This year, the battle between Wang Fu and Xing Ziang reached its most intense moment. Wang Fu originally decided to build Chi Road between Bingzhou and Xiliang. He wanted to connect Liang, Xin, He, Bing, and Jiwu in the north.
The two states are connected because a Chidao was built between Jizhou and Youzhou earlier, which can connect the entire north together, which is not only beneficial to the temple's control over the north and even remote areas, but also for the development of the entire northern Han Dynasty.
, also has a very huge effect.
However, Xing Ziang disagreed. He believed that the Han Dynasty should develop the south first. In his opinion, the money Yangzhou obtained from overseas every year was enough to exceed the taxes obtained by several northern states. In this case, he could not feel at ease to develop.
Why does shipping in the south waste a lot of money to do things that have no practical use? This consumes people's energy and wastes time, especially in the near future, the Yangzhou Navy, under the leadership of Zhang Jiao, has been in the southwest
On the other side, an extremely dangerous passage was discovered.
Due to the hull and logistics, the Yangzhou Navy could not occupy the surrounding area and could only observe. However, they were surprised to find that just above this passage, the area called Tanjung Puteri by the local indigenous people produced extremely
There is a huge amount of gold. The gold produced in this small area can almost exceed the gold produced in the Han Dynasty. Zhang Jiao was disappointed. He still could not find the Penglai Island he wanted, but the Yangzhou navy was very happy.
Yes, this is simply a golden island!
As a result, they established a stronghold here and sent more than 300 soldiers to garrison it. They also drove the local indigenous people to carry out mining work. Anyone who refused would be attacked. Those who could help the Han Dynasty would be attacked by the local garrison.
To give them food and daily necessities, what Xing Ziang wants is to expand spending on southern shipping, improve ships, increase sailors, reduce overseas business taxes, and make shipping gradually become a people's movement instead of today's official movement. He hopes to mobilize merchants
Go to sea.
In order to be able to confront Wang Fu, he found many assistants in the court, including important officials such as Yuan Feng, Zhang Wen, Zhang Jian, and Cao Song. At the local level, officials throughout the south supported him.
After all, only if temples focus on developing the south can they, the officials in the south, have the opportunity to gain merit. After Wang Fu promulgated the extremely harsh New Han Law on officials, they no longer dare to obtain merit through other means.
As for Wang Fu, although he did not have many assistants in the court, at the local level, the support of people like Lu Zhi, Yang Qiu, and Zheng Xuan was more effective than the support of several governors in the south.
The two of them were fighting openly and secretly, but the emperor did not stop him. When he saw this situation, he was very happy. He pretended not to know and let the two fight. The core of the fight between the two became what will happen this year.
Based on the assessment held, Wang Fu believed that the scientific merit assessment system was proposed by himself, so he should continue to implement it. In the past, he was implementing it. Compared with Xing Ziang, he had experience and had more advantages, but
However, Xing Ziang believed that the selection of scholars for the country could not be managed by one person. As the minister, he should be allowed to execute the order.
The two sides fought for a long time over this matter, but stopped in January. The main reason was that the emperor said that firstly, the prince was going to marry Cai Yong's daughter, and secondly, the assessment was supervised by the prince and executed by Cai Yong. In such a situation
Under the circumstances, Xing Ziang and Wang Fu had no choice but to stop fighting and did not fight. However, they still refused to give in on the issues of building the Northern Chiroute and building the Southern Maritime Transport.
The first court meeting in the 17th year of Jianning was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.
The emperor walked into the main hall, sat on the upper seat, and looked at the ministers of the court.
Wang Fu stood up first and led all the officials to pay homage to the emperor. The emperor returned the greeting. Then everyone sat down in their seats. The emperor frowned and asked, "Do the officials have anything to say?"
Wang Fu couldn't wait to get up, glared at Xing Zi'ang, and said: "Your Majesty, I have reported that I want to impeach Shangshu Ling Xing Yong. This thief is abominable. He interferes in the appointment of officials and appoints his relatives as officials at will. He has ulterior motives and is treasonous. I invite you to do evil.
Thief Xing Ziang!" Wang Fu looked at the emperor, feeling particularly aggrieved. It had to be said that Xing Ziang was really Wang Fu's most difficult opponent in his life. Xing Ziang followed He Xiu in his early years, went to school with the emperor, and later followed Yang Qiu.
, Liu Laotaiwei, Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, Wen Renxi, Duan Jue, etc. He even followed Wang Fu and served as an official in the south.
After years of hard work, the guidance of many wise and capable people, and because of his special understanding of Wang Fu, Xing Ziang was Wang Fu's strong enemy in the temple. Wang Fu's five strategies at the beginning of the year were rejected by Xing Ziang, making four of them vetoed.
Wang Fu almost fainted. In the temple, Xing Ziang had many assistants. Outside, because he had just arranged a large number of local officials, he received far more support than Wang Fu. In the emperor's place, Wang Fu was favored again.
How can love be compared to this minister who was the first to follow the emperor?
I've always been asked to cook Wang Jiexin by others, but today this guy forced me to cook him!
Seeing Wang Fu's aggrieved look, the emperor couldn't help but laugh, shook his head, and said: "Your Majesty... this... the ministers of the court and ministers should work together, and the country will prosper...", the emperor also
He was a little speechless. He had never thought that there would be such a day in the temple. All the officials were happy to see it and grinned, especially Yuan Sikong, who was talking with the surrounding officials with a smile.
Later, I will ask your Majesty for an order to have a banquet at your home tonight and have a good time.
The policy of requesting the emperor before holding a banquet was also set by Wang Fu. Wang Fu stipulated that when ministers held a banquet, Huangmen sent by the emperor must go there. On the one hand, it exempted these ministers from the crime of gathering together, and at the same time, they also had to
Seeing that they cannot exceed the amount of amnesty, because the grain is used to make wine, the temple still takes the matter of drinking together very seriously. In addition, of course, it is to prevent the ministers from conspiring in the palace. The minister also agrees with this,
Anyway, regardless of whether there is a Little Yellow Sect or not, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger and the others cannot guard against him.
Xing Ziang remained silent and looked at Yuan Feng in front of him. Yuan Feng immediately stood up and began to sternly condemn Wang Fu. Many ministers also followed. Then, he once again proposed to fund Yangzhou shipping and promote the democratic movement.
Regarding the matter of merchants, the emperor was still very sensitive. Especially after seeing the huge wealth gained from the Kushan trade in the north, he became more wary of the merchants. He himself supported the southern shipping.
, but if the coastal merchants were to be developed, the emperor was opposed to it in his heart.
There is no problem in improving the ships and adding more sailors, but all of this must be in the hands of the temple, that is, in his own hands, and must not be given to those merchants. This is why the emperor has never
The reason why he agreed to Xing Ziang's request was that the emperor also agreed with Wang Fu's Chidao policy. However, Wang Fu's policy required too much cost, and, hey, the Xinzhou states were not very wealthy in the first place, so they spent so much money.
The emperor had a lot of money but could not collect the same amount of wealth through taxes, which made the emperor feel a little confused.