Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan

It was early November in the third year of Kaiwu.

More than ten days have passed since Weiyuan stayed at the Sheng family.

During this period, I never went to the Privy Council.

But when spring begins in March next year, Wei Yuan will go on an expedition to the north.

Now is the critical moment for the imperial court to allocate grain, baggage, and discuss matters related to the Northern Expedition.

Wei Yuan, the official leader, is not in the Privy Council. Who should the officials consult with for discussion?

Wang Anshi has personally gone to Jiangnan to preside over the reform plan.

First, for next year's Northern Expedition, most of the food and grass will be obtained from Jiangnan.

Secondly, they suppressed the Jiangnan gentry over the issue of land redistribution and asked them for food.

For fear of causing a civil uprising, he had no choice but to come to Jiangnan in person.

Fan Chunren was a hands-off shopkeeper. In his words, he asked Wei Yuan about war matters and Wang Anshi about people's livelihood matters.

In short, it has nothing to do with me.

Some officials can understand that he is the prime minister, how can everything have nothing to do with him?

But the key is, he can't make the decision!

Therefore, officials from various ministries and departments had no choice but to come to Sheng's house to ask for an audience with Wei Yuan.

Over the past few days, Wei Shuyi has become increasingly thin and weak, and has become more and more like a person of life and death.

Wei Yuan is used to seeing life and death, but the person who is about to die is the eldest sister who raised him.

He didn't want to abandon his official career for personal reasons, and he even wanted to accompany his eldest sister in the last period of her life.

Therefore, we had to "open a yamen" in the main hall of the Sheng family to handle all matters related to the expedition.

Everyone in the Sheng family, such as Sheng Minglan and others, did not dare to approach the main hall of the Sheng family.

At this time, the children Jingshu, Mu Geer and Qiji were playing outside the hall.

Minglan and Zhang Guifen were watching them nervously.

Because Wei Yuan was discussing matters with various officials in the hall.

"Taifu, 800,000 grain transporters have been recruited from Huainan and Zhejiang. It is expected that starting from January, 300,000 shi of grain will be sent to Yanmen."

"Marquis Wei, the Ministry of War sent a message to the officials yesterday to seek their opinions and your opinions. Should we allow the 100,000 soldiers from the eastern camp to rush to Yanmen first?"

"Bandits are rampant along Jinghu South Road, and they are raising the flag of rebellion. Someone needs to go to suppress it. Who do you think will be sent as a general, and which troops will be sent to encircle and suppress it?"

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They talked about the current priorities in an orderly manner.

From this aspect, it can also reflect the power Wei Yuan currently holds.

As long as it is related to war and requires the use of troops, even if it is an official, you must ask him in advance.

In a sense, the power Wei Yuan holds has surpassed that of the so-called auxiliary minister.

There are many rumors among the people that among the ministers in the court, only two people can shoulder the great responsibility of the world.

One is Wang Anshi, and the other is Wei Yuan.

"Pan Shu, the eldest son of Duke Han, can lead the southern battalion with 10,000 troops to put down the rebellion."

"We can also recruit some civilians from Henan Prefecture and collect one million to send all the grain, grass and baggage to Yanmen as soon as possible."

"This time, we are going to take the Liao Kingdom by surprise. Whether we can successfully take over the two states depends on this Northern Expedition."

"Don't move the soldiers in the eastern camp yet. If the Ministry of War has any papers, there is no need to submit them to the Zhongshu Province. Send them to me first and let me read them before showing them to the officials."

"Do you have anything else to do? Take advantage of today to resolve the accumulated matters one by one."

In just a few words, Wei Yuan decided on some major events that would affect the fate of the country.

At this time, Haizhou, the Minister of Household Affairs, suddenly said:

"There is one more thing. It's not an important matter for the court. It's just a matter of personal confusion for me. I'd like to see Marquis Wei answer it."

