Early the next morning, Li Hao went to the East Palace, intending to confirm his ideas with the prince, and he also happened to have a handover with Huo Buyi.
However, when Li Hao saw the prince, he also saw Huo Buyi standing beside him. He knew that it would not be that easy to talk to the prince, so he decided to go straight in and explore the way with Huo Buyi.
So after saluting the prince, he said: "I have seen Zicheng in the East Palace quite often recently. It just so happens that I handed over the East Palace Guards today, so as not to miss anything when I am busy later."
Naturally, Huo Bujie would not object to this, but the prince spoke at this time: "There is no need to be so anxious about this matter! It will take some time for General Wu to arrange the expedition. Do you plan to ask you to help come up with ideas?
If it weren't for the fact that your father has another important use for you, I can't hinder your future. Otherwise, I really want to keep you by my side and give you advice.
But this is fine. The prime minister must be from the state headquarters, and the general must be sent from the army. Ziyang will go to the state and county to experience first, and I will find a way to transfer you back to the capital in the future. "
Li Hao heard this and replied: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Your Highness for your trust. In fact, as long as I am in the capital, Your Highness can call upon you if you have anything to do, and I will respond to you without any hesitation."
However, this handover still had to be arranged as early as possible. After all, although Zicheng had had contact with the East Palace Guards in the past, he did not have a detailed understanding of the situation.
With his ministers around, it would be easier for Zicheng to deal with problems if he encounters them. After getting familiar with them, he would be able to give instructions, so as not to make mistakes in the middle of the rush and miss the Crown Prince's affairs. "
The prince felt that there was some truth to this, so he said, "Now that I'm done, you and I will go together first. When things are settled, we can come back together to discuss matters."
After hearing the words and bowing, the two of them came out together, and led by Li Hao to the barracks where the guards were stationed.
But when walking on the road, Li Hao said: "Zicheng, I think you have done a lot of work this time when I went to work abroad! Do you think I should come to thank you?"
Huo Buyi smiled when he heard this and replied: "This is your Majesty's trust in you. If you want to thank you, you should also thank Your Majesty. I just gave you a few kind words, don't take it to heart."
Li Hao stopped immediately. He really didn't expect Huo Buyu to be honest and tell the truth.
Seeing Huo Buji's admission, Li Hao stopped beating around the bush: "Then I want to know, when Zicheng recommends me for the position this time, is he doing it to help me or to help some people?"
"Zi Yang is still suspicious of me, thinking I will harm the prince?" Huo Buyu immediately made this clear.
Li Hao replied: "I do have such thoughts, but you can't blame me. After all, you can't deny that you are indeed connected with the third prince.
How about Zicheng prove it to himself and find a way for your majesty to order the princes to become vassal kings? This will be good for the world, the prince, and the third prince. "
Huo Buyi said: "Zi Yang is treating me as a spearman and wants me to touch His Majesty's brow."
Li Hao replied: "What Zicheng said is true if others go, but it is not necessarily true if Zicheng goes. Your Majesty's trust in Zicheng is not comparable to that of ordinary people."
Huo Buyi did not agree directly, but just said: "Okay, let me think about it."
At this point, the two people's discussion on this topic ended, and they started walking towards the barracks again.
The subsequent specific handover was also very easy. Huo Buyi was already quite prestigious in the army, and the East Palace was located within the imperial city and was the best able to sense the direction of the wind.
Therefore, even if he was dissatisfied with Huo Buyi, he did not dare to show it.
After the matter was settled here, the two returned to the prince's side, giving him advice as usual and checking for any leaks.
But when he returned home, Li Hao found Yuan Shen again and told him again about today's conversation with Huo Buyi.
After understanding the situation, Yuan Shen asked: "Then do you think Huo Buyi will help your majesty to ask the princes to become vassal?"
Li Hao said: "How do I know? Anyway, if he really does this, it proves that he has decided to support the prince. Otherwise, you will have to take advantage of him."
Yuan Shen replied: "I understand, there are still some miscellaneous things here in Tingwei Mansion.
After the matter was settled in these two or three days, I went to the East Palace to keep an eye on it, so that I wouldn't miss anything.
However, we should also be prepared for the third prince's confederation, and we can't just count on Huo Buyu.
