Chapter 486: Choice
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"Will the Emperor get better?"
"I don't know!"
Xiao Yi shook his head.
He continued: "Since his accession to the throne, the emperor has suffered heavy blows one after another. With his character, he can survive until now, and to be honest, it is really impressive. It's just that no one can say whether he can continue to hold on next. ”
Yan Yunge opened the window to breathe.
She casually asked, "Is there really a fate?" Could it be that the emperor is really a lone star? ”
"You believe that rumor too?"
Yan Yunge laughed at himself, "I just feel that the emperor's luck is too bad." If you want to say that he is not capable, he will not be so unlucky, everything is not satisfactory, and everything is not going well. If you think about it carefully, most of the problems are not on him, but they just happened.
It's no wonder that some people are so cranky that sometimes I am inevitably affected by the rumors, and I can't help but wonder if the situation would be different if the person sitting on the dragon chair was different. ”
"Even you think so, the emperor's situation is in danger!"
Xiao Yi's expression became solemn.
Yan Yunge asked him, "Do you think the emperor is in danger?" ”
Xiao Yi lowered his head and hesitated: "Empress Dowager Tao asked the senior monk to pray for blessings, I'm afraid it won't have much effect." ”
Yan Yunge frowned slightly, "If the emperor has three long and two short, what will happen next?" Directly canonize the eldest prince to inherit the throne? ”
"I don't know! The Emperor may be able to hold on. Xiao Yi hesitated.
……
The convoy continued south, finally reaching a turning point of fate.
A three-way street.
Continue to the road on the right, and I believe that you will soon be able to catch up with the emperor and his party.
Walking all the way to the unfamiliar road on the left, and going east, it is a different situation, a different fate.
The future planned by Yan Yunge is at the end of the road on the left.
The place she is going to is Binh Duong County.
A place where the land is fertile and the place is not large, but because of frequent floods, natural and man-made disasters occur all year round, and the people are poor.
It is precisely because of natural and man-made disasters that Binh Duong County began to rebel against thieves a few years ago.
When the trouble was at its worst, the officials were killed, the family fled, and the people were coerced by the thieves.
Binh Duong County has become a land of abandonment.
It is precisely because of the rebellion against the thieves that the entire county has been disturbed, and all assets have shrunk significantly.
The land was devalued, the houses were destroyed, and the government was left without officials for many years......
As a result, some families took the opportunity to buy land in Binh Duong County.
This family is the Ling family of Hongnong County.
At the beginning, before leaving Beijing, Ling Changzhi asked Yan Yunge for a map, and she set two conditions.
The first condition is to have 50 blank documents with official seals.
The second condition is a title deed.
It is the title deed of Binh Duong County.
In the entire Pingyang County, ninety percent of the land in its five counties fell into the hands of the Ling family.
Now, ninety percent of the land is in the hands of Yan Yunge.
Yan Yunge seems to be the largest landlord in Pingyang County.
Binh Duong County will also become the most solid foundation for her huge career.
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Xiao Yi and Xiao Shi, the lord of Zhuyang, successively went to the imperial court to ask for an appointment document and a holy decree.
Xiao Yi asked the imperial court to appoint him as the county guard of Pingyang County.
As the saying goes, if the name is not right, it is not good, and if the name is right, it is good.
Yan Yunge needs to run Binh Duong County justifiably in case someone picks peaches on the way.
The land, population, and military strength of Pingyang County are all in the hands of Yan Yunge.
Only the government and the power of the yamen are not in her hands.
Again, this is the most fatal point.
Don't wait for her to run Pingyang County well, and suddenly parachute a county guard to pick peaches, she can be angry.
Therefore, the post of the county guard of Binh Duong County must be firmly held in his hands.
Who else is more suitable for the post of county warden of Pingyang County than Xiao Yat?
No!
No one is more suitable than Yat Siu.
……
The Xiao family, the lord of Zhuyang County, wanted to ask for a holy decree.
She hoped that the imperial court would change her fiefdom from Zhuyang to Pingyang.
and made it clear that Yan Yunge would inherit her title.
In fact, when the first emperor was alive, she had already handed over the fief to the imperial court.
The title of county lord, only the status and the title of the lord remained, and everything else was gone, and it was all handed over to the imperial court.
But, here and there.
The country was shattered, and even the emperor had to flee.
The imperial court's control over the local area was also greatly reduced.
The imperial court needed to have the right people to guard the various places and ensure that the taxes could be collected smoothly.
The lord of Zhuyang promised in the notebook that if the court agreed to her request, she would be willing to pay taxes to the court in accordance with the practice of previous years.
This is a small temptation for the imperial court.
Binh Duong County has been idle for several years because of the rebellion and frequent floods, and there are no officials and no taxes.
For several years, the imperial court's income in Binh Duong County was zero.
No official wants to come here to be an official.
Not to mention poverty, the population is still small, and there are thieves.
After the anti-thieves and mountain bandits, it has simply become a three-way zone.
As early as when the anti-thieves were at their worst, the local families were either killed or fled for their lives.
Now, someone is willing to take over Pingyang County, does not want a penny from the imperial court, and is willing to pay taxes according to the custom, no matter how you look at it, it is a good deal.
