Chapter 775 Fight with the living, fight with the dead (1)(1/2)
Zhao Xu said: "Prince, Wang Qing, Zhang Qing, your Secretary of the Central Committee drafted Fu Bi's posthumous title and posthumous title, let's break up."
As he said that, he waved his hand and went ahead first.
Li Qingchen did not have the courage of Kou Zhun, and he grabbed Long Xiu. Master, don’t run away, we have not finished talking about it yet.
Then let's break up.
Li Qingchen chased Wang Gui and asked, "Prince, Fu Gong, what is the name of the Secretariat's posthumous name?"
"Bangzhi, what do you think you should posthumously name?"
"Can it be Wen Zheng?"
Wang Ju laughed a little while ago. The highest posthumous title of ancient civil officials was Wen Zheng.
Can you be regarded as Wen Zheng with what Fu Bi did before his death?
"Zi'an, why are you laughing at?"
"What a pity, the official did not express any grand gifts, nor did he stop the court..."
Zhao Xu personally paid Fu Bi's gift, and it was definitely different to discuss with Zhongshu.
Moreover, this minister has a high status in the emperor's heart, so he feels regretful for his death. Then the emperor often issued an edict to stop court for one day, and if it is heavier, he will stop court for three days. So what is the stop court? That is, on this day, the emperor personally stopped obeying the government and the country also stopped court discussions to express his condolences for the death of this person.
Just like Xue Xiang's death, because Wang Ju reminded that Zhao Xu finally realized Xue Xiang's contribution to the Song Dynasty and stopped working for one day.
In fact, it was not just Xue Xiang. After Zhao Xu ascended the throne, he dropped out of court for more than a dozen meritorious officials.
But why didn't he stop the court for Fu Bi? It's not that Zhao Xu looked down on Fu Bi. After all, Fu Bi was the prime minister of the three dynasties of the Song Dynasty and had a great reputation. The main reason is that after the dynasty of the dynasty, and with what happened some time ago, someone would make a fuss. The more grand the court expressed Fu Bi's death, the more things that followed.
This is a simple mind technique, and Wang Ju doesn't need to remind you.
Of course, it is possible that Li Qingchen had not expected it, but now that Wang Ju said it, Li Qingchen would also think of it, and he immediately stood there and didn't know what to say.
"Taibao. You misunderstood."
"Bangzhi, you are not the only smart person in the world. As an important official of the country, do your best. Don't be intrigue anymore. As for the rich man, the Secretariat will not be wronged." Wang Ju said that and left.
But Zhang Shangying chased after him.
"Taibao, rich duke died..."
"He passed away. It will have some impact. For example, Li Shangshu said it deliberately just now, but it is actually meaningful. But Li Shangshu is still good. But Tianjue, it has nothing to do with you. You can manage the banking department with peace of mind." Wang Ju said.
But Fu Bi's death would never be so lightly.
However, Wang Ju couldn't hold someone else's sleeve when meeting anyone, and said loudly that Fu Bi's death had nothing to do with me.
"Here."
"The banking department can enter the third step. You can withdraw some money and allocate it to the three departments one after another."
What is the first step, second step, third step.
The first step is to let the merchants exchange money and silk for silk. After the silk is approved by the merchants and the people in the capital, the second step can be started, using silk to pay the silk materials bought by the merchants.
But I don’t force myself to persuade you. There are various methods, such as silk, tea, salt, old friends, gold and silver, and copper coins, which must be restricted. Let the merchants choose for themselves.
Why not start doing this?
Wang Ju was also worried about it. Forcibly paying for silk, it might cause dissatisfaction among everyone and destroy the reputation of the newly-paid exchange. Or let them choose freely without more people's recognition. If these merchants do not choose, it would not only be embarrassing, but they might suddenly lose the reputation of silk.
In the past six months, it is actually a very young seedling. If it is not protected properly, it may be seriously injured by the cold and cold rain at any time.
This step has also begun to be implemented. It should be fine. Eighty percent of these merchants chose to exchange new deals, and the remaining 20% were not because they were dissatisfied with silk deals, but because they were all merchants, because of business needs, they themselves needed cloth or tea and salt money.
