When the second court meeting officially began, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang, who had already been prepared, began their first confrontation at the court meeting. This time the fight was really made public, and all the ministers were
Needing to express his attitude, as expected, Zhong Changtong became the first to present the memorial just after the court meeting began. Liu Yi seemed a little worried, fearing that he would not be able to control the chaos that might occur next.
"Your Majesty, please report! The increase in household registrations today shows your Majesty's merits. However, there are too many household registrations and insufficient cultivated land. However, in this Sili area, there are a full 140,000 rangers, most of whom are Yu Ding.
There was no farmland, and most of them had attended official schools, but failed to get into Imperial College, so they could only stay in their hometowns and do nothing. They tried to do business or become craftsmen, but there were too many restrictions and the taxes were too high, which made them
Retreat!"
"Your Majesty, these matters must be resolved. If Yichen's calculations are ignored, I am afraid that in twenty years, the number of rangers in the Sili area will exceed 400,000, and in forty years, there will be one million rangers.
At that time, they will have no way to survive, and there will definitely be turmoil. I ask your Majesty to exempt industry and commerce from restrictions and reduce taxes on industry and commerce, so that these people can have their own way of living!"
"What's more, this will definitely be of great help to the development of the Han Dynasty." After Zhong Changtong finished speaking, he took out a memorial, which contained his recent detailed information on the household registration of the Han Dynasty.
Records, calculation results in various aspects, when he read these contents, it added a little more proof to his petition.
The ministers tried to interrupt him several times, but Liu Yi looked at these people with eager eyes, and with his stature, he threw a pestle into the hall. Indeed, no one dared to mess around, "You guy! Did you take it?"
How much money do merchants have? How dare you talk nonsense here!!" Zhong Changtong happened to be halfway through his sentence, and Cao Zhi walked out angrily and cursed at Zhong Changtong.
Among the five tigers of the Cao family, Cao Zhi is the closest to Zhuge Liang and the closest in thought. Fortunately, Pang Tong still has Cao Chong. Unfortunately, Cao Chong is now in Guishang, but he can no longer jump up and refute his brother, Liu Yi.
Narrowing his eyes, he slowly walked to Cao Zhi's side, "Purge!!" Liu Yi shouted violently. Cao Zhi was startled, raised his head, glanced at Liu Yi, and then obediently retreated to his seat.
Liu Xi, who was sitting in the upper position, finally showed some approval in his eyes. Although Liu Yi was a little impatient, he was not too stupid. At least he could control the process of the temple. Liu Yi looked at
Zhong Changtong, Zhong Changtong just continued to finish reading his few notes. At this time, Liu Yigang looked at Cao Zhi and said, "You can say it!"
"It is very normal for Han people to have more household registrations. However, it does not necessarily mean that restrictions need to be relaxed to solve the problem of rangers. There are also many people outside the Great Wall, in Xizhou, Jiaozhou, Ningzhou, and even Guizhou.
The cultivated land requires a lot of manpower. In addition, Yankang rice is enough to solve the farming problems in these areas. As long as we continue to migrate and move the people from the Central Plains area to the surrounding areas, the problem can be solved!"
"What's more, in this way, the border fortress can be stabilized and more grain can be produced for the Han Dynasty. Isn't this better than industry and commerce? If the restrictions on industry and commerce are relaxed, I am afraid that the number of merchants will continue to increase.
The grain output of the Han Dynasty dropped sharply. If there is another disaster year, how many people will starve to death? Will the industry and commerce be able to survive?" Cao Zhi also expressed his thoughts loudly.
At this time, the debate at the court meeting officially began. The debate gradually turned into a quarrel. The lines between the two sides had been clearly divided. Zhuge Liang just watched the discussions quietly without speaking. Nearly 70% of the ministers in the temple
, all supported him. Pang Tong's supporters were weak. Except for Zhong Changtong and Liu Ba who were still resisting hard, no one could refute him.
But at this moment, Ma Jun suddenly came out and said, "Your Majesty...I would like to ask..." As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone who was arguing in the temple seemed to have been grabbed by the neck, and they all fell silent.
After coming down, Zhong Changtong and others breathed a sigh of relief, while Deng Ai, Cao Zhi and others frowned. Ma Jun stepped forward. This was indeed a big problem for them.
However, Zhuge Liang still seemed very calm, without any panic at all. Ma Jun stood up, and even Liu Xi had to open his eyes and look serious. Ma Jun was dull and thought for a moment before saying:
"I think what Mr. Zhong Changtong said is reasonable." He could not give a reason of his own. He just agreed with Zhong Changtong's petition.
After saying that, he did not say anything else and returned to his seat. Ma Jun suddenly spoke, breaking the situation in the temple. The ministers here also looked at each other and did not refute for a long time.
