Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 448
Chapter 444

Li Shimin was very annoyed when he saw the attitude of those ministers, but Li Shimin felt very relieved that Li Chengqian had such a reaction. The prince's behavior saved him a lot of worries. He also knew that Li Chengqian was very clear about right and wrong. very much like myself,
As for Li Ke, he looks like himself on the outside, and his personality is a bit like himself, but when encountering critical situations, he is not as courageous as himself, nor is he as persistent as himself. In this regard, Li Ke is not as good as Li Chengqian.

"Everyone, if you want to discuss it, then write a memorial. I want to see your memorial at the next court meeting and see what you think about it!" Li Shimin saw that the ministers were silent, so he began to speak.

The ministers immediately bowed their hands and said yes, and then Li Shimin began to ask the Ministry of Officials, if there is anyone who can be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War, Gao Shilian, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, recommended Li Xiaogong as the Minister of the Ministry of War!

"Well, it's great that Xiaogong is in charge, but who will manage the affairs of the Overwatch Council?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

"Let's avoid it, the official department recommended Wei Zheng to take the position!" Gao Shilian said immediately, Li Shimin immediately stared at Gao Shilian when he heard it, and Li Ke was also stunned for a moment, didn't he say that he was in charge?How did he become Wei Zheng now?
Wei Zheng was also stunned. In the morning, Gao Shilian didn't even tell him about it.

"Well, Wei Zheng still has other things to do. It's better to let young people take charge of the work of the Overwatch Council, so that they have so much energy to deal with those corrupt officials!" Li Shimin couldn't reprimand Gao Shilian. , I had already greeted Gao Shilian before, but Gao Shilian didn't listen.

"Well, that minister recommended Shen Yong to be the chief prosecutor. Everyone knows Shen Yong's ability. At the time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs audited the accounts, but Shen Yong handled it all by himself. If Shen Yong was the Chief Prosecutor of the Supervisory Yuan, I believe that there will be no corrupt officials in the world. I'm terrified, I can't sleep at night!" Gao Shilian immediately cupped his hands and said without mentioning Li Ke's matter at all.
Li Ke was very angry at the moment, he was standing here, Gao Shilian didn't seem to see him, and what his father promised before, now he turned his back on it.

"Hey, it's good that Shen Yong is willing to be the one. When I first established the Overwatch Council, I wanted Shen Yong to be in charge, but this kid won't do it. This time, I guess he won't be able to do it this time. I didn't see him just now. Serving as the Shaoyin of the Jingzhao Mansion, I immediately asked me to resign as the county magistrate of Wannian County, this kid, I think every day, why not do something, let Shen Yong be in charge of this matter, Shen Yong will definitely not agree!" Upon hearing this, Li Shimin sighed and said,
In his heart, he really hoped that Wei Hao would be in charge. If Wei Hao was in charge, as Gao Shilian said, those officials might not be able to eat well.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, there is no other candidate for the Ministry of Officials." Gao Shilian cupped his hands and said,

Fang Xuanling and Li Jing also looked at Gao Shilian strangely. It is impossible for Gao Shilian not to know that Li Shimin's current preference is Wei Hao. Unexpectedly, Gao Shilian would not recommend him.

"Well, how about this, let me recommend someone, and let King Ke'er of Shu take the role. The reason for letting him be, one is to train Ke'er, so that he can play around, and the second is that he and Shen Yong work together in Jingzhao Mansion. , If you don’t understand anything about the Overwatch Council, you can ask Shen Yong for advice!” Seeing that the ministers didn’t respond, Li Shimin said immediately.

"This!" Gao Shilian hesitated when he heard it.

"That's the matter, that's all. Is there anything else?" Li Shimin didn't want to discuss this matter with those ministers at the moment. He was in a bad mood.
Then several ministers said that there was a flood in a certain place in the south and needed rescue from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, immediately handed over his hands and said that he was already deploying supplies to those places. Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and ordered Dai Zhou, it is necessary to ensure the safety of those people. There is no way to flood the farmland, but people cannot be killed. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will also come up with a plan for the resettlement of those people in the later period.Dai Zhou immediately bowed his hands and said yes.

