Chapter 33: Imprisonment

Qian Hongzuo encouraged: "Then you can continue." ”

Xie Xiangcun knelt down and said, "What are the soldiers? It is a gathering of the children of the people, if the parents and wives in the family are young, they are pressed by the heavy endowment, they are hungry and cold, and they are displaced, who can not be worried? Where is the combat effectiveness of such a soldier? The soldiers defend their homes and defend the country, if there is no home, why are they born and die? The foundation of my Wu Yue country is to protect the territory and the people, and what Lord Zhen Fu Zhen said is a good policy to protect the territory and the people, and I hope that the Queen Mother and the Holy Lord will adopt it. ”

Dai Yun said sarcastically: "So, you want to go to the Imperial Garden to plant millet?" ”

Some of Dai Yun's cronies sneered and laughed.

Xie Xiangcun said: "The villain doesn't read much, but I can understand what Master Zhen said. He let the soldiers work in the fields, which means that the soldiers are allowed to work in order to increase their financial resources. In the past few days, our forbidden army renovated the houses destroyed by fire, and in order to save money, Commander Wen asked the soldiers to build a brick kiln by themselves to burn bricks and tiles. If we keep these brick kilns and still burn bricks and tiles and sell them in the future, isn't that a source of revenue? Because the people are conscripted from the age of 18 to 50, there is a shortage of labor, and there are many manpower in the army, and doing some labor outside of training will not hinder combat effectiveness. If the soldiers and horses of the entire Wuyue Kingdom can do this, the taxes of the people can be reduced. ”

Qian Hongzuo nodded and said, "Xie Aiqing, please get up, your words, King Gu will seriously consider it." ”

Xie Xiangcun kowtowed again and said, "Thank you, Holy Lord." With that, he stood up, and after walking back to his throne, he still stood in the standard posture of a guard with a sword in front of the palace, pressing the hilt of his sword.

The Q&A between Qian Hongzuo and Xie Xiangcun suddenly reversed the direction of the accusations against Zhen Fu in the court.

Empress Dowager Xu asked Wen Minghui: "Wen Aiqing, is what Xie Xiangcun said just now true?" ”

Wen Minghui hurriedly bowed down and replied, "That's true. It is not easy to raise funds for the renovation of the forbidden army buildings, so the general wants to use them as sparingly as possible. He ordered the soldiers to build a brick kiln in Luocheng, and invited the master to do the guidance, but the rough work was all forbidden army generals. The bricks and tiles that are burned are very strong. ”

Empress Dowager Xu looked at Dai Yun's stern face, and knew that it was difficult for him to agree to the matter of Tuntian, so she said to Zhen Fu: "Lord Zhen, the matter of Tuntian, you write a detailed excerpt, and we will discuss it later." ”

Zhen Fu said yes.

Empress Dowager Xu said: "When you said 'difficult to collect taxes' just now, when you said that some families were forced by creditors, is there a lot of such cases? ”

Zhen Fu said: "Very common. And many families borrowed from usury. If the interest is rolled over, it will be difficult to repay. ”

Empress Dowager Xu said: "Your household department will consider this matter and draft a will, if the capital has been paid off, the high-interest part will be abolished." If the lender dares to pursue the money, the government will arrest and investigate it. ”

Zhen Fu bowed and said: "I thank the Queen Mother for many people." ”

Empress Dowager Xu asked about some other matters, and Dai Yun impeached Zhen Fu, but Empress Dowager Xu never mentioned it again.

In the afternoon of the same day, Qian Hongzuo, who had always listened to Mr. and was quite attentive, was distracted repeatedly, and all that was circling in his mind was the controversy in the court about the sergeant Tuntian. Mr. Yuan Banmeng stopped teaching several times, but Qian Hongzuo was at a loss.

Yuan Banmeng is the son of a famous minister of Shu, because of the regime change in Shu, his father was killed, and he himself was punished by the palace and served as a miscellaneous servant in the Shu Palace. Later, Shu was rehired and asked to marry the princess of Wu Yueguo, and the dowry included a hundred servants, and Yuan Banmeng was one of these hundred.

