Chastity Layman

  Chapter 199 Expulsion

  Chang'an.

  Li Shimin has temporarily canceled his regular participation in the morning court. This kind of routine court meeting is of no help to the current situation. With the rapid transformation of locusts, Li Shimin now stays in the Zhengshitang all day.

   Fortunately, although locusts are growing rapidly, the results of catching and exterminating locusts in various places are amazing.

  Originally there was a big problem in Qizhou, but when Qin Qiong and his son arrived, they used thunderous means to quickly stabilize the locust situation.

  In the political affairs hall, there are screens on both sides. On the screens are pieces of jute paper, which are filled with various numbers.

   Among them, Qizhou monopolizes a screen, and the numbers on it are updated every two hours, and Li Shimin is extremely satisfied with each change.

As of today, Qin Qiong and Qin Lang's father and son have been in Qizhou for 12 days, and have successively caught more than 800,000 locusts. Qizhou is the third auxiliary of the capital, and its population is much higher than that of other states, although it is not as good as Chang'an's population of one million. But there are also nearly 300,000 people. Calculated in this way, each person catches more than two stones of locusts on average.

   This figure was once doubted by several prime ministers including Feng Deyi and Wang Gui, who participated in politics, and it was really amazing.

  But Li Shimin was convinced.

Because although the governor of Qizhou is Zheng Yuanxuan, it is Qin Qiong, the governor of Pingzhang, and Qin Lang, the governor of Qizhou, who are fighting and catching locusts in Qizhou. These two are absolute confidants of the emperor Yuan Cong, and it is absolutely impossible to lie for him. Not to mention, Qin Lang has reported detailed data, and Li Shimin also proved it through Baiqi.

  Qin Lang made a lot of IOUs in Qizhou, including Changping warehouses to buy grain from merchants at high prices, grain payments from wealthy landlords, and IOUs from common people exchanging locusts for millet.

  The number is equally astonishing.

   But right now, although Li Shimin has a headache about how to deal with these IOUs in the future, he can't take care of them for the time being.

   "Your Majesty, there are reports of migratory locusts starting to take off as adults in many states in the pass, but the clusters are not large and do not pose a threat for the time being."

  Fang Xuanling came to report with a small notebook, Li Shimin nodded.

   "Xuanling, it seems that we won this time, and the war locust was successful."

"Your Majesty, I think the current situation is the same as what Qin Lang reported. We will win one game first, but we must not take it lightly. We still need to make the states and counties step up their efforts to catch locusts. As Qin Lang said, it is better to use the remaining bravery to chase the poor. , You can’t live up to the overlord of fame and learning. If one is not careful, the migratory locusts from the states will gather in groups, and all previous efforts will be wasted by then!”

  Li Shimin's spirit lifted.

"It is advisable to be brave enough to chase the poor, and not to be a famous overlord. Hahaha, this Qin Sanlang, these two sentences are full of arrogance and pride. It seems that he did a good job in commanding the extermination of locusts in Qizhou, and he showed great energy. If there were more Qin Sanlangs and fewer Zheng Yuanxuan in the states of the world, the situation would be even better."

  When it comes to Zheng Yuanxuan, Li Shimin's face is not very good-looking. Zheng Yuanxuan's actions in Qizhou almost caused problems in the imperial court's anti-locust situation.

   "Zheng Yuanxuan must be severely punished." Li Shimin set the tone directly, even if he was convinced by Qin Qiong and his son, he would actively correct his mistakes and assist in disaster relief. "Qizhou's disaster relief is due to Qin Qiong and Qin Lang's father and son. It has nothing to do with Zheng Yuanxuan. He not only has no merits, but also has serious demerits. If he has meritorious deeds, he must be rewarded, and if he has demerit, he must be punished. Otherwise, there will be more people like Zheng Yuanxuan, regardless of the overall situation." !"

  Fang Xuanling did not refute the emperor's tone. In fact, Fang Xuanling and Zheng Yuanxuan did not come out of the same trench.

  Although they are all Shandong gentry, although Zheng Yuanxuan and Zheng Shanguo of the Xingyang Zheng family are known as the Xingyang Zheng family, they actually moved to Chang'an in Guanzhong for several generations, and moved to Luoyang earlier. They belong to five surnames and seven families, and they are the leaders of the top gentry. The Fang family in Licheng is the same as the Qin family in Licheng.

On the other hand, the Zheng family used to belong to the Jiancheng Party, and Fang Xuanling was a staunch King of Qin Party. Now Fang Xuanling and the other old departments of the Qin Dynasty naturally hope to suppress the Jiancheng Party and even the Wushu Party that were originally on their heads. The veterans of Germany have defeated their superiors.

  In this incident, the Zheng family disregarded the overall situation, and Li Shimin had to make an example of others. He had given the Zheng family a face before and did not pursue Zheng Yuanrui's smuggling of grain to make a fortune, but Zheng Yuanxuan's incident was a hundred times worse than Zheng Yuanrui's.

   "Xuanling, you are here to draft an imperial edict to take away all the official ranks of Zheng Yuanxuan, cut him off as the Duke of Pei, expel his nationality and make him a citizen, and order him to return to his hometown to reflect on himself."

  Fang Xuanling was a bit surprised by the result of this disposition, it was too severe.

   It is very serious just to remove the nationality for the people. The removal of the nationality refers to the famous and **** status, which is the qualification to be an official. Even if ordinary officials are demoted and dismissed, they can at least retain their names and status, and there is still a chance of reinstatement at any time.

   This is the real deal.

  Before Zheng Shanguo was beaten to the end, he at least retained his rank and title, but lost his job, but now Zheng Yuanxuan has directly become a commoner.

   "The author Yousi took back the rewards given by the imperial court in the past, and took back the job field, official Yongye field, and title Yongye field, etc."

