Liu Xie couldn't wait to whip himself a big ear scraper at the moment.

The so-called officialdom is a kind of polite language that people in high positions say to their superiors, subordinates, and colleagues on certain solemn occasions, and the authenticity of this kind of words is generally relatively low, and about eight out of ten are false, because the most important thing for high-ranking people is decency, and their every word and deed is an example for all the people in the world or the country. Maintaining dignity is the most basic quality of a person in a position of authority, and if you tell the truth, you will have endless troubles and will fall into the hands of others.

Therefore, as the current supreme ruler of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Xie is very good at speaking officialdom, and he speaks better than ordinary people, and he has to listen to it.

But everything must have some degree, too many good words will make people tired, and officialdom will be true when it is big.

For example, at this moment, the hat of the first virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty is a little too buttoned.

The problem is that the words have been spoken, the wood has been completed, and more than 200 people in the entire hall are listening here, and it is impossible for Liu Xie to cheat.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

The annoying voice sounded again, pulling Liu Xie back from his fugue to the court.

"Huh? What...... What's going on? ”

Jia Xu's face remained unchanged, and his tone was still unhurried: "Your Majesty, the old minister asked Your Majesty what to say, now Your Majesty wants to canonize and reward, how should Cao Sikong, the first virtuous minister of the Han Dynasty, carry him?" ”

Liu Xie hated to pounce on this old thief and bite him to death.

"Dr. Jia's words are reasonable, Cao Aiqing's father and son have worked hard for the country for two generations, with outstanding meritorious achievements, and the country's social affairs are all supported by Cao's family, and everyone knows at home, how can I treat them lightly, how can Cao Sikong already rank among the three princes, and he is a very popular minister. I'm not going to rise at the moment, right? ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, did not speak, but glanced to the side.

Jia Xu made a person stand up in the direction of his eyes, and he was serving Zhongxin.

"Your Majesty don't worry, the minister has a suggestion."

As soon as Liu Xie saw Hua Xin get up, he suddenly felt apprehensive in his heart!

Just because Hua Xin was a well-known lackey of the court under Cao Cao's account in the past, Cao Cao pointed out where Hua Xin hit, and Hua Xin threw a bone to pick it up, even if the bone was thrown into the oil pot. Hua Xin dared to jump in, and he had the heroic spirit of going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire for his master.

"What advice does Aiqing have, try to say?"

Hua Xin said: "Looking at this dynasty, since Sikong Cao Gong, father and son Kuang supported the government, Debu Quartet, loyal and righteous society, benevolence and the people. Although Lu Wang of Zhou and Zhang Liang of Han are difficult to look forward to. Now the four sides are disturbed, and the heroes are rising together. The artifact is in danger, and the ministers meet, hoping that His Majesty will follow the way of Emperor Xiaojing, and change the law with the mountains and rivers Sheji. The abolition of the three dukes restored the prime minister system, and named Cao Gong as the prime minister, assisting His Majesty to support the world. Supporting the community, the heart of heaven, the public opinion, the world is very fortunate! Ancestors are very lucky! Lucky for the living! ”

When Cao Zhi heard this, his face changed slightly, but he didn't say anything, leaving it to others.

Liu Xie's face turned pale with anger, and he pointed at Hua Xin and said, "What did you say?" Restore the old system of prime ministers? It's ridiculous......"

Liu Xie's words were not finished yet, but when he saw the court, Wang Lang, the counselor, took the lead and said: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Zuo Zhonglang Li Fu also said: "The minister seconded the proposal"

Taishi Cheng Xu Zhi: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

“…………”

Sparsely lala, more than 100 people directly stood up under the hall to second.

Liu Xie's chest rose and fell, and his eyes were dry and angry, how could he face such a powerful persecution formation, but he was speechless.

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After the dispersal of the dynasty, Cao Zhi ignored the congratulations of the ministers, but went directly out of the palace to chase after the relatively high Jia Xu.

"Doctor Jia!"

Jia Xu turned around slowly, looked at Cao Zhi with a smile, and said, "Lord Lord...... No, what advice should the prime minister have? ”

"Don't scream!" Cao Zhi hurriedly looked around and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty hasn't agreed yet!" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "It's just a matter of time or time." ”

Cao Zhi sighed in a low voice and said, "Doctor Jia, didn't we say that the matter of abolishing the three public ministers will be put aside first, why are you ...... today?"