When the prince comes back with his achievements after presiding over the field order this time, I think it will be time to mention this matter. "
Li Hao said: "Preparations are of course necessary, but the crown prince's biggest advantage now is his reputation for kindness. Forcing the brothers to leave the capital is not a good reputation, at least it cannot leave the impression that he treats his brothers harshly.
Therefore, this matter cannot have anything to do with the prince. Huo Busuo has a special status, but not others. "
Yuan Shen nodded slightly, agreeing with this, and then Li Hao said: "I heard that the fifth prince is not always making trouble. He wants to go to the feudal country to be free and unrestrained. Someone secretly encourages the fifth prince. This matter makes him It’s best to pick it up.”
Yuan Shen replied: "This is a good idea. Then I will arrange this matter and make sure that the fifth prince knows how high the sky is and how vast the sea is outside."
Li Hao did not have any doubts about Yuan Shen's ability, and I am afraid that Li Hao would not have much time in the capital in the future, so he could only leave it to Yuan Shen.
In the next few days, Li Hao traveled between the military camp and the East Palace, assisting Wu Han in handling military affairs while making his presence known to the prince.
But gradually, he became more inclined to the military camp. After all, with Ling Buyi in the East Palace, Li Hao didn't have much need to actually intervene.
On the contrary, at the military camp, Li Hao and Wu Han decided on a strategy. Qingzhou was mainly handled by Li Hao. Only if Li Hao couldn't handle it, Wu Han would enter again.
After all, Li Hao was also afraid that if Wu Han entered Qingzhou and caused chaos, it would be bad if he accidentally hurt the Yuan family. It would be better for him to take the initiative to calm the incident.
As for the accompanying troops and horses, Li Hao didn't ask for much. He just asked Wu Han to mobilize the troops and horses from the Tunqi School to follow him.
When the day came for the actual expedition, everyone followed the prince into Yanzhou, and then stopped at Chenliu County, under the escort of Huo Buyi's troops.
Li Hao then set off from the Cavalry School Lieutenant Department in Tun and went to Linzi, Qingzhou Governor's Office, to meet up with Qingzhou Mu, and then resume the task of collecting the rebels.
As for Wu Han, he led the main force to Jizhou, intending to pacify the rebels there first, and then march into Youzhou.
Xuzhou was handed over to the prince. After all, compared to the four states, the situation in Xuzhou was the best under Yuan Pei's governance, so it was left for the prince to practice.
Anyway, with Ling Buyi here, it won't be a big mistake. If it's a big deal, just slow down and wait until Wu Han or Li Haoteng can come back to help.
However, after Li Hao arrived in Qingzhou, he didn't make any big noise immediately. He just asked Qingzhou Mu to mobilize some county soldiers, and then cooperated with the Yuan family's tribe to clean up the Yuan family's base area in Jiaodong area. .
Then he slowed down his movements because Li Hao was waiting for Wu Han's movement. After all, the root cause of this matter was the powerful family, but it was impossible for Li Hao to really kill the powerful family in Qingzhou.
Therefore, Wu Han had no choice but to kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. This would shock the powerful families in Qingzhou and make them realize that the policies mentioned by Emperor Wen before were not empty words and break their illusions.
When the time comes, it will be much easier for Li Hao to come forward to meet with these people to talk. He will deal with a few people who do not listen to advice, and then deal with the uncontrollable bandits, and Qingzhou will be pacified.
As for this, Yanzhou will also deal with it this way, and the prince and Huo Buyi will not take on this offending matter.
Of course, Wu Han himself knew it well, but he was also willing. Anyway, his reputation was already so bad that he might as well just focus on holding Emperor Wen's lap.
Now I can help the prince bear the infamy, so the wealth of three generations can be preserved.
Under this situation, Wu Han did not let Huo Buyu and Li Hao wait. He quickly captured several wealthy families in Jizhou and informed Yanzhou and the capital.
Immediately, an edict was issued to move the entire family to the south of Yangzhou. As soon as the group was taken away, the troublemakers immediately knew that Emperor Wen was serious this time.
Li Hao and Huo Buyi seized the opportunity and started to take action, while interviewing powerful people from all over the world.
home, while forcibly suppressing those who are still prepared to resist.
At first there were many stubborn ones, but as more and more families were relocated, they soon understood the situation and chose to cooperate with the court.
Immediately, the land transfer order began to be implemented in these four states. In the end, after almost a year, more detailed data on the land acres and household registrations in the thirteen states were available, and the imperial tax revenue was greatly improved. increase.
