Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Credits of Zhou Yangong
People in the court are easy to do, especially the senior officials of the Military Aircraft Department. It is much easier to hand over information to His Majesty than the officials below. Although Su Xiu has lost favor, he still has this right. Although he can feel
His Majesty has become suspicious of him in terms of his attitude, but in any case, his rights have not been deprived at all.
The daily memorials are sorted out by him and Lu Sen. They are divided into four categories according to slow, light, heavy and urgent. The memorials in the slow category will be put away first, waiting for His Majesty to have time to read them. Memorials like this,
Mostly it is to impeach someone. Lu Sen and Su Xiu are both good people, and they know that His Majesty does not like to see the group of censors, so all impeachment memorials are classified as deferred. Of course, if it involves major cases, they will also
Don't dare to suppress it and not report it.
In Su Xiu's eyes, those who serve as censors are all sick. Look at today's news, there is actually a censor named Pei Qingcheng who jumped out to impeach Liu Ling, saying that he respected his own troops and had a disobedient heart.
However, in line with God's will to live a good life, and Your Majesty is a benevolent and righteous king, I suggest not to kill Liu Ling, but to remove him from his official position and demote him to a commoner.
Su Xiu didn't even feel angry after reading such a memorial. Su Xiu, who was an official in the same dynasty with such an idiot, felt that he was inferior. He had a disobedient heart, but he could even think of this word. If you impeach the loyal king
Stealing a sheep from a neighbor's house, or impeaching the loyal king Liu Ling for stealing a chicken from a neighbor, everyone can still laugh at it. If you have to say that the loyal king has evil intentions and has a rebellious heart, Su Xiu doubts whether this Pei Qingcheng is a brain.
Let the pig hump.
When the prince seized the throne, King Zhong controlled 30,000 troops and horses in the Gyeonggi camp. It was really not His Majesty's turn to ascend the throne as emperor. This matter is far away. Let's just say that King Zhong led an army of hundreds of thousands a while ago.
To resist the invasion of the Zhou Dynasty, with strong soldiers in hand, we would have raised the banner long ago. But this blind Pei Qingcheng jumped out when the army was victorious and returned to the court. Even a scholar like Su Xiu wanted to beat him
Damn it.
For this kind of memorial, Su Xiu threw it into the trash can without even thinking about it. There was no place for such a thing in the slow writing genre, and even wiping her butt felt the paper was too hard.
Su Xiu is a fairly fair person. Apart from being afraid of death, his other qualities are pretty good. He can seriously put the disaster report brochures handed over by the various states in the heavy-duty category, and can send letters of congratulations to officials from various places.
The memorial about Prince Zhong's victory and return to the court is placed in the light category. Of course, the memorial I wrote about suggesting that Lu Yuzhu be given a higher status before Prince Zhong's wedding can be accidentally placed in the urgent category.
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There are only four urgent memorials in total today.
One is about the military trends of the Zhou Dynasty after the defeat, one is about the military expenses and food requested by Xixia to help send troops to the Zhou Dynasty, and the other is a notice from the Liao Kingdom saying that the imperial envoy who came to collect the annual tribute will not be here soon.
He is about to leave for Taiyuan. There is another one written by Su Xiu herself.
Emperor Xiao still trusted Lu Sen and Su Xiu in terms of their abilities, and the distribution of various memorials these days was quite reasonable. Out of habit, Emperor Xiao wanted to read the urgent memorials first.
Regarding the movements of Da Zhou, Emperor Xiao put it aside after reading it. Then he read Xixia's credentials asking for help, and then frowned. Seeing that the amount Xixia asked for was not huge, Da Zhou offered compensation.
I could cope with one-third of it. Then I picked up Daliao's share and after just a few glances, my face suddenly changed with anger.
The Liao Kingdom actually opened its mouth and doubled the annual tribute again! If this is the case, the money and food that will be compensated in the following weeks will not be enough to pay the Liao Kingdom's annual tribute!
This is simply drinking blood! Drinking the blood of the Han people and the blood of the soldiers who fought bloody battles at the front!
