Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 469 Traitor Cao Cao
The next day, in order to deal with these trivial matters, the emperor held a court meeting.

And this 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 when facing Dong Zhuo. Going to Liu Mastiff was also an apology to the prince. They dared not disobey His Majesty's order, not to mention the butcher Zhang He often visited the door, which made the house uneasy.

His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, is surnamed Liu, who is Dong Zhuo?
Everyone was soft on the emperor and the eldest son of the emperor, but their disgust towards 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, and many ministers stood beside him. I don't know what they were talking about secretly, but seeing their serious expressions, the other ministers didn't come close 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, the people around him also Quite a few of them came from rich families and those who were pro-emperor. In comparison, Jia Xu was the poorer one. There was only one Dong Zhuo by his side.

Standing beside Jia Xu, Dong Zhuo had no fear at all against the hostility of many ministers. Instead, he happily talked with Jia Xu about the situation in Hedong and even Liangzhou. But he didn't expect that in such a short period of time, those places had made such great progress. He talked with Jia Xu carelessly, without knowing how helpless Jia Xu was beside him.

God is so pitiful, it’s okay to be forced to become a Sangong, and it’s okay to be forced to be busy all day by the emperor, but why do you have to suffer with Dong Zhuo now? Look at the eyes of the ministers around you, they must be Thought this fat man was taken down by me and brought back to Luoyang, huh?No, this fat man didn't come to talk to me by accident, the emperor asked him to come
No wonder some deja vu.
When everyone came together, the palace gate opened wide, and Lu Zhi led his ministers in.

After entering the hall, they sat down one by one.

Dong Zhuo moved towards Jia Xu all the time, Jia Xu looked around for a moment, finally let out a long sigh, and sat in his seat with a blank expression on his face.

For some reason, the entire temple fell into a strange silence, and even the guards and Huangmen stationed around felt uncomfortable. This feeling made people quite uneasy.

When the emperor walked in, this situation was just broken. Lu Zhi led the officials to stand up to meet the emperor. The emperor returned the salute, and they sat down again. The emperor seemed to be in a good mood. After looking at the ministers, especially Dong Zhuo, he asked calmly, "The ministers, do you have a performance?"

As soon as the Son of Heaven finished speaking, Cai Yong stood up suddenly, bowed his hands and bowed.

The Son of Heaven 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, looking at the appearance of the courtiers, he was a little speechless.

And Jia Xu on the side seemed to want to get up too, but in the process, he still went up a lot. Sure enough, the emperor was still looking in this direction from time to time, looking at the fierce look in the eyes of the emperor. Light, Jia Xu's half-raised buttocks were put back in the distance, and he continued to sit on his knees, closing his eyes and meditating.
The ministers are excited, how many years have passed, it is rare, the ministers of the DPRK and China have a common word, at this moment, everyone is friends, the conflicts and grievances of many years seem to no longer exist, and the root of all this is It was caused by a certain fat man who was rampant.

"Jiagong..Jiagong"

Dong Zhuo suppressed his voice and pulled Rajaxu's sleeve.

Jia Xu opened his eyes helplessly and looked at him.

"Jia Gong, what should I do?"

"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 in this way, he would definitely be regarded as Dong Zhuo's backer by the officials, and they would start to target him. However, Jia Xu is also used to it, as early as before the emperor When he was enthroned, it was like this, he became the villain who saved Wang Fu, all the ministers condemned him, but he had no choice but to stay away from Luo Yang, he came back with great difficulty, and he has not lived a stable life for a few days.
In this regard, Jia Xu can only sigh.
Sure enough, as soon as they finished chatting, the emperor looked at this side and said: "Master Jia, in the future, I still have to take care of Dong Jun more. This time, I will obey my master's wishes and let him go this time!"

Jia Xu got up and bowed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The officials glared at Jia Xu and Dong Zhuo, and sat down helplessly. Zhang Fei also snorted coldly. Due to Jia Xu's status as a captain, he didn't say much. Just as they sat down, Situ Luzhi stood up again. He got up, looked at the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty."

"Situ Gong"

"Since Your Majesty came to the throne, the country has been peaceful and the people have been happy. This is a prosperous age." Lu Zhi said, and the officials listened carefully. Lu Zhi got up so eagerly, could it be that he just wanted to flatter the emperor? ?Everyone was thinking about it, and sure enough, Lu Zhi said the last thing, then suddenly said: "However, I heard that Hong Du's school cost 65 yuan within three months."

"Nearly 3000 civilian husbands were mobilized."

