Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 271 Fang Yuan's First Party Fights Dissidents
Fang Yuan was a little surprised.

In the afternoon, the palace summoned the ministers from the three provinces and six ministries.

If it was because of a work problem, it should have been called at that time.

Now they have been discussing for a long time, and it is estimated that the result has already been reached. Why did you ask yourself to enter the palace?
Confused, but still had to enter the palace, after letting Liu Yichen leave, Fang Yuan tidied up his clothes and followed the eunuch into the palace.

Royal study.

When Fang Yuan arrived, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others were still there.

Surprisingly, Tang Jian was not there, but Er Cui Zhentang was here instead.

At this time, Cui Zhentang was still standing, a little different from other ministers.

"Tang Shangshu was unwell and suddenly fainted. You two should participate in the discussion of the First Battle of Lingnan."

Li Shimin said at the right time.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan understood.

It turned out that they were called to discuss the war.

And Cui Zhentang should have just arrived, and was called to replace Tang Jian just like himself.

"Your Majesty, according to the discussion just now, as long as I have [-] elite soldiers, Lingnan will be pacified."

Li Jing said solemnly.

"You are already shot by the right servant, and the operation of the court cannot do without you."

"The leader of the army, I already have an idea, let's discuss the matter of food and grass now."

Li Shimin shook his head and refused Li Jing's request.

Now, Li Jing is no longer the minister of the Ministry of War, but the right servant.

It can be said that apart from Fang Xuanling, there is no one in the court whose status is comparable to Li Jing.

Coupled with Li Jing's reputation in the army, some people now vaguely call him No. 1 in the court.

Under such circumstances, Li Shimin would not let Li Jing go out casually, and there were so many fierce generals in the court, he had to let other generals also take action.

"Yes."

Li Jing sighed, sat down obediently, then looked towards Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang.

"For food and grass, how long will it take for the two of you to get together?"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Troops and horses move ahead without food and forage.

Now, because of the dispatch of the front army, the court's food and grass are once again in a tense situation.

Therefore, to support the Lingnan War, what needs to be worried about is not the army, but the sufficient food and grass.

"How many troops will His Majesty send?"

Cui Zhentang asked first.

He and Fang Yuan came late, many things are still unknown.

"Ten thousand to thirty thousand."

Li Shimin said solemnly.

Ten thousand is the amount Li Jing needs.

For other generals, [-] may be a little less, but [-] is about the same.

"Your Majesty, the [-] troops don't have much food, Fang Shilang is just a servant, why not let him take charge?"

Cui Zhentang nodded slightly, looked at Fang Yuan and said.

For an army of [-] to [-], that is to prepare food for an army of [-].

The [-] troops did not have much food, and the emperor and the others were a little surprised that Cui Zhentang took the initiative to give credit.

"Your Majesty, I'm inexperienced. I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity. It's better for Shilang Cui to be in charge."

Fang Yuan immediately gave way.

It's not that the house doesn't want to be responsible, but that it's a little difficult for the Ministry of Households to come up with food and grass.

First experienced locust plagues and locust plagues, and then experienced floods, the court did not have much food left.

Not long ago, [-] troops went out and spent a large amount of food and grass. Now it is very difficult for the Ministry of Households to provide food and grass for [-] troops.

This is the situation of the household department that Fang Yuan has learned these days, the relative deficit in terms of finances, serious shortage of food.

Thanks to Cui Zhentang, he didn't make trouble like he did at the beginning, otherwise Fang Yuan didn't have time to learn so much.

"Preparing food is an easy task, let the newcomers exercise more."

Cui Zhentang continued.

The humble attitude made everyone present nod their heads.

Fang Yuan wanted to say something, but at this moment Li Shimin made a conclusion.

"Fang Yuan, you are responsible for this matter."

"I'll give you seven days to prepare, okay?"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

He felt that Fang Yuan really needed more training.

And preparing food is not too difficult at all.

Although Li Shimin was dissatisfied with Fang Yuan because of the firecracker, it didn't mean that Fang Yuan was not used.

As long as he is talented, Li Shimin hopes that the other party will be used by him, especially Fang Yuan's multi-faceted talent.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan sighed in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

Although I was a little unhappy in my heart, I could only accept it at this time.

If he refused again, the ministers present thought that they were unwilling to do anything, and it would be difficult for them to be promoted in the future.

But at Fang Yuan's position, it is already very difficult to go up, and it will take several years of precipitation to make it possible.

"Let's end the meeting, each go back and get ready!"

Li Shimin said in a deep voice,

Everyone got up one after another and bid farewell to Li Shimin.

Fang Yuan also left with the crowd, but the distance between them was a bit far.

It's not Fang Yuan's intention, but almost everyone is like this, they are a little distance from each other.

