Chapter 356: The Conspiracy of the Front Division

Zheng Zhi knew in his heart what Tong Guan meant, which was to let Zheng Zhi raise military salaries in the simplest and fastest way. This method of pen & fun &www.biquge.info is naturally useful for Zheng Zhi, and in the future, he will be in the state capital and county, and he can really quickly get a lot of money on such a tour.

But Zheng Zhi wants more, not because of the bribes of these officials, on the contrary, if he takes people's money like this, he can't immediately turn his face and deny people, and if he takes people's money, he will naturally have to eliminate disasters with others.

What Zheng Zhi wants is the control of his own territory, absolute control. It's not that he is an official for a single term, and after a few years, he will be promoted and get rich and leave. So Zheng Zhi has such a starting point, and this method is actually not very applicable.

There is also a question of reputation, where can you have a good reputation if you accumulate money like this. Tong Guan is a eunuch and is in a high position, so it naturally doesn't matter. Zheng Zhi is different, he always cares about these things, so accumulating money, in fact, in the final analysis, the pressure will still be transferred to ordinary people.

Yuan Zhizhou endured the pain of losing a sum of money, so he would naturally earn it back from the officials below, and the officials below would pass it on to the grassroots officials, where did the grassroots officials get their income? Naturally, it is squeezed out of ordinary people.

Just like the truth of the flower and stone gang, it seems that it is only the emperor who collects some strange stones, plants, trees, birds and beasts, but in the final analysis, the people suffer, and a few people benefit from the emperor. This conversion of interests is to divide the interests of the people to a few people to enjoy.

What Zheng Zhi wants to do is to snatch the interests of the government and the wealthy families of the big family into his own hands, instead of indirectly snatching the interests of the people into his own hands. This is the method of checking the acres of land and controlling the government and county.

The tax is proportional and fixed, and the tenants pay rent is also within the scope of the imperial court's regulations, and if the large households increase the rent at usury without permission, they will naturally be opposed by the same clan, and they will be hit by the yamen and Zheng Zhi.

The problem in the past was that after the rent was in the hands of the big households, it was evading the state's taxes, and part of the tax revenue was also indirectly into the hands of those small officials who violated the law and discipline, and part of it was indirectly into the hands of officials.

Zheng Zhiqing's investigation of the acres of land is naturally to make up for the tax revenue evaded by these big households at one time, to control the government and county government, and also to check the accounts in the yamen and collect the economic power.

Although this law will also indirectly increase some pressure on ordinary people, it is mainly aimed at cracking down on vested interests. It is naturally different from Tong Guan's rough method, but it is also time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is also a huge amount of work. One of the benefits is that it doesn't leave anyone else to say.

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Bianliang is in sight, Zheng Zhi has once again arrived at this million Bianliang City, Zheng Zhi's face is full of lightness.

On the contrary, Tong Guan's face was a little gloomy, and his brows slowly wrinkled, wanting to come to Tokyo, Tong Guan faced too many troubles.

It was the first time for Mi Zhenwu to see such a city, such a prosperous civilization, for Mi Zhenwu, who was born in a nomadic people, there were too many shocks.

In the grassland civilization, everything depends on strength to survive, and everything depends on swords, guns, and horses. To put it bluntly, it is by plundering, between tribes and between nations.

In the face of the Central Plains civilization, the nomads have only two mentalities, one is worship and the other is covetousness. These two forms are the basic starting point of all the history of the Central Plains civilization and the nomadic civilization for thousands of years.

Tong Guan beat the horse in front of the head, and naturally there will be no checks and obstacles when he enters the city, and even when Tong Guan enters the city, there are guards in front of him to open the way.

The crowd did not dismount, and they drove straight in.

Tong Guan shook his head with the horse step, and suddenly asked: "Zheng Zhi, who do you say the official family will give this palace front division to?" ”

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he thought about it for a moment, and he didn't think about this problem when he killed Gao Yu in front of his head, to say that the front division of the palace is really a yamen with great power, the Tokyo garrison area, in charge of more than 200,000 Tokyo forbidden troops, and even has the authority to patrol and arrest thieves, and the palace internal guard is also in charge of the front of the palace.

It is the net worth and life of the Zhao family in the front of the palace, and the former secretary of the palace is naturally a person who is extremely trusted by the emperor. This kind of yamen in front of the palace, where can you be light on others, if you are not careful, this big Song treasure will fall next to his house.

It can be seen that Zhao Ji's favor for Gao Yu has reached the extreme.

"Enxiang, up and down the court, who else can be in charge of the front of the palace?" Zheng Zhi thought about it for a while, and there was a general conjecture in his heart, Tong Guan seemed to have thoughts about the front division of this palace.

Tong Guan thought about it a few times, and now that Zhao Ji is in power, most of the old ministers of the previous dynasty have been excluded, and most of them are full of white hair, and they are at home with a leisurely authority. Zhao Ji himself has not been on the throne for a long time, and the person at hand, Gao Yu is an extremely capable person, and he is quite organized and reliable.

But before Zhao Ji ascended the throne, who were the people around him? But they are all fun little people, who accompany Zhao Ji every day to walk horses and fight dogs, and spend their days idle. Zhao Ji never thought about being the emperor, once he had luck, the short-lived eldest brother died, Zhao Ji took over this treasure, but there was not even a person available, Gao Yu couldn't write a word properly, naturally he was also a splash, but he was in charge of more than 200,000 people in front of the palace.

It can be seen that Zhao Ji has no one at hand. There is no intention to compete for the throne, and no real talent will go to Zhao Ji, an idle prince.

