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Chapter 684
Lin'an, the Privy Council.

Ye Mengding walked into Cheng Yuanfeng's public room, looked at each other, and before discussing politics, each of them sighed.

In the past year of paying homage to the Prime Minister, Cheng Yuanfeng has aged a lot, and can't hide the haggard look on his face.

When Ye Mengding sat down, he felt a lot of things going on, and he didn't know where to start. After thinking about it, he said it before it happened.

"Recently, the officials are especially fond of Concubine Hu Gui. Today, Concubine Hu's father, Hu Xianzu, is being promoted as a tool for review and imperial concubine."

"The crony ministers serve the emperor around, and Ye Gong didn't stop him?"

Ye Mengding sighed: "It is precisely because of the obstruction that Hu Xianzu is only allowed to take care of the imperial weapon, otherwise... alas."

His embarrassment as the emperor's teacher has gradually become difficult to hide.

Officials are increasingly reluctant to listen to his advice.

Cheng Yuanfeng twirled his long beard, and said: "The official has approved that Jiang Chunqian will serve in the palace as the censor and give the job, and the deacon will be in the palace and the adviser will deal with it."

As he said that, his expression became more and more sad, and he murmured: "4000 million military supplies, mobilizing troops in Longxi, and planting party members, I was mistaken."

"In this way, the close officials of the official family can be divided into three categories."

Ye Mengding also shook his head with a pessimistic tone.

"One category, Jia Sidao's henchmen, mixed with the Empress Dowager Xie and the entire empress family, served the officials, praised Jia Sidao wantonly, and made the officials believe that Jia Sidao was loyal and capable of governing the country; the second category, Li Xiazhi Although the number of party members is small, they secretly live in important positions close to servants, such as Guan De and Jiang Chun. Officials have inexplicable trust in Li Xia; the third category is all crony ministers, and they can be promoted if they present beauties. Luckily!"

After all, among the emperor's close ministers, there are not many honest people who are loyal and diligent to the country.

Of course, this official doesn't care about state affairs anyway, he spends his days feasting in the harem, drinking and having fun, and if he really has honest people around him, he really can't stay here any longer.

Ordinary courtiers who are lucky are nothing more than some kindness and wealth, but it can be seen that Jia Sidao and Li Xia are definitely not like this, but they are planning a lot.

For the time being, state affairs are still in the hands of Cheng Yuanfeng and Ye Mengding.

However, it can be foreseen that when Jia Sidao fully regains the Sacred Heart, he will once again be in power and monopolize the court.As for Li Xia, the heart of the feudal town has gradually become apparent.

The two important ministers, one inside and one outside, have both made great contributions to the country and have extraordinary talents.The emperor was allowed to be licentious and unrestrained, and all the people arranged around the official family did not dissuade him, just speak well.

Seeing that the state affairs are in turmoil, he has no intention of directly admonishing him, but only seeks personal power. Can this still be a loyal minister?

Its heart is awkward!

Cheng Yuanfeng and Ye Mengding were really angry.

Outside there are captives and bandits staring at each other, inside there are weak lords in power, power ministers and feudal towns are gradually rising, and the 300-year-old stability of the Song Dynasty is gradually falling apart.

But on the other hand, they feel really powerless.

In addition to the disasters of powerful ministers and feudal towns, which can be foreseen, more precautions need to be taken.

The state affairs in front of me are even more worrying...

~~
When Jiang Chun arrived in Lin'an, he was surprised to find that... the recovery of Longxi did not cause the shock he expected in the center.

The court did not rejoice at this.

When a large number of officials heard about this, their reactions were blank and somewhat worried.

"The vast land is sparsely populated, and the barren land that is easy to attack and difficult to defend, if it is recovered, how much will it cost to proclaim?"

"Li Jieshuai has military funds to recover Longxi?"

"..."

It can be seen that there is a general attitude in the court. They don't want Longxi, but blame Li Xia for wasting military supplies.

Jiang Chun felt cold in his heart.

He realized that the center probably didn't want to give Li Xia substantial rewards other than his official title, or asked Sichuan and Shu to transfer money and food because of the Longxi incident.

It's useless to gain the trust of the officials again. The officials obviously don't have the ability to squeeze out money and food.

Even, the center didn't want to judge the merits, but instead wanted to blame the crime of lightly provoking border quarrels.

Faintly, many officials have shown this attitude.

At first, Jiang Chun didn't understand why he reacted so strangely.

But when he started renting a residence, he gradually got a little bit of experience.