This is the tacit understanding of the ministers, and also the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers.

Because if the ministers get too close, the emperor will not be able to sleep well.

"Fang Shilang, wait, wait."

Fang Yuan was the last one.

Among so many people, Fang Yuan's official position is the lowest, so of course he is also at the bottom.

After hearing someone yelling, Fang Yuan stopped and looked back at the person who came.

At the same time, other ministers also turned their heads, but they all had a tacit understanding and did not stop.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Fang Yuan looked curiously at Wang De and asked.

What's the matter for the emperor not to finish directly just now, but to tell him now?

"Your Majesty asked the villain to tell you."

"If you can't prepare so much food, you can consider Wuling County."

Wang De said in a low voice.

After finishing speaking, he nodded to Fang Yuan and left immediately.

Fang Yuan looked at the direction Wang De left, feeling rather surprised.

Wuling County can be said to be my old nest, and I still pay a lot of attention to Wuling County.

Although Wuling County is not under his control now, many people in Wuling County still listen to Fang Yuan's words.

As long as Fang Yuan needs something, he can change the situation in Wuling County, that is Fang Yuan's foundation, Fang Yuan still controls most of Wuling County.

For so long, Fang Yuan has always mobilized talents from Liaozhou to Chang'an City, almost never mobilized people from Wuling County to Liaozhou's latter Chang'an City.

It is because Wuling County has been developed for a long time, and the aristocratic families in the city have some relationship with Fang Yuan, which is different from Liaozhou, the development time of Liaozhou is too short.

But Liaozhou is also controlled by Fang Yuan, because Zhao Yingcai is there, he will continue to develop on the basis of Fang Yuan, and will become Fang Yuan and Zhao Yingcai's lair.

What does it mean for Li Shimin to remind himself?
After thinking about it, Fang Yuan didn't understand it for a while, and followed the large army out of the palace.

After returning to Fang Mansion, everyone in Fang Mansion had almost fallen asleep, and only Fang Jingyu was still studying.

I have to say that this little guy is really hardworking. He can read a lot at a young age, and he can occasionally compose poetry.

The strange thing is that tonight Fang Jingyu is not studying in her room, but reading and practicing calligraphy in the living room.

"Sir, someone came to the window of my room last night and asked me if I wanted to leave with him?"

When Fang Jingyu saw Fang Yuan, she rushed over, raised her head and looked at Fang Yuan.

"Sleepwalking?"

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

There are not many people who can safely enter Fangfu and leave.

Even if a master like Mo Cailing enters the Fang Mansion, there is a great chance that he will be discovered.

Unless it is stronger than Mo Cailing, such as a super master like Nie Yinniang.

But in the whole world, there should not be many masters like Nie Yinniang, right?

So Fang Yuan immediately felt that Fang Jingyu was sleepwalking.

"No, I remember it very clearly, it's not sleepwalking."

Fang Jingyu shook his head and said seriously.

"I see, I'm being watched."

Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, rubbed Fang Jingyu's head with his big hand and said.

To be honest, Fang Yuan still doesn't believe it, because the one who can enter and exit the Fang Mansion casually must be a super master.

If it was really this kind of person, Fang Jingyu would definitely be taken away as long as she wanted to, and she wouldn't simply ask.

But no matter it is or not, Fang Yuan will pay attention to this matter and let Fang Jingyu sleep well.

"Ok."

Fang Jingyu nodded heavily.

Wanted to give Fang Yuan a massage, but was sent back to sleep by Fang Yuan.

After she left, Fang Yuan called Xue Jiaoyan's butler and asked him to find someone to watch Fang Jingyu's room and window.

In addition, Fang Yuan also found Liao Fengmao and asked him to go to Wuling County to check the recent situation in Wuling County.

After arranging things, Fang Yuan went back to the room to sleep with Du Miaoyan.

The next day, Fang Yuan went to work normally.

The first task is to order the people below to check the grain storage.

Although he was mentally prepared, Fang Yuan was shocked by the unexpected result.

"My lord, we can only prepare food for [-] troops at most."

Fang Qingping said with a sad face.

One month's food for [-] troops is the limit of the household department.

"Is it enough to stop some nobles and dignitaries first?"

Fang Yuan frowned, said in a deep voice.

There are many nobles and dignitaries in the imperial court, and they have many food towns.

For example, Fang Yuan, as the founding county of Chang'an County, has [-] households in Shiyi.

The rest of the dukes and other dignitaries with titles and titles are far more than five hundred, which is a large amount of food.

It happened to be the end of the year, and when this batch of food was brought out, let alone [-] troops, it is estimated that [-] troops would do.

"No, absolutely no!"

"If you move their Shiyi, the entire imperial court will target our household department!"