Jia Xu was happy when he heard this: "Lord, you asked the wrong person, the matter of abolishing the third prince and resetting the prime minister was brought up by Hua Xin, what does it have to do with old decay?" ”

Cao Zhi said angrily: "Don't shirk! If it weren't for your instructions, Hua Xinyan would dare to make such a big statement? ”

Jia Xu chuckled and said: "Lord, can't you see that the Son of Heaven is restless now, and wants to seize power, if the old man doesn't dial a little, I'm afraid that he will be insatiable in the future and will make more trouble." ”

Cao Zhi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is originally the co-master of the world, and there is nothing wrong with acting like this. ”

Jia Xuzheng said: "The lord has to be a loyal minister, it doesn't matter if you are old, but when you score!" What time is it? In times of turmoil! Yuan Shang and Liu Bei are both great enemies, we have to do our best to guard against them, the Son of Heaven comes out to fight for power at this time, which will only make Xu Du's internal turmoil and the country dying...... At this moment, we don't have any extra energy to focus on the Son of Heaven, and we must clearly stipulate the ownership of the military and political power in the Xu Capital. ”

Jia Xu paused for a moment and said, "And the best way to determine the ownership of power is nothing more than Lixiang!" The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, in charge of military and political affairs, and you must be in this position at this moment. ”

Cao Zhi: "............"

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After Yuan Shang returned to Yecheng, he first took in the wine shop of Yuan Mai and Deng Ai, and then recruited the two boys into the army, and then recruited Yan Yuan and Wen Tu into the main army to be the captains of the army, temporarily responsible for the safety of the two boys.

There was an interesting episode in it, which was to change the name of Wentu.

Wen Chou Chou...... To tell the truth, if this name was replaced by someone else, Wen Tu would have to draw his sword and castrate that person!

But this name was given by Yuan Shang, and Wen Tu was helpless, so he had to thank him.

Yuan Shang also knew that this name was a bit ...... What's that, so I don't force Wen Tu to change, he still uses his original name to the outside world, as for the name Wen Chou, even if it's another name, a stage name. Or is it a nickname? Anyway, with such a title, you can't erase it if you want to.

It's like in Journey to the West, although Sun Wukong is the Monkey King, everyone knows that he has another title called Bi Ma Wen, the same reason.

After the new personnel arrangements were decided, Yuan Shang began to work on the next big plan.

Build a water army!

But the establishment of a naval army is not a trivial matter, and it is necessary to gather all the important ministers for consultation.

So, after returning to Hebei for the first court meeting, Yuan Shang introduced Gan Ning to the people present and told everyone his intention to build a naval army.

Wen Wu couldn't help but be silent after hearing Yuan Shang's suggestion.

In the civil and military affairs. Wenchen is headed by Fu Zhu, and the military general is respected by Zhang He, Zhang He is now in charge of the army in Qingzhou, and everyone's eyes fall on Fu Zhu.

Frustrated for a long time, he bowed his hand and said, "Lord Qiqi, subordinates...... Agree to the construction of the water division. ”

Yuan Shang was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect that it was frustration that opposed his suggestion.

"For what?"

Fu Zhu thought for a while and said, "First of all, with the current situation of people in Hebei. Not suitable for the formation of a new army. ”

Yuan Shangdao: "Why is it not suitable?" ”

After pondering his words, he said, "When the old lord was alive, he drew one out of three and recruited most of the young men in Hebei to enlist in the army. As a result, Hebei is increasingly heavy in the formation of troops and horses, with millions of troops, and its strength is huge, but it has also relatively decadent the agricultural labor services of the four states. The number of people working in agriculture is declining, taxes are heavier, and military salaries are expensive...... After the old lord went. The lord ascended the throne, ordered to streamline the army, cut the number of soldiers, and retired the army to farm, which greatly weakened the expenditure of military affairs, and also made the tax relatively stable, and now Hebei, Qing, and, You, the four states plus Liaodong, there are 742,511 households, and there are 4,297,642 mouths, and the guards stationed in various parts of our four states, plus the regular army under the full command of the lord, are more than 390,000 soldiers in the formation, almost 11 people raise one person, such a number of households and soldiers and horses, neither delay the development of Hebei's people's livelihood, And it will not be too expensive to pay because of the large number of enlistments...... However, at this moment, if the navy army is recruited, it will change the balance of soldiers and civilians in the four states, resulting in the instability of people's livelihood and agriculture for a period of time. ”

Yuan Shang lowered his head and pondered when he heard this.

He knew that what he said was reasonable, but he knew that the current situation in the four states of Hebei was too much better than that of the late Han Dynasty where he knew Lu Dao.

Because of Yuan Shang's chaotic entry, although Yuan Shao still retreated in the battle of Guandu, he was not defeated miserably, and there was no tragic sign of being killed by Cao Cao!

On the other hand, because of Yuan Shang's chaotic incursion, the famous Battle of Chibi in history has not happened so far.

These two tragic battles that shook the spine of the Middle-earth population have changed, so that the population of Middle-earth remains in a relatively optimistic situation. In addition, Yuan Shang changed the system of uncontrolled recruitment of soldiers and horses when Yuan Shao was alive, and retired from the army to farm, and after a few years, the situation in the north has changed greatly, the people's livelihood is rich, and the people live in peace.

This is an excellent omen, because the omen is good, so he does not want to destroy it, he does not want to form a water army for no reason and spoil the development momentum of Hebei, with Hebei's current strength, the water army can be raised, but it will still delay the people's livelihood! And for the current Yuan Jun, the navy army is equivalent to eating dry rice, and there is no place for it at all.

