Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 183 not doing business
After the Zhenfu Envoy was impeached for distributing food to everyone, tens of thousands of people from all over the Zhenfu Division expressed their deep dissatisfaction.Fortunately, the emperor did not convict Yi Guogong for this, but instead gave him a reward. The food rewarded by Yi Guogong was not confiscated, but doubled.

All of a sudden, the Zhenfu Division was full of joy and joy. Everyone lamented that they were lucky to meet a boss like Qin Lang, and to meet an enlightened and benevolent king like the current Shengshang.

Everyone carried the bags and pushed the cart, and received the food again.

But this time the soldiers in the general division were rewarded twice as much, and the officials were even more rewarded according to their rank.

Qin Lang personally presided over the food distribution. With him personally in charge, there was no problem at all. Everyone received their own food in a timely manner. There was no adulteration, no small number, no bad food, and the officials did not use their power to seek personal gain. .

However, after everyone received their share of the reward, something unexpected happened.

Zhang Maigou, who was originally a soldier of Zuo Xiaowei, received a shi to reward millet, but the clerk registered in the department stopped him, "Wait a minute, there is another good thing."

The official Zhang Weiren brought a bag, but it turned out to be ten chicks.

Zhang Maigou looked at my family suspiciously, "This is?"

"This is an extra reward from our pacifier, ten chicken cubs per person."

"What do I want these ten chickens for? Besides, I live in a military camp, how can I raise chickens?"

"You don't have to worry about this. In short, it's a benefit. How can Duke Yi not think of the problem you mentioned? Do you know the military station? When the military station is stationed at the border, soldiers will be sent to take turns to plow the fields. Now we each send ten Just a chicken, and then, don’t you usually work on shifts, and the secretary will arrange it for you.”

The so-called arrangement actually means that each department under the Zhenfu Division will set up a new chicken raising team separately, and some people will be dispatched to take care of these chickens and ducks.

In fact, it is similar to asking them to engage in tertiary and sideline businesses, sending people to set up sheds in the suburbs of Chang'an to raise chickens, ducks, and even pigs.

"As for the chickens and ducks that are distributed to you, they will be gathered together and specially assigned to take care of them. In the future, you can sell eggs or chickens and ducks, and the money will be distributed to everyone."

Zhang Maigou felt that this was not doing his job properly.

But Zhang Weiren said that this is a welfare envoy to everyone. Although everyone has been given food rewards to deal with the current food shortage, it is always good to plan ahead.

"Anyway, you take the seedlings down first, and you also press your fingerprints on the ten ducklings here."

Zhang Maigou had no choice but to press his own fingerprints, and received the ten chicks and ten ducklings.

The Town Envoy Division distributed food again, and this time it also distributed chickens and ducks. As soon as the news came out, the whole Chang'an suddenly looked sideways, and the Zhenfu Division became the hot topic of discussion in Chang'an again.

Some people are sour, some people are envious.

The people in Zhenfusi walk on the street now, their chests are a little bit stiff, and some of them live in Chang'an Fang, and the neighbors are very affectionate when they see it.

Of course, there were also many people who were jealous and hated, saying that Qin Lang acted recklessly and had bad manners.

Although everyone later figured out that the so-called distribution of food and chickens and ducks was actually rewarded by the emperor's decree. The Secretary sent people to feed them in the suburbs together.

But they still couldn't hold back their envy, jealousy and hatred. Countless people began to complain about Qin Lang, and many officials finally couldn't help but go straight to impeachment, saying that Qin Lang asked the soldiers of the Zhen Fu Division who were in charge of guarding the capital to raise chickens and ducks. Using the company money of the Zhenfu Division to buy chickens and ducklings hatched by his own family, this is a transfer of benefits, and it is a disguised form of money corruption.

It's just that this time when these memorials were presented, it was like a mud cow falling into the sea, without any waves rising.

The emperor is very busy now.

The possibility of a plague of locusts in Guanzhong has been confirmed by many people, and the food shortage in Guanzhong is becoming more and more serious. Although Qin Lang launched a crackdown on Chang'an and found hundreds of thousands of shi of grain from the mouse hole, this is not the case for today. The severe food crisis cannot solve anything.

But two major cases of rebellion just happened, Li Shimin now has no confidence to leave Beijing at this time.

He is holding on, thinking that there have been many disasters in ancient times, and there have been famines more serious than this. Since the predecessors can survive, so can he.

After Qin Lang's stormy attack, Li Shimin felt that the matter was not that serious. As long as the control, especially the control of food, was strengthened, the famine could be dealt with.

In the Hall of Xiande, Li Shimin was discussing matters with the prime minister and the ministers.

Zuo Pu shot Xiao Yu and waiter Chen Shuda were in dispute.

The focus of the dispute between the two is still how to prevent and control locust plagues. After all, many situations now show that a major locust plague is inevitable.

Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu has always been a person who worships Buddha. When facing the locust plague that is coming, he thinks that he should pray to God and worship Buddha. In the face of these heavenly beings, they cannot be killed or destroyed, and locust temples and insect king temples have to be built all over the country to worship and pray.

Speaking later, he also said that the cause of this year's locust plague was actually the edict issued by the Supreme Emperor at the beginning of the year to suppress Buddhism and Taoism. Let the monks and Taoists who have returned to the secular world return to the temples, and those temples that have been destroyed are returned to the monks and Taoists, etc.

