A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 457

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Human greed knows no bounds.

The aristocratic families and nobles are all big landowners with land and fields, but when they see the land, they still smell the fish like a cat.

Dou Lu Huairang is very efficient in handling affairs.

He drew up a list and gave it to Wu Huaiyu, allocating land subscription qualifications according to family status, official rank, rank, and job.

This list is drawn up very well. The six surnames in Guanzhong and the seven surnames in Shandong are properly ranked in the front, followed by the eight prime ministers of the current dynasty, then the former prime ministers, and then the official titles of the princes of the states, the third rank of the official posts, and the various surnames. county magistrate, county magistrate...

As Wu Huaiyu is the current prime minister, the de facto Duke of the state, and the person in charge of this matter, Dou Lu Huairang will naturally give him special treatment, with a quota of five hectares.

This is already on par with those gate valves.

There is not much land in just five hectares, but this is Chang'an's land, especially the land that was taken out this time was originally under the name of the third-order sect, and many lands are in pieces.

Wu Huaiyu's [-] mu of land belongs to the bank of the Baiqu in Weibei, and it is the most fertile irrigated land. The five hectares of land are connected and can be irrigated by the canal.

And the price, also follow the market.

But everyone knows that this kind of contiguous good land is elusive, and there is a price but no market.

"It's good that I'm on the same level as the princes of the Zhengshitang. I have low qualifications and reputation, so how can I overwhelm the princes?" Huaiyu pointed to the top clans on the list, "I think they should be after the prime minister,"

"The folks are more respectful of family status, and the names are more prestigious." Dou Lu Huai gave way.

"I will submit it back to His Majesty, let the saint decide."

Wu Huaiyu didn't want to argue about this either.

In the eyes of most people nowadays, these famous families are still admired, so the current prime ministers are also vying to marry them, even if they want to accompany them.

Military upstarts like Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Liang would rather kneel and lick the widows of the five surnames. Zhang Liang even wanted broken shoes.

After the early court, Wu Huaiyu once again asked to enter the inner court.

Wei Zheng couldn't stand it anymore.

"As the prime minister, Yi Guogong is in charge of finances, why should he play the right role alone?"

Wei Zheng didn't let Wu Huaiyu face the saint alone, not out of jealousy, but because the prime minister is an important minister who can often face the saint, and the prime minister has a high authority, so if he faces the saint alone, what about bringing private goods?

In the past, the emperor didn't pay much attention to this point, and summoned ministers at random, even his confidant ministers such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, often directly summoned to the palace, and some stayed overnight with the emperor directly in the palace.

Even Wei Zheng had been so favored before.

But after that, Wei Zheng often wrote letters to the emperor, thinking that this was not in line with the system.

The emperor and his ministers must discuss matters in public, and historians must record their words and deeds. Even if they are prime ministers and important ministers, they should not speak alone in private.

"Your Majesty, if you listen at the same time, you will be clear, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. I have always been a minister, a minister, and a minister. Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang have to go to the palace with them many times, and they are not allowed to stay alone. Below the minister, they are still not allowed to go to the palace alone.

The prime minister of the political affairs hall should not face the holy performance alone. "

Wei Zheng even took Feng Deyi as an example. As a right servant, Feng Deyi reached an agreement with Zuo Pushe and Xiao Yu when discussing matters in the Shangshu Province, and even reached a consensus at the Zhengshitang meeting Sometimes, he did not object, or even agreed, but he often asked for a private performance, and then expressed different opinions to the emperor in private.

Feng Deyi often played this kind of trick in front of one another, which made the other prime ministers very passive, and even affected the efficiency of the political affairs hall.

Wei Zheng felt that it was right to face the saint alone, especially for an important minister like the prime minister. If someone had ulterior motives and took the opportunity to flatter the monarch and frame his colleagues, it would be impossible to guard against.

