Chastity Layman

  Chapter 183 Not doing business properly

  After the Zhenfu envoy was impeached for distributing food to everyone, tens of thousands of people from all over the town and Fusi expressed deep dissatisfaction. Fortunately, the emperor did not convict Yi Guogong for this, but instead gave him a reward. The food rewarded by Yi Guogong was not confiscated, but doubled.

   At this moment, the Zhenfu Department was full of joy and joy. Everyone lamented that they were lucky to meet a boss like Qin Lang, and to meet such an enlightened and benevolent king as the current Holy Master, it is eight lifetimes of good deeds.

  Everyone carried bags and pushed the cart, and received the food again.

  And this time, the soldiers in the general division were rewarded twice as much, and the officials were even more rewarded according to their rank.

Qin Lang personally presided over the food distribution. With him personally in charge, there was no problem at all. Everyone received their own food in a timely manner. There was no adulteration, no few, no bad food, and the officials did not use their power for personal gain. .

  However, after everyone received their share of the reward, something unexpected happened.

   Zhang Maigou, who was originally a soldier of Zuo Xiaowei, received a stone as a reward for millet, but the clerk registered in the department stopped him, "Wait a minute, there is another good thing."

   Official Zhang Weiren brought a bag, but it turned out to be ten chicks.

  Zhang Maigou looked at his family suspiciously, "This is?"

   "This is an extra reward from our governor, ten chicken cubs per person."

   "What do I want these ten chickens for? Besides, I live in a military camp, how can I raise chickens?"

"You don't have to worry about this. In short, it's a benefit. How can Duke Yi not think of the problem you mentioned? Do you know the military station? When the military station is stationed at the border, soldiers will take turns to plow the fields. Now we each send ten Just a chicken, and then, don’t you usually work on shifts, and the department will arrange it for you.”

  The so-called arrangement actually means that each department under the Zhenfu Division will set up a new chicken raising team separately, and some people will be dispatched to take care of these chickens and ducks.

  In fact, it is similar to asking them to engage in tertiary industry sidelines, sending people to set up sheds in the suburbs of Chang'an to raise chickens, ducks, and even pigs.

   "As for the chickens and ducks that were distributed to you, they will be collected and raised by someone specially assigned to them. In the future, eggs or chickens and ducks can be sold, and the money obtained will be distributed to everyone."

  Zhang Maigou felt that this was not doing his job properly.

   But Zhang Weiren said that this is the welfare envoy to everyone. Although everyone has given food rewards to deal with the current food shortage, it is always good to plan ahead.

   "Anyway, you take the ducklings down first, and you also press your fingerprints on the ten ducklings here."

   Zhang Maigou had no choice but to press his own fingerprint, and received the ten chicks and ten ducklings.

  The Town Envoy Division distributed food again, and this time it also distributed chickens and ducks. As soon as the news came out, the whole Chang'an suddenly looked sideways, and the Zhenfu Division became the hot topic of discussion in Chang'an again.

  Some people are sour, some people are envious.

  People in Fusi Township are now walking on the street, their chests are a bit stiff, and some of them live in Chang'anfang, and the neighbors will be very affectionate when they see it.

   Of course, there are also many people who are jealous and hate, saying that Qin Lang is messing around and has bad rules.

Although everyone later figured out that the so-called distribution of food and chickens and ducks was actually rewarded by the emperor's decree. The Secretary sent people to feed them in the suburbs together.

But they still couldn't hold back their envy, jealousy and hatred. Countless people began to complain about Qin Lang, and many officials finally couldn't help but go straight to impeachment, saying that Qin Lang asked the soldiers of the Zhen Fu Division who were in charge of guarding the capital to raise chickens and ducks. Using the company money of the Zhenfu Division to buy chickens and ducklings hatched by his own family, this is a transfer of benefits, and it is a disguised form of money corruption.

  It's just that this time when these memorials were presented, they were like mud cows falling into the sea, without even a single wave rising.

  The emperor is very busy now.

The possibility of a plague of locusts in Guanzhong has been confirmed by many people, and the food shortage in Guanzhong is becoming more and more serious. Although Qin Lang launched a crackdown on Chang'an and found hundreds of thousands of shi of grain from the mouse hole, this is not the case for today. The severe food crisis cannot solve anything.

   But two major rebellion cases just happened, Li Shimin has no confidence to leave Beijing at this time.

  He is holding on, thinking that there have been many disasters in ancient times, and there have been famines worse than this. Since the predecessors can survive, so can he.

  After Qin Lang's stormy attack, Li Shimin felt that the matter was not that serious. As long as the control, especially the control of food, was strengthened, the famine could be dealt with.

  In the Hall of Xiande, Li Shimin was discussing matters with the prime ministers and political participants.

  The left servant shoots Xiao Yu and the servant Chen Shuda is in dispute.

  The focus of the dispute between the two is still how to prevent and control locust plagues. After all, many situations now show that a major locust plague is inevitable.

Zuo Pushe Xiao Yu has always been a person who worships Buddha. When facing the locust plague that is coming, he thinks that he should pray to God and worship Buddha. In the face of these heavenly beings, they cannot be killed or destroyed, and locust temples and insect king temples have to be built all over the country to worship and pray.

Speaking later, he also said that the cause of this year's locust plague was actually the edict issued by the Supreme Emperor at the beginning of the year to suppress Buddhism and Taoism. Let the monks and Taoists who have returned to the secular world return to the temples, and those temples that have been destroyed are returned to the monks and Taoists, etc.