  Since he wanted to do something, Li Shimin decided to be more ruthless.

  He wants to take advantage of this to kill the arrogance of those gentry again. Now it is a new dynasty and a new era. If he still dares to disrespect the emperor and the court, he will end up just like Zheng Yuanxuan.

Li Shimin has always been very jealous of the Shandong gentry represented by the five surnames and seven families. He could not drive the entire five surnames and seven families out of the court. The feet are still fine.

   On the one hand, he stepped on the opportunity, and on the other hand, he showed favor from time to time to win over, but it was still effective. Now Li Shimin's relationship with Taiyuan Wang, Qinghe Cui and Boling Cui is pretty good.

Only this Xingyang Zheng family is now being stared at by Li Shimin. Time and time again, he steps on a few feet when he has the opportunity, from Zheng Xuanli to Zheng Shanguo to Zheng Yuanxuan, and even Zheng Yuanxun, Zheng Yuancong, Zheng Shanyuan, etc. are also sought by the emperor. Cleaned up.

From the glorious time when she was the concubine's mother's family, to being watched by the emperor now, the Zheng family is also miserable, but now the Zheng family still refuses to surrender allegiance, Zheng Yuanxuan dares to talk about locust disasters this time It's because the emperor's virtue is not enough. Doesn't this imply that Li Shimin's rebellion usurped the throne?

  If someone like Wei Zheng said a few words about this kind of thing, it would be fine, after all, Wei Zheng is just a direct minister. But whoever said that it would not be the Zheng family's turn to speak, the Zheng family is the best friend of King Xi Ling, the former leader of the gentry, if they are allowed to be careless, how will they control public opinion in the future?

   "Qizhou is an important place in the capital, and the post of governor must not be vacant. Please choose a good official for your majesty."

   "Who can recommend Xuanling?"

   "I think Qin Lang is capable of serving as an official, and the current command to control locusts is also effective and effective in appeasing the people. How about using Qin Lang to review the governor of Qizhou?" Fang Xuanling recommended Qin Lang.

  But the emperor shook his head again and again.

   "Qin Langzhen is inseparable from left and right, so I recommend someone else."

   "How about Chai Shao? He was the governor of Qizhou before, and he is quite popular in Qizhou!"

   This is a good candidate, but Li Shimin thought for a long time, but still shook his head. Although Chai Shao is his brother-in-law, Chai Shao did not stand on his side in the previous battle between him and Jiancheng, which always made him a little bit worried, especially Chai Shao was able to fight with troops and rule the land well. Qizhou is still well-known, which inevitably makes Li Shimin a little apprehensive and worried.

   "What do you think of Dou Yun?" The emperor himself proposed a personal choice.

   "I think it's good!" Fang Xuanling directly agreed with this candidate for no other reason. Dou Yun's surname is Dou, and he is from Li Shimin's mother's natal family.

  Dou Yun's father, Dou Wei, was the prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty and served as the internal history order. His grandfather, Dou Chi, was the Taifu and Deng Guogong of the Sui Dynasty. Dou Wei is the cousin of Empress Dou Mu, so Li Yuan will call Dou Wei uncle, and Li Shimin will call Dou Yun uncle.

Dou Chi's family is famous for their bravery and ability to fight, but Dou Wei prefers literature and history. He was once ridiculed by his brothers as a bookworm, but he was recommended by Prime Minister Li Delin in the Sui Dynasty. He refused to be transferred from the Secretary Prison, and devoted himself to studying knowledge, and his brothers in the clan were all distinguished because of their military exploits, and everyone laughed at him. Don't you want to become a saint? Dou Wei smiled but did not answer.

Later, Dou Wei was very talented and famous in the court. He served as the internal historian of Yang Guang. Doctrine, excellent performance.

  After Li Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he appointed him as prime minister. He told Dou Wei that there were Eight Pillar Kingdoms in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and my family and your family were among them. Now I am the emperor, but you are the prime minister, which is not equal.

  Dou Wei said that the Dou family was a relative in the Han Dynasty, and there were three empresses in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Now that His Majesty founded the country, and the minister was appointed because of his in-law status, the minister was very afraid, afraid that he would not be competent.

  Li Yuan said with a smile that the five surnames and seven families including the Cui family and the Lu family in the Guandong gentry were complacent when they married each other.

  However, not long after Dou Wei became prime minister, he died of illness.

  Back then, Li Yuan compared the Dou family with five surnames and seven families. Now Li Shimin uses Dou Yun, the son of the founding prime minister Dou Wei, to replace Zheng Yuanxuan from the Zheng family of Xingyang as the governor of Qizhou. Obviously, this choice is not easy.

  Fang Xuanling couldn't see it, and naturally he fully agreed.

  The third family of the Dou family in Henan, the Wei, Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties can be called the relatives of the four dynasties. The emperor obviously felt that his relatives were more reliable.

  Dou Gui, Dou Yun's cousin, is currently serving as the governor of Yizhou. The last time he was awarded a meritorious official, Dou Gui was also awarded a meritorious official from 600 households.

   "Qin Qiong and Qin Lang made great contributions to locust disaster relief, and gave Qin Qiong Qizhou 200 hectares of land, and Qin Lang Qi Prefecture 100 hectares of land!" The emperor was generous and directly rewarded Qin Qiong and his son with many fields.

Later, Li Shimin called the people from the Baiqi Division, "Send Qin Lang an oral order. Now that the locust situation in Qizhou has been controlled, it will be handed over to Dou Yun, the Duke of Yan'an County. He will make another hard trip to Jingzhou to replace me." Take a look at what Jingzhou Inspector Li Yi is doing, why is the locust situation in the Jingzhou newspaper not well controlled?"

  (end of this chapter)