Chapter 155
Seeing that the ministers were helpless, Emperor Jingyuan's face became more and more heavy, and Zuo Xiang struggled in the queue for a long time, and finally took a step out of the queue and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a ridiculous strategy, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Only then did the ministers dare to raise their heads, thinking that they might be trained like them, and on the other hand, they really hoped that Zuo Xiang could say some useful ideas to solve their predicament. Emperor Jing Yuan was already quite impatient, and he didn't expect Zuo Xiang to speak amazingly, so he rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Say it." ”
Zuo Xiang was silent for a while before he said: "Your Majesty, now when the people are in short supply, the only people in the whole country who have surplus grain are those who have hoarded grain, but they have never contributed to the imperial court, and I am afraid that they still want to take advantage of the war to make a fortune in the country." The old minister knew that the most helpless move now was to buy grain from the rich merchants, but it was not expected that those merchants would get in the way, after all, the court had not looked at them in the past few years, and the old minister was worried that they would have resentment and deliberately embarrassed. Therefore, the old minister boldly suggested, why didn't Your Majesty lift the ban on the imperial examination and give those local wealthy businessmen and their descendants a chance to gain fame? Of course, this move is not completely absurd and infeasible, after all, there are many people who are both talented and knowledgeable among the extremely rich businessmen, and they can also select talents for me, after all, heroes do not ask about their origins, and they can better reflect the ...... of our emperor."
After Zuo Xiang finished saying the last word, his voice trembled, and his palms were full of sweat.
Since the founding of the country, businessmen have been included in the list of several categories of people who are not qualified to take the imperial examination, and have been reduced to the same embarrassing situation as the family of advocating excellence, suffering from discarded diseases, committing ten evils, and committing adultery, and now it has been more than 100 years. The strategy of the left minister is not only absurd, it is simply a big rebellion, and it openly opposes the ancestral system of Daxing.
The court was silent, even Uncle Li Guo, who loved to be in the limelight, was silent, and everyone was waiting for Emperor Jingyuan to be angry. However, there are people in the queue of ministers who are impressed by Zuo Xiang, this old slippery head has been in politics for a long time, and he will never pop out a word if he can not say anything, and now he suddenly proposes such an amazing move, which is really surprising, and even Mo Yu's heart can't help but jump a few times.
Emperor Jingyuan did not have an immediate attack, and those who were timid and afraid of death but did good things such as Li Shu, secretly raised his head and looked over the shoulders of the official in front of him, and saw His Majesty's brows twisted slightly, and after a while, he finally spoke: "If the ban is abolished, but those profiteers don't buy it, what should I do?" ”
Emperor Jingyuan's words made Zuo Xiang breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, for a long time, the extremely rich businessmen have suffered from nothing more than no merit, if they get amnesty this time, they will definitely thank Your Majesty for their grace, plus the merchants are famous for their cunning, and they are very good at the wind and rudder, and they can ask for food without spending money from the treasury." The Turks are well prepared to go south, and our dynasty still needs a lot of money to maintain grain and grass to resist the enemy army, and we must not let those local tyrants go to the pit. ”
Since Emperor Jingyuan had this question, the matter became three points, and then listened to Zuo Xiang's answer, Emperor Jingyuan sighed and said: "Okay, although the rules are set by the ancestors, but they are not broken or established, so they drafted the decree according to the will of Zuo Xiang, abolished the ban that merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and went to rich merchants around the country to buy grain, and set up a register to record meritorious service." In the face of the national crisis, I not only gave the businessmen a chance to mend their ways, no matter who it was, as long as the country had meritorious service and recovered the mountains and rivers to repel the Turks, I would not be rewarded for meritorious deeds. ”
Your Majesty's will has been given, and the ministers have reacted at this time, and someone said: "Your Majesty, the merchant is cunning and wavering, and he has no faith in his words, I am afraid that he will not be able to ......."
Zuo Xiang turned his head to look at the man: "Lord Lin, do you have more thoughtful ideas?" Let's hear it. ”
"I'm ......," the man shut up.
