Chapter 301: Yuan is not a thing in the pool (3)

Politics is not something that Li Ming, a child, can play, but in the far West, a person is playing a clever game.

Qinghai in winter, full of ice and snow, as far as the eye can see, is white, dazzlingly white. In this bad weather, a huge army slowly forced Chiling.

The confidential news of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo does not know, and the news can still be heard, just like the big incident in Tubo, even if there are no large number of scouts, the Tang Dynasty can also know. When Qin Ling heard the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, he called his younger brother Zanpo and emphasized a few things, and Zanpo's eyes lit up, and said, "Brother, you mean ......?" ”

"Yes." I know that my brother will understand.

Puzzled, she asked, "Who released this rumor?" ”

"I don't know, maybe it was released by that Li Jingxuan, I heard that he was at odds with Liu Renliang, so I deliberately released this rumor and ridiculed Liu Renliang. Perhaps someone else wanted to send the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty to Qinghai. ”

The Han people have a lot of thoughts, and as far as Zanpo knows, he nodded and said, "This is a good opportunity." ”

The Gar family has a lot of beauty, but many ministers loyal to the Zampu faction have opposed it, and even some people have voices of discussion. Because of the instigation of the Tang Dynasty and the contradictions accumulated by itself, many tribes were ready to move. This gave several of the Ron brothers a headache. After a few years, Tuyuhun gradually took control, this control did not refer to the common people, and controlled the royal family and nobles, so the Qinling decided to fight another war with the Tang Dynasty. Using the war to resolve this contradiction, if there is another big victory, the rumors of the Gar family will rise to a higher level, and in the face of absolute strength, all opposing voices will only become pale.

After formulating this strategy, the brothers prepared for war at home and sent troops to harass the Tang border. In fact, there was no benefit, after all, as soon as the army came out, Tubo also had to pay for it. The little that was gained by the captivity was far from making up for it. This is the Tang Dynasty, which deliberately humiliated and arrogant, dispatched a large army to debate Qinghai!

But he didn't expect to attract Liu Renliang and Li Jinxing, and he didn't expect that the two famous generals were just defending against the turtle, although they mobilized a lot of troops in Qinghai, they were hesitant in their hearts.

The two sides were deadlocked, Liu Renliang also acted according to the order, and the army also had to collect training preparations, with these tens of thousands of people in Shanzhou, it was not about Qinling, and Liu Renliang would not blindly start a war. Li Jingxuan is picky, it is a personal contradiction, and it has nothing to do with the overall national policy of the Tang Dynasty.

On Zanpo asked again, "But second brother, what are you going to do?" ”

"Let's cooperate with this person, first deal a heavy blow to the Tang Dynasty people, and give that Li Jingxuan a handle."

"It's a brilliant plan."

After discussion, Qin Ling personally led his troops to Hehuang, although he was good at using soldiers, it was not easy to make a living under Liu Renliang and Li Jinxing. There is no direct siege of the city, the Tang people are good at defending the city, but the field battle is the long of Tubo, and in the face of these two brave generals, Qinling will never abandon his own strengths and use his own shortcomings. Therefore, the soldiers were divided into several teams, and the brigade was taken care of in the rear, and entered the Shankuo River and other prefectures and counties, only to kill the ordinary people in the suburbs. The Tang army came and immediately evacuated. There are also battles, with mutual victories and defeats, and basically one battle is gone, not a protracted war.

Liu Renliang has been the prime minister for a few years, and his temper is much better, but he is also angry. But there is no way, the army is small, maybe the Tubo army is small, but behind the Tubo army there are also pro-Tuyuhun people, these people are herds in their leisure time, soldiers in wartime, a collection, an army will come out. There are already defects in the sea, coupled with the cold of the winter in Qinghai, which is not their own strength. Therefore, after chasing, seeing that the Tibetan army was not far away, he immediately withdrew.

In the end, there was no way to harass them, so the herdsmen and peasants on the front line were moved to the city together, or resettled in the rear.

