Emperor Ling had just come down from the court and had spent a noisy morning. He was very tired.
After drinking water from the jade bottle, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes to rest!
"The ministers in the court did not dare to do business. They only blamed Fu Bian one after another. The documents for impeachment were piled up like a mountain. Cui Lie even wanted to die every day to remonstrate with him, but he didn't know how to share the country's worries. It's really annoying. I’m dead!”
Zhao Zhong, who was waiting on the side, looked like he was sharing the worries of Emperor Ling and said: "Your Majesty, I am not saying that this Fu Bian is not, but he divided the fields in Jizhou, accepted people's hearts, and even wanted to become an official in Jizhou, even though he is not like Luoyang City. There are rumors that he is going to rebel, but if he stays in Jizhou, it will be a disaster after all!"
Emperor Ling glanced at Zhao Zhong and said: "Fu Bian told me that you have 100,000 acres of land in Jizhou, which you acquired through corruption. It seems that you have suffered a lot, and you actually started helping Cui Lie and the others. Speak!"
Fu Bian even suppressed the land of the noble families. Naturally, he could not let go of the land of eunuchs such as Shi Changshi. It can even be said that he confiscated the land and houses of Shi Changshi. The fields were distributed to the people and the houses were taken away from him. It was sold and used to house the common people, so now not only the nobles and nobles hated Fu Bian, but even the ten regular servants wanted to kill Fu Bian!
When Zhao Zhong heard this, he immediately knelt down in fright and said: "I am very loyal to Your Majesty, and I would never dare to join forces with Cui Lie and others!"
Emperor Ling would not care about corruption, because all civil and military officials in the court were not corrupt, and even Emperor Ling himself took the lead in diverting money from the treasury into his Wanjintang, so Zhao Zhong's corruption was nothing in the eyes of Emperor Ling , but if they get involved with the powerful nobles, it would be disloyal to the Ling Emperor.
Emperor Ling sneered and said: "There is no best. If you hadn't brought some rubbish to Jizhou to show off your rebellion, it wouldn't be what it is now. Don't think about your family property in Jizhou, just treat it as yours." Atoned for."
Zhao Zhong immediately kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Then Emperor Ling looked at Zhang Rang and said with a smile: "How much have you lost?"
When Zhang Rang saw Zhao Zhong's situation just now, he naturally knew that Fu Bian had made a memorial to Emperor Ling alone. He did not dare to hide it and said: "I only bought tens of thousands of acres of land, but it was all confiscated by Fu Bian, the damned one." , Your Majesty, this is not only my own land, but also the land that my servants have bought for you over the years, but all of them were confiscated by Fu Bian!"
Emperor Ling did not trust the officials of the imperial court, but he trusted the eunuchs around him very much. Except for the money he had obtained in Wanjintang, the rest was scattered and deposited in the hands of the Shichang servants, asking them to help buy fields and put them in the house. usury.
Emperor Ling scolded: "Everyone succeeds more than he fails. Fu Bian said he would take care of my fields for me, and yours will be used to house the people. If Fu Bian had not told me, I wouldn't have known you had them in Jizhou alone." You have nearly 500,000 acres of farmland and are richer than me. Do you want me to kill you like fat pigs?"
Jizhou's land is generally worth 10,000-20,000 yuan per acre, which means that these fields alone are worth between 5 billion and 10 billion. It is not an exaggeration to say that Shi Changshi's wealth is as rich as that of the country. This is also the case with Emperor Ling. The reason for his anger was that he used to think he was getting a seven, but now it seems that it may not even be a three.
Zhang Rang immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Where are you slaves now? They are not helping His Majesty to save money, but the nobles and nobles are the ones who are really rich. Fu Bian has 30 million acres of land. It doesn't all belong to them!"
Now Zhang Rang can only die as a fellow Taoist rather than as a poor Taoist.
Emperor Ling's small eyes widened, which frightened Zhang Rang. He didn't dare to speak anymore and just kept kowtowing!
He used to know that the nobles were rich, but he didn't know how rich they were. One Jizhou nobles occupied 30 million acres of land. Simply converting the entire thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, the nobles occupied 400 million acres of land. The registered land of the entire Han Dynasty is only about 600 million acres, which means that most of the fields of the Han Dynasty are occupied by noble families. It is no wonder that the rebel bandits are endlessly killing them.
It’s no wonder Emperor Ling was angry. In February, Zhao Ci, a soldier from Jiangxia County, rebelled against the Han and killed Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang County. Emperor Ling was frightened, fearing that he would be like Zhang Niujiao and sweep the entire Central Plains again. Fortunately, Zhao Ci's rebellion was quickly suppressed by Jingzhou's county soldiers, and no big trouble occurred.
But the civil and military officials in the court said openly and secretly that Emperor Ling was immoral, which caused the world to be in chaos. He wanted Emperor Ling to be close to his virtuous ministers and stay away from villains.
However, Emperor Ling discovered through Fu Bian's memorial that the current chaos in the world had something to do with him as the emperor. It was clearly the wealthy nobles who preyed on the powerful men that caused the chaos in the world, and in the end, he, the emperor, took the blame.
How can this not make Emperor Ling angry? He has always blamed others. When will it be someone else's turn to put the blame on himself? This is why Emperor Ling withstood the pressure of the court's civil and military officials and always supported Fu Bian. .
Even Emperor Ling could only sigh helplessly: "It's all private words. Among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, how many of them are really sincere for me and for the country and the country of my great Han Dynasty?"
Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang immediately said: "My slaves are loyal to Your Majesty, and heaven and earth serve as a lesson!"
Emperor Ling said: "If you weren't still a little loyal, I could keep you!"
Then Emperor Ling said sadly: "It's not enough for you to be loyal. You also learned from Fu Bian. Not only did you help the court get billions of money, but you also gave me hundreds of millions of money. It would be great if there were more loyal ministers like this." OK!"
Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong was shocked when he heard this. At the same time, he secretly scolded Fu Manzi for raising the price without respecting martial ethics. In the past, when they made millions, Emperor Ling was very happy and trusted them a lot, but he was With Fu Bian interfering like this, even if they spend tens of millions, the Spiritual Emperor would not be too satisfied. But how can a business worth tens of millions or hundreds of millions be common? Doesn't this block their way?
Zhang Rang looked at Emperor Ling and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, there is no way to carry on like this. Zhang Yan and the others have killed too many people. It is impossible for the civil and military officials of the dynasty to let him go. In this way, even if the Yellow Turban Army is defeated Zhaofu, Zhang Yan and the others would not be able to survive.
Your Majesty, from my perspective, the situation in Jizhou has stabilized. It is impossible for Zhang Yan to rebel. So he simply transferred Fu Bian out of Jizhou. If he didn't want to quell the rebellion in Xiliang, let him lead the army to Xiliang, and then Your Majesty will appoint another person to be the governor of Jizhou to encircle and suppress Zhang Yan so that both sides can be accountable.
Moreover, with Fu Bian's support and Huangfu Song's ability, it is enough to eliminate Xiliang's rebellion, so that the imperial court no longer has to support the 100,000 troops, and your majesty no longer has to worry about the empty treasury."