Five years as county magistrate, hundreds of millions of kilograms of grain shocked Li Shimin Chapter 270 Fang Yuan joins forces to defeat dissidents for the first time
Chapter 270 Fang Yuan joins forces to defeat dissidents for the first time
Fang Yuan was a little surprised.
In the afternoon, the palace summoned ministers from three provinces and six departments.
If it was because of work issues, I should have called him over at that time.
We have been discussing for a long time now, and the result has probably been reached. Why do you still ask yourself to enter the palace?
Doubtful, but still had to enter the palace. After letting Liu Yichen leave, Fang Yuan tidied up his clothes and followed the eunuch into the palace.
Imperial Study Room.
When Fang Yuan arrived, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were still there.
Surprisingly, Tang Jian is not here, and Er Cui Zhentang is here instead.
At this time, Cui Zhentang was still standing, and he was a little different from other ministers.
"Tang Shangshu is feeling unwell and suddenly fainted. You two should participate in the discussion of the First World War in Lingnan."
Li Shimin said at the right time.
"Yes."
Fang Yuan understood.
It turned out that they were called here to discuss the war.
And Cui Zhentang should have just arrived and was called to replace Tang Jian like himself.
"Your Majesty, according to the discussion just now, I only need 10,000 elite troops to pacify Lingnan."
Li Jing said in a deep voice.
"You are already a right servant. The operation of the imperial court cannot be separated from you."
"As the leader, I already have an idea. Let's discuss the matter of food and fodder now."
Li Shimin shook his head and refused Li Jing's request.
Nowadays, Li Jing is no longer the Minister of War, but the right servant.
It can be said that except for Fang Xuanling, no one in the court has a status comparable to Li Jing.
Coupled with Li Jing's reputation in the military, some people now vaguely call him the number one person in the court.
Under such circumstances, Li Shimin would not let Li Jing go out casually, and there were so many powerful generals in the DPRK that other generals had to take action.
"Yes."
Li Jing sighed, sat down obediently, and then looked towards Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang.
"How long will it take for the two of you to get together for food and grass?"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
Soldiers and horses move forward before food and grass are used.
Now, due to the dispatch of troops from the front, the court's food supply is once again in a tense situation.
Therefore, to support the First World War in Lingnan, what we need to worry about is not the army, but sufficient food and grass.
"How many troops will your Majesty send?"
Cui Zhentang asked first.
He and Fang Yuan arrived late, and many things are still unknown.
"Ten thousand to thirty thousand."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
Ten thousand is the amount Li Jing needs.
For other generals, 10,000 may be a bit low, but 30,000 is more or less the same.
"Your Majesty, the 30,000-strong army doesn't have much food. Shi Lang Fang is the first Shi Lang. How about putting him in charge?"
Cui Zhentang nodded slightly, looked at Fang Yuan and said.
For an army of 10,000 to 30,000, that means preparing food according to the provisions of an army of 30,000.
The 30,000-strong army did not have much food, so the emperor and others were a little surprised that Cui Zhentang took the initiative to take the credit.
"Your Majesty, I am inexperienced and I am afraid of missing the opportunity to fight. It would be more appropriate for Cui Shilang to take charge."
Fang Yuan immediately gave way.
It’s not that the house does not want to be responsible, but it is difficult for the Ministry of Household Affairs to come up with food and grass.
First, it experienced locust plagues and locust plagues, and then experienced floods. The imperial court did not have much surplus food.
Not long ago, an army of 50,000 went on an expedition and spent a lot of food and grass. Now it is very difficult for the Ministry of Revenue to come up with food and grass for an army of 30,000.
This is what Fang Yuan has learned about the situation of the Ministry of Household Affairs these days. The finances are relatively in deficit and there is a serious shortage of food.
Thanks to Cui Zhentang, he didn't make as much trouble as he did at the beginning, otherwise Fang Yuan wouldn't have the time to understand so much.
"Preparing food is an easy task, let the newcomers exercise more."
Cui Zhentang continued.
His humble attitude made everyone present nod.
Fang Yuan still wanted to say something, but at this time Li Shimin made a conclusion.
"Fang Yuan, you will be responsible for this matter."
"I'll give you seven days to prepare, okay?"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
He felt that Fang Yuan really needed to train more.
And preparing food is not that difficult at all.
Although Li Shimin was dissatisfied with Fang Yuan because of the fire gun incident, it did not mean that Fang Yuan was not used.
As long as there is talent, Li Shimin hopes that the other party can be used for him, especially a multi-faceted talent like Fang Yuan.
"Yes."
Fang Yuan sighed in his heart and said in a deep voice.
Although I feel a little unhappy, I can only accept it at this time.
If they refuse again, the ministers present will think that they are not even willing to do things, and it will be difficult for them to get promoted in the future.
However, once you reach Fang Yuan's position, it is already difficult to go up. It will probably take several years of accumulation before it is possible.
"Let's adjourn the meeting and go back and get ready!"
