Dahan first prince

Chapter 320 Two Pairs of Sisters and Brothers
Just a few days later, the matter of "the Shaofu invites the establishment of a captain of salt and iron" rushed into the battle in Yangchengyan, Shaofu. The emperor Liu Ying promoted it, and with the unconditional support of the queen mother Lu Zhi, the thatched cottage resolution was quickly passed.

To this, the entire court did not react too much.

Firstly, according to Yang Chengyan (Liu Ying), the newly established Yantie Captain is not a "specialized" department like the Shaofu official's grain and rice.

Although Yang Chengyan (Liu Ying) only roughly pointed out the responsibilities of Captain Yantie, it was not difficult for the courtiers to hear that this newly established department was just like the countless original departments of the Shaofu, which belonged to the production unit.

Just like in the past, the East and West Weavers produced cloth for the Shaofu and the entire Han Dynasty, or the Metallurgical Division for the manufacture of weapons and ordnance, the newly established Yantie Captain is only responsible for "production of salt and iron, To enter the money in the Shaofu'.

The Shaofu was originally written as Jiuqing, and it was pronounced as "the emperor's private back garden"; the emperor wanted to fiddle with something to open up a way of making money in his own back garden, and the foreign court had no position to intervene.

The second reason is that most of the court's attention is now focused on the upcoming autumn harvest and the 'Qing Qu' after the autumn harvest;
Regarding the emperor Liu Ying's move to "do some business and increase the income of the Shaofu", Waichaozi didn't have any reaction, or interest.

On the contrary, most of the courtiers and meritorious officials were very pleased when they learned that the emperor Liu Ying was still working hard to open up a source of income for the Shaofu after the "shaofu official business grain and rice". of.

——After all, no matter how you say it, the young emperor Liu Ying is just a child who is not yet 17 years old.

At this age, being able to avoid cockfighting, indulge in drinking and sex, and occasionally read books, in the eyes of courtiers and officials, is already considered gratifying.

What's more, on this basis, Liu Ying is actually busy doing business all day long!
Under this premise, the court has no objection to Liu Ying's "cronyism" and the appointment of Lihou Lutai as the captain of Yantie.

——It's really not good to earn a small amount of money for the emperor, without the status of a foreign relative to support the scene!
If we had to talk about the 'Captain of Yantie', there was something that caused Wai Chao to look sideways, and that was the super high treatment of 'bierqianshi', and the word 'Captain' following Yantie.

You have to know that even Shaofu himself is the rank ratio of two thousand stones; under Shaofu, the adjutant Shaofu Jian who is second only to Shaofu is only a thousand stones!
However, the newly established Captain of Yantie has a supervisor with a rank ratio of two thousand stones, which is on the same level as General Zhonglang, which is undoubtedly a 'big news'.

After the Yantie Duwei, who was more than two thousand stones, was born, many ministers realized that the Shaofu was about to embark on the path of internal history.

For example, the two thousand stones in Neishi himself, the two thousand stones in the lieutenant under Neishi, the second-level general Zhonglang, and the captain who prepares the thief are all compared to two thousand stones. I am afraid that they will also appear in Shaoxing in the near future. on the government.

The word "duwei" undoubtedly best reflects the actual powers and responsibilities of this official position.

——Under normal circumstances, the word 'duwei' in today's Han Dynasty will only appear in the army!
At this moment, Chai Wu, Hou Jipu, who is leading the entire flying fox army to garrison Feihujing and is ready to support the direction of the Great Wall at any time, is the general title of "Admiral General Feihu Duwei".

Another example is a few years ago, when the former emperor Liu Bang and the current Liu Ying went out to suppress the rebellion, the composition of the army was also composed of dozens or even dozens of captains, that is, "armies";
The commanders of these lieutenants will be ordered as 'front/rear/left/right/general + lieutenant' in wartime.

And the word "duwei" appeared after the word "yantie", undoubtedly the emperor Liu Ying told the court directly: the newly established Yantie captain will surely hold the military power!

Although it may not be many, it is only armed with 2000 people (default organization) to 5000 people (highest organization), that is also military power!
As for the significance of allowing this production department to control the armed forces, Wai Chao can easily guess.

It is not the first case in the Han Dynasty that the word "duwei" appeared in the production department.

For example, when the founding of the country, the Zhisu Duwei who was appointed by the former emperor Liu Bang, and the Lord Duwei who was born a few years ago when the Shaofu officials were engaged in food and rice, can be regarded as the reference department of the "Salt and Iron Duwei" ;
Most of the armed forces in the hands of the Commandant Zhisu and the Commander-in-Chief were still used to protect or maintain the safety of production and transportation during the production process.

