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"Is the Marshal's head cramped?"
Regarding Zhang Mai’s western tour this time, except for those in the military who worship Zhang Mai as a god, almost everyone in the government and the public is opposed to it!
Even Yang Dingguo was furious at Zhang Mai who refused to listen to repeated advice. ()
As one of the holders of the Six Seals, the holder of the "Dai Wanmin Seal", and the highest-ranking and most senior national elder in the Tiance Army, he almost spit on Zhang Mai's face, but he still couldn't change Zhang Mai. decision.
In early April, Zheng Wei and Zhang Yi arrived in Yanjing with a large group of officials. He took the waterway - the road from Xiabeikou to Chilechuan and then through Yunzhou.
Zheng Wei also opposed Zhang Mai's westward tour. The letter could not stop him, so he advanced the date of the eastward trip. As a result, Zhang Mai, as if to avoid him, went south to Yedu before Zheng Wei arrived in Beijing - he took the south road and planned to walk all the way from Yedu - Luoyang - Guanzhong.
As the person in charge of the "Seal of the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty", as soon as Zheng Wei arrived in Yanjing, he announced the merger of the East and West Shushu. From then on, the temporary seal tailor-made for the Dongshu was abolished, and Zheng Wei naturally became one of the ministers. First, under the entrustment of the ministers, I brought the East China Prime Minister's Seal to Xishan to see Guo Fen.
Guo Fen took back the East China Prime Minister's Seal, then pointed to Li Fang who was holding the national jade seal beside him and said: "He just left as soon as he said he was leaving. He just left this old man behind and said that if anything happens, let me take care of him." He makes up his mind. If I can't make up my mind about government affairs, I'll ask the gentleman from the Hanlin Academy for advice. If I can't make up my mind about military affairs, I'll send someone to settle Liaocheng."
Zheng Wei frowned at Zhang Mai's words. It was clearly an authorization, and he asked: "Where are the two gold seals?"
Guo Fen said: "He took them all away."
Tiance Tang Dynasty now has a supreme six-seal system of two bronzes, two jade, and two golds. There are two gold seals. The "Tiance General Seal" is in charge of military affairs, and the "Tianhan Khan Seal" is in charge of border affairs.
Zheng Wei said: "Forget about the border affairs, at most I will transfer them to him. When he is going to the Western Regions, he will have to ennoble all the tribes, and he should take the seal of the Khan with him. But the seal of the general of Tiance will also be taken away, in case something happens. , how to mobilize the army? According to the regulations he just issued, the seal of the Privy Council cannot mobilize generals above the governor level and armies above the military region level."
Guo Fen said: "I asked him the same thing, and he said nothing would happen in the next two years. If anything happens, just let the chairman of the court sign it and stamp it with the seals of the East and West Houses."
Zheng Wei said displeasedly: "After all, it is a dishonest name and a dishonest statement!"
Guo Fen sighed and said: "I really don't know what he is going to do this time. He just lets me do things easily."
The two chatted about state affairs for a while, and Guo Fen said quietly: "Of course he is willful, but Xue Shanya is also really cruel. In order to accompany him, she even left a pair of children to be looked after by Zheng Xiang. Zheng Xiang also just arrived here. , I haven’t gotten used to it yet. I haven’t been feeling well these past two days. Remember to go see your sister later. Take care of her when you have time."
Zheng Wei said: "The two hubs have just merged, so I don't have time now. I just want to take a look."
Guo Fen said: "Then I'll take her up to live in the mountain. You care about your official duties, but you should also think more about your own affairs. Now you are my Tang Dynasty Tomb Master, and you have been single, which is too shameful, just like this time. If there is someone Madam-in-law, you can go and help take care of Zheng Xiang."
Zheng Wei’s expression dimmed slightly, he said goodbye and went down the mountain.
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Excluding the Luoyang War in Tiance’s eighth year, which had little impact on the economy, Hebei and Shandong can be said to have been at peace for three years. The tax exemption order in the first year gave the people a breath of relief. The following two consecutive years of peaceful development have allowed people to have some savings in their homes. The original Xishu side also had three or four years of harvests, so Tiance Datang no longer had a big problem with food.