Li Shimin said in a deep voice,
Everyone stood up one after another and said goodbye to Li Shimin.
Fang Yuan also left with everyone, but the distance between them was a bit far.
It's not Fang Yuan's intention, but almost everyone is like this, they are a little distant from each other.
This is the tacit understanding between ministers and the tacit understanding between monarch and ministers.
Because if the ministers get too close, the emperor will not be able to sleep well.
"Shilang Fang, wait a minute, wait a minute."
Fang Yuan was walking at the back.
Among so many people, Fang Yuan has the lowest official position, so of course he is at the back.
After hearing someone shouting, Fang Yuan stopped and turned back to look at the person.
At the same time, other ministers also turned around, but they all had a tacit understanding and did not stop.
"Eunuch Wang, what's wrong?"
Fang Yuan looked at Wang De curiously and asked.
What is there that the emperor didn’t tell you directly just now, and why is he telling you now?
"Your Majesty asked the villain to tell you."
"If you can't prepare so much food, you can consider Wuling County."
Wang De said softly.
After saying that, he nodded to Fang Yuan and left immediately.
Fang Yuan looked at the direction Wang De left and felt quite surprised.
Wuling County can be said to be my hometown, and I still pay a lot of attention to Wuling County.
Although Wuling County is not under his control now, many people in Wuling County still listen to Fang Yuan.
As long as Fang Yuan needs anything, he can change the situation in Wuling County. That is Fang Yuan's foundation. Fang Yuan also controls most of Wuling County.
For so long, Fang Yuan has been mobilizing talents from Liaozhou to Chang'an City, and has almost never mobilized talents from Wuling County to Liaozhou and Chang'an City.
This is because Wuling County has been developing for a long time, and the aristocratic families in the city have some relationship with Fang Yuan. It is a little different from Liaozhou, and Liaozhou’s development time is too short.
However, Liaozhou is also controlled by Fang Yuan, because Zhao Yingcai is there, and it will continue to develop on the basis of Fang Yuan, and will become the home base of Fang Yuan and Zhao Yingcai.
So what does Li Shimin mean by reminding himself?
After thinking about it, Fang Yuan didn't understand for a moment and followed the large troops out of the palace.
After returning to Fang Mansion, everyone in Fang Mansion had almost fallen asleep, leaving Fang Jingyu still studying.
I have to say that this little guy is really hard-working. He is already literate at a young age and can occasionally compose poems.
The strange thing is that Fang Jingyu is not studying in her room tonight, but is reading and practicing calligraphy in the living room.
"Master, someone came to the window of my room last night and asked me if I wanted to leave with him?"
When Fang Jingyu saw Fang Yuan, she ran over and looked at Fang Yuan with her head held high.
"Sleepwalking, right?"
Fang Yuan smiled and said.
Not many people can enter Fang Mansion and leave safely.
Even if a master like Mo Cailing enters Fang Mansion, there is a high chance that he will be discovered.
Unless they are even more powerful than Mo Cailing, such as a super master like Nie Yinniang.
But there shouldn’t be many masters like Nie Yinniang in the world, right?
So Fang Yuan immediately felt that Fang Jingyu was sleepwalking.
"No, I remember it very clearly, it was not sleepwalking."
Fang Jingyu shook her head and said seriously.
"I know, I make people stare."
Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, rubbed Fang Jingyu's head with his big hand and said.
To be honest, Fang Yuan still doesn't really believe it, because anyone who can enter and exit Fang Mansion at will must be a super master.
If she really is this kind of person, then as long as she is willing, Fang Jingyu will definitely be taken away without even asking a simple question.
But regardless of whether it is true or not, Fang Yuan will take this matter seriously and let Fang Jingyu have a good sleep.
"Okay."
Fang Jingyu nodded heavily.
I wanted to give Fang Yuan a massage, but Fang Yuan sent me back to sleep.
After she left, Fang Yuan called Xue Jiaoyan's housekeeper and asked him to find someone to keep an eye on Fang Jingyu's room and window.
In addition, Fang Yuan also asked Liao Fengmao to go to Wuling County in person to check the recent situation in Wuling County.
After arranging things, Fang Yuan went back to the room to sleep with Du Miaoyan.
The next day, Fang Yuan went to work as normal.
The first task is to order the people below to check the grain storage.
Although he was mentally prepared, Fang Yuan was still shocked by the unexpected result.
"Sir, we can only prepare food for ten thousand troops at most."
Fang Qingping said with a sad face.
One month’s food supply for an army of 10,000 people is the limit of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
"Is it enough to stop the dining of some nobles and nobles first?"
Fang Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice.
There are many nobles and nobles in the imperial court, and they have many places to eat.
For example, Fang Yuan, as the founding county son of Chang'an County, has 500 households.
Other dignitaries such as Dukes and other nobles have a living estate of more than 500 yuan, which is a large amount of food.
