Chapter 505: The iron hoof crushes all kinds of karma
From realizing the seriousness of the problem of soaring food prices to finally making up his mind to adopt Ning Yi's proposal, during this period, as the leader, Qin Siyuan had to do no less psychological construction than getting to know people. When he decides to do something, everything will be done.
In August, when the first batch of officials expressed doubts about Qin Siyuan's decision, the Prime Minister's Office made a clear response.
Since the officials assigned to several trade routes this time had some relationship with the Prime Minister, Qin Siyuan first sent a relatively simple letter, describing the number of people affected by the disaster, the expectations for food prices, and the conditions of the affected people.
As expected, I will not go into details about the rest. If the order is not carried out within three days, a notice of resignation will be issued immediately from the Ministry of Personnel, and the replacement official will be taken directly to the local area, and the person will be dismissed on the spot for investigation.
This is nothing new. Every time a court official does something, there is almost a procedure to establish authority. Even if the method is more arbitrary and some minor officials from other places are removed from their positions, it will not cause trouble in the court. But the murderous
The atmosphere was already brewing, and the few people who had noticed the inside story were waiting for someone to come out and impeach Qin Siyuan and others for their outrageous behavior. However, the fuse of the subsequent chaos was started by a combing at the end of August.
It was a document handed over by a sixth-rank official named Xue Deyi from the Ministry of Household Affairs: "On Business Benefiting the Country."
For more than two hundred years since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, commerce has developed rapidly. In recent decades, some big businessmen have begun to intervene in political affairs after they have gained money. It is said that knowing honor and disgrace when food and clothing are sufficient, since you can reach out here, of course you also want to
A step forward. During this period, the right path is naturally to increase one's own heritage and cultivate scholars. On the other hand, in recent years, some people have gradually promoted the importance of business in the court. Some people once handed over a few minor
Some of the small discounts were rejected on the spot, and some caused a minor storm or two later.
In the end, the attitude of the imperial court seemed clear: commerce is of course important, but businessmen want status, so don’t even think about it!
Of course, changing the status of a class is always a long process. Anyone with a discerning eye can also find that this originally unbreakable situation has actually been loosened over the years.
But it’s not yet time to really put the matter on the table for discussion.
But this time, the head of household named Xue Deyi was very old and was about to retire. Compared to Li Pin who had jumped from the fifth rank position not long ago in his early thirties, this old man had been working cautiously in the officialdom all his life.
At this time, he was just a sixth-grade official. He didn't know whether it was someone else's instruction to take this post, or he felt that he could no longer do anything in the officialdom, so he suddenly gave up and wanted to leave something behind. In short, this post
This undoubtedly gave Qin Siyuan the best buffer point.
After the Zhezi went up, it was not immediately dismissed because of its treason. The two prime ministers handed the Zhezi to the emperor, and then used their influence to suppress Liu Zhong and handed it over to the ministers to "take a look and discuss it at will."
Then everything broke out. The ministers said that this was a treason. Xue Deyi was called to the Golden Palace. Someone yelled on the spot: "How much money have you collected from those bugs!" Xue Deyi was originally trembling, but he was already old.
How could I bear this kind of scolding, so I stiffened my neck and argued with others. Then someone started to say: "Some of the words in this are reasonable."
Although due to the limitations of the times, people in the Wu Dynasty may not be sensitive to economic theories, Xue Deyi did stay in the Ministry of Household Affairs all his life. This paper, which condenses his life's efforts, has detailed examples and well-founded logic. Just pick out a paragraph and it will be very interesting.
It can arouse discussion. For a while, the court began to discuss and argue endlessly about "treason" and "part of it makes sense".
On the second day after arriving, the Yushi Yanguan impeached Xue Deyi, who colluded with big businessmen, wanted to overturn the words of the saint, lead people to pursue profits, shake the country's foundation, and was treasonous. Someone came out to impeach these Yanguan on the spot. They often made alarmist remarks and seemed to be upright.
Being selfless is actually blocking the way of speech. Then someone handed over other impeachment memorials, impeaching some of them with real evidence, saying that officials were not honest and had secretly accepted bribes to be controlled by others.
The situation began to become chaotic, and the court hall was like a fire on fire. In the following days, there were either verbal abuses or some officials were found guilty of corruption, perverting the law, and paying bribes.
After accepting bribes, some businessmen took advantage of the disaster to collect grain, the prime minister's official use for personal use, Wu Min's huge wealth behind his back, Cai Taishi forming a clique for personal gain, all kinds of things were brought to the table.
This is the prelude to another round of party struggle.
In such a chaotic officialdom situation, everyone is in danger for a while. The Prime Minister's Office is also trying its best to protect itself, but in a sense, the big businessmen have wanted the right to speak for a long time, and suddenly they have such an opportunity.
