19. Zhonglang as bait
Five million coins!
You should know that the total amount of the two taxes a year is less than 10 million yuan. Now, under the arrangement of Li Mi, these miscellaneous funds can be rectified and managed and used uniformly. This is of course a great thing for the finances of Tang.
Finally, this question from Xiaoyanying Palace completed the adjustment of the military system, camps, command systems and court rights of the future Tang Dynasty border towns, which made Li Shi feel particularly satisfied.
Now he has revived significantly from the pain of the death of the Boxing Fengtian and Empress Zhaode, and has begun to start the revival plan.
Of course, for the emperor, the most difficult thing was far from the invasion of the Western Fan Empire, but also from various open and secret struggles within the court and the public.
Within the next ten days, the emperor convened a series of questions and even broke the rule of odd and even days. As long as he thought there was a need, he would call Gao Yue, Lu Zhi, Li Mi and Jia Dan, or one of them to discuss government affairs secretly, which was a night of stadium.
This made Zhang Yanshang, the prime minister in the Political Affairs Hall, feel uncomfortable.
Logically speaking, Xiao Fu, the Secretariat Secretary, lost his power and fell, but now Zhang Yanshang has claimed to be the chief prime minister of the country, and is full of his intention to make great contributions to the emperor, and then naturally takes over the position of Secretariat Secretary.
But the emperor ignored Bian Rong and had such a big financial plan, and had a close relationship with several observers and a Hanlin scholar in blue shirt. He discussed it day and night in Xiaoyanying's palace.
Finally, Zhang Yanshang couldn't stand it, so he invited a wall, asked the emperor to open the pavilion door, and entered Xiaoyanying's palace to summon the couple, like a jealous girl, hoping that the emperor would give her a clear explanation.
Li Shi seemed to be prepared and summoned him alone.
Zhang Yanshang had a grievance at the beginning. He said that in ancient times, the wise monarch Yao and Shun gathered together the ministers for discussion when encountering major national affairs. You were the prime ministers later. Now Your Majesty doesn’t know what to do, so he doesn’t discuss with the prime ministers and talks with the scholars, for fear of losing the ancient style.
As a result, Li Shi laughed, his tone became very gentle, and even a little guilty, which moved Zhang Yanshang. Then the emperor was frank and honest to Zhang Yanshang: "Li Mi is resourceful, Jia Dan is good at planning maps, and Gao Yue led the Baicao Army to make meritorious contributions in the frontier this year. Lu Jiu has always been my trust and love, so I summoned four Qi people to discuss this matter on the war and issues of Xifan."
Zhang Yan's eyes turned: "I wonder what the Holy Lord thinks about Ma Sui's advice?"
"I, of course I am tired of war. If you want to quit with the Western Fan, Zhang Qing also knows that the imperial branch office has no money!"
Zhang Yanshang nodded quickly.
Then the emperor said, "But Zhang Qing also needs to understand that the invasion of the Western Fan ranks in our Tang Dynasty did happen during the period when the empress died. If I came forward to agree to this alliance with the parliament, I would be afraid that the ministers in the world would be angry and dissatisfied. If nothing else, do you know how much I have spent just to convince Xing Yuanyin of the senior high school in the past few days!"
Zhang Yanshang knew as soon as he heard this that Gao Yue was not convinced, Wei Gao was not convinced, Li Sheng and Duan Xiushi were not convinced, and of course the most terrifying thing was Han Huan, who were all locally entitled characters.
So His Majesty also wants to discuss with them and make a clear statement.
"Is there any result?"
"I finally agreed." The emperor did not tell any lies, "but Gao Yue and others suggested that the alliance could be led by Ma Sui and Hun Yu, but they had to hurry up the border military preparations. The so-called war and both can be used to be free of trouble."
"Yes, yes." Zhang Yanshang hurriedly agreed.
So the emperor told Gao Yue’s plan: the plan to build three cities in Hechi, Neiyuan and Wuyuan.