After arriving at the palace of Wu Yueguo, Yuan Banmeng was originally arranged as an attendant to do chores, but the first king found that he was full of poetry and books, and he was quite talented, so he promoted him to be the pen in front of the palace. In front of this palace, Bingbi is a six-rank official, who can participate in court politics and can also become the king's staff, although the official position is not high, but it is very likely to become the king's cronies. But because of his father's tragic death and his own castration, Yuan Banmeng was ashamed of himself and knew the darkness of politics, and he was bent on staying away from right and wrong, neither participating in court discussions, nor intervening in the harem/palace, burying his head in the secretary, and never had time to make suggestions.

Yuan Banmeng is not his real name, but his name changed from a famous son to being castrated as an inner servant. Gradually, he became a mute who could talk and a puppet who could record, and few people in the court paid attention to him.

After Qian Hongzuo ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Xu used Yuan Banmeng even more, and originally wanted to hire him as a concubine. The sovereign's teacher had a noble status in all dynasties, but Yuan Banmeng did not accept this official position on the grounds that it was not suitable for him to serve as the king's teacher. I only agreed to work with Qian Hongzuo's enlightenment teacher to give a lecture to Qian Hongzuo. Qian Hongzuo's enlightenment teacher was the marrying chamberlain of the Empress Dowager Xu, and his knowledge was far inferior to Yuan Banmeng. It is okay to enlighten Qian Hongzuo, but with the growth of Qian Hongzuo's studies, it is difficult for him to teach Qian Hongzuo. In this way, Yuan Banmeng became a real and nameless king. But the official position is still the pen in front of the palace, but the number of Yu Lu is doubled.

Seeing that Qian Hongzuo was absent-minded and couldn't listen to the lecture at all, Yuan Banmeng finally stopped lecturing again and said to Qian Hongzuo: "Shengshang, is it Weichen's lecture, it's too boring, so that you don't want to listen carefully." ”

Qian Hongzuo blushed and said: "It's not Mr. Wang's fault, it's that the lonely king always thinks about Cao Cao's allusions, so he can't concentrate on listening." ”

Yuan Banmeng said: "That's not as good as the content of the saint's hand-picked teaching, Weichen is good at teaching according to the saint's arrangement?" ”

After hearing this, Qian Hongzuo couldn't help asking: "Does Mr. know about Cao Cao's Tuntian?" ”

Yuan Banmeng said: "I know a little bit about it. ”

Qian Hongzuo said: "The lonely king wants to listen to how the historical materials record and evaluate this matter. ”

Yuan Banmeng just wanted to tell, but Qian Hongzuo suddenly said: "Sir, please take a break, I want to find a companion to listen to the class together." After that, he turned his head and said to Wu Dezhang, who was accompanying him: "You go to the camp in front of the Luocheng Forbidden Army Palace, and find Xie Xiangcun to accompany you." ”

Wu Dezhang hurriedly received the decree and went to Luocheng on the outskirts of the palace.

Wu Dezhang was originally the head of the internal service around Qian Hongzuo, and his martial arts were quite good, but because of Qian Hongzuo's assassination, he was blamed by the Empress Dowager Xu for dereliction of duty and relegated to West Lake to serve hard labor. After a period of time, Qian Hongzuo summoned him back to his official position to reinstate. Historically, when kings were assassinated, the people around them were often killed in anger. Qian Hongzuo is not only extraordinarily generous, but also trusts as before, which makes Wu Dezhang grateful. After returning to Qian Hongzuo's side, he was almost careful in everything, carefully guarded, and his loyalty was one step further than before.

After waiting for a while, Wu Dezhang went and returned, and said: "Holy Lord, Xie Xiangcun was arrested and imprisoned by the Queen Mother for some reason. At this time, he was summoned to read with him, but the slave was afraid of angering the queen mother, so he was not summoned by order. ”

Qian Hongzuo was shocked and hurriedly asked, "What fault did Xie Aiqing make, and why did the queen mother order him to be arrested?" ”

Wu Dezhang said: "This villain doesn't know, and no one knows if he asks many people." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed imperceptibly from Yuan Banmeng's face. Then he persuaded: "Holy Lord, in that case, let's stop talking about Cao Cao Tuntian, let's continue the original teaching, okay?" ”

Qian Hongzuo said angrily: "No. Then he softened his breath and said to Yuan Banmeng: "The lonely king must listen to Cao Cao Tuntian, please sir, check more historical materials, and tell the lonely king tomorrow." That's all for today's sermon! ”

After finishing speaking, Qian Hongzuo got up and took Wu Dezhang and other guards and went straight to the Huizheng Hall where the Queen Mother reviewed the chapter.