"absurd!"
Fang Fengshi cursed directly at this time.
Because I didn’t expect that he, a dignified young master, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and Privy Councilor of the Fifth Military Governor’s Office, Minister of Tongzhi Yusi, Minister of Political Affairs, and Minister of the Privy Council, would be asked to be grateful by several petty officials. Be grateful that they have brought you the power and status you have now.
After Fang Fengshi scolded him, he asked Gu Xiancheng, Wei Yunzhong and Li Sancai to get out of his way.
Gu Xiancheng and others did not step aside, and Gu Xiancheng continued: "The prime minister's current position of power is the same as that of Shou Kui. If he was in power in the Xifu of the Song Dynasty, why should he continue to be a lackey of the cabinet based on his cabinet's face?"
"Presumptuous! Who allowed you to criticize the government like this!"
Fang Fengshi asked directly.
"Is not it?"
"If not, the prime minister should tell you directly now how the prime minister will prepare a memorial to express gratitude to the emperor and refute the imperial edict?!"
Wei Yunzhong asked aggressively.
Li Sancai also sneered and said, "The prime minister won't even want to hide from us how he plans to vote on this matter, so that we don't know, right?"
"But the Prime Minister knows that Xie Jiejian now knows that he may be disobedient to the powerful officials, and he is sitting at home waiting to hang himself! Only because we persuaded him to stop, he did not hang himself, because we said that the Prime Minister cherishes talents and virtuous people. The man was willing to come to the Privy Council to intercede with the Prime Minister on his behalf, so that he could be convinced and willing to wait for the Prime Minister to save him, but he promised to wait only for today;"
"Unless the Prime Minister really would rather sit back and watch Xie Jiejie die as a result of his admonishment, and only obey Jiang Ling's will and not dare to make his own decision, that's why he refuses to give me an answer at this time."
"Are you threatening this court?"
Fang Fengshi asked in a deep voice.
"No! I just want the world to know that the Prime Minister is not a running dog of Jiangling!"
Gu Xiancheng replied at this time.
Fang Fengshi had to soften his tone and asked: "When the country's funds are abundant, the emperor is not extravagant, and the powerful are afraid to ask for gifts, what's wrong with increasing the army? Aren't you worried about the Gengxu Revolution and large-scale Japanese invasion?" Will chaos happen again?”
"The barbarians will plunder and leave immediately. They will only lose a few people and property. If they become bigger with the warriors, the emperor will be able to launch a large-scale conquest. Which one is lighter and which is more important? Doesn't the prime minister know?"
Gu Xiancheng asked.
Li Sancai also said: "Yes, can't the Prime Minister not know the difference?"
Fang Fengshi asked again: "As a result, the barbarians grew bigger and gradually became captives. They even raised tens of thousands of elite soldiers, as well as civil servants and counselors, and even had a peasant-soldier system. They even had the ability to destroy China. What should we do? At that time, The emperor has no soldiers, how can he do it?"
"We can assemble tens of thousands of soldiers and servants from each town, which is enough to destroy the captives and ensure that there is no danger!"
"So, the emperor has no soldiers, and it will not affect the country!"
Gu Xiancheng said.
Fang Fengshi sneered: "The general soldiers in each town have servants, but the emperor has no soldiers. How can the court control it?"
"Is the Prime Minister confused?"
Li Sancai asked with a smile, and then replied: "Of course it will be controlled by food and salary!"
"As long as we don't increase food and salary for them like now, with the meager income from the fields and border trade in the Jiubian towns, it's not enough to support the clan members. If the court doesn't give them a lot of food and salary, and the family can only support a few thousand at most, how can it be done?"
"And because each town belongs to a different place of origin, it can also check and balance each other. With an imperial edict, one of its generals can return to the capital to die!"
Li Sancai continued to talk, and then said: "And this is equivalent to just letting the generals and commanders of the towns in Jiubian with a small number of servants to guard Jiubian for the court, or occasionally helping to exterminate some bandits, and they can gather together in case of major events. If we fight against it, we can protect the country for hundreds of years!"
"The key is that it can save a lot of money on raising troops and avoid redundant troops and waste;"
"In addition, it can also prevent the emperor from resorting to military warfare because of his strong troops and horses, and it can also save expenses. In this way, business taxes can be reduced and reduced, benefiting the people, and the people will be rich and the country will be safe!"
As Li Sancai spoke, he asked Fang Fengshi: "Don't you, the prime minister, understand this sage principle that only by frivolous corvee and small gifts and not easy talk of war can the country's fortune be prosperous?"
"According to what you said, each town on the nine sides is only allowed to maintain a small number of servants to maintain the stability of the nine sides. Even the southern military generals recruited are best eliminated; then once the Hulu becomes powerful, and the soldiers and horses gathered in each town on the nine sides are Because they were not subordinate to each other but wanted to preserve their strength, they fought independently during the war, and even colluded with the barbarians to harm the friendly forces. What if the imperial court was defeated and even in danger of national subjugation? "
Fang Fengshi then asked.