……

"So expensive?!"

Only when he heard Mrs. Mou talk about the rent of a small courtyard, Jiang Chun jumped up and screamed again and again.

"I have been an official in Sichuan and Sichuan for eight years, and the price of this Lin'an house has increased... more than eighteen times?!"

With a sad face, Mou Zhu threw a stack of clubs on the table in the guild hall.

"Not only are house prices soaring, but these meetings can't be exchanged for copper coins. I knew it was worthless, but I didn't expect it to be inferior to paper now."

"No, isn't it a hundred guanhuizi exchanging ten guan copper coins?"

Mou Zhu stomped her feet and said anxiously: "You can only get it if you get it. I asked the officials to bring copper coins, so I must say that the meeting is easy..."

It was only through his wife's nagging that Jiang Chun realized how far Lin'an's prices had reached.

……

When the Song Dynasty issued the club, it took out a capital of 100 guan, which happened more than [-] years ago.

Emperor Xiaozong once said, "Because of Huizi, I couldn't sleep for almost ten years", but in fact, from the beginning of Xiaozong's Northern Expedition and the Song and Jin wars, Huizi began to overproduce.

In Ningzong Dynasty, Kaixi Northern Expedition, military expenditure wasted, and 3000 million guanzi were issued in more than ten years, which led to skyrocketing prices. People at the time said, "In a hundred years, the price of land and rice has more than [-] times!"

But compared with the next three to 40 years, the above-mentioned consequences can only be regarded as minor.

During the reign of the first emperor, first he united Mongolia to destroy gold, Duanping entered Luo, and then there was a war between Song and Mongolia that lasted for more than [-] years. There were floods and droughts, farmland lost harvest, and grain harvested...

It is only said that during the five years from the Li Quanzhi rebellion to the Mongolian army's attack on Sichuan and Shaanxi, more than 33 pieces were issued, an increase of [-] times.

Huizi was overissued and depreciated sharply, resulting in a sharp rise in prices.

The price of rice can rise four or five times within a year, and countless people go bankrupt.

No meeting?

The imperial court used Huizi to buy grain from the common people for the purpose of 'peace and purchase', otherwise how would they fight?

But the first emperor still had means to maintain it. He successively used your names to rectify it, redeemed it with silver and copper coins and burned it, issued hundreds of copper coins, etc...

Looking back, Jiang Chun couldn't help feeling that the late emperor and the princes were masters in governing the country.

That was abruptly stabilizing the situation amidst internal and external troubles.

The price of land and rice soared to appalling levels. How could it not be said that it is powerful to resist foreign enemies without subjugating the country?
Finally, there was civil strife in Mongolia, and there was no war for many years.

I thought the situation would improve.

But I didn't expect that in the past year that the current official family has been in power, Feidan failed to control it, and it became more and more violent, and it has reached the point where it can't be controlled.

……

"Two hundred guan, can't buy a pair of straw sandals?!"

On this day, when Jiang Chun paid a visit to Mou Zicai, he couldn't help but talk about the prices in Lin'an, and he was shocked again.

The tea in his hand has been spilled on his body.

"It's hard to buy a pair of straw sandals even with three or five hundred guan. The prices are so high that it's shocking. People's livelihood is hard."

Mou Zicai glanced at Jiang Chun and thought to himself, didn't he spend another 4000 million yuan in Sichuan and Sichuan last year, where did the money come from?

When he was dismissed from office, he didn't have such a sad face, but now that he recovered, he was worried about everything.

I used to call the late emperor a fool, but compared to today, the late emperor is hundreds of times wiser...

There are many things that Mou Zicai can't talk to Jiang Chun about.

Now, he, Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding, Rao Huchen, Yang Dong and other loyal and upright ministers also want to get rid of the bad government, give the people a livelihood, avoid peace purchases, rectify the currency, and restore the current situation.

Little success.

Even Jia Sidao sneered face to face, "I'm used to making small troubles, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, what's the use?"

The man is determined to monopolize the court.

As for the officials...

When Mou Zi thought of the official family, he felt a headache and didn't know what to say.

In this smog, the news of Longxi's recovery made people both happy and sad.

Of course he was also ecstatic, but after the ecstasy, he still felt desolate.

Longxi is not bad, of course it is very good, but for the current Song Dynasty, the vast land and sparsely populated land is more like a drag.

Among other things, the 4000 million yuan supported to Sichuan and Sichuan last year is still an additional club.