Zheng Zhi said this, naturally reminding Tong Guan that the things of the front division of the palace can be done. No one reassured the emperor more than a eunuch. Many emperors who favored eunuchs in all dynasties were not completely unreasonable, and from the emperor's point of view, eunuchs seemed to be the most reassuring people.

In China's traditional concept, there is everything after that, and without the future, what is the use of fighting for these thousands of miles.

Eunuchs have never had the motive to rebel. Even if there is a eunuch who claims to be nine thousand years old, he will only lie at the emperor's feet and tremble, and will never look at the throne only a few steps away from his head.

Tong Guan nodded, and asked directly: "Will the official family put this palace front division in my hands?" ”

Tong Guan asked very bluntly this time, that is, he wanted Zheng Zhi to give an answer. Sometimes when people hesitate, they really need a firm support from someone close to them. This support is not a matter of right or wrong, but of faith.

Around Tong Guan, there is no one close to him who can speak, only Zheng Zhi. At this time, Zheng Zhi's status is neither high nor low, and he has no conflict of interest with Tong Guan. The relationship between the two is very good, and Zheng Zhi also has a lot of strategies in Tong Guan's heart. That's why Tong Guan opened his mouth to ask.

"Enxiang, how important is the front division of the palace, and it is the foundation of the country, if you don't have the grace Xiang, who else can you go with this Manchu Dynasty civil and military? What's more, the official family knows that Enxiang will definitely not do trouble. Zheng Zhi's words were vague, and the last sentence was to point out the body of the eunuch Tong Guan.

Tong Guan raised his head and glanced at the sky of Bianliang, if the Privy Council and the front division of the palace were in their hands, in the thousands of years before and after China, Tong Guan was the number one eunuch, and there would be no one before or after the ancients.

But if you want to get the front division of the palace, it is not a simple matter for Tong Guan. It is inevitable to spend a lot of means, among which there are many exchanges of interests between vertical and horizontal. Even the steps of this matter are extremely cumbersome, requiring an important minister to come forward to propose, and then the courtiers to second, and to arrange several big debates in the court.

Tong Guan himself can't come forward, and he has to be modest and cautious. The courtiers who help Tong Guan come out naturally also have an exchange of interests, and how to face those who oppose it also requires a lot of means.

There is another important person, Cai Jing. Whether Cai Jing will help Tong Guan or not, that is, Tong Guan himself also feels in his heart that there is a chance that Cai Jing will be a hindrance and a stumbling block.

The reason is also simple, Cai Jing and Tong Guan have an excellent relationship, it is not wrong that the two are in alliance, love is the foundation, and it is more about mutual needs in interests. But today's Cai Jing is single-handedly covering the sky in the central power agency. Some aspects also represent the positions and interests of the literati.

Tong Guan slowly represents the position and interests of the warriors, if Tong Guan is in charge of the front division of the palace again, he will directly control all the Great Song army. Without Gao Yu, Tong Guan and Cai Jing would easily lose their balance on many issues, and it would be easier to stand on opposite sides.

There is also a sharp reason, Cai Jing can't let another person above the court reach or close to the level of equality. Whatever the reason, that's what human nature is.

Tong Guan can also understand these things. If Tong Guan wants this position, Cai Jing will be a big obstacle in the dark.

"You go to someone to write a letter, and the letter is written by Chao Gai to Song Jiang." Tong Guan looked thoughtful, as if he was talking unintentionally.

"Eun-sang, I don't know what this content is about?" Zheng Zhi asked.

The content is: Liangshan raised 70,000 troops, preparing to break the Daimyo's Mansion and go straight to Bianliang. The offensive line and battle plan should be written in detail and properly. If you want to attack Bianliang, what kind of plan will you make, what kind of plan you will write, and you must write it in a very feasible way. Tong Guan said with a somewhat fierce expression.

Tong Guan's words were to ask Zheng Zhi to seriously formulate a plan to attack Tokyo from Yunzhou, and then arrange this plan on Song Jiang and Chao Gai.

"I'll do the letter tonight and deliver it to Eun Xiang tomorrow." Zheng Zhi immediately replied when he heard this. But he was also thinking about why Tong Guan did this.

Tong Guan's actions are not to expand the credit of Zheng Zhi and himself, but to have only one purpose, which is to make Emperor Zhao Ji feel a little threatened and feel a little insecure. is to let Zhao Ji know that this Tokyo has not always been as stable as Mount Tai, some people covet it, and some people want to bring troops to fight.

In this way, Zhao Ji will regard the position of the former lieutenant of the palace as even more important. Tong Guan's hand eliminated some potential civilian contenders, and he, a person who knew about military affairs with several big victories, was naturally more outstanding.

"You don't need to give it to me, when the official family summons you, you can play it directly to the official family." Tong Guan said again. This kind of thing is to give a psychological hint to a pampered emperor, and it is naturally more appropriate for Zheng Zhi to give it.

Zheng Zhi nodded, this kind of trivial matter naturally has to be done well for Tong Guan. This military plan must be written well.

Tong Guan's methods are really amazing, Zheng Zhi is naturally admired, and he is also learning. This secret letter, coupled with Zheng Zhi's fictitious good news, compares the two, how can this matter be trusted.

"Xianggong, then I will go to the military camp of the front division of the palace to station, and come back tomorrow to see you." The generals brought by Zheng Zhi were naturally still stationed in the barracks of the former palace division.

"Bring all those silver coins, and you can use them in Cangzhou." Tong Guan said. collected more than 1.5 million yuan along the way, and this time gave Zheng Zhi as a military salary.

"Thank you." Zheng Zhi is also not polite, what he lacks now is money.