Chapter 435: The first confrontation in the court

As the chief clerk of the Ministry of Works, Fan Yu's greatest opportunity to show his face in Hanyuan Hall appeared, and then it was like a small stone thrown into the sea. The waves were submerged in the tide before they could splash. As for the far-reaching impact they had, it had nothing to do with him.

Xiao Bei left the morning court early with satisfaction and did not participate in any government affairs. She wanted to return to the Zhuangyuan Building early to ask for help from her brother and sister. In the court, she called her father Zhang Shangshu in one mouth.

For her, there is nothing more terrible in the world than this. The sky is about to fall. She must conduct a crisis public relations within the period after the morning court ends. The situation is very serious.

The morning court in Hanyuan Palace was still the same, and Zhang Zhong had no intention of thinking about how to deal with his daughter. He wanted more people to use the Ministry of Works to change the plan he proposed.

After Li Longji finished processing the several memorials submitted, the first person to speak was Zhang Zhong, holding a piece of paper in his hand and reading it out one by one, and finally asked the state finance to allocate funds.

"Four million guan?" Li Longji was frightened by what Zhang Zhong said. The country's fiscal revenue has increased in the past two years, which is a huge difference compared to the past. However, it seems that the amount is too large to take out four million guan at a time.

Zhang Zhong also knew that his mouth was too wide and quickly explained: "Your Majesty, the four million coins I said are a one-time solution to future problems. In the future, the Ministry of Works will be able to reliably reliably, and in two years, they will definitely be able to recover the money invested."

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is not possible." As soon as Zhang Zhong finished speaking, Zhang Shuo jumped out and spoke out bluntly.

The ministers were also focused on Zhang Shuo, wanting to see if the first confrontation between the prime minister and Zhang Zhong would win.

Zhang Shuo was also very helpless. He was not the first to stand up and oppose him. But someone under him had already passed the signal in body language.

Everyone in his subordinates understands it. As long as he sees his sign, he knows what to do. Today it is strange. His subordinates seem to have bad eyes and are mentally dazed. No one stood up to speak.

Gao Lishi also saw this situation. He was very clear in his heart. As the saying goes, those who are soft-hearted and short-mouthed, can appear in the morning. Who does not receive the benefits of the Zhang and Wang families?

If you don’t believe it, you can go and see who doesn’t have a house worth thousands of yuan marked by Zhang and Wang’s family.

This is Zhang Zhong’s first time in court to discuss matters. Whoever dares to find awkward at this critical moment? Then don’t expect the Zhang and Wang families to continue to benefit from it.

Coupled with Xiaobao and Juanjuan's vengeful personality, there will always be a result in the end.

As Gao Lishi guessed, the people who belonged to the Zhang Shuo faction did have this idea. They could not dislike the things given by the Zhang and Wang families, but they did not dare to offend Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.

Didn't you see the fate of Fan Yu just now? The emperor didn't even have the intention to check it deeply, so he was sentenced to exile and sent to Lingnan. He did not go to Luzhou. This was considered to be the life that left Fan Yu's life. Otherwise, if he was sent to Luzhou, the locals would have offended governor Zhang when they heard that the consequences were self-evident.

Li Longji didn't say anything, waiting for Zhang to say what he wanted to say next. He couldn't just say something and object, and it took a reason.

After Zhang Shuo said his objection, he was actually waiting for his people to follow him and agreed, but he ended up silence.

He suppressed the anger in his heart and continued, "Your Majesty, four million guan is not a small amount. Now that the four barbarians surrender, our dynasty should reward money and materials to win the hearts of the people. The Tubo Turks are still unstable. I think that I must first take out two million guan and provide support to both places to make them appreciate my grace. There are also many governors' offices in the northern part of Hebei Road. If I do not appease me, I am afraid that the people will change in their lives."

When the ministers in the court heard what Zhang said, some people agreed in their hearts, but they just agreed in their hearts and did not show it on their faces.

Li Longji still didn't say anything, and looked at Zhang Zhong and waited for Zhang Zhong to refute.

Those who know Li Longji then understood that the emperor seemed to disagree with what Zhang said, and the specific reason was not yet clear.

They didn't know, Gao Lishi knew that what the emperor was thinking today was no longer what he used to be. Since he knew that there were more powerful people in the distance of the sea, he didn't care about the things around him.

Especially when I saw the spectacular scene of cannons bombing in Huashan, I would not care about the surrounding areas? Whoever did not accept it would hit anyone, and until it was subdued, not to mention two million coins, even twenty thousand coins would not be given.

Zhang Zhong was also observing the reactions of the ministers to see who stood with him and who stood on the opposite side, and was quite satisfied with the current result.

This is what happened when I was in Luoyang. I asked something for myself, but no one objected. Even if I had different opinions in my heart, I would ask myself to discuss it privately.

Zhang Zhong also knew that the Tang Dynasty is not afraid of war today. His military factory in Luzhou was constantly building weapons, and his strength was far above the surrounding countries.

