Humane Yongchang

Chapter 465 Reformation
The next day, Jinling and Si Nong Mansions.

Fan Zengduan was sitting at the head of the hall of the official temple, his head as big as a bucket, flipping through the stack of documents just sent by the Special Operations Bureau, his frown became more and more frowning.

At the right time, those who came to visit quickly stepped inside and announced: "My lord, Mr. Zuoxiang is entering the mansion, please meet with your lord!"

Fan Zeng was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Quickly invite Mr. Li... Forget it, I will invite you in person!"

He stood up, and trotted out of the hall in three steps at a time, surpassing the audience in a few steps.

Walking to the front courtyard of the official temple, Fan Zeng saw Li Si from a distance, wearing a black toga with large sleeves and a mountain crown on his head. Looking outside the gate of the temple, you can also see the guard of honor of the left minister.

'This is official business! '

Seeing this, Fan Zeng muttered in his heart: "You have to be careful, you can't ask this old boy to catch a strong man..."

He was muttering in his heart, but with a smile on his face, he raised his hands from afar and said: "The Prime Minister Zuo is here, and the next official has made mistakes and welcomes you, forgive me!"

Li Si returned the salute with a smile: "The old man came here uninvited, so he should ask Da Si Nong to forgive him!"

Fan Zeng: "The Prime Minister on the left is too polite."

Li Si: "The same is true of Da Si Nong."

After exchanging greetings, Fan Zeng invited Li Si to sit in the hall of the official temple, and a group of officials from the Weighing Mansion accompanied him with a large number of official documents, and bowed to leave after placing them properly.

Fan Zeng looked at the pile of files piled up in front of Li Si, and had a vague guess in his heart, but he pretended not to see it, and said first: "The left prime minister came just in time, and the next official has official business and wants to go to the Hengheng mansion to seek advice from the left prime minister!"

Li Si glanced at the stack of official documents on Fan Zeng's desk that hadn't even taken off the logo of the Special Warfare Bureau. Coincidentally, this old man is here because he needs to seek advice from Da Sinong for some official business..."

Fan Zeng raised his vigilance and made a "please" to tidy up: "The left minister is a guest, what can I use the old man for, the left minister can open his mouth, if the old man can do his best, I will definitely not shirk!"

The implication: But if you want to make a big effort, don't blame the old man for refusing!
Li Si stroked his beard, smiled meaningfully and said: "It's okay, it seems that Da Sinong's business is more urgent..."

The two looked at each other and murmured "Old man" at the same time.

They are all foxes on the same mountain, who doesn't know what Liaozhai is playing!

Fan Zeng didn't want to give in so quickly, lest he couldn't refuse Li Si's request later, but the official business in his hands was indeed more urgent.

I had no choice but to sigh helplessly in my heart, and said seriously: "There is no need to keep this matter a secret from Prime Minister Zuo. Our Han Dynasty won a complete victory in the Northern Expedition. Xiang Yu of Youzhou surrendered to our Han Dynasty, and he was awarded the title of Hussar General. Defeated to death, you and the two prefectures are all kings!"

"Today, the king wants to send 40 troops to break through the Hangu Pass and clear the last obstacle for our great man to unify Kyushu..."

Speaking of this, he clicked on the thick stack of official documents on the table: "No, this is the official document on grain and grass transfer sent back from the front line!"

"The 40 rations of the Western Expeditionary Army, the garrison supplies of the Pingxi Army, and now the [-] monster-slaying soldiers under the command of Hussar General have to eat horse chews... The court really can't raise so much food and grass!"

As the saying goes: the three armies are not moved, and the food and grass go first.

When Chen Sheng mobilized troops and horses, although he didn't mention the mobilization of food and grass, the person in charge of the special warfare bureau who sent the order would not be so stupid that Chen Sheng didn't mention it, so they ignored it.

Not only will the special war bureau that sent the order send a food adjustment document to the DPRK, but the generals of each army who received the transfer order will also send a food urging document to the DPRK as soon as they receive the transfer order, even if the food and grass cannot be sent to the army first. To reach the designated location in one step, they must also be able to meet halfway.

It is a matter of tens of thousands, and people with 10,000+ horses eat horses, no jokes are allowed, and there must be no mistakes!

Li Si was stunned and surprised!
He guessed that what Fan Zeng was going to talk about was the issue of food and grass for the Han army who was conquering abroad.

After all, Fan Zeng, the great farmer, is in charge of the storage, operation, and distribution of the Dahan's grain and fodder.

Now is the time of war again, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Han army are fighting outside, and their logistics, food and grass work is naturally the top priority!
But he didn't expect that the vigorous Northern Expedition would come to an end so quickly and silently!

After all, the king has left Beijing for less than a month, right?

