Although Emperor Jianji repeatedly emphasized frugality, after traveling south to Xiangyang for more than two years, the palace still accumulated a lot of things, especially when the concubines married into the palace and brought a large amount of dowry.
There are currently only palace attendants and more than 200 maids in Xiangyang City, which is far from being comparable to the palace in Bianliang.
Now Qiao Jien was not worried about the guards clumsily breaking things, so he personally took more than a hundred palace attendants and maids to pack all the large and small things in the palace into boxes. After running forward and backward, he was panting from exhaustion after a while.
"I said, Sir Qiao, you just rested aside and watched the cold weather. You were sweating all over while running, and when the cold wind blew, you caught the wind and cold. Your Majesty will blame us for not being considerate of Sir Qiao!
"The Lord of Rongle County stood in the corridor with his arms akimbo and asked Qiao Jien to sit down and rest.
"In the past two days, everything has to be packed into boxes and put on the ship. How can I save my time?" Qiao Jien took a small folding chair from the clever palace attendant, sat down in front of the corridor, rested his strength, and said
, "His Majesty has repeatedly issued strict orders not to do anything else after we build Ye. Everything here has to be packed up and taken away. Otherwise, when Ye is built, what is missing in the palace cannot be replaced, and I will still have a headache."
Since the founding of the Dai Viet Dynasty, the ban has been more economical, but during the reign of Emperor Tianxuan, there were tens of thousands of palace attendants and maids in the Bianliang Palace.
At that time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs not only held great power, but senior eunuchs also had the opportunity to participate in government affairs and even serve as officials and oversee military towns.
When Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang, Qiao Jien seemed to be covering the sky with only one hand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but there were more than two hundred palace attendants and maids inside and outside. But above him were Emperor Jianji, Princess Yingyun, and all the noble concubines to serve him.
No one can be neglected.
Qiao Jien, the chamberlain and provincial supervisor, is really harder and less enjoyable than his predecessors.
Although Emperor Jianji often asked Qiao Jien about military and political matters, Qiao Jien, who was cautious in nature, did not dare to stir up trouble with Emperor Jianji.
Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others wrote several times, hoping to select a group of good family sons with no livelihood and innocent background from the refugees in the south to enter the palace, but Emperor Jianji always refused.
Not to mention showing dissatisfaction over this, Qiao Jien did not even dare to get too close to Zhou He, Gao Chunnian and others, lest he make the same mistake as Qian Shangduan.
When the court was considering the candidates for establishing envoys in Jingnan and staying in Xiangyang, Qian Shangduan was recommended twice. Emperor Jianji weighed it again and again, but finally reluctantly gave up and made Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue temporarily leave their side.
Qiao Jien saw clearly that Qian Shangduan continued to rule the imperial court after the victory of Ruying. It seemed that he was not punished because of Quanzhou's strong opposition to the imperial army's personal expedition in the early stage. However, in fact, Emperor Jianji no longer trusted Qian Shangduan.
Maybe I feel that Qian Shangduan still needs to be sharpened.
However, Qian Shangduan was still a scholar, and even if Emperor Jianji no longer trusted him, he would not kick him away. However, Qiao Jien knew that as an eunuch, everything he did was based on Emperor Jianji's trust.
Basically, once the trust of Emperor Jianji is lost, there may really be nothing left.
Therefore, when Xu Wei left the court and Wen Hengyue was about to leave the court to stay in Xiangyang, although Hu Kai and Zhu Hang would become even more powerful in the court, Qiao Jien could only choose to follow Zhu Hang and Hu Kai
The two of them maintained a certain degree of closeness and had no other better choice.
Qiao Jien was sitting on the porch, thinking about the complications after moving the capital to Jianye, and couldn't help but feel worried.
"Sir Qiao, the Lord of Rongle County is here to watch packing," a beautiful woman in palace attire, accompanied by several palace maids, walked into the courtyard and saw the Lord of Rongle County and Qiao Jien talking in the corridor.
, holding his slightly bulging belly, he said, "Your Majesty didn't sleep all night again yesterday. Why is it so difficult for Senior Officer Qiao to persuade Your Majesty? Your Majesty is weak and has been coughing for more than half a month without any relief. If you continue to suffer like this,
, how can the body bear the food?"