With the opening of trade routes and the prosperity of maritime trade, the release of limited commercial land in Yanjing New City and Tianjin New City alone brought back huge amounts of funds to the Tang government. The two ports of Tianjin and Dengzhou also provided a steady stream of funds. The Jedi transported customs duties, not to mention the inland checkpoints, which was a huge income. Therefore, Zheng Wei took over the entire government, and when there was peace between the east and west hubs, the finances were relatively loose.
Therefore, the key to the problem lies in personnel. Originally, the East Hub and the West Hub each had their own set of people. The functions of many departments were almost completely overlapping, but they were divided into two areas for regional management. Now it is necessary to reorganize the two teams into one team, which will cost a lot of money. Zheng Wei has great energy and wisdom.
"Power is easy to put down, but difficult to take back. No one will let it go if they get it. Dongshu was originally established to cope with the rapid expansion of power."It is reasonable to say that the Xishu is the real center because of the expediency of the territory. However, Zhang Mai has been staying in the east for a long time in the past two years. The Dongshu, which is close to the source of power, has naturally become more powerful and has the potential to dominate. Now Zhang Mai Mai suddenly ran away again, leaving the stall to Zheng Wei, who held the seal of the Prime Minister, and the situation was reversed again.
Although the merger of the two hubs is the general trend, it has to face problems left over from history. During this period, some people were happy and some were sad. Those who were happy were those who still retained their official positions, but those who were worried were those who had become deputy or deputized. Even Fan Zhi was not used to it.
The negative effects brought about by the adjustment of the two pivots, coupled with the incident of Zhang Mai's western tour, combined to cast a layer of gloom over the supposedly bright political environment of Tiance's ten years. Some rumors emerged from unknown corners, and soon caused a lot of discussion in Yanjing, and the aftermath affected the entire Hebei.
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Zhang Mai didn’t know about these things. His people had already arrived in Yedu.
On this western tour, he brought quite a lot of troops. The central army consisted of 5,000 men from the Modao Battle Ax Formation, 10,000 Longxiang Iron Armor troops were on the left, 10,000 Yingyang Iron Cavalry troops were on the right, and in front were Wei Fei's troops. The 3,000 cavalrymen he led were the vanguard, followed by the 3,000-man Sweat and Blood Cavalry Regiment led by Ma Humeng. In addition, there were 9,000 other troops, a total of 40,000 troops, moving south in a mighty manner. This scale is simply an elite outburst. Compared with the last conquest of Luoyang, there are only hundreds of thousands less civilians.
Fortunately, Zhang Mai did not engage in extravagance and waste similar to silk paving along the way, otherwise Sui Yang Emperor would definitely not be able to escape the title of second emperor.
Even so, Shilin was extremely worried. Zhang Mai was arbitrary in this matter. Many people have seen the shadow of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty - thinking about how wise and powerful Yang Guang was back then. In terms of achievements, Zhang Mai is probably still not as good as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. In terms of national power, today's new The Tang Dynasty was not as good as the heyday of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. At that time, the world was in submission, and at that time the barbarians came to court. At that time, the king ignored the advice and went to the Western Regions, and then conquered Goryeo. When the national power was exhausted, the state collapsed out of control!
Fortunately, Zhang Mai did not disturb the people, nor was he extravagant and wasteful. He only needed to provide food and grass from various places along the way. Given the current financial situation of Tiance Datang, it was not difficult.
The army marched on the official road. They will march during the day and camp at night. They are not allowed to go out. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed! They only stayed in Yedu, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang for three days. Xu soldiers took turns to go out to camp to relax their nerves.
When the troops and horses arrived at Tongguan, Guanzhong suddenly became tense. The movement of troops and horses in the direction of Chang'an City was obvious. Liu Zhiyuan clearly thought that Zhang Mai was coming to attack him - even everyone in the world thought that this should be the case.
The results are surprising. Zhang Mai didn’t even have it!
After the 40,000-strong army passed Tongguan, they walked through Weibei with great swagger.
Zhang Mai met Murong Chunhua in Yaozhou. He met Guo Wei again in Fengxiang, reviewed their troops, and then headed west along the way, then arrived in Qinzhou, stopped for three days, and passed through Lanzhou. After staying for another three days, we finally arrived in Liangzhou.
