Zheng Shuqing, the assassin of Kuizhou, stabbed the hornet's nest, seriously infringing on the interests of many dignitaries.

Of course, Kuizhou is nothing, and what scares them is that Kuizhou's customs clearance strategy is likely to form a "demonstration effect", so that other Jiangguan will follow suit.

There are many merchants and boats in the secret manipulation, and they all carry out big business in private, from grain and cloth to slave trafficking. There are also many spokespersons in the court. These dignitaries and nobles are obviously impossible to let Zheng Shuqing go.

For a time, inside and outside the court, the song was sent to Zhongshu Province like snowflakes.

The politics of the early Tang Dynasty were generally relatively enlightened, and they did not block the way of speech, nor did they practice literary prisons.

There are many examples of low-level officials playing against the emperor after reporting at various levels, and there are also cases of successfully standing in line at critical moments and being promoted by leapfrogging.

These sparse performances are broadly divided into two opinions.

The first is that Zheng Shuqing was bold and reckless, ignoring the laws and discipline of the imperial court, and should be removed from his post and investigated to set an example. After the investigation is carried out, the culpability will be tried. The policy of amassing wealth and disturbing the people in Kuizhou Jiangguan should be abolished immediately and the source should be cleared up.

There is also an opinion that Zheng Shuqing really wanted to investigate and deal with it, but the "new policy" of Jiangguan promulgated by him was endorsed by the credibility of the imperial court. Now that it has been implemented for more than half a month, should it be abolished immediately? Isn't this a change of day?

What is the majesty of the imperial court?

In the future, if a similar New Deal is implemented, and those whose interests are damaged call again, will it also be abolished?

Even if the decree of Kuizhou Jiangguan is unreasonable, it must be operated for half a year to see what the specific effect is and what the gains and losses are. Decrees cannot be repealed just because some people are making a noise.

This opening is a hundred times more dangerous than what Zheng Shuqing is doing now.

Anyway, under the excitement of the crowd, almost everyone thought that Zheng Shuqing should be removed from his post and investigated, and escorted to Chang'an before being convicted.

Of course, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, and there are so many officials in the Tang Dynasty, there will always be no shortage of outliers.

In the midst of these shouting and killing, there is an alternative article that "stands out from the crowd".

Liu Yan, the prince of Zhengzi (similar to Fang Chongyong's previous deputy director of the National Library), praised Zheng Shuqing for his ability to manage money, and the policy of Kuizhou Jiangguan can be applied to the canal transportation from Yangzhou to Luoyang, reducing the problem of overturning or running aground due to the oversize of the boat, resulting in the blockage of the canal.

The implication is that Zheng Shuqing not only should not be investigated, but also promoted, and his experience should be extended.

Of course, Liu Yan is a central petty official, and no one cares what he says when he compiles documents all day long. The sparse letter was drowned out by the drum noise, unremarkable.

Others thought that Li Longji was pretending to be deaf and dumb, and he couldn't look at these sparse performances.

Who knew that after Liu Yan's recital was sent, not long after, Li Longji ordered Zhongshu Province to draw up an order, kicked Liu Yan out of Chang'an, and ordered him to serve as a county magistrate in Xia County, Jiangzhou, Hedong Province.

For a while, all the ministers, from the prime minister to the errand runners, couldn't understand what Li Longji's operation meant.

Is this a bright ascension and a secret descent, or is it an official who has been released before he is promoted? It seems that both scenarios are possible.

Although the crown prince has little real power, he is a "noble" official, and if he stays in the center, he can easily be promoted to an official position such as a squire of the Yellow Gate, and become a close minister of the emperor's side.

Although the grade of the county order is high, he is a magistrate, which is obviously a bright rise and a secret decline.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, the promotion and reuse of officials often required the experience of going to the local area. An important reason why Zheng Shuqing was shouted and beaten and killed was because he was released from Beijing and had to return to Chang'an to report on his work when his term of office expired. Judging from the political achievements that I have learned so far, it is very likely that he will be promoted to a member of the household department and hold real power.

