Chapter 1132 Dispute in the Court

Chapter 1132 Dispute in the Court

In order to allow Prince Gao Yin to smoothly exercise the power of supervising the country, Emperor Gao Yang specially established the Metropolitan Governor's Office for him. Gao Rui, Prince of Zhao County, was the chief of the Metropolitan Governor's Office and shared government affairs with Shangshu Province.

But in fact, the power of the Supervisory Governor's Office is higher than that of the Shangshu Province. Although the Shangshu Province is the highest administrative agency in the imperial court that formulates and implements government orders, with the establishment of the Supervisory Governor's Office, many matters in the Shangshu Province also require the approval of the Metropolitan Governor's Office before they can be executed.

Before, Gao Yan relied on his control of the Shangshu Province to control the military and political affairs of Yedu, but now even the Shangshu Province has to accept the control of the Supervisory Governor's Office, and naturally his power cannot be extended. With the support of the Crown Prince, Shangshu Ling Yang Min once again gained the power to govern.

Frankly speaking, after Yang Min returned to the Shangshu Province, he did handle things better than Gao Yan did. Yang Min handled government affairs more easily than Gao Yan. Previously, hundreds of thousands of troops gathered in the north of Shangdang for a decisive battle with the Wei army. Yang Min was able to dispatch supplies to support the army and was not affected by the drought in the country.

Even when the division and brigade were defeated, and the soldiers lost their armor and military supplies, Yang Min was still able to quickly raise a batch of materials and transport them to the front line for emergency response. It can be seen that his talent for doing things is truly worthy of his reputation. It would be difficult for Gao Xiang to do it.

Since the prince began to supervise the country, Gao Yan rarely visited the minister's province. Today was an exception. He got up early and was waiting outside the Imperial City at dawn. As the gate of the Imperial City opened, he immediately entered the Imperial City and arrived at the Shangshu Provincial Office.

However, there were people in the Zhitang who arrived earlier than him. Yang Min simply lived in Shangshu Province during this period. He got up early in the morning, washed and ate briefly, and then started to deal with the affairs of the province. When he raised his head and saw King Changshan entering the hall, he frowned slightly, but still stood up and greeted him with courtesy: "I didn't know that the king was entering the province, so I didn't go out to greet him. It's really rude."

"You don't need to be polite, Mr. Yang. I'm just an idler, so why bother to go out and greet Mr. Yang?"

Although they did not deal with each other, they still maintained a polite attitude when no conflicts or disputes broke out. Gao Yan also smiled and replied to Yang Min.

After exchanging a few words with each other, Yang Min sat down and continued to deal with the case, while Gao Yan sat aside. The staff took the Shangshu Province's recent affairs book and looked through it briefly. Their positions and situations were completely reversed.

As the sky grew brighter, officials from the Shangshu Province entered the province one after another. They were surprised when they saw Queen Changshan sitting in the hall, and hurriedly came in to greet her.

The Shangshu Province holds a regular meeting every morning. The chiefs of various departments go to the province to report on the affairs of each department and accept new tasks assigned by the Shangshu Province. At the same time, some difficult matters can also be submitted to the Shangshu Province for discussion and resolution by a group of officials.

The governors of the Shangshu Province were responsible for recording Shangshu Shi, Shangshu Ling, and left and right servants. Gao Yan was the highest-ranking official at that time, but because he was excluded and ignored, he had little ability to make decisions on affairs.

Prime Minister Yang Min was the minister, his left servant was Gao Dezheng, and his right servant Cui Ang was recommended by his kinsman and former servant Cui Xian. They were middle cousins ​​with Gao Dezheng, and their relationship with Yang Min was not very friendly.

This kind of personnel rationing has always been in line with Qi Zhu Gaoyang's arrangement habit of employing people to check and balance each other. Although Yang Min has been in power for a long time, he cannot be the dominant one in Shangshu Province. The cooperation between Gao Dezheng and Cui Ang is enough to restrict and even suppress him.

However, in today's regular meeting of the Shangshu Province, Cui Ang had to fight against Yang Min by himself due to the absence of Zuo Pushe and Gao Dezheng. However, usually the Shangshu Province does not hold competitions every day, and only when important matters are decided will some disagreements and disputes arise.

Today's meeting mainly focused on internal affairs. The main topic was how to arrange the taxation and corvee tasks of various states and counties under the background of drought. This was naturally not what Gao Yan was concerned about at the moment. He couldn't help but feel a little bored when he heard the detailed narrations of provincial officials from various states and counties.

Finally, after a lengthy meeting, the topic finally came to what Gao Yan was interested in, and the main reason why he came to Shangshu Province to attend the meeting today, which was the issue of providing supplies to the soldiers who had just arrived in the capital. .

This time, there were more than 30,000 soldiers who arrived in Yedu from Liaoyang to eat, and there were more than 10,000 horses. Even in normal times, this is a very large army, but now it is even more heavy. burden.

The materials stored in Yedu have been continuously deployed and used since the war with the Western Wei Dynasty. Now they have reached the point of depletion. It is also very difficult to supply the food consumption of these 30,000 horses.

Despite this, Yang Min still cobbled together a batch of supplies. Each soldier was given five liters of food per day, which could last until the end of this month, waiting for other prefectures and counties to send supplies to the capital to relieve the difficulties.

