Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 758;

Chapter 720;

The study room in the west side hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an City.

"My dear friends, I won't talk about big things at the court meeting. I am too lazy to argue with those little people. From now on, I will talk about the military affairs in the north in this study."

After the court meeting, Li Shimin walked into the study room and his chest was still heaving. It seemed that he had received a lot of anger at the court meeting. A group of important officials from the Qin Palace rushed in to persuade him.

"Your Majesty, calm down. There are already many factions, and all forces are taking care of their own ideas. It is inevitable that there will be multiple situations."

"Yes, Your Majesty, they are all people with ulterior motives, and they want to discuss things and opinions that are pertinent. Alas...it's not easy, Your Majesty."

"I think what your majesty said is right. Don't talk about important things in the court meeting in the future. Just follow your majesty's wishes. If you have important things in the future, it's better to come to the study to discuss."

"You can't avoid the court meeting for everything, right? They hold the king's salary, shouldn't they serve the king?"

"Hi! General Yuchi, can't you see the faces of those people?"

"Wang Shizhong, don't underestimate a certain family. A certain family is not a fool. A certain family can tell everything. I can recognize all of their faces. Isn't it just that you can't see your majesty? Do you think I am a fool? Uncle Tell me, baby!"

"Jingde, calm down, too. Your majesty is still full of anger. The more you talk, the more angry your majesty will become. Who is not stupid, let alone your majesty? It's just that the time is not up, so I need to be patient."

"That's right, what General Qin said is to the point, but if you can't bear it, you will make a big mess!"

"No matter how you say it, it's very satisfying for His Majesty to remove two fourth-rank officials from the aristocratic faction today. It's a good thing that they were fooled and showed up. Otherwise, it's really hard to deal with fourth-rank officials without special circumstances. "

"Thanks to the news that His Majesty revealed in advance, we can hold onto those two guys, otherwise we will return in vain today."

A group of civil servants and military generals here are discussing with each other the winners and losers of today's meeting, and there are also people who are concerned about Li Shimin's emotions!

"Your Majesty, why should you be angry with them? It's not worth it at all."

"Yes, Your Majesty, my old Cheng has always taken what those civil servants said as bullshit."

"Oh, I'm talking about Cheng Poppi. You've hit a lot of people with your words. Are you pointing fingers at Sang and scolding Huai? Public revenge?"

"Cheng, we also have a large number of civil servants here, are you taking them all?"

"My old Cheng didn't say anything about you guys! Don't rush to put yourself on the head, sit down, Your Majesty, sit down and rest quickly, what are you doing in a daze, and quickly serve your Majesty some kind of bitter tea to quench your thirst."

"It's the general."

"Hmph! All of you think of us monarchs as fools, just wait, let's cut the meat little by little, Fang Aiqing, how many people on our side have not been brought up?"

Fang Xuanling, who was transferred back to the Ministry of Officials to serve as the Minister, didn't even need to take the book, but just opened his mouth;

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are still seven officials from the Qin Palace who are qualified for the fourth rank. Two positions are vacated today, and there are still five people left.

There are still four who are qualified for the third rank and have no place to be placed, and they are all in the fourth rank. If these four third ranks are arranged well, and they can be freed up for their own people, then there will be one quota left. In fact, if we just pick up a fourth-rank official, it will be enough. The most important thing is the third-rank position. Please pay more attention to it, Your Majesty. "

Li Shimin sighed softly, and his expression was extremely helpless;

"The officials of the third rank are either ministers or servants. All of them are in high positions and important positions, and they are all former founding ministers. There is no hard evidence and facts, so it is not easy to deal with them."

As soon as the emperor said this, Du Ruhui next to him also nodded;

"What your Majesty said is that the power of the Supreme Emperor's faction is already very weak, almost negligible. Pei Pushe's position has been vacated, and the remaining highest is two fourth-ranks, which cannot be done in a short time. If it’s too much, don’t think about it.”

Changsun Wuji frowned and looked at Du Ruhui;
"Then you can only work hard at both ends of the family faction and the gentry faction."

After Du Ruhui rolled his eyes around, he made a final summary;

"The aristocratic family has just obtained two fourth-ranks, and it would be a bit impatient to keep chasing after them. If you ask me, it's better to focus on the Shandong gentry and directly dismount him as a third-rank."

