Section 554 Gaozong died
"The crown prince of Zhao is in charge of the country, and Pei Yan, Liu Jingxian, and Guo Zheng are together in the East Palace to deal with political affairs!"
Even at the critical moment when his health was not working, the emperor still seized the power and arranged the personnel. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Then an urgent recital folded to the desk of the Empress Wu, which was written by Wei Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, "Please reward fertility", asking for rewards for childbirth, the people have more children, the court and the people are full of vitality, praying for the emperor, and Chong Chong is happy.
Zhuang Jingzhi used the emperor's illness to impeach Wei Xi, and Wei Xi also used the emperor's illness to achieve his goals.
At the beginning of the recital, it is a cover for the great truth, repeating the "Decree of Yousi Exhorting Shu People to Marry and Hire in a Timely Manner" issued by Emperor Taizong, encouraging childbearing, and also mobilizing the rich to sponsor poor singles who cannot afford to marry wives, and population growth as an assessment indicator for local officials.
In the same way, the dynasty demanded an increase in the population, and the more births, the more honorable! Local officials have set targets for evaluation, requiring couples of appropriate age to have more children every year, such as one in three years, two in five years, and three in eight years, the more the better.
Then set up a security system, the more you have, the less taxes you pay, and the more land you give to each mouth, and there are rewards in kind, if there are more than four children (including four), the farmer will reward a cow (or converted money), and even include 20 acres of grazing fields for cattle, and non-farmers will be given five yuan a year!
And the officials who eat public meals will have at least a second child, otherwise they will not be promoted!
The special financial funds of the central government are used as fertility incentive funds to achieve full coverage of maternal and infant health hospitals in various counties (previously covered by state cities), serve the county officials and people, sponsor midwives and stable women in various townships, encourage them to do their best for the country's fertility policy, and encourage the rich to sponsor maternal and infant health hospitals in counties, counties and townships, and can reduce taxes!
There are other supporting measures, in fact, the feudal dynasty has always encouraged childbirth, and Wei Xi's twists and turns, the highlight is to solve the problem of money.
There are many material incentives for childbirth, and money is also required to build maternal and infant health care hospitals, as well as tax reductions, where does the money come from? The master gave a number of solutions: one is to develop the economy and increase taxes; Second, the precious gold exploration team of the household department strengthened the search in the country; The third is to rob from foreign countries, especially the Japanese state, and plan to achieve an income of three million taels of silver a year, which is real money. For this reason, he proposed to send the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wei to the Wa State to supervise the matter.
Wei Zhiwei was an important figure in Wei Xi's system, and his dispatch to the Wa Kingdom showed the court's concern about this matter.
Wei Xi pointed out in the recital that only the officially registered Tang people can enjoy such benefits, and non-Tang people do not have to enjoy it, and Tang people are preferred!
"Donkey, it's a capable minister! Those of my courtiers, when it comes to spending, want the palace to cut expenses and set an example for the world, hey, I know that they eat better than me! A sneer appeared on the emperor's face and said, "When the horse does things, he gives a solution, so I don't have to worry about it." ”
Speaking of which, in fact, the emperor is thrifty enough!
It must be known that in the late stage of the emperor's reign, the women around him are almost the only one in the martial arts, and there are few women, so the harem has reached the point of the most saving, and those ministers also want him to reduce the palace use!
"In my life, the good things my family has done, one is to marry your Mei Niang, and the other is to let Taiping marry a good horse!" In his illness, listening to the recital that Empress Wu personally read to him, Emperor Gaozong sighed with emotion.
"Accurate!" So this memora became an edict issued by the Ming Fa and promulgated to the state.
But this vigorous policy did not save the life of Emperor Gaozong, the emperor was seriously ill, day by day, the ninth day of December (five days more than the history of parallel space), the emperor issued an edict, changed the yuan to the first year of Hongdao (originally the second year of Yongchun), and at the same time amnesty the world, the emperor wanted to personally go up to the Tianmen Tower to announce the pardon, but he was out of breath, unable to act, and could only rest in the Zhenguan Palace.