Emperor Jing Yuan finally showed a little smile these days: "The matter of requisitioning grain will be handed over to the household department, and Marshal Situ will be responsible for escorting grain and grass and other items, and fully support the great northwest, and the border soldiers must not be allowed to lack food and clothing...... In addition, the left minister has good intentions, and he dares to speak up and dare not speak, I am very pleased, and the public should learn from the left minister. ”
Since entering the court for decades, although the official road has been prosperous, he has never had a long face like today, and he has won the supreme praise of His Majesty, and when his heart is happy, he can't help but think of the calm shallow smile on the face of the sick Yangzi, he burned the thin paper casually, and he didn't care whether he would give this plan to the Ming Sheng. He wrote on a blank piece of paper, "I have many other benefits, and my father has never seen them......
I really didn't see it. He was blinded by his old eyes.
Under the court, the courtiers surrounded the left prime minister and praised him, the left minister was full of smugness in the attention of everyone, Mo Yu walked at the end, thinking about his father's usual style, I felt incredible, when I went down the steps, I stepped on the air coldly, and almost fell down, at this time, a hand next to him happened to reach out to help him, Mo Yu turned his head to look, saw that it was Han Ye, and hurriedly stood firm and thanked him: "Thank you for falling off the horse, I ...... It's rude not to see the way clearly. ”
Han Ye's handsome face smiled lightly for thousands of years: "Mo Zhuangyuan doesn't have to be polite, be careful." As he spoke, he looked at Zuo Xiang, who was surrounded by everyone, and said with a smile: "Lord Zuo Xiang is resourceful and can solve His Majesty's worries, which is really respectable." ”
Mo Yu's expression was different, and he squeezed out a smile and said: "Mo Yu thanked the fallen horse for his father's praise." Mo Yu has never been familiar with Han Ye, and they are not Li Shu's kind of self-acquaintance, and they can't find a conversation for a while, the two of them have already gone down the stone steps, Mo Yu suddenly remembered something, stopped and asked: "I don't know if there is any progress in the murder of Wu Zhuangyuan?" ”
Han Ye sensed his concern from Mo Yu's tone, the smile on his face was closed, and he nodded gloomily and said, "I found a clue, and I am tracking down the whereabouts of the murderer, but it's just ...... The case of the Criminal Department has always been forbidden for officials to ask in private, Mo Zhuangyuan ......" Han Ye said and looked at Mo Yu and paused.
Mo Yu hurriedly explained anxiously: "No...... No, it's not that I don't understand, it's just ...... It's just ......" he bowed his head, and said, "so the colt should know about me...... My sister-in-law Princess Jing was given a grounding order, not allowed to leave the house for a month, she is very concerned about this matter, and there is no way to go out to inquire, and my eldest brother has never been out of the door and does not step in the house to recuperate, I am afraid that my sister-in-law is overly worried, so I came to ask about the progress of the case, and there is no other meaning, don't misunderstand......"
Han Ye curled his lips and smiled lightly, as if he completely believed it: "I see." ”
Mo Yu had a ghost in his heart, afraid that the more he said, the more wrong he would be, so he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Oh, the hour is not early, I have to go to the Seventh Prince to study, and I fell off the horse and lost my company." ”
Han Ye nodded lightly, and Mo Yu turned around and went to the palace where the prince lived in the east. The early dynasty has just dispersed, the sun rises from the east, shining on the green six-grade court clothes of Mo Yu, the young man is born with a slender body, his face is like a crown of jade, this green court dress he wears is not as vulgar as ordinary officials, compared to the other three sons of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, I don't know how much higher.
However, Mo Yu was young after all, and he only had a few ways to do it, and a few words from Han Ye exposed his thoughts. In terms of relationship, Mulian and Baili Jing are both Lin Cenzhi's younger sisters, and they are naturally concerned about Lin Cenzhi's murder, and Mulian is now Mo Yu's concubine, and the relationship is naturally closer than Bai Lijing, but Mo Yu didn't mention Mu Lian at all, but kept reading his sister-in-law, that kind of anxiety, support, and uneasiness, how could Han Ye not see it?
However, what can be seen is it, it just makes the pain in his heart deeper. I can't see her, but I heard her name from many people's mouths, and after a grounding order, the first person she resents is still Han Ye, right?
"Master."
Unexpectedly, a voice sounded in his ears, Han Ye raised his light eyes and looked, he was walking in a trance, and he had already arrived at the Taihedian Square, where Han Wen and Han Wu were waiting.
When he got out of the palace and entered the palace of Jinyang in the west of the city, Han Wen said: "Master, the military master of Mu Yi has come to send a message." ”
"Say." Han Ye walked slowly.
"The matter of Lutai Mountain has been arranged, just waiting for the fish to take the bait. The North County Government is in dire straits, and success or failure is in this move. Hangul restated word for word.