In this way, nearly 1,000 ordinary people were killed, and the scale of the battle on both sides was not large, and the casualties were not large. When the wax moon came, the Qinling had no choice but to retreat.

Liu Renliang didn't understand, although nearly a thousand ordinary people died, but it is not easy to dispatch a large army, especially in this cold weather, I am afraid that it is the Tubo people, and when they come to Hehuang, hundreds of soldiers will freeze to death, the consumption of materials and weapons, etc., the gains outweigh the losses.

It wasn't until more than half a year later that I reacted......

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But the people don't think like this, although Xue Rengui was defeated, but didn't the prince win? Therefore, the impression of Tubo is still the original Tubo, and the army of the Tang Dynasty is still the army of the original Tang Dynasty, not to mention the gains and losses of Tubo this time in the ice and snow, they also calculate how many material soldiers the imperial court used for the northwest.

Therefore, they all think that Liu Renliang is not performing well.

But there was nothing that happened next to attract the attention of the people.

Li Wei moved towards Luoyang step by step, and Li Zhi was so angry that he jumped like thunder. It can't be said that the money belongs to the son, it is for the son to build a new canal, strictly speaking, it is still the money of the imperial court. How much does this shutdown lose in a day, and how much does it cost to move materials back and forth? Guan Jian is son is having a neuropathy, and the people don't know it, thinking that he is abusing his son again.

A second group of guards was sent to urge him to return quickly.

Li Wei went to Luoyang in front, and Li Zhi and several prime ministers gathered in the political hall in the back, and called Li Wei over, and asked the matter clearly in front of several prime ministers.

Li Wei hadn't given a salute yet, and Li Zhi shouted violently: "The two canals are handed over to you to handle, you think it's a joke, if you want to repair it, you can stop it!" ”

The father lost his temper, and as expected, he said unhurriedly: "Father, the son-in-law is helpless to stop work, here is a letter, father and emperor take a look." ”

handed Liang Jinzhu's letter to Li Zhi, who was just a businessman, and no one paid attention to it, unless Liang Jinzhu sent 10,000 yuan to the imperial court every day. Li Zhi hadn't heard of Yangzhou, and most of the prime ministers hadn't heard of it, but after seeing it, Li Zhi became even more annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Could it be that you actually stopped the two canals in order to protect the two businessmen." ”

Several prime ministers took the letter and looked at it, knowing that it was because of the aftermath caused by the two kings' rivalry, but they also looked at Li Wei suspiciously. This matter is relatively easy to solve, and it is too child's play to stop the construction of two canals.

Li Wei still said unhurriedly: "Father, if he is a businessman, even if he is a relative of Erchen, Erchen will not stop the two canals for his life and death." But the father, the two canals are here, it is only a beginning, the son went to Danshui to investigate carefully, the cost is huge year by year, it is possible that the two canals are all completed, and it will take 10 million yuan. If the treasury has finances, the ministers will not ignore the voice of controversy and think of some not very good means to raise money. However, the treasury is not enough, and although there is a slight surplus in recent years, it still has to prepare for a war with Tibet. For this reason, a second sea ban was released. ”

Some people already understood that Xue Yuanchao's face turned pale, and the prince's hand was too ruthless.

Liang Jinzhu was a lowly businessman, but his people and Luma tribute taxes and donations accounted for eight out of ten of their property income, for this reason, many merchants were jealous, so the sons deliberately wrote a picture to them, that is, they were afraid that other merchants would cause harm, and later his father praised him and rewarded him with court officials. Such a person will be caught when he says he will be caught! Or bribery, but Erchen didn't understand, why could other merchants' goods be unloaded when they entered the port, but Liang Lu's goods were held up for so long? In this case, as a weak businessman, is there any other way out without bribery? Or sue the official, since ancient times, how many people dare to sue the official? Besides, there is a list of fugitives, father, and sons, and there is a list here, which is the number of families and fugitives in Jingzhao, it should be said that the actual number will only be more, not less. ”

As he spoke, he took out a list from his sleeve and said, "Father, are you going to send relevant officials to arrest them one by one?" ”

Li Zhi didn't even look at it, he knew, the major families, some official eunuchs, or the children of the clan, including the Jingzhao Du family and the Wei family, Li Ming turned this matter over, it can be big or small, once it causes controversy, it may be turned upside down.

