Yuan Shu opened his eyes. After fighting bloody battles on the frontier for a long time, he was used to not removing his armor at night. Although it was very uncomfortable, it was enough to save his life. After he woke up, he tidied up and left the camp.
, just as he was about to eat with the soldiers, he saw many soldiers surrounding the camp. Yuan Shu was so frightened that he almost drew his sword. When he took a closer look, the man in front of him was the man who had been captured a few days ago.
"Yuan Jun! We are willing to surrender to the army!" The man raised his hands and shouted with a solemn expression.
The people behind him also bowed their hands and saluted, and Yuan Shu showed a smile on his face. He stepped forward, helped him up, and said: "Okay, in the future, when you and others make great achievements, please welcome me!
!" Yuan Shu ordered, and the surrounding soldiers rushed over, greeted them enthusiastically, and introduced their names and military positions.
Several of them surrendered to the army, and Guan Yu was strong, but despite this, Yuan Shu did not directly promote him, but still made him a soldier. Yuan Shu felt that if he was really brave, he would be able to succeed sooner or later, and there was no need to deliberately arrange it himself.
After successfully recruiting a warrior, Yuan Shu felt a little happy, but he suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the way these people looked at him.
When these soldiers looked at themselves, their eyes not only showed the respect and love of the past, but also some heavy sorrow, and even pity?
At this time, Yuan Shu had already figured out what had happened. He gritted his teeth, slowly pulled out the long knife from his waist, and asked angrily: "Where is that guy Hua Xiong? Where is he?"
"Sima, Hua Junhou went to the front to explore early in the morning and has not returned yet..."
"Haha, it's okay, let's go ahead!"
"As you command!"
This procession of chariots and horses has been galloping for nearly a month, and they have just reached the Sili area. As soon as they entered the Sili area, troops guarding Sili immediately came to accompany them to protect them. At this time, Yuan Shu's pressure was greatly reduced, and the soldiers
He relaxed, and the horses and chariots finally entered Luoyang. After that, Yuan Shu led his people to the Southern Army camp outside the city. After meeting with Captain Sun Jian, he began to rest.
When the Emperor learned that the foreign trade tax had been put into the treasury and was counting it, he realized that it was time to inform Mr. Wen.
When Wen Renxi heard the news, he ran out of his home. It is said that he had not even put on his shoes that day and rushed to the treasury barefoot. After welcoming Wen Renggong, the officials of the treasury no longer stopped.
After so much hard work, Wen Renxi had to do the counting himself and was unwilling to use other officials. It took six full days before Wen Renxi completed the counting.
Of course, the emperor held a court meeting to discuss with the officials the results of foreign trade, whether to continue foreign trade, and the foreign policy towards Kushan, etc. The officials gathered outside the palace again, and Wang Fu also arrived early.
In these days, he has been busy reforming the academic merit system, and now he has made some achievements. He has to report it to the emperor before he can continue to implement it.
While waiting, an ox cart drove slowly over. Wen Renxi knelt down and sat on the ox cart with a look of uncontrollable ecstasy. When he saw Baiguan, he immediately put away his smile.
He didn't even let the slaves help him, he stood up directly and jumped off the bullock cart. The slaves on the side were frightened, fearing that something might happen to him.
At this moment, Wenren Xi didn't feel as dying as before. He had already recovered from his serious illness, and there was no sign of any illness at all!
Wang Fu sneered and said, "Mr. Wen Ren, I haven't seen you for a few days. How come your legs and feet have become so nimble?"
"Hahaha~~~" Wen Renxi burst out laughing and said, "You don't know, this time..." He was about to say something when he suddenly realized something and quickly stopped talking, his face quickly becoming solemn. He stood up, shook his head, and said, "Fortunately, I was cured of my serious illness by a famous doctor."
Cai Yong came over with a smile and asked: "Master Wen is so happy. It seems that this foreign trade has achieved great results?"
"Hehehehe..." Wen Renxi couldn't help but laugh again, then quickly became solemn, shook his head and said: "It's just more than ten thousand dollars, but there is no result."
Cai Yong's face turned a little dark. Even if you lie, can you not make it so obvious?
The main east door of the palace was slowly opened. Wen Renxi shook his head and walked in first. He also sighed with emotion: "It's only ten thousand yuan, the national treasury is in danger, the national treasury is in danger..."
The officials were dumbfounded and stood there for a long time before they walked in together with him. They walked into the hall and stood separately. Everyone was silently observing Wen Renxi's face. They saw Wen Renxi's performance was particularly wonderful, and suddenly he giggled. , suddenly solemn and changing, attracting the attention of all officials. After a while, the emperor led the prince to come, and Wang Fu led all the officials to pay homage.
Wang Fu was the first to report, talking about the recent improvements to the scientific merit system. As expected, the measures Wang Fu had proposed to the emperor were of great use. After being implemented nationwide, many corrupt officials and cruel officials were found. However, something happened that gave Wang Fu a headache. Hundreds of officials had already signed a petition to impeach Yang Qiu, the governor of Xinzhou.
However, the emperor was very protective of him. Wang Fu had no way to put Yang Qiu in jail, but if he did not deal with it, it would affect the subsequent implementation of the measures. After Wang Fu finished describing the results, he talked about Yang Qiu, The emperor frowned and said: "This man is deeply trusted by me. I never thought that he would do such a thing. I asked Zhang He to find out the matter...and then deal with it."
Many ministers who were looking forward to Yang Qiu going to jail felt helpless. The people didn't know it, but they knew that Yang Qiu had favored Zhang He for promoting him. The relationship between the two was extremely close. If Zhang He was asked to check Yang Qiu, he would be able to find out. The problem is a strange one! However, the emperor intended to protect Yang Qiu, but they were unable to do anything. Wang Fu then talked about the affairs of officials in various places. A large number of officials were arrested, and the reserve talents were somewhat insufficient.
Wang Fu hoped to conduct recruitment again. In addition, he wanted to incorporate the laws for officials into the assessment syllabus.
The emperor had no objection to any of this and gave Wang Fu full authority to handle it. After saying these things, the emperor looked at Wen Renxi among the officials.
"Master Wen Ren, I heard that this foreign trade has achieved great results. Come and tell the officials, hahaha, how much money does the national treasury have now?"
"Your Majesty! The treasury is empty and there is no money. The investment in appearance has not been much, so there are no big results. I hope that Your Majesty can increase foreign trade. Next year, we will definitely achieve great results!" He stood up and said.
The emperor suddenly felt a headache, pressed his forehead, and said helplessly: "Master Wen...these dozens of carriages and horses are driving into Luoyang...how can the treasury be empty? This...forget it
, Forget it, in short, the benefits this time are huge, foreign trade is indeed beneficial to the country, and should be implemented. Next year, foreign trade can be expanded to the entire Yizhou, and Yizhou merchants can participate..."
"Wen Rengong, you can reveal a few things to the officials about the huge profits... These are loyal and loyal members of the court..."
"Your Majesty, if I talk about the benefits of foreign trade, wouldn't it make the people do more business and abandon farming and mulberry farming? This is putting the cart before the horse and damaging the country's foundation..."
"Sigh... I heard that Sir, what you said makes sense... It makes sense..."