Clenching his fists tightly, Emperor Xiao's face turned frighteningly white. After a while, the color gradually returned to his face. Sighing, he ordered: "Xiao Liuzi, take these three portions."
Seal the memorial and send it to Prince Zhong’s house. Please ask Prince Zhong to look at it and tell Prince Zhong that I will be waiting for him to have dinner with him in the palace in the evening.”
Xiao Liuzi responded, wrapped three memorials in yellow silk, bowed and walked out. When he reached the door, Emperor Xiao stopped him again.
"Wait a moment"
Xiao Liuzi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, what else is there for you?"
Emperor Xiao couldn't help but smile when he thought of something. His frown, which was caused by the annoying state affairs, relaxed a bit. Thinking of this matter, the depression in his heart also became mischievously clear.
"Tell Prince Zhong to take Liu Mei'er, the young maid from his residence, into the palace with him."
"This slave obeys your order."
Xiao Liuzi bowed and retreated, not daring to delay the emperor's order. He called the two guards on duty, and after receiving the horse, Xiao Liuzi hurried straight to Prince Zhong's Mansion. After Xiao Liuzi left, Emperor Xiao picked up the urgent words.
I only took a few glances at the last memorial and was very angry.
"This Su Xiu is so smart."
He smiled and took a sip of tea. The tea was already slightly cold, but Emperor Xiao did not intend to ask anyone to replace the tea. The people in the palace were good at making tea. They added some salt and spices, and the tea tasted very fragrant.
"Lu Yuzhu has been recognized as a adopted sister by me and has been granted the title of princess. What kind of title do you plan to ask me to give her?"
Thinking of Su Xiu with a goatee and the way she shook her head whenever she spoke, Emperor Xiao wanted to laugh. This guy didn't have much integrity, but he still had some skills. He was also serious about what he did, and he wrote a lot of good articles. It's just a pity.
He could have been reused. Lu Sen was getting older, and the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department were originally planned to be slowly handed over to Su Xiu, but who knew that this guy was suspected of defecting to the enemy.
Thinking of these filial piety emperors makes me annoyed, very annoying.
Putting the memorials aside for the time being, I picked up the memorials with heavy characters and read them. Memorials of this type are basically reporting disasters. It is already the middle of winter, and basically there has been no rain in the northern Han states since May.
Everywhere was hit by drought, and there was almost no food harvest. People from all over the country requested the government to allocate food for disaster relief. The total number of victims in each state capital exceeded 400,000.
Even if they only provide one bowl of porridge for each meal, two meals a day, it is still a huge expense. This southern war has already emptied the national treasury, which was not rich. This is still a quick victory for the loyal king Liu Ling. If there is another war
After a month or two, I'm afraid that I won't even be able to supply the army with food. There is still some food donated by the big households, and coupled with the compensation from Da Zhou, I can barely make up the annual tribute required by the Liao Kingdom. It's just like this
Even the rewards given to the soldiers will be reduced or even delayed.
If all was allocated to local disaster relief, I'm afraid it would be difficult for the Liao Kingdom to cope with it. But it was really a dilemma because he couldn't just watch his people starve to death. Gritting his teeth, Emperor Xiao wrote and gave instructions to open granaries in various places for disaster relief.
As for Daliao, let's let it go and let the victims barely survive. I just hope that when the weather is smooth in the coming year, life will be easier.
Two days ago, the loyal king Liu Ling said that he had a way to deal with the imperial envoys of the Liao Kingdom, but even after asking for a long time, he refused to reveal it. He just said that the mountain man had his own clever plan, pretending to be a magician who cheated food and drink. But when he thought of Liu Ling
The confidence on his lips when he spoke made Emperor Xiao feel relieved.
Yes, with my ninth brother here, it seems that everything has a solution.
At dinner tonight, be sure to ask him how he can deal with the Liao Dynasty. Emperor Xiao has been feeling uncomfortable for several days, and he can't sleep well without knowing the answer.
