Governor please stay

Chapter 540
In Xianyang Palace, Xiao Huan was walking around like ants on a hot pot.Although this is not the Tai Chi Hall where the Great Court Meeting is held, the area is not small, and it is the place where the emperor summons his close courtiers to discuss important matters.

Although the imperial army under Yang Kan's command has already guarded this place closely, Xiao Huan also understands that the so-called "sense of security" brought by these people is just an illusion.

If a rebellious army enters the city, the less than one hundred forbidden troops in Xianyang Palace will not be of much use!The real winner lies with Liu Yishou.

"Your Majesty, King Wu has come to escort you!"

Yang Kan's son, Yang Zhen, hurried to Xianyang Palace, and saluted Xiao Huan.

"Is my uncle here? Come on, take me to greet you!"

Xiao Huan, who had been distracted all night, finally had a backbone, and his excitement was beyond words.

In fact, during this turmoil, Xiao Huan had no idea what was going on outside!It wasn't until Yang Kan repelled the rebels that he spied some frightening details from the fragmentary information.

Soon, Xiao Huan came out of Xianyang Palace with the palace people to greet him, and then outside the palace gate, he saw Liu Yishou who brought a group of personal soldiers into Jiankang Palace to "escort".

The imperial guards guarding Xianyang Palace and the pale-faced palace servants all felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't tell the specifics.

Liu Yishou led troops into Jiankang Palace, which was tantamount to treason in form.Even when he led troops to repel Xiao Yi and returned to Taicheng, he never led troops into the palace.

However, Jiankang was in turmoil last night, and Taicheng was besieged. At this moment, Liu Yishou led troops into the palace to escort him.

Liu Yishou has a strong army in his hands, but he acts in a low-key manner. He is quite low-key in his daily life, and he is not arrogant and domineering.

There have always been rumors that he wants to replace him, abolish the emperor and establish himself as emperor.

But after all, those rumors did not become reality after all, and now Xiao Huan is still the nominal emperor of the Liang Kingdom.

Things like usurping the throne are like wolves coming. If you shout for too long, you will lose your credibility and no one will take it seriously.

Seeing Liu Yishou in military uniform leading troops into the palace now, many people wake up like a dream.

In the final analysis, no matter how elegant Liu Yishou looks and how low-key he is on weekdays, he is still the most famous minister in power in Liang Guo!
If someone doesn't usurp the throne, it's just that he doesn't have this plan for the time being, but it doesn't mean that this person doesn't have the ability to usurp the throne and stand on his own!
All the courtiers around Xiao Huan lowered their heads unconsciously, no one dared to look at Liu Yishou, let alone scold him for overstepping his authority.

Xiao Huan has also noticed this, but he doesn't really care, because the fact is like that, and it won't change just because you like it or not.This is also the reason why he can comfortably stay in Jiankang Palace and enjoy happiness without being made things difficult and monitored.

"Uncle finally came, I really didn't sleep a wink all night! Those rebellious officials and thieves are really... Sigh!"

Xiao Huan stepped forward and held Liu Yishou's hands tightly, and said a little excitedly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the big households who caused disturbances in the city have been searched and counted from house to house, and were brought to Jiankang Palace by the cronies of the ministers to wait for His Majesty to deal with them.

Within three days, the ministers will completely clean up Jiankang inside and outside. After three days, all businesses will reopen and the blockade will be lifted. Please don't worry, Your Majesty. "

Liu Yishou folded his sleeves and saluted.

Xiao Huan frowned slightly, then quietly pulled Liu Yishou aside, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, you know that during the Jiankang incident, King Danyang (Xiao Xi) also secretly communicated with the rebellious army. I am very disappointed."

He let out a long sigh, he didn't expect his half-brother to take advantage of this turmoil to make a profit.

Of course, he has no evidence, just hearsay.

However, in the clan, for similar matters, one only needs to be suspicious. Whether there is evidence or not is actually not that important.Those in positions of power believe more in their intuition and the logical relationship on the table.