Pang Tong squinted his eyes and looked at Zhuge Liang on the side. Finally, you need to come forward to solve the problem yourself. In this contest, you still have no way to solve Ma Jun.
This is why Pang Tong spent so much energy to win over Ma Jun. When people listen to other people's words, they only care about the weight of the person speaking, rather than the number of people speaking. Pang Tong knows that in terms of numbers, he is definitely not the best.
Zhuge Liang's opponent finally attracted Ma Jun, so that this man with enough weight could overwhelm everyone on the Shangshu Ling's side.
"I don't think it's appropriate." At this moment, a person slowly stood up and said seriously. Everyone was shocked and looked over. The man who stood up had a resolute face and a lot of vicissitudes of life.
It was a Hanchen forged from steel, with the same old-fashioned face as always. He looked at Ma Jun, and Pang Tong was shocked!
This person was Man Chong, a servant of the Xingfu. Man Chong contracted an illness during this period of time. All affairs in the Xingfu were carried out by the left and right ministers. Unexpectedly, at this time, the man who had remained silent for a long time
Man Chong suddenly spoke. Pang Tong knew him very well. He was a stern and rigid minister. As long as he thought it was correct, let alone Ma Jun, even if Emperor Xiaoxian reappeared, he might not be able to suppress it.
Live him.
Man Chong had lost a lot of weight, and his hair and beard had turned gray. The only thing that had not changed was the perseverance on his face, and his brows were still twisted together. He looked at Ma Jun and asked: "Ma Gong
, I admire you, but do you really understand how much unrest will occur if restrictions on merchants are relaxed? If the knights commit crimes, won’t merchants commit crimes? No, merchants will commit more mistakes..."
"At least the rangers are moral and will not implicate the whole family if they kill people. But merchants are different. Merchants eat people without spitting out bones. If you don't know this, it's best not to speak. Otherwise, if merchants commit crimes in the future,
Don't blame me for being ruthless, Mr. Ma. I will execute Mr. Ma for the crime of connivance." Man Chong said very calmly, but Ma Jun was particularly scared when he heard it.
He didn't think this guy was just talking. If a merchant really committed a crime, Man Chong would definitely deal with him, and even the emperor would not be able to stop him.
Ma Jun's eyes widened and he looked at Pang Tong. At first, you just said that you would let me speak, but you didn't say that you wanted to go to the Xingfu to accompany Man Chong? Pang Tong also had sweat dripping from his forehead. He really didn't understand. Zhuge Liang
How did you convince Man Chong, and when did you start to win over him? As I thought about it, I felt angry in my heart. I didn't hide my actions. Zhuge Liang was actually playing tricks on me, you unethical old man.
thief!
Man Chong's background really surprised Liu Xi. He didn't expect that the battle between Shangshu Ling and Shi Zhongling would bring out so many veterans. This seemed to be out of his control. Liu Xi hurriedly realized
According to his original idea, he wanted to allow Pang Tong to defeat Zhuge Liang and suppress the ministers of the Shangshu faction. Similarly, he could not agree to all Pang Tong. It was best to relax restrictions on workers and not relax restrictions on merchants.
limits.
The emperor looked at Liu Yi hurriedly.
Liu Yi nodded and looked at his father-in-law again.
"I think!!! What both parties say is reasonable! However, we can't rush into implementing this migration matter now! Just talking about this industrial and commercial matter, why not just relax the restrictions on industry, you all
You are scolding the merchants, but this craftsman has never offended you? What do you think?" Liu Yi's father-in-law stood up and started shouting.
"That makes sense!" Everyone nodded. Even the radicals around Zhuge Liang couldn't say anything at the moment.
"No, craftsmen can forge ordnance. This is a more dangerous thing." Man Chong was the one who spoke. Man Chong looked at Zhang Fei coldly. He didn't care about friendship with his old colleagues. Zhang Fei narrowed his eyes.
He looked at Zhuge Jin on the side and said: "With your Gengsufu here, can you control this situation? Or are you all just mediocre people?!!!"
Zhuge Jin was stunned. He never thought that the flames of war would burn him. He hurriedly said: "The government will definitely do its best."
"Hahahaha! That's good, Boning. Look, whether it's business or industry, if they commit a crime, if the law is not enforced well, you should arrest Zhuge Jin. If the trial is unfair, you can deal with yourself and arrest Ma Gong. What's the point?
???”
Man Chong turned his head, looked at Zhuge Jin, and said no more.
The situation calmed down again, and Liu Xi just looked at the temple calmly. Today's Liu Yi has indeed made him have a lot of changes in his view of him. After contacting his father-in-law, he used his identity as the third order.
It can also become a good force. When necessary, it can be used to push things in the direction expected by the emperor.