When he went up, there would definitely be people who couldn't go up, and they worked together to stop this person outside Chang'an, which was a secret that the court couldn't tell.

On this day, Li Longji convened the two prime ministers, Li Linfu and Zhang Jiuling, to discuss the unauthorized restructuring of Kuizhou Jiangguan in the Zichen Palace. The Zichen Hall is not the main hall, it used to be a place where the emperor and his ministers chatted and talked privately, and there was no need for any etiquette or court clothes.

Twenty-one years after the opening of the Yuan Dynasty, Li Longji rarely held court meetings in the Hanyuan Hall of the main hall, unless it was a festival celebration, he would occasionally go there. Generally, when dealing with government affairs, they are all in the Zichen Palace, where there are the least rules, and the monarchs and ministers are the most casual, which is more in line with Li Longji's preferences.

"The matter of Kuizhou is related to the transportation of Shudi, what do the two ministers think?"

Li Longji asked casually while pinching the sore tiger mouth in his hand. He played polo all afternoon yesterday and now his hands hurt from the teeth.

No matter how skilled he was when he was young and how attentive he was to taking care of his body, Li Longji had to admit that the years were unforgiving, and he was no longer the blood of the past.

"No matter what Zheng Shuqing did, the imperial court could not encourage this arrogance. Weichen suggested that he be escorted to Chang'an, and the Dali Temple would interrogate and then decide. ”

Zhang Jiuling, who had dark skin and gray beard and hair, saluted Li Longji with his hands on his sleeves and said.

"Well, what about Jiangguan's strategy?"

Li Longji asked flatly, as if he was thinking about something else.

"Before the New Year's holiday, all localities have to report on the local people's conditions and income for the year. At that point, this policy can be abolished. Now many people have obeyed Zheng Shuqing's arrangement and replaced the boat. If the central government repeals the new customs clearance law, I am afraid that those people will also be indignant in their hearts, and it will inevitably cause trouble. Ask the saints to adjudicate. ”

Zhang Jiuling also said methodically.

He thought very clearly, this matter had become a bad account, and now under the excitement of the crowd, the more he did it, the more wrong it became. It's better to hand over Zheng Shuqing to settle the argument. People are dead, Zheng Shuqing is no longer in Kuizhou, and the controversial new policy of Kuizhou Jiangguan will inevitably not be maintained.

When the time comes, just let time dilute this farce, and the court will not have to do superfluous things.

"What do you say, brother?"

Brother Nu is Li Linfu's nickname, and it can be seen from the title that Li Linfu has now won Li Longji's trust and closeness than Zhang Jiuling.

"The policy of Kuizhou Jiangguan can be extended in the canal, as for Zheng Shuqing, Weichen can't comment, everything is decided by the sage. This is the new policy of Kuizhou Jiangguan sorted out by Weichen, please take a look at the sage. ”

Li Linfu handed the song to Gao Lishi with both hands, and Li Longji let Gao Lishi read it in a fake way. In fact, they have long known what happened in Kuizhou Jiangguan, and now everything is going through the motions.

Although the emperor is rich all over the world, the money that he can use directly may not be as much as outsiders imagine.

A few years ago, Li Longji met the Wang brothers, the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, and bluntly said that the Wang family had more money than him, which was not a humble remark, but a real complaint.

The money in the state treasury has to go through the accounts of the household department, and it is not something that Li Longji can use as he wants.

The money of Li Longji's inner treasury, the tributes from all over the country, and the spoils of war handed over from the war, etc. Many things are not money and cannot be used directly, especially many of them are not easy to cash out directly.

For example, Wang Xizhi's ink treasure, is it expensive? That's certainly priceless.

But if Li Longji wants to sell, who can afford it, and who is really not afraid of death and dares to buy it?