For example, at the very beginning, the Commander-in-Chief Zhisu was clearly an official position who taught local counties and counties to cultivate land, but later, after the Shaofu also owned "official land", the entire Commander-in-Chief became "special for the Shaofu" Farming Expert';
As for the armed forces of Captain Zhisu, they were initially used to protect these agricultural experts from traveling through the Guanzhong, and later directly became the defense force for the official fields of the Shaofu.

Another example is the Lord Duwei established by Liu Ying himself, which is mainly responsible for the grain and rice of the Shaofu officials; and the armed forces of the Lord Lord Duwei are responsible for protecting the granaries and grain markets in various places in Guanzhong, and escorting the transportation of grain markets.

Therefore, from the perspective of the foreign court, the newly established Salt and Iron Captain is likely to follow a similar model-making salt and iron, and then the armed forces directly under it will protect the production process or escort the product transportation.

It's just that unlike the captain Zhisu who is six hundred shi and the lord captain who is more than a thousand stones, the super high rank ratio of the captain Yantie to two thousand shi still surprised the court.

But also limited to surprise.

After all, no matter how you say it, the Commander Zhisu and the Commander-in-Chief are both departments in charge of grain production, storage, and transportation, so they are not too important;

As for the captain of salt and iron, it is not difficult to judge from the official title alone that he is the department responsible for the production, storage and transportation of salt and iron.

Naturally, there is no problem with the lower rank ratio of the food sector; but the rank ratio of the salt and iron sector obviously cannot be too low.

——You must know that nowadays, iron is one of the few controlled products in the Han Dynasty, and it is the item with the highest control!

As for the salt, it is privately called 'white grained gold'!
The purchasing power or value of salt and iron is no less than that of precious metals such as gold and copper, and it is considered the hardest currency in the entire known world!

Even when the Huns sent envoys to make peace with the Han Dynasty, they would definitely bring salt and iron on the list of "begging" gifts-even the Huns knew that the Han Dynasty would never give iron even as big as a palm. film, and still the same!
So in a sense, the production of Captain Salt and Iron is almost no different from the money printing department of later generations; storage is basically equivalent to a treasury or a bank; the transportation process is no less than money transport!
In such a department, it is obviously not normal for the chief officer to have a rank ratio of more than two thousand stones, and to have thousands of people armed.

Regarding the indifferent reaction of the foreign court, although Liu Ying was very indifferent on the surface, she was overjoyed secretly.

Therefore, after the establishment of the "Captain of Yantie" was formally passed the resolution of the court, Liu Ying quickly called the first captain of Yantie: Lihou Lutai.

But to the surprise of Lu Yuanzhu Liu Le, Hou Hou Lu Chan and other Liu and Lu clans who were present at the same time: a long-lost figure also appeared in the Changxin Palace on this day...

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"Uncle doesn't need to be so polite."

The tone was calm, but seeing Lu Shizhi raised his head anxiously, Liu Ying also smiled and turned his head to the side, looking at the old lady Lu Zhi beside him.

Seeing Lu Shi's previous figure, Lu Zhi's face flickered a little stiffly.

"That's right, sit down..."

Although his tone was still lukewarm, he finally opened his mouth. Lu Shizhi immediately bowed and sat down quietly beside him.

On the other side of Lu's pheasant, Liu Le, the master of Lu Yuan, only thought about it for a while, and then turned his head to the side with a smile, walked past Lu's pheasant, and smiled at Liu Ying.

"When Emperor Taizu Gao was still around, His Majesty was inseparable from Jiancheng Hou."

"Seeing Jiancheng Hou enter the palace today, isn't His Majesty not happy?"

Knowing sister Liu Le's intentions, Liu Ying turned sideways cooperatively, and said with a smile, "Why did sister say that?"

"——When he was still a reserve, Ji went out of the palace to play, and he didn't forget to invite his uncle to go with him;"

"Whether it's building canals or going out to suppress rebellion, Ji Yifei's uncle must accompany him, so he can feel at ease."

"Ji Zi is overjoyed to see my uncle today, so how can he say 'dislike'?"

When Liu Le heard the words, he curled his lips full of doubts, and muttered in a 'low voice': "I'm overjoyed, and I don't know how to promise some rewards..."

As soon as Liu Le's words came out, Lu Shizhi, who had just sat down, was flustered, and was about to stand up, when Liu Ying patted his head as if he had "suddenly realized".

"I was overjoyed, but I actually forgot about it..."

After saying something with a light smile, Liu Ying lowered her head and groped for things on her body, as if she was looking for something to reward Lu Shizhi.

On the other hand, Lu Zhi, who was sitting between Liu Le and Liu Ying, had a panoramic view of the duo's double reeds, and saw Liu Ying pretending to be groping for himself, so he shook his head and smiled.

"Okay okay~"

"When the emperor enters Changle, he brings with him nothing to reward."

"Let me do it for you."