Wei Zheng even brought up Feng Deyi again, exposing many treacherous things about him in the past, especially in front of the emperor for the first time, exposing Feng Deyi's secret attachment to Jiancheng, and said that after the Yang Wengan incident, the Supreme Emperor had promised to quell the chaos After that, King Qin was changed to be the crown prince, but after Yang Wengan was pacified, the emperor stopped mentioning the matter because of Feng Deyi's strong remonstrance.

Li Shimin was in a daze.

For a long time, he believed that Feng Lun and Feng Deyi were the prime ministers who had always supported him. This former Sima of the Tiance Mansion was as loyal to him as the other prime minister Yuwen Shiji who later took over the post.

But now Wei Zheng said that Feng Deyi was a double-faced man, secretly attached to the prince, and even in the seventh year of Wude, when he was most likely to become the prince, it was Feng Deyi who broke things in the end.

"Do you have evidence?"

After Feng Deyi died of illness, Li Shimin quit the court for three days and gave Sikong a posthumous posthumous posthumous posthumous title.

"Your Majesty, I have only recently been reported and discovered this matter."

Wei Zheng also dared to say this in front of the emperor after a thorough investigation. Li Shimin immediately convened a court meeting, and not only asked Wei Zheng to call the relevant personnel, but also summoned the imperial historian Xiao Yu from Yushitai, and two curators. Yushi Gao Jifu, Ma Zhou, etc.

Without evidence, Wei Zheng certainly didn't dare to frame the late Prime Minister at will.

The facts are clear and the evidence is sufficient.

Feng Deyi is such a double-faced and treacherous person.

Li Shimin felt the anger of being deeply deceived and betrayed. He had always regarded Feng Deyi as his own, so after he ascended the throne, all the prime ministers with martial arts virtues gradually dismissed, but Feng Deyi worshiped the right servant and shot at him. .

The emperor wished he could dig Feng Deyi's grave and push his tombstone.

"I didn't expect Feng Deyi to be so treacherous. The ministers discussed how to deal with it."

Li Daozong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, directly said that such a treacherous villain should be deprived of all his official titles and titles during his lifetime, cut off the enfeoffment, and even take back the order of Enyin to his wife and children to dig him out and set him to ashes.

"Confiscate his family to become an official, his wife and daughter have no ties to the court, and his children are exiled to the frontier!"

But Li Daozong is too ruthless, and there are not many supporters.

Even Wei Zheng thought that although Feng Deyi was treacherous, he still had credit for the country.

Yongzhou Biejia Yang Shidao even said bluntly, "Feng Lun was deeply favored during his lifetime, but his sins were exposed after death, and the merits and demerits can be offset and will not be held accountable."

The reason why he actively speaks for Feng Deyi is because Feng Deyi is the son-in-law of Hongnong Yang's family. Feng Deyi was appreciated by Yang Su when he was young and married his niece to him as his wife. Although Yuegongfang and Guanwangfang are not the same branch, but they all belong to the Hongnong Yang family.

Many people spoke for Feng Deyi.

This Bohai Feng family was born, his mother was Fan Yang Lu's daughter, his wife was Hongnong Yang, and when he was prime minister, the royal family also married Princess Huainan to his eldest son Feng Yandao.

Princess Huainan is the No. 12 daughter of the Supreme Emperor. She is six years old now. Although she is not yet married, she is engaged after all.

Feng Yandao is the emperor's brother-in-law, so it is definitely inappropriate to directly ransack his family and exile him.

Li Shimin asked his in-laws, Minister of Rites, Tang Jian, Duke of Ju.

"Your Majesty, I also agree with Guan Degong's words. Feng Lun was deeply favored during his lifetime, but his crimes were exposed after his death. Although he was treacherous, his official position was improperly taken away. Please take back the gift and change his posthumous title. as a punishment."

Feng Deyi's crime, if you really want to explain it in detail, it is of course very serious, because his two-faced sword made the emperor miss the opportunity to be directly canonized as the prince. abdicate.

In the era of imperial power, this is arguably the worst crime, especially for Li Shimin.

But seeing the attitude of the ministers, Li Shimin finally restrained his anger.

