It doesn't take a while.
Two footsteps came from far away outside the lobby.
Xu Yi, who was leaning on the Taishi chair, slowly straightened his back.
The eyes that were slightly closed didn't know when they were fully opened.
The tiredness in his eyes had dissipated without knowing when.
What replaced it was full of fighting spirit and killing intent.
Xu Yi gathered all his emotions, stood up and walked towards the door.
"Mr. Yao." At the door, Xu Yi bowed slightly with his hands in hand.
Then he led Yao Silian to the bookcase that had not yet been removed.
"Please sit down." Xu Yi pulled up a stool.
Then the two of them slowly took their seats.
As soon as Fang took his seat, Yao Silian couldn't help but yawn.
The students of the Imperial College and the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion were still awake last night after the accounts were settled all night long. Yao Silian, who was in charge, naturally also looked awake.
Looking at Yao Silian's tired face. @·No mistake first release~~
Xu Yi sighed and said, "It's been hard work these days, Mr. Yao."
Yao Silian rubbed his eyes, then waved his hand and said: "For the country, the people, and the students, it doesn't matter if you work hard. If you really want to talk about hard work, which one of you doesn't work harder than me?"
Xu Yi smiled noncommittally. As Yao Silian said, who in Jingzhao Mansion is not working hard during this period? Who is not tired.
"What do you want from me, Mr. Jingzhao Yinxun? You might as well tell me directly. There is no need for those polite words between you and me." Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi and said sincerely.
Xu Yi smiled, and then said: "In that case, let's just say it straight."
After a pause, he saw Yao Silian's face straightened, as if he was all ears. ..
Xu Yi cupped his hands and said, "Later, I will transfer most of the yamen servants from Jingzhao Mansion. By then, the people in front of the gate will still need a lot of hard work from Mr. Yao."
"Remove most of the government officials?" Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi in disbelief.
Since the morning when hundreds of officials fought for wealth and Xu Yi beheaded two rats in public, more and more people gathered in front of the Jingzhao Mansion.
Moreover, 60% of the people brought rice and other supplies, and at least 80% of the remaining people would eventually donate money.
At this time, instead of striking while the iron is hot and absorbing money, most of the government officials have to be redeployed.
If most of the government officials were really transferred, how busy would those students be in front of Jingzhao Mansion?
In one go, at least half of the money and food was lost.
Although there was a lot of harvest yesterday, the money and food were only a drop in the bucket for the entire Guanzhong drought.
But when I think of what Xu Yi has done these days.
Yao Silian immediately calmed down and asked, "What big move does Jing Zhaoyin want to make by deploying manpower?"
Xu Yi nodded and immediately replied, "It is impossible to completely solve the drought in Guanzhong simply by relying on people's donations."
"Nowadays, the food absorbed by Jingzhao Mansion plus the food donated by the people can only alleviate the situation around Chang'an City."
"Besides Chang'an City, countless victims still die every day."
Xu Yi paused and saw Yao Silian looking thoughtful.
Then he said in a deep voice: "If you want to completely alleviate the disaster in Guanzhong, you should follow the example of yesterday." "
The words are over.
Yao Silian frowned instantly and his mind was spinning rapidly.
As for what Xu Yi said, "You should just imitate yesterday." "It's not difficult to understand, it's nothing more than a house raid.
But why is it that after the house was ransacked, it was only a relief, not a cure?
In fact, it wasn't that Yao Silian couldn't think of the fundamentals, but that he didn't dare to delve into it, as if he was afraid that he would lose his energy if he delved into it too much.
But now, Xu Yi's words forced him to go deeper.
Food is indispensable for this drought, but having food does not mean that the drought has been completely resolved.
Food is just a temporary solution. After all, no amount of food can support hundreds of thousands of mouths to eat day after day.
And if you want to cure the root cause, you must have water! Water that can irrigate! Water that can keep you alive!
"Huh~!"
Yao Silian exhaled a heavy breath and forced his wandering thoughts back.
Nothing else.
.
Thinking too much.
Treating the symptoms has not yet been completed, so how to treat the root cause?
What's more, it's so difficult to treat the symptoms, but what about the root cause?
Unknowingly, Yao Silian's tired face seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant.
See this.
Xu Yi could not help but comfort him: "Mr. Yao, there is no need to worry, I will be with you in everything."
Yao Silian sighed heavily: "It's too difficult."
