Chapter 88 one

To deal with the Biahema case, Kublai Khan ordered Prince Zhenjin to participate in the government.Zhenjin advocated the reorganization of Zhongshu Province, and Li Huosun, a descendant of the Mongolian Yuanxun, served as the right prime minister of Zhongshu Province and presided over the government. On the day of entering the DPRK, Zhenjin Yu earnestly told Heli Huosun: "You are serving as the right prime minister of the Zhongshu Province. If you are in the country and the people, you must stick to it. If you encounter obstacles, I will fully support you. .” Huo Sun accepted the order happily: "I am willing to do the work of a dog and a horse, assist the prime minister in government affairs, and rectify state affairs."

Then, Zhenjin summoned Confucian officials of the Han Dynasty in the court and asked them to fulfill their duties and give full play to what they have learned in their lives. In just a few days, Zhenjin took the opportunity to change course and change the course, and the imperial court has a new look.However, with the passage of time, the policy of "resting and living with the people" implemented by Heli Huosun became more and more difficult to meet the growing financial needs of the Yuan Dynasty in the short term. Sun's dissatisfaction, new contradictions are placed in front of Zhen Jin.

After the death of Ahema, the courtiers of the Yuan court often kept secret about financial interests.Even though there are individual officials who seek profit and talk about money, they are shelved because the strategies they offer cannot meet the country's huge financial needs.One day, Sang Ge, the envoy of the Central Academy of Civil Affairs, went to the court and recommended Lu Shirong, a Jiangxi tea transport envoy and a famous Hebei celebrity, who is talented and capable of saving money and increasing the number of courses.Kublai Khan was overjoyed, and immediately issued an order to summon Lu Shirong.

During Ahema's administration, Lu Shirong used bribes to make use of him.But this person has a strong heart, and he is low-key after taking office, and he even avoids talking about his relationship with Ahema. Therefore, when many officials were dismissed one after another because of the Ahema case, he was lucky to be one of the few A few remaining officials who escaped the limelight. Lu Shirong is by no means a character who is willing to live under others for a long time. He is always looking for opportunities to prove his talents.When Kublai Khan had the idea of ​​choosing another minister who was good at financial management to replace the bookish and polite Huo Sun, Lu Shirong seized this golden opportunity without losing the opportunity.

Sure enough, Lu Shirong's memorial won the attention of Kublai Khan, and he immediately summoned the court ministers including Zhenjin, Heli Huosun, An Tong, and Lu Shirong to conduct a "court debate". "Ting Bian" is a brainstorming method used by successive Mongolian Khans. It can be described as the embryonic form of "democracy". Use your talents and ambitions. Lu Shirong's eloquence was brought to the extreme in the "court debate". After nearly three hours of confrontation, Kublai Khan ruled that Lu Shirong was victorious, and immediately entrusted Lu Shirong with the post of Zhongshu Sheng Youcheng. The fifth rank jumped into the second rank.Heli Huosun still stays in Zhongshu Province for the time being, and will be used separately.

Zhenjin knew very well that the real reason why Lu Shirong was able to defeat Heli Huosun in the "court debate" and was reused by his father Khan was that the "Han-Fa School" tried their best to promote the Confucian ideas of "frugality" and "love for the people". , so as to completely negate a series of feasible measures of the "financial management" to increase the country's fiscal revenue. In this way, they have pushed themselves to the opposite side of the established policy of enriching the national treasury in the dispute between "righteousness" and "benefit". , It also forced Kublai Khan to lean his support chips towards the "financial management faction" in the court.

Zhen Jin is a pragmatic person in essence. He has faithfully practiced Han law for many years, but at the same time, he also hopes to find a way to enrich the country and strengthen the people, so as to meet the financial needs of his father Khan.What worries him is that in the protracted struggle between the "Han-Fa School" and the "Financial Management School", there is no middle way to go. It is always either one or the other. In fact, the result of this "court debate" was already in Zhenjin's expectation.Even so, what can he do?Since the death of his mother, he has been suffering from illness. Although, for the sake of the country and ideals, he has been trying his best to support and do things by himself, but he is a little bit powerless after all.

