Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1668

An autumn rain and a cold.

The thick walls of Chang'an City are as simple and majestic as ever, and the distant Zhongnan Mountain is blown by the howling autumn wind, and it will not be long before the dark green leaves will be covered with a layer of severe frost, the veins will break, and the fallen leaves will return to their roots.

When the gate of the city was opened, there was an endless stream of people and merchants, and the cars and horses on the road were rumbling, and everyone was happy.

Another peaceful year with plenty of food and clothing...

The water conservancy projects throughout Guanzhong have brought great benefits to the people. This year, there has been a lot of rain, and the rivers have swelled again and again.But now there is no need to be afraid of continuous rainstorms. The widened and deepened river can carry greater floods. The waterwheels scattered across the banks of the rivers in Guanzhong can lift the river water to the canals, irrigate the higher farmlands, and play a role in flood discharge. effect.

Since Fang Jun served as the minister, until now His Highness King Wu, the Ministry of Industry has made large-scale investment for several consecutive years, making the water conservancy facilities unprecedentedly perfect.
There is a good harvest of grain, but there is no fear of "cheap grain hurting farmers".

Last year, a number of noble relatives conspired to resell the grain from the free warehouse, leaving most of the free warehouses in Guanzhong vacant, and the imperial court had to allocate grain from the Changping warehouse to fill it, which formed a huge gap.These free righteous warehouses and Changping warehouses have to be filled, and the imperial court is now preparing its troops to conquer Goguryeo, so the price of grain has always been kept at a stable price.

What is a prosperous age?

For ordinary people, it is too far away to expand the territory and sweep the wasteland. As long as the food price is not low during the harvest, and the food price is not high during the disaster, no matter what the year is, they can have enough food. Wearing clothes, that is the prosperous age!
And the more and more prosperous business and more and more workshops have pushed this huge farming-based empire to another unbelievable realm...

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Tai Chi Palace.

political affairs hall.

There is a drizzle outside the window, and the autumn is cool.

Sandalwood is burned in the spacious lobby, and wisps of light smoke curl up from the hollowed-out cover of the bronze animal stove in the corner, dispelling the damp and cold.

The atmosphere in the hall is even more enthusiastic...

Xiao Yu stared at Fang Jun who was not far away, and his emotions seemed very intense: "In the fourth year of Zhenguan, Lin Yiguo rebelled, and His Majesty issued an edict not to attack. My Great Tang lives in the world, and the beauty of Chinese clothes is the most important thing in etiquette. Bang, why did you send tens of thousands of troops to travel long distances to attack the vassals? Linyi is only a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, not the territory of the Tang Dynasty! Now Erxing is mobilizing people to interfere in the internal affairs of the Linyi Kingdom and forcing Linyi Kingdom to sign various unequal treaties, which has caused our reputation in the Tang Dynasty Damaged, if things go on like this, who else is willing to attach to Datang?"

Although Yu Zhining, Changsun Wuji and others kept silent, they all nodded in agreement.

Fang Jun's expression was flat, showing no joy or anger.

Another year older, but Fang Junzhi's appearance is not different, his black face looks the most resistant to aging, he looks like 25 when he is seventeen or eighteen, but when he is thirty, he still looks like 25...

It's just that even though he was a deputy county-level cadre in his previous life, he was just a slave of one party. How can he compare with the power he holds now?Living in Yi Qi, Yang Yi body, the temperament is still very different.The dazzling brilliance is not visible, but the charm is introverted, sitting upright like a mountain, calm and peaceful.

Hearing Xiao Yu's accusation, Fang Jun said indifferently: "Although His Majesty did not send troops to attack Linyi, it does not mean that he will not attack Linyi now. Times have changed, how can the imperial decree from more than ten years ago be carried out as usual ? I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Xiao Yu snorted and said: "Precedents come before, why not follow? The imperial decree is the law of the country, as long as it is drafted and implemented, no one should ignore it! What is your intention to abandon His Majesty's imperial decree and ignore it?"

This hat is a bit too big...

Fang Jun retorted and said: "Song Guogong's words are wrong. Today is different from the past, how can we stick to the rules? Back then, Linyi Kingdom was a southern barbarian chieftain, and it had nothing to do with my Tang Dynasty. The so-called connection is only from the Qin and Han Dynasties. Since the vassals of the land and the domestic turmoil, His Majesty can't bear to spend huge sums of money, labor and money, so he refuses to send troops to conquer. This is a wise policy. But now how many merchants are doing business in Linyi in our Tang Dynasty? how can we just sit back and watch Linyi Kingdom be in turmoil?"

