Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 346
Jianning 17th year, January
This year, the battle between Wang Fu and Xing Ziang reached its most intense moment. Wang Fu originally decided to build a road between Bingzhou and Xiliang. The state is connected, because between Jizhou and Youzhou, a road was built earlier, so that the whole north can be connected together, which is not only conducive to the control of temples in the north and even remote areas, but also for the development of the entire northern Han Dynasty. , also has a very huge effect.

But Xing Ziang disagreed. He believed that the big man should develop the south first. In his opinion, the money that Yangzhou obtains from overseas every year alone is enough to overwhelm the taxes obtained by the northern states. Why spend a lot of money on sea transportation in the south to do these things that have no practical use?This is a waste of time and effort, especially recently, the Yangzhou navy, led by Zhang Jiao, discovered an extremely dangerous passage on the southwest side.

Because of the hull and logistics, the Yangzhou navy could not occupy the surrounding area, and could only observe it. However, they were surprised to find that just above this passage, the area called Tanjung Puteri by the local aborigines produced extremely There is a huge amount of gold, the gold produced in this small area can almost exceed the gold produced in Dahan itself, Zhang Jiao was disappointed, he still failed to find the Penglai Island he wanted, but the Yangzhou navy was very happy Oh, this is simply Jindao!

Ever since, they established a stronghold here, and sent more than 300 soldiers to garrison, and drove the local aborigines to carry out mining work. Anyone who refused would be attacked, but those who helped the big man, the local garrison would also give With their food and daily necessities, what Xing Ziang wants is to expand the expenditure on southern shipping, improve ships, increase sailors, reduce overseas business taxes, and make shipping gradually become a civilian movement instead of the current official movement. He hopes to mobilize merchants to go to sea .

In order to be able to fight against Wang Fu, he found many assistants in the court, including important officials such as Yuan Feng, Zhang Wen, Zhang Jian, Cao Song, etc., and locally, all the officials in the south supported him. After all, only when temples pay attention to the development of the south can they, officials in the south, have the opportunity to gain merit. After Wang Fu promulgated the extremely harsh new Han law on officials, they no longer dare to obtain merit through other means.

As for Wang Fu, although he didn't have many assistants in the court, the support from Lu Zhi, Yang Qiu, and Zheng Xuan in the local area was more effective than the support of several governors in the south.

The two fought openly and secretly like this, but the emperor did not come out to stop him. He was very happy to see this situation, and pretended not to know, so he let the two fight. After the assessment held, Wang Fu believed that the scientific merit assessment system was proposed by himself, so he should continue to implement it. In the past, he was the one who implemented it. Compared with Xing Ziang, he has experience and has more advantages, but However, Xing Ziang believed that the selection of scholars by the country could not be managed by one person. As a minister's order, he should let himself carry out it.

For this matter, the two sides fought for a long time, but they stopped in January. The main reason was that the emperor said that firstly, the crown prince was going to marry Cai Yong's daughter, and secondly, the assessment was supervised by the crown prince, and Cai Yong would execute it. Under such circumstances, Xing Ziang and Wang Fu had no choice but to turn off their flames and did not fight. However, they still refused to give in on the issue of building the northern expressway and the southern shipping.

Jianning's first court meeting in 17 years was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder.

The emperor walked into the hall, sat on the upper seat, and looked at the court minister.

Wang Fu got up first and led all the officials to meet the emperor. The emperor returned the salute, and then everyone sat in their seats. The emperor frowned and asked, "Can all the officials have a performance?"

Wang Fu couldn't wait to get up, glared at Xing Ziang, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a report. I want to impeach Shang Shuling Xing Yong. This thief is hateful. He interferes in the appointment of officials and arbitrarily appoints his relatives as officials. He has ulterior motives and treason. I invite you to cook evil." The thief Xing Ziang!", Wang Fu looked at the emperor, feeling extremely wronged, I have to say that Xing Ziang is really the most difficult opponent in Wang Fu's life, Xing Ziang followed He Xiu in his early years, studied with the emperor, and later followed Yang Qiu , Liu Lao Taiwei, Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, Wen Renxi, Duan Jiong, etc., and even he followed Wang Fu and served as an official in the south.

After many years of tempering, the advice of many sages, and because of his special understanding of Wang Fu, Xing Ziang can be said to be Wang Fu's strong enemy in the temple. Wang Fu's five strategies at the beginning of the year were rejected by Xing Ziang. Wang Fu almost fainted. In the temple, Xing Ziang had many assistants. Outside, because he had just arranged a large number of local officials, he received far more support than Wang Fu. With the Son of Heaven, Wang Fu was favored again Love, how can it compare to this close minister who first followed the emperor?
I have always been asked to cook Wang Jiexin by others, but today this fellow forced me to cook him!

Seeing Wang Fu's aggrieved appearance, the emperor couldn't help laughing, shook his head, and said: "My lord, here...the court and the ministers should cooperate, and the country will prosper." The emperor was also a little speechless He is here, he never thought that there will be such a day in the temple, and all the officials are happy to hear about it, grinning, especially Yuan Sikong, he is smiling and discussing with the officials around him, and he will invite His Majesty later Ling, tonight will have a banquet at Yao's house, and drink happily.

The policy of asking the emperor before holding a banquet was also set by Wang Fu. Wang Fu stipulated that when the ministers held a banquet, they must have the Huangmen sent by the emperor. Seeing that they can't exceed the weight of the amnesty, because of food and wine, the temple still attaches great importance to the matter of drinking together. In addition, of course, it is to prevent the ministers from conspiring in the mansion. The minister also agrees with this. Anyway, no matter whether there is a small yellow gate or not, the Embroidered Clothes Messenger cannot guard against them.

Xing Ziang remained silent and looked at Yuan Feng in front of him. Yuan Feng immediately got up and began to condemn Wang Fu sharply. Many ministers followed one after another. Afterwards, he once again proposed to subsidize Yangzhou shipping and promote the democratic movement. In terms of merchants, the emperor is still very sensitive, especially after seeing the massive wealth obtained from Guishuang trade in the north, he has a deeper fear of merchants. He himself supports the southern shipping. , but if it is to develop coastal merchants, the emperor is against it in his heart.

It is no problem to improve the ships and increase the number of sailors. However, all of these must be in the hands of the temple, that is, in their own hands, and they must not be handed over to those merchants. I have agreed to Xing Ziang's reason, and the emperor also agrees with Wang Fu's policy, but the cost of Wang Fu's policy is too much, and, congratulations, these states are not very rich in the first place, so the cost is so high There is a lot of money, and the equivalent wealth cannot be recovered through taxation, which makes the emperor feel a little tangled.

(End of this chapter)