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From realizing the seriousness of the soaring grain prices to finally deciding to adopt Ning Yi's proposal, Qin Si-yuan, as the leader, had to do as much psychological construction as recognizing people during this period. Search: \(、Complete、Book、God、Station、) to read fine literature for free. Once the decision was made, everything was irreversible. In August, when the first batch of officials questioned Qin Si-yuan's decision, the Prime Minister's office responded clearly.

Since the officials arranged on several commercial roads had some relationship with the Prime Minister's office, Qin Si-yuan first sent a relatively simple letter, stating the number of victims this time, the expected grain price, and the expected number of victims, without saying much else. If the order was not executed within three days, the dismissal edict would be issued immediately from the Ministry of Personnel and brought directly to the local area by the replacing staff, who would dismiss and investigate the person on the spot.

This was not a new thing. Every time a senior official of the court handled affairs, there was almost a procedure to establish authority. Even if the means were a bit overbearing, removing the positions of some local officials would not cause a stir in the court. However, a chilling atmosphere was already brewing. A few people who noticed the inside story were waiting for someone to come out and impeach Qin Si-yuan and others for their excessive actions. However, the fuse for the subsequent chaos was started by a memorial submitted by Chen Shu at the end of August.

That was a memorial submitted by Xue De-yi, a sixth-rank clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, titled: "On the Benefits of Commerce to the Country."

For more than two hundred years since the founding of the Wu Dynasty, commerce has developed rapidly. In recent decades, some big merchants, after becoming wealthy, have begun to intervene in politics. As the saying goes, "When food and clothing are sufficient, people know honor and disgrace." Since they can reach out in this direction, they naturally want a way to advance themselves. During this period, the proper way is to increase their own background and cultivate scholars. On the other hand, in recent years, some people have gradually promoted the importance of commerce in the court. Some people have submitted several small memorials, some of which were rejected on the spot, and later some caused one or two small storms.

In the end, the attitude of the state court seemed clear: Commerce is certainly important, but merchants wanting status? Don't even think about it!

Of course, the change in the status of a class is always a long process. If someone with insight can also find that this originally unbreakable situation has actually loosened in recent years.

But it is not yet time to put things on the table for discussion.

And this time, the Ministry of Revenue clerk named Xue De-yi was old and about to retire. Compared to Li Pin, who jumped to the fifth rank at the age of thirty, this old gentleman had cautiously worked in the officialdom for a lifetime, and was only a sixth rank official at this time. He submitted this memorial, not knowing whether he was instructed by others, or felt that he could no longer do anything in the officialdom, and suddenly went all out, wanting to leave something behind. In short, this memorial undoubtedly gave Qin Si-yuan's side the best buffer.

After the memorial was submitted, it was not immediately rejected because of its rebellious nature. The two Prime Ministers handed the memorial to the Emperor, and then used their influence to suppress it and leave it for the officials to "look at and discuss at will."

Then everything exploded. The officials said that the memorial was rebellious, Xue De-yi was summoned to the Golden Palace, and someone scolded him on the spot: "How much silver have you received from those parasites!" Xue De-yi was originally cautious, but he was already old, and could not bear such scolding. He argued with people with a stiff neck. Then someone began to say: "Some of the words in it are reasonable."

Although limited by the times, the people of the Wu Dynasty may not be sensitive to economic theory, but Xue De-yi had indeed stayed in the Ministry of Revenue all his life. This paper, which condensed his life's hard work, was detailed in its examples and logical. Taking out any section could easily arouse discussion. For a time, the court debated whether it was "rebellious" or "partly reasonable," arguing endlessly.

The next day, the censors impeached Xue De-yi for colluding with big merchants, trying to subvert the words of the sages, leading people to pursue profit, and shaking the foundation of the country. Immediately, someone came out to impeach these censors, who were always alarmist, seemingly upright and selfless, but in fact were obstructing the flow of words. Then someone submitted other impeachment memorials, using concrete evidence to impeach several of the censors for being unclean and accepting bribes to be controlled by others.

The situation began to become chaotic. The court was like a patch of oil that had been ignited. In the following days, there were either verbal battles of mutual scolding, or some officials were caught for their mistakes, embezzlement, bribery, and then, some merchants took advantage of the disaster to hoard grain, the Prime Minister's office used public tools for private purposes, Wu Min's family was rich behind his back, Cai Taishi formed a party for private gain, all kinds of things were brought to the table, and it looked like the prelude to another round of party strife.

