Peerless Pirates

Chapter 488: Great Golden Secret Envoy

After Fu Hai listened to Pang Hui's words, the political situation of Da Qi was clarified (The No. 1 Thief of the Song Dynasty txt download).

Since the beginning of last year, the conflict between Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu has gradually eased. As a result, the Imperial City Division and Dark Eagle have also reduced their fights, and have since become peaceful (Latest Chapter of Lieqi). Except for the pursuit of Song Zheng,

There were some disturbances, but on the whole it was still calm. The reason for this was that the two sides tried to cooperate and began to use another way to manage the affairs of Da Qi.

For those who have been in power for a long time, losing power is equivalent to losing their lives, which is the most painful thing. This is true for both Huang Yuandu and Pang Hui. When the little emperor was young, Huang Jiao was a female figure and could not control the affairs of the court.

, had to rely on Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu. Of these two people, one was the brother-in-law and the other was the father, so a situation was formed where Pang Hui controlled the army and Huang Yuandu controlled the government.

Since the palace coup, Huang Jiao has become obsessed with eating fast and chanting Buddha's name, and does not take care of things. Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu also let go of their hands, and their power expanded rapidly. After that, these two people who had secretly cooperated began to have rifts. Huang

In order to balance the situation, Huang Jiao had to step in to suppress and mediate. As the little emperor grew up, Huang Jiao also realized the importance of power and began to prepare for the little emperor to assume power.

Imperial power has its natural advantages. Coupled with the intensified conflict between Huang Yuandu and Pang Hui, Huang Jiao took advantage of the situation and took away a lot of authority. However, although Huang Jiao was extraordinary, she was not as good as Wu Zetian. In addition, besides going to the temple, Huang Jiao

, basically never left the palace, so the two old foxes Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu still firmly controlled the government.

It was inevitable for the emperor to grow up. Last year, Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu also realized that if they continued to fight, they would slowly lose their power. Therefore, the two began to get closer in an attempt to retain the power in their hands.

Of course, the two men were also fighting for the little emperor at the same time. Huang Yuandu tried to draw the little emperor into his own political ideas by instilling Neo-Confucianism and teaching political affairs. Pang Hui sent the little prince to the palace early.

, serve as a companion to the little emperor, and save money from another aspect.

Throughout the course of the relationship between Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu, it went from cooperation to confrontation, and then to cooperation. The initial cooperation was naturally to deal with the old officials of the late Emperor Gaozong, especially the old forces headed by Han Zhong. Waiting for these forces to be eliminated

Almost immediately, a rift developed between the two. There were constant conflicts between the military and the government, and the Imperial City Division and Dark Eagle also had conflicts. Now, as the situation changed, the two tried to cooperate again.

However, in Fu Hai's view, both Pang Hui and Huang Yuandu have hidden worries (read the full text of Three Thousand Crows Killing). Pang Hui has no children and no successors. At the same time, the problem of redundant troops has always existed. If we want to disarmament, we must have

Rights will inevitably be affected. If there is no disarmament, Da Qi’s current finances will not be able to supply military needs.

If it goes on, there will definitely be chaos, and Pang Hui will not be able to control it by then. However, regarding Da Qi's financial problems, Fu Hai also believes that Da Qi is not without money, but that the money is in the hands of Jiangnan's wealthy families. Huang Yuandu originally wanted to get the upper hand.

He relied not only on the status of a grand master, but also on the support of the Jiangnan clan.

Huang Yuandu sold too many interests to the Jiangnan clan and was almost kidnapped. Even if Huang Yuandu wanted to take it back, he was powerless and could only use some political means to restrict it. Financial problems are essentially about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

.Reducing expenditures naturally means disarmament, while increasing revenue means

Take back all the rights to salt, liquor, mines, etc. that originally belonged to the country. The problem with Huang Yuandu is that he can neither reduce expenditures nor increase revenue. The entire Daqi is maintained only by land taxes. But which of those Jiangnan wealthy families is not

Occupy millions of hectares of fertile land? Try every means possible to escape land tax.