As soon as Du Ruhui said this, the whole study room fell silent, Li Shimin kept checking the faces of several talented people, Fang Xuanling had no choice but to speak out;

"If that's the case, it's really hard to do. Compared with other factions, the literati clan doesn't have any excessive ideas. Even if they find mistakes, it doesn't hurt or itch. They want to pull a high-ranking third-rank official off the horse... It’s really something to think about.”

Li Shimin also knew in his heart that these were all facts, but Li Shimin urgently needed to quickly arrange his own people who were born in the Qin Palace to their proper positions, so he looked anxiously at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji is also suffering from severe headaches. It is too difficult to find someone who can take care of this group of literati. To be honest...

"Your Majesty, it's really hard to handle. We can only keep an eye on the third-ranks of the literati clan. The minister will send someone to pay attention. Tomorrow, we will start to check the errands they are responsible for five years ago, and have been checking them until now. , You can always find something inappropriate, as long as you have enough excuses, and then... I think there should be hope for pulling someone off the horse."

After hearing Changsun Wuji's method, Li Shimin smiled;

"Okay, let's proceed according to your method. Lu Jishan and Lu Aiqing will fill one of the two fourth-rank positions vacated today. The matter of food and grass is very important. I understand the work in Lu Aiqing's hands, and the calculation is meticulous. It's not bad, it's the most suitable, all you loves, speed up the progress, and ask Lu Aiqing to take up the post tomorrow."

Lu Jishan, who was standing in the crowd, was stunned when he heard this. Last year, he was promoted to the fifth rank, and this summer he was promoted to the fifth rank. In just two or three months, he will be marching to the fourth rank again. ?
In Prince Qin's mansion, there are a few unarranged ones who can be qualified for the fourth rank, and one who can be competent for food and grass errands, but His Majesty directly pulled him up, probably because he and his confidant Li County, who often yells, are thick The reason...

"Abiding by the order, don't worry, Your Majesty, our official department will pass all the written documents today."

"I, the Ministry of Education, will try my best to cooperate."

"There is no important matter in the middle of Menxia Province, just to announce it. Don't worry, His Majesty will never screw it up."

"That's good. For the remaining four ranks, all Aiqings will think about which one is more suitable to be called up tonight. Don't think about it if you don't get it. It's just a matter of time."

When Li Shimin's words fell to the ground, several civil servants stood up and agreed.

"The ministers will not think about it, no matter where they are, they are loyal to the king and the court."

"Very good, by the way, my loves, how is the food and grass going? This is the most important thing. Since ancient times, soldiers and horses have not moved food and grass first,"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, my household department has almost prepared. All the taxes have been collected and put into the treasury. There must be [-]% of the wheat, and more than [-]% of the millet."

The drowsy Changan Sansha immediately cheered up after hearing about the military rations, this time Cheng Yaojin was the first to speak;
"Your Majesty, part of the wheat has to be replaced, or else we won't be able to keep up with what the sons eat."

"That's right, Your Majesty, the high-yield millet produced by Li Dalang has now fattened the appetites of the sons and daughters, and they want to eat rice all the time... My old cow is almost out of control, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin glared at the three of them angrily;
"I think it's your General Niu who wants to eat white rice. In the past, it was mostly wheat flour pancakes, and the war has been fought for ten years. Now that there are more millet, wheat flour is not rare anymore?"

"Your Majesty calm down, it's really the boss who wants to eat white rice, don't you believe me, ask Uncle Bao?"

Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong with a cold face, and the latter nodded after thinking about it;
"Your Majesty, it's true. The sons really want to eat rice, but they didn't make any noise. It's just the subordinate's idea."

"Well, I see, Shubao, if you have anything to say, you can just say it."

"Yes, speaking back to Your Majesty, the redundant ministers don't want to say too much, but if they all bring rice, it will definitely be much more convenient for marching and fighting. For everyone's grain, the leading general does not need to arrange for grain and grass to be escorted."

Li Jing and Li Shiji, who don't like to talk too much, also nodded in agreement, and Li Shimin also frowned!After a long time, Li Shimin seemed to have made up his mind;

"Then take the opinions of the generals, Wuji, you mobilize quickly, replace the wheat noodles in the curry with rice and come back, you must do it quickly, don't delay the day, the schedule for dispatching troops has been set, this time Dare to interrupt."