Seeing Concubine Zheng walking over, Qiao Jien quickly stood up, saluted her along with the Lord of Ronngle County, and said, "How can I persuade Concubine Zheng to do something about your temper? Concubine Zheng has already taken care of everything, and more needs to be done."
Send some help?"
"There's nothing to take care of. There are a lot of unused things that have been thrown away in Xiangyang. How can I trouble Senior Officer Qiao?" Zheng Guifei complained softly, "The palace is really short of manpower. On weekdays,
Zili still doesn’t feel that when encountering such a big event, everyone is in a hurry, but only a few people can dispatch it, so it is better to be comfortable in my mother’s family..."
There are more than two hundred palace attendants and maids in the palace compound, and they usually mainly surround Emperor Jianji. The number of people around the concubines can be counted on two hands. Indeed, they are far less than when Concubine Zheng was in the Zheng family.
It's generous, but it doesn't look like a noble concubine.
However, this conversation was difficult to answer. Qiao Jien chatted for a few words and then ran to Chui Gong Hall. He saw Zhou He, Hu Kai, Wuwei Princess Zhao Yi and others accompanying Emperor Jianji sitting in the hall talking.
Qiao Jien walked into the Chui Gong Hall and listened for a long time, but Zhou He was worried that the Hu bandits were powerful and threatening Jiang Han, so he called Hu Kai, Qian Shangduan and others to come together and persuade Emperor Jian to give up his plan to go to Jianye by water and instead go
Overland.
Sun Yanzhou has been the leader of the Dongting Lake water village for generations, but in the early days he led a group of one or two hundred people in the village to engage in fishing and shipping, and he was very content.
There are still many such water village forces in Dongting Lake, and the local government does not regard them as loyal loyalists and punish them.
However, since the Hulu invaded the south, in order to raise money and food for the army, the counties in the South Road of Jinghu have levied fish and boat taxes on the fishermen and boatmen in Dongting Lake several times, triggering large-scale boycotts and resistance. Sun Yanzhou and other water village forces
Taking advantage of the situation, it suddenly became a stubborn disease.
When Sun Yanzhou united with the forces of various water villages and robbed millions of stones of food and grain at the mouth of Dongting Lake, the momentum was even greater.
After Xu Wei's victory in Ruying, he rushed to Tanzhou where the Jinghu South Road Supervision Department was located, but it had only been a month since he arrived in Tanzhou. He had just begun preparations in Tanzhou to train the navy, and was close to completely wiping out Sun Yanzhou and other lake bandits.
The power was still early, so Zhou He certainly did not trust Emperor Jianji to take the water route to Jianye.
However, if you take the water route, go down the Han River from Xiangyang and enter the Yangtze River through Hanyang, it may only take six or seven days to reach Jianye. If you abandon the water route and take the land route, it will not only cause nuisance to Suiying, Mianhuang and other places.
, hurry up and hurry up, at least it will take more than a month to reach Jianye.
Therefore, on the eve of leaving Xiangyang, the DPRK and the Central Government had not yet decided whether to take the water route or the land route.
Emperor Jianji was resolute in his holy will. When he saw Qiao Jien walking in and rejecting Zhou He and Hu Kai's advice, he said:
"Since the fall of Bianliang, barbarians may invade the south at any time. I don't know how many soldiers and civilians are in danger, and there are no safe routes. If the Prime Minister is worried that the thieves will be concerned about them and take action after hearing the news, he can arrange a chariot to cross the sea by land.
, we still have to strive to get to Jianye as soon as possible, so that we can spend less time sleeping in the open air and having to work hard..."
Zhou He saw that Hu Kai had no intention of persuading him anymore, so he stopped insisting and asked again
As for the candidates to replace Xu Wei and Wen Hengyue, Emperor Jianji had not decided yet. He urged Emperor Jianji to issue an edict before leaving so that the new candidates could rush directly to Jianye to take up their posts.
Qiao Jien stood beside Emperor Jianji and secretly looked at the expressions of Hu Kai, Qian Shangduan, Prince Wuwei and others.