"Based on the ratio of head count, excluding the food and grass consumed by the civilians when transporting food, for an army of 300,000, 300,000 shi of food is enough."

"But this time, Marquis Wei opened his mouth and asked the court for 600,000 shi of grain."

"Marquis Wei is the head of the family. He should know the difficulties of being the head of the family. We can barely scrape together 300,000 shi of food. Any more will be too difficult."

Wei Yuan glanced at him and said calmly: "Since it is your personal confusion, then keep it. If you have difficulties, just find a way to overcome them."

"It's bitterly cold in the north. We started discussing this expedition two years ago, but we're only talking about the difficulties now. Why did we go there so early?"

Hearing this, Haizhou's face looked a little ugly.

Wei Yuan stood up slowly, looked at everyone, and said, "The Sheng family has prepared lunch. It's not too late to discuss other matters after lunch."

After that, he left here.

Afterwards, the ministers of the DPRK and China began to discuss again.

"One million civilians are too harmful to the country's strength."

"Marquis Wei is well aware of the difficulties faced by the imperial court today, yet he still wants to force each other so hard, alas!"

"Okay, stop complaining. The Marquis of Wei said it before when he was discussing matters with the officials. We have difficulties, and the Liao Kingdom is even more so. Now is a good time to regain the sixteen states of Yanyun."

"I hope I can see Yanyun recover in my lifetime."

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Haizhou stood up and walked elsewhere.

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When those people saw this, they quickly asked:

"Where is Master Hai going?"

"Shang Shu doesn't need lunch?"

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Haizhou said: "You guys sit down first. Since I'm here at the Sheng family, I naturally want to meet my girl."

Hearing this, several people suddenly realized and laughed one after another:

"I almost forgot, Master Hai's sister married Sheng Changbai."

"This Sheng Changbai can be considered a young man's pride."

"What are you proud of? Without the support of Taifu, he would not be where he is today."

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Hai Zhou inquired about it and learned that Hai Chaoyun was busy in the kitchen.

He was led by the servants of the Sheng family to the kitchen and met his sister.

Saw her cooking some delicious food.

Although it hasn't come out of the pot yet, the aroma is already hitting your nostrils.

Haizhou smelled it and said with a smile: "Glutious girl has been eating like this for a long time."

Hearing this, Hai Chaoyun turned his head and said, "Brother? Is your discussion over?"

Haizhou looked closer at the dishes in the pot, "Braised koi? Not bad."

Hai Chaoyun shook his head helplessly and said: "People say that a gentleman lives far away from the cook, why don't you care at all?"

Haizhou said: "Brother, when have you ever cared about that? Where is Changbai?"

While Hai Chaoyun was cooking, he responded: "We haven't left the office yet."

"Looking at your frown, is it because the meeting is not going well?"

Haizhou sighed immediately, "Our Lord Wei doesn't care about our life or death at all."

"So serious?" Hai Chaoyun asked curiously.

Haizhou said bluntly: "When we were discussing the matter just now, I heard something from Taifu Wei. He planned to let Sheng Changbai accompany the army as a military advisor, and in the coming spring, he would rush to Yanmen as a grain transport officer."

Hai Chaoyun was suddenly shocked, "Changbai has a weak body, how can he withstand the long journey north?"

Haizhou spread his hands and said, "I don't have the final say in this matter."

After Hai Chaoyun prepared the food and asked the servants to move to the main hall, he went to Zhang Guifen.

"Auntie, the road to the north is really difficult. I'm worried that Changbai's body and bones won't be able to bear the torment. Otherwise, please tell your uncle from the Wei family not to let Changbai join the army in the northern expedition."

Hearing this, Zhang Guifen glared at her,

"How can we allow you and me to get involved in the affairs of the court? Besides, others can do it, but your family can't do it?"

After saying that, she looked at Jingshu who was playing the piano beside her and murmured:

"You and I are the same, why would I want your uncle to go on the Northern Expedition?"