And it seems that they haven't heard any news of a great victory from the front line...

Youzhou Xiang Yu surrendered?
Bingzhou Han Xin died?
Kyushu heroes?

But so!

Li Si thought about it, and asked: "Didn't the autumn harvest just end this year? Why is there no food?"

Fan Zeng smiled wryly, and said tactfully, "Master Zuo, has he ever heard of 'plant a grain of millet in spring and harvest ten thousand seeds in autumn'?"

Li Si was startled, and suddenly came to his senses.

This year's autumn harvest, but last year's harvest!

Last year's big man, counting Jingzhou, is only the land of five states, 80 soldiers and horses, and 800 million Li people.

Today, the big Han has included eleven of the twelve states in the world, and the Youzhou Army, which is a sure thing, has exceeded the 200 million mark, and the population has also exceeded 2000 million!
If the big man wants to be a good family, he must use the food surplus of the five states to help the whole world this year!
Years of wars in Kyushu have caused people to be displaced and the arable land to be barren. The food production has already fallen below the life-and-death line, and we have to deal with the warlords and tyrants who are rushing to grab food every three days...

Just thinking about how big this grain hole was made Li Si feel a dull pain in his brain.

But no matter how much he had a headache, Li Si didn't shirk it. He knew very well that if Fan Zeng could solve this matter, it would only be a matter of Si Nong's mansion, but if Fan Zeng could not solve it, it would be a matter of Yan Qing Palace!

He, the left-hand minister in charge of government affairs in the court, could escape from the monk, but could not escape from the temple, and he had to face this matter in the end!
After pondering for a long time, he asked, "Counting the military rations on the front line, how much food and fodder will be needed at least, so that the people of the world can survive the last period of war and chaos this year. Please give me a rough figure from Da Si Nong!"

Fan Zeng replied without hesitation: "Based on a rough calculation based on the 'special-period ration rationing system' formulated by the King, at least 200 million stones of grain and fodder are needed, so that the people of Kyushu can survive the final period of war!"

Li Si raised his eyelids abruptly, and looked at Fan Zeng with an incredulous expression: "Naigong kindly offered advice to you, but you opened your mouth like a lion?" '

Fan Zeng gave a long sigh with a wry smile, and said, "It's not that the old man is shameless and the lion opened his mouth, but the number is where it is, and it can't deceive anyone!"

Li Si was speechless for a long time, and suddenly said angrily: "It's useless to think about this matter, it's better to simplify it, you first allocate the general rations to the front line, this matter cannot be delayed!"

"As for the shortage of food and fodder, we will proceed in three steps!"

"The first step is to quickly order the state and county governments to implement the 'special period ration rationing system' as soon as possible, and reasonably plan the storage of food!"

"The second step is to order the governments of all states and counties to mobilize the people in the area to plant wheat before winter to break down the pressure on grain and fodder!"

"The third step is to give it to the real minister. The real minister will try his best to raise a batch of food and fodder and hand it over to you. I can't guarantee how much, and I can't guarantee the time!"

He came to the door with ulterior motives, but he folded three handfuls of rice before he even smelled the smell of chicken. How could he not get frustrated?
Fan Zeng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked in a low voice knowingly and knowledgeably: "Can those aristocratic and powerful families still squeeze out oil?"

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, he had joined hands with Li Si to set up a Hongmen Banquet, sweeping up those aristocratic families.

If you start again, it's not picking up the leeks, but cutting the leeks... the kind with a sickle attached to the roots of the leeks.

A hint of sternness flashed in Li Si's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "If you can squeeze it out, you will squeeze it out, if you can't squeeze it out, you will squeeze it out, this mess itself was caused by them, and now they should do their best to clean it up. Regardless of burial, then don’t blame the truth for cooking them in the pot... In the words of the king, this is also called 'take from the people, use for the people'."

Fan Zengjie exclaimed, "Your Majesty is holy!"

Li Si ignored him, pointed to the mountain of files in front of him, and said rudely: "Let's gossip, these are the lists of the chief officials and officials of the three provinces and six ministries drawn up by the king. , Your Majesty has been entangled in front-line wars again, so we can only ask Da Si Nong to review the list with the truth, and if there is something wrong, adjust it as soon as possible!"

The rice is already broken, and he is determined to eat the chicken today.

To be scolded together, to be scolded together, to bear responsibility together.

No one can run away, Li Si said!
Fan Zeng glanced at the stack of files in front of Li Si, and also sighed "Sure enough" in his heart.

Just now when he came out to greet him, he saw Li Si coming to his Si Nong's mansion in official uniform and ceremonial guard, so he guessed that there was a high probability that this was the case.

After all, if there is no justifiable business for this kind of practice of going to other people's land to put on official authority, then it will be a slap in the face!

