4. Li Qiyun's third chief
During this period, the emperor of the Daming Palace also paid attention to Gao Yue's actions.
This emperor absolutely supports the implementation of economic law, balances the taxes of each state and county, implements baojia, and strengthens control over the grassroots level.
But when Gao Yue was aware of the "seven cash and three" model in the two taxes, he began to issue salt inducements and forced the Huaiyang salt merchant to collect cash, the emperor hesitated a little.
The last news came again. Gao Yue seized the ships, cloth, tax rice, light goods in the Yangzi Housing Patrol, and especially a large amount of money that could not be transported to the capital. The emperor could not hold back. He was unwilling to find Du Huangshang, Han Hui and Lu Zhi, but quietly came to judge Duzhi Pei Yanling and asked what new information was coming from Yangzi Housing. What exactly Gao Yue wanted?
Pei Yanling realized that the time for slander came, so he said with a bitter face: "I really don't know. I just heard that the formation of a new Wuyi army must be as large as 70,000 masters and disciples, and also build sea ships and cast copper cannons of large and small. However, the previous Wei Jingping Cai, Huainan owed more than one million yuan in debt to merchants. I dared to speculate that Duke Wei really had no money, so he was talented..."
"Did you say that Gao Lang should imitate what Chen Shaoyou and Han Huan did..."
The shadow of the past appeared in the emperor's heart.
That year, Bao Ji transferred millions of yuan of wealth to support him, but was robbed by Chen Shaoyou and Han Huan. Later, Han Huan even threatened the capital with his control over his wealth and routes, forcing me to give him the position of prime minister.
Gao Lang shouldn't be like this, right? But hasn't Gao Yue been the prime minister?
If he strikes an attack, what can I give him back...
Before the emperor could finish his thoughts, Pei Yanling cried and kowtowed, calling Gao Yue as a minister of the Zhonggong Taiguo, and the emperor could not rashly arouse suspicion.
Then Pei choked up and wiped his face with his sleeves, and said badly: "Whether Huainan or Jiangdong, the former spans Jianghuai and is also in charge of Yangzhou; the latter has the rich money and grain of Changsu, and the Jingkou waterway is convenient. Therefore, the ones who left seem to be evil, taking power and taking money, and using this to threaten the court. However, Gao Weigong should have made such a bad move because he had no money, Your Majesty."
"But after Han Hui entered the Chao Pingzhang, he had already requested me to divide the Zhenhai Army into three observation envoys, Xuanshe, Xixi and East Zhejiang, and to dispose of 15,000 soldiers..." It turned out that after Han Hui left Jiangdong and became the prime minister, he followed the previous agreement - since Gao Yue had pacified Huaixi, a large circle of vassal states around quickly restored peace, such as Shandong Dongdao, Chen Xu, Dongdu, E Yue, etc., and Xuanrun's Zhenhai Army. Therefore, after obtaining Han Hui's consent, the court divided the Zhenhai Army into three again, laying off troops, hoping to evenly provide more financial resources for supply, while other prescription towns would implement "eliminary military transformation", which would also cut redundant troops and increase the supply quota.
Only Gao Yue asked for the request, Huainan hoped that the supply quota would not be increased, and more money would be left to train the new army of Wu Yi.
The emperor agreed at that time.
But now, the emperor is a little cold.
In the end, it will not evolve into the fact that the entire Huainan army is dominant, and the surrounding towns will lose the ability to resist it, right?
Speaking of this, the emperor regretted dividing Zhenhai Army into three.
If Han Hui was still there, at least it would be a check and balance for Gao Yue.
After asking questions, when Pei Xiao saw that the emperor's face was unstable, he urged the emperor to achieve his goal, saying, "Although Han Hui returned to the court, why would Your Majesty choose a capable minister and go to Zhen Xuanrun to be the governor of Zhenhai Army?"
After hearing Pei's suggestion, the emperor began to hesitate again:
Gao Yue is a smart man. If I really rebuilt the Zhenhai Army’s tooth flag, he would definitely know that I was suspicious of him. Moreover, Gao Yue’s temper is no less than that of the former Korean war. What should he do then?