In such a chaotic official situation, everyone was in danger for a time. The Prime Minister's office was also trying its best to protect itself, but in a sense, the big merchants had long wanted to have a say, and suddenly there was such an opportunity - in fact, they did not know from the beginning whether it would be led by them - the Prime Minister's office and some officials with merchant forces behind them became closer, and although the court was in chaos, the Censorate was also upright and fearless in firing guns everywhere, and the whole situation maintained a delicate balance in the chaos.

In such a situation, only one person truly maintained a stable attitude and watched everything with pleasure. It was Zhou Zhe, who should have been irritable.

Although everyone began to impeach each other, and some peripheral corrupt officials were caught, he couldn't help but throw the memorials on the ground and scold: "Kill them! These guys are shaking my foundation!" But he was surprisingly happy about the overall situation. Once, he was so happy when reading the memorials that he spoke to the eunuch next to him on a whim: "Du Chengxi, look, look, hahahaha... these old things, at their age, are doing these things in front of me, haha, really... it's so tiring to act!"

Du Chengxi couldn't tell whether the Emperor was really happy or pretending to be happy for a while: "Is Your Majesty talking about the recent events in the court?"

"Of course, the court has been really lively recently. I haven't seen such a lively thing for a long time, haha, interesting..."

"This servant has heard that the recent quarrels in the court are very scary. Your Majesty... is that... party strife..."

Du Chengxi said hesitantly, Zhou Zhe then slightly restrained his smile: "Party strife." He thought about these two words, and then laughed again, "What party strife, where is there any party strife. Du Chengxi, you are still too young, can't you see it? The Censorate has been very busy recently, impeaching whoever it sees. If it were really party strife, it wouldn't be like this. I have said long ago that this old Qin is the most to my liking."

"Is Your Majesty talking about... Qin Zhongcheng?"

"Yes, Qin Hui-zhi, he was captured by the Liao people and escaped back alone. I knew long ago that he is not afraid of anyone." He smiled and shook his head contentedly, "You say party strife, I tell you, only a fatuous emperor is afraid of party strife, I am not afraid. As long as the world is united, party strife can eliminate the old and establish the new, but now we are still doing big things, and we must first secure the interior before resisting foreign aggression. There are some people I still have to protect. The Censorate is so upright, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Knowing that Zhou Zhe was talking to himself at this time, Du Chengxi did not continue. After a while, he heard Zhou Zhe laugh contentedly again.

"Tsk, I have to give him more rewards... but not now..."

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The storm in the court caused by commercial affairs has affected dozens of officials by September. This is Qin Si-yuan's domain, and Ning Yi has not participated in it. However, looking back from the future, this seemingly shocking official chaos is just the fuse for further conflicts of interest. And from a larger perspective, this party strife and famine in the Wu Dynasty are not noteworthy major events. In the scope of the so-called world, several things happened in September.

In the north, Zhang Jue surrendered to the Wu Dynasty with 50,000 troops. He stationed his troops near the suburbs of Runzhou, and at the same time coerced the four nearby states of Qian, Lai, Run, and Xi. Although Zhang Jue surrendered to the Jin people when the Jin people came south, his Pingzhou army was strong and well-equipped. At this point, the power of the Wu and Jin countries reversed in the scope of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. It is said that Guo Yaoshi applauded and laughed in the military camp, saying that he had finally found a brother to rely on. And in other places in the Sixteen Prefectures, some officials temporarily showed the intention of defecting.

Compared to the disaster relief that the Right Prime Minister's office was preparing in full swing, in the eyes of most people, recruiting Zhang Jue was a more eye-catching thing done by the Secret Intelligence Division. Emperor Jinghan Zhou Zhe was originally quite dissatisfied with the Jin people's refusal to return the Sixteen Prefectures, and this time he finally gave the other party a dismount. However, the court struggles have been fierce during this period, and the rewards for Zhang Jue have not yet been decided for the time being - this is also because the court is holding its breath and waiting for the Jin people's reaction.

The Jin people were furious! They sent people to negotiate with the Wu Dynasty solemnly - which was actually quite happy, because the Wu Dynasty used to send people to talk to the other party about the Sixteen Prefectures, but the other party simply ignored them. This time: You finally want to pay attention to me, right?

So Wang Anzhong and others on the Wu Dynasty's side took the opportunity to discuss the Sixteen Prefectures with the other party again.

And at this time, on the vast grassland in the northwest, something was happening outside of everyone's sight...

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If you want to choose a few Khitan "heroes" in the late Liao Dynasty, Xiao Gan is one of them, and Yelu Dashi must also be on the list.

