Li Qinghuan

Chapter 33

The few ministers who had been arguing just now became quiet after hearing what he said. Song Liti's solution was something they didn't dare to say. The officials are all exhausted, let's see who can't exhaust it first, and come out to pick up this mess.

After all, the price is too high, and I am afraid that if I say it, I will be sent to do this thankless drudgery.

Song Li's youthful spirit was smoothed by the years of Song Duan and the whole house of old foxes.

Since someone raised it ignorantly, and the matter has nothing to do with him, it is natural to pick and choose things carefully.

A minister took the lead to stand up and raised his own question: "His Royal Highness, there is something that I don't understand. One of the decrees issued by His Majesty a few years ago is that the local garrison and the capital camp will expand the army. Many people's families have entered the military camp. Now the elderly, weak, women and children make up the majority of the refugees, how to solve this problem?"

Song Li sighed, and said without hesitation: "This is easy to do. Now that foreign enemies are in the face, army training must not be slackened. It is unrealistic to transfer the newly recruited people back. However, the recruitment of Jinyiwei was completed half a month ago, and most of the Jinyiwei are from Yongzhou. Send some Jinyiwei. If there is still not enough manpower, you can send some veterans from the Yongzhou garrison, which will solve the problem without affecting the training of newly recruited soldiers."

Song Duan nodded: "this method is feasible, do all the lovers have any objections?"

All the ministers lowered their heads. Since the emperor didn't mention the emptiness of the national treasury and the lack of disaster relief funds, they were also happy with what they had done, so let the young prince suffer.

Song Duan: "Since there is no objection, then it will be implemented accordingly."

Song Li thought for a while, and then said to Song Duan: "By the way, brother... oh no... Your Majesty, the weather in the Great Wei has been good these years, most of the people should not have stored food, and the government should distribute the food in the coming year."

Song Duan nodded and said, "That's fine. Do you have any questions?"

There was no sound in the hall again.

Seeing this, Song Duan nodded self-consciously: "It's fine if you don't have one, so be it. Li Ze!"

Li Ze quickly knelt down: "The minister is here!"

Song Duan: "You are not good at doing things. I won't punish you. I want you to make up for your mistakes. This time, it's up to you to discuss the decision with His Royal Highness King Yu and coordinate the details. If you can't do well this time, I'll take you as a questioner."

Li Zegang's heart hangs up again after letting go, and he doesn't know if this little prince is reliable, after all, in the eyes of everyone, this Prince Yu has always been an idiot who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun. Thinking of this, Li Yao couldn't help but gasp. Trembling and trembling, he said, "I obey."

Song Duan: "Song Li."

Song Li knelt down on one knee: "The minister is here."

Song Duan: "I will order you as an imperial envoy to relieve the disaster and bring peace to the people. You will be fully responsible. The officials and garrisons in Yongzhou will be at your disposal. Jinyiwei will give you half of the dispatching power to assist you in disaster relief."

Song Li: "I obey the order."

Song Li turned around and smiled at Li Ze: "Master Li, please give me more advice."

Li Ze's back felt cold, and he quickly waved his hands: "I don't dare to act, I would like to ask His Royal Highness King Yu to give me some advice."

To be honest, Li Ze doesn't trust Song Li very much. After all, his son Li Zhuxuan has been playing with Song Li since he was a child, and he has become an idiot.

But now that Song Li was standing in front of him in a dark red formal attire, he actually had such a deterrent effect.

Song Li waved his hand, revealing his true nature: "It's fine to give advice, just listen to my arrangement, don't do it behind my back. If it weren't for seeing that you can't manage well after two months, I don't have to come out to take care of this mess."

Li Ze: "...His Royal Highness Yu Wang taught me that."

Song Duan: "...Ah Li, this is above the court hall, don't mess around."

Song Li turned around and said obediently: "My brother knows his mistake."

Song Duan rubbed his temples, and said tiredly: "Do you have something to play, all the lovers? If you have nothing to do, you will retreat."

Lu Fu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, said: "The emperor is here to play, and I invite you to play."

Song Duan: "Quasi-playing."

