Chapter 171 Storm
On the same day Meng Gong's memorial arrived at the court, Jia Sidao, the governor of Lin'an Prefecture and the direct scholar of Fuwen Pavilion, submitted a message to the emperor, saying that the drought has been resolved and the shock has slowed down. He asked for an order to repatriate 800,000 refugees outside Lin'an City to return to their hometowns, leaving only the families of 50,000 soldiers and a few people to settle 300,000 mu of farmland outside Lin'an City, and at the same time, donating 200,000 mu of farmland to the emperor, all of which are produced are returned to the inner treasury.
Emperor Lizong was very happy and gave Jia Sidao a goldfish bag and a purple robe.
At the end of June of the second year of Jiaxi, Meng Gong reported the documents of victory and requested the documents of merit.
Liu Tingmei, the commander of Xiangyang who surrendered to Mongolia, felt the kindness of the emperor, and resolutely returned to the Song Dynasty. Jiang Hai, the commander of the Song army stationed in Xiangyang, thought that it was an internal response, and joined forces with the 300,000 Song army attacking Xiangyang City, and fought in one battle.
In this service, the Song army counted that more than 30,000 Mongolian soldiers were killed, more than 20,000 prisoners were captured, nearly one million stones of food and grass, and countless other gold, silver, silk, silk and satin.
Zhang Rou, a Mongolian general stationed in Caizhou, led more than 100,000 troops to rescue him, and had no choice but to retreat to Caizhou again. At the same time, the Mongolian sect kings were warm; Shi Tianze, a general of the five routes of Jinan, led 50,000 cavalrymen, and 150,000 infantry counted 200,000 from Kaifeng Prefecture to rush south to Caizhou.
When the news came, the Song Dynasty was shocked again.
June of the second year of Jiaxi, for the weak Song Dynasty, it was destined to be a month of the ninth heaven of ice and fire.
On the same day Meng Gong arrived at the letter of war, Jia Sidao, the governor of Lin'an Prefecture, submitted a letter again, asking the emperor to plan for the people of the world to slow down the purchase of grain for the people. At the same time, he said that more than ten wealthy merchants in Lin'an, including Zheng Mingxuan and Liu Gongzheng, were grateful for the kindness of the emperor, and were willing to become a monk to provide 500,000 stones of grain, 500,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 pieces of silk to relieve the worries of the emperor and reward the soldiers who were successful in the battle of Xiangyang.
Zhao Yunlongyan was once again happy. From the request of Jia Sidao, a scholar in Fuwen Pavilion, he issued an edict to commend him and awarded more than ten wealthy businessmen including Zheng Mingxuan and Liu Gongzheng (three hundred households) who had made contributions to the country. The news came out, which naturally shocked the government and the public again, and countless people in the Lin'an Prefecture were attracted by it.
This is the first time that someone has been able to get the imperial court as a mere businessman and the emperor personally issued an edict to grant titles. Although it is only the lowest baron and there is no fief of the 300 households, it is the first time that the Song Dynasty has created the world since its founding.
Also on the same day when Jia Sidao wrote a letter, the left prime minister Qiao Xingjian, the deputy chief official, Li Mingfu, and other dozens of officials of all sizes, including Li Mingfu, a clerk of all sizes, even more than ten censors of the Taiwan Censors, made a statement, opposing Jia Sidao's statement that he would not buy grain by helping his son, and at the same time strongly opposed the practice of granting merchants with titles for money and other goods. He said that Jia Sidao's great thief ignored the laws of his ancestors and asked to be dismissed from office and severely punished.
Jia Sidao did not respond to the impeachment documents of Qiao Xingjian and others.
Two days later, dozens of officials of all sizes, including Shi Songzhi, the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Palace, Yuan Fu, the Emperor's lecturer Li Shao, the Emperor's lecturer Zou Yinglong, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Xie Jubo, and dozens of officials of all sizes, including all kinds of officials, including Zhao Yun's announcement of the meeting.