But even though he had guessed it long ago, when the situation came to an end, he still felt that he could save it again: "Left Prime Minister, this is a big matter, why don't you invite Right Prime Minister to come and discuss it together!"

I have no objection to being scolded and held accountable together, but you brothers and sisters can't just catch me, Lao Fan, for cheating!

It’s okay not to mention this, but when Li Si mentioned this, he became more and more annoyed: “You think that the truth has never been to Guanlan Pavilion? It’s really because the right prime minister rejected the truth because his judicial system is not suitable for meddling in the government affairs of the DPRK and China. Come to visit Da Sinong, why? Don’t Da Sinong also want to reject the door?”

Could it be that my old Li can't do anything to him, Han Fei, or you, Fan Zeng?

Naturally, Fan Zeng couldn't keep Li Si out of the door, and he even pointed Li Si to come and fill the big hole in the food with him!

But he thought about it again, he had something to ask of this guy, so why didn't this guy have something to ask of himself?

Fan Zeng trembled immediately: "Ben Si Nong is not willing to listen to the right minister's words. His Guanlan Pavilion is not suitable for meddling with the government affairs of the DPRK and China. Could it be that the Si Nong Mansion of the Si Nong can meddle with the government affairs of the DPRK and China? Is it true?" Doesn't it mean that Sinong not only has to take care of the big guy's food and clothing, but also has to teach the big guy how to be an official?"

This is your old Li's fault, you can't handle it and you can't throw it at us!

Seeing this, Li Si nodded kindly and said: "What Da Si Nong said is right, it seems that the truth is that I have to ask the king for a royal decree, and ask Da Si Nong to be the 'coordinating chief of the three provinces and six ministries'. Participating in this matter is justifiable!"

Throw it away?See clearly, this is called dumping the pot!

Fan Zeng secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and replied from the heart: "The left minister is worrying too much, the old man has no such intention...Speaking of it, why didn't the left minister wait for the king to return to the capital and ask the king to make a decision himself?"

Sorry to interrupt!
Li Sishutan's tactics stroke his beard: "Your Majesty has spared no expense to come to the battlefield to take over the great cause of the unification of Kyushu. As subordinates, we should do our best to share the worries of Your Majesty. If it is a trivial matter, you will not be able to disturb His Majesty thousands of miles away." , then why does your majesty still have high officials and rich salary to support me and other subordinates?"

This kind of simultaneous reform of the system and the integration of hundreds of officials has been a major national policy event that has shaken the country and the country since ancient times!

A decent courtier would never touch anything if he could. If he could push it to the king himself, he must push it to the king himself. He was afraid of touching too many people's interests and would be liquidated in the future, and he was also afraid of causing the king's jealousy to die...

However, for Li Si, it was just a "small matter", and he took care of everything with a wave of his hand!
What's even more strange is that after hearing this, Fan Zeng not only thought Li Si's words were very reasonable, but even admired his responsibility very much!
This is of course not because of reforms, there are too few examples to follow.

Smart people like Li Si and Fan Zeng have a heart in their hair, can they not see the possible sequelae of this matter?
What's more, King Ping of Zhou changed the system and changed the law, which caused the world to be in a state of turmoil and the princes all turned against the past. It is not far from now...

They dare to be so sure, not because they have confidence in themselves.

Instead, he has almost blind confidence in Chen Sheng!
They believe that their king can suppress all the sequelae of the system reform!

I also believe in my king, I really believe in their wisdom, and I know that the two of them will never be so stupid as to disagree!
As the top of the Great Han Dynasty, the two important ministers who followed Chen Sheng the first and were also the most important ministers of Chen Sheng.

They know Chen Sheng too well, and they also know the big man, the behemoth that Chen Sheng personally built...

rebel?

Only those reckless men who know nothing about big men dare to have the stupid idea of ​​"rebellion" under the king's banner!

How old are they?
How old is the king?

Also, who can tell which people in the court are loyal to the king?
In other words, who can tell who among the confidantes he considers to be loyal to the king?

Li Si was especially touched by this!
Riding on the east wind of Jixia Academy, he has now won the title of "Peaches and Plums Are All over the World" among the ruling and opposition parties of the Han Dynasty.

Those officials who have been in the court for a short time, privately regard him as an evergreen tree in the court, and feel that his position is as stable as Mount Tai and cannot be shaken...

But in fact, only Li Si knew that [-]% of his so-called "protégé pupils" were fanatical followers of the king, and everyone regarded themselves as the disciples of the king!
rebel?

Believe it or not, you only spit out these two words at the confidantes you think, and the head of the confidantes on the back foot is scrambling to cut off, beat the gongs and drums, and happily sent it to the king to receive the reward?

(End of this chapter)