When fear became a reality and Xu Yi was exposed to the sun without reservation.
Unknowingly, Yao Silian had lost all faith and energy.
Xu Yi's face darkened and he asked loudly: "Is it difficult? If it's difficult, why don't we do it? If it's difficult, then we have to do it in the Guanzhong Plain, where there are starving people everywhere, corpses everywhere, and the people exchange their children for food?"
Yao Silian shook his head and said, almost crying, "I want to do it too, but how can I do it?"
"How to do it?" Xu Yi laughed and murmured.
Yao Silian naturally couldn't give Xu Yi an answer.
However, Xu Yi did not need Yao Silian to give him an answer.
The answer was already in his mind.
Xu Yi's face straightened up and he said in a deep voice: "I already have the answer in my mind, but it's just not the right time."
As soon as these words came out, Yao Silian instantly raised his head and opened his eyes wide, looking at Xu Yi intently.
Xu Yi asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Yao, can you trust me?"
Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi intently, and his mind couldn't help but think of everything Xu Yi had done during this period.
Then he nodded heavily and affirmed: "Believe it!"
Xu Yi said in a deep voice: "I know that Mr. Yao is also dedicated to serving the country and the people. Since Mr. Yao trusts me, I will help me solve some of my worries!"
"It won't take long for me to give Mr. Yao a clear and sunny day!"
Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi's resolute face and couldn't help but rekindle some confidence in his heart.
He nodded solemnly, and then said in a deep voice: "What do you need me to do?"
Xu Yi said with a serious face: "As the Imperial College's sacrificial wine, I call on the aspiring scholars of the capital to accept donations from the people with all their strength!"
The house was ransacked, the people's donations were collected, Xu Yiju wanted them all, and! The more the merrier!
"Okay! No problem! I'll go write the notice right now!" Yao Silian nodded heavily and agreed.
Xu Yi nodded and said, "It's not a busy matter."
Yao Silian looked at Xu Yi doubtfully, slightly confused as to what he meant.
Xu Yi explained: "The background of scholars in Beijing is complicated. When there are too many people, it is easy for the accounts to be confused."
“When the accounts are in confusion, it is easy for people with evil intentions to fish in troubled waters.”
"Mr. Yao probably doesn't want to see rats appear in the disaster relief department."
Yao Silian nodded solemnly, and then said: "When there are more people, it is inevitable that people with evil intentions will fish in troubled waters, but you and I can establish a monitoring mechanism."
"In this way, one of them can scare Xiao Xiao and nip trouble in the bud."
"Secondly, if Xiaoxiao really reaches out, he can respond immediately and kill him as a warning to others."
Xu Yi smiled and had to say that in some aspects, Yao Silian's ideas coincided with Xu Yi's.
Xu Yi's face straightened, he nodded and said: "It is imperative to establish a supervision mechanism. Does Mr. Yao have anyone to recommend?"
Yao Silian instantly fell into deep thought after hearing this.
Recommending candidates may seem simple, but it is not.
First, the candidate must be highly respected, otherwise he will definitely not be able to convince the public.
Secondly, the candidate must act upright and sit upright to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of self-stealing.
Thirdly, the identity and background of this person must be extremely clean, and he must not have any involvement with aristocratic families, so as to fundamentally eliminate the possibility of having sex with aristocratic families.
Those who are satisfied with one or two are always present, and those who are satisfied with all three are truly as rare as a feather.
suddenly.
Yao Silian couldn't help but have a figure appear in his mind.
The man's family was poor since he was a child, but he studied hard. Update without error@
He passed the imperial examination in Sanyuan, but he did not want to become an official in the court.
He traveled with a sword for ten years, measuring mountains, rivers and lands with his footsteps, reaching as far as the Western Regions.
After returning from wandering, he entered Taibai, Qinling Mountains, and set up.
The teaching altar spreads teachings to the world in Taibai Mountain.
In front of his teaching altar, there are all dignitaries, people from all walks of life, traffickers and pawns.
The most important thing is that there is no discrimination without distinction!
Today, he is over fifty years old and has a head full of white hair, but he is still overwhelmed by rice.
The imperial court came to the mountain to summon him six times, but he was rejected every time!
What's more, people live up to their names!
Yao Silian suddenly raised his head to look at Xu Yi and said in a deep voice, "Mangzhu layman - Lu Zaizhong!"