But I couldn't say it directly, Zhang Zhong chose another entry point. "Your Majesty, I agree with what Lord Zhang said about helping Tubo and Turkic places. However, it is better to teach people and fish than to teach people and fish. What the Ministry of Works needs to do is to study all kinds of tools. According to my plan, more good tools will appear in a year. Then I will be given to people in other places, so that they can live a good life."

"Your Majesty, what should I do now when the Ministry of Works, a year later, wait for the Ministry of Works to study the tools? How did the people have been there this year?"

Zhang said he continued to object.

"If it weren't for the things that I, Datang, gave me this year, would people from other places not be alive? How did you spend the past year?"

At this time, the one who stood up and spoke was Li Linfu, a person Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan wanted to plot.

At this moment, Li Linfu didn't know that someone was going to deal with him, and he didn't know that the reason why he dealt with him was that he thought that he would stand in that position one day.

He felt that he should help Zhang Zhong. His family has been much better recently. They are all welfare benefits given by Zhang and Wang’s families. In addition, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are still young and have an unlimited future. They have to take the team as soon as possible.

Zhang Shuo turned his head and glanced at Li Linfu, remembering him. He turned around and continued, "Your Majesty, now it is different from the past. The four barbarians have just surrendered. If they do not give benefits, I am afraid that they will feel resentful and will cause trouble."

"Your Majesty, I think Zhang Shangshu's Ministry of Works plan is feasible, in my opinion..." Another person stood up to support Zhang Zhong.

Zhang Shuo kept refuting, waiting for people to come forward to support Zhang Zhong, and Zhang Shuo was finally discouraged when he saw that his people were still indifferent.

After the morning court, Zhang Zhong happily returned to the Ministry of Works to do things. He got four million yuan, but he did not get it at one time. According to his plan, it was divided into three phases. The first phase only required 800,000 yuan, and he got one million yuan. He could continue to go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money after the first phase was over.

Zhang Shuo looked gloomy. He failed in the court confrontation. But this time, unlike the past failure, the emperor's final decision. Today's failure was the pressure of the court officials. No one on his side made a statement. Could it be that he was scared by Fan Yu?

What I am most worried about is the emperor's attitude. Although I am not biased to either side today, it is a bias. Especially when I was dealing with Fan Yu before the court discussion, Zhang Xiaobei and his nine children arrested a chief clerk of the Ministry of Works. Could it be that they would not be questioned clearly before being convicted?

What happened in the morning court quickly reached Zhang Xiaobao's ears. He heard that his father had already beaten Zhang during the first confrontation and said that Zhang Xiaobao did not plan to stay in the capital.

The plan was made by my father himself, and the matters in the court were also solved by my father himself. If no one needs to continue watching, he should evacuate when it is time to evacuate. He is also preparing to wait for the sent people to bring good news back after he goes back.

When she learned that her brother had decided to set off, Xiao Bei breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she could leave today, so she didn't have to worry about her father coming back to cause trouble.

After being excited, Xiao Bei was a little reluctant to leave. Leaving the capital means separation from his parents. His brother said that he would have to stay in Jilizhou for at least one year before he had the opportunity to become an official in the capital. The family would be reunited and he would have to continue waiting.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan said goodbye to the elders in their homes and led a huge team toward Jilizhou.

This time I won’t go through the water road. The Yellow River is frozen. Zhang Xiaobao doesn’t plan to spend so much money to blow up the river. It’s not worth the loss. He chose to go through land and walk along the river. Now, spacious roads have been built on both sides of the Yellow River bank, and countless merchants and pedestrians have come and gone.

The wheels of the car made a creaking noise on the snow that had been scattered. After walking for two consecutive days, Xiaobei finally didn't want to follow the team to make a slow stride and proposed to take a step first. Zhang Xiaobao would not object, so let the children go.

As soon as he left the team, Xiao Bei organized an interim meeting like a wild horse that broke away from his reins.

The main content of the meeting is to continue to carry forward the style of the Hongzhai Children's League, which is not afraid of hardship or fatigue, deeply understand the main spirit of the Children's League, and better reflect the intelligence of knowing the affairs of the Censor and the affairs of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, so as not to let down the trust of the emperor and the people of the world.

At the meeting, the League member Zhang Xiaobei spoke first and praised the last action, believing that the Children's League is an excellent team and a strong team that can never be defeated in the face of any difficulties.

However, the problem was also discovered in the last action, that is, the group member Zhang Xiaohai did not find out the accounts early, so that there was insufficient evidence in the Hanyuan Palace. The group member Zhang Xiaohai deeply realized his shortcomings and did not make any defense. He wrote a review there, and the content was to allow x and y to intersect on the same line...

At the same time, Wang Xiaoyuan's member was criticized for his poor professionalism and did not list the crimes committed by Fan Yu in a good manner in the court. Wang Xiaoyuan's member whispered to admit his mistakes. He said that cold is against heat, sun is against the year, skies are against swings, Danshan is against clear water, and light rain is against tan Yan.

League member Zhang Xiaobei finally made a summary speech, and had a new expectation for the future of the Children's League. She pointed out that the members of the Children's League should continue to unite with the members who can find a place for the Children's League to use. The name of the Children's League must persist until they grow up, broaden their horizons and go out.