At the beginning Liu Yishou hoped that Xiao Xie would move to Danyang as a feudal domain, which was only a short distance away from Jiankang, but Xiao Xie agreed without even thinking about it.

If he had no idea about the throne, would Xiao Xi agree so readily?Can staying in Danyang be more comfortable and happy than Jing Xiang?

Xiao Huan can see this very clearly, he just doesn't have such a strong sense of utilitarianism as Xiao Cha, but it doesn't mean that he can't see Xiao Cha's inner desire.

This time Xiao Huan heard about the other party's plan from the mouth of the rebel captives. Among them was the drama of welcoming King Danyang into Taicheng to ascend the throne after occupying Taicheng.It looks decent, not like splashing dirty water.

Xiao Huan originally thought that similar things would not happen until his death, so Xiao Huan and his son robbed the dragon chair to sit.

I didn't expect the other party to be so impatient!
"Your Majesty, there may not be a reason for the groundless rumors. King Danyang is not in the rebellion army, and there is no evidence of participating in the rebellion. The so-called inseparable relatives, your majesty should not hear any rumors, even rumors from the rebellion army. I suspect that brothers and sisters will usurp the throne."

Liu Yishou persuaded calmly.

His words were hardly convincing, more like forcibly comforting Xiao Huan.

Don't say that Xiao Huan and Xiao Xi are just half-brothers, are there still few brothers in history competing for the throne?
From the bottom-level logic point of view, isn't it because those chaotic troops dared to do things because Xiao Xi came out to clean up the situation afterwards?

Would Xiao Huan not understand these principles?

"I know, alas!"

Xiao Huan let out a long sigh, and didn't want to mention Xiao Xi's matter again.

"Your Majesty, how should we deal with these big families who participated in the treason?"

Liu Yishou clasped his hands and asked.

"Uncle, let's figure it out. I haven't closed my eyes all night, and now I want to go to the bedroom to rest."

After this battle, Xiao Huan was physically and mentally exhausted.

Although he never intended to kill Liu Yishou, and then "rise up" to be his own master.

But the bloody reality told him that Liu Yishou might be a powerful minister, but he was very measured in his actions. At least in the short term, it was impossible to do anything to him.

However, once Liu Yishou is killed, the existing power structure of the entire Liang State will completely collapse.

Not only can he, the emperor in name, not be able to take back the military and political power, but he is very likely to die a miserable death and end up making wedding dresses for others.Instead, Liu Yishou became his sole source of power.

"Your Majesty, please write an imperial edict ordering this official to handle this matter with full authority. This is a big matter, and this official cannot act arbitrarily."

Liu Yishou folded his sleeves and saluted, and said very humbly.

Since it is a process, don't leave any flaws.This time, he is honoring the king to beg for traitors, he is punishing those rebellious traitors!It's not playing tricks, it's not wanton revenge.

You can't help but make it clear!
"It's just that I was negligent. Uncle, let's deal with these aftermath matters. Someone will deliver the imperial edict to uncle later."

Xiao Huan quickly supported Liu Yishou.

Listening to people's persuasion to eat enough, he doesn't have any good impressions of those wealthy families in Jiankang City.These people stormed Taicheng last night in an attempt to commit crimes, not only targeting Liu Yishou!

"Here, I'm going to take care of the aftermath. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."

After getting Xiao Huan's "Shangfang Sword", the last stone in Liu Yishou's heart fell to the ground. At this moment, he has got everything he wanted this time.

……

Although the disturbance in Jiankang, the capital of the Liang State, was a big one, it only lasted for a day and a night. The impact was only around Jiankang, and it didn't give Gao Huan in the north any chance.

In fact, Gao Huan is now facing a serious political and economic crisis and can't take care of himself.

It would be great if Liang Guo didn't send people to provoke him. As for the turmoil in Liang Guo, Yecheng had absolutely no spare power to intervene.