Minister of the Ministry of Rites: "It's been more than a month since the imperial examination this year, the top three have been released, and the imperial list has been released, but the top three have not been appointed as officials. Should the appointment of officials be left to the Ministry of Officials or His Majesty himself?"

I was so busy with disaster relief and military affairs that I forgot about it.

Song Duan paused and said, "Mr. Zhao."

An old man with gray hair came out in response, it was Zhao Fangren, the academician of the Hanlin Academy, Zhao Fangren was both the academician and the mentor of Song Duan and Songli.

Zhao Fangren bowed: "Your Majesty, please order."

Song Duan: "Mr. is alive, is there still a shortage of people in the Imperial Academy?"

Zhao Fangren's forehead twitched. Doesn't the emperor know if there is a shortage of people?Last year, he didn't know how many people were stuffed into the Hanlin Academy one after another?

Zhao Fangren respectfully said: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Academy has no shortage of talents. A few years ago, His Majesty has arranged many talents for the Imperial Academy, and now the Imperial Academy has no shortage of talents. And according to the veterans, the top three in the imperial examination this year have excellent academic performance. The Imperial Academy is a bit out of sorts."

Song Duan: "The top three in the past few years were all arranged in the Imperial Academy. The gentleman didn't say anything about Qu Cai, so why did you get Qu Cai this year?"

Zhao Fangren explained: "Your Majesty does not know that this year's No. [-] Scholar once had a teacher-student relationship with the old man. This son has the ability to rule the world. It is a real talent to be arranged in the Imperial Academy. The second place and the discussion of the best strategy are also written very well. Yes. A person who can take on great responsibilities.”

And in the past few years, everyone in Song Duan has been fortified in the Imperial Academy, and now the Imperial Academy is already a bit smoky.Of course, he didn't say that.

Song Duan nodded. Zhao Fangren was the most serious and old-fashioned person in the court. This was the first time Song Duan heard him praise others.Now that Zhao Fangren has said so, it is natural for Song Duan not to make his official position too low.

After thinking for a while, he asked: "A few days ago, did the Yongzhou Tongju resign his old age and return to his hometown?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials stepped forward: "Your Majesty, it is indeed so."

Song Duan: "The number one scholar was named the general judge of Yongzhou, the second place was named the governor of Yanzhou, and Tanhua was named the governor of Liangzhou. First seal it like this. If there is something wrong, it will be coordinated by the Ministry of Officials."

Minister of the Ministry of Officials: "I would like to obey the emperor's order."

Song Duan: "Let's go back to court if you have nothing to do."

All the officials knelt down in unison: "Respectfully send off Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live long live long live long live my emperor."

Song Duan: "King Yu, Li Ze, you two come to Panlong Palace."

Song Li, Li Ze: "Yes."

Song Li relaxed a lot after leaving the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and chatted with Li Ze while walking: "Uncle Li, I didn't expect the two of us to have the opportunity to work together."

Li Ze wiped his sweat tremblingly: "His Royal Highness Yu Wang is joking, it is my honor to work with His Royal Highness Yu Wang."

Song Li didn't take it seriously: "Okay, okay, this is private, don't say these polite words, then why do you see others? How is Zhuxuan recently?"

Li Ze: "The dog can eat, sleep, and live well."

Song Li laughed out loud upon hearing this, nodded seriously and said, "That's good."

Li Ze got a headache when he mentioned his son, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "The method His Royal Highness King Yu came up with this time impresses me very much."

When it came to business, Song Li suppressed his smile, and said, "Exaggeration, Mr. Li must have thought about this idea, right? It's just that the cost is too high, so I didn't dare to mention it. I heard they were annoyed by the quarrel, and they talked about it one by one. There are many, but no one is willing to take over this mess, so I will do it."

Song Li paused for a moment, then continued: "What I'm thinking is, what if we don't count the expenses? Wherever there is a problem, we can solve it there. Blindly distributing disaster relief food like the previous two months will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. No matter how much money is spent, it will be useless, and there is no way for them to settle down. Most of the victims of the snowstorm are local people in Yongzhou. If they are sent to various states and counties, wouldn’t it make them leave their homes, even if the strength of the court is not considered , the actual acceptance capacity of each state and county, wouldn’t sending them to other places make them abandon their roots? If it were you, Mr. Li, let you take all your things and leave Yudu, where you were born and raised, and go to A new place to seek refuge with others, would you like to?"