Then Li Shimin announced his next court. Before he went down, he looked at Gao Shilian. Gao Shilian sighed in his heart, knowing that he would go to the study to explain later.

I just don't like Li Ke, originally he would recommend Li Ke today, but when he heard Li Ke's answer to Li Shimin's question and answer just now, he was upset, and wanted to let the prince go out to fight against him, and he wanted to reap the benefits of being a fisherman. He couldn't get used to this, and besides, he was the uncle of Empress Changsun, so of course he hoped that Li Chengqian would be the prince and inherit the throne in the future, and he didn't want any changes in the position of prince.

Soon, Li Shimin summoned Gao Shilian at Ganlu Hall.

"Uncle, how are you today?" Li Shimin asked Gao Shilian as he poured tea.

"I am guilty, but I have to say something!" Gao Shilian stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Uncle, if you have anything to say, just sit down and talk!" Li Shimin felt less angry when he heard him say this, so he looked up at Gao Shilian and said.

"Let's just stand up and talk. Your Majesty, the incident in Xuanwumen has not passed for a few years. Don't tell me, Your Majesty, do you want to see the same thing from His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Shu?" Gao Shilian stood there, staring at Li Shimin and said.

"Presumptuous!" Li Shimin shouted at Gao Shilian very displeased at the moment.

"Your Majesty, the minister is presumptuous, but now that you are lifting the King of Shu up, don't you just want him to compete with the crown prince? But such competition will only increase the internal friction in the court, and it will not benefit the stability of the court at all." Your Majesty, please think again!" Gao Shilian said as he sat there with his hands folded.

"There is no need to say too much about this matter. Let Ke'er come to the court hall. I also hope to let him exercise. You also know that he is doing mischief in the fief. If you let him stay in Chang'an City, I can discipline him personally. Now let He assumed the position because he hoped that he could assist Gao Ming in governing the world." Li Shimin said with a dark face, looking at Gao Shilian.

Gao Shilian heard it, but did not speak.

Li Shimin was also sitting there looking at him. He also knew that Gao Shilian represented some old officials. Many ministers did not want Li Ke to get up, but some ministers wanted him to get up again!

"Sit down, I know what you're worried about! I'm not worried, I just want to teach Ke'er a lesson and let him do more things for the court instead of doing nothing every day!" Li Shimin eased his tone again, and said to Gao Shilian .

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!" Gao Shilian clasped his hands and sat down.

"Come, drink tea, Shen Yong gave it! What is your attitude towards Shen Yong's memorial?" Li Shimin looked at Gao Shilian and asked.

"I agree, I am very much in favor of it, but it is very difficult to implement it. Those ministers will definitely oppose it. After all, this punishment is too severe. It basically cuts off the expectations of those officials for future generations, and there is no chance to turn around! Gao Shilian nodded immediately.

"Well, but if they are not corrupt, there is no need to worry!" Li Shimin looked at Gao Shilian incomprehensibly and said.

"Your Majesty, corruption, dereliction of duty and other matters are difficult to judge. This matter will take another round. What I mean is to ask Shen Yong to come over and revise this memorial so that those ministers can accept it more easily." !” Gao Shilian said to Li Shimin,
When Li Shimin heard it, he stood up with his hands behind his back, thinking about it, and then said: "Isn't it just to revise, to make those punishment clauses easier and more beneficial to those officials, revise, revise, I will not revise , I gave them high salaries, but they still think about corruption, are they worthy of me? Are they worthy of the taxes and taxes that the people of the world give them? If not, I will not ask Shen Yong to change it!"

At this moment, Li Shimin was very angry. When he read Wei Hao's memorial in the morning, he clapped his hands and applauded. He thought that he had finally found a way to deal with those officials, so that they would not dare to be corrupt in the future and focus on doing things for the court. Now it's good. Now, those ministers can't get through here, and it won't make him angry. He knows that Shen Yong also hopes to promote this point.