It happens to be the end of the year. When this batch of food is taken out, let alone 30,000 troops, it is estimated that 100,000 troops can be used.
"No, absolutely no!"
"If you touch their food, the entire imperial court will target our household department!"
Fang Qingping was startled and turned pale.
The war may not be fought, but the food and property of the powerful cannot be denied.
If you don't give them food and property, then chaos will directly arise from within Chang'an City.
At that time, let alone external war, it will collapse directly from within, let alone war.
"I'm just talking."
Fang Yuan sighed.
This group of powerful people who have nothing to do with their corpses are really unable to move.
Or many of them don’t have power, but there are also many who do.
Disturbing their food is like disturbing the people's land, and the court will be in chaos.
The Tang Dynasty may be in chaos in the next six months or so, and Fang Yuan does not want to be the driving force behind it.
"Your Excellency is wise!"
Fang Qingping breathed a sigh of relief.
It's okay if it's not, he is worried that Fang Yuan will use any means.
"In the name of the Ministry of Household Affairs, we will requisition grain from all states and counties!"
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
Now that Tang Jian is not in the household department, Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang are in charge of the household department.
But in this matter, Cui Zhentang has been completely responsible for Fang Yuan, so Fang Yuan can make his own decision on this matter.
"Yes!"
Fang Qingping respectfully said yes.
The documents were issued quickly, and two days passed.
On the third day, Liao Fengmao came back from Wuling County.
"Sir, everything is going well in Wuling County, and the people have enough food and clothing."
"But this year the county government did not collect the people's grain, so a lot of grain rotted in the fields."
Liao Fengmao respectfully reports.
"So that's what it meant."
"Thank you for your hard work, you go back and rest first."
Fang Yuan chuckled.
At this moment, he understood why Li Shimin asked him to consider Wuling County.
To be honest, Fang Yuan also neglected his duty. He was clearly paying attention to Wuling County, but he did not pay attention to the food aspect.
Wuling County solved the problem of Li Shimin's culpable edict, and now it can also solve the imperial court's problem of war food and grass.
"Fang Qingping!"
Fang Yuan shouted, shouted Fang Qingping.
"The official is here."
Fang Qingping came quickly.
"Follow me to the Ministry of Officials."
Fang Yuan originally wanted to ask Fang Qingping to issue official documents to Wuling County directly.
But after thinking about it, I felt that Li Shimin’s reminder had another profound meaning.
Since the Hongnong Yang family has seized the position of magistrate of Wuling County, he can now get it back through various means.
Join the party and defeat those who are different!
I am already a fourth-rank official, so cultivating confidants is just a human thing.
"Yes."
Fang Qingping didn’t know why.
But he still followed Fang Yuan to the Ministry of Officials obediently.
Not long after, Fang Yuan saw Sun Wuji, the chief minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
After saluting, Fang Yuan went straight to the topic.
"Changsun Shangshu, you must know that I once served as the magistrate of Wuling County, and Wuling County sold a large amount of grain to the imperial court, right?"
Fang Yuan said slowly.
"Know."
Changsun Wuji put down his work, looked at Fang Yuan, nodded.
"Nowadays, the magistrate of Wuling County has put the cart before the horse and doesn't care about the county's grain rotting in the fields."
"Our Ministry of Revenue will send people to Wuling County to purchase local grain to support this Lingnan battle."
"His county magistrate has not done anything and is not worthy of being the magistrate of Wuling County. Please ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to remove him from his position and take him to Chang'an City for review."
Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.
"County Magistrate Yang Chuancheng did not do anything."
"But is it too much to be dismissed like this?"
Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment and said.
He received an inspection from officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs a few days ago.
It was learned that the magistrate of Wuling County, Yang Chuancheng, did not act and his body was left without food.
But Yang Chuancheng was placed there by the Hongnong Yang family, and there was also Li Ke behind him.
If he were to be dismissed, he might offend Hongnong Yang and Li Ke.
"Won't pass!"
"This person obstructed the Ministry of Household Affairs from collecting grain, and his crime was extremely heinous. Dismissal from his post is already a minor crime."
"In addition, I have recommended a person to be the magistrate of Wuling County. This person's name is Ge You. He ranked relatively high in the last imperial examination. Now he is working as the chief registrar somewhere. He has good ability and can be the county magistrate."
Fang Yuan’s righteous way.
He understood what Changsun Wuji meant.
By saying the other person's name, you are obviously telling yourself that the other person is from the Hongnong Yang family.
I have already offended the Hongnong Yang family, and I don’t care if I offend the other party again.
At the same time, he must also install his own cronies to formally join the party and oppose differences.
"Since Mr. Fang insists, let's do it according to Mr. Fang's wishes."
Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, nodded slightly.
Fang Yuan is now a fourth-rank official and the person in charge of grain and grass collection, so he still has to give him some face.
The most important thing is that we can see that Fang Yuan offended Shu King Li Ke, causing a struggle between the two sides, and the prince benefited, so why not?