Seven major counties in Lingnan

Chapter 875: Seven major counties in Lingnan

Chang'an City Imperial City.

Li Shimin frowned and went to the court meeting. He sat in the study without saying a word. Not long after, a large group of civil and military officials from the Qin Palace arrived one after another.

After performing his ritual, the monarch and ministers began to discuss what happened at the court meeting just now, and Du Ruhui made a quick decision and was the first to stand up and speak;

"Your Majesty, you can't listen to those people. The most important thing is to seize this opportunity and completely transform the Lingnan land into our area. This is the most important thing in front of you, instead of taking the reason to not hurt or itch and cleaning up the Feng family. Please consider it carefully."

As the prime minister, Du Ruhui certainly has many supporters. No matter which side of the civil and military, many people follow suit?

"I'm going to discuss it."

"Your Majesty, what Du Pushe said is really what I want to say, I agree with one hundred of them."

"Your Majesty, I will also discuss it."

"I'm going to discuss it."

"I'm going to discuss it."

Li Shimin did not nod or shook his head, but stared at the serious faces of several powerful people;

"The Feng family is uneasy and sent 300 dead soldiers to hide in Chang'an City. This move must be investigated, otherwise there will be endless disasters. In the future, the princes of the world will learn to do it. What's the point?"

In serious matters, Changsun Wuji is not a vegetarian, so of course he would not choose to continue flattering. He knew that the emperor was angry. He had many things together, so how could he not get angry?

But Changsun Wuji knew very well that after the anger continued, the emperor should be rational. Whoever said it was wrong would definitely be settled, so Changsun Wuji dared not do anything.

"Your Majesty, those who are wrong must be investigated. This is an undeniable thing. However, I agree with Du Pushe's suggestion, seize the mistakes of the Feng family, quickly divide Lingnan into several counties, and then quickly arrange officials to take office. This is the most important thing."

Li Shimin raised his eyebrows gently and looked at Li Jing and Li Shiji who were not speaking beside him.

Li Jing knew that he would not be able to hold back if he didn't speak today, so he had to take a step forward;

"Report to Your Majesty, what Changsun Shangshu said is reasonable. This is a rare opportunity. The dozens who escaped that night three days ago must be whipping up, and even sending a letter to the flying pigeon, and wanting to report the message back.

Moreover, his Feng family has announced his loyalty to His Majesty for many years. His Majesty has arranged officials at all levels to be justified, and he is competing with his family to make a mistake this time.

Your Majesty should not let go easily if you follow the words of those people and pursue them severely, and I will talk more and ignore the roots and ends. It is not a matter of the overall situation. Please take care of His Majesty the Emperor and take care of him before doing it.”

As soon as Li Jing finished speaking, Li Shenji next to him also spoke;

"Your Majesty, Lingnan is large and the rights of the Feng family must be divided."

"Oh? Since you all mean this, I don't object to anything. I can listen to the power of the Feng family that you say is divided, and everyone means this.

The problem is that the Feng family has been operating Lingnan for five generations, and it is also a local tribe.

They are in Lingnan, and they are lush and deeply rooted, and are deeply supported by those tribes and major tribes. How can we differentiate?

Will the officials sent have the same result as those two now? They hide in their own government offices all day long and eat and drink, hug their concubines and enjoy themselves, but have no chance to take root?"

Li Shimin's problem really stumped the important civil and military officials present, and even Li Shiji frowned. However, he was still a person who could be the commander of the three armies. If he was speechless because of this, it would be too idiotic.

"Your Majesty, those two have to be transferred back. I feel that they are not strong enough, so I should replace them to take charge of the overall situation.

Then, Lingnan can be transformed into five counties and seven counties, divided and governed. The Feng family will continue to be the chief governor of Lingnan Road, and all positions and powers of his family will remain unchanged.

One of the counties can be ordered to be in charge of the Feng family, and another county will be divided into another county, and the chief will promote the Feng family's direct children, and the rest will be arranged by the court."

Li Shimin did not react at all, nor did he show any expression, and he just asked casually;

"What after?"

Li Shiji didn't want to talk too much from the bottom of his heart, but today he was targeted by the emperor and could only bite the bullet;

"Then we call the remaining counties to slowly coordinate and communicate with the local tribes, lead them out of the mountains, turn them into land, teach them farming and building houses, as long as they can be king, they can slowly grasp everything in the local area. In less than a hundred years, our court will be able to grasp the vast Lingnan in our hands."

Li Shimin did not agree or talk too much. These were basically the same as he thought. They were all used to eat away. They were useful, but can those savages farm?

Changsun Wuji saw through Li Shimin's heart. As the first person in the Ministry of Revenue, he naturally knew what the emperor needed now.

"Your Majesty, we don't lack food seeds, at least the farming needs in Lingnan can meet."

Li Shimin turned his head and looked at Changsun Wuji;

"You are talking about the tax on autumn harvest, are you?"

"Yes, your majesty, take care of the head first."

Li Shimin began to pound on the table;

"What about money? Since it is divided into counties, it is necessary to build a county town. There is also a prefecture government office under the county government. I won't mention the county town for the time being, just talk about county towns and prefectures. These are not ordinary amounts. How much money do you have in your Ministry of Revenue?"

Changsun Wuji turned his head to look at his colleagues, and could only answer the emperor's questions truthfully;

"When you go back to your Majesty, after you have been working hard to come to worship, there are still more than four million guan left in each warehouse to be dispatched and used. But your Majesty don't worry, our liquor players can get some of them every month, and there are taxes and share incomes and share of the four major shopping malls, and more than four million guan can be used."