Li Ze shook his head: "I don't want to."

Song Li went on to say: "That's it. Take ten thousand steps back, even if someone is willing to leave Yongzhou to make a living elsewhere, it will only be a small number of people. The vast majority of the people are rooted here. If they are forced to leave, Mr. Li Just guess what will happen?"

Li Ze's face was heavy: "It is very likely that there will be a civil uprising."

Song Li nodded: "That's right. I don't know what that Sun Shilang is pretending to come up with such a way indiscriminately, not to mention whether the army is enough. In the court, he should work for the people, which is different from Yu Yu. The tens of thousands of people affected by the floods in the state, these tens of thousands of people, most of them are old and weak, women and children, how can you bear to see them displaced in order to save money?"

Li Ze noticed that Song Li began to call him Mr. Li since he started talking about serious business, with a clear distinction between public and private.

Li Ze looked up at the young man striding forward on the left, and suddenly felt that he seemed different from the idiot he knew before. After hearing what he said, Li Ze sighed sincerely: "Your Highness has the people in his heart, and he does everything for the people." Thinking about it, Dawei is really lucky to have a prince like you."

Song Li smiled: "No, my thinking is relatively petty, I only think about the people, if everything is like this, how can the Great Wei be so powerful."

Song Li took Li Ze to take a shortcut to Panlong Hall, and Song Duan's sedan chair barely caught up with the two of them.

Before Song Duan sat down, the little eunuch rushed in hastily: "Your Majesty, Li Shangshu and His Royal Highness King Yu are asking to see you."

Song Duan wondered to himself, "Why are these two so fast?"

The little eunuch didn't hear clearly, and still knelt on the ground.

Song Duan cleared his throat: "Xuan."

Song Li took the lead to enter the door and knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, my brother."

Li Ze followed Song Li and knelt down: "My minister sees Your Majesty."

Song Duan: "Pingshen, do you know what I mean by looking for you two?"

Song Li stood up and nodded: "I think it's something to spend on settling the refugees."

Song Duan: "That's right, the national treasury is empty now, and there is not much money for disaster relief. I asked Li Ze to help you resettle the refugees because of this consideration. It is the first time you work for the imperial court, so it is inevitable that you are inexperienced. If you can't handle some things well, I will feel more at ease if Li Ze assists you. Secondly, you are used to spending money lavishly. Li Ze is the secretary of the household department and knows how to save money. It is most appropriate for him to assist you. If you are spending money If you have any questions about sales, you can ask him directly.”

Song Li said bluntly: "This minister knows that the emperor's brother is worrying too much, and the minister has no plan to use the money from the treasury."

Song Duan wondered, "You don't need money from the treasury? Then where do you get so much money to settle the refugees?"

Song Li: "My younger brother has to ask His Majesty for an imperial decree. My younger brother wants to ask His Majesty to allow my younger brother to collect Anmin tax from wealthy private businessmen in the name of the royal family."

Song Duan asked doubtfully, "An Min Tax?"

Song Li explained: "Yes, it is collected from private businessmen."

Song Duan said resolutely: "No, what's the face of the royal family like this? Besides, will anyone be willing to hand it over?"

Song Li: "At that time, the minister will release the news. As long as the refugees cannot settle down in Yongzhou, the court will send them to other states and counties. The money of the merchants is earned from the people. If the people in Yongzhou are gone, where will they go? To make money, those businessmen are very shrewd, and they will not refuse to pay."

Song Duan thought for a while and insisted: "No, this is too absurd. Disaster relief is the court's business, but now it is pushed on the businessman. Doesn't this make the court lose face?"

Song Li retorted: "Brother Huang, you might as well think about it carefully. What's the point of losing face? Face is more important than the people? If the people of Yongzhou are displaced, what should the people of other prefectures think? At the foot of the imperial city, in front of the Temple of the Son of Heaven. The people don't care. Will you be cold?"

Song Duan's face darkened: "I didn't say that I wouldn't allocate funds for the disaster in Yongzhou."