Fang Qingping was taken aback and said in shock.

Wars can be avoided, but the rich and powerful must be given food.

If the food city is not given, then there will be chaos from the inside of Chang'an City.

At that time, don't talk about foreign wars, just collapse from within, let alone wars.

"This officer is just talking."

Fang Yuan sighed.

This group of dignitaries with corpses and vegetarian meals really can't move.

Or many of them have no power, but many of them have power.

If their food towns are moved, it is like moving the land of the common people, and the court will be in chaos.

In the next six months or so, Great Tang might be in chaos, and Fang Yuan didn't want himself to be the one driving it.

"My lord is wise!"

Fang Qingping breathed a sigh of relief.

It's fine if it's not, he is worried that Fang Yuan will use unscrupulous means.

"In the name of the Ministry of Households, collect food from all states and counties!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Now Tang Jian is not in the household department, Fang Yuan and Cui Zhentang are in charge of the household department.

But in this matter, Cui Zhentang is completely in charge of Fang Yuan, so Fang Yuan can make his own decision on this matter.

"Yes!"

Fang Qingping respectfully said yes.

The documents were issued quickly, and two days passed.

On the third day, Liao Fengmao came back from Wuling County.

"My lord, everything is good in Wuling County, and the people have enough food and clothing."

"But this year the county government didn't take back the food from the people, so a lot of it rotted in the fields."

Liao Fengmao reported respectfully.

"That's what it meant."

"It's hard work, you go back and rest first."

Fang Yuan laughed.

At this moment, he understood why Li Shimin asked him to consider Wuling County.

To tell the truth, Fang Yuan was negligent of duty, he was paying attention to Wuling County, but he didn't pay attention to food.

Wuling County resolved the issue of Li Shimin's guilt, and now it can also resolve the issue of food and grass for the court's war.

"Fang Qingping!"

Fang Yuan shouted loudly, called Fang Qingping.

"The subordinate is here."

Fang Qingping hurried over.

"Follow me to the official department."

Fang Yuan originally wanted to have Fang Qingping issue official documents to Wuling County directly.

But after thinking about it, I feel that Li Shimin's reminder has another deep meaning.

Since the Hongnong Yang family seized the position of magistrate of Wuling County, he can now regain it by means.

The party is the same and the difference is different!

I am already a fourth-rank official, and cultivating cronies is just a common thing for people.

"Yes."

Fang Qingping didn't know why.

But still obediently followed Fang Yuan to the official department.

Not long after, Fang Yuan saw Sun Wuji, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

After saluting, Fang Yuan went straight to the topic.

"Shangsun Shangshu, you must know that I once served as the county magistrate of Wuling County, and that Wuling County sold a large amount of grain to the imperial court, right?"

Fang Yuan said slowly.

"know."

Changsun Wuji put down his work, looked at Fang Yuan, nodded and said.

"Nowadays, the magistrate of Wuling County is putting the cart before the horse, and doesn't care about the county's grain rotting in the fields."

"Our household department will send people to Wuling County to buy local grain to support this Lingnan battle."

"The county magistrate is not worthy of being the magistrate of Wuling County because of his inaction. Please ask the Ministry of Officials to remove him from his position and escort him to Chang'an City for review."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

"The county magistrate Yang Chuancheng did not act."

"But it's too late to be dismissed like this?"

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment and said.

A few days ago, he received an inspection from the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Knowing that Yang Chuancheng, the county magistrate of Wuling County, did nothing, he laid his body on a vegetarian meal.

But Yang Chuancheng was placed there by the Hongnong Yang family, and Li Ke was behind him.

If he is dismissed, he may offend Hongnong Yang and Li Ke.

"I won't pass!"

"This person obstructed the Ministry of Households from collecting grain. He committed a heinous crime. Dismissal is already light."

"In addition, I have someone recommended to be the county magistrate of Wuling County. This person is named Ge You. He ranked relatively high in the last imperial examination. Now he is working as a registrar in a certain place. He has good ability and can be a county magistrate."

Fang Yuan said seriously.

He understood what Changsun Wuji meant.

Saying the other party's name is obviously telling yourself that the other party is from the Hongnong Yang family.

I have already offended Hongnong Yang, and I don't care about offending him again.

At the same time, he had to place his cronies up there to formally unite the party and fight against dissidents.

"Since Fang Shilang insists, let's do as Fang Shilang wants."

Changsun Wuji pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly.

Fang Yuan is now an official of the fourth rank, and also the person in charge of grain collection, this face should be given.

The most important thing is, seeing that Fang Yuan offended the king of Shu, Li Ke, caused a struggle between the two sides, and the crown prince benefited, why not do it?
(End of this chapter)