The eight-hundred-mile postage rushed into the palace, and the memorial jointly signed by Feng An and Yun Ye was placed on Li Er's desk. This time Li Er did not get angry, and wrote a letter with red pen on a letter signed by Beiting Capital.
The briefing sent by the Protectorate was marked with red letters. He put down his pen, picked up the report from Quanzhou, took a look at it, and murmured to himself: "Quanzhou was destroyed, the Lingnan Navy was destroyed, and the number of soldiers and civilians was no less than 5,000.
?Half of the ship was destroyed? Well, it is indeed very serious, but ah, just destroy the pirates. The Lingnan Navy has been too sharp in recent years, and it is reasonable to suffer some losses now. With the Emperor guarding there, it should be
No one will have any objections."
After finishing speaking, he put the memorial aside, stood in front of the screen, fixed his eyes firmly on Anxi and Beiting, tapped these two places with his fingers and said: "Quanzhou is just a scabies disease, these two
The empire needs to worry about local affairs. Su Dingfang is not qualified enough to restrain those arrogant and powerful generals.
There is something fishy about Loulan. I don’t believe that people from a city-state can disappear for no reason. If it wasn’t the army, I really want to know what happened.”
Fang Xuanling walked into the main hall. Duan Hong gave him the memorials of Yun Ye and Feng An. After reading them carefully, Fang Xuanling let out a long sigh.
"Did you see that? Yun Ye is still helping Lu Chengqing to speak. He has obviously betrayed the enemy and surrendered, and was blown up by Yun Ye at sea. Look at what Yun Ye said. Lu Chengqing died in the military camp! This is not a lie.
What?"
"Your Majesty, Lu Chengqing took the title of Duke Fanyang and demoted him to the rank of Marquis Fanyang as usual. He is a dignitary of our dynasty. A marquis rebelled and surrendered. He Lu Chengqing is shameless and does not care about the life and death of his family. The Tang Dynasty still wants to be embarrassed. The reason why Yun Ye
I say this just for the sake of all of us, and I thought it would be best to just hold my nose and accept it."
In recent years, Fang Xuanling has rarely had the vigor of previous years. Instead, he has been warm and friendly. Now the name of the peaceful old prime minister has been spread. Fang Xuanling actually smiled and did not explain.
Li Er frowned and looked at Fang Xuanling and said: "Although this has a better reputation, it has messed up the laws and regulations. Everyone in the court today has lost the enterprising spirit of previous years. Why?"
Fang Xuanling bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the prosperity of our Tang Dynasty has advanced by leaps and bounds, so fast that even the old ministers are dizzy. Now Chang'an City has experienced three population migrations, and the number of permanent residents still exceeds one million. Chang'an Bashui
The sails and rafters are lined with trees for more than fifty miles, and from sunset to rooster crow every day, the crowds outside Chang'an City are bustling.
Not to mention anything else, a special water gate needs to be opened day and night to transport the garbage that is cleaned out of the city every day, and there are countless people walking around. It is said that living in Chang'an is not easy. It is even more difficult now. The land price in Chang'an is rising day by day.
In the third change, the government has to go through a lot of trouble to arrange accommodation for officials. Your Majesty, you may not know that remote places such as Qujiang are also full of people, and Chang'an County is considering relocating a city there.
The populations of Yizhou, Yuezhou, Yangzhou, Jinyang, Luoyang, Mingzhou, and Zhuozhou are also growing rapidly, but the taxes contributed by these seven places are more than three times that of the whole country in the three years of Zhenguan.
In the current Changpingcang and Xingpingcang, only the King of Jin purchased 100,000 tons of grain in early May this year, and the rest remained untouched in the warehouse. The old minister was very worried that the grain would become moldy.
During the Wude period, as long as people heard that Changpingcang had begun to stock grain, they would flock in. Now those who go to Changpingcang are profit-seeking merchants. They want to get the grain that is about to go moldy at a low price so that they can take it back.
People who make wine or feed livestock will never go to Changpingcang to buy grain. Even if it is cheaper than the market, they don't want the old millet.
Not only have these things been unheard of by Wei Chen in his own years, but even if he looked through the history books, he could not find a single mention of them. The world is prosperous. The ambition that I have insisted on for more than sixty years was achieved six years ago. Now every day, I
He thought it was earned, so he became less rigorous than His Majesty."
Li Er laughed loudly when he heard this, pointed at Fang Xuanling and said: "No wonder you are living life now. Everyone has thought about the good days. If you don't think about everything and do it first, something like Quanzhou might happen."
If you endure it for a few more years, I know you want to retire. When the younger generation grows up, you will be able to entertain your grandchildren.
How is Gao Yang's health now? Is he about to give birth?"
Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and laughed and said: "The day before yesterday, I went to Yushan to ask Master Sun to diagnose Gao Yang's pulse. After feeling the pulse, Master Sun said that the princess was strong and healthy, and there was an 80% chance that she was pregnant with a boy.
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Li Er was also overjoyed. Seeing that it was getting late, Fang Xuanling took Yun Ye's memorial and planned to leave. She carefully asked Li Er for instructions on how to handle Lu Chengqing's case.