"Your Majesty, if you don't change it, I really don't know if it can be implemented. Please think twice, Your Majesty!" Gao Shilian also stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Okay, you go down!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said to Gao Shilian,
Gao Shilian immediately bid farewell, while Li Shimin was pacing back and forth in the study. Many ministers outside were waiting to see Li Shimin, but at this moment, Wang De did not dare to report. Did he know that now that Li Shimin was on fire, those ministers When I went in to talk to Li Shimin about those things, it was just scolding.

"Fang Fushe, you should wait. His Majesty is angry in the study now. When His Majesty calms down, I will go in and report!" Wang De whispered to Fang Xuanling,
"En!" Fang Xuanling also hummed in a heavy tone. He knew that Wei Hao's memorial would cause huge waves. He was very clear about what many ministers thought.

And Li Shimin, who was in the study, regretted very much at the moment. He didn't let Wei Hao come over this morning. If Wei Hao came, Wei Hao would definitely be able to scold those ministers severely with Wei Hao's mouth. Shen Yong came to court,

If he doesn't come, he will be tied up. If he doesn't come, those ministers will continue to delay. In this case, the officials below will be even more unscrupulous.

Wei Hao is right, the standard of living of the common people is now high, especially seeing that some businessmen have made money, those officials are not convinced, and want to get money, so they have crooked thoughts, this is absolutely not for him allowed them to do so,
Then Li Shimin sat there and thought about it for a while, and his anger almost disappeared. He knew that it was useless to be angry. Those ministers all wanted to make conditions that were beneficial to them. They wished that all the wealth of the world would go into their pockets. among.

As for Wei Hao in Jingzhao Mansion, Wei Hao had just finished his daily affairs in Jingzhao Mansion, and was about to go on a tour. At this time, Li Ke also came to Jingzhao Mansion.

"I've seen His Highness the King of Shu!" Wei Hao said immediately when he saw Li Ke approaching.

"Hey, brother-in-law, are you still being polite to me? Although I am a prince, my sister is a princess and a prince, and you are also a duke of the country. If you are so polite, I will be ashamed to come here on duty. " Li Ke heard Wei Hao calling himself that, and immediately said with a smile and waved his hands.

"The proper etiquette cannot be broken. Come, please sit down. I have finished dealing with today's affairs. I will go outside later to see how the construction is going. In addition, let's see what else is in the city. Those that need to be repaired should be repaired as soon as possible, otherwise, after winter, nothing can be done!" Wei Hao said while sitting there, looking at Li Ke.

"You, you don't have to go every day. You are said to be lazy. I think the rumors outside are false. You are not lazy when you do things carefully!" Li Ke said to Wei Hao with a smile.

"Oh, there is no way, since the father has entrusted us with the management of this mess, we have to be responsible, otherwise, if the people scold us, they are scolding the father. We really can't be lazy about this matter. , and, I just looked at the data of our Jingzhao Prefecture,
I predict that by the end of the year, the population of Jingzhao Mansion may exceed 150 million, and it may exceed 200 million by next year. Now a large number of people are moving to Chang'an City.

However, the biggest problem now is that there are not so many places to build houses for the common people. Those common people who want to find a place to rent a house may not have a house to rent. This is a big problem! " Wei Hao sat there, looked at Li Ke and said.

"Well, it can't be, people can still live without a house, renting a house is still possible!" Li Ke heard it and said with a smile in disbelief.

"Go and inquire about the current house price. A room has risen from 10 yuan a month at the beginning of the year to 40 yuan. If it is a separate yard, it has been rented out from about 1 yuan at the beginning of the year. It has risen to about 3 yuan, and by next year, I estimate that it will increase, and it may rise to 5 yuan.