When the news came out, the government and the country were in an uproar, and Qiao Xingjian finally fell ill at this time.
It is normal for Shi Songzhi to stand on Jia Sidao. Now without Yu Tianxi's support, Jia Sidao is even more important to Shi Songzhi. Anyone knows that as long as Jia Sidao is not trying to rebel, Shi Songzhi will also stand on Jia Sidao's side; but the actions of Yuan Fu, Li Shao, Zou Yinglong and even Xie Jubo made everyone in the court and the country break their glasses.
Yuan Fu, Li Shao, and Zou Yinglong are the representative figures of the Neo-Confucian school in the court today. Although they have not worshipped the ministers, there are quite a few students from the Neo-Confucian school under their disciples, and the three of them are all lecturers of the emperor, and they are extremely close to the emperor, and they are already a force that no one in the court can ignore.
However, everyone also knows that the Neo-Confucian School is an ally of the Left Prime Minister Qiao Xingjian. Since it is an ally, how could it be possible to suddenly leave Qiao Xingjian and help Jia Sidao to speak at this time?
Well, they are just opposing and not talking to Jia Sidao, but Qiao Xingjian's goal of impeachment and opposition is very clear. Isn't it Jia Sidao? Opposing Qiao Xingjian's proposal, in other ways, isn't it just supporting Jia Sidao? Not long ago, Yuan Fu and others had never met Jia Sidao. The two sides had fought in the court several times, but Jia Sidao had never given face to Yuan Fu and others. How could they change now?
If the people of the Neo-Confucianism team turned against each other in the court and the public had already broken their glasses, then the actions of the new Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Xie Jubo would be even more confusing and intriguing.
Who is Xie Jubo? Who doesn’t know if anyone has a little common sense in the court and the country? That is the uncle of the Empress today. At that time, this old man sent the Empress to the palace and handed it to the Empress Dowager Gongsheng.
The Empress has devoted herself to worshiping Buddha in the palace over the years, as if she was a transparent person, and the Xie clan was also very low-key. Although the Xie clan, including the Empress's brothers, all served in officials of all sizes in the court, they rarely interfered in political disputes. Of course, this may be because they did not have enough status and could not interfere.
The most important thing is that Xie Jubo was promoted from the imperial censor to the actual position of the Ministry of Revenue, now the actual leader of the Ministry of Revenue, was recommended by Qiao Xingjian.
But now it’s better to go wrong, the uncles of these queens turned against each other in a blink of an eye. They didn’t think about repaying Qiao Xingjian’s favor for favor, but they stood on Jia Sidao’s side. How could they not surprise and lose their minds?
Surprisingly, doubts finally made some people calm down and began to quietly think about the things that have happened these days, thinking about the causes and consequences. The things that have happened these days are really greater than the amount of information generated by the changes in the past ten years.
At this time, some people discovered that no matter how they thought and deduced everything, they found that no matter how they thought and looked, they could never avoid a person. That person was, who had no reaction from beginning to end in the face of the impeachment of the dignified prime minister, and was a little terrifying... Jia Sidao.
If you think about it more carefully, it seems that since this uncle survived the disaster, the court of the Song Dynasty began to fluctuate one after another.
Qionglin Banquet, Seyuan Poetry Conference, Meng Gong was assassinated, the Imperial Concubine was assassinated, the Huizhou earthquake refugees besieged the city and disaster relief, and now the dignified prime minister and prime minister put down his face and joined forces with the censors to report impeachment. It seems that no matter how everything happens or changes, there is only one person who can finally laugh to the end, oh, and the people around this person.
One thing and two things may only be luck or coincidence or even the emperor's favor, but a series of things are connected, and even in the face of disaster relief without food, the left prime minister and censors can still laugh to the end, and even make the priest lose face in the end and have to live in a sick place. Is this still lucky?
Thinking about the Hexi smile that the elegant young man I saw every morning court, and thinking about the past six months, everyone was shocked.
Is this person really only as young as the age of a young man?
Chapter completed!