Put together the disaster report papers and ask the eunuchs to send them to the military aircraft office, and tell Lu Sen and Su Xiu to sort out a number and give it to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so that they can calculate the amount of food needed in various places.
When he opened the memorials with light characters, Emperor Xiao immediately couldn't laugh or cry. Ninety-nine percent of the memorials of this type were written to congratulate the loyal king on his triumphant return. In order to show the filial piety of the local officials, a mess of gifts occupied every memorial.
A large part of the page. Emperor Xiao smiled bitterly, have I become an unscrupulous landlord who plunders the private property of officials?
But think about it, in the past six months, various places have been raising funds at their own request. Those who are sensible know that the treasury is insufficient, and those who are ignorant may think that I, the emperor, am greedy for money. But this is okay, let those guys
It’s difficult to donate money, but it’s easy to do something filial.
Emperor Xiao actually estimated the amount of filial piety paid by officials from all over the country, and found that the total amount was about 50,000 yuan. It seemed that these local officials were not poor, and the poor were all common people. Emperor Xiao was wrinkled
He frowned, but soon felt relieved. Now that everything is waiting to be done, steps must be taken step by step. When the country is at peace, the first step is to punish corrupt officials.
There was another memorial that caught Emperor Xiao's attention. This memorial was placed at the end of the list of congratulations from officials from all over the country. If Emperor Xiao hadn't wanted to see who was the last one to express congratulations, he might not have bothered to read it. He picked it up.
After just one glance, he was attracted by the contents of the memorial.
This document was sent to the court by Zhou Yangong on his way back from Xixia. At this time, it was estimated that he would not be able to go very far after entering the customs. The document said that Wei Mingxiao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, wanted to express his willingness to marry.
We have good relations with each other, so we sent him a generous gift of 300 horses, 500 cattle, and 5,000 sheep. At this time, Zhou Yanzheng was acting as a herdsman on the way. Considering that he only brought twenty or thirty followers, it was really difficult for him.
How did you drive such a large group of animals all the way back?
It mentioned that the credential of Wei Mingxiao, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, who hoped that the two families would form an alliance, is still in the hands of Zhou Yangong. Then he congratulated King Zhong for defeating the Zhou army, and wished me a prosperous Han Dynasty. This is the last part.
The focus is Zhou Yangong's analysis of the current situation.
Zhou Yangong proposed to have good relations with Xixia, establish diplomatic relations between the two countries, and exchange goods and services. Open several borders at designated points and set up markets for people from both sides to trade. Regarding Xixia's request for benefits, Zhou Yangong's opinion was a dime. In his opinion,
Laiwei Mingxiao is not a farmer who cares about petty profits. The reason why he wants benefits from the big man is just to see the big man's attitude. If the big man doesn't give it, he may be angry, but he will never raise an army. If he gives it,
On the contrary, Zhou Yangong was worried that Xixia would become more demanding from now on.
Also, Zhou Yangong mentioned the issue of annual tribute from the Liao Kingdom. He said that on the way west to Xixia, he saw too many tragic incidents of victims' families being separated and their families separated. He asked your Majesty to put the victims first and open a warehouse to distribute food.
As for how to deal with Daliao, Zhou Yangong suggested that he could discuss it with Daliao's imperial envoy. Since it could not be raised completely at once, he would send it in batches. I believe that Daliao would not be too hasty for the sake of the long-term future.
Third, it is recommended that various state capitals recruit civilian warriors and imitate the county army system of the Zhou Dynasty. The food and salary of the county soldiers are not allocated by the court, but are self-sufficient by the local government. The war in the south showed the local powerlessness of the Han state capitals. If
Each state has thousands of well-trained county soldiers to deal with civil unrest or banditry in the event of a war. They can be concentrated into one army during war. This avoids the situation where the Jianxiong Army and the Fuyuan Army allocate troops to each state.
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These three pieces of advice can be called golden words of wisdom.
Emperor Xiao took a deep breath, read it carefully a second time, and suddenly felt enlightened. (To be continued)