The princes and ministers were terrified and uneasy, and they all waited outside the palace.
Seeing the people of Niusi hurriedly coming out of the hall, they rushed up, surrounded the people of Niusi, and asked about the emperor's situation.
"The saint called the people to the temple to announce the forgiveness!" The people of the Niuji Temple said.
"Go quickly, don't let the saint wait."
The so-called common people are actually vested interests such as village elders and squires, who are the most obedient to the imperial court, and more than 100 people are summoned, and they shout long live on the mountain in front of the palace and receive the pardon.
The emperor was dazed, heard a voice outside, and asked the chamberlain: "Have the people accepted the holy decree?" ”
"When the words of the saints were returned, the people received the holy decree."
"Are they happy?" The Emperor asked again.
"Back to the words of the saint, the people are very happy, and they all call Your Majesty the king of Yao Shun!"
"That's good, that's good!" Gaozong muttered: Immediately he was a little energetic, and shouted: "Call the horse and the princess!" ”
Wei Xi and Princess Taiping were brought to the palace, and the couple knelt in front of his sickbed with tears, and Empress Wu sat on the edge of his bed.
"Horse, I want to go to the sky to see Emperor Taizong!" Emperor Gaozong said softly.
At this point, Wei Xi couldn't say anything else, he could only keep kowtowing.
"When I saw Emperor Taizong, I was worthy of being his son!" Emperor Gaozong raised his voice and said: "Break the Turks, destroy Goguryeo, and destroy Tibet, I, do it!" Don't look at the rampant Turkic man-made counter-attack, it is really a disease of moss, I have a horse, and as soon as the horse leads the troops, it can be calmed, I am not wrong! ”
Listening to Emperor Gaozong's words, whether it was Empress Wu or Princess Taiping, they were all shocked in their hearts: "Don't you know that the emperor wants to make a big move!" ”
"Your Majesty Shengming, Erchen has already had a strategy, if Erchen sends troops, the Turks will be peaceful!" Wei Xi said proudly, and immediately complimented the emperor and said: "Erchen dares to speak, although Gaozu and Emperor Taizong are as powerful as their soldiers, they are not as powerful as Your Majesty!" ”
"It's all about a good general like you!" Emperor Gaozong showed a smile on his face, and said earnestly: "Don Ma, you are a good general, but you have too much murderous intent, kill people and expose corpses for thousands of miles, be sympathetic to the heart of heaven, have the ability to rise in vain, and have no trouble in vain!" ”
"Sons and daughters obey Your Majesty's holy decree!" Wei Xi kowtowed heavily and said: "In the future, all the people of all ethnic groups will live because of His Majesty's words!" ”
"Good, good!" Emperor Gaozong was pleased.
"Emperor!" He looked at Princess Taiping and said.
"Father!" Princess Taiping said sadly.
"You should be a good wife and mother at home, think more about things, and don't make children lose their temper."
"Don't be jealous, the horses have an outer room outside, and you, as the main room, should have the grace to not let their flesh and blood separate." Hearing Emperor Gaozong's words, Wei Xi immediately praised him, only he could say such things to teach Princess Taiping a lesson.
And Princess Taiping was worthy of being rude, and said aggrievedly: "How can there be a courtier, I agreed to go to meet them in the field before the festival, and he messed with Shangguan Wan'er, I didn't object!" ”
Wei Xi Khan, when is this girl, she is still talking nonsense, and the Empress Wu immediately intervened: "Emperor, what your father said, you should be it!" ”
"Yes!" Princess Taiping made a decree.
After Emperor Gaozong finished explaining, he waved them out.
The ministers waiting outside the palace looked at them with envy, and even the crown prince did not receive special care.
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That night, Gaozong summoned Pei Yan into the palace, accepted the edict, and assisted the government, Gaozong ordered the prince to be the emperor in front of his coffin.
Later, the emperor collapsed in the Zhenguan Palace!