After hearing this, Yuan Shen began to lower his head and think, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anything.
So he said, "I really haven't heard what happened at the Qu family. It's not good for you and me to go to Dongjun at this time. Why don't you ask my wife to go back and see what's going on?"
Li Hao immediately refused and said, "No, you should be more careful with Huo Buyi. Your Majesty's edict has not yet been issued. Letting Lord Leng go back is not just giving someone a handle.
My father-in-law and brother-in-law are not from Hutu. Since there is no news about the Qu family in the capital, and they have not conveyed news to us, it proves that even if something happens, it will not be particularly serious. We will wait until His Majesty issues an edict. "
After Yuan Shen thought about it, he agreed, "Okay, let's wait for now."
After talking about the business, Li Hao started chatting with Yuan Shen: "By the way, Leng Jun has brought you a gift from me. I was not able to come back from your marriage to Shao Shang, and my nephew was born. If you don’t come back, I’ll make it up for you this time.”
Yuan Shen smiled and said: "My wife has given it to Shao Shang, but that is a bit too much. Although I know you are rich, there is no need to give such a generous gift. I will not be able to afford it."
Li Hao naturally did not take these words seriously. Of course, Li Hao also knew that Yuan Shen himself just said it casually and would not take it lightly.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words and then went back to rest.
In the next few days, Li Hao shuttled between the East Palace and many ministers with whom he had good relations, renewing the relationships he had left these years.
However, great changes have taken place in the past ten years. For example, Wu Han passed away from illness a few years ago, and Lai She has also taken a back seat and returned to his hometown to retire.
Cui Hou stayed in the capital, but since Huo Junhua's death, he was disheartened and only received a false title and served as a court official.
On the other hand, Wang Chun is old and strong. He has been greedy and lustful all these years, but his body is not exhausted. It is obvious that his fate is uncertain these days.
Wan Songbai and Cheng Shi are both serving abroad now. Wan Songbai is serving as the county governor of Xu County, and Cheng Shi is serving as the county governor of Nan County.
After Li Hao smoothed the relationship again, Emperor Wen's edict came down, and Li Hao officially went to Da Sinong to take office.
Following what Huo Buyu said before, the edict appointing Yuan Shen and him also came down. The edict was exactly the same as what he said. Yuan Shen was appointed as the governor of Dongjun and Huo Buyu was appointed as Henan Yin.
Not long after Li Hao and Yuan Shen met, they separated again, but this time it was Yuan Shen who left the capital.
Before leaving, the two had another conversation about how Yuan Shen should act after arriving in Dongjun.
Li Hao said: "After you take office, you must strictly abide by justice and not be criticized by others. There is no need to visit the Qu family for the time being.
I will ask Mr. Leng to go to Dongjun and ask my uncle directly. You can make a decision after you know the specific situation.
After all, Huo Buyi is not a careless person. Since he specifically pointed it out before, you have to be more careful. "
Yuan Shen agreed, "I understand. Should the concubine go with us and my wife? This way we can be taken care of."
Li Hao did not agree. After all, handling matters is the most important thing now, so he replied: "No need, you just go at the normal speed. Lord Leng will speed up and arrive before you, so as to buy you time to respond."
Yuan Shen heard the words and thanked her: "Okay, then please help me thank my sister-in-law. She will have to make a hard trip."
Li Hao waved his hand gently, indicating that it didn't matter, and asked again: "By the way, you really didn't let me send a few people to assist you. Those staff have all been with me in Shu for many years, and they are very good at handling local affairs. smoothly."
Yuan Shen replied: "No need, my father already reserved manpower for me when he took office, and the path you can take may not be suitable for me, so you should keep it yourself."
Li Hao chuckled and said, "That's okay, then I'll wish you all the best."
When he returned to the courtyard, Li Hao went to find Qu Lengjun and told her the matter. Qu Lengjun immediately agreed.
In fact, after Yuan Shen took office, she actually had some suspicions in her mind. After all, she had always been a bright-sighted person, but based on
He trusted Li Hao, so he didn't ask.
Therefore, Qu Lengjun and Yuan Shen set off one after another to Dongjun.
After sending them away, Li Hao returned all his attention to his duties as a big farmer, thinking about how to improve his performance.
And this is what Li Haoqian is used to, because the responsibilities of Da Sinong greatly overlap with those of the Three Divisions of Song Dynasty, and they are in charge of national economic taxes.
But it is a pity that Emperor Wen has made considerable reductions in the powers of Da Si Nong since he came to the throne. By the time Li Hao took office.
Originally, Taicang, Junshu, Pingzhun, Du Nei, Ji Tian, Wu Ling and Cheng, two chiefs and chiefs of Oguan and Tieshi, and agricultural supervisors of various warehouses in the prefecture and state, a total of sixty-five chiefs and chiefs of Dushui.