Bianliang fell, and almost all civil and military officials were wiped out. Emperor Jianji ascended the throne in Xiangyang. Headed by Hu Kai, Zhou He and others, he urgently transferred officials from the Jianghuai, Jinghu, and Jinghu roads to rebuild the Privy Council. Zhongshumen lowered the province and
Six ministries, and the imperial envoys replaced the three yamen in charge of the imperial army, but there were still too few truly qualified and capable ministers.
In the past two years, Zhou He has been in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs as his servant, Gao Chunnian, Gu Fan, and Wu Wenche have been in charge of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Punishment, and Ministry of Industry, and Xu Wei has been in charge of political affairs and the three envoys (Duzhi, Yantie,
(Ministry of Husbandry), Qian Shangduan was responsible for Zhizhi, imperial edicts, and the Ministry of Rites. In addition, officials with less senior qualifications, such as Jin Zhuangcheng and others, served as ministers of various ministries.
In addition, Zhou He also served as the envoy of the imperial camp, and Hu Kai also served as the deputy envoy of the imperial camp. However, both Zhou and Hu also served as envoys of the imperial camp and deputy envoys of the imperial camp, and had the right to participate in the decisions and proceedings of all major military matters. However,
Wen Hengyue was responsible for the specific military affairs of the imperial army under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Camp Division.
After Ruying's victory, Xu Wei went to Jinghu South Road to take up his post. The three envoys were temporarily led by Zhou He. At this time, Wen Hengyue had to stay in Xiangyang, and Hu Kai temporarily took charge of the imperial envoy as the privy envoy and deputy envoy of the imperial camp.
Specific military affairs.
However, even Zhou He had no intention of taking charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Three Divisions at the same time as the left prime minister. He also advocated the immediate selection of talented people to take over the actual military command affairs of the Imperial Camp Division.
There were candidates who were relatively qualified in all aspects. Zhou He and the ministers had already discussed a list of candidates and submitted them to Emperor Jianji's desk. However, Emperor Jianji had not yet made up his mind.
Now that he was about to leave Xiangyang, Zhou He mentioned this matter again, hoping that the candidates would be determined as soon as possible so that the new political advisors, the third envoy and some military affairs could go directly to Jianye to meet them.
Emperor Jianji pondered for a while, then picked up Zhou He's memorial from the desk, opened it, and circled two names with a pen. The palace attendant handed it to Zhou He and said, "Let's draft an edict here!"
Qiao Jien was old and had no eyesight, and saw that Emperor Jianji had circled the names of two people. One was Chen Tai, the official of the Xiangyang Prefecture, and the other was Wang Boqian, the right Sima of the Prince Huai's Palace and the prefect of Chuzhou.
Chen Tai was originally the transfer envoy of Jinghu North Road. Together with Gu Fan, he welcomed Emperor Jian into Xiangyang and ascended the throne. He had the merit of following the dragon and later took charge of Xiangyang Mansion. In the past two years, it can be said that he has kept Xiangyang Mansion in order.
Wen Hengyue stayed in Xiangyang and would also be aware of the affairs of Xiangyang Prefecture. Chen Tai was going to go to the new capital to build Ye with Emperor Jianji. It was not surprising that he replaced Xu Wei as the counselor for political affairs and the third envoy.
However, Qiao Jien was very surprised when Wang Boqian was transferred to Jianye to serve as the Imperial Camp Secretary to provide some military services.
He looked at Zhou He and Hu Kai, and saw that they also had doubts on their faces when they received the memorial, but immediately they all shouted "Your Majesty, Your Majesty," and seemed to believe that Wang Boqian was the suitable candidate.
Qiao Jien quickly thought that since Wang Boqian appeared on the candidate list, Zhou He, Hu Kai, Gao Chunnian and others should have made trade-offs before, but he did not expect that Emperor Jianji would accept this trade-off so happily.
Qiao Jien took another look at Emperor Jianji and saw that although he had identified Chen Tai and Wang Boqian, his face and eyes were not as clear as if everything had been decided, but instead looked more gloomy. This shows that he was not happy with making such a trade-off so quickly.