Li Longji has a lot of things like this, and he sometimes feels like a beggar holding a golden rice bowl and asking for food.

Therefore, the 400,000 yuan in Kuizhou Jiangguan may not be in the eyes of the treasury, but for Li Longji, it is his pocket money this year and next year! How is the country, how is the border pass, so what?

When the country is rich and strong, it has to be felt by him, the emperor! He may not be able to intuitively feel that the freshness is gone, and it is impossible for Li Longji himself to go to the border pass to inspect the battle.

But if you have 400,000 yuan in your hand and you can spend it as much as you want, then the days will be moisturized!

Li Longji felt that Zhang Jiuling and the Manchu ministers were going to kill Zheng Shuqing, didn't this add to the blockage of him, the emperor?

After Zheng Shuqing is done, who will make money for himself?

"Lux, what do you think of the strategy of Kuizhou Jiangguan?"

Li Longji quietly hinted that this was his habitual routine, and asked Gao Lishi to come out and speak instead of him. The thing became his own, and the defeat was Gaolis's.

Gao Lishi understood and said slowly: "The time is still short, and it is difficult to judge. It's better to wait until after the Shangyuan Festival next year. If Zheng Shuqing is investigated, it is inevitable that people will die and the government will be killed, which is extremely inappropriate. ”

Zhang Jiuling and Li Linfu both know what is going on, Gao Lishi himself has no opinion, his opinion is Li Longji's opinion!

"In that case, please ask the sage to issue an edict to calm down the controversy between the government and the opposition."

Zhang Jiuling saluted Li Longji and said, he actually didn't care much about this matter, in Chang'an City, which has been surging recently, this is the most inconspicuous government affairs. Now the storm is gradually forming, and I don't know how soon it will turn into a violent storm.

Zhang Jiuling was worried all day long, and he had no energy to take care of Kuizhou's "trivialities".

Concubine Wu Hui, who is favored by Li Longji, has been brewing to abolish the crown prince Li Ying! And although Li Longji is very fond of Li Xuan, the son of Concubine Wu Hui, he does not have any plans to abolish the prince for the time being.

Concubine Wu Hui's actions can't help but remind people of the original Wu Meiniang, that's right, Wu Meiniang is the aunt of this Concubine Wu Hui. The crown prince Li Ying is also very afraid of Concubine Wu Hui's success, the Wu family's consistent fine tradition, not to mention it. In the Tang Dynasty, women were involved in politics in an endless stream, starting with Wu Meiniang, followed by Wei Shi and Princess Taiping, which really numbed people's nerves.

The more Li Longji doted on Li Xuan, the more dissatisfied and fearful Li Ying and others became.

Zhang Jiuling had already heard about some things in the palace, but as a "supporter" of protecting the crown prince Li Ying and persuading Li Longji not to abolish the crown prince, he was not sure what Li Ying and the others were planning.

"Brother Nu, you can do this. Add Zheng Shuqing an official position of courtier. ”

Li Longji said very casually.

Zheng Shuqing sent 50,000 yuan to himself, and he was a good dog in his eyes...... Good officer. Since he is a good official, he should be rewarded. Chao Yilang is a loose official on the sixth grade, and Kuizhou is Zhongzhou, and the assassin history is the fourth grade, so it is very suitable to give a six-grade loose official.

"Sage, Zheng Shuqing is destroying the law of the imperial court in Kuizhou, and it is inappropriate to add an official to him."

Zhang Jiuling stood up and stopped. Regardless of the matter of Kuizhou, how can you still add officials to the culprit?

"I have made up my mind, and I don't need to say more. If there is a big chaos in Kuizhou, I can treat Zheng Shuqing's crime again. ”

Li Longji raised his hand and signaled Zhang Jiuling not to say much.

"Wechen will do it."