Now Zhang Yanshang made a statement and immediately connected with Cui Zao, the affairs of the Du Branch Department this year are mainly about this. It is not a big problem to withdraw the amount of city construction from the two taxes to implement it.
The emperor nodded, and then said that Li Mi and Lu Zhi suggested recruiting troops in the northwest to build a large number of troops, camping fields, reducing the protection of autumn troops, and setting up a tentative treasury.
Zhang Yanshang said there was no problem, and the Political Affairs Hall immediately flew to the hall to handle the certificate.
Soon, a perfect tacit understanding was formed between the head of state and the minister of state.
The emperor admired him very much. He once again held out the others in the hall and then held Zhang Yanshang's back with his own hands. This made Zhang frankly and trembled, "Zhang Qing, I still have two things to worry about."
"What's the matter? I'm willing to do my best to relieve your worries."
"Your Ma Pushe is for the sake of the people of the world and insists on a slump with Xifan. This is a good thing. In the case of peace in two or three years, my Tang border will be able to have enough soldiers. I understand your hard work, so I convince Gao Yue, but Xichuan Jiedushi Li Sheng, Xuanrun Jiedushi Han Huan, and Dongchuan Jiedushi Wei Gao..." The emperor meant that Zhang Qing, you have made many enemies in this court. These three people are also hawks against Xifan. I have tried my best to convince Gao Yue. What do you think of these three thorns?
"Your Majesty's Holy Power is absent. Please tell me first, and I will do as you wish." Zhang Yanshang had no choice but to do it.
So Li Shi proposed a solution that shocked Zhang Yanshang but could not find any faults:
Li Sheng recalled the capital and appointed him as his subordinate minister Tong Pingzhang. The governor of Xichuan was given to Wei Gao. Banan reunited with Hanzhong to become Shannan West Road, with Gao Yue as the governor, Xingyuan Yin, and Dongchuan was taken over by Du Huangshang. He was appointed as the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works of Wei Gao Prosecutor and Gao Yue Prosecutor's Ministry of War. Before, Wei Gao resisted the southern Xifandao and Gao Yue resisted the eastern and northern Xifandao and made great contributions. I will always be rewarded for my merits, right?
"If Li Sheng is unwilling to trade military power?" Zhang Yanshang suddenly felt that his situation was even more dangerous. Now that Li Sheng returns to Beijing to be the prime minister, Wei Gao and Gao Yue are going to be promoted and given weight again?
"Li Sheng was a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty. If he was domineering, he would have been domineering as early as when he was restored to the capital." The emperor said that Li Sheng still had this principle, so Zhang Qing didn't have to worry. Then the emperor directly said to Zhang Yanshang that if Zhang Qing was afraid that Li Sheng would be against you, he might as well become a relative of children.
In addition, Wei Gao and Zhang Qing don’t have to worry. I will immediately write an imperial letter to him and let him reconcile with Zhang Qing and restore his relationship. Just like Cui Ning, a senior high school student, and Shengpingfang, become a model of a father-in-law and son-in-law. Wouldn’t it be a beautiful thing?
Zhang Yanshang almost vomited blood.
But soon, the emperor gave him a strong reassurance, "After Xiao Fu was released from Lingnan, I often think about the candidate for the Secretariat of the Secretariat, and it is Zhang Qing..."
"Your Majesty's wrong love!" Zhang Yanshang was instantly excited and wanted to thank him.
The emperor held his body and said to him with confidence: "Your other son-in-law, Zheng Zhi, is a Hanlin scholar. I immediately asked him to come and write Baima Xuan and promote Zhang Qing to the Secretariat of the Secretariat. This is also a story."
Zhang Yanshang's tears were about to overflow.
Besides, he had promised the emperor before that no matter what rewards and punishments the emperor made against Gao Yue after the war, he had no right to interfere.
It is impossible to defeat Gao Yue now, and it is impossible to defeat him during this period. Only by following the flow, knowing the overall situation, and maintaining a strong desire to survive can one establish a good relationship with the emperor and reach the peak of power.
Sure enough, after the emperor gave him a sweet peach, he threw out an extremely magnificent task:
Chapter completed!