Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 710

After being persuaded by the officials, Wang Mang actually realized that his previous formulation was inappropriate.

Just as Zhang Jian said, if he exempts farmers from all agricultural taxes now, if the court wants to collect them after lack of money, the people will probably be scolded to death by him.

But as the son of the Great Qin Dynasty, Wang Mang had already released the reward for farming. If he took it back now, wouldn't it be a slap in the face?How will I gain a foothold in the court in the future, so it is absolutely impossible to take it back, so I said, "You don't agree?" ' was thrown out.

When Wang Mang's words were thrown out, the officials realized that they did not agree to reduce or exempt the agricultural tax. To some extent, it was very disrespectful to the emperor, and the emperor was furious.

Thinking that the ministers who followed Wang Jingyao's rebellion before were suffering in the sky prison, all the ministers trembled with fear.

Zhang Jian knew early on that opposition would anger Wang Mang, but he didn't care. What he cared about was returning to Wang Mang's feet. As a veteran of the three dynasties, Zhang Jian would never allow his political career to end like this.

"Your Majesty is concerned about the country and the people, and has the people in his heart. The world can learn from his benevolence and righteousness. Looking at all the countries in the world, there is no one who can compare with His Majesty." Zhang Jianlang said: "Your Majesty is wise, I am stupid, I am willing to be a villain, and I will die." His Majesty withdraws his previous intention and renegotiates a new incentive farming law."

The people in the hall are not fools, but everyone is smart. You can tell what Zhang Jian is up to when you hear it.

Immortal, so shameless!

Some ministers scolded in their hearts, how could they not understand at this moment that Zhang Jian's attitude of not supporting Wang Mang was prepared for these few words now, Zhang Jian wanted to show that he was absolutely loyal to the emperor, and he was even willing to sacrifice his own Fame comes to fulfill the emperor's sage, this is hugging his thigh at all costs.

Wang Mang twitched the corners of his mouth. Zhang Jian's words were for him to go down the steps, but he didn't want to take the steps. Wang Mang saw Shang Yang blinking at him while raising his eyebrows. Wang Mang changed his mind and snorted coldly: "Zhang Jian, thank you for saying that you want to be the master for the people, but I didn't expect that today I just want to reduce or exempt the agricultural tax, so you push back and forth. It's really abominable. Don't you know that if you do this now, you will be spread by countless people? Scolding?"

"I am a minister of His Majesty, and an important minister of Great Qin. Everything must be planned for His Majesty, for Great Qin, and never consider personal honor or disgrace." Zhang Jian bowed his head and said awe-inspiringly.

What an old fox!
Wang Mang sneered in his heart, and then said with displeasure: "Aren't you afraid of offending me?"

"I believe that Your Majesty will understand the loyalty of the minister." Zhang Jian looked solemn. As a veteran of the three dynasties, he was very familiar with how to act like a loyal minister.

"Okay, okay, okay." Wang Mang said three good words in succession, then looked at the officials and asked, "Do you agree with Zhang Jian's formulation?"

"The ministers agree that Mr. Zhang is dedicated to the public and has no second heart." Some ministers knelt down and said: "Although my Daqin has ample treasury now, it is indeed inappropriate to rashly reduce or exempt agricultural taxes. The ministers feel that this matter needs further investigation." Take it into consideration."

"Hehe." Wang Mang sneered and said, "There are so many loyal ministers in this hall?"

Zhang Jian suddenly felt a little bad. Having lived in the imperial court for a long time, he clearly felt that the original established route seemed to be shifting. He was obviously acting as a loyal minister here alone, so why did so many people suddenly appear to challenge him as a loyal minister? What?In this way, will the emperor misunderstand him for forming a party? Zhang Jian, who has experienced political struggles, knows that forming a party is tantamount to rebellion to an emperor.

This was not my original intention. Zhang Jian's heart skipped a beat, and he already regretted that he shouldn't have acted so rashly. Now he might lift a rock and shoot himself in the foot.

Sure enough, when Zhang Jian was thinking, Wang Mang said coldly: "Zhang Jian, do you know why I don't like you more and more?"

"I don't know." Zhang Jian's eyebrows fluttered.

"Because you always like to pretend to be a loyal minister, but in fact you have never been a loyal minister, at least you are not my loyal minister." Wang Mang said.

"Your Majesty, why did you say that? Your loyalty to Your Majesty..." Zhang Jian kowtowed.

"It's the sun and the moon, right?" Wang Mang interrupted Zhang Jian directly and said, "My ears are tingling when I hear this. Do you believe what you say?"

"I will be absolutely loyal to His Majesty without any second thoughts." Zhang Jian pointed to the sky and swore.