Who wants to spend money to support idlers?

Yuan Shang thought for a while, sighed, and said, "In addition to not wanting to shake the balance of the households, what other reasons are there?" ”

Fu Zhu stretched out his finger and said: "Second, it costs money, to form a naval army, the use of people is the same, and the use of ships is the same, to build thousands of warships, how much labor is obtained, how much financial resources are consumed, the lord naturally knows in his heart. ”

Gan Ning was anxious on the side, and hurriedly said: "When Lao Tzu came, the lord promised Lao Tzu three million money, and Lao Tzu took out all the money......

Frustrated Zhu shook his head and smiled: "Three million dollars, what can you do?" ”

Yuan Shang thought for a while and said, "In addition to people's money, what else?" ”

Frustrated: "In addition to people and money, there must be water to build a water army!" Although we also have the Yellow River here, the Yellow River is turbulent, which is very different from the Yangtze River, and it is impossible to drill at all. ”

Beside him, Xiao Ji, who also received a million dollars from Liu Bei in Jingzhou, got up and said: "Please rest assured that the lord has a method available, which is to dig a deep pit a few miles south of Yecheng City, divert Zhangshui into it, turn it into an artificial lake, and train sailors!" ”

Hearing this, he shook his head and said: "If it is really as Yuan Tu said, then this water army will be abolished!" ”

Xiao Ji was furious: "Frustrated Gonghe, what do you mean?" Deliberately can't get along with Xiao, come on, come, let's argue and refute today......"

Frustrated and sneered: "I'm still afraid that you villain won't make it?" ”

"Who are you talking about?"

"That's you!"

“…………”

"Boom, boom, boom!" Yuan Shang slapped the table heavily and said coldly, "What? Are you going to make old mistakes again? ”

Xiao Ji and Frustration bowed their heads and stopped squeaking.

"If you dare to fight again, you will be fined! Buckle the moon! Yuan Shang said viciously.

Over there, Guo Tu hesitated for a moment, and arched his hand: "Then dare to ask the lord, what should I do if I run out this month?" ”

"And then deduct the next month! Lao Tzu's buckle the son! ”

Everyone gasped. I began to think about how much I could drive every month.

Yuan Shang eased his nerves and continued to talk about the topic of the water army: "Yuan Tu, Mr. Gong He is right, digging artificial lakes to train the water army, the trained soldiers are not ideal, there are hyacinths, whirlpools, and reefs on the Yangtze River, which are completely different from lakes. ”

Yuan Shang agreed with Fu Zhu's opinion, which was also the strategy that he had known about in later generations, and Cao Cao had also used it in history.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao occupied the Central Plains, and in order to expand his power to the south, he dug an artificial lake eight kilometers south of Tongque Terrace in Yecheng, trained sailors, and called this place Xuanwu Pond.

It was originally quite a mighty thing, but it turned out to be too inserted, and the northern army that came out of Xuanwu Pond was useless, and when it met Jiangdong Zhou Yu's troops, it was beaten to pieces, and finally it was burned down by a fire in Chibi, shaking the foundation of Middle Earth.

"People, money, a place to train soldiers." Yuan Shang thought for a while and said: "The points raised by Mr. Fu are very right, Yuan agrees very much, but there is also a solution. ”

When he heard this, he said, "What can the lord do? ”

Yuan Shangdao: "On the issue of money, haven't I already entrusted Deng Chang with a letter to you, have you done it?" Tuoba Liwei and Badun, let them go to the countries to the west to search, to find the golden sands, and to fill the treasury, have you done all this? ”

Hearing this, he sighed: "The lord is far-sighted, and he can see that the lord asked Tuoba Liwei and Tuodun to develop eastward, one is to take the so-called Gobi gold sand to fill the treasury, and the other is to consider overseas development, such ambition, which is really admired by the old man, and the old man has already asked Tian Yu to communicate with Tuoba Liwei and others, but it is not difficult." However, although Tuoba Liwei and others are friendly with us, they are foreign clans after all, if they are reused, not to mention offending small countries such as Wusun, Qiuzi, Shule, Shanshan, and Cheshihou, it is easy to make Tuoba and Badun's strength grow, and it is not suitable to control it. ”

Yuan Shang said with a smile: "You control them now, and you won't be able to control them in the future, if you want to have long-term peace and stability, you need to think of a hair once and for all, Mr. Fu rest assured, overseas affairs affect my Middle Earth Qianqiu foundation, I will definitely be careful, this matter is in my control, you just let Tian Yu and them support." ”

After that, Yuan Shang said: "Tuoba and others will develop to the west, so I expect that the things he will offer next year will no longer be cattle and sheep, but the treasures of the western countries and the Gobi gold sand next to the Junggar Basin, so that the treasury will have another expense, and the formation of a naval army can also be guaranteed." ”

"......" (To be continued......)