Yu Zhining shook his head and said: "It's a trivial matter to waste people's wealth, and the import of rice is also a trivial matter. Fang Shilang blatantly interfered in Linyi's internal strife, and even went on a killing spree to destroy its royal city, but it made my Tang Dynasty's reputation stained with flaws, and made the heavens rise up." The majesty of the country is gone, and this is an irreparable mistake."

Is this taking turns targeting me?
Fang Jun was not afraid at all, and immediately went back: "Is the import of rice a trivial matter? What you said is really light. If there is no rice from Linyi this year, how much grain will the court conscript to transport to the front line of Liaodong, and how many people in Guanzhong will suffer from hunger?" ?As for the killing ring...the navy is only assisting Linyi Guoqin King's teacher to cut off traitors and traitors. His royal city was destroyed once, so what has he to do with the navy? , Beware that I will sue you for slander!"

These words can be said to be blunt, Yu Zhining stared at him with anger, but he couldn't do anything about Fang Jun.

Who doesn't know what Fang Jun did in Lin Yiguo?Turning hands into clouds and hands into rain, tossing people upside down, now except that the territory of Linyi Kingdom was not included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, what is the difference?
The appointment and dismissal of officials in the entire Linyi Kingdom’s imperial court must be approved by Fang Jun, and even local officials are supervised by officials of the Tang Dynasty...

But who can come up with evidence for such things?
Even if you arrest King Linyi now, it is impossible for him to testify against Fang Jun...

There was a lot of noise and disputes in the hall, but His Majesty Li Er, who was above the main seat, closed his eyes slightly, his face was dark and ugly, as if his mind was wandering away.

Seeing Fang Jun's eloquence, Yu Zhining couldn't help knocking on the table: "Then what can you say if you privately sent troops to destroy the Annan rebels? , if Annan changes due to your brutal bloodthirsty, can you afford that responsibility?"

Xiao Yu on the side almost covered his face, is this Yu Zhining stupid in reading, teammate pig...

You just catch Lin Yiguo's civil strife and talk about the matter and it's over. Fang Jun has to bow his head under pressure even if it is reasonable or unreasonable. Even if he doesn't bow his head, His Majesty will hold him down.

But what does this suddenly turn to Annan's rebellion?
This is simply handing over the handle to Fang Jun in person, waiting for him to make trouble...

Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, Fang Jun said: "The remnants of the Wanchun Kingdom have already rebelled. If we don't take advantage of the fact that it is not stable, we can't wait for him to become bigger and stronger. During Annan's time, do you think about sending troops to crusade again? As for the bullshit responsibility you said, I will not take it back! Annan has already rebelled, the general of Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion was killed, the county magistrate was killed, and hundreds of soldiers were killed. In your eyes, these are not "Annan has changed", but after the navy wiped out the rebels, it became "Annan has changed"? Then I want to ask you, are you still an official of Datang? ? Do you think that Annan has changed only when you see Annan being ravaged by the rebels and countless merchants descended from the Han family in Tang Dynasty being massacred?"

Yu Zhining's face turned red with anger, and he opened his mouth, but he was powerless to refute. Who told him to say the wrong thing?
He could only keep saying in anger: "Absurd, ridiculous! Barbaric, barbaric..."

Seeing that Xiao Yu and Yu Zhining had nothing to do with Fang Jun, Chu Suiliang couldn't bear it anymore. He peeked around and saw His Majesty Li Er was there, with a blank expression and ignored... Does this mean that With His Majesty's attitude?

Chu Suiliang rolled his eyes and said, "Don't make excuses, Fang Shilang. Annan is certainly rebellious, but you brazenly sent troops to wipe out the rebellion before the imperial court gave an order to put down the rebellion, but you put the imperial court where you put the law. Where will His Majesty be placed?"

As expected of a person with seven orifices and exquisiteness, as soon as he spoke, he directly pinched the core of the problem-even if you did everything right, but acting recklessly without His Majesty's will is a big political mistake!To put it lightly, it is to have no eyes on the emperor and disregard the law, to put it more seriously, it is to have ulterior motives and evil intentions!

In terms of insidiousness and viciousness, Xiao Yu, Yu Zhining and others are far behind Chu Suiliang, and perhaps only the "Eldest Sun Yinren" can be compared...

Fang Jun's anger rose sharply in his heart, and he was about to speak when Li Ji, who had been silent around him as if he was outside the matter, spoke: "This is within the responsibility of the Ministry of War, and outsiders have no right to comment."

There was a sudden silence in the political hall.

Everyone cast surprised looks at Li Ji, not only surprised that Li Ji, who has always been wise and protective, stood up to defend Fang Jun, but also surprised by the shocking meaning of Li Ji's words...

(End of this chapter)