Huang Qiong's words were very straightforward. In addition to once again expressing serious dissatisfaction with Nanzhen Fusi, he also explained why Lu Mengzheng, who was traveling south under the starry night, slowed down. When Fu Yuanshan heard Huang Qiong's explanation, he realized that this master had actually considered Lu Mengzheng so comprehensively, and was worried that he would be passively involved. I don’t know what it feels like in my heart for a moment.
However, after all, they have been together for a few years. Although the feeling in his heart at this moment was indescribable, Fu Yuanshan, who was already mature and prudent, quickly adjusted his emotions and quickly drafted two imperial edicts according to Huang Qiong's wishes, preparing to submit them to Huang Qiong for his inspection. To his surprise, Huang Qiong didn't even look at it. Let him use the seal himself and send it out through secret channels.
After the secret edict was sent out, Huang Qiong asked for Cao Rui's letter to Fu Yuanshan. After letting someone hold a candle in their hand, they can burn it directly on the candle. After all this was done, Huang Qiong calmly said to Fu Yuanshan: "Remember, Mr. Fu, you have never received this letter, and I have never read it. Also, Mr. Fu drafted an explicit edict for me to confer the title of Cao Cao. Mrs. Rui is the third-grade imperial concubine."
"In addition, I once again ordered Zongzheng Temple to allocate a place in the imperial palace of Cao Mansion. In addition, isn't Guo Chen's mother Mrs. Xuxian of Shixing Hou, and she doesn't even have a imperial edict? This time, she was also granted a third-grade imperial edict, and his wife was granted a fourth-grade imperial edict. Zhao Wuye's wife is given a third-class imperial edict and a place in the imperial village. As for Mingyuan, I will not reward her for the time being. I will give another reward after she returns to Beijing in triumph."
"Yu Mingyuan's eldest son will be promoted to one level and transferred back to the military aircraft department in the capital to serve as the foreman. All generals who participated in the North and South Expeditions, except those who are afraid of fighting or absconding from the battlefield, will be promoted to one level each. Prime Minister Fu, In the next step, we must carefully consider the officials who will be sent to Guangnan East and West Road. Also, urge the Ministry of Personnel to come up with a regular exchange system for central officials and local officials."
Huang Qiong suddenly granted a reward to the wives of the generals on the front line. This was an imperial edict and a reward to Zhuangzi, which made Fu Yuanshan somewhat confused at first. But Fu Yuanshan is someone who has been in the officialdom for many years. After thinking about Huang Qiong's intention for a moment, he understood what the Lord meant. This move of the Lord can be said to be a clear message to the generals on the front line, although this is an extraordinary time.
But this does not mean that the court is blindly indulging them. In some matters, the court still has its own bottom line. As long as they don't cross this bottom line, the court will still give them wives and wives, and they will still be generous with rewards. At the same time, it is also a disguised reminder to the frontline generals not to go too far on certain things. At least before making certain decisions, think more about your wife, children, and children.
Looking at the imperial edict drafted in his hand, ready to be forwarded to the Ministry of Rites. Fu Yuanshan, who understood Huang Qiong's intention and painstaking action, remembered the two secret orders he had sent before. At this time, he was more and more impressed by the young emperor's skill and scheming, and even felt a trace of incomparable awe in his heart. Before knocking down the board, I stuffed enough sweet dates into it. Nothing should be given less than what should be given normally.
But if you go too far in the past, don't blame him, the emperor, for being ruthless. Military attaches are not like civilian officials who govern local areas, especially military attaches at all levels of the Central Forbidden Army, and they are not like those local military attaches who can make money by suppressing bandits and deploying defenses. The only way to make a small fortune is through war. This is a long-standing problem that has been difficult to completely solve since the pre-Qin Dynasty.
Even the King of Guilin, who was strict in running the army at that time, could not control the frontline generals and made a fortune by winning the battle. What's more, today, after more than a hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, military discipline has become increasingly relaxed? If it weren't for the fact that the military salaries of the four major battalions had always been generous, and that they had been commanders for several times, they would all be people who managed the army rigorously. Those officers who had long been jealous of those local military attachés trying different ways to make money.
I'm afraid that by the time they got to the battlefield, they would have already dispersed to get money. You must know that during these years of fighting against Northern Liao, Uighur, and Tubo, these famous elites of the Qi Dynasty were ruthless to the enemy on the battlefield. Off the battlefield, he was no less inferior to the people of the enemy country. But it's the same, they are all grabbed along the way. Whether it was the King of Guilin who went deep into the hinterland of Tibet, or Grandpa Huang Qiong's campaign to clear Qinghai Lake.
Every time the armies returned from overseas campaigns, they were covered with looted gold and silver. At that time, the Jin Iron Cavalry went deep into the Northern Liao Dynasty, and not only plundered all the Northern Liao tribes they passed along the way, their cattle and sheep were used as military rations, their meat was robbed, and a large number of women were raped. After conquering Beiliao's Shangjing City, they completely ransacked everything in Shangjing City, from the imperial palace to the homes of ordinary people.
Even led by the golden cavalry, the princesses and princesses in the upper capital, civil and military officials at all levels, and ordinary people and their families were all ruined, or even several times. According to the military attache who followed the Jin Iron Cavalry to send troops, there was a wailing in the entire Northern Liao capital city. The princes and ladies of the past have become like cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, being humiliated at will.
Even the Queen Mother of Northern Liao, who was nearly sixty years old, did not let go of that golden iron knight. He couldn't do it himself, but he let his own soldiers do it. He also threatened that this move was to change the bloodline of the Liao people. Before leaving, a fire was set off in Shangjing City in Beiliao, burning the entire Shangjing City from palaces to residences to a white ground. This move has prevented Bei Liao from completely recovering for more than ten years.