"Really?" Wang Mang said with a sneer, "Then can you tell me, were you loyal to me when I just ascended to the throne and was not stable? When I was sitting in this hall and was besieged by the ministers in the hall Are you loyal to me? Were you loyal to me when I passed the third pass in Shangyuan Palace for a mere 20 silver? And you really didn’t participate in the matter of Fang Xizhi? Then Wang Jingyao made trouble with me in Shiziyuan What were you doing when Wang Jingyao was intimidating the officials to rebel in this hall? There are still some things I can't say, I don't know, you still have the nerve to swear in front of me that you are loyal to me ?"

"Minister..." Zhang Jian bowed his head and could no longer speak. Zhang Jian already understood that he had lost his Sacred Heart a long time ago, and just now Wang Jingyao threatened the officials to rebel in the hall. Although he didn't follow, he didn't make it clear. Objection will be completely lost to Wang Mang, even if he is willing to abandon all dignity to embrace Wang Mang's thigh at this moment.

"Minister?" Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Zhang Jian, you are the elder of the three dynasties, the mainstay and the pillar of our Daqin court. With you in the Daqin court, it will be very stable. Although you are not my prime minister, you have actual authority But it is no less than the prime ministers of any other countries, you have taught me that although you do not have the name of the emperor teacher, you have the reality of the emperor teacher, and I am very disappointed that you have come to this point."

"I'm sorry." Zhang Jian looked a little pale, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes. Zhang Jian never thought that he would have a day of tears, so that Zhang Jian's originally prepared a lot of explanations were all held back in his heart, and he said nothing. not come out.

"Guilty, you really should be guilty, you are guilty of Daqin, of the ancestors of Daqin, but you don't need to feel guilty for me, because you have never been loyal to me." Wang Mang said lightly: "Today you broke the boat and tried to use self-defilement. To eliminate the influence of various previous events, this is not wrong, but you should absolutely not use my Daqin people to achieve your goals, what is wrong with my Daqin people, and you want to use them?"

After a pause, Wang Mang continued: "Agricultural tax reduction and exemption is the best and most direct means of rewarding farming. It is even of great benefit to you. You have clearly seen this, but you still oppose it. I admit it. You are right, but here, I am the supreme, do you understand?"

I get it, I get it completely!
Zhang Jian had a wry smile on his face. He completely understood where he lost today's battle. The hall in front of him was no longer the hall he was familiar with, and the emperor in front of him was not the emperor he was familiar with. Experience, but he is old, and the world is changing too fast, or the emperor is going too fast and he is too old to keep up.

The emperor in front of him almost created achievements in a short period of time that countless monarchs of other countries could not achieve in his lifetime. He opened up territories, expanded the land, cracked the soil and sealed the king, and a large army swept across the four directions. The accumulated prestige almost shook the entire continent, and although he felt Despite these, he still stubbornly believes that Daqin is still the Daqin he is familiar with, the world is still the world he is familiar with, and he still tries to use his past experience to make a difference, but he is wrong, and this mistake means losing everything completely.

It's better to go back!

Zhang Jian felt relieved, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I am old and sick, my mind is not flexible, and my legs and feet are inconvenient. I want to retire and return to my hometown. I hope that Your Majesty will take pity on this old minister who has devoted himself to the court for many years and give permission. "

This is defeated!

The officials looked at Zhang Jian's background in shock. Most of them were dreaming at the moment, and they couldn't imagine everything that happened today. It was still Bai Qi who swept fifty golden elixir masters alone, and Wang Mang came back forcefully and directly suppressed all the rebels. They thought that today's shock was about to end, but they didn't expect something that shocked them even more at this moment. , Zhang Jian, the elder of the Three Dynasties, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials of the Great Qin Dynasty, and the actual Prime Minister of the Great Qin Dynasty, Zhang Jian, the heavenly official, wants to sue his old age and return to his hometown.

After Zhang Jian finished speaking, the big stone in his heart fell completely. He has accepted all his fates, whether it is killing or catching, it will always be a destination.

Wang Mang thought that Zhang Jian might let go, but he didn't expect Zhang Jian to let go so thoroughly. To some extent, Wang Mang really has no good way for Zhang Jian. There is no law in Daqin that stipulates infidelity. The emperor is a big crime, and as the biggest old fox in Daqin, Zhang Jian is impeccable in his work and speech, and has almost never left any clues, so it is extremely difficult to do something to Zhang Jian, Wang Mangyuan thought that he would have to fight Zhang Jian to achieve it The purpose, I never thought that now that Zhang Jian is suddenly willing to let go of everything and return home, Wang Mang didn't even realize it for a while.

However, Wang Mang soon understood Zhang Jian's thoughts. Although Zhang Jian was greedy for power, he gave up without hesitation when faced with the power that could not be maintained at all. After all, wealth and life are more important than power.