And one after another, the private individuals have taken out more than 10 million taels of gold and silver to join. These more than 10 million taels are not only silver, but also a small amount of gold, which is equivalent to more than 20 million tons of wealth. In fact, as long as they join and see the profit, they will spontaneously maintain the operation of the banking department in the future.
This is what Gao Taotao said, to win over some powerful people and reduce the number of enemies... It is in the banking department, not the steam engine, and it is still too early to make a profit. At least in these three years, it will not be of much help to reduce the number of enemies.
So now we can move to the third step, transfer the silk printed by the bank office to the third department, and then the silk is used as copper coins to pay the salaries of officials and soldiers, or transfer it to the shipping department to buy and buy papers with the sum.
However, there is an advantage now. The Yingzong and Renzong are very valuable, so everyone thinks that getting such a friend is equivalent to increasing the salary, so no one will reject it. In fact, this is wrong. Once the number of releases becomes large, then everyone will not be seriously valuable.
But Wang Ju doesn't care about it, and his main task is to maintain it, so that more people can recognize it.
This is the real premise.
Zhang Shangying nodded.
The three princes of the Secretariat returned to the Secretariat and discussed Fu Bi's posthumous title and posthumous gift.
The facts did not deliberately deal with a dead person. The three ministers discussed for a long time and gave a grand gift. At the same time, they were posthumously named Wen Zhong.
Fu Bi cannot be the word "正", so he can only give the word "正". However, Wen Zhong's posthumous title is equally grand. Its posthumous title among civil officials is second only to Wen Zheng!
Time flies, and more than ten days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Fu Bi's death broke out.
The living are coming, the dead are coming.
The dead are Fu Bi, and the living are Liang Tao.
Moreover, the severity of this attack was far beyond Wang Ju's expectations.
Liang Tao was also one of Wang Ju's political enemies, so when Sun Gu attacked Wang Ju that time, Liang Tao immediately became the biggest accomplice. Wang Ju then went abroad, the Song Dynasty defeated Xia, and Yongle City was defeated.
Zhao Xu realized that Wang Ju was important, and the two sects went overseas to invite Wang Ju back.
Wang Ju used the metaphor of splitting the cart on the other side, so Zhao Xu took the initiative to release some of Wang Ju's political enemies. Liang Tao went to Chuzhou, Jia Yi went to Raozhou, and Liu Zhi went to Lizhou... But it was not actually a heavy demotion. Look at these states, although they were not the top prefectures of the Song Dynasty, they were also considered good states. For example, Chuzhou was the Lishui, Zhejiang in later generations. Although it was mainly mountainous areas, it was just a low hilly area, and its economy was not backward. It was also a large state. It had 100,000 households under its jurisdiction! The people were gentle, not the dangerous places in Kuixia. The climate was pleasant, not the place where the heat was, nor the cold area.
However, Liang Tao was still uneasy.
And he went to Chuzhou. He saw something that made him feel even more uneasy.
The other side promised to donate 150,000 taels of gold each year, or silver or related goods equivalent to 150,000 taels of gold, and moved out six settlements to let the court send officials to manage it. In order to commend the court, the court acquiesced to migrate the people on the other side, so the other side moved the people again.
Chuzhou is located north of Jianzhou, and Jianzhou goes south again, where? Quanzhou!
Many poor people followed this path and went south to Quanzhou and went to the other side.
In fact, this is a good thing. Chuzhou is originally a hilly area and its population is getting denser. This is not later generations. Just a place that is as big as a palm in Vietnam, it can support nearly 100 million people. How low is the food production now? These extremely poor people migrated together. Instead, they can relieve the pressure on Chuzhou.
However, different perspectives of thinking are different. Although the pressure on the population and arable land in Chuzhou has been relaxed, the large-scale migration of these extremely poor people has harmed the interests of all major households. At least they dare not be as harsh as before. The rent is heavy, so I will not rent your land, go to the other side!
As an old minister, Liang Tao valued these gentry more, and of course he would also be exclusion.