Not only is it the reception of fugitives, the concealment of people and fields, and the annexation of land, these three things are gray areas on the table, and there are two things, human trafficking and usury, which cannot be exposed, and once the whole country is exposed, it will be ***.

didn't look at it, and said: "Then you come back and report this matter, and send a subordinate to order him to be released, why stop work!" ”

Extremely unpleasant.

Turning over this matter is to argue that Li Ming's arrest is unreasonable. Li Wei then said: "That's the case, in fact, whether to let it go or not, Erchen doesn't care. is released, and Erchen can also imagine that at this time, Liang Jinzhu will be tortured to a dying appearance, or the property will be confiscated, and he may be greedy for ink. This son still doesn't care. When Erchen did this, he suddenly thought of one thing, Liang Jinzhu can be said to be the best among businessmen, who can be arrested and tortured on trumped-up charges and confiscate family property. How many other businessmen dare to go to sea? Without businessmen going to sea, the quota for raising money hosted by Erchen has become a bubble again. Since you attack Liang Jinzhu today, what about tomorrow? Even if the merchants go to sea, they will hesitate, the sea market will shrink, and even the taxes on salt and sugar will be changed by these officials to greedy for ink. Without the money raised by the quota and the income of the sea market, what will the sons use to build the two canals? Ladies and gentlemen, can you allocate a thousand yuan to repair two canals for me? Not only that, Erchen also owes a debt of more than one million yuan to a wealthy family in Jiangnan, and if he has no income, he will kill Erchen and he will not be able to pay it off. Therefore, after thinking about it, Erchen had to stop the construction of the two canals, and there was still some surplus, and before Chenghai City was not ruined, some taxes could be collected in a year, which was just used to pay off the arrears. As for the two canals, they had to be stopped. ”

"You're ......!" This is simply cunning, Li Zhi blushed with anger.

The heart is very bright, this is the product of the competition between the two kings of the court, but the son has to make a big deal about it, it may be very serious, and even seriously affect this year's quota for fundraising, one is actively competing, the other is timid, and this floating may reach millions of dollars. Holding back his anger, he asked, "Then what do you say?" ”

"Father, allow the son to investigate this case, and return the confidence of these merchants who take the initiative to raise donations."

Xue Yuanchao was anxious when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Highness, you can't, it's just a businessman, and the court can solve it by issuing a book." If His Highness comes forward, the people of the world will have a voice. Besides, he is only a businessman, and the Suzhou Thorn Shi is His Royal Highness King Cao and a disciple of the clan. ”

"Xue Xianggong, you said it so lightly! Haishi is just the beginning, although it is an emergency move that Lone was forced by the finance to come up with. But this is the beginning, once it becomes prosperous, it can bring two or three hundred dollars of tax to the imperial court a year, I don't believe it, you wait and see, this income will not need to wait for many years. This is the tax, a large number of export goods to foreign countries, the industry of the imperial court, the taxation of various tax-paying workshops, for the benefit of the people, which can bring more benefits to the imperial court. That's five or six million dollars a year. But as soon as the wind opened, it shrank after a few years. Let me ask, is it a trivial matter to earn five or six million dollars a year? I don't know, how did you become the prime minister? ”

You're welcome, even the prime minister has to slap his face!

"Presumptuous!" Li Zhi shouted angrily again.

The post envoy is not as high as the truth, if it is a six-rank official hanging with the third rank under the same book, it is still a six-grade official. But the power actually makes it slightly higher than the truth. Zhongshu Ling can only be in charge of the affairs of Zhongshu Province, Shizhong can only be in charge of the affairs of Menxia Province, and left and right servants can only be in charge of the affairs of Shangshu Province. The most glorious is to take the governor of the three provinces with the three provinces of Zhongshumen, the real extremely human minister, but when it comes to the peak, there will be more scruples, that is, the six Shangshu with the three provinces of Zhongshumen, the scruples should also be heavy, otherwise it will not be far from the period of depreciation.