When Taizu went south, he set very low tax standards in order to gain support from the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. Tax rates on land, salt, alcohol, and mines were all much lower than those of the previous Song dynasty. In the later years of the late Emperor Taizong, financial problems became more severe.

It's obvious. Earlier, in order to

To resist foreign enemies, a poll tax was temporarily added in addition to the field tax. However, as the situation calmed down, Taizong showed concern for the people, and the poll tax was also cancelled. However, at that time, the salt tax and other taxes that were exclusively owned by the court were still in the hands of the court, so generally

Still maintain it.

The same was true during the Gaozong period, but Gaozong was very ambitious and dreamed of restoring the territory of the previous Song Dynasty. He wanted to promote the war, experience and consume redundant troops, and wanted to forcibly increase tax rates to support the war. However, the army of Daqi was no longer the founding

The elite soldiers of the time, and the great clans in Jiangnan were no longer the great clans that had fully supported the movement before.

As a result of Gaozong's forceful promotion, a palace coup took place. Although Fu Hai did not know the details, fundamentally, he still believed that Gaozong himself was too ambitious but not talented enough. In addition, he was relatively "merciful".

This led to his own insecurity. By the late Emperor Gaozong, due to poor health, he was already in a state of semi-madness, and had no step-by-step strategy. It was inevitable that he would eventually be killed in a sea of ​​fire.

The imperial power lost control of military power and political power, which led to the expansion of military power and political power. The result of the expansion was to replace an obedient emperor (read the full text of Invincible Rancher). So, the little emperor was born. Five-year-old Pang Ying is naturally older than eight

The 20-year-old prince Pang Yan is more suitable. Of course, there are conflicts between brothers, harem battles, and even some emotional entanglements, which makes it extremely complicated.

Fu Hai has long been one of Pang Hui's confidants. However, it is far from reaching the current level. Since the palace coup, several people around Pang Hui have mysteriously disappeared, making Fu Hai, who was not involved in the coup, risk

Come forward.

Fu Hai knew that the disappeared people must be related to the palace coup that year. Facing such a cruel master, Fu Hai was trembling with fear every day. Sometimes, he had to deliberately hide his clumsiness to make his master happy.

.Just like just now, Pang Hui asked about the meaning of "leave" that Song Zheng said. He had already guessed it. However, after carefully observing his words, he still deliberately said it in the wrong direction, so that Pang Hui had room to use his wisdom.

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Thinking of all the above, Fu Hai couldn't help but lament in his heart. Even though he was familiar with the history of Daqi and knew the crux of the problem, his current status was determined. He had to follow Pang Hui's ideas and did not dare to disobey at all. In fact, the master in front of him was too much.

He was so powerful, his eyes were vicious, and his intrigues were few that could rival him. Sometimes Fu Hai would think that perhaps, if Taizong had chosen Pang Hui to be the emperor, it would have been much better than Gaozong.

Fu Hai remained silent for a long time, while Pang Hui closed his eyes and drank another cup of delicious tea.

After a while, Pang Hui said slowly, "Do you have a detailed plan for the farm you talked about two days ago?"

The sudden voice woke up Fu Hai, and he quickly replied, "Your Majesty, this is what I think. Since the military pay in various states is extremely short, it is better to find some way to make a living. In the early years of the founding of the Qi Dynasty, there were frequent wars, so Tai

The ancestors ordered each state to set up garrison camps as reserve armies. He also stipulated that these reserve armies should focus on military training and not engage in livelihood. In order to motivate sergeants at that time, the salary standards were also relatively high.

Gao. But now the situation is different. We can follow the example of the former Song Dynasty in establishing a local military system. In the former Song Dynasty, there were Yongxing Army, Guangde Army and the like on each road. We can also circle a small circle on each Daqi 11th Road.