But he had no choice but to not mention the court's tacit approval. In the past, the Song Dynasty did not prohibit the people from moving. Could it be that Liang Tao was the most ruthless person in the world. He learned from the early Tang Dynasty and forced orders to prevent the people from going out?
However, the more helpless he was, the deeper the hatred in Liang Tao's heart.
It just so happened that Wen Yanbo was demoted to the magistrate of Chizhou because of his mistaken killing Zhang Mu.
Chuzhou is not too far from Hangzhou, and he had letters with Wen Yanbo, and Liang Tao quickly learned about it. Therefore, he wrote a letter to Fu Bi, hoping that Fu Bi would come forward and persuade the emperor, no matter what. He was just a small businessman, and as an important official of the three dynasties, how could Wen Yanbo be "demoted" to Chizhou for a small businessman?
Indeed, Liang Tao thought so, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and merchants were the most inferior group.
This idea...is true! There are also good people among merchants, and some big landlords' practices are more unscrupulous than merchants! This has been the concept for thousands of years. In fact, the Song Dynasty was still quite good.
So how can someone do business in the Sima family? If you ask Sima Guang this way, Sima Guang will definitely draw people. Our family has someone doing business, but who is doing business? And do they dare to overestimate the scholars and officials?
At the same time, Liang Tao said many bad things about Wang Ju in fragments.
Before the letter reached Fu Bi's hands, Fu Bi had already entered the capital. It was not until Fu Bi came back in shame that he received Liang Tao's letter.
At the beginning, Fu Bi didn't think much about it, let alone reply, and his condition became worse and worse.
But at this time two more things happened, rekindling Fu Bi's dissatisfaction.
The court sent Li Ding to Luoyang to investigate the usual behaviors of the gentry who followed Fu Bi to Beijing. In fact, compared with the gentry brought by An Tao, the gentry in Luoyang was much more qualified, and some of them had a good reputation in the village.
Of course, these gentry have their own backgrounds and ignore the right and wrong of the banking department, but the court had to implement the full commercial tax, which made them unhappy. Then they followed Fu Bi to protest.
However, according to Li Ding's hatred for the old party, it was to avoid fear of small things and not big things. This was a great opportunity. Therefore, in Luoyang, it is really good to pursue the remaining bravery of the enemy, and not to seek fame and learn from the overlord.
Li Ding's approach of betraying thousands of people and not letting go of one person finally made Fu Bi angry again.
The next is the Elderly Church.
Wang Ju proposed to issue an edict to dismantle the Elderly Association, and many old guys were unwilling to leave Luoyang.
Then how can you do it? If you don’t leave Luoyang and continue to have a party from time to time like before, Wang Ju will feel uncomfortable in the capital.
Therefore, Li Ding gave him an order to "persuade" these elders to return to their hometowns quickly, so as to save the time when the court really follows the system, and you will be ugly.
Li Ding came to his door one by one, and when he got to his mouth, his words became even more unpleasant. Why did he still want to continue gathering, form cliques and bewitch the people's hearts?
These elders came to the rich house to complain.
What is Fu Bi's solution?
However, Fu Bi also began to reflect and discovered something.
It has nothing to do with Zhu Chun, and almost no one can think of the inside story behind Shanzhou. They all think that An Tao made a mistake. Because he wanted to defeat Wang Ju in a hurry and stood up for Wen Yanbo, he did not identify the true faces of these gentry.
Not only An Tao, but also his own people, did not pay attention, so he made a serious mistake.
However, Wang Ju noticed it immediately, and if he didn't notice it, there would be no arrangements later.
This not only requires strength in your hands, but also wisdom. Wisdom is a good saying, and it should be scheming.
The subsequent development is even more scheming. If Wang Ju was so generous after Fu Bi returned to Luoyang and knew the true face of these gentry, why didn’t he secretly notify Fu Bi and show his good news before Fu Bi entered the capital, then Fu Bi and his others would undoubtedly change their ideas about Wang Ju. Even if they still went to the capital and said a few words, everyone had their own steps, and this matter would be perfectly resolved.
To be continued...