  His point of view was strongly opposed by the waiter Chen Shuda.

  Chen Shuda himself is an active supporter of Li Yuan's suppression of Buddha. Now he thinks that there is no locust **** for locust extermination. If he wants to eliminate the locust plague, he can only lead the people to kill the locusts.

   As for what Xiao Yu said about worshiping Buddha, he was even more reprimanded, thinking that the prosperity of Buddhism and Taoism is not beneficial to the country or to the people. The imperial court can respect those who are proficient in Buddhism and Taoism, and let them concentrate on their cultivation. But for more monks and Taoists who don't even know the scriptures, we should crack down on them vigorously, let alone allow those rich and powerful to avoid service and evade taxes in the name of shaving.

  The competition between the two became more and more intense.

   Both Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were prime ministers, and they were both princes of a small court in the south of the Yangtze River in the past. It's just that they have different opinions now, but they are arguing red-faced and drooling.

   "The two gentlemen." Li Shimin frowned and tried to persuade him.

   It's just that the two of them are fighting fiercely at this time, and they turn a deaf ear to the rest.

   "After the locusts pass, there will be no vegetation left, famine will arise, and people will eat each other. As the prime minister, you say that you worship the locust **** and the king of insects. You are fatuous and detrimental to the country, and you are not worthy of being a prime minister!" Chen Shuda scolded angrily.

  Xiao Yu yelled, "There are people like you who disrespect heaven and earth and gods and Buddhas in this country. That's why God was furious and sent locusts to warn. You still don't know how to repent, treacherous minister!"

  Chen Shuda rolled up his sleeves angrily, and Xiao Yu over there was not to be outdone.

   Li Shimin was mad.

  He yelled several times in a row, but instead of stopping, the two rushed over to fight on the hall.

  Two prime ministers, roll up your sleeves and push and pull.

  Fortunately, the two of them are only elderly civil servants. If this is a military general like Yuchi Jingde, I'm afraid that the same thing that almost blinded his eyes like last time will happen again.

   Li Shimin yelled a few times, but the two were still entangled.

  The young emperor stood up with a livid face, kicked the imperial case over with one kick, and the imperial case rolled down from the jade chimney, making a loud noise.

  Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were awakened at this moment, they let go, retreated to the side, but still stared at each other like bullfighting.

   Li Shimin flicked his sleeves angrily, and left directly.

  The other prime ministers in the palace were there to persuade the two of them.

  A moment later, Dou Lu, the supervisor in the hall, came out to announce the decree.

   "As prime ministers, the two ministers, Xiao and Chen, are so disrespectful in front of the imperial court, and their speech is so rude. It is difficult to set an example for all officials. They have committed the crime of disrespect to the emperor. They are dismissed from all official positions and go home to contemplate their mistakes behind closed doors!"

  As soon as this decree was announced, both Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were very surprised.

  Although the two of them went too far just now, after all, the three dignified high-ranking officials are just like that?

   At this time, Qin Qiong persuaded the two to calm down and plead guilty to the emperor, and His Majesty will be able to forgive them.

  But Xiao Yu boasted that he was the prime minister, the prime minister of the two dynasties, and the emperor's uncle, so he would not lower his head, so he handed over the gold fish charm directly, and left without looking back.

  Chen Shuda felt a little regretful, so he had no choice but to leave.

   Half a day later, Li Shimin summoned the prime ministers for another court meeting. This time, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were no longer qualified to participate.

  At the meeting, Li Shimin was still furious.

  Although Qin Qiong and others persuaded the emperor to appease his anger, saying that it was not a big mistake for Xiao and Chen to be impulsive, Li Shimin refused to take back the order to dismiss him.

   "So Feng Deyi entered the Shangshu Zuopu shot, and Changsun Wuji entered the Shangshu right servant to shoot. Du Ruhui inspected the school servant and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Qin Qiong awarded the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He still added the title of Pingzhangshi and exempted the General of the Left Guard."

  Li Shimin struck while the iron was hot, and simply made several important personnel adjustments in one go.

  My most trusted brother-in-law and eldest grandson Wuji, this time he was directly mentioned above the aspect of Right Servant, and Feng Deyi went further and became Left Servant.

  Du Ruhui, a confidant, was also appointed as the inspector and minister of the Ministry of officials, and worshiped the prime minister.

  Qin Qiong was changed from General Zuowei to Minister of the Ministry of War, and the post of General Zuowei was awarded to Li Jing. Li Jing was removed from the post of governor of Lingzhou and transferred to Beijing as the general of the left guard.

   After this series of orders came down, everyone was a little shocked.

   In this way, the two prime ministers, Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda, really have no room for repentance. The emperor has assigned their positions to others, and they are really gone.

  Qin Qiong resigned from the position of minister of the Ministry of War, but Li Shimin refused to accept several speeches.

Sitting in the hall, although Li Shimin still had an expression of lingering anger on his face, he was already very proud in his heart. Taking advantage of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda's quarrel in front of the hall, he seized the opportunity and directly dismissed the two of them, and finally reunited. Two Wude prime ministers were kicked out.

  Changsun Wuji and Du Ruhui, two confidantes, were finally brought into the Political Affairs Hall by him.

  Looking around, there are only Yuwen Shiji and Feng Deyi among the prime ministers participating in politics in the Zhengshitang.

  (end of this chapter)