Pei Yanling, who is good at observing words and expressions, saw that the emperor's face changed again, and knew that he should not be impatient. He just planted evil poisons in the emperor's heart. He wisely stopped talking and said goodbye.
After nightfall, the emperor was still worried about whether the taxes and salt benefits were sent in Yangzhou, Huainan, and even paced anxiously and could not fall asleep.
After a long time, the emperor was thirsty and wanted to drink tea. After a while, his sons and daughters came to the emperor with various tea sets.
Shangqing is the best in the palace and is also the best in making ice cream cheese. She first asked the emperor to eat a few pieces of clear ice cream, and then presented the warm tea soup with fine milk. The emperor sipped two cups in a row and felt very comfortable all over his body. At this time, he looked at Shangqing carefully and looked at him with a certain appearance. Then he remembered that this female official who had helped his daughter Deyang before.
Only then did the emperor remember Dou Shen.
"I was originally a little girl, but was later bought into the house by the former prime minister Dou and became a female slave. Later, Dou's wife died, so I took on the responsibility of sweeping. Later, Dou's family was broken, and I was filled in the palace. I was married to the Uighurs with Deyang. I luckily made a small contribution, so I could serve Longyan."
The emperor nodded and said that although the sisters of the Song family were well-versed in writing and dyeing, they had no practical experience. In the past two years, the embroidery and printing and dyeing in the palace were mostly sold, and they needed to be managed by people. It would be left to you as you are smart and clever.
Shangqing was immediately flattered and thanked him more than anything else.
The next day, the emperor summoned Du Huang Shang, Lu Zhi and Han Hui in Yanying Palace, three prime ministers, and directly said that Zhenhaijun had made great contributions to the country at the beginning, and I couldn't bear to split it up again. Now the chief supervisor of the palace, Li Qiyun, as a clan, has the style of Li Mian in the past. I want him to leave Zhen Runzhou and become the governor of Zhenhaijun. What's the case?
Du Huangshang was puzzled and told the emperor that Li Qiyun was seventy years old and might not be able to be competent for the hard work of the governor.
Han Hui suggested at this time that Xuanshe, Xixi and eastern Zhejiang are all the former subordinates of my brother, why not choose one of them and promote it to the Zhenhai Army Jiedu?
As a result, the emperor pondered silently.
Lu Zhi knew that the emperor was going to do it again.
Sure enough, in the evening, the emperor summoned Li Qiyun, the supervisor of the hall in the Golden Palace alone.
Li Qiyun has no other skills, but he has three specialties, which three? One is that he can say hello to please his superiors no matter what the situation is; the second is that he will definitely help the other party operate as a bribe; the third is that he is proficient in the art of room. Although he is 70 years old, he still bought Meiji Wei as his concubine and promoted lust every day. Now he has to promote Wei to re-string and have the courage to break secular concepts.
Of course, when he heard that the emperor wanted to send him to Runzhou, Li Qiyun was very reluctant and stayed in the capital with a generous salary and was so happy. Who would have been willing to go to the southeast all the way, let alone that he was so old that he wanted to be by his side of the baby Wei family.
So Li Qiyun changed his mind and said that he was old, but there were many heroes in the royal family. He was willing to go back and think carefully and find a suitable candidate for His Majesty. Please give me ten days.
"I entrusted my entrusting things to you when looking for a virtuous person."
Then Lu Zhi's prose and Gao Yue's prose, when Li Qiyun returned, came to the emperor almost at the same time.
Lu Zhi strongly opposed the re-merger of Zhenhai Army, saying that there is no war in Jiangdong now, so why do you have to spend a lot of money to maintain such a large army?
As for Gao Yue's letter, it means that I am already the chief minister of the Yangzhou Grand Governor's Office and the governor of Caizhou. However, the two places are thousands of miles apart and government affairs are inconvenient. Please ask Your Majesty to appoint a talented person to be the governor of Caizhou.
Chapter completed!