Court proceedings

Three days passed very quickly, and the police officers in the capital were becoming more and more active these days.

All parties are paying close attention to this matter, and they are also curious about who is so bold and dares to provoke the Zhenguo government in this way.

Of course, there are those who are curious, and there are also those who are dissatisfied.

2. After several days of turmoil and the domineering behavior of the Zhenguo Government, many people turned from curiosity to dissatisfaction.

In the capital, at the feet of the emperor, nobles and nobles abound, and the relationships between families are intricate.

The people in the Zhenguo Palace never found out the news, so they could only arrest all the people who were with the prince that day.

You must know that the prince Wang Yu went to Huafang that day, which is a place where many nobles often go.

With the arrest of people from the Zhenguo Palace, many nobles were implicated.

Originally they said they would release it after asking about the situation, but eight or nine days have passed and there has been no movement at all. Many nobles have contacted their connections and started impeaching the Zhenguo government in the court.

Emperor Hongwen was also very dissatisfied with this.

A prince made such a fuss.

Those who didn’t know better thought something had happened to the prince.

Now that there were so many people impeaching him, Emperor Hongwen still wanted to express his stance. In the court, he directly warned the Duke of Zhen to stop when enough was enough.

Moreover, taking advantage of this opportunity, he also raised the issue of the successor to the position of commander of the Zuo Imperial Army.

The imperial army in Dongzhou is divided into left and right imperial armies, each with 30,000 soldiers.

The commander of the Right Imperial Army belonged to Emperor Hongwen. After all, this position was very important and it was impossible for Emperor Hongwen not to control it at all.

However, the Duke of Zhenguo's palace was powerful, and his prestige and ability in the army were not low, so the position of commander of the Left Forbidden Army was held by Wang Yu.

Now that Wang Yu's right leg is disabled, he will definitely not be able to continue to hold this position.

As for the remaining sons of Lord Zhen Guo, they were either too young or not capable enough.

There is a concubine who is quite capable, but this concubine's status is completely inadequate for his role.

At this time, Emperor Hongwen proposed that everyone knows what he meant. He wanted to completely control the left and right imperial guards.

The Duke of Zhen was unhappy at being scolded, but now that he heard the news, he immediately stood up and recommended his own people.

Emperor Hongwen was speechless, but many ministers below expressed their opposition. This position is not low, and it was finally vacated now.

Forget it in the past, the Duke of Zhenguo's palace was powerful, and Wang Yu was Emperor Hongwen's wife and nephew. No one dared to have any objections to him taking this position.

But now it is obvious that there are no sons who can take over the position of the Duke of Zhen. His Majesty raised it at this time. Many ministers knew that this was a signal that His Majesty would begin to weaken the power of the Duke of Zhen.

Although standing up at this time will arouse the dissatisfaction of the town government, they have already been impeached, so this is not the last time.

If this can allow one of his own people to sit in this position, it will undoubtedly be an improvement for the family.

At that moment, many ministers stood up to oppose it and began to recommend their own people.

People from the neutral camp and the Left Prime Minister faction all resigned one after another. Even Gao Yanming recommended his eldest son Gao Chenggong for this position.

Only the right wingers showed no reaction at all.

As members of His Majesty's faction, they had already heard the news, and Emperor Hongwen already had a candidate in mind for this position.

At this time, it is simply in vain for these people to recommend so much, especially Gao Yanming.

Now who doesn't know that His Majesty is dissatisfied with the Gao family and the noble clan? Why did such an important position fall to them?

As for those who are neutral, let alone those who are afraid of factions, they do not even dare to attach themselves to His Majesty Emperor Hongwen. How could Emperor Hongwen use such people?

"Okay, we can discuss this later."

"The top priority is the drought. After such a long time, although it has started to rain in some places, the drought this time is very serious."

"Do you have any ideas on how to resettle the victims?"

Emperor Hongwen didn't take the recommendations of these people to heart at all.

"His Majesty."

Right Prime Minister Wen Songtao walked out of the queue.

"I went outside the city two days ago and saw the situation at the main farm in Wanfu County. I have an idea."

"Oh? Please tell us about Wenqing's family."

The biggest headache for Emperor Hongwen now is the victims of the disaster.

“Relief for work.”

In fact, Wen Songtao did not come up with this idea, but learned about it from Lu Yaoyao when he went to talk to Lu Yaoyao outside the city about sweet potatoes.

“What is relief-for-work?”

"Just like what the head of Wanfu County did, the imperial court used another method to distribute the money and food used for disaster relief to the victims."

Emperor Hongwen, who was sitting on the dragon throne, his eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, but he still didn't quite understand how to be like the Lord Wanfu County.

"I think this is inappropriate."

Gao Yanming also stood up.

Seeing him, Emperor Hongwen felt very unhappy. He was very annoyed to see Gao Yanming now.

But there is no way that he is the left prime minister and an important minister of the court.

"This year's drought is very serious and lasts for a long time. The victims are already pitiful. How can the imperial court enslave them?"

"In my opinion, we should follow the usual practice of distributing money and food and sneaking back to our place of origin."

In the past, there have been various natural disasters in Dongzhou, and the victims would flock to the capital.

The imperial court would provide disaster relief, and after the famine, it would distribute some money and food, and then sneak the victims back to their place of origin.

To put it bluntly, we just need to give them some money and food to drive away these victims.

As for what they want to do next, there are basically not many follow-up actions from the court.

"Xiang Gao, you just said that the drought this time is extremely serious, and there is no harvest in the fields."

"If resettlement is carried out according to the usual practice, with only a little money and food, how will the victims live in the next few months?"

"There are millions of victims this time. If you do this, do you know how many people will die?"

Wen Songtao asked sonorously.

"What Wen Xiang said is absolutely true. The drought at this time is different from the past. Usually there are only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of victims. Moreover, the famine is not serious. The court can mobilize food and grass from various places."

"This time, there are too many places affected by the disaster, and there are more than one million people affected. If we follow the usual practice, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of victims will definitely lose their lives."

Another official stood up and bowed his hands.

"Xiang Gao, things are different at this time. You must not follow the usual routine. You should listen to the Wenqing family's approach."

Listen, if you call him, he means Gao Xiang, and if you call him Wen Songtao, he means the Qing family.

This clearly shows that he is very dissatisfied with the method Gao Yanming just said.

Gao Yanming looked a little unhappy and did not dare to say anything more, so he returned to the queue.

"Wen Qing's family, please tell us in detail how to provide relief through work."

Wen Songtao cupped his hands and told him all the methods he heard from Lu Yaoyao.

For example, if there are so many disaster victims now, the court can allow those victims to return to their places of origin, and then arrange for officials to go there and lead the victims to dig reservoirs.

In this way, they work and the court distributes money and food, which not only provides disaster relief but also does something for the court.
Chapter completed!