All three of them did not answer for a moment.
Fang Feng suddenly sneered: "You have never served as a border minister, yet you still dare to talk about military affairs!"
"It's not easy to get to that point."
As soon as Li Sancai finished speaking, Gu Xiancheng held him back and said, "What the Prime Minister said is that we are not knowledgeable enough. Thank you for your advice, and we will continue to dissuade him."
After saying that, Gu Xiancheng stepped aside.
Li Sancai had no choice but to step aside.
Wei Yunzhong also stepped aside.
Fang Fengshi snorted and left in the sedan chair.
"Why didn't Uncle Shi let me tell him about the 'change of ownership'? Does Fang Jiayu really regard himself as a slave of the Tian family and doesn't know how to be loyal to the emperor?"
After Fang Fengshi left, Li Sancai asked Gu Xiancheng a little unconvinced.
Gu Xiancheng said: "Although what you say is reasonable, you can't say it out loud. Be careful of getting angry!"
"After all, not all scholar-officials feel that the change of dynasty has nothing to do with scholar-officials. There are also scholar-officials who will try their best to prevent the change of dynasty for the so-called peace of the country."
"Besides, we can't really say that we are willing to betray the current monarch and welcome a new master in the future. Once we say this, it will be completely unethical!"
"Because the destiny is still the Zhu family, it is impossible to disobey the destiny and be disloyal to the emperor at this time."
Li Sancai nodded after hearing this, and hurriedly cupped his hands to Gu Xiancheng and said, "Fortunately, my uncle reminded me."
Then, Li Sancai said: "But is this the end of the matter? Do we really want to see the emperor being harmed by Zhang Juzheng and becoming a single husband, unable to be a saint and a wise king?"
After Gu Xiancheng pondered for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said: "Then let the emperor know in the future that Zhang Jiangling is an unpopular power traitor. His evil is worse than strict rules and regulations, and he deceives the emperor the most!"
"Uncle Shi, what he said is right. The emperor grew up in a deep palace, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil. However, Zhang Jiangling has already overstepped the imperial power. With words such as 'I am not a prime minister, but a photographer' as proof, the emperor will believe it in the future. If you don’t get rid of Zhang Dang, you are not a holy king, if you don’t abolish your own military guards, you are not a wise king, it shouldn’t be difficult!”
Wei Yunzhong agreed at this time.
Li Sancai also nodded: "That's all we can do now! As long as the emperor is willing to back down and cut off his own arms, everything can still be done."
…
"Uncle, there is a kid who wants to manipulate the situation in the court."
After Fang Feng returned to the official residence compound, he indeed came to see Zhang Juzheng. After Zhang Juzheng also returned to the official residence, he specifically stopped him and started chatting with him.
Zhang Juzheng smiled slightly after hearing this: "Don't underestimate these brats, they may be the ones who will destroy our Ming Dynasty in the future."
"How dare I look down upon you!"
"It can be said that I tried my best to persuade him, but he didn't listen!"
"You're so close to saying that the destruction of a country is nothing more than a change of ownership!"
"In their eyes, the rise and fall of the world seems to have nothing to do with him. At most, it is just like a trading company and a workshop changing owners, and it has nothing to do with us bureaucrats who are equivalent to management."
As he spoke, Fang Fengshi told Zhang Juzheng how he met Gu Xiancheng, Li Sancai and Wei Yunzhong.
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a while and then said: "It all depends on Your Majesty!"
With that said, Zhang Juzheng asked Fang Fengshi: "When the Prime Minister came to see me, was it because he was denied permission to reorganize the Six Guards of the pro-army army?"
"You are as good at predicting things as you are, but Uncle You is still the best."
Fang Fengshi said with a smile, and then said: "I still want to hear what you mean."
"After tomorrow's meeting with the Holy Spirit at the Wenhua Hall, I will convey the Holy Will to the Prime Minister."
Zhang Juzheng replied, left Fang Fengshi's place, and returned to the official residence of his chief minister.
But Fang Fengshi also said goodbye.
"This Fang Jiayu is indeed Jiangling's running dog! He has great power and doesn't need it. Even to deal with a public official, he has to ask for Jiangling's fate!"
Zhang Siwei, a big salt merchant who was also Zhang Siwei's younger brother, saw Fang Fengshi talking to Zhang Juzheng at Zhang Siwei's official residence and started talking to Zhang Siwei.
Although he couldn't hear what Fang Fengshi said, based on the information he inquired about and his understanding of the current situation, he could guess what Fang Fengshi was talking to Zhang Juzheng.
"Tell me, could it be that you did it on purpose to show us?"
Zhang Siwei asked at this time.
Zhang Sijiao couldn't help but be startled after hearing this: "Brother, what do you mean?"
(End of chapter)