Not to mention other places, the taxes in the three states of Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou that Shan Li Hao knew about had basically increased by nearly one-third in a year.
From this, you can imagine how many people in the fields were concealed by the powerful local families before this.
Of course, even now, Li Hao is sure that there must be deception in the local area, but if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Emperor Wen himself would not delve too deeply into it.
After everything was settled, the soldiers and horses dispatched this time returned to the prime minister's camp in Yanzhou, and then returned to the capital with the prince.
This time in charge of the Tiandu Order, the prince finally washed away his original reputation of mediocrity and incompetence in the court, and also developed some spirit.
At least in Li Hao's opinion, the prince has made great progress after this busy year, which is good.
However, although Li Hao was happy about this, there were other things that concerned him more, so he called Yuan Shen, who had been with the prince this year, to talk.
"I asked you to keep an eye on Huo Buyi. How are you keeping an eye on it? Has he still contacted the third prince?"
Yuan Shen replied: "Probably not, at least I haven't seen it, and during this year, he has indeed been helping the prince with military and political affairs, and has not done anything suspicious.
So I think he should have cut off contact with the third prince and already planned to fully assist the prince. "
Although Li Hao still had some worries, after all, this guy had a criminal record, but if there was no evidence, there was no need for Yuan Shen to say it, so he replied: "This is the best. As long as he can wholeheartedly help the prince, the prince's position will become more stable." .”
Seeing that Li Hao agreed with his point of view, Yuan Shen also had a smile on his face and said, "Yes, the next step is to let the third prince decide the vassal status. I have already asked people to contact the fifth prince in the capital to encourage him. The request is for the feudal lord, and there has been some persuasion.
When we return to the capital, I will ask them to increase their efforts. When the third prince is moved to the feudal country, the prince can rest easy. "
"Okay, let's do this." After saying this, Li Hao started talking about Liang Wuji again: "In addition, you should also have received the letters from your cousin and father.
This time my uncle has made great achievements, and he will ask your Majesty to resign from the post of state pastor in the future in order to stay in the center, so we have to make some preparations.
After all, they can't return to the capital without an edict. We can only handle the matter of contacting officials to guarantee the performance, but it mainly depends on you. It's not certain how long I can stay in the capital. "
Yuan Shen replied: "I understand this matter. I know all the people the three families have good relations with. I will visit them one by one in the future."
Hearing this, Li Hao said: "This is what I want to mention specifically. I really can't visit too many people this time. Now the hero Jing Fan still occupies many high positions.
We don't need them to compete head-on yet, so we can't show our strength to avoid making people too afraid.
Moreover, my father and cousin are both very young. Even if they enter the center, they may not be able to survive those people. Now they are mainly here to lay the foundation.
The real rise of the Yuan family depends on our generation. At least for now, there are no powerful characters in the Jingcheng family who are feared. "
Yuan Shen agreed: "I understand, then I will make a selection when I get back. This time I will only visit some important people."
After the matter was settled, the two of them had time to chat; "Speaking of which, my uncle really surprised me this time. He actually gave up such a large amount of land and slaves to help my uncle take a further step." .
I heard that Mrs. Liang had been making trouble in the house for a long time because of this, but she didn't make her uncle change his mind. "
Li Hao replied: "Yes, I know this is quite unexpected, but in the end he didn't suffer any loss. Uncle
Since the father has no heirs, the glory of the Liang family will ultimately belong to him!
With the foundation laid by his uncle, as long as his heirs are not too incompetent in the future, their path to officialdom will be smooth sailing, so why not.
In fact, he should have understood this truth long ago, and there was no need to argue with his uncle. "
Yuan Shen also said: "Yes, uncle couldn't understand this truth before, but it's not too late to understand it now."
After chatting, the two of them went back to rest, and then returned to the capital all the way. Emperor Wen gave extremely high praise to everyone who participated in the implementation of the Dutian Order.
But evaluation is evaluation, and specific rewards are still up for debate, so Li Hao suddenly became more relaxed.
Because Li Hao's current position in the East Palace has been eliminated, he only has a title and the position of servant. Before a new position is arranged, he has no errands to do.
But this is good, at least Li Hao can stay at home more and accompany his son.
By the way, I want to comfort Mr. Liang. After all, if I really go to the prefecture and county to serve this time, I will definitely take my two wives and son with me.
You can't live apart from your wife for a long time, or let your son be a left-behind child.