The credit for regaining Longxi is all the blood and tears of the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is like a seriously ill person, what he needs most right now is recuperation and treatment.As for Longxi, it was Li Xia who brought an official seal in front of the seriously ill man, telling him that his achievements were at this moment and he needed to be encouraged.

I'm afraid that this excitement will cause the patient to swallow his breath...

"You came back from Sichuan, there are some things you don't understand, if I want to persuade Li Jieshuai not to recruit Liu Heima, I'm afraid you will scold me."

Mou Zicai spoke slowly, his eyes full of worry.

He also didn't want to pour cold water on him, but these words had to be said.

"If Zaiyang is here to ask for credit for Li Jieshuai, why not ask him to take a look at the dire situation of the people of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty cannot withstand a war, nor can it withstand the disaster of Li Quan again. He mobilized troops in Longxi to win over the Marquis. He did it wrong."

"..."

Jiang Chun was secretly startled.

The next day, he put on a brand-new official uniform and went to the post, waiting in the waiting class pavilion, preparing to be an adviser at the official small court meeting, but he did not receive an edict for a whole day.

After inquiring again, it has been more than ten days since the official family has not even held the small court meeting...

~~
Liao Yingzhong walked through Jia's mansion, and could hear the sound of playfulness coming from the courtyard.

Turning around the courtyard and pavilions, I saw Jia Sidao lying on the ground fighting crickets with a group of concubines.

He called twice and got no answer, so he had no choice but to step forward and pat Jia Sidao on the shoulder.

"Aron."

Jia Sidao turned his head, smiled uncontrollably, and asked, "What's the matter? Let's talk in the study."

He became more and more foolish.

He was tricked by Li Xia last year, causing a group of pedantic ministers to take power in the Privy Council, forcing his power down.

Jia Sidao didn't seem to care.

More than ten months have passed, and they are playing like this every day.

But more and more people have gradually discovered that the Sacred Heart will soon fall on Jia Xianggong again.

……

"Ah Lang, this is Jiang Chun's whereabouts today. In the evening, he sent someone to Fenglian Tower, presumably asking Guan De to arrange an audience."

"Don't bother with him."

Jia Sidao waved his hands and smiled, and said, "I'm afraid Li Xia thought it was a great achievement to recover Longxi, but his understanding of the Song Dynasty is still shallow... The Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Envoy? Hah."

At this point, he also became a little depressed.

When Song Dynasty regained Longxi, when he first heard the news, even he was overjoyed, but... so what?
Yue Fei also besieged Kaifeng, and Zhao Kui also regained the three capitals, but if the national strength cannot be supported, the easy-to-attack and difficult-to-defend areas will make the Song Dynasty even worse.

Looking at those who can be listed as important ministers in the court today, which one has no public heart?Who can't understand this?

No matter how much they marvel in their hearts, from a rational point of view, they will only see the hidden dangers brought about by strong feudal clans and the disasters brought about by wasteful military expenditures.

"This time, I don't need to take action, just look at how the courtiers give Li Xia meritorious service... To recover the lost ground, to be surprised by displeasure, the current situation is so ridiculous, sad, sad..."

Jia Sidao shook his head, too lazy to say much.

He left the study, walked up to the high platform, and looked towards Lin'an City.

Far away, I can't see clearly.

But he knows what it's like to be in the crowd today.

In the teahouse and wine shop, his people and Li Xia's people each arranged storytellers to publicize the battle of Ezhou and Longxi, making the people intoxicated by the martial arts of the Song Dynasty.

In the mansion, which is worth a thousand dollars, the rich and powerful are extremely wealthy, intoxicated by the prosperity.

The warm wind in the West Lake is still there, and the singing and dancing are rampant.

In the rice shop, the price of grain has increased by more than six times this year. The money is not earned by the farmers, and the farmers can't eat the grain, and they are still selling their land to survive.

If you walk out of Hangcheng Street, near the city gate, countless people are selling their sons and daughters...

The sign of national subjugation did not appear only this year, but the power of a weak ruler made it even more shocking.

Who can turn the tide?

Those people with lofty ideals in the court?
It’s just tinkering, Jia Sidao has never looked down on them...

As for Li Xia?

Li Xia never thought of trying to save Song Sheji.

In the past, only Jia Sidao could see this clearly, like a lonely loyal servant of the Song Dynasty, beating a wolf alone, until his head was bleeding.

Now that the wolf has shown its fangs, it's time for others to contribute...

(End of this chapter)