"Mangzhu layman Lu Zaizhong?" Xu Yi murmured in a low voice.
Immediately, the miscellaneous articles I had read before could not help but come to mind, and I couldn't help but secretly thought: "He is really a strange person."
Xu Yi calmed down and asked in a deep voice: "Can Mr. Yao invite Mr. Lu out?"
Yao Silian couldn't help but straighten his back, raised his hand to stroke his beard, and a mysterious smile appeared on his face.
Then he smiled and said: "Others may not be able to, but I can."
The words are over.
Yao Silian stroked his beard again and looked at Xu Yi with a smile on his face, as if he was waiting to be questioned.
only.
it is a pity.
Xu Yi did not ask further questions. Instead, he handed over his hands without any psychological burden and said solemnly: "In this case, I will ask Mr. Yao to make a trip in person tomorrow. At that time, I will negotiate with the city defense army and dispatch two hundred soldiers to protect it." Sir, safe."
"Shocked." As soon as he said this, the smile on Yao Silian's face froze instantly. @
He opened his mouth and wanted to blurt out a lot of words.
pity.
In the end, thousands of words turned into one extremely simple word: "Okay."
"Then there is Mr. Lao Yao." Xu Yi stood up and returned the sacrificial seal on his waist to its original owner, and then bowed solemnly.
Yao Silian looked at the sacrificial seal in his hand and was stunned. Rather than staying in Xu Yi's hand, he seemed to need this sacrificial seal more.
After coming back to his senses, Yao Silian returned the favor and said repeatedly: "Easy to say."
Xu Yili saw Yao Silian out of the lobby.
When he turned around, a look of joy could not help but appear on his lips.
If Yao Silian can really invite Lu Zaizhong out of the mountain, this will be a huge surprise for Xu Yi.
After all, in Xu Yi's original plan, if Yao Silian didn't have a suitable candidate, he would have no choice but to shamelessly invite the Thirteenth Prince out of the mountain.
As one of the few remaining old-fashioned princes in the world today, the Thirteenth Prince has always remained uncontested.
Both qualifications and reputation are sufficient.
However, in this case, Xu Yi will inevitably owe a favor.
The most difficult thing in the world to repay is a favor. Unless it is absolutely necessary, Xu Yi will naturally not owe anything if he can.
As for Xu Zhen, he has qualifications, but his reputation in the capital is far from enough.
After all, he had been away from the capital for more than 20 years and had just returned to the capital last year. Moreover, he was still in charge of Zongzheng Temple. His reputation among the capital was naturally not as good as that of the Thirteenth Prince, who had never left the capital to become a vassal.
Due to the lessons learned from the previous dynasty, as well as factors such as the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes knocking on the pass from time to time.
After Emperor Taizu founded the country, he redefined a series of titles such as Wangjue.
By virtue of their military exploits, people with different surnames could be granted the highest title of a county prince, and one household of three thousand households could be granted a real title.
The former general Zhao Qing was awarded the title of King of Xihe County for his military exploits, and was granted the title of 3,000 households.
The current general Li Guangli, because of his mediocre performance, was only granted the title of Marquis of Haixi, with a settlement of 1,000 households and an actual title of 300 households.
The descendants of the clan and the queen will face two choices.
First, to confer a title of prince or title is to vassalize an area, with ten thousand households living there, and ten thousand households actually being enfeoffed.
Second, he was granted the title of Duke, Lord of the County, and Food Household. The actual title was 3,000 households, and he had no authority to govern or lead troops. He could join the vassal or choose to stay in the capital as an idle post.
It seems like a good choice, but it's not.
At least in the past hundred years, the number of people who have taken the initiative to request a royal title has only been in the tens.
But when it came to Xu Yi's generation, it was even worse. Among the nineteen princes, except for Xu Yi, none of them had applied for the title of Prince!
As for the reason, it's simple.
The prince seems to be in a high position and has a lot of power.
However, due to the national conditions, all fiefdoms are border areas.
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In terms of food alone, it seems that there are 7,000 more households than the county king, but in fact, because the fiefdom is located in the border counties, the tax revenue actually needs to be discounted in half.
If there is a war, according to the clan law, the prince must cooperate with the county guard to respond to the enemy.
Those who retreat without fighting, resulting in the loss of cities and lands, will be deprived of their royal title and reduced to commoners.