As early as two years ago, the Jin people invaded the south and captured Zhongjing. The Emperor Tianzuo at that time did not dare to resist and fled first. In order to stabilize people's hearts, Yelu Dashi and others supported Yelu Chun as Emperor Tianxi to resist the Jurchens.

At this time, Yelu Dashi was the largest force in the Liao Dynasty leading the alliance with Wu to resist the Jin. Unfortunately, the Liao Dynasty's hot face was met with the Wu Dynasty's cold ass. After that, the Wu Dynasty attacked Yanjing twice. When Tong Guan led 200,000 troops for the first time, he led troops to defeat the other party at the Baigou River. The second time Guo Yaoshi led troops to raid Yanjing City, he and Concubine Xiao De jointly organized the resistance in the city. Later, Xiao Gan led troops to defeat the Wu Dynasty's second attack in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, such resistance could not last long. After that, Tong Guan and others spent money to invite the Jurchens to send troops and capture Yanjing. He was captured by the Jurchens. But after being captured, he took the opportunity to escape and joined Concubine Xiao De in defecting to Emperor Tianzuo. Unfortunately, Emperor Tianzuo could not forgive him for supporting the new emperor and no longer trusted him. So on the eve of Emperor Tianzuo's preparation to fight the Jin people, he killed the supervisor and led more than 200 elite cavalry to begin his journey to the northwest.

In another history, Yelu Dashi's journey is called the Great Western Expedition. He took these two hundred people to Central Asia. In the following decades, he conquered east and west, establishing the Western Liao Empire, with its territory extending east to Gaochang and west to the Caspian Sea, becoming the overlord of Central Asia. More than ten years later, he once led his troops to conquer the east, trying to restore the country. The Jin people cleared the fields and eventually defeated him. After that, the Jin people tried to expedition far away, but they were also defeated by Yelu Dashi in the deserts of Central Asia. This war became the final battle between Jin and Liao.

At this time, he led this group of the most elite subordinates into the Mongolian grasslands, which were originally the northern borders of the Liao Dynasty, covering a vast area. Because the Liao people did not like the grassland people very much, and after the Jin people defeated the Liao people, there were frequent rebellions in these places. But compared to the Jurchens, the situation here was just a drizzle.

Yelu Dashi originally had a high reputation in the Liao Dynasty. After leaving Emperor Tianzuo, his team had also carried a lot of food and supplies. For him, once he decided to leave, the road ahead was wide open, but he still felt somewhat lost and lonely in his heart. After walking for a while that day, a Mongolian cavalry team appeared in the front of his sight. After seeing them, they stopped and formed a... seemingly defensive formation.

Eagles fly in the sky.

"Who are those people?" Yelu Dashi frowned and asked his deputy.

"It seems that they have bad intentions. After the country was in chaos, these barbarians on the grasslands also took the opportunity to become rampant. Among them, there are several tribes that are said to be quite large."

The Liao people have always looked down on the Mongols. Although they are good at horsemanship and good at archery, they have always been poor in resources, and their character... is even more barbaric than the Jurchens in some respects. At this time, more than 200 elite cavalry on his side were all elites who had followed him for a long time, and the other party did not seem to be more numerous than him. He frowned and looked at the tall black horse at the head of the distance.

"It's really a tiger falling into Pingyang being bullied by dogs..." he said, "Form a formation and let them get out of the way!"

The knights formed a formation and headed towards them. The dignified Liao Empire was bullied by the Jurchens and the Wu Dynasty people, and now these things have come to watch him. Everyone's heart was filled with anger.

Clouds floated on the high grassland. Not long after, the iron hooves roared and trampled over the blood-stained grassland. The last hero of the Liao Kingdom burned out his remaining glory in the battle. A line of history was quietly broken.

A terrible name called *Borjigin Temujin* is gradually becoming clear in the rolling tide...

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History is turbulent, and people in it often can only see and grasp the things around them. In mid-September, in the courtyard of the Right Prime Minister's office, the sunlight was gradually losing its power as the fallen leaves accumulated. Ning Yi walked into a room and rubbed his palms in front of the desk.

"Next, it's my turn to perform..."

On this day, the first batch of prepared grain began to enter various disaster areas. For a long time after that, this would be the place where he would sit in the middle and direct, because he was the most clear about the law of prices. And in another courtyard, an old man named Qin Si-yuan was dealing with the turbulent public opinion in the court and officialdom, both open and secret arrows, paving the way for all this on the political level.

And as you can imagine, next, when the interests are put on the table, the prelude is over, and the real huge danger and malice will pounce on this side.

All the landlords, gentry, and merchants whose interests have been damaged will become enemies at this moment.

Ning Yi sat down.

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