Han Ye listened, and didn't reply a word, where is it not in dire straits, he is already in such a situation, what do you expect him to do? Zuo Xiang Mo Song's idea was extremely utilitarian, but it was adopted by Emperor Jingyuan, and the old fox made it clear that even if the rules of the old ancestor were abolished, he would have to push the Beijun Mansion to the front line, who could stop it? Now, we have to wait and see how the businessmen who have received the amnesty will react......
Three days later, the state capitals in various places received official documents issued by the imperial court, and when the merchants heard the amnesty decree, they did not believe in such a good thing at first, and then spread the word of ten or hundred, and no one was willing to give up their future power to others, and they gave generously under the idea of believing that they could not believe it or not, just to leave some glory for their descendants on the merit roll of the imperial court, and also to vent their grievances for more than a hundred years. Within a few days, the imperial court had countless grains and grass, and summoned troops from all over the country to transport them to the Great Northwest Front.
At that time, the Turks were like fierce tigers, even under the border cities of Jizhou, Jibei, Shanggu and other cities, Situ He had already arrived at the northwest border, and confronted the Turks in the first frontier line.
Although the frontier is in dire straits, the war is as far away as the horizon for the people of Shengjing City, and life goes by as usual.
In the past few days, Zuo Xiang has treated Mo Wen surprisingly well, and everyone in the entire Prime Minister's Mansion knows that the third prince Mo Xun has been closed in the house in the name of recuperation since he killed Duan Sleeve and his concubine in a fit of anger, and he is extremely depressed. His mother, Mrs. Liu Guixiang, ran to and from his residence very often for days, and his daughter-in-law Li Ruomei cried and complained about the fact that she did not return home at night a while ago.
However, what Liu Guixiang is worried about is whether his son is playing outside, after listening, instead of teaching his son, he reprimanded his daughter-in-law, it is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines, you are the main room, there is no room for people, how can you be in charge of the house in the future? What's more, your father-in-law has returned, and you still want to hope to climb on the man's head? Do you think you're a royal princess? Even if the royal princess will be grounded, women still have to keep to themselves!
After saying this, Li Ruomei cried even more.
Liu Guixiang was bored, and pulled his son and said: "Your father has been very strange recently, he is so good to that sick seedling, whatever delicious and delicious food is sent to the side hospital first, and the housekeeper's wall grass runs to the west chamber every day, looking like a dog's legs, isn't something wrong?" ”
Mo Xun said impatiently: "What's so strange? It's not that Princess Jing supports him, otherwise no one will know that he is dead. ”
On May 19, good news came from the northwest, Situ He led his troops to break the Turks outside Dingxiang Pass, and the Turkic soldiers and horses temporarily withdrew to the north of Cangshan, and the Shengjing court finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the household department reported that the grain and grass had been prepared to be transported to the northwest, and the defeat of the Turks was just around the corner.
In the early dynasty, Emperor Jingyuan was very happy and sent a decree to restore Situ Hezheng's rank as a general of the three major expeditions to the north and reward the three armies. At the same time, he once again rewarded the left minister in the court, and the reward was quite rich. However, at this time, Zuo Xiang unexpectedly knelt down and thanked: "Your Majesty, the old minister does not dare to take credit, and the strategy of lifting the ban is not what the old minister thinks." ”
As soon as these words came out, the court was in an uproar, and everyone looked at each other, and this old slippery head even had a time when he didn't take credit.
"Oh? Who's that? Emperor Jing Yuan also asked in surprise.
"Yes......" Zuo Xiang paused, and finally said in one breath: "It's the eldest son of the old minister...... Mo asked. ”
The court was deadly silent, and there was no sound of panting.
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+_+ This chapter has been written a long time ago.,But I didn't dare to send it.,I've been entangled for a long time in the past two days.,List more than a hundred questions about this article to ask yourself.,Some are conspiracy.,Some are feelings.,I'm dizzy.,I feel like I can't continue.。 Youqin has to admit that his skills are still too poor, and he doesn't understand many issues, such as war, court, etc., and he still doesn't understand a lot of information. I wanted to give up last night, but I convinced myself again tonight, no longer more truthful, no longer thinking about whether the writing was too false and unreasonable, I could only try to write this story as if I didn't understand anything, and in the meantime, there would be fewer common-sense mistakes. Please be a pro who is still chasing the text, and give me a lot of advice. Kindness.