Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 549
The 17nd year of Xiping, February
The emperor convened a court meeting, mainly to discuss Yuan Shao's strategy, that is, a series of business plans he had put forward before. As for Yuan Shao's memorial, many people in the court knew it, and he also found a lot of friends , to make them accept his strategy, but Yuan Shao still seemed to have a little high regard for his appeal among the ministers, and he did not get the support of many people.

When the officials gathered in front of the palace, Yuan Shao stood alone with a cold face, which was different from usual. You must know that since Yuan Shao entered the temple, he has been receiving praise from the officials in the temple, and the number of people he has attracted exceeds that of Situ Gong Luzhi was majestic in the temple, but now, he is alone, and Yuan Shao must have never thought of this. Of course, it is not that no one supports his actions.

An old minister of Jianning, Xing Ziang supported Yuan Shao. Unlike other ministers, Xing Ziang paid more attention to the practicality of policies rather than other false ones. Xing Ziang has always been low-key. It can be said that it was unprecedented for him to occupy such an important position, but Xing Ziang happened to be like this. For one thing, his moral character has always been a topic that people talk about.

In addition, his talent is indeed extraordinary. Over the years, all the emperor's decrees have been implemented through Shangshutai, and Xing Ziang, who is the minister, has never disappointed the emperor from the beginning to the end. Questioning, or asking the emperor for help, any policy was delegated to him, and he would implement it immediately without saying a word. Under his leadership, the entire Shangshutai had this kind of demeanor.

Over the years, the ministers have hardly set their sights on the Shangshutai, and the Shangshutai has always been underestimated. It seems that the Shangshutai has no decent performances, and even has no voice, but Xing Ziang has such a temper , as he got older, he became more and more silent, and he only did practical things. Whether it was the construction of roads, government affairs, or water conservancy, he couldn't get around the Shangshutai.

The original Shangshutai only had the function of reviewing government orders and issuing government orders, but in Wang Fu's time, he made a bad start by taking the power of implementing administrative orders into Shangshutai's hands, proposing policies by himself, and then letting himself go Shi Xing, this was what Wang Fu thought back then. Of course, in his time, such behavior did save him a lot of trouble, and also allowed him to fully display his ambitions.

But now, this has become a disadvantage, because Wang Fu is no longer there, but Shangshutai's power to deal with affairs is still retained. The officials in Shangshutai can be said to be the busiest officials in the entire temple. , they were going to notify the county magistrates and prefects in various places to carry out the construction, and they had to contact Jijiu themselves and send them to various places. In the end, things went well.

The Son of Heaven also approached Xing Ziang and asked him if he wanted Situ to take part of the responsibilities of the Shangshutai so that he would not be so tired, but Xing Ziang refused. He didn't think that what the prince could do, he couldn't do. In the past 20 years, he has worked hard to do this job well. The emperor saw that he was so lucky, and sent Guo Jia, who was the best in four subjects, and Xun Yu, who was not as good as Nongsang, under his command.

These three people have always worked hard to do all the government orders issued by the emperor. Although they are not as outstanding as Wang Fu's era, they have not made any mistakes. All government orders are completed seriously. After hearing Yuan Shao's memorial , Xing Ziang felt that this is feasible, and this is a good policy, which can allow the big man to accumulate a lot of wealth again. He has followed He Xiu, Wang Fu, Wen Renxi and other great talents, and he still has a vision.

Everyone gathered together, waiting for the arrival of Lord Situ Lu. It was February, and it was still a little cold. Although everyone wore thick clothes, it was still a little cold. Lu Zhi didn't come for a long time, so everyone could only pace in front of the palace, rubbing against each other. Waiting with both hands, Lu Zhi came in a carriage, the servant stopped the carriage, helped Lu Zhi in the carriage to stand up, and walked down, Lu Zhi's face was also a little anxious.

Looking at the people in front of him, he said helplessly: "Please, gentlemen, this winter, my knees are in unbearable pain, I can't stand up, I hope everyone forgive me!!", everyone heard , hurriedly said that he didn’t dare, and flattered him a few more words, but Lu Zhi still had a look of guilt, and came to the gate of the palace, tremblingly straightened his clothes, picked up the crutches beside him, and led all the officials to court. Go to the hall.

Lu Zhi walked very slowly, he was already very old, over seventy years old, he was considered the oldest person in the court, not to mention, when he was young, he led troops to fight all the year round, he was a lieutenant of the Northern Army, and later in Xinzhou, Working in such a bitterly cold place in Hezhou, he left behind a whole body of diseases. In this year's cold winter, all the diseases seemed to break out. His ears gradually became hard to hear, and his eyes gradually blurred. The most terrible thing was that His legs were beginning to fail.

As Situ, he had to walk before all the officials, and he walked very slowly, leaning on crutches, walking step by step with difficulty. He knew that all the officials must be watching him from behind now, so he didn't dare to turn his head. Look, he could only grit his teeth and speed up his pace. The more anxious he was, the slower he walked. Tears came out of his eyes at some point, and he felt extremely wronged. He walked forward step by step.

Behind him, all the officials looked at him silently. This old man, who has been a soldier all his life, although he is a great Confucian, he still behaves like a general in his daily life. He is extremely tough and capable, but now, looking at him Looking at the gray hair of the stumbling old man in front of them, they realized in their hearts that this respected Mr. Situ had also aged and staggered, which was particularly heartbreaking.

While everyone was staring at him, a person quickly walked over. His rash action alerted the surrounding guards, and quickly grabbed the sword hilt at his waist. That person was Liu Xuande, and he walked up to the teacher's room. Beside him, he stretched out his hand to hold Lu Zhi's right hand, looked at Lu Zhi, and said with a smile: "Master, I'll take you in!" Seeing the gentle smile on his face, Lu Zhi smiled and said :"good!"

