Chapter 32: Party Strife

Empress Dowager Xu ignored Dai Yun's disrespect, and said calmly to Zhen Fu: "Lord Zhen, please get up, don't be discouraged if you are hindered for a while." You will discuss the matter of the autumn tax with the people of the household department, and you will definitely be able to come up with a solution. ”

Dai Yun retorted: "Queen Mother, Zhen Fu is incompetent and cannot be used again." I hope that the Queen Mother will choose another capable minister! The marshal is willing to recommend suitable candidates to serve as the head of the household department. And send soldiers to assist the new head of the household department to collect taxes, I don't believe that there are people who dare to make trouble and resist taxes, as long as the queen mother adopts the recommendation of Weichen, the marshal guarantees that the autumn tax will be collected and paid! The treasury is full. ”

Several ministers went out to echo what Dai Yun said, some were euphemistic, and some simply ridiculed Zhen Fu, and the entire court was even one-sided, all of which wanted to replace Zhen Fu, the head of the household. Empress Dowager Xu and Qian Hongzuo both saw that Dai Yun and others were taking the opportunity to make trouble and wanted to drive Zhen Fu out of the household.

Zhen Fu is a great Confucian of Wu Yueguo, who has always been high and has never been so belittled. Standing up tremblingly from the ground, he said angrily: "Zhen Fu is not a person who is greedy for power, and the reason why he suggested tax cuts is just to sympathize with the people's hardships. Since all the adults look at me like this, I can be inappropriate for this head of the household. But there is a suggestion, but I hope that the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord will adopt it. ”

Empress Dowager Xu hurriedly said: "Aiqing's words are serious, if you have any advice, just say it." "Empress Dowager Xu was originally very serious, so she tried her best to let him speak freely and defend herself.

The proposal that Zhen Fu wanted to say was related to the Ministry of War, not within his jurisdiction. Originally, I wanted to talk to Empress Dowager Xu and Qian Hongzuo alone. Now that he was angered by Dai Yun and others, he decided to put it forward directly in the court. Lang said: "In the book, Wei Chen once read the practice of an ancient, and he was quite inspired. During the Later Han Dynasty, the world was also in turmoil, wolf smoke was everywhere, Cao Cao was born as a small official, but in the end he unified the north, and Liu Bei, Sun Quan divided the world, he relied not only on the number of soldiers, but also on the law of soldiers and soldiers. ”

Empress Dowager Xu pondered: "Tuntian? ”

Zhen Fu said: "Exactly." At that time, most of the men were soldiers, and the land was barren, and Cao Cao did not rob the people like other warlords. Instead, it relied on soldiers to settle the fields, so that the grain and grass were sufficient, attracting countless soldiers to take refuge, which was able to pacify other warlords in the north. Now in order to prepare for war, my Wu Yue country has recruited men to enlist in the army, and there are a lot of manpower in the army, if the land is tuntian, one can reduce the burden of the people, and the other is that the army can also support part of the expenses, as long as the military spending can be reduced, naturally there is no need to impose heavy taxes on the people. ”

Dai Yun shouted: "Zhen Fu, you are so bold!" You are in charge of the household department, and you can't find a way to collect the autumn tax. actually pointed fingers at the affairs of the military department! The reason why the army has combat effectiveness is that it can only advance bravely in wartime by training more on weekdays. If you grow food, then why use them as soldiers? Wouldn't it be better to let them farm directly at home! Not to mention far away, take the Luo City Forbidden Army as an example, don't you need to garrison the royal city, but go to the imperial garden to plant grain? Surrounded by strong enemies, our Wuyue army can only be invincible if we wipe out our troops and train hard. Dai Yun pointed at Zhen Fu and said to the Empress Dowager Xu and Qian Hongzuo: "Ben Shuai impeached Zhen Fu for misleading the country, as the head of the household department, it is already a dereliction of duty to not be able to complete the taxation, and in order to shirk responsibility, he instigated the Queen Mother and the Holy Boss to reduce military spending, so that the soldiers can farm and lose their combat effectiveness. Please ask the Holy Lord and the Queen Mother to sanction Zhen Fu, so that others will not learn from him again: This kind of theory of destroying the country. ”

Dai Yun's anger made the court silent. Dai Yun has always regarded military power as his own, and Zhen Fu discussed military affairs in public, which violated his most taboo thing.

