I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 92, take the blame
Luoyang City, the Imperial Palace!

Emperor Ling had just come down from the court hall, having spent a noisy morning court, he was very tired.

After drinking from the jade bottle, he lay down on the bed and closed his eyes to rest his mind!

"The ministers in the court dare not do business, they only know that they are accusing Fu Bian one after another, and the papers of impeachment are piled up like a hill. Cui Lie even wants to admonish each other with death every day, but he doesn't know how to share the country's worries. How angry I'm dead!"

Zhao Zhong, who was waiting on the sidelines, said with a look of sharing the worries of the Ling Emperor: "Your Majesty is not a minister who said that this Fu Bian is not, but he divides the land in Jizhou, takes in people's hearts, and wants to become an official in Jizhou, even though he is not like Luoyang City. The rumors spread that he was going to rebel, but his staying in Jizhou is a disaster after all!"

Emperor Ling glanced at Zhao Zhong and said, "Fu Bian told me that you have 10 mu of land in Jizhou, which was collected by you through corruption. It seems that you have lost a lot, and you even started to help Cui Lie and the others." Speak!"

Fu Bian even suppressed the land of the nobles, so it is naturally impossible to let go of the eunuchs' land. It can even be said that as long as it is their land and fields, he confiscates them, and the land is distributed to the people, and the fields are taken by him. It was sold and used to resettle the common people, so now not only the aristocrats and nobles hate Fu Bian to the bone, even the ten permanent servants want to kill Fu Bian and then hurry up!
When Zhao Zhong heard this, he immediately knelt down in fright and said, "This servant is loyal to His Majesty, and she will never dare to join forces with Cui Lie and the others!"

Emperor Ling doesn't care about corruption, because all civil and military officials in the court are not greedy, and even Emperor Ling himself took the lead in getting the money from the treasury into his Wanjintang, so Zhao Zhong's corruption is nothing in the eyes of Emperor Ling , but if they get mixed up with the powerful and powerful clans, they will be disloyal to the Ling Emperor.

Emperor Ling sneered and said: "Nothing is the best. If Jizhou hadn't been for you to get some waste up there, so that the rebellion of Zhang Niujiao would not have become what it is now. Don't think about your family property in Jizhou, just treat it as yours." Atonement."

Zhao Zhong immediately kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then Emperor Ling looked at Zhang Rang and said with a smile, "How much did you lose?"

Seeing Zhao Zhong's situation just now, Zhang Rang naturally knew that Fu Bian had written a memorial to Emperor Ling alone, so he didn't dare to hide it: "The servants only bought tens of thousands of acres of land, but they were all confiscated by Fu Bian who killed him today. , but Your Majesty, this is not only my own field, but also the fields that my slaves have bought for you over the years, but all of them have been confiscated by Fu Bian!"

Emperor Ling didn't trust the officials of the court, but he believed in the eunuchs around him very much. Except for the money he got in the Wanjintang, the rest was scattered and deposited in the hands of the ten servants, and asked them to help buy fields and put them away. usury.

Emperor Ling reprimanded: "Every success is more than failure. Fu Bian said he would take care of my land, and yours will be used to resettle the people. Fu Bian didn't tell me, I didn't even know that you were in Jizhou alone Nearly 50 mu of land, richer than me, do you want me to treat you as fat pigs and slaughter you?"

The land properties in Jizhou are generally 1-2 yuan per mu, which means that these fields alone are worth 50-100 billion yuan. It is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth of the ten servants is as rich as the enemy. This is also the case of Lingdi The reason for his anger was that he thought he was getting seven, but now it seems that he may not even be getting three.

Zhang Rang immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Where are the slaves and maidservants now? They are not helping His Majesty to save money, but they are the real rich. Fu Bian is betting on 3000 million mu of land. It's not all theirs!"

Now Zhang Rang can only die as a fellow Taoist and not as a poor Taoist.

Lingdi stared with small eyes, startled Zhang Rang, dared not speak any more, just kept kowtow!

He used to know that the nobles were rich, but he didn't know how rich they were. One Jizhou nobles occupied 3000 million mu of land. Simply converting the entire thirteen prefectures of the Han Dynasty, the nobles occupied 4 million mu of land. The registered land of the entire Dahan is only about 6 million mu, which means that most of the land of the Dahan is occupied by the nobles, so it is no wonder that the rebel bandits are endless.

No wonder Emperor Ling was annoyed. In February, Zhao Ci, a soldier from Jiangxia Commandery, rebelled against the Han and killed Qin Jie, the prefect of Nanyang County. This shocked Emperor Ling. But fortunately, Zhao Ci's rebellion was quickly suppressed by Jingzhou's state soldiers, and nothing major happened.

However, all civil and military officials in the court said openly and secretly that Emperor Ling had lost his virtue, which caused chaos in the world.

However, Emperor Ling discovered through Fu Bian's memorial that the chaos in the world had something to do with him as the emperor. It was obvious that these elites and nobles gnawed at the big men, which caused the chaos in the world, and in the end, he, the emperor, was blamed.

How can this not annoy Emperor Ling? He has always blamed others. When will it be someone else's turn to take the blame on him? .

Even Emperor Ling could only sigh helplessly: "It's all about private characters. In the Manchu Dynasty, civil and military, three lords and nine ministers, how many people are still sincerely for me, for my country and society."

Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang immediately said: "The slaves are loyal to His Majesty, and the world is a mirror!"

Emperor Ling said: "If you weren't a little bit loyal, I could keep you!"

Then Lingdi said heartbrokenly: "It's not enough for you to be loyal. You can also learn from Fu Bian. Not only did you help the court get billions of money, but you also got hundreds of millions of money for me. It would be great if there were more loyal ministers like this." OK!"

Zhang asked Zhao Zhong to be shocked when he heard this, and at the same time secretly scolded Fu Manzi for raising the price without mentioning Wude. In the past, when they made millions of dollars, Emperor Ling was very happy and trusted them, but he was rejected. If Fu Bian interferes like this, even if they spend tens of millions, Lingdi will not be too satisfied, but how can business of tens of millions or hundreds of millions be common, this is not blocking their way.

Zhang Rang looked at Lingdi cautiously and said: "Your Majesty, but it is not an option to carry on like this. Zhang Yan and the others have killed too many people. It is impossible for the civil and military officials of the dynasty to let him go. In this way, even if the Yellow Turban Army is killed Reassure, Zhang Yan and the others are unlikely to survive.

Your Majesty, from the point of view of slaves, the situation in Jizhou has stabilized. It is impossible for Zhang Yan to fight against the sky. He simply transferred Fu Bian out of Jizhou. He didn't want to put down the rebellion in Xiliang, so he asked him to take the army to Xiliang, and then His Majesty will appoint another person to be the governor of Jizhou to encircle and suppress Zhang Yan so that both sides can explain.

And with Fu Bian's support, Huangfusong's ability is enough to eliminate Xiliang's rebellion, so that the imperial court no longer has to support the 10 army, and His Majesty no longer has to worry about the emptiness of the national treasury. "

(End of this chapter)