The land in each state is used for military purposes. The sergeants from the garrison camps in each state are gathered here to cultivate the land during busy farming periods and engage in military training during slack farming periods. In this way, the problem of military pay can be solved without laying off the sergeants. "

"What about the military garrison in each state?"

Fu Hai knew what Pang Hui was worried about. Although the garrison chiefs of each state were nominally controlled by the Zhizhou, due to the huge number of sergeants, which even far exceeded the number of officials at all levels in the state, in fact the Zhizhou could not control the garrison at all (

Agent in another world). This is also the reason why Pang Hui can compete with Huang Yuandu. To put it bluntly, if there are enough sergeants in the local area, power can be guaranteed. If the soldiers are gathered together, Pang Hui will lose the capital to control the states.

Fu Hai thought about it and said, "We can allocate two-thirds of the military strength from the garrison camps in each state for farming. The remaining one-third is still stationed in the state. The current garrison camps in each state have a large number of people.

There are five to six thousand people, and some as small as two thousand. If two-thirds are removed, the defense of each state can still be guaranteed. And this one-third is also rotated. Our military service in Daqi is six years, and it happens to be rotated every two years.

.”

Pang Hui snorted slightly, then closed his eyes and started thinking. After a cup of tea, Pang Hui said, "Ask Dong Lancheng to let Dong Lancheng go over there and see what he means. If it can be done, it will be a success."

A good thing. But

, I guess it’s difficult for them to agree to it. Relocating people to a state is too big a matter and involves too many things later. If they really want to promote this matter, you can also come up with a condition. In short, the sergeants cannot be disadvantaged.

"

Fu Hai nodded quickly.

"Okay, you go down." Pang Hui waved his hand.

Fu Hai bowed and left. However, less than a cup of tea later, Fu Hai came in again and whispered a few words beside Pang Hui.

Pang Hui's eyes suddenly widened, "What? You mean Wanyan Yusheng's secret envoy has arrived in Daqi?"

"Yes, we have arrived in Tokyo now. Duan Ren temporarily settled him down and sent Pang Zhen to report to the palace."

"Call Pang Zhen in and I'll ask him."

Soon, Pang Zhen entered Musiju and came to Pang Hui's house. Without waiting for him to salute, Pang Hui asked, "Dai Jin's secret envoy has arrived in Tokyo?"

"Back to your lord, it's exactly (the latest chapter of the extremely talented man)! When we arrived at Daijin that day, we had agreed with Wanyan Yusheng on a communication channel. After crossing the river, the special envoy of Daijin was immediately escorted to the secret place of the Imperial City Division. Deputy Dutong

Let Pang Xun be responsible for settling them, and let me come to Jiangning as soon as possible to report to the prince."

"Who is coming?"

"The person's name is Wanyan Zhangzong. Your Majesty must have met him before. This person is Wanyan Yusheng's teacher and is currently the Minister of the Ministry of Rites of Dajin."

"Zhang Zong? How could Wanyan Yusheng be willing to send him out? He must have big intentions?"

"Your Majesty, Zhang Zong revealed that Emperor Dajin wants to marry Daqi!"

"Getting married? Doesn't Wanyan Yusheng already have a queen? She was just established not long ago?"

Fu Hai said, "Exactly, in ten months ago, Wanyan Yusheng married a daughter of the Xilie tribe and made her his queen."

"He has just become a queen, what kind of marriage will he have with our Daqi?"

Pang Zhen replied, "Zhang Zong revealed that Wanyan Yusheng wants to marry the principal concubine."

"Although the princess is the first person under the queen, she is not the queen after all. He really dares to think of our Daqi princess becoming the princess! What's more, although Jin Qi has relaxed, he is still in a state of opposition after all. He

I’m afraid it’s not realistic to marry a princess.”

"The person Wanyan Yusheng wants to marry is not Princess Yun, but Princess Wei." Pang Zhen replied.

"Want to marry Wei'er?" Pang Hui suddenly widened his eyes and sat up!~

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