The next day, in order to deal with these trivial matters, the emperor held a court meeting.
And this time the court meeting will definitely not be too stable, because Dong Zhuo has returned from Hedong, and although the officials are arguing endlessly on other matters, they are still so unanimous on the issue of facing Dong Zhuo. They had previously
Going to Liu Mastiff's place was also an apology to the prince. They did not dare to disobey His Majesty's orders. What's more, Zhang He, the butcher, often visited the house and made the family uneasy.
His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor, is named Liu. Who are you, Dong Zhuo?
Everyone was soft on the emperor and the eldest son, but their hatred for Dong Zhuo did not diminish. After receiving the notice of the court meeting, all the officials gathered in front of the palace. Situ Gong stood at the front, with many ministers standing around him.
I don't know what they were talking about in secret, but judging from their serious looks, the other ministers didn't approach them at all, for fear of getting into some trouble.
Lu Zhi is not as inactive as Cui Gong. After he came to power, he was busy carrying out various measures, which made everyone uneasy. All the officials even missed Cui Gong. In addition, even Yuan Shu and the people around him also
There were quite a few of them, including those from wealthy families and those who were pro-Emperor. In comparison, the more humble one was Jia Xu, who had only one Dong Zhuo around him.
Dong Zhuo stood beside Jia Xu, facing the hostility of many ministers, without any fear at all. Instead, he happily talked to Jia Xu about the situation in Hedong and even Liangzhou. He had not returned home for a long time, nor had he gone to the northwest.
But he didn't expect that in such a short period of time, those places would make such huge progress. He talked carelessly with Jia Xu, unaware of how helpless Jia Xu was around him.
How pitiful God is, it’s okay to be forced to become the Third Duke, it’s okay to be forced to work all day by the emperor, but why are you still suffering with Dong Zhuo now? Look at the eyes of the ministers around them, they must be
You thought this fat man was brought down by me and brought back to Luoyang, huh? No, this fat man didn't come to talk to me accidentally. The emperor asked him to come.
No wonder it looks a bit familiar
When everyone came together, the palace door opened, and Lu Zhi led his ministers in.
Entering the main hall, they sat down one by one.
Dong Zhuo kept moving closer to Jia Xu. Jia Xu looked around for a moment, then finally let out a long sigh and sat down in his seat with an expressionless face.
For some reason, the entire temple fell into a strange silence. Even the guards and Huangmen stationed around felt uncomfortable. This feeling was quite unsettling.
When the emperor walked in, this situation was broken. Lu Zhi and his ministers stood up to pay homage to the emperor. The emperor returned the greeting, and then they sat down again. The emperor seemed to be in a good mood. Sitting on the upper seat, he looked at the emperor again.
After looking at the ministers, especially Dong Zhuo, he asked calmly: "Do the ministers have anything to report?"
As soon as the emperor finished speaking, Cai Yong suddenly stood up, bowed his hands and bowed.
The emperor rubbed his forehead and asked, "Mr. Cai, what's the matter?"
"His Majesty!"
"Please cook Dong Zhongying!"
Just as Cai Yong finished speaking, the ministers stood up one after another.
"Your Majesty! Please cook Dong Zhongying!"
Dong Zhuo's eyes widened and he was speechless as he looked at the crowd of ministers.
Jia Xu on the side seemed to want to get up, but in the process, he still moved up a lot. Sure enough, the emperor was still looking in this direction from time to time, looking at the fierceness in the emperor's eyes.
In the light, Jia Xu's half-raised crotch was lowered back into the distance, and he continued to sit on his knees, closing his eyes and meditating.
The ministers were excited. It has been rare for so many years that all the ministers in the DPRK and China have a common voice. At this moment, everyone is friends, and the conflicts and grievances for many years seem to have disappeared. And the root of all this is
Caused by a certain fat man who acted recklessly.
"Jia Gong Jia Gong"
Dong Zhuo lowered his voice and pulled Jia Xu's sleeve.
Jia Xu opened her eyes helplessly and looked at him.
"Jia Gong, how should I act?"
"Just wait for the emperor's edict."
Jia Xu said, knowing it in his heart. He naturally knew that if he said something to Dong Zhuo like this, he would be regarded as Dong Zhuo's backer by the officials, and they would start to target him. However, Jia Xu was also used to it. As early as the emperor had not yet
When he ascended the throne, it was like this. He became the evil thief who saved Wang Fu. The ministers criticized him verbally and wrote, so he had no choice but to stay away from Luoyang. After finally coming back, he had not lived a stable life for a few days.
In this regard, Jia Xu could only sigh.
Sure enough, as soon as they finished chatting, the emperor looked over and said, "Master Jia, I will still have to watch over Mr. Dong more in the future. This time, I will obey Mr. Master's wishes and let him go this time!"
Jia Xu stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The ministers glared at Jia Xu and Dong Zhuo, and sat down helplessly. Zhang Fei also snorted coldly. Due to Jia Xu's status as Taiwei, he didn't say much. As soon as everyone sat down, Situ Luzhi stood up again.