"Duke Yi, do you think it's appropriate to deal with this?"

Wu Huaiyu thought for a while, "Please take away the enfeoffed food town again, and take back the old rewards such as fields, houses, money and silk."

Feng Deyi is also one of the 48 meritorious officials granted by Li Shimin, with [-] households sealed. At the beginning, he was in the same class as Xiao Yu, Tang Jian, An Xinggui, An Xiuren brothers, and Dou Gui Qututong warrior Liu Shilong. .

The emperor took a deep breath and suppressed his boundless anger.

"The Zhongshu drafted an order to deprive Feng Deyi of the position of Sikong that was bestowed upon him, deprive the [-] households of the sealed seals, and change his posthumous name to Miao!"

"Cancel the marriage between Princess Huainan and Feng Yandao."

"Take back the fields and houses that were previously rewarded!"

"Deprive Feng Yandao of the Duke of Miguo, remove the prince's position as Qianniu, deprive him of the Lord, and change him to Jiaozhou Jiuzhen County Captain."

Although the emperor's anger was restrained to some extent, the restraint was not too much. Feng Deyi's right servant Shemi Guogong did not move, but the posthumous gift of Sikong was deprived, the feudal city was deprived, and the posthumous title was changed.

The marriage of his son, Princess Shangchang, was cancelled, the inherited dukedom of the Secret Kingdom was deprived, and even the Chang'an Mansion and the granted land were taken back.

What's more terrible is that Feng Yandao was demoted to be a county lieutenant in the southernmost part of Jiaozhou Dudu's Mansion.

How is this different from exile?

The most important thing is that because Feng Yandao was the son of the former prime minister and the eldest princess, he was the emperor's quasi-brother-in-law, so at the age of 14, he was awarded the crown prince Qianniu and served as the guard of the Eastern Palace. favor.

But now let a 14-year-old boy go to Cochin as a county captain?
It's better to be demoted directly to common people, so that people can feel at ease and go back to their hometown to be a landlord.

But thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king.

Feng Deyi used to stab him so viciously in the back, but now the emperor doesn't deal with his son, he can't swallow that pain.

With such an end, all the ministers in the palace were quite shocked.

However, everyone felt a little sympathy for Feng Deyi, and for Wei Zheng, who turned over old accounts, they felt that this guy was unreasonable. He had been dead for so long, and it was too unethical for you to dig up the grave.

Especially when the emperor said to give Wei Zheng a hundred pieces of silk as a reward for his contribution in exposing treachery, the more everyone despised Wei Zheng, and even felt that he should stay away from Wei Zheng in the future, this guy is too wicked.

But Wei Zheng's lethality is so strong.

The sweeping of Feng Deyi's grave and liquidation all at once made Li Shimin agree with his suggestion of not going against his courtiers alone.

The emperor decreed that in the future, even if the prime minister, there must be at least three or more people present at the same time, and there must be a historian and censor present to record and supervise.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of playing against each other alone, such things as flattering the monarch, framing colleagues, framing loyalty, and carrying private goods must be prevented.

"Mr. Yi, if you have anything to say, why not play it in public at this court meeting now."

Wu Huaiyu didn't expect a request to stay and play it right, but it caused so many troubles, and he didn't have anything shameful to say to the emperor alone.

He took out the list drawn up by Dou Lu Huairang.

Most of the land of the third-tier religion is sold for money to replenish the national treasury. The land sale plan is arranged according to family status, official rank, rank, and office.

At the top of the list are the five surnames and seven surnames, then the six surnames of Guanlong, followed by the current and former prime ministers, and the queen mother and queen's family.

Li Shimin looked at the list, and the first ones were the Cui family of Boling, Cui Gan, governor of Songzhou, and Tian Jiuqing.

Seeing this name, Li Shimin frowned. Cui Qian was originally the servant of the Huangmen, and he was granted the title of Duke of Boling County.

The governor of Songzhou, who doesn't even have a title, is now ranked first.

This list is very, very problematic.

(End of this chapter)