Wang Mang pretended to keep Zhang Jian for a while, Zhang Jian earnestly said that he wanted to leave, and strongly stated that he was really unable to continue to serve Daqin. The benevolence and righteousness of the emperor and the ruthlessness of the ministers are vividly performed. As an old man who is about to leave the court, Zhang Jian almost dedicated his most perfect acting skills in his life to the last court meeting.

"My lord, since you want to leave your old age and return to your hometown, I can't help but consider your health. After all, your lord has worked hard for me for many years and made countless indelible contributions. These are my ancestors and the previous emperors. Seeing it in my eyes and keeping it in my heart, I can't be so ruthless and ignore the boss's body, so I agree to the boss' request." Wang Mang said.

"Thank you, Lord Long En, old minister, long live Your Majesty!" Zhang Jian said with tears all over his face, "I can also see that Your Majesty is now employing people, and I also want to continue to serve His Majesty, but my health is really too much for me."

"Don't talk about it, my lord, I will always remember your contribution to Daqin." Wang Mang said with a look of emotion: "Although my lord retires from his old age and returns to his hometown, he can't really return his old age to his hometown. There are many things in Daqin that often happen. I still need your opinion. I will allow you to return to your hometown as an imperial teacher, and then grant you the right to meet me in the pilgrimage. You do not need to inform me when you enter the palace to see me. All the treatment in the court will remain the same. Your lord must accept the commendation."

"Chen... Thank you Lord Long En!" Zhang Jian bowed his head and wept. He had no idea that Wang Mang would let him resign from his old age and return to his hometown as a master, and even gave him the right to meet the emperor. Who would dare to despise him among the civil and military men of the Manchu dynasty?This is a great honor, which Zhang Jian never thought of before.

Zhang Jian left the court silently. As the most powerful official minister in the Qin State for many years, Zhang Jian had countless acquaintances in the court, and several of the nine ministers were his students. Before Wang Mang became a blockbuster, the world only knew that there was Zhang Jian but not Wang Mang. Many ministers in the court had already expected that there would be a confrontation between Zhang Jian and Wang Mang sooner or later, but they did not expect this confrontation to come so soon. , and Zhang Jian, who seemed to have deep roots and luxuriant branches in the court, would lose so quickly.

Until Zhang Jian left the hall, many people hadn't reacted yet. Shang Yang looked around the hall. He really had an idea to take this opportunity to reduce Zhang Jian's wings, but he didn't expect Zhang Jian's strong man to break his wrist so violently, and Wang Mang's shot was so steady. Quite ruthlessly, after a period of dazzling operations, Zhang Jian actually retired and returned home.

Frowning and stretching, Zhang Jian turned to Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, are you still talking about rewarding farming?"

"Discussion." Wang Mang said indifferently: "This is a national policy and the foundation of a strong country. What do you think?"

Shang Yang nodded and said: "I think your Majesty said that agriculture is the foundation of a country, and that strong agriculture is the foundation of a strong country is the supreme truth..."

"I don't need flattery, I want countermeasures." Wang Mang said flatly.

"Your Majesty, I did not flatter His Majesty. What I said was from the bottom of my heart." Shang Yang respectfully said, "I have heard His Majesty's witty words just now, and after I understand it, I think that since it is a reward for farming, I will eventually deal with this matter." The foothold is above the word reward."

"Then how do you think we should be rewarded?" Wang Mang said.

"The imperial court took out a steering reward fund, and those who made outstanding contributions to our Daqin's agricultural production will be rewarded." Shang Yang said.

"Then what if you can't make a contribution?" Wang Mang said.

"This..." Shang Yang paused, and then said: "This requires the formulation of strict laws and regulations, and they must make contributions through laws."

"Then as long as people make contributions according to the law, what else is there to reward?" Zhang Han said coldly.

"Then what's your opinion?" Shang Yang looked at Zhang Han.

Zhang Han said: "Don't forget the original intention. Your Majesty's original intention of rewarding farming is to let the people of my Daqin get benefits. In my opinion, as long as this year's grain production is more than last year, I will directly give a part of the agricultural tax reduction. In this way, my Daqin As long as the common people work hard to carry out agricultural production, they will basically benefit.”

"What's being discussed now is to reward the advanced, not to eat big pots of rice?" Shang Yang looked at Zhang Han and shouted: "If everyone eats big pots of rice and engages in egalitarianism, then what's the point of talking about rewards?"

"Since it's a discussion, it's time for everyone to express their own opinions." Lin Guodong stood up and looked at the ministers with a smile and said: "In this hall, I am the only local official who deals with the people on weekdays. I think it's up to me to talk about this matter Better."

(End of this chapter)