If it had been changed before, when the emperor and hundreds of officials were still in the capital, the courtiers would have thrown away such a recital directly, and they were unwilling to take a second look.
I still want a fiefdom, an official position, and go to my dreams.
Even if it is a land abandoned by heaven, it is also the land of the imperial court, and if you don't give it, you won't agree to any request.
However, at this time and at that time, the current imperial court is obviously not as tough and stubborn as it was in the past.
When Xiao Yi and the Zhuyang County Lord's recitals were delivered to the mobile court, the courtiers were clearly divided into two factions.
Many people are willing to sell Xiao Yi a face, and they are also willing to give the county lord of Zhuyang a sweetness.
It should be regarded as an additional tax for the imperial court.
Anyway, someone took over this place in Pingyang County, and it is still nominally the territory of the imperial court.
However, there are also courtiers who insist on a tough and stubborn attitude, thinking that the land of the imperial court can not be given to people casually.
Xiao Yi wanted an official position, so he gave him an official position.
In the future, other people will also come to ask for officials, will they give it or not?
This head can't be opened.
What's even more excessive is that the county lord of Zhuyang actually wants to change the fief.
On the surface, it is to change the fief, but in fact, he wants to be fiefdom and break the rules of the former emperor to return the fief to the clan.
This request is too bad to be agreed to.
What's even more excessive is that it is a joke to let a married woman inherit the title of county lord.
There is no such precedent for the imperial court.
I have never heard of a princess's daughter inheriting the title of princess.
The world's ridiculous.
What qualifications does a woman with a foreign surname have to inherit the title of county lord that only clan women deserve?
For these two copies, the courtiers quarreled.
After being idle all the way for so long, someone finally asked the court to call the shots, and there were still their group of courtiers in their eyes, and the courtiers naturally showed twelve points of enthusiasm and quarreled endlessly every day.
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Yan Yunge privately sent letters to Shi Wen and Ling Changzhi respectively.
Ling Changzhi wanted to continue to cooperate with Yan Yunge and have the opportunity to buy maps from her in the future, so he chose to support her and gain the authority of Pingyang County for her.
It's just that for the way of an official, he can't take a stand from the beginning.
Let the courtiers quarrel for a few days first, and then he will come forward to settle the matter.
Shi Wen hesitated.
Behind closed doors, he consulted with the counsellors.
"Yan Yunge wants Pingyang County, what does she want to do? Pingyang County is flooded all year round, and the anti-thieves and mountain bandits are over. The mountain bandits are easy to solve, and with the strength in her and Xiao Yi's hands, dealing with the mountain bandits is like chopping melons and vegetables. Flooding is not easy to solve. Does she have a way? ”
The strategist reminded: "Have you forgotten, when you were in the capital, Mrs. Yan asked for a group of craftsmen from the Shaofu. Perhaps some of these craftsmen know how to control water. ”
"What are you kidding, where do a few craftsmen know how to control water. However, you did remind the old man. With Yan Yunge's whimsical thoughts, it is estimated that she really has a way to control the water. The old man heard that she had made a windfall in the capital. ”
"Mrs. Yan has emptied the capital, except for the houses and bulky furniture, everything that can be moved has been removed. She did make a windfall. ”
Shi Wen bared his teeth, a little envious and jealous!
He said: "No wonder she has the ability to control the water, not bad for money!" But where did she get so many carriages and horses? ”
This point puzzled Shi Wen.
He took the emperor and hundreds of officials out of the city, and many things had to be discarded, just because there were not enough chariots and horses.
Yan Yunge emptied the capital, where did she get so many carriages and horses to transport?
Could it be that she can conjure it out of thin air?
The strategist said softly, "Has the Prime Minister forgotten that Mrs. Yan has a ranch in Gyeonggi?" In addition, she has a carpenter's workshop to her name. ”
Syllable!
Shi Wen slapped himself on the head, "How could the old man forget such an important matter." She's prepared! I'm afraid that when she took the initiative to persuade the old man to give up the capital, everything had already been planned. There are enough coachmen, enough for her to empty the capital.
This woman, taking one step and thinking ten steps, is too scary! Obviously, she also has a set of plans for Binh Duong County. Even if the old man didn't give her face and rejected her request, she still had a second plan ready to force the court to agree to her request. Hey, the old man is very conflicted at the moment! ”
Falling into Yan Yunge's calculations, Shi Wen was very depressed.
He wanted to fight back and give Yan Yunge a little color.
But he knew in his heart that Yan Yunge must have calculated everything.
His response, at this moment, seemed powerless and meaningless.
A mobile court has no deterrent effect on those who hold military power in the local area.
They are willing to follow official documents, instead of doing things on their own, to give face to the court and the emperor.
If you refute their demands, it's a big deal to do your own thing and be a prince.
Anyway, you want money and money, you want land and land, and you want soldiers and horses. There is only one justifiable official document missing.
Without this official document, it would be difficult for Yan Yunge to stop.
It's nothing more than tearing your face with the court!
Now, she is still willing to maintain face with the court, she should cherish it!
This is the subtext of Yan Yunge's letter to him in private.
Cherish the face she gave!
Otherwise, the court will lose her "obedience" and lose her taxes.
She will give a good start to those who hold military power in the world, and she can also give a bad start.
It depends on how the court chooses.