Qian Hongzuo glanced at the ministers, and his gaze fell on Wen Minghui, the commander of the forbidden army. Although Wen Minghui sympathized with Zhen Fu being excluded, he didn't know how to oppose it, arguing in the court, which was not what Wen Minghui, who was not good at words, was good at, and when he saw Qian Hongzuo looking at him, he hurriedly lowered his head.

Empress Dowager Xu was immediately forced by Dai Yun to either agree or oppose, and she neither wanted to sanction Zhen Fu nor argue with Dai Yun.

In the silence, Qian Hongzuo suddenly said: "Xie Xiangcun, Xie Aiqing, what do you think of this matter?" ”

All the ministers were stunned, because none of them was named Xie Xiangcun.

From the back of the throne, a young man came out, dressed in the costume of a trumpet guard with a sword in front of the palace, with a young face and a very delicate appearance. Only then did everyone wake up, Qian Hongzuo called the name of the guard with a knife in front of a small hall.

Xie Xiangcun bowed and saluted, "Back to the saint, the villain thinks that what Lord Zhen Fu Zhen said is very reasonable. Forcing taxes on the people and refusing to use soldiers to settle the fields is a mistake for the country! Forcing taxes on the people is tantamount to killing chickens and taking eggs. If the people are in hardship, the national strength will be weakened, and the national strength will be weakened and it will be difficult to ensure military spending, and if the military needs are insufficient, how can the army have combat effectiveness? In the past, it was because other warlords did not have Cao Cao's foresight and thought that robbing the common people could ensure military supplies, so they were defeated. Cao Cao did not cause the combat effectiveness of his troops to decline because of Tuntian, but became stronger and stronger. My Wu Yue army is the army of the king, why ......"

Everyone stared at Xie Xiangcun, who was fearless, a little stunned. Because of Dai Yun's power and Dai Yun's viciousness, in the court of Wu Yueguo, where the two prime ministers died, almost no one dared to refute Dai Yun's words like this, not even Empress Dowager Xu and Zhen Fu would do so.

Dai Yun was furious, and without waiting for Xie Xiangcun to finish speaking, he shouted: "How can you speak here?" You little guard, a yellow-mouthed child, dare to make a big fuss above the court, and don't get down! ”

No one expected that Xie Xiangcun would use a voice even sharper than Dai Yun to shout: "Dai Yun, you are so bold, you dare to be so presumptuous!" The Holy One is asking, why did you interrupt in the middle of the conversation!! ”

All of them were stunned. The invincible Dai Yun actually let a little guard scold him in public today, just like the sun came out of the west.

Dai Yun was only stunned for a moment, and then said, "Do you know who Ben Shuai is?" You don't know what to live or die! ”

Xie Xiangcun looked Dai Yun up and down, calmed his tone, and said, "You are the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, Lord Dai Yundai, do you know that as a minister, the saint should listen quietly when he asks, instead of interrupting halfway?" ”

Dai Yun asked rhetorically: "Then do you know that the officials who participated in the court meeting are all adults above the sixth grade, how many grades are you?" What qualifies for gibberish? ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "When the Saint asks me, no matter how many officials I am, I will respectfully reciprocate." Don't say that I am a guard with a knife in front of the palace, even if it is a common person, I know that I must respect the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord. The Holy One is asking me, but you told me to get down and prevent me from answering the Holy Lord's question, as a member of the first rank, you should be a model for the ministers, why are you so rude to the Holy One? ”

Xie Xiangcun's words are reasonable. Dai Yun is arrogant and arrogant, and he has already transgressed the courtesy of his ministers, but no one has ever dared to reprimand him.

Empress Dowager Xu shouted: "Xie Xiangcun, have you finished talking?" Don't quit yet! ”

Xie Xiangcun said: "Back to the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord, the villain didn't finish speaking, but Marshal Dai interrupted." ”

Empress Dowager Xu looked at Xie Xiangcun helplessly, and today she finally realized: What is it that a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and it is not afraid of the dark if it has not been at night.