He stood up, looked at the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty"
"Situ Gong"
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, the country has been at peace and the people are happy. This is an unprecedented prosperous age." Lu Zhi said, and the ministers listened attentively. Could it be that Lu Zhi stood up so eagerly just to flatter the emperor?
Everyone was thinking, and sure enough, Lu Zhi said the last thing, then changed the topic and suddenly said: "However, I heard that the Hongdu School spent 650,000 yuan in three months."
"Mobilizing nearly 3,000 civilians"
"Such a waste is something I have never heard of in my life."
"I sincerely request your Majesty to withdraw from the Hongdu School!"
After Lu Zhi finished speaking, the whole temple fell silent. Everyone knew how much the emperor cared about the Hongdu School. In the past few years, the emperor spent more time studying in the Hongdu School than in the Ci Le Hall.
It will take a long time, and Situ Gong's words may cause the emperor to be furious. Everyone quickly lowered their heads, fearing that the emperor's anger would implicate them.
The emperor was silent for a moment and then said: "I don't know, Mr. Situ. The Hongdu sect is very important. Does Mr. Situ know the machine for weaving silk?"
"I know, but I don't know what this thing has to do with this matter?"
"Hongdu Sect learned to improve the silk weaving machine, which is twelve silk looms. The cost is only 200 yuan, and one person can carry it. Therefore, I ordered them to make more of this machine, hoping to promote it to the people."
The emperor explained seriously. He was not angry at all, and he did not blame Lu Zhi. Whoever replaced him had spent so much money and did not tell his whereabouts. It would definitely have been reported like this. Lu Zhi's ability to say this is exactly what he said.
His integrity and conscientiousness, as expected, after Lu Zhi heard the emperor's explanation, his expression softened a lot, and after asking a few more questions, he nodded and said, "That's enough!"
"Hahaha, I am not playing with things to lose my ambition. Every move I make is for my family and my country!" The emperor said with some pride. On weekdays, officials always used Hongdu sect to criticize themselves. Now, the results have been achieved.
, you are just speechless?
All the officials stood up one after another and worshiped the emperor for his wisdom.
Lu Zhi brought up the idea of building a frontier fortress again, but the ministers did not dare to say anything now. The emperor was in a good mood now. After thinking for a moment, he said: "You can first formulate a rough plan. I will take a look first. If it is feasible, I will
According to what the public said!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Zhi sat down excitedly.
"His Majesty!"
The person who got up this time was Xing Ziang. Everyone was a little surprised when they saw Xing Ziang coming out. This minister had been unknown for many years and never said much. Xing Ziang said: "Since the founding of Ning, many roads have been in disrepair and water transportation has been blocked.
, and there has been no progress at all." After he expressed his thoughts, the emperor, like Lu Zhi, asked him to come up with a rough plan first.
As the ministers presented their speeches one by one, time passed quickly.
"His Majesty!"
Yuan Shu stood up and said: "Your Majesty's promotion of damask weaving machines will definitely benefit agriculture and mulberry. However, the national treasury is empty, and the people who use it for civilian use think that it can increase the business tax on damask and brocade. In addition, for those who have many damask weaving machines in their homes, we will take it."
"Taxation, with two frames as the starting point, I will serve as a rough statement." Yuan Shu handed the table he had prepared long ago to the emperor. The emperor lowered his head and read it seriously.
Although, the emperor has already read this statement several times.
"Enke."
The emperor agreed, the ministers had different expressions, Yuan Shu's memorial, the former was enough, but the latter was indeed somewhat disadvantageous to them. However, the emperor had just agreed to so many things, and he could not refute this matter.
, well, the loss is not big. Just as they were thinking, Cao Cao suddenly stood up, looked at the emperor, and bowed his hands.
The emperor frowned, does this guy still want to object?
"Your Majesty, Sikong Zhiyan, the envoy remembered something else!"
"What's the matter?"
"When I was an official with Sanhan, I once learned that the temple had set a tax on animal husbandry. Herding horses, dolphins, cattle, sheep, dogs, chickens, ducks, etc., each collected different taxes, such as horse herders
, two husks of grain, but I feel that this matter is quite unfair. There are rich households in the three Koreas who herd thousands of horses and two husks of grain, and there are Li common people who herd one thin horse and two husks of grain."
Cao Cao said, and the emperor seemed to have some realization, and asked: "What do you mean, do you mean to increase the tax on Yuan Shu's silk weaving, as for the shepherds?"
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the tax on farmland has been based on the fertility of the farmland. Can't the same be true for other taxes?"
"Goodness! Great goodness!!!"
Yuan Shu shouted excitedly. Just after Cao Cao finished speaking, countless roads appeared in front of him, each of which could enrich the Han's treasury. This made Yuan Shu unhappy. The emperor nodded and said: "
How about we leave this matter to Mengde and Highway?"
"Your Majesty, this"
Suddenly some ministers stood up and wanted to object, but could not think of a reason to object. They looked around anxiously.
It's just a matter of weaving silk, but if such a measurement method is adopted everywhere, isn't something going to happen? Don't powerful families have to pay several times or even dozens of times more taxes for no reason?