"Such a waste of time, I have never heard of it in my life"

"I implore Your Majesty, withdraw Hong Du's school!"

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, the entire temple fell silent. Everyone knew how much the emperor cared about the Hongdu school. In the past few years, the emperor spent more time in the Hongdu school than in the Cile Hall. It will take a long time, and Situ Gong's words like this may arouse the anger of the emperor. Everyone hastily lowered their heads, for fear that the emperor's anger will implicate them.

The emperor was only silent for a moment, and then said: "Mr. Situ doesn't know. Hong Dumen learns. The matter is very important. Does Mr. Situ know about silk weaving machines?"

"I know, I don't know what this thing has to do with this matter?"

"Hongdumen learned how to improve the satin weaving machine. The cost is only [-] yuan, and one person can hold it. Therefore, I ordered them to make more of it, and wanted to promote it to the people."

The Son of Heaven explained seriously that he was not angry at all, nor did he blame Lu Zhi, who would have spent so much money and not informed of his whereabouts, he would definitely have played like this, Lu Zhineng said that, it just explained Sure enough, after hearing the emperor's explanation, Lu Zhi's face softened a lot, and he asked a few more questions, then nodded and said, "That's it, it's okay!"

"Hahaha, I'm not playing around with things, everything I do is for my family and the country!" The emperor said with some pride. Normally, all the officials always use Hongdu's school to criticize themselves. Now, it has achieved results. , Are you speechless?

All the officials got up one after another, and worshiped the emperor for his wisdom.

Lu Zhi also proposed the idea of ​​building a frontier fortress, but the officials dared not speak now. The emperor is now in a good mood, thought for a while, and said: "You can make a general plan first, and I will take a look at it first. According to the public!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Zhi sat down excitedly.

"His Majesty!"

It was Xing Ziang who got up this time. Seeing Xing Ziang coming out, everyone was a little surprised. This Shang Shuling has been unknown for many years and never said much. Xing Ziang said: "Since Jianning, the roads have been in disrepair and water transportation has been blocked , without making any progress." After he expressed his thoughts, the emperor asked him to come up with a rough idea, just like Lu Zhi.

As the ministers played one by one, the time passed rapidly.

"His Majesty!"

Yuan Shu stood up and said, "Your Majesty's promotion of silk weaving machines will definitely benefit farmers and mulberry. However, the treasury is empty, and the people who take it for civilian use, I think, can increase the business tax of silk and brocade. In addition, for those who have more silk weaving machines at home, we will get more money." Taxation starts with two tables. This is the rough statement of the minister." Yuan Shu handed over the table he had prepared long ago to the emperor, who looked at it seriously with his head down.

Although, the emperor had already read this expression several times.

"Enke."

The emperor agreed, but the faces of the ministers were all different. Yuan Shu's performance, the former is nothing more than the former, but the latter is indeed somewhat disadvantageous to them, but the emperor has promised so many things just now, and I can't refute this matter , Forget it, the loss is not big... They were thinking, Cao Cao suddenly stood up, looked at the emperor, and bowed his hands.

The emperor frowned, this fellow, do you still want to object?

"Your Majesty, what Sikong said, the envoy has thought of something else!"

"What's the matter?"

"When I was an official with Sanhan, I learned that the temple had established a tax on animal husbandry. Horses, dolphins, cattle, sheep, dogs, chickens, ducks, etc., each collected different taxes, such as horse herders. However, I feel that this matter is quite unfair. There are rich households in Sanhan who herd thousands of horses and two Dendrobium grains.

Cao Cao said, if the emperor had realized something, he asked: "You mean to increase the tax on Yuan Shu's weaving silk, as for the animal husbandry?"

"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the tax on arable land has been based on the size of the arable land. Isn't it the same for other taxes?"

"Good! Great good!!!"

Yuan Shu shouted excitedly. Right after Cao Cao finished speaking, countless roads appeared in front of him, each of which could enrich the treasury of the great man. How displeased Yuan Shu was, the emperor nodded and said: " How about handing over this matter to Mengde and Gaolu?"

"Your Majesty. This."

Immediately, a minister got up and wanted to object, but he couldn't think of a reason to object, and looked around eagerly.

Weaving silk alone is fine, but if such a method of measurement is adopted everywhere, wouldn't something happen?The powerful and powerful families have to pay several times or even dozens of times more taxes for no reason, how can this be tolerated!
Cao Mengde, Cao Mengde!

You treacherous ministers too! ! ! ! !

(End of this chapter)