Those who surrender without fighting will be deprived of their royal titles and their heads will be displayed to the public.
Those who fight to the death without retreating and coexisting with the city will be buried in horse leather, and their heirs will inherit the title of prince.
In order to prevent princes from supporting themselves with troops, Emperor Taizu has made mandatory requirements on the number of troops that princes and nobles can support since the founding of the country.
That is, at most three guard battalions.
Due to different situations in various places, the strength of a battalion ranges from 3,000 to 7,000.
This also means that once the prince is selected, his troops will be at least 3,000 and at most 20,000.
It seems like a lot, but it can only fight small battles. Once the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes come to invade the country, this force will seem a little thin.
After all, if the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes invaded the country in a big way, they would have at least 200,000 troops.
It is precisely because of this that since Emperor Taizu founded the country, dozens of princes have died in various wars in more than two hundred years.
Even Jin King Xu Zhen almost died in the rebellion in the Western Regions.
It can be seen from this that the title of prince in the Zhou Dynasty is such a high-risk profession.
Fortunately, large battles do not happen all the time.
If nothing happens during his term of office, his descendants can naturally be demoted to the title of county king after his death.
After being demoted, if you choose to return to the capital, you can live in a house and seal 3,000 households.
If you choose to continue to guard the border, you can live in your home, live in it, and receive a battalion of troops.
If you make great contributions during this period, you can regain the title of Prince!
As the saying goes, the greater the risk, the higher the return.
This is not the case with county princes and nobles. Although those who are granted the title of county princes have no real power, they are not in danger.
There are 3,000 food households in the real estate, and the annual tax alone is enough to ensure that the whole family has food and clothing for a lifetime.
If you can't live idle, you can also go to Beijing to get a casual job and buy some houses. When the time comes, you will have more money and less things to do and be close to home. Why not?
Even after death, there will be no more kings and titles in the descendants, and the number of settlements will be halved from generation to generation.
But, as long as I was cool and romantic during my lifetime, reciting poems and writing poems, and enjoying life, what does that have to do with the floods after my death?
It is precisely for this reason that the clan of the Zhou Dynasty was not bloated compared to previous dynasties.
"Huh~!"
Xu Yi let out a heavy breath. Whether he was bloated or not had nothing to do with him now. It was not something he needed to worry about.
After gathering his composure, Xu Yi stepped towards the Supreme Master's chair.
After taking a seat, he did not continue to close his eyes and meditate.
Instead, he was studying the ink upright, picking up the pen, and slowly writing something.
With Yao Silian and the upcoming Lu Zaizhong sitting at the rear, Xu Yi has already solved most of his worries.
Next, the fun can slowly begin!
After a while.
Xu Yi slowly put down the langhao pen in his hand.
The desk was already covered with several layers of documents and seals.
Xu Yi took off the Jingzhao Yin seal from his waist and immediately stamped it one by one.
With the use of seals, these documents and seals already symbolized the Jingzhao Mansion and the imperial court to a certain extent!
Xu Yi looked at a table full of documents and seals stamped with bright red seals.
A smile slowly appeared on his face, but that smile was full of coldness and murderous intent.
After the mark is completely dry, Xu Yi slowly sorts it out.
Then he shouted loudly outside the lobby: "Zhao Shou."
"Sixth Master, Zhao Shou is here!" Before the words had completely dissipated, Zhao Shou had already walked into the lobby.
Xu Yi slowly stood up and ordered in a deep voice: "Immediately order Huo Chenghu, a member of the Punishment Department, to ask a hundred people from the Punishment Department to come here to look for me in a quarter of an hour!"
"I ordered Qu Jingyi, the leader of the fast class, Tian Shuliang, the leader of the strong class, and Wen Boxing, the leader of the soap class, to allocate 80% of their yamen servants to come here to look for me in a quarter of an hour!"
"The commanding officer, Kai Yuan, and the jailer, Fang Zhong, will come here to look for me in a quarter of an hour! No.
Gotta be wrong! "
When Zhao Shou heard this, his whole body trembled with excitement.
Before he could dig deeper, Zhao Shou echoed loudly with a trembling voice: "Obey the order!"
The words are over.
Zhao Shou turned around and ran towards the outside of the lobby.
Looking at Zhao Shou's running back, Xu Yi couldn't help but chuckle. @·No mistake first release~~
Zhao Shou had been waiting for this day for a long time, so why not him? .
