui's loyalty, Zhou Bian had to help him up, and helplessly thought that he would have another inquisitive little follower in the future.
However, then he remembered what Fang Cai Bai Gui said in the letter, and Zhou Bian shouted again, "Jian Jia, call the Taishi Young Master and Wang Sunman!" ”