Perhaps the most important thing for him now is to let Lu Shirong give it a try. As the first step of the reform, Lu Shirong dismissed Yushitai and changed the inspector to the criminal transfer department, who was also the envoy and Qiangu.Despite opposition from Yushitai and many courtiers, Kublai still followed his words.Lu Shirong also asked for regulations to manage money, valley and wealth.Lu Shirong's actions aimed to curb power and profit, and wanted to seize the power of the king and nobles and return it to the government, but the actual operation did not achieve the expected results.And because of excessive collection, opponents abound.

At the same time, Lu Shirong's many financial management measures inevitably touched the interests of the wealthy and nobles. These people jointly impeached him as Ahema's confidant.And a few things are mentioned: the first words can make the banknotes the same as before, and the banknotes are more empty now; the first words can make all things cheap, and the things are more expensive now; I can manage it myself, but now I am threatening all kinds of lawsuits and ordering all the confessions; I said at the beginning that it can make the people happy, but whatever I do now, I can't defeat the law and disturb the people. As for the people, the people can hardly worry about it.

Subsequently, many illegal acts of Lu Shirong were also exposed.The crimes listed by Lu Shirong's ministers were worse than Ahema's. In addition, Lu Shirong's administrative measures proved to be empty papers after several months of practice. , Sang Ge, the envoy of the General Institute, took over his post. Sang Ge finally got his dream opportunity. But Sang Ge is not Ahma.Although Sang Ge admits that Ahema's financial management measures are desirable in many aspects, and may even be a sample of his future financial management, he will not do so right away. He must let both Kublai Khan and Zhen Jin agree He felt reassured, especially with Prince Jin.He has experienced the majesty and prestige of real gold too much, and he never wants to be the second Ahma or Lu Shirong.

Therefore, even if the real golden prince seldom goes to court because of his physical discomfort, he will not indulge and act recklessly. Every moment, he reminds himself: be cautious, be more cautious.Unless one day, all obstacles no longer exist, he can let go of his hands and feet, and fight for a world that truly belongs to him-Sang Ge. At this time, Zhen Jin has no awareness of Sang Ge's ambition.He didn't have much contact with Sang Ge, and he didn't have the slightest prejudice against Sang Ge, and even had a good impression of him.After all, Brother Sang was the most trusted and valued disciple of Emperor Master Ba Siba during his lifetime. Besides, Brother Sang was indeed not a mediocre person. Two things are enough to prove Sangge's talent: First, since the founding of Mongolia, it has been an established national policy to treat all religions equally, and Sangge has spared no effort to implement and implement it.With this foundation, during Sang Ge’s tenure as the General Councilor, except for the disputes between individual sects in Tibetan areas that could not be effectively mediated for a while, the rest of the sects were managed by him in an orderly manner, and religions coexisted peacefully with few disputes.The second is that in the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, when the emperor Basiba was conspired and poisoned by the ambitious "Benqin" Gongga Sangpo, Sangge led 70,000 troops into Tibet, and hid in Wusi Tibet. The Gongga Sangpo rebels who were guarding the area from danger started a duel.In the face of the rebels who occupy the land and the convenience of the people and the Tibetans who have doubts, Sang Ge is clear-headed and well-directed. He not only breaks through the camp of Gongga Sangpo in one fell swoop, beheads the rebel leader Gongga Sangpo, but also He personally supervised the construction of temples in the Wusi-Tibet area that were destroyed by the war, and quickly calmed down the once chaotic situation in the Sichuan-Tibet area... It was based on his recognition of Sangge's management and military talents that Dangfu Khan discussed with him that Sangge When he succeeded Lu Shirong, he did not hesitate to express his support. How could he have thought that all of this was just an appearance.After he died of illness, Sang Ge relied on Kublai Khan's trust to push the "accumulation" policy since Yuan Dynasty to the peak step by step. For the same powerful ministers, they will be recorded in another book of history forever. Of course, this is something.