Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 755
When Emperor Luan arrived in Yedu, the imperial court re-opened. Thirteen people, including Taisiyuan Yamen, Xiucheng Guofu Treasury, and Dong Cheng, helped Han Xiandi escape from Chang'an for their meritorious service and were named Liehou.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was impressed by Qin Feng's great service in saving his family. When the court arrived in Yedu, everything went well, so he issued an edict, adding Qinfeng's food city as Ye, abolishing the three princes to assist the government, and setting up a prime minister above the three princes to command the three princes and hundreds of officials.

In 196 AD, the third year of Jian'an, May [-]th.

Under the auspices of Qin Feng, the Han Dynasty held the first official court meeting after Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty changed his reign name.

It's been almost three years, the first official court meeting, it can be seen that the situation in the past three years has been chaotic.

Fortunately, in the chaotic situation, Qin Feng seized the opportunity and took control of the court, which is extremely important for his future dominance.

Since Zhougong established rituals, rituals have deeply influenced the Chinese nation.For example, from the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou Dynasty had existed in name only, but as the co-lord, it lasted for hundreds of years, and was not destroyed by the Qin State until the late Warring States period.

With the Han Dynasty, Qin Feng has legitimacy. Whether he is conquering the Quartet or becoming the emperor himself, everything is logical.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..."

Although the hall of the government office cannot be compared with the main hall, its majesty is enough.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sat in the hall and gestured for a flat body.

"I am here today, all thanks to your dear ministers, especially the prime minister's hard work..." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was eloquent, speaking like a speech at a report, talking for a long time. "Do you have anything to say?" Han Xiandi finally said.

Just as Qin Feng was about to speak, the Grand Tutor Ma Rixun came out with a cane behind him, holding the court board, and said: "Your Majesty moved the capital to Chang'an, and a lot of waste is waiting to be done. The first thing is to build a palace, install the Taimiao, and sacrifice to the heavens." Zu, appease the people of Liming."

Qin Feng pursed his lips and said yes, building a palace can be linked to appeasing the people.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty nodded slightly, "What the Taifu said is true."

Ma Rixun turned to Qin Feng and bowed, "The Prime Minister needs to worry about this matter."

Qin Feng smiled slightly, "The truth has been considered for a long time. The construction of the new palace has already begun to select a site, and it is initially set in the center of the city. In the future, it will be built above the two palaces of Chang'an and Luoyang."

Palaces need to be built. In this era, if a civilization does not have a splendid palace, its civilization will be greatly reduced.Qin Feng didn't build this palace for Han Xiandi, he built it for himself in advance.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and all the civil and military officials were overjoyed.

However, Qin Feng changed the subject and said distressedly: "Your Majesty, the treasury has no money." Although this palace was actually built by Qin Feng for himself, it cannot be done without luxury.But Qin Feng didn't plan to pay all the money by himself.

When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and the imperial court came to Yedu, Qin Feng was actually supporting them all in vain.Although it is temporarily necessary to support these people in vain, Qin Feng is still unhappy.Therefore, he planned to share the money for the construction of the palace up to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and down to the officials.

"Hey~!" Hearing that the treasury had no money, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and his ministers were shocked.

"The construction of the palace does not cost 800 million guan, so it is really difficult to complete it. It is just the wages of the peasants, which is a huge expenditure." Qin Feng said.

"Salary?" Ma Rixun immediately said: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid you are wrong. It has always been the obligation of the common people to serve corvée. There is no need to pay wages, just take care of food."

Dong Cheng, the uncle of the country, also said: "Yes, yes, the summer grain has been harvested. We have all seen it. This season is a bumper harvest. We admire the prime minister's unique management of the region. With enough grain, it is not a problem to collect corvee."

Qin Feng secretly sneered, don't pay the migrant workers, just eat?Qin Feng devoted himself to doing things for the people, so how could he not give his people wages? He shook his head immediately and said, "It's different now, the world is in chaos, and all parties are eyeing you. If you oppress the people like this, don't you want to repeat the mistakes of the Yellow Turbans? Xiao Xiao’s generation took advantage of the opportunity to commit crimes and suffered another catastrophe!”

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was already alerted by the ministers when they heard the words, and they felt that what Qin Feng said was really reasonable.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty had suffered for many years. He was frightened and didn't want to lose his hard-won stable life, so he said, "Prime Minister, what should we do?"

"Now that the national treasury is empty, and the construction of the palace is on the agenda, it will be difficult to make ends meet, but..." Qin Feng said here, Da Yi said: "The truth will take the lead, and the salary will be halved. Reduce the various expenses of the court. In this way, you can save money. A large sum of money will be used for the construction of the palace."

"Ah?" Baiguan was excited when he heard this.

Qin Feng smiled at Ma Rixun and said, "Mr. Ma, wait for Sangong to take the lead."

"Oh~." Ma Rixun couldn't take it anymore, he was from a noble family, and he had a large area of ​​land and a luxurious life.However, after moving the capital several times, the vast land handed down from the ancestors was gone, so he lived on his salary.Now the salary has to be reduced by half, isn't that terrible.

However, Ma Rixun was worthy of being an old man of the Han Dynasty, so he still nodded.

Dong Cheng, the uncle of the country, made a difficult decision. In order to allow his nephew to live in the palace, his uncle also went all out, nodded and said: "That's okay..."

Yang Biao couldn't bear it, but the other two people in the three kilometers had expressed their opinions, so he had to vote for it.

The ministers from all walks of life scolded Qin Feng for being despicable and shameless. How can the palace not be built if the Northland is so prosperous?This is clearly exploiting us!However, the three men all nodded, and they dared not disagree.

"This time, I can only drink porridge when I go back!"

"After you go back, tell Madam quickly that the matter of recruiting servants should be delayed until the palace is built." All the officials cursed.

However, Qin Feng didn't care, anyway, his salary was paid by himself, so it's okay if he doesn't pay his salary.

After the topic of building the new palace was over, Qin Feng proposed in due course to ask for credit for the soldiers who won the expedition.

It's a serious business.

However, Emperor Xian of Han frowned after reading Qin Feng's memorial.He didn't say anything, but let Ma Rixun, Dong Cheng, Yang Biao and other three gentlemen also read the memorial.

Ma Rixun and Han Xiandi looked at each other, and walked out, saying: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the imperial court has gone through disasters, and there is a serious lack of officials. If there are no supplements, the imperial court cannot function normally."

"Since it should be supplemented, how does the Tai Tuo think it should be done?" Han Xiandi asked.

Ma Rixun immediately said: "According to the ancestral system, officials can recommend each other and select talents from among them."

The recommendation system was a characteristic of the period when the gentry was in power.Closed the way of promotion for talented people from poor families.Although there is no lack of capable people among the gentry, the base is too small, so too many talented people are buried.Gradually, it was just that the officials of the gentry could not support the development of China, and the era came to an end.

The most corrupt part of the gentry is this nepotism recommendation system.

Qin Feng asked for credit for the soldiers, but Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was noncommittal. Instead, he sang with Ma Rixun and wanted to recommend talents to fill the position of the court.This matter is self-evident, this is suppressing Qin Feng.

　Thanks: Brother Twilight donated [-] starting coins, and Brother Ji Yue gave [-] starting coins.

　　
　
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