In an important border defense town like Yanshan Prefecture, Fu Yuanshan, who had been the prefect for many years, naturally knew the virtues of these so-called elites fighting outside the territory. He also knew that when the rebellion was suppressed in Zhengzhou, Huang Qiong, the then King of England, would not have been personally in charge. I'm afraid that after the rebellion was suppressed, Zhengzhou's people's wealth would have been reduced to ten percent. But the counterinsurgency in Jiangnan now is not, after all, fighting outside the territory.
What he faced was not only his own people, but also those who had been under the rule of the Guilin County Prince's Mansion for more than a hundred years. Now there is only the rebellious palace in the eyes, but not the people of the imperial court, and the barbarian tribes who were originally undecided about their rebellion. What this emperor means is that if you take the opportunity to make a little fortune, he will not tolerate it. But if he goes too far and causes subsequent turmoil, don't blame him for being a ruthless emperor.
What should be given has been given by the court. If you worry too much about things that you shouldn't worry about in the first place, that may not be a good thing. By doing this, even if the generals on the front line go crazy trying to make money, they will not go too far. Several consecutive edicts, although seemingly inconspicuous, can save many people's heads and many military attachés' families.
Fu Yuanshan, who wanted to understand this, couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Sometimes he really couldn't tell whether this Lord was really compassionate or too resolute. Judging from how he dealt with rebel officials in Zhengzhou and improved military discipline in Longyou, he showed an iron-blooded approach. But today, these advance teachings, and the military attachés fighting on the front line, can be regarded as painstaking efforts to nip problems in the bud.
What was even more unexpected to Fu Yuanshan was that after the young emperor drafted the secret order to the frontline generals, the young emperor asked him to use the seal without even looking at it. But he picked up this clear decree to confer the family members of generals at all levels on the front line and read it carefully. He thought about it for a long time, seeming to be thinking about something. Only then did he allow himself to use the seal and send someone to rush it to the Ministry of Rites.
After several imperial edicts were sent out, Huang Qiong discussed some matters with Fu Yuanshan and stayed to have dinner together. Faced with Huang Qiong's offer to retain someone, Fu Yuanshan did not refuse. This Lord became the crown prince and began to take charge of the government. The time for two people to have dinner alone or with others is almost the same as the time for Fu Yuanshan to go home for dinner.
This Lord is not the kind of person who pays too much attention to the dignity of an emperor. On the contrary, he is a quite easy-going person when he is not involved in government affairs. No matter how many people are dining together, table sharing is not implemented. Instead, everyone sat down and ate a few dishes together at a round table. When eating, there is no distinction between monarch and minister. You can eat whatever you want except without wine.
Except for the victory at Jiangnan West Road, Fu Yuanshan had never seen this young emperor drink any wine while dining together so many times. However, he was never stingy in rewarding wine-loving officials who caught his eye. Even the only time he drank alcohol, this master only tasted it briefly. It was obvious that this Lord had no fondness for wine.
He is not good at wine, and when it comes to food, although he has complained more than once that the food in the palace is unpalatable, he has not come up with any tricks. On the contrary, it was customized since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The emperor's standard of thirty-two dishes for each meal was directly reduced to no more than four dishes and one soup per meal. Two meats and two vegetables has almost become the standard meal standard for him since he became the prince and now he has ascended the throne as emperor.
If only one minister is left to eat, each meal will only add two dishes. If there are more, it will only be one more person and two more dishes. However, if there are less than four people, no more than eight dishes may be served. This dietary standard is almost unparalleled among the emperors of Da Qi, even a general. Since the Xia and Shang Dynasties, has any emperor had such a simple meal?
Even compared to himself as a minister, his diet is quite inferior. What's more, the standard of the imperial cuisine in this palace is far less delicious than the delicious food cooked by the old wife at home. Look at this young emperor again. As long as he is not in court, he is always wearing a scholar's uniform that is either white or blue. There were all kinds of beautifully embroidered robes specially prepared for him in the palace, but I rarely saw him wearing them.
The thing used to tie the hair was just a cloth belt. Not to mention the golden crown that the emperor wore to tie his hair in casual clothes, he rarely wore the Yishan crown. As for beauties, in addition to the women around him before, the Ministry of Rites and Zongzhengji wanted to cast a talent show for him several times, but he rejected them all. On the contrary, after he ascended the throne as emperor, in addition to the Supreme Emperor, a large number of maids were released from the palace to go home.
This young emperor's behavior gives people the impression that he has no desires and desires, and puts all his energy into government affairs. Fu Yuanshan sometimes didn't know that rumors were spreading outside the palace and in the court that this emperor was lustful and lustful, and as long as he could get a woman in his eyes, he would do whatever it took to get her, even if she already had a family. , where did it come from.
However, how could Huang Qiong have so much time to think about what the important minister in front of him, who was deeply respected by him, was thinking in his mind at the moment. After Fu Yuanshan left, Huang Qiong turned his attention back to the frontline generals. It's not that Huang Qiong couldn't understand some of the hidden rules in the military. As long as the actions of the frontline generals did not affect the overall situation of the court and did not go too far, he would not be unable to accept it.
But that's not possible right now. Now he urgently needs the wealth of the Guilin County Prince's Palace to fill the now empty treasury. What's more, there are also the aftermath of the entire Jiangnan incident, as well as some of my subsequent thoughts. Huang Qiong has decided to start vigorously supporting the bank industry after the rebellion is put down. He took Wuwei Bank into the imperial court, to be precise, he owned it. It is thought that those businessmen who are interested in going overseas will be provided with money and silk support.