His views were strongly opposed by the waiter Chen Shuda.

Chen Shuda himself is an active supporter of Li Yuan's suppression of Buddha, and now he believes that there is no locust god at all when it comes to exterminating locusts. To eliminate the locust plague, only leading the people to kill the locusts will work.

As for what Xiao Yu said about worshiping Buddha, he was even more reprimanded, thinking that the prosperity of Buddhism and Taoism is not beneficial to the country and not beneficial to the people.The imperial court can respect those who are proficient in Buddhism and Taoism, and let them concentrate on their cultivation.But for more monks and Taoists who don't even know the scriptures, we should crack down on them vigorously, let alone allow those rich and powerful to avoid service and evade taxes in the name of shaving.

The two fought more and more fiercely.

Both Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were prime ministers, and they were both princes of a small court in the south of the Yangtze River in the past, but now they have different opinions, but they are arguing red-faced and drooling.

"You two gentlemen." Li Shimin frowned and tried to persuade him.

It's just that at this moment, the two of them fought fiercely and turned a deaf ear to the others.

"After the locusts pass, there will be no vegetation left, famine will arise, and people will eat each other. As the prime minister, you say that you worship the locust god and the king of insects. You are stupid and detrimental to the country, and you are not worthy of being a prime minister!" Chen Shuda scolded angrily.

Xiao Yu cursed, "There are people like you who disrespect heaven and earth and gods and Buddhas in this country. That's why God is furious and sends locusts to warn you. You still don't know how to repent, treacherous minister!"

Chen Shuda rolled up his sleeves angrily, and Xiao Yu over there was not to be outdone.

Li Shimin was mad.

He yelled several times, but the two of them not only didn't stop, they rushed over to fight on the hall.

The two prime ministers, roll up your sleeves and push and pull.

Fortunately, the two of them are only elderly civil servants. If this is a military general like Yuchi Jingde, I'm afraid that the same thing that almost blinded his eyes like last time will happen again.

Li Shimin yelled a few times, but the two were still entangled.

The young emperor stood up with a livid face, and kicked the imperial case over with one kick, and the imperial case rolled down from the jade chimney, making a loud noise.

Only then did Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda wake up, they let go, stepped aside, but still stared at each other like bullfighting bulls.

Li Shimin flicked his sleeves angrily, and left directly.

The other prime ministers in the palace were there to advise the two of them.

After a while, Dou Lu, the supervisor in the hall, came out to announce the decree.

"As the prime minister, the two ministers, Xiao and Chen, are so disrespectful in front of the imperial court, and their speech is so rude. It is difficult to set an example for all officials. They have committed the crime of disrespect to the emperor. They are dismissed from all official positions and go home to contemplate their mistakes behind closed doors!"

As soon as the decree was announced, both Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were very surprised.

Although the two of them went too far just now, after all, the three dignified high-ranking officials are just like that?
At this time, Qin Qiong persuaded the two to calm down and plead guilty to the emperor, and His Majesty will be able to forgive them.

But Xiao Yu boasted that he was the prime minister, the prime minister of the two dynasties, and the uncle of the emperor, how could he lower his head, so he handed over the gold fish talisman directly, and left without looking back.

Chen Shuda felt a little regretful in his heart, so he had no choice but to leave.

Half a day later, Li Shimin summoned the prime ministers for another court meeting. This time, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were no longer qualified to participate.

At the meeting, Li Shimin was still furious.

Although Qin Qiong and others persuaded the emperor to appease his anger, saying that it was not a big mistake for Xiao and Chen to be impulsive, but Li Shimin refused to take back the order to dismiss him.

"So Feng Deyi entered the Shangshu Zuopu shot, and Changsun Wuji entered the Shangshu right servant to shoot. Du Ruhui inspected the school servant and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Qin Qiong awarded the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He still added the title of Pingzhang Shi and exempted General Zuowei."

Li Shimin struck while the iron was hot, and simply made several important personnel adjustments in one go.

His most trusted brother-in-law, eldest grandson Wuji, was directly promoted by him to the position of You Pushe this time, and Feng Deyi went one step further and became Zuo Pushe.

Du Ruhui, a confidant, was also appointed as the inspector and minister of the Ministry of officials, and worshiped the prime minister.

Qin Qiong was changed from General Zuowei to Minister of the Ministry of War, and the post of General Zuowei was awarded to Li Jing.Li Jing was removed from the post of governor of Lingzhou and transferred to Beijing as the general of the left guard.

After this series of orders came down, everyone was a little shocked.

In this way, the two prime ministers, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, really have no room for repentance. The emperor has already assigned their positions to others, and they are really gone.

Qin Qiong resigned from the post of Minister of the Ministry of War, but Li Shimin refused to accept several resignations.

Sitting in the hall, although Li Shimin still had an expression of lingering anger on his face, he was already very proud in his heart. Taking advantage of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda's quarrel in front of the hall, he seized the opportunity and directly dismissed the two of them, and finally reunited. Two Wude prime ministers were kicked out.

His two confidantes, Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui, were finally brought into the Political Affairs Hall by him.

Looking around, the only remaining prime ministers participating in politics in the Zhengshitang are Yuwen Shiji and Feng Deyi, two old officials with martial arts virtues.

(End of this chapter)