The meeting ended in a warm and peaceful atmosphere.

This is a great conference, a conference that connects the past and the future, and opens the future. This conference laid the foundation for the prosperous seedling protection children's group to overcome various difficulties in the future.

For more than half a month, Xiaobei and others came to Zhua County. When they were waiting here, they didn’t know whether they were crossing the river and taking the land or trying to go on the sea. The frozen sea surface was thawed.

In the booklets of previous years, Zhua County itself is a Shang County with a large population, rich resources and convenient transportation.

Xiao Bei was preparing to rest here for a few days and train a hundred guards at the same time. But when the team entered Zhua County, it was already known that Xiao Bei and others from Shang County were still scared by the prosperity of Zhua County.

I saw a wide road ahead that could pass through six cars at the same time. Countless sheds were built in the fields on both sides of the road, covered with straw. At this time, as the evening approached, wisps of blue smoke rose from the shed, and countless people were busy.

When we move forward, there is a gurgling river or a floating ice stubble, and there is a stone bridge connecting the shore. Outside the bridge, it leads water into a canal, slowly pouring into a pond. The sunset is setting and the waves are sparkling. The boats are supporting it, and the sound of the buzzer sounds. Everyone is exerting their strength and shouting. When the net in the pond rises, the fat fish struggles and jumps.

When I went in, there was no catch in the pond, I wore leather clothes and went back and forth into the water, and I threw the lotus roots on the shore. Some children carried schoolbags and picked them up, piled up into mountains, laughing endlessly.

"Oh, who is the county magistrate of Zhua County? I have some skills. The roads are built wide and flat enough. There should be a kang in the shed, and the leeks are planted inside. Here, it is water-concentrated and fish-raising lotus roots are planted. The combination is quite reasonable. If you work hard, you can catch up with half of your brother and sister."

Seeing this scene, Xiao Bei praised it and continued to move forward. Zhu A County aroused her interest and wanted to see what happened after entering the county town.

The team accelerated. When it was dark, it arrived outside the county town of Zhua County. What they saw was a city wall that was ten feet high.

"It's really not easy. I saw a light over there, and I walked around it." Xiao Bei ordered again.

After the team walked around the place, everyone saw clearly that there were many houses here, one by one, and the lights were small flames sprayed out from the pipes.

Xiaobei and others recognized that this is the effect of ignition of biogas, and it seems that the biogas here is used well.

When I wanted to go further, the team was stopped. Standing outside the fence, you could vaguely hear the humming sound of pigs and chickens from inside.

Xiao Bei nodded. The overall planning of breeding should be planned here. I asked someone to explain it to the other party and then turned around and entered the city from the city gate.

The lanterns of shops on both sides of the city street are flashing. With the light, you can see that there is a cement-built water channel on the side of the road. It should be used for drainage. The sidewalks are also made of bricks made of cement in the middle of the canal and shop.

The shortest shop is also two floors, and at each intersection there are several three-story buildings standing there.

On a night where there were already sparse pedestrians, there were endless people coming and going here, either going to the shop next to eat or gathering together to hum songs in a spacious place.

A group of children stood in rows and walked past, reciting the Analects of Confucius, and went straight to a stall placed outside. Each of them took out a few new coins and threw them into the box where they put them, and started eating there.

A smell of pepper oil floated over, and Xiaobei sniffed and touched his stomach again, "I'm hungry, go and eat, I'll treat you."

When I walked up to the front, I saw several iron boxes on the stall. Each box contained different foods, including tofu, bean skin, dried tofu, dried tofu, fish balls, crab balls, shrimp balls, bean sprouts, cabbage, sausage, etc., and there are many types.

Xiao Bei and others are not unfamiliar with such things. At first, it was my brother who made it for him and others, and later it was spread to various places.

"In ten rows, take a line." Xiao Bei took out a piece of paper from his bag and shouted to a hundred small guards.

Wow~! Team 10 stood up in an instant, and each person in the lead corresponded to an iron box in front of him, picked up a string of passes backwards.

Xiao Bei took the banknotes into the money box and said to the stall person: "If you bet this money, you will count sticks for a while, and it will be considered meat. Remember to distinguish between meat and vegetables by different sticks in the future, otherwise you will be too busy watching what others eat when you are too many people."

After saying that to the stall person, Xiao Bei started to eat it. The price of meat is twice that of vegetarian food, and she had no time to care about it.

The stall person was stunned and took out the banknotes in the box. He was shocked. It was a banknote worth 500 yuan. He looked at Xiaobei and others and found out that he had met the children of a wealthy family. He smiled and continued to add food to the iron box.

Xiaobei, who was eating, didn't care whether the food on the street stall was hygienic. Instead, after scalding it in boiling water, it was basically fine.

After eating half full, Xiao Bei remembered a very important thing and looked up at the stall person and asked, "Who is the county magistrate of this county?"

"It's County Magistrate Yan." The person who set up the stall didn't want to tell a child, but he felt that the other person had a different identity, so he said it out.

"Oh." Xiao Bei nodded and then asked, "Is he corrupt?"
Chapter completed!