Western Jin Dynasty, Political Affairs Hall.
There were only seven or eight ministers in the hall, including the King of Wei and the Crown Prince. At this time, on the ground-shaped sand table in the hall, the counties of Qingming and Ningxi were placed.
There was no Minister of Revenue Xu Gong, nor Lu Wenbai, the governor of Yunxiang. These two people were basically representatives of the Xu family and the Lu family. Although the other important officials were from the Xu family, they still relied on the King of Jin.
At this time, Qingming was empty. With the Hanyang switch on and off, it was generally believed that the Xu family's attitude towards Wei Yuan had loosened. At this point, Qingming finally settled down and there were no foreign enemies for the time being.
The listeners of King Jin analyzed the situation for a while and said with a smile: "This Wei Yuan has no enemies around him now, so it can always calm down for a while, right?"
The King of Wei suddenly said: "The court intends to set up Qingzhou, establish Qingyang Prefecture, and set up Qingyang Jiedushi. Can the Qingyang Jiedushi and the Dingxi Jiedushi be the same person?"
The King of Jin's face slightly darkened and said, "What else? The will is already on the way. Can you let the court take it back?"
"This is a matter of interfering in our country, and this precedent cannot be opened." The King of Wei did not retreat.
The King of Jin tapped the table lightly, and was a little surprised by the King of Wei's sudden attack. He pondered and said nothing. The King of Jin did not speak, which meant that other people had to speak.
So the left minister said: "The Tang Shi is the place of great righteousness. Although it is a practice to not issue an order to interfere with the national affairs of various countries, this is just an unwritten rule. In name, we still have to implement the orders of the emperor, unless there are particularly good reasons."
The King of Wei said again: "Qingyang Prefecture covers the original territory of the four counties in Ningxi, and has surpassed it, and has expanded thousands of miles westward. If Wei Yuan is the governor of Qingyang, it will completely block our way to west, and there will be no possibility of being involved in Qingzhou in the future!"
The King of Jin's face remained unchanged, and no one could see his thoughts at this moment. He calmly said: "What do you want to say? Just say it."
The King of Wei gritted his teeth and said, "I am willing to guard the country's gates on behalf of my father and serve as the governor of Qingyang! I beg my father to give me 200,000 elite troops, and also to get the King of Ying's new army, which is enough!"
All the ministers changed their colors slightly, and even the prince who didn't easily spoke was moved, looking at the King of Wei.
The government affairs hall was silent for a moment, and only the King of Wei's breathing was getting heavier and heavier. Sweat was seen on his forehead, and beads of sweat rolled down.
The King of Jin suddenly laughed, broke the silence, and said, "Wei Yuan defeated millions of witch clan troops, and forced the Xu family to open Hanyang Pass. You only brought 200,000 people. Are you going to die?"
The King of Wei showed resentment and said, "Wei Yuan died in battle for more than one million, and the tombstones of Yingling Mountain are everywhere. He is at the end of his strength at this time, how many elite soldiers can he be left? Take a step back and say that even if the son minister is not his opponent and dies at his hands, the father will have the name of righteousness and can destroy him. No matter what the Tang Shi does, he will not be able to say anything."
The angry look on the King of Jin's face gradually faded, and he asked, "What are you going to do? Just send troops to start the war?"
The King of Wei was excited and hurriedly said, "It is not advisable to lead the nameless army like that. I will gather the main force on the important land, divide the light cavalry on the flanks, and then set up checkpoints on the main traffic roads to check the caravans and draw heavy taxes. As long as the trade route is cut off, the ministers do not believe that Wei Yuan can bear it. As long as he kills me, he will be a traitor!"
King Jin was surprisingly patient today and said, "Wei Yuan raised a lot of horse bandits. Then he would say that they were killed by horse bandits. What can you do?"
King Wei said: "He can use this trick, why can't I use it? If he said he was killed by the bandits, then I will find a few people and put on the clothes of the Qingming army soldiers, and say that this is the murderer sent by Qingming."
King Jin pondered for a moment, but did not continue the topic, saying, "I will discuss this matter later."
The King of Wei said again: "There is another thing. Wei Yuan has been a minister of the Great Jin Dynasty for many years, but he has not paid the tax. The ministers think this is not allowed. Otherwise, in the future, every Jiedushi will not pay the money to the court without paying it on the excuse of war on the border. Wouldn't it become a country in the country?"
The King of Jin did not answer, but looked at the left prime minister and asked, "What do you think?"
The left minister said: "This matter should be discussed for a long time and carefully considered it."
The King of Jin also knew that the old fox Zuo Prime Minister could not say anything, so he said, "Let's just be here today, I'm tired."
After leaving the Political Affairs Hall, King Jin set up in the Chunhua Hall, and sat in the garden for a moment, drinking tea with Princess Yuan.
Concubine Yuan said, "The last time Your Majesty came to my palace was four months ago."
King Jin said: "The government has been busy recently and you have to take care of your children, so I can't disturb you."
"I heard recently that the king often goes to the political affairs hall, and even the morning court has been compressed a lot. Why is this?"
King Jin smiled and said, "I suddenly felt that my energy was always lacking. I think I was already old. At this age, I was prone to think about things I had never thought about before. A few days ago, I was thinking, after I died, how will future generations evaluate me, and how will I write about me in history books?
So I thought of a way to discuss matters in the political affairs hall in the future, and no matter what I say, there will be no record. From now on, I will not issue an order, and those things that are easy to be scolded will be handled through these ministers. I will be responsible for the amnesty of the world, the issuance of grain and taxes, and the punishment of corrupt officials.
