Chapter 30 The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada and the Yellow Sparrow Follows
After getting Liu Wei's approval, Xue Conggui deliberately showed a flattered look, and then showed an expression of looking at death as if he were at home, and said: "The minister gave the edict, thought hard about the strategy of governing the country, thought hard for many days, and finally got something. ”
Xue Conggui deliberately paused slightly, leaving some time for the civil and military officials to think, then cleared his throat and said loudly: "As the name suggests, apportionment into mu means: completely abolishing the poll tax, only collecting land property tax, and collecting taxes based on the number of acres of land, so that the rich pay more taxes, the poor pay less taxes, and the landless people do not need to pay taxes." ”
"Wow!"
Xue Conggui's voice lagged behind, and a noise sounded in the Xuanzheng Hall again.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
The civil and military officials looked at each other in disbelief.
Liu Wei glanced at Xue Conggui deeply, and his fingers tapped rhythmically on the armrest of the dragon chair.
If it was before, Liu Wei would definitely immediately slap his palms and praise Xue Conggui's advice.
However, after experiencing a lot of suffering, Liu Wei is no longer the ignorant teenager he used to be, and now he is an excellent monarch with a keen sense of politics.
Thinking of Xue Conggui's character and personality, and then combining these with his ability, Liu Wei immediately made the most accurate judgment: "Xue Conggui has the guidance of a master behind him. ”
Liu Wei narrowed his eyes silently, looked coldly at Xue Conggui, who looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and said in his heart: "This bad seed, really not good-hearted, is really unreasonable." ”
After only a little contemplation, Liu Wei immediately figured out the key points.
It stands to reason that if Xue Conggui wanted to offer advice to Liu Biao out of sincerity, he should have chosen to meet Liu Biao in private and explain the reform measures to him alone, but now Xue Conggui is in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and he has publicly said the reform plan that is related to the vital interests of the family and the local gentry, which is obviously doing something.
Xue Conggui was indeed frightened by Liu Bian, so he took the initiative to come up with a very good reform plan as a last resort, but he knew that this reform measure had affected the interests of the world, so he put it forward in public with the intention of coping with the errand, the purpose of this was to not only deliver a perfect answer to Liu Bian, but also invisibly added a great resistance to this reform measure, because Xue Conggui was like a mirror in his heart, and this reform plan could not be passed at all. Because the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would certainly not allow such a reform measure that touched on their own interests to exist in the world today.
Liu Wei looked at everything in the hall coldly, but he didn't mean to be the first to speak.
So, in the case of Liu Bian's cold eyes, Zhong Lifu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, took the lead in standing up, he bowed to Liu Biao with a sad and indignant face, and immediately raised his hand to point directly at Xue Conggui, and said: "Spread the Ding into the mu, it seems to be a move to establish the country and benefit the people, but in fact it is secretly confusing, once it is implemented, it will be subject to great resistance, the prime minister knows that he can't do anything, but he still insists on going his own way, and his behavior is really to trap His Majesty in injustice. ”
The Ministry of Works' voice lagged behind, and Lei Li, the head of the Ministry of Households, also stood up and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Seeing this, Liu Wei met the inquiring eyes of Yuwen Chengdu and Chai Shao, and nodded slightly.
Seeing this, the two immediately showed a look of understanding.
So, Chai Shao, who had been promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, also stood up and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”
Yuwen Chengdu: "The minister seconded the proposal. ”
With the statements of several important ministers of the DPRK, those ministers who originally adhered to a neutral attitude also stood up with the intention of taking advantage of your illness to kill you.
With Liu Wei's acquiescence, as things developed, except for a few of Xue Conggui's hardcore henchmen, almost all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty stood up.
The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military people said that the spearhead was directed at Xue Conggui and said, "Please kill this bureaucracy." ”
Xue Conggui, who was originally going to deal with the errand and disgusted Liu Wei by the way, immediately sat on the wax when he saw this.
Xue Conggui was frightened by the scene in front of him, and said stiffly: "Minister... Minister... Petition for Holy Judgment. ”
Xue Conggui hesitated for a long time, but he was surprised to find that he had no other way to go except to stand on the emperor's side, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and make the most helpless choice.
"Zhao Yu misunderstood me." Xue Conggui thought with a dead heart.
There is indeed a capable person behind Xue Conggui, and this capable person is the lieutenant of the Chinese Army, one of the eight captains of the Beijing camp, Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu is a person with lofty ideals and political aspirations, and he knows that he does not have the ability to influence the government at present, so he quietly found Xue Conggui and planned to realize his political ambitions through Xue Conggui.
Looking at the only five remaining officials in the court, Liu Wei nodded with satisfaction, and then stood up silently, and said: "I have words first, the court discusses politics, and everyone should express their opinions, I have no reason to blame, the prime minister is old and serious, and he should be rewarded for his advice for the country, what is the crime?" ”
Liu Wei's gaze swept around the faces of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and said: "Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the civil death admonishment and the martial arts fight to the death, and now you are waiting for such a style, is it to block the way of speech?" ”
Liu Wei suddenly raised his voice, looked at Zhong Lifu angrily, and said, "Da Sikong, do you want to rebel?" ”
Da Sikong is the nickname of the Ministry of Works.
Zhong Lifu was stunned when he heard this, and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and pleaded: "The minister lost his words for a while, please forgive your majesty." ”
Liu Wei snorted coldly, no longer bothered with Zhong Lifu, and then moved his gaze to Hubu Shangshu Lei Li, and shouted: "Da Situ, what do you mean?" ”
"The minister was confused for a while, and he was bewitched by Lord Zhongli, so he made a big mistake, and the minister really made an unintentional mistake, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive the minister for his reckless sin."
Lei Li said, found a place beside Zhong Lifu, and knelt down silently.
When Zhong Lifu heard this, he was so angry that his eyes almost wanted to burst into flames, and he glared at Lei Li fiercely, as if he was going to tear him alive in public.
Lei Li met Zhong Lifu's gaze, snorted heavily, and then tilted his head to the side and stopped looking at him.
Seeing that the two leaders had made the choice to admit their mistakes, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces followed their example and took the initiative to kneel down to confess their mistakes to Liu.
"The minister was deceived by traitors because he didn't notice it for a while, it was really an unintentional mistake, please Your Majesty be aware of it." The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty said in unison.
This time it was Zhong Lifu's turn to sit on wax.
"Take the bamboo shoots."
Looking at the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty who had no shame, Zhong Lifu showed an expression of wanting to cry without tears, and said in his heart: "This is just a blink of an eye, how did the old man suddenly become a traitor from a person who eliminated harm for the people?" This group of bastards who are used to seeing the wind and the rudder are really angry with me. ”
At this very moment.
Zhuge Yan suddenly shouted at the top of his voice and announced to the ministers: "Retreat from the dynasty." ”
When the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu looked up in the direction of the imperial steps again, he found that there was no longer Liu Wei's figure there.
Zhuge Yan silently came to Xue Conggui and said, "Lord Xue, Your Majesty invites you to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to talk about it." ”