Although Li Wei is the crown prince, it is not right to question the prime minister like this.

Li Wei exaggerated again, but it is not unreasonable, although it is caused by the dispute between the two kings, but as soon as this example is opened, not only the Haishi, but also the income of the Fan City, the Guan City, and the salt and iron envoys will inevitably decrease, and it is difficult to say that the shrinkage is not good, but there will be more greed for ink.

Therefore, when Pei Yan returned to the dynasty and selected officials, he also carefully considered it, and it should be said that in addition to Tianshui's talent is slightly lacking, he can be honest and honest, just to prevent greed for ink, but he didn't expect to make this mistake not long after going down. But the Yongwang Party is not easy to accuse the Quanquan candidate Pei Xingjian, and when he bites it, his own side is even more ugly.

Li Wei closed his mouth directly.

Anyway, the requirements were put out, and I agreed to start work, but I didn't agree to break up.

But most people will realize that the prince is asking for a sky-high price, waiting for His Majesty to sit on the ground and pay back. Zhang Wenqian coughed and said, "Your Highness, if you go in person, you have lost your dignity." How about letting Di Renjie go to Yangzhou to investigate this case according to the minister's opinion? ”

You can't stalemate, play a round.

"Zhang Xianggong, it's okay, but for the sake of the future of the imperial court, this case must be strictly investigated."

Zhang Wenqian smiled bitterly, this matter is not small if it is not small, and even the two canals have been stopped for this reason, and at least dozens of officials' careers will be destroyed.

Li Zhi was still angry, but he didn't say anything, which was a tacit acquiescence. Of course, Xue Yuanchao was panicked, and his heart was grinding out immediately, and he wrote a letter to inform this brother-in-law who was not true or false.

Seeing Li Jingxuan writing a book, Li Zhi was so angry that he waved his sleeves and left. Li Wei immediately chased after him, and then pulled Li Zhi's sleeve and said, "Father, slow down." ”

"You haven't made enough of it?"

"Father, there is a word that the sons have not yet said. It's okay to fight, in fact, whether to fight or not, the son has never asked, whether it is the prince, whether it is the future prince, not what the minister says, no matter how much you fight, it is still a sentence from the father and the queen mother. So Erchen once ran to Danshui in order to avoid it. ”

Li Zhi did not say anything, nor did he believe it. I said in my heart, I want to abolish you and let Lao Tzu be at peace for a few years, but the minister agrees or not?

"But don't miss the affairs of the state. The territory of Kaizhe is far away, and it is only said that the sea market. Haishi is now small in scale and may not be cherished, but in a few years my father can take a look at how important it is to the country. Let's not talk about it in the future, even now, it will affect fundraising, and without sufficient finance, how to implement the two channels. And calculating the cost, it is possible that the completion of the Danshui Canal will be delayed for a year or two because of the cost. Speaking of this, he suddenly attached himself to Li Zhi's ear and said: "Actually, there is no such thing, and it must be stopped." Danshuiqu's father didn't go to see it, it was muddy everywhere, the people were miserable, and his sons repeatedly persuaded him, but the people refused to leave for the dozens of dollars a day. Many of the people fell, and they could not stop. ”

Li Zhi was almost dizzy and asked, "Why didn't you say it just now?" ”

Li Wei rolled his eyes and thought to himself, I just made it clear, will you still agree to let Di Ren strictly investigate this case?

Li Zhi also reacted to this section, and he was even more angry with green eyes and wanted to eat people. But after a while, I thought of one more thing, although this son of evil, although he is messing around, he will do some unorthodox things every year, but he doesn't mess around with state affairs, he figured it out, and gradually his anger disappeared. Suddenly laughed a few times, ignored Li Wei, and left directly.

The expressions of the father and son made the accompanying eunuchs, the ministers watching from a distance, and the second monk puzzled.