This may bring you a little more reputation.”
"The king is not old, so aren't there any masters and secret methods?"
King Jin shook his head: "No matter how high a person is, he can't wait for the immortals? Now, some immortals can't wait. Before I die, I've started to put my hands out."
Concubine Yuan said calmly: "If the king is not in a hurry, why not talk to me."
"The Tang Shi suddenly issued an imperial edict, set up Qingzhou, set up Qingyang Prefecture, and then gave the title of Qingyang Jiedu. This Qingyang Prefecture is the four counties in Ningxi.
Humph, those guys in the Tang Room were unwilling to rest assured. They gave this order but did not write their names clearly. Isn’t this just treating Qingming as a piece of flesh and throwing it out for everyone to rob?"
Yuan Fei said: "Isn't this for Wei Yuan? Who dares to grab this position except him? Even if you get it, what's the use of having a name?"
The King of Jin smiled and said, "You are wrong, there are quite a few people who want to grab it. Just now, Lao Wu said that he is willing to guard the country for me and wants to be the governor of Qingyang."
Concubine Yuan thought for a while and said, "Lao Wu is still a little clever, at least not so stupid. Is there someone behind him?"
King Jin said: "Isn't the one who is my own lineage? There is no one else except him. If it weren't for his instructions, how could this kid have such courage? Humph, I'm asking me for a new army. If I transfer the new army back, what can I use to block the Liao clan?"
"What are you going to do if you are the king?"
"One word, drag, drag for a few years, and things will naturally be solved."
Concubine Yuan frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid it's not that easy."
The King of Jin smiled and said, "Of course I know it's not that easy. What I mean is that I will leave in a few years, and I will not be upset when I see you. This will cause headaches for the prince and the left prime minister."
The Yuanfei didn't say anything, but the light in her eyes disappeared.
King Jin sighed lightly, his face turned soft, and he said, "I thought I would be the talented one, but in the end I found that I was just a mediocre person. If I could live a few more years, the best arrangement was to let King Chu take office as the governor of Qingyang. But now it is too late.
What are you going to do after I leave?"
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Concubine Yuan sighed and said, "I will go back to Zhao State and I will definitely not be able to stay in this palace. The two children are still young, so I can't go with the king. Your son... Humph, he looked at me incorrectly."
King Jin nodded and said, "It's good to go back. It's getting late, it's time for me to go to the Vajra Zen Temple."
"Didn't that say that master is unreliable? Otherwise, stay tonight?"
King Jin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Now I have a straw that I can catch, so I won't stop. Let's go and work hard."
After King Jin left, Concubine Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and fell down softly.
The maids hurriedly helped her to the bed, untied her coat, and there was a large wound one foot long on the inner ribs!
The blood had penetrated the gauze and a faint black air was revealed. As soon as the bandage was opened, the foul smell came to the nose.
Yuan Fei gritted her teeth and endured the pain, saying, "Go and bring the earth fire pill that stimulates potential, I will use it now!"
A maid couldn't help but say, "This may damage the foundation!"
"That's all a trivial matter. If you don't eat it, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass it tonight."
One of the two maids treated the wounds of Princess Yuan and the other hurried to get the medicine. Seeing Princess Yuan take the medicine, one maid couldn't help but say, "Why would you better send a message to Lord Wei."
Yuan Fei looked pale, shook her head, and said, "Forget it, he can't take care of himself now, so he has no ability to care about me."
"It's not that he has no ability, he has no heart at all!"
"Shut up!" Yuan Fei shouted angrily.
In Qingming Yong'an City, Wei Yuan was summoning a group of caravan leaders who were close to and reliable.
Wei Yuan said: "How many brocades have been transported by the Xu family to the west in the past three months?"
Each head has its own areas of responsibility, so he reported the numbers one by one. After the last one was finished, Wei Yuan nodded and said, "I sold 400,000 pieces of brocade in three months, and the numbers are worth it. Humph, they made a lot of money. Are they buying silk for the money they got?"
An elderly official said: "As far as I know, all Xu Jiajin Stores are collecting wires in large quantities, and the purchase price is higher than what we give. They even reselled wires from us in turn. I have resold 500,000 kilograms of wires to them according to your arrangement, and sold the 500,000 kilograms of stock in stock, waiting for them to pick up the goods. This in and out is 600,000 taels of fairy silver!"
"Sir, if we do this, won't we lose our own thread?"
Wei Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry about this. If Xu Jiajinxing still wants to collect silk, then sell them at the current price, with a limited quantity of one million kilograms. But you have to give the money first and then stock them up. In addition, they only have ten days. Once ten days arrive, one or two shreds are not allowed to be sold. They are all transported to me."
All the leaders felt that it was unfathomable and did not understand what medicine was sold in Weiyuan's gourd. The price of silk has now risen to eight times the original and is still rising sharply.
This season, Wei Yuan could sell more ice mulberry seedlings, about 10,000 branches, but they were instantly snatched away, and the price even increased to fifty taels of immortal silver per branch.
The soaring silk price has already made everyone who is not optimistic about it shut up, and they obediently shovel their own grain fields and switch to mulberry trees.
The data collected by the heads of these business companies alone show that in this season alone, at least two million acres of grain fields in the eight counties have been converted into mulberry fields.
Wei Yuan's plan would not tell these people, anyway, they would see that Wei Yuan, who did not fight, was the most terrifying thing.
Chapter completed!