Chapter 404: The New Deal is in turmoil
On the eighth day of the winter month, after several days of preparation, on this day, Concubine Lin finally moved from her residence outside the palace to the Qianfeng General's Mansion. At the same time, there were also female officials who were originally subordinate to the palace, who were nominally responsible for taking care of Concubine Lin's daily life, but in fact they were also supervising Concubine Lin's daily life to prevent her from doing things that damaged the reputation of the emperor.
To put it bluntly, these female officials came to the house to supervise Liu Wenyan not to have a messy relationship with his mother-in-law.
The Zhenge Forward General's Mansion was jubilant, Qi'er reunited with her mother, and the family was happy for her, after all, Xu Xuanzhu lost his mother since he was a child, and the mother of the Han sisters also died early, and now they have relatives by their side, just like a family.
In the past few days, there has been a wave of condemnation of Liu Wenyan in the officialdom of Chang'an City, from civil officials to official schools, and even students who came to Taixue have joined the ranks of condemnation, scolding Liu Yu's wanton behavior and articles flying all over Chang'an City, and for a time Liu Wenyan seems to have become a sinner through the ages, and everyone will be punished. However, the criticism of Liu Wenyan is only a condemnation, because the imperial court did not take any measures to punish Liu Wenyan, that is, the dead man was scolded alive, and Liu Yu would not lose a piece of meat on his body.
The imperial court did not encourage condemnation, nor did it prohibit it, so that people with power on all sides could not see through the position and intentions of the imperial court, especially the new emperor.
After Liu Yu returned to Chang'an City, he was completely idle.
When a person stays at home alone, and occasionally comes to a few guests, there are also signs to follow. Sui Yu and Han Sheng are frequent visitors to Liu Yu's mansion, these two people have been classified as Liu Yu's faction, and Han Sheng did not shy away from entering and leaving the forward general's mansion after being promoted to the right minister, and at first it made people think that this old guy may not have been an official. Unfamiliar with some unspoken rules of the imperial court. In time. After Han Seung dealt with a few decent things in the DPRK. Only then did people know how strong Lu Dao's wrists were, an old guy with a little-known name.
The first thing Han Sheng dealt with was the replacement of a series of auxiliary officials under Yuan Bolang, the former right minister.
It has always been a son of heaven and a courtier, but in ancient times when the power of the prime minister was inflated, the prime minister of a dynasty also covered a courtier. Take Yuan Bolang as an example, after he took the throne, he gradually promoted some old subordinates, and some of the original very inconspicuous old ministers were because they had some relationship with Yuan Bolang. They can call for wind and rain in the DPRK and take charge of key departments such as the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households, and the appearance of these people is actually a manifestation of bureaucratic politics. The first thing Han Sheng did when he took office was to evaluate the officials of the six yamen and the six ministries, and in a few days, he took down some officials who were inactive, and strictly caught Yuan Bolang and some other old factions off guard.
Among these personnel dismissed by Han Sheng, there were not only the mediocre officials of Yuan Bolang's faction, but also some newly rising young Zhuang faction, which meant that Han Sheng was waging war against both the civil officials of the old faction and the emperor at the same time, without giving any face. And Han Sheng has no faction because he has a faction in the DPRK. Although he has the name of Liu Wenyan's family, he has no old subordinates around him to help. Therefore, after Han Sheng conducted an evaluation in the imperial court, he not only made a dismissal, but also promoted some capable officials who were depressed because they did not understand human feelings, which gave him a good reputation in the court for a while.
In this way, whether it is the people of the old faction or the new emperor, they can't find fault with Han Sheng. After all, Han Sheng was very fair in this matter, which made people see the vitality of the imperial court. And the new emperor also hopes to complete the implementation of the new policy by pushing through the old and bringing forth the new at one time, so the new assessment system for Han Sheng is equivalent to recognition, which also makes the court full of enthusiasm for a while, and no one wants to be the next to be dismissed. In Han Sheng's words, don't occupy the seat if you don't have the ability, there are still many people in line.
Han Sheng's assessment system offended some people, and at the same time won the trust of some people. And Han Sheng maintained a very delicate relationship with these people, did not accept any gifts, and even Han Sheng was the first official to "disclose his property" in the court, and Han Sheng also made it clear that how many maids and servants there were in his family's few acres of land, how many were left by his ancestors, and how many were obtained from business, it was clear at a glance. At the same time, it also shows the world that I have enough so much, and I will not accept it if I send it again. It is completely a clean and honest style. Even some officials who were promoted by him wanted to take the opportunity to invite him to dinner to contact their feelings, but they were rejected by Han Sheng.
A new court, a new atmosphere.
Immediately after that, the imperial court began to implement a new policy.
Because the new policy was started under the auspices of the Shaozhuang faction, it was difficult for the old ministers of the old faction in the DPRK and China to get close to the implementation of the new policy, and Han Sheng, who trusted the right minister, and Lan He, the left minister, were appointed as the supervisors of the implementation of the new policy because of their high power. Overseer, that is, there is no need to participate, just observe from the sidelines, see what is gained and lost, and then report to the emperor in a unified manner.
Ever since the emperor announced the official start of the trial implementation of the new policy, Han Sheng has been running to Liu Yu's house, and many people have realized that he is actually asking Liu Yu's opinion. One of the reforms of the new deal is that the Department of Commerce and Trade is divided into six small departments, which are subordinate to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, which is equivalent to dismantling the original Department of Commerce and Trade, which is convenient for management and weakens the role of the original manager of the Department of Commerce and Trade.
After all, the position of Yamen Shaoqing, the manager of the Department of Commerce and Trade, was also taken care of by Han Sheng, who was the right minister, and this was now the first important department of the imperial court, even greater than the authority of the six departments. The initial point of the imperial court reform was also in the Department of Commerce and Trade.
So Sui Yu also came to Liu Yu's house to visit almost every day.
Many people think that Liu Yu has made a fuss in the court, and the relationship with the emperor must have been inextricable, if this Liu Wenyan is really ambitious, he will definitely take action as soon as possible, and put pressure on the new emperor through the hands of Han Sheng and Sui Yu to prevent the implementation of this new policy.
But in terms of implementation, although Han Sheng and Sui Yu often went to Liu Yu's mansion, they did not make any criticism of the implementation of the new policy, they were the same as Liu Yu, just arguing what kind of chaos would happen in all aspects of the Department of Commerce and Trade and even Chang'an City after the reform, if the chaos was avoided, and how to remediate afterwards.
Among the new policies, there are several articles that make Liu Yu feel dazzling. From the very beginning of the implementation, Liu Yu felt that there would be chaos.
One is the expansion of the lending authority of the silver number. Originally, the silver number of Chang'an City, if a merchant wanted to borrow, he had to have enough collateral and a guarantor as a guarantee, the procedure was very complicated, and the repayment period was also very strict, and the borrower was not allowed to default. There will be a liquidation at any time, which is also to avoid bad debts in the silver number. However, in the new policy, the terms of lending were changed, making it more convenient for merchants to borrow money, and when the monetary system was very tight, they could not issue additional currency, which could easily cause chaos in the business economy.
The second is the establishment of a military affairs department to carry out military affairs reform. The original situation of the military department in commanding the troops was changed, but the military affairs department and the military department coerced each other and unified the situation.
Although the starting point is good, the military power of Chang'an City is still unstable. This reform is obviously aimed at a meritorious general. In the context of the pacification of the Turkic war, before the army returned to the court, and before the merit was rewarded, the court first cut the power of the generals and commanders, and the intention of the court was too obvious, and it was easy to arouse the resistance of the middle and upper generals. (To be continued......)