Only Taicang, Pingzhun, Daoguan Sanling and Cheng were left. Yantie's powers were devolved to the prefectures and counties, and the rest of the powers were either reduced or relegated to other yamen.
As for these three yamen, the Dao Guan Ling did not have any real power and was only responsible for controlling spring rice, that is, helping the royal family select grain and rice for supply.
In other words, what Li Hao could really use was Taicang, the yamen in charge of the world's granary and the collection of grain from the prefecture and state, and the pacification order, the yamen in charge of regulating supplies and balancing prices.
There was no way around it. It was still difficult for him to gain power from other yamen after he had just taken office. Therefore, Li Hao had to start using these two yamen to open up the situation first, and then earn rights for himself.
Anyway, Li Hao is also good at this trick. Isn't it just manipulating national policies to make reasonable money for the court? This is something he is very familiar with.
Immediately, Da Sinong Mansion also began to become hurried, so busy that Wang Yao complained to Li Hao, saying that Li Hao was away from home all day.
It wasn't until Qu Lengjun came back that Li Hao deliberately stayed in the mansion and asked about the situation of the Qu family.
Qu Lengjun introduced: "When I returned home this time, I realized that there were so many children of the Qu family, entrenched in every county in the East County, and they were equally powerful. After all, my father and brother were a little radical.
However, this time my father and brother have promised to cooperate with Shan Jian in ordering some of the Qu family's children to leave, so as not to make people too suspicious. "
Then he paused for a while, and then helped to say something nice, trying to clear up the gap: "It is indeed the Qu family's fault in this matter, but Yuan and Liang are now in great power, so my father and brother naturally don't want to be left behind all the time, so they acted like this in a moment of impatience. of.
Before coming back, they specifically asked me to send a letter of apology. Please read it. "
After saying that, he handed over a letter. Li Hao scanned it without taking it, but just said: "It doesn't have to be like this, I understand, and no matter what, I shouldn't let my father-in-law and brother-in-law apologize to me.
Just keep this letter yourself. I will write a reply later and you can send someone to Dongjun to your father-in-law and brother-in-law. "
Then he wrote a reply in front of Qu Lengjun, sealed it and gave it to Qu Lengjun, and asked her to go back and have a good rest. After all, it was a tiring journey.
But after leaving, Li Hao still called Yuan Wo and asked him to send someone to Dongjun to learn more about the specific situation.
It's not that Li Hao doesn't believe in Qu Lengjun, but that Li Hao knows that once the desire for comparison is started, it will be difficult to calm down.
Now that the situation is very good, the whole arrangement cannot be ruined just because something went wrong here. Moreover, keeping a close eye on the Qu family is also a protection for the Qu family.
But no matter what, at least on the surface, this matter has passed, and Li Hao will continue to work hard to increase fiscal revenue.
During this period, Huo Buyi's Henan Yin was also doing things smoothly. After all, he was not afraid of offending others, only others were afraid of offending him.
Therefore, he erected five-color sticks in the counties under Yin's jurisdiction in Henan Province and began to regulate the morals, especially in Luoyang City, which was the focus of Huo Buyu's reform.
In just two months, this guy beat hundreds of people, and basically taught the troublemaking dandies in the capital a lesson. For a time, Luoyang City's public security was excellent, and Emperor Wen seized the opportunity to boast.
If Huo Buyu hadn't declined on his own, I'm afraid Emperor Wen would have received some reward.
As a result, Li Hao, as a comparison object, was inevitably given a lesson by Emperor Wen.
But Li Hao couldn't help it.
The actual power in his hands is limited, and it is simply not enough to make any conspicuous achievements that benefit the world in a short period of time.
However, Li Hao is not discouraged, because Li Hao is confident that as long as he waits a little longer, his achievements will basically be revealed next year.
But what Li Hao didn't expect was that just when Li Hao's achievements were revealed and he could report his merits to Emperor Wen and earn more authority for restructuring, Empress Xuan suddenly fell.
And according to the imperial doctor, it has reached the stage where there is no way to recover, and it can't be delayed for much longer.
In grief, Emperor Wen and the Crown Prince naturally had no intention of discussing with Li Hao, and Li Hao did not hesitate to try to improve the system.
But it should be said that Empress Xuan fell down at this time, which is already very good. According to the original plot, she would have died a few years ago.
It seems that the prince has really made her worry a lot less over the years, which is a good thing.
One month later, Empress Xuan died in Changqiu Palace, and Emperor Wen ordered to stay away from court for three days to express his condolences.
The next thing is that according to the etiquette system, there are corresponding personnel to prepare for the funeral ceremony. Naturally, Li Hao is not among the preparers and only needs to be responsible for paying.