Like He Bayue, Gao Huan suffered a heavy loss this time, even worse than He Bayue in a sense.

Brother-in-law Han Gui died in battle, and trusted general Modolo Loanwen died in battle. Duan Shao’s elite troops were severely injured by Liang’s army when they pursued them. If you don't listen to the propaganda, it's like a country within a country.

The fact that Gao Huan sold his daughter to beg for mercy is already well known in Ye City. Apart from lamenting Gao Huan's astonishing determination and his great husband's broad-mindedness, the generals under his command also had deep doubts about Wei's national power.

Full of fights and calculations, how many people are there for this wave of Liang Jun's Northern Expedition?

At the beginning, they laughed at Yuan Ziyou's helplessness in the face of Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition, but they didn't expect that the same experience would happen to these people again with the passage of time.They finally felt a little sympathy for Yuan Ziyou and Er Zhurong back then.

The elite trilogy was greatly damaged, the country lost two large counties, some parts of Hebei were almost self-reliant, and Luoyang became a piece of scorched earth. If Gao Huan could still sit still, he would definitely be bragging and slapping his face to make himself fat.

One morning in the summer, Gao Huan, Sun Teng, Sima Ziru and others were discussing strategies to revitalize the Wei State in the study of the Ba Mansion.Everyone is frowning, without the smile and confidence of the past.

"Longque (Sun Teng's name), now there are internal and external troubles, how to solve the difficulties?"

Gao Huan humbly asked for advice.

He doesn't know about the reform of the government military system in Guanzhong, nor does he know about the rebuilding of the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven. The only thing he knows is that the current development will really fail!

"King Gao, it's not that I have no choice, it's just that I'm short of money."

Sun Teng said with a sigh.

"Lack of money?"

Gao Huan was taken aback, Hebei is rich, and he never worried about lack of money.However, he has been fighting for years, and now he can't stand it anymore.

"I'll talk about the money later, Longque will talk about the solution first."

Gao Huan sighed.

"Yedu is adjacent to the Zhang River and not far from the Yellow River. Water conservancy projects can be built along important rivers such as the Yellow River and Jishui River, and treasury storage can be established to stockpile food, grass and wealth, and strengthen Yecheng's control over the Qingxu area."

Sun Teng said with a blank face.

Gao Huan's gaze has never been refined enough, and he lacks understanding of specific economic policies.

There are thousands of miles of difference between right and wrong, and the governance of a country is often implemented through seemingly inconspicuous policies.

After the establishment of the regime in Yecheng, the control over Qingxu, especially Qingzhou, was not strong, and they did not get much help from there.There are many reasons for this, but the lack of control means is the most fundamental reason.

In ancient times, communication and transportation were very backward.Even in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Japanese monks landed from Qingzhou to Chang'an, and found that the official roads in Qingzhou were extremely difficult to walk. Not only the grass on the side of the road grew taller than people, but also the road was muddy. Little clay figurines.

The unfathomable grass on the road ahead was swaying, and when I got closer, I realized that it was the pedestrians in front who were exploring the road. At that time, it could reach such an exaggerated level.

This was true in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, let alone the Southern and Northern Dynasties?

The regime with Yecheng as the core can only rely on rivers such as the Yellow River and Jishui to control Qingzhou.Therefore, the establishment of warehouses and post stations along the road is the only way to actually control Qingzhou.

This kind of control focuses on the economic level rather than the political level.Otherwise, even if the county can be controlled, the food and cloth in Qingzhou can only be consumed locally and cannot be transported to Yecheng, and it is impossible to form a joint force.

It is not good to govern a country just by shouting.What any regime needs are concrete means!

Sun Teng showed his ability as soon as he opened his mouth, and his problem was also very clear. Whether it is building storage along the river, post stations, or even dredging rivers, building roads, etc., which one does not need money?