——In fact, I didn’t know whether they were the ones taking the lead at the beginning. Instead, the Prime Minister’s Office and some officials with businessmen’s influence got closer. Although the court was in chaos, the Yushitai was also upright and fired guns and lit fires everywhere.
, the whole situation maintained a delicate balance amidst the chaos.
In such a situation, there was only one person who really maintained the attitude of sitting firmly on the fishing platform and watched everything in a happy mood. But it was Zhou Zhe who should have been in an upset mood.
Although everyone began to impeach each other, there were always some peripheral corrupt officials who were found out, and he couldn't help but throw the memorial on the ground and cursed: "Kill him! These guys are attacking my roots!" But for the entire situation,
, but he was unexpectedly happy to see it. Once when he was watching the memorial, he was so happy that he even talked to the eunuch next to him on a whim: "Du Chengxi, look at it, hahahaha... These old people are so old.
Oh, these things you did in front of me, haha, it’s really... it’s so tiring to act!”
Du Chengxi couldn't tell for a moment whether the emperor was really happy or fake: "Your Majesty, are you talking about what happened in the court recently?"
"Of course, the court has been really lively recently. I haven't seen anything so lively for a long time. Haha, it's interesting..."
"I have heard that the quarrel in the court has been very scary recently. Your Majesty...is it some kind of...party dispute..."
Du Chengxi was hesitant when he spoke, and Zhou Zhe calmed down his smile slightly: "Party struggle." He thought about these two words. Then he laughed, "What kind of party struggle? What kind of party struggle is that? Du Chengxi, you are still too young."
, Didn’t you see that the Yushitai has been very busy recently, seeing who is impeaching whom, if it were really a party struggle, it would not be like this. I have long said that this Lao Qin is the most popular with me."
"The Holy One is saying...Qin Zhongcheng?"
"Well. Qin Huizhi, he was kidnapped by the Liao people and escaped alone. I had known that he would not be afraid of anyone." He smiled and shook his head with pleasure. "You talk about party struggle.
Let me tell you, only fools are afraid of party strife, but I am not afraid of it. As long as the world is united, party strife can eliminate the old and establish the new. However, we are still doing big things now. We must first settle the internal affairs when fighting against foreign aggression. There are some people who I still want to protect.
.Yu Shitai is so upright, which saves me a lot of trouble."
Realizing that Zhou Zhe was talking to himself at this time, Du Chengxi did not continue. After a while, Zhou Zhe smiled contentedly again.
"Tsk, I will give him more rewards...but not now..."
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This storm in the court due to business affairs had already affected dozens of officials and been imprisoned in September. This was Qin Siyuan's domain, and Ning Yi was not involved in it. However, if you look at it from the back, this situation will
The official chaos that seemed to have an alarming impact was just the trigger for further conflicts of interest. And from a larger perspective, the party struggle in the Wu Dynasty and the famine were not eye-catching.
Major events. In the so-called world, several things happened in September.
In the north, Zhang Jue led 50,000 soldiers and horses to surrender to the Wu Dynasty. He stationed the soldiers and horses in the suburbs of Runzhou, and at the same time coerced the nearby Qian, Lai, Run, and Xizhous. Although the Jin people came south, Zhang Jue
He surrendered to the Jin people, but his Pingzhou army had strong horses and strong horses, and its vitality was not damaged. At this time, within the sixteen states of Yanyun, the forces of Wu and Jin completed the reversal for a while. It is said that Guo Yaoshi applauded and laughed in the military camp.
, saying that he had finally found a brother he could rely on. Officials from some other places among the sixteen states also showed the intention to join him for the time being.
Compared with the intensive preparations for disaster relief by the Right Prime Minister's Office, in the eyes of most people, the recruitment and surrender of Zhang Jue was the more eye-catching thing accomplished by the Secret Investigation Department. Emperor Jinghan, Zhou Zhe, had originally been interested in the Jin people
The refusal to return the Sixteen States was quite dissatisfying, and this time he finally gave the other side a blow. However, during this period, the imperial court was fiercely fighting, and the reward for Zhang Jue has not been decided yet - this is why the imperial court is waiting with bated breath.
The reaction of the golden man.
The Jin people were furious! They sent people to have serious negotiations with the Wu Dynasty - actually this was quite happy. In the past, the Wu Dynasty sent people to talk to the other party about the Sixteen Provinces, but the other party didn't bother to deal with it at all. Now: you
You should finally pay attention to me.
So Wang Anzhong and others from the Wu Dynasty took the opportunity to discuss the affairs of the Sixteenth Prefecture with the other party.
At this time, on the prairie to the northwest, something was happening out of sight of everyone...
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If we were to select a few Khitan "heroes" in the last years of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Qian would be one of them, and Yelu Dashi would definitely be among them.