At that time, those officials, especially those who have just taken the imperial examination, are now serving as officials in various departments in the capital. Perhaps a quarter of their annual salaries will be used to pay rent, and even they will not be able to rent a good house. , I said the one with a yard, but it has three rooms,

If it is more than five rooms, the price may be doubled. Now many people in Chang'an City are renting out their houses tightly. These houses can bring a lot of money. Therefore, the problem of living, We need to think about it! " Wei Hao sat there, looked at Li Ke and said,

Li Ke looked at Wei Hao suspiciously at this moment, how could the price be so expensive?

"You can find out by asking about it. We are Jingzhao Mansion, which is in charge of all the affairs of Chang'an City. Come and have a look. Here is the map of Chang'an City. The real land is on the west side of the city. However, if the previous way of building houses is followed, a maximum of 7 houses can be built, which can accommodate about [-] people.

There is also the Dongcheng side, the land on the Dongcheng side, if the previous construction method is used, it can accommodate at most about 5 people, that is to say, the land in Chang'an City can accommodate at most 12 people.

But now, there are more than 40 people living in rented houses in Chang'an City. If you add the people who will come in next year, that is to say, half of the people in Chang'an City have no houses in Chang'an City, and they all need to rent houses. Hold on, the pressure is great.

At that time, the law and order in Chang'an City will be a huge pressure. With so many people, there is no stable place to live, and the people in the entire Chang'an City will not feel safe. This matter is very important. I also heard the roadside The common people said that if they didn't rent a house, it was too expensive, so it won't work, it won't work! "Wei Hao said with emotion at the moment, unexpectedly, Chang'an City is now facing the problem of people not being able to afford it!

"How to solve this matter?" Li Ke looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Build a house, change the previous construction method, and use the current method of guaranteeing housing. If this method is followed, the entire Chang'an City can accommodate more than 100 million people!" Wei Hao looked at Li Ke and said.

"Here, will the common people live there?" Li Ke looked at Wei Hao in surprise and asked.

"Yes, logically yes, after all, there is a place to live!" Wei Hao thought about it, and began to speak.

"Then, can't we pay for the construction of the house? Our Jingzhao Mansion doesn't have so much money!" Li Ke looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"There is a way. I will find a way. By the way, how about going to the East Palace together? I want to report this matter to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and let the Crown Prince report to His Majesty. After all, the Crown Prince is the governor of the Jingzhao Mansion, the man of the Jingzhao Mansion. The matter should be reported to the prince!" Wei Hao looked at Li Ke as he spoke, wanting to go with Li Ke, so as to avoid suspicion, Li Shimin always suspected that he was getting too close to the prince.

"Don't worry about this matter. I guess you won't be able to do it this year, and now the time is not allowed, but now you are in trouble!" Li Ke immediately called Wei Hao and said to Wei Hao.

"Trouble, what's the trouble?" Wei Hao looked at Wei Hao without understanding and asked.

"Did you publish two memorials this morning, one about changing exile to hard labor in the coal mines, and the other about increasing the salaries of officials at all levels, but increasing the punishment, especially making their children not be allowed to live within the fifth generation?" Participate in the imperial examination?" Li Ke looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"Yes, I wrote it!" Wei Hao nodded, and continued to stare at Li Ke, wanting to hear Li Ke explain clearly, then Li Ke told Wei Hao everything about the court, including those Some guesses on the minds of officials.

"Haha, I knew that there is no good person in this group of people. What's the matter? On the one hand, they want to be corrupt with high salaries. It's true, it's true!" Wei Hao laughed angrily when he heard it.

"You can't say that, think about it, this matter of corruption and dereliction of duty is hard to define?" Li Ke immediately said to Wei Hao.

"Why is it hard to define? Huh? Taking money that shouldn't be taken is corruption. If the income of the family exceeds the income of a county magistrate, it is corruption. The county has not developed at all for several years, and even the people are still It is decreasing, what is it if it is not dereliction of duty? Not doing things for the people is dereliction of duty!" Wei Hao stared at Li Ke and asked back, Li Ke was stunned, he did not expect Wei Hao's words to be so sharp.

(End of this chapter)