Speaking in a calm tone, Lu Zhi finally raised his head slowly, and looked at Lu Shizhi with a little embarrassment.

"What do you want to be given after completion, just say it."

"In Changle Palace, everything I can give you can be..."

Hearing Lu Pheasant's words, Lu Shizhi was subconsciously anxious again, and quickly raised his head!

After seeing clearly the embarrassment and pleading in Lu Zhi's eyes looking at him, Lu Shizhi just lowered his head silently and froze in place for a while.

Seeing that the sister and brother were still a little embarrassed, Liu Ying was not ambiguous, exchanged glances with her sister Liu Le, and then raised her head towards Lu Shizhi as if joking.

"What the queen mother said, why didn't my uncle seize the opportunity to 'act recklessly'?"

Seeing Liu Yingzhan's background, Liu Le on the side was not idle, and murmured again in a 'low voice'.

"Even Yu Lu Yuan, the queen mother has never been so generous..."

As she spoke, Liu Le, Princess Lu Yuanchang, who was already a mother, pouted slightly with resentment on her face, as if she was really wronged.

Liu Ying and Liu Le, sister and brother, you sing and I come on stage, singing the double reed opera very happily; Lu Zhi and Lu Shizhi, sister and brother, still have mixed expressions.

Sitting between Liu Le and Liu Ying, listening to the two people's obviously deliberate words of peace, Lu Zhi didn't look sideways, and looked at his elder brother Lu Shizhi under the imperial steps with complicated eyes.

But under the imperial steps, Lu Shizhi looked at Liu Ying in surprise, and then at Liu Le on the other side, but from the beginning to the end, he didn't dare to look at Lu Zhi again.

As time passed, the atmosphere in the hall became more and more embarrassing.

When Liu Le and Liu Ying both felt a little 'weakened', in the end, it was Lu Zhi who spoke first.

"The reward given by the emperor and my work on behalf of me, can it not please my brother?"

Hearing this, even though Lu Shizhi still had doubts, he finally knelt down slowly.

"Chen, thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward from the Queen Mother..."

Seeing that the atmosphere had finally turned to normal, Liu Ying didn't miss this opportunity, so she hurriedly stood up.

"Hmm~"

"Which is better to choose..."

As she said that, Liu Ying looked around the hall with great interest, saying "I also want to pick something" as a reward.

Liu Le on the side also responded, shaking Lu Zhi's sleeves aggrievedly.

"Mother~"

"Lu Yuan has been married for many years, but the queen mother has never promised a reward~"

Feeling her daughter's obviously good-natured reconciliation, Lu Zhi finally stopped sullenly, but lowered her head haggardly.

After a while, Lu Zhi took out a piece of simple topaz from his arms, and immediately put it on the imperial case in front of him.

It was also at the moment when the topaz appeared that all the relatives of Lu Tai and Lu Chan's relatives suddenly opened their eyes wide!
Even Liu Ying, who was at the side, couldn't help but change his expression, and immediately looked at Lu Shizhi meaningfully.

"This jade is a relic left by my elder brother when he passed away."

"Also from the time when the seventh patriarch Shan Fu ordered Mr. Lu, there was a saying: This patriarchal jade is passed on from male to female, not from descendant to concubine, from elder to younger."

"The one who gets this jade will be the master of the Lu family. Whatever the master says, the sons and nephews of Lu must not disobey;"

"If it is not as good as the order, the patriarchal law will be punished. If it is light, it will be expelled from the genealogy, and if it is serious, it will be buried with a stick..."

Lu Zhi raised his head and picked up the topaz again after telling the origin of the topaz with his usual expression.

"Now the emperor wants to reward me, but I have nothing else to offer."

"Using the Lu family's Zongyu, and returning it to the Marquis of Jiancheng, it can be regarded as returning to the original owner..."

While Lu Zhi was speaking, Lu Shizhi was already sobbing, he seemed to want to speak, but he didn't know how to speak.

On the other hand, the two brothers Lu Tai and Lu Chan stood up quickly when they saw the topaz, but they sat back to their original positions with a stare from Liu Ying.

At this moment, Liu Ying and Liu Le wisely shut up.

Seeing Lu Shizhi sobbing under the imperial steps, Lu Zhi finally sighed a little, got up from the imperial couch, and walked down the imperial steps slowly.

Coming in front of Lu Shizhi, Lu Zhi just quietly lowered his head, took Lu Shizhi's hand, and handed the Lu Shizong Yu to Lu Shizhi's hand.

"From now on, my elder brother will be the Lord of the Lu family."

"Every elder brother's wishes, all Lu's nephews, should obey."

"However, I have long been married as Liu's wife, and now I am the empress dowager, and I will take power in place of my youngest son..."

"Brother, don't make it difficult for me again..."

　The title is wrong, can't change it...
　　Should be sisters and brothers and sisters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)