Two years ago, the Jin people invaded south and captured Zhongjing. Emperor Tianzuo at that time did not dare to resist and fled first. In order to calm people's hearts, Yelu Dashi and others supported Yelu Chun as Emperor Tianxi to resist the Jurchens.
At this time, Yelu Dashi was the largest force in the Liao Kingdom leading the coalition to fight against the Jin Dynasty. Unfortunately, the Liao Kingdom's hot face turned against the cold butt of the Wu Dynasty. After that, the Wu Dynasty attacked Yanjing twice, and Tong Guan led an army of 200,000.
The first time they fought, he led his troops to defeat the opponent at Baigou River. The second time Guo Yaoshi led his troops to surprise Yanjing City, and he and Xiao Defei jointly organized the resistance in the city. Later, Xiao Qian sent his troops to conquer the people of Wu Dynasty
The second attack was defeated in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, this kind of resistance could not last long. After that, Tong Guan and others paid the Jurchens to send troops to conquer Yanjing. He was captured by the Jurchens. However, he took the opportunity to escape after being captured and went to Emperor Tianzuo with Concubine Xiao De.
.It was a pity that Emperor Tianzuo could not forgive him for supporting the new emperor and no longer trusted him. So on the eve of Emperor Tianzuo's preparation for the decisive battle with the Jin people, he killed the supervisors and led more than 200 elite guards to start the journey.
The journey to the northwest.
In another period of history, Yelu Dashi's journey was called the Great Western Expedition. He took more than two hundred people to Central Asia, and in the following decades he conquered the east and west, establishing the Western Liao Empire, with a territory reaching as far east as
Gaochang, reaching the Caspian Sea in the west, became the overlord of Central Asia. More than ten years later, he once led his army to the east in an attempt to restore the country. The Jin people fortified the walls and cleared the country, and finally defeated him. After that, the Jin people tried to expedition, but they also failed in the deserts of Central Asia.
Defeated by Yelu Dashi, this war became the final confrontation between Jin and Liao.
At this time, he led these most elite men into the Mongolian prairie, which was the original northern border of the Liao Kingdom and had a vast territory. Since the Liao people did not treat the prairie people very well, the Jin people defeated the Liao people.
After the people, there were frequent rebellions in these places, but compared to the Jurchens, the situation here was a bit drizzle.
Yelu Dashi was already quite prestigious in the Liao Kingdom. After leaving Emperor Tianzuo, his team had already brought a lot of food and supplies. For him, once he decided to go, the road ahead would be bright and bright.
However, I was still a little confused and lonely in my heart. After walking for a while, the Mongolian cavalry appeared in front of my field of vision. After seeing them, they stopped and put up... a seemingly defensive formation.
Eagle flies in the sky.
"Who is that person?" Yelu Dashi frowned and asked the deputy.
"It seems that they came with bad intentions. After the chaos in the country, these barbarians on the grassland also took the opportunity to rise up. There are several tribes among them. I heard that the scale is quite small."
The Liao people have always looked down on the Mongols. Although they are good at equestrian skills and good at bows and arrows, they have always been poor in materials and their character... in some aspects is even more barbaric than the Jurchens. At this time, there are more than two hundred elite cavalry on their side.
They were elites who had been following him for a long time. The other party didn't seem to be any more numerous than him. He frowned and looked at the tall black horse leading the horse in the distance.
"It's true that a tiger falls flat and is bullied by a dog..." he said, "get into position and let them get out of the way!"
The knights set up their formation and headed that way. The majestic Liao Empire was bullied by the Jurchens and the Wu Dynasty people, but now these things came to watch them, and everyone was filled with anger.
Clouds were floating on the high grassland, and soon after, iron hooves roared across the blood-stained grassland. The last hero of the Liao Kingdom burned out his own afterglow in the battle, and a thread of history was quietly broken.
There is a terrifying name named Borjijin Temujin, which is gradually becoming clear in the rolling tide...
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History is turbulent, and people who are in it can often only see and grasp the things around them. In mid-September, in the courtyard of Youxiang Mansion, the sunlight is gradually losing its power with the accumulation of fallen leaves. Ning Yi walks in
In a room, I rubbed my palms in front of the desk.
"Next, it's time for me to perform..."
On this day, the first batch of prepared food began to enter various disaster areas. For a long time from now on, this will be his central place. After all, he is the only one who knows the law of prices best. In another courtyard
, an old man named Qin Siyuan paved the way for all this at the political level while dealing with the turbulent discussions in the court and official circles, with open swords and hidden arrows.
And it is conceivable that when the interests are put on the table next, the prelude has been completed, and the real huge danger and malice will rush towards this direction.
All landowners, gentry, and traders whose interests have been harmed will become enemies at this moment.
Ning Yi sat down. (To be continued...)
ps: After Chapter 504 was published, the ending was modified and a hundred or two hundred words were added. If you subscribe and read it elsewhere, you can look back.