"Resign, dismissal, seven families!" This was the answer given by Li Er. Fang Xuanling nodded. Li Er was already a benevolent person outside the law. Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji and the other seven families were in doom this time. They must
Go and notify them early. Since these seven families knew that Quanzhou and Linggan were beaten to pieces, they have been in panic all day long, hiding at home waiting for the Angel Gate to raid their homes. According to Liu Hongji's temperament, he might have started to kill his beloved concubines at this time.
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After Fang Xuanling left the palace gate, Du Ruhui and a group of nobles surrounded the old house and asked how they would deal with Liu Hongji and others this time.
Fang Xuanling said to Liu Hongji's eldest son: "The friends you made are right. Yun Ye's memorial said that Lu Chengqing died in battle and did not mention anything about his surrender to the pirates. Therefore, your Majesty has nothing to do with your family."
The solution is to seize the title and dismiss from office. This is already a good result. If you dismiss the official and lose the title, you will still have a chance. However, the people in Quanzhou suffered such deaths because of your manipulation of power. Quanzhou's
Naturally, I need you to provide comfort. Although Yun Ye can't bear to see you bleeding like a river, you know how full the anger in his heart is."
Liu Zhengwu sat down softly on the ground, wiped his tears and said to Fang Xuanling: "The Liu family is ashamed of my brother. My nephew will go south tomorrow to personally apologize to the people of Quanzhou and thank Brother Yun for his kindness."
The grace of not killing."
Changsun Wuji sighed, got into his carriage with his hands behind his back, and said to Changsun Shunde in the carriage: "Did you hear that? It's all your fault. If you don't have the ability to catch dragons, how can you be a dragon slayer? Yun Ye is at sea.
I didn't dare to interfere in the affairs of Lingnan. Why? It's just because I'm not familiar with it. I've made a little money in the past few years, and my heart has been blinded by money. Uncle clan, I don't understand, how can you dare to interfere in Lingnan affairs? Queen
There is an estate there, the prince has an estate there, the King of Wei still has an estate there, and if you add Yun Ye to the mix, you are really pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth."
Changsun Shunde had been reprimanded countless times by his junior. This time he did not retaliate. He suddenly raised his head and said to Changsun Wuji: "Why do I always feel that this matter was arranged by Yun Ye? Maybe that woman
The pirates have been his for a long time. This time, we used the power of female pirates to defeat seven of our families in one fell swoop. What a great trick."
Changsun Wuji laughed and said: "If Yun Ye has such ability, I admire him greatly. What, you are still not convinced? Are you planning to go to him again to fight? No matter whether that female pirate is Yun Ye's person or not, I will do it."
Let me ask you, did they let you go this time? You should be grateful that they didn't put you to death. Uncle Clan, let's do this. You will not come to my door again in the future. With a family member like you, I will have no eldest grandson.
Don't sleep well."
In the palace, Li Er looked at the densely packed honorary plaques on the wall, and ordered the eunuchs to take down the plaques like Kui Guogong. There was some space on the wall. Li Er thought it looked much more pleasing to the eye. After admiring it for a while, he returned to the front.
temple.
Seeing that Changsun was playing chess with Concubine Yin, he stood aside to watch the game. Unexpectedly, Changsun disrupted the chess game and said to Concubine Yin: "I know you have something to tell His Majesty and you don't feel at ease even playing chess, so I won't disturb you."
You guys."
Concubine Yin took the eldest grandson's hand and said: "This matter also requires your approval. I just want to tell your Majesty and you about You'er's marriage. This child must observe mourning in front of the Supreme Emperor's soul for three years. It has been one year now.
I just want to ask, do you really want to stay here for three years?"
Before the eldest grandson could speak, Li Er said with a smile: "This is inevitable. Since You'er has made a vow, he must fulfill it. I know you are worried about Yunya and You'er's marriage. It doesn't matter. They have plenty of time and can afford to wait.
You still need to wait two years if you want to have a grandson. Besides, Yun Ye may not have time in the past few years. When he comes back from Lingnan, he will go to Beiting. This has been arranged long ago. Youer wants a grand wedding.
You have to stay up long enough.”
Seeing that Li Er had made a decision, Concubine Yin no longer insisted on respectfully resigning, leaving the empty hall to the emperor and empress.
"Your Majesty really wants to seize the title of all these seven families? Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde, Tang Jing'an and others are all considered outstanding ministers, but the mistake made this time was really too big. Yun Ye deliberately concealed the identity of the concubine.
Should I write a letter of reproach?"
"No need, killing is not the only choice for an emperor. Now not only Liu Hongji, Changsun Shunde and others have fallen behind, even veterans such as Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui can't keep up with me. In a few years, when young people
After all the experience, these old ministers should take care of themselves in old age. I really hope that they can have a good death, and our emperors and ministers will surely become role models for all generations."
Changsun shut up and pointed in the direction where Concubine Yin left. He just looked at Li Er and laughed.
"Don't laugh at Concubine Yin's little thoughts. That silly girl Yun Ya must have asked Concubine Yin to ask. Yun Ye's arrangements have been made a long time ago. Telling him now is to make him prepared.
In fact, Yun Ye seems to want to go to Beiting more than anyone else. I have always been curious as to why he has a soft spot for that land."