That's not a little money!You don't even have start-up funds, how can you complete this national policy?
Gao Huan was also lost in thought. Obviously, Sun Teng's method is very good, and he agrees very much.

By opening up the "two veins of Ren and Du" from Yecheng to Qingzhou, Wei's strength will rise to another level.Just the lack of money is annoying.

"Actually, it's not impossible."

Sima Zi said thoughtfully.

He is not as practical as Sun Teng, but he has always had a lot of crooked ideas.

"Let's talk, they are all brothers of our own family, there are no outsiders."

Gao Huan sighed and said, feeling very irritable, and didn't want to listen to those convoluted words anymore.

"Wine is monopolized, salt is monopolized, the government sets prices, sells at low prices, and private sales are not allowed.

The money obtained is enough to do the things that Longque said, and there is even a surplus. "

Sima Ziru said slowly.

What the officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty often talk about is that they do not implement the policy of monopolizing salt and drinking water.

Therefore, ordinary people were relatively free to eat salt at that time, at least they were less exploited than people in the Southern Dynasties.

People like Jia Sixie can also delve into the method of brewing wine and learn from the best of a hundred schools of thought, all of which are recorded in "Qi Min Yao Shu".

If the government monopolizes alcoholic beverages, who would the folks do such thankless things?The development of brewing technology is out of the question.

It can be said that the achievements in wine making in the book "Qi Min Yao Shu" are closely related to the non-execution of wine monopoly in the north at that time.

However, if Sima Zi wants to nationalize these powers now, that is, the government will control the sale of wine and salt. To be honest... he is just following the old path of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Sun Teng's strategy may be a kind of innovation and supplement, while Sima Ziru's method is purely comparing the lower limit.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the policy of monopolizing salt and iron, so he had the financial resources to support cavalry to wrestle with the Xiongnu.

Sima Ziru's strategy can also be said to be a direct hit!

Since you are short of money, get money!As long as you don't let go of your hands and feet to plunder among the people, there is no taboo.Besides, the monopoly system of salt and wine is nothing new.

"Use this money to strengthen the control over Qingzhou. The coast of Qingzhou is rich in sea salt, which can be transported to Yecheng through the river, or hoarded in the warehouses and post stations set up on both sides of the river, and can be used whenever you want.

Gao Wang, this strategy is feasible. "

Sun Teng cupped his hands and said, reluctantly agreeing to Sima Ziru's suggestion.

In fact, although the monopoly of salt and beverages does bring in money very quickly, there are also corresponding problems. There is no policy that is once and for all without shortcomings. It only depends on whether it is suitable or not.

Those in power need to implement appropriate policies and abandon inappropriate policies so that the country can be brought back on track.

"These... don't seem to be enough."

Gao Huan sighed, Sun Teng's method was not bad, but he didn't mention it to his heart.

"King Gao, both Hanoi and Xingyang counties can implement the method of farming, one for defense of Liang, and the other for defense of Guanzhong, and the new land cultivated will be used for military supplies.

Anyway, the transshipment of Qingzhou's goods will inevitably have to go through Xingyang, so stationing heavy troops here and building a platform is also a matter of little effort. "

Sun Teng said earnestly.

It seems that this is the only way to go!
Although Gao Huan was a little disappointed, he had to accept such Zhongzheng's peaceful suggestion.

In fact, according to his idea, the most important thing he wants to do is to issue strict laws and regulations to persuade farming and mulberry classes, curb the land annexation of Hebei aristocratic families, crack down on official corruption, and take the opportunity to integrate various forces to reform the military system.

However, Sun Teng didn't mention such things. After all, they were also vested interests. How could they slap themselves?
Coupled with the fact that the power in Gao Huan's hands is weak and he can't control it as he commands, it is really unrealistic to implement those radical and effective reforms.

Sun Teng's method is no longer a good method.

"I'll trouble you to worry more these days and write out the details."

Gao Huan calmed down, nodded solemnly to Sun Teng and the others and said.

(End of this chapter)