As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin next to him jumped up;

"God, there are only more than four million left? Didn't I, Lao Cheng, say you, where have you spent your money? Don't you take it back to your house?"

Many people started to murmur when Cheng Yaojin made a fuss.

"Yes, it's spent too fast."

"Who said no?"

"No, I still had more than 10 million before, why did this be the only thing left in a few months?"

"Say less of a word of you!"

"well!"

If Changsun Wuji hadn't thought about taking care of his face, he would have wished he could vomit Cheng Yaojin's face, and his face was flushed, and he would have explained to the emperor who was staring at him;

"Your Majesty, I will report to Your Majesty that the Yellow River has flooded and many people are..."

Cheng Yaojin hid in the crowd and suppressed his voice and explained to Niu Jinda and Yuchi Gong;

"Look, am I guessing accurate? Sure enough, it's the beginning of the flooding of the Yellow River! The Ministry of Revenue has gathered a lot of money in recent years. After the grassland war ended, it has not been one-tenth of the tenth miles to go to the Sixteen Guards."

Yuchi Gong also tried his best to lower his voice and discuss it;

"What's going on with the Yellow River? It's going to flood every year? Can't you rest?"

Niu Jinda followed the topic;

"Old Hei, you don't understand. Civil servants don't like war affairs. Governing the world is what they keep talking about. Those things can achieve political achievements and show off their personal abilities..."

Although the three of them lowered their voices, the emperor's study room was no match for the court meeting. The small space was filled with civil and military officials of the Qin Palace, so who could not hear it?

Changsun Wuji turned around depressedly and raised the volume of his speech;

"From the birthplace of the Yellow River, we will feed countless people along the way, and it can be called the Mother River. There are less than a dozen places where the bends are turning, and it is common to flood the disaster. There were many wars before, and we didn't care about the disaster.

If today's peace and all directions surrender, the court naturally cannot let it go, which hurts the hearts of the people. Besides, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are the foundation of the world. If you don't manage or build river embankments, what do you say that all the people in the world will say?”

"Okay, the three generals don't have to talk, and listen to what Wuji says."

He glared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely, and Changsun Wuji sighed softly. After all, he made the emperor unhappy. It was really hard to do this money-related errands...

"Your Majesty, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are thrown into a lot of money every year. You know that in addition to this matter, there are also stations everywhere, changing horses and renovating houses. This is an order issued by the three provinces and six ministries. I am helpless and can only distribute money and food equally.

Moreover, last month, the inspection of the troops and the reception of tourists from all directions was also quite expensive, with a lot of money, so there were only more than four million chunks left. Each place was withdrawn according to Your Majesty's instructions, with three levels of control, clear and clear, and able to withstand verification."

"Well, this is the best. The verification matter should be carried out according to the rules of previous years. It will be carried out at the end of the year. Now there is no need to do it alone. I believe you have the ability and will not cause trouble."

"Thank you for your trust."

The emperor finally explained and relieved his eyebrows, and Changsun Wuji felt much more relaxed in his heart.

"The matter in Lingnan is imminent, but we have to make up our minds before we can act. I have decided to adopt the advice of my dear friends, but we must also consider where to react and not be too hasty.

But the Lingnan Road was divided into seven counties and was under the jurisdiction of the Lingnan Road governor. The county where the Feng family was located would not be arranged separately, and another county would be arranged for the Feng family to manage it. In this way, they would be convinced and rely solely on this excuse, and could not suppress it to the end.

After all, there must be a limit. It is not difficult to solve the big family in Lingnan. The difficulty lies in solving one on your side, and there will be new ones coming up there immediately. You can’t always put your energy and troops in the south, as it will not be worth the loss.”

"Your Majesty's wise!"

"The county will not consider it for the time being. Taking this opportunity to develop the seven counties in Lingnan, we must arrange the county government within three years, and then start the prefecture government offices under each county, and implement these things within ten years."

"Your Majesty's wiseness."

"The candidates for the remaining five counties, my dear ministers have carefully considered it recently. Only ours can only be the people from our side. One of the other factions will not be given. Also, the two corpse-related people who have to be assigned to Lingnan Road will be transferred back.

The vacancy between these two people must be filled. These two positions are very important. You cannot just recommend one of them at that time and take the post immediately. This time you have to send two capable people to come here and make achievements.

It’s still the same rule. You can’t offend the Feng family. You have to be versatile. For specific candidates, I decided to choose from the 18 bachelors of the Qin Palace. After all, they are on the third rank, so I’m not at ease with the others.”

After hearing Li Shimin's words, the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace were all touching their minds. Among the eighteen bachelors, except for Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, only three were at the third level.

There were only a dozen left but not such a high grade. Suddenly, two vacancies of the third grade were released, and they were still on the third grade. Not to mention that other factions in the court were moved, the eighteenth bachelors were all thinking about it.

Even Du Ruhui wanted to win a fight for his old friends among the Eighteenth Bachelors.

It is precisely because of the sufficient grade and there are only two vacancies that no one in the study said, and no one was embarrassed to speak first.

"Okay, let's talk about other things. The search three days ago caused a lot of things. The cell below was full of people, so it's time to deal with it.

Ordinary bad things are sponsored by Chang'an and Wannian counties, so they can quickly review and finalize the case."
To be continued...