The emperor sat in the hall, looking at the empty hall, he was still a little confused, where is he? ?

Today's court meeting, that's right, why is there not a single minister? ?
This is wrong! !
Just when the emperor was about to call Zhang Xi, he saw the two people in front. Liu Bei supported Situ Luzhi, staggered, and walked towards the hall step by step. The surrounding guards looked at the emperor. Liu Bei's behavior was not proper. , except for Sikong and Taiwei, no one can come with Situ, and now that Situ's status is constantly being improved, even the Taiwei and Sikong may not be able to, Liu Bei dares to act like this!
The emperor stood up, stepped down, and walked towards Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi was about to speak. The emperor looked at him, shook his head, took Lu Zhi from Liu Bei, supported him personally, and brought him to the Situ was asked to sit down in Situ's position. Lu Zhi didn't know what it was like. In short, his eyes were still a little moist, but he still smiled happily. The emperor returned to the high position.

All the ministers sat in their seats one after another, but they were still admiring the emperor's actions just now.

Lu Zhi got up, took all the officials, and met the emperor, and then sat down.

"Your minister!" Yuan Shao got up first, faced all the officials, and said, "I see that today's Xizhou is small in scale but has huge profits, which enriches the treasury and benefits the family and the country. In order to support the commercial affairs of Xizhou, in addition, please open three trading places, with Ningzhou, with Xizhou, and with Jiaozhou, three trading places, so that foreign countries can do business with Han merchants."

"Open the ban on merchants, build a post station for merchants to rest, and order to pass through, so that merchants can come and go freely."

The more Yuan Shao said, the more surprised the officials below were, and they started making noises. This was even more exaggerated than they knew. At first, they only thought that Yuan Shao wanted to develop the foreign trade of Xizhou, but they didn't expect that this fellow would actually Wanting to support merchants, the great sages immediately began to criticize Yuan Shao's villainous behavior with righteous indignation. Some people stood up to impeach Yuan Shao and said: "Yuan Benchu ​​corrupted the country and engaged in business, and he should be removed from the position of the three princes!"

Some people also persuaded with good words: "We don't want to do farming and mulberry in Xizhou, so let's do lowly things. I love the Central Plains. How can I do business?"

There were also great sages who doubted Yuan Shao's character, and said, "Could it be that you have accepted bribes from merchants, why do you speak for those merchants in the court?"

Faced with various responsibilities, Yuan Shao just sneered and said, "This year, if it weren't for the Xizhou commercial tax, I'm afraid the national treasury would have been empty. If we don't think of a way, something will happen to the national treasury."

The great sages asked back: "During the Guishuang conquest, the national treasury was able to support it, why can't it support it now? This is clearly your lie!"

Yuan Shao was speechless now, and clenched his fists. Sometimes, he really wanted these thieves to be Sikong for two or three days, so that they could feel it.

Yuan Shao couldn't answer, and the great sages felt that Yuan Shao had been defeated, and they were overjoyed.

Of course, Yuan Shao is not alone. Among the ministers, Xing Ziang stood up and said, "I think Yuan Gong's strategy is feasible. If it is implemented in this way, it will surely accumulate a lot of financial resources for the national treasury and implement more. policy"

"How can we talk about things that smell like money and money in the temple?" The great sages asked in displeasure.

Looking at the chaotic situation in front of him, the emperor frowned, and did not speak in a hurry. Xing Ziang just said a word, but stopped talking, but Guo Jia and Xun Yu beside him couldn't help but want to speak, but they were caught. He shook his head to stop him. Looking at the current situation, Situ Luzhi fell into deep thought. The figure of the previous Situ, Mr. Cui, appeared in his mind. He still remembered that Mr. Cui once said that in the temple, the older , the more powerful it is!

Old age is not only a curse, but occasionally, it is also a blessing.

Lu Zhi thought, is he old enough?He looked around, um, they were all young people, it seemed that he was indeed old.

Thinking, he stood up leaning on his crutches, looked at Weiwei Chunyujia who was attacking Yuan Shao, raised the crutches in his hand, and came suddenly, the whole temple fell silent, Chunyu Jia clutched his forehead, stared wide-eyed, and looked at Lu Zhi in front of him, but Lu Zhi was justified and scolded angrily: "You boy, money is a stinky thing? If the treasury has no money, what do you want us to do?" Govern the world?? Ah?"

"What do you want the people to eat? What to drink?"

Chunyujia was beaten dumbfounded. When Lu Zhi asked, he said angrily: "Even if I am wrong, Mr. Situ can't commit murder in the temple. Beating up a colleague is a serious crime!!!"

Just as he opened his mouth, Lu Zhi's eyes widened, and he looked at him, panting violently, clutching his chest, pointing at Chunyu Jia in front of him, trembling all over, as if he was about to lose his breath. Jia was terrified. If this guy died here today, wouldn't he be infamous for this, and would be scolded by posterity pointing at the tombstone? A statue of himself kneeling in the treacherous house suddenly appeared in his mind, A spectacle of disdain.

"Situ, Mr. Situ!!"

It took Lu Zhi a long time to slow down, looked at Chunyu Jia in front of him, and asked angrily: "What else do you want to say?!"

Chunyujia shook his head quickly and said, "No, no."

Only then did Lu Zhi nod, and looked at the crowd. For a moment, the whole temple was surprisingly silent, and most of them looked at Lu Zhi in front of them strangely. When did Mr. Lu become like this? ? ? ?

This bad old man! !
(End of this chapter)