By the time the funeral was completed, it was already three months later, and the court gradually returned to normal operations. However, Emperor Wen's spirit was obviously much worse than before, so the affairs entrusted to the prince became more and more arduous.
However, the attention of the officials in the court did not focus on this. Instead, they were waiting for Emperor Wen's reaction to see whether he would promote the Yue Concubine to a posthumous position.
After all, how did Emperor Wen feel about Concubine Yue? How could the ministers in the court not know about it? Everyone thought that he was very likely to do this.
But if the Yue Concubine really becomes the queen, it means that the third prince has changed from a concubine to a legitimate son. Although the identity of the crown prince's eldest son will not change, it will always be a variable.
The courtiers, including Li Hao, naturally did not want to cause trouble again, but it was not easy to talk to Emperor Wen.
Fortunately, Emperor Wen may have thought of this in the end, so he chose to leave the queen's position vacant and let Concubine Yue take charge of the harem.
Of course, Emperor Wen may have felt sorry for the Yue Concubine, so he issued an edict to exempt Xiao Yuehou from punishment and allowed him to return to his hometown in Jingfan County.
Once the dust has settled on this matter, the minds of the ministers in the DPRK will be at peace, and the work will naturally go more smoothly.
Li Hao also got the decree from Emperor Wen as he wished, to take back the power of salt and iron from the prefectures and counties to the central government for unified management. Since then, the court's taxes and taxes have increased year by year, and the national power has greatly increased for a time, which also made Emperor Wen and the crown prince have to deal with each other. Li Hao paid more and more attention to it.
Of course, this importance cannot be surpassed by Huo Buyi. After passing through Henan Yinyi, this guy returned to the central government and was appointed as Deguang Luxun, one of the nine ministers, in charge of palace affairs.
Unfortunately, Yuan Shen is still floating outside and has not been recalled to the capital.
However, Li Hao calculated that it would be soon, because after the death of Queen Xuan, Emperor Wen gradually began to have health problems.
Although it was not stated clearly, judging from this look, it is likely that it will only happen in the next year or two. When the prince ascends the throne, he will be able to find a way to recall Yuan Shen. After all, although the prince has great trust in Huo Buyi, It is far from reaching the level of Emperor Wen.
At about the same time as Li Hao expected, Emperor Wen fell on his bed shortly after the first day of the year and couldn't bear to fall ill. He finally closed his eyes completely after persisting for more than ten days.
After a solemn funeral, the prince naturally ascended the throne as the crown prince, and this year he changed his reign to Yongping.
Naturally, the new emperor had to make some achievements when he ascended the throne, but unexpectedly, before he could show off his talents, news came from the palace that Concubine Yue had passed away.
It is said that Concubine Yue and Emperor Wen really had a deep love for each other. Concubine Yue had always been in good health, but since Emperor Wen's death, she immediately fell ill and never recovered.
Although Concubine Yue never ascended to the position of queen, Emperor Wen ordered the two palaces to share the same position when he was still alive, and also let Concubine Yue command the harem.
Therefore, it was ultimately decided by the emperor to bury the Yue Concubine with the rites of a queen and to be buried with Emperor Wen in the mausoleum of Emperor Wen.
The courtiers had no objections to this, but the fifth princess suddenly jumped out and made trouble with the emperor.
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After all, in her eyes, those who could suppress her were gone, and the remaining emperor was also easy to bully, so naturally she wanted to jump out to make her presence felt and gain some benefits.
But now the emperor's temperament was no longer as weak as before. After his kind words and persuasion were useless, he directly found Huo Buyi and forced the fifth princess back to the princess' mansion.
Later, under the mediation of Li Hao, Yuan Shen was recalled to the capital from abroad and served as a court captain.
Huo Buyi was naturally dissatisfied with this, thinking that doing so would give the Yuan family too much power and would be of no benefit to the country.
However, after arguing with the emperor, he did not change his mind. Instead, he was promoted to an official position by the emperor, and given the post of general of chariots and cavalry, with a wealth of food and wealth.
This made Huo Buyi very distressed, and since then he has developed the habit of playing against Li Hao.
Of course, Huo Buyi would not deliberately mess with some important matters, but he might do so in ordinary times, in order to prevent the emperor and Li Hao from getting too close.
But obviously the results were not great. The emperor's trust in Li Hao remained, which also allowed Yuan Shen to realize the ideal of the Three Dukes for generations.
At least Li Hao served as Sikong for one term, and Yuan Shen also served as Situ for one term, so it was barely achieved.
Li Hao didn't know what happened next, because after Li Hao fell asleep for a long time, when he opened his eyes again, he seemed to have returned to the real world.