"According to the order, Your Majesty... The grain in the household department is the foundation of the country. Especially this year, His Majesty ordered all the portals involved in the operation to hand over the grain directly. After the imperial court uniformly transported it, the harvested wheat is not a small number. Even if you don’t sleep all night here, it’s not easy to get it done right away, look, Your Majesty..."

Seeing Changsun Wuji frowning tightly, everyone automatically took a step away from him, what a joke, so much wheat has been exchanged for white rice, no one wants to stick to this errand!
Li Shimin also stood up anxiously, walked back and forth in the spacious study room, and asked casually after turning around twice;
"Has the rent of Li Dalang's million acres of land been paid?"

"It's all handed over to His Majesty, not a lot for a catty, and an extra hundred carts of millet."

Changsun Wuji told the truth, but he didn't want his eldest nephew to be misunderstood by the emperor again.

"Does Shubao know where he has been recently?"

"Your Majesty, I have been staying in Longxi's old nest for two or three days. I received a letter saying that I was rectifying the affairs of the clan, and even made a kind of clothes..."

"Hmph! Other than eating, you play, and you wear clothes all over the place. If you have nothing to do, you lead ten thousand guards and thugs to run around here and there. It's really majestic and not enterprising."

Looking at the group of civil servants and military generals in the emperor's angry study, look at me and I look at you. In all dynasties, how many other people can make their own armor, except for this emperor who was appointed as the general of Tiance House?

Even if there are, they are all the kings of one of the vassal states. Then Li Dalang can run around with more than 1 elite soldiers equipped from head to heel to show off his might, isn't it the right you gave him?
Now that you have something on your mind, you come to curse again, everyone, don't be fooled by him, Li Dalang was not created by the emperor, if he says a few words, others will immediately be in trouble if they say a few words!
Aren't the two fourth-rank officials cleaned up today the members of those sects who often confront Li Dazuo?Not to mention a group of ministers pretending to be deaf and dumb, even Qin Qiong closed his eyes and sat in the back to rest his mind.

Li Shimin sat down angrily after scolding a few words and no one answered;
"The imperial court has something to do, and the grain merchants should also support it. After all, it is a serious matter to protect the family and the country. I think the grain merchants in Chang'an City should be called to help the imperial court. Do you think so?"

Now dozens of civil and military officials all agree;

"Your Majesty Shengming."

"Then let's arrange it like this. Menxia Province will come to draft a notice today to announce to the world that grain merchants everywhere will exchange wheat noodles from the imperial court according to their own ability. All those who have shops in the love of Qing's family will also lend a helping hand. Get off to a good start."

"According to the order."

Li Shimin was very satisfied with the neat answers, but he was angry at the thought of Li Yu running out to have fun;
"Li Dalang's shop is calculated separately. If he harvests his millions of acres of millet in exchange for it, the pressure on the court will be reduced by half."

Changsun Wuji was in charge of the world's money and food, so he had to take more care of it, so he quickly stood up to answer the question;
"Your Majesty, the brewery uses a lot of millet every day. If we replace all the millet there, our liquor harvest will be reduced a lot. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

Don't say Changsun Wuji is worried, everyone here has a part in it, who doesn't worry?
"That's right, Your Majesty, don't dare to do this. The imperial court needs military affairs. Not only does it need a lot of food, but it is also a big deal in terms of money."

"That's right. Once the war starts, the consumption of money will be astonishing. The benefits of the Silk Road will come to an end for the time being. If there is less baijiu... it will not be enough. Think twice, Your Majesty!"

"That's right, Your Majesty, you can't let go of all the baijiu affairs, at least you have to leave some rice for Li Dalang to make wine."

"Wine, wine, wine, just eat wine and ignore the big things in the frontier? Is it more important to eat wine or military affairs? If he returns half of the harvest of millions of acres, there is nothing to say, right? He also hid the summer harvest. There are several places, don't think I don't know, he asked the public loser to build four new granaries for him, and then pulled thousands of carts back to Longxi. His family's millet is too much to eat and use up, so he will replace it Half! Stop talking!"

When the ministers heard that half of the autumn harvest was exchanged, they had no complaints and agreed neatly;

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

(End of this chapter)