To be honest, it is very rare to be able to do this when the treasury is overdrafted one after another. Although five liters of food a day is not a huge amount, it can maintain basic consumption without high-intensity combat.

Gao Yan had been waiting for this moment. When he heard the report from the relevant personnel, he immediately frowned and said: "Five liters a day is really too little. These soldiers are not idle idlers. They are working with The warriors who fought bravely against the enemy and just retreated from the front line! Although the front line battle is unfavorable, the determination and deeds of the soldiers to defend their homeland and country are always worthy. How can they be treated so harshly just because of a temporary victory? The soldier’s heart is cold!”

Yang Min frowned when he heard Gao Yan's doubts. He knew that even the current supply plan was the result of his hard work, but was belittled by King Changshan as useless, which naturally made him feel unhappy.

So he said even without politeness: "The imperial court is also in trouble at the moment. The king has been away from the office for a long time, and many things are not well understood. The former treasury is mostly transported to the border areas, and the border areas are still asking for it. It can It is not easy to raise this food to supply the troops stationed in Kinei. Regardless of the merits and demerits of these soldiers, we must work together to overcome internal and external troubles! "

"Is Mr. Yang accusing me of being a vegetarian and ignorant of current affairs?"

Gao Yan was deliberately looking for trouble today, so naturally he would not discuss matters with Yang Min. When he heard his implicitly accusatory reply, he immediately glared and said angrily: "Is the treasury empty or full? Is this the military officers and soldiers?" Why does the imperial court select officials as officials? Isn’t it just to ensure that the treasury is full and the expenditure is sufficient? Isn’t this a failure of your duty?

You are derelict in your duty, but you make the soldiers hungry, how can you tolerate this! The Supreme Being cares and cares for all the soldiers the most, so the soldiers will serve their lives in the face of the enemy and not be afraid of death! Today, you don't think about how to expand your financial resources, but you just blindly deduct the soldiers' food expenses and take credit for it. This is really too much! "

Gao Yan's argument that ignored the facts was still very lethal. As he reprimanded him, the expressions of everyone present became a little unnatural. Because to make things clear, you need to list many realistic situations to explain, but simply venting your emotions is very simple. Just use big words and make unreasonable noises, which can immediately arouse widespread emotional resonance.

Yang Min was very busy during this period. Seeing that Gao Yan was still making trouble unreasonably, he had no patience to continue to argue with him. He frowned and said directly: "If the king is unwilling to discuss the matter, please go to the other hall to stay for a while. There are still many things to do here. I have no time to dwell on this matter. I will answer the question in detail for the king after the case is discussed!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to signal to the officials in the hall to invite King Changshan down directly, and his attitude was also very rude.

Gao Yan's behavior was just to anger Yang Min and make him confront him. When he saw this, he immediately got up and said angrily: "I even respect my biological brothers, who dares to expel me in this house! Good morning, Mr. Yang "Original Wei, I just proposed to give the soldiers a little more food, but you are so annoyed? My husband's mount still needs several buckets of daily food, but our warriors are only given five liters a day, and they are not as good as animals!"

Seeing King Changshan being so angry, everyone was frightened for a moment. His right servant She Cui Ang had a bad relationship with Yang Min and was happy to see him suffer. Now he also said: "What the king said makes sense, Yang Min." Since your husband is in charge of state affairs, he should naturally be magnanimous and considerate, so how can he stop talking about it?"

After hearing this, Yang Min's face became even more ugly. Naturally, he would not bow his head because of being squeezed. Now he was even more ready to expel Cui Ang from the Zhitang.

But before he could speak, Gao Yan took the initiative to bow his head and said to Yang Min: "My previous words were too extreme because I was so eager to protect my disciples that I lost my temper. Since Yang Xianggong made this decision, he must also have his own fault. I don’t know the truth, and I shouldn’t accuse you rashly! I also ask Mr. Yang to forgive me for my rudeness, and please don’t pay attention to my rudeness.”

Hearing that King Changshan lowered his head to admit his mistake, Yang Min was stunned for a moment, and then his expression softened, and everyone in the hall also expressed that they would not mind. However, Cui Ang, who had fanned the flames before, seemed a little embarrassed now.

After that, Gao Yan stopped interrupting, and the subsequent meetings went smoothly. Until the end of the meeting at noon, there were no more accidents.

After the meeting ended and the chief officials of the various departments took their leave, Gao Yancai walked up to Yang Min and said to him with a smile: "A few days ago, King Anding sent his servants to come to ask for help. His words were pitiful and unbearable. Although I don't I dare to intercede for him to be exempted from the crime, but I also ask Yang Xianggong to be considerate of An Ding Wang Ziwang and his old age, and to allow him to stay in the capital for a short time to say goodbye to his relatives and friends, and then send him away at the end of the month."

After hearing this, Yang Min thought about it for a moment, then nodded and agreed.

Although King Changshan made him very angry today, he was willing to bow his head and admit his mistake, which was considered as giving himself face. If he didn't even agree to such a small thing, the other person might feel that he was being targeted, and he would do anything next. Trouble and revenge will also make Yang Min feel more upset.