Li Linfu bowed and retreated, and Zhang Jiuling had no choice but to retreat. When he walked to the palace gate, he caught up with Li Linfu who was walking like a fly, and asked out of breath: "Why didn't Zuo Xiang say anything to persuade the saint?" ”

"I thought that Zheng Shuqing's policy was beneficial to the country, so there was no need to stop it. Why does the right minister say this? ”

Li Linfu pretended to be surprised and asked.

"Alas!"

Zhang Jiuling sighed and walked away!

Looking at his departing back, Li Linfu's eyes flashed with cold light.

He is not without henchmen, although the number is not large, but in fact, there are many people who secretly join him.

This time, he instructed those people to shout and kill Zheng Shuqing together. In this way, it seems that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all Zhang Jiuling's people!

In Li Longji's view, this is like Zhang Jiuling forcing the palace on himself, and it is really hell that he can agree to deal with Zheng Shuqing.

But to Li Linfu's surprise, Li Longji actually gave Zheng Shuqing a dismissal, which was very unusual. Li Linfu walked towards Pingkangfang, enduring the noise of frolicking and hustle and bustle around him.

"In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned.

But to make the dragon city fly will not teach Humadu Yin Mountain.

Good poetry! Congratulations for me! Fill this cup! ”

The toast of a wild scribe sounded in his ears, and Li Linfu showed a sneering expression on his face, but it flashed again.

These people are still living in their dreams! Don't you know that now is no longer the situation in the early years of the new century.

Li Linfu let out a sigh of relief, he had already sensed that times had changed. That's right, the era that belongs to him Li Linfu is coming!

……

In order to deal with a possible sneak attack and follow Fang Chongyong's advice, Zheng Shuqing sent people to spread rumors in Kuizhou City, saying that there were illegal foreign businessmen colluding with water bandits and mountain bandits to burn and destroy the shipbuilding docks along the Kuizhou Jiangguan, and even did not rule out robbing the rich Kuizhou Capital City!

For a while, the people in the city were panicked, but they were excited.

Soon, Zheng Shuqing invited the representatives of the big households in the city to the government to discuss major matters, and he had nothing else to say, and directly admitted that some people were not used to the local fishing in Kuizhou, and wanted to destroy the current situation of stability and unity!

What to do.

When everyone was at a loss, Zheng Shuqing moved out of the countermeasures discussed with Fang Chongyong overnight, which can be summarized simply: Defeat magic with magic!

Every outsider who enters the city will be secretly watched by the locals, and once there is a misdemeanour, someone will go to the government to report it. Zheng Shuqing's general government, including the ferry, divided into twelve "strict control areas"; The shipyards outside the city were divided into ten "patrol districts" that were far away from each other, and each one was responsible for one district.

Each large household is responsible for organizing the merchants and households living in the surrounding area, keeping an eye on them, monitoring them, and reporting abnormal situations every day, and reporting to the government immediately if there is an emergency.

Seven Caos, including Si Gong, Si Cang, Si Hu, Si Tian, Si Bing, Justice, and Si Shi, under the command of Assassin Shi, joined the army, were in charge of a stall, reported things separately, and finally summarized them to Zheng Shuqing. Of course, in fact, it was Fang Chongyong who personally handled the daily summary information and screened it.

The idea he gave Uncle Zheng was to mobilize the masses, organize the masses, and let the masses participate in it.

Not enough solidarity soldiers in the city?

Then turn the whole city into "solidarity soldiers"!

They don't need to guard against thieves for a thousand days, they only need to guard against thieves for one to two months.

This method has received an enthusiastic response from the large local households, and the continuous shipbuilding orders have brought them a lot of incidental benefits, and now some people want to do things, and they absolutely do not agree.

Fang Chongyong originally thought that his method could scare off those with bad intentions, but he didn't expect that after only three days of implementation, several people in the city reported that a group of people had set off from the White Emperor City to the Kuizhou Mansion City in the morning and returned to the White Emperor City in the evening. Every day, the behavior is very suspicious!