When the army arrived in Liangzhou, men, women, old and children all over the city supported each other and almost turned out to welcome their marshal under the leadership of Zhang Yunwen!
Everyone had tears in their eyes. Zhang Mai was also very emotional. I don’t know since when, Liangzhou has become his “hometown”. Although the wind started in the Western Regions, all the old Anxi tribes have taken root here!
When he got here, not only him, but also the old people in Anxi, even those who had moved their family businesses to Yanjing, felt like going home.
He was ordering the entire army to disband in turn. Zhang Mai also stopped here and accompanied Zhang Yunwen to the sick Princess Fu'an.
On the second day of June, we were supposed to continue on our journey. Considering the scorching heat and the recurrence of Princess Fu'an's condition, Zhang Mai ordered to wait until the weather cooled down before continuing on the journey.
It was not until the end of July, when the autumn wind began to blow, that the Western Inspection Team set off again, meandering all the way through Gansu, Suzhou, Guazhou and Shasha, and stayed in Dunhuang for more than half a month.
At this time, in Shazhou, after a large number of people moved out, the area was not as prosperous as before, but it also had a rare peace.
Li Shengtian, the leader of Khotan, heard that Zhang Mai was coming and came to see him personally. This day happened to be August 15th. At first, Tiance and Khotan were allies, but now that Li Shengtian is his father-in-law, he calls himself a vassal when he sees Zhang Mai.
Ten days after Weng and his son-in-law had a happy reunion, Li Shengtian said goodbye and continued westward with Zhang Mai, taking the Tianshan South Road. He met An Shoujing in Yizhou, and then continued westward.
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After Zhang Mai’s western patrol team passed Yumen Pass, rumors were as crazy as weedsIt grew like crazy. Today some people said that Zhang Longxiang was assassinated on the Silk Road. Next year, some people said that Zhang Longxiang fell ill in Hexi. Two days later, some people said that there was a plague in the Western Regions.
In short, there are all kinds of rumors.
Cao Yuanzhong noticed that some of the sources of the rumors seemed to be related to Shi Jin's old official who was defeated in the official election, and some may have something to do with foreign forces. Those who had recently lost their ambitions were happy to spread rumors, but he didn't care. It was a matter of military affairs of the Privy Council, and there was no way to catch people in the streets, so they wrote a document and invited the government schools to join the supervisory committee to discuss it.
After Zheng Weidong came, the central system of Yanjing became more and more complete. In terms of government, there were Zheng Wei, the general in charge of the Government Affairs Council, and Zhang Yi, Fan Zhi, and Li Nuo were in charge. Each of them had high authority and was in a strong position.
On the Privy Council side, because of the power of commanding troops, according to the regulations, a civilian official with military knowledge is required to be in charge of the Privy Council. A military commander with outstanding merits is not allowed to serve. Therefore, despite Tiance's unrivaled military power and the gathering of famous generals, the position of Privy Councilor is vacant. , there were only two deputy privy envoys who were marginalized in the military, and they were completely unable to compete with Zheng Wei in terms of momentum.
In addition to Feng Dao, the Hanlin Academy also has a martial arts scholar Ding Hanshan, a business scholar Naibu, and a law scholar Zhang Zhongce - these were added before Zhang Mai left. Among them, Naibu is a big businessman who is of mixed Hu and Han descent and has very little Han ancestry. Zhang Zhongce is a little-known in Shilin, but he is one of the earliest senior judges in the Liangzhou area and has nearly ten years of law enforcement experience. , be upright and judge cases strictly. He is highly respected by local elders.
Forget about Zhang Zhongce. Although he has no literary name, I heard that he was still a scholar before becoming a judge. He is a descendant of the grass sage Zhang Zhi, and the scholars in the Central Plains can barely accept it. But when it came to the entry of warriors and businessmen into the Hanlin Academy, the reaction of the Yanjing scholars was extremely violent. They thought this was an insult to gentlemen, and Feng Dao also complained. However, Zhang Mai ignored their objections and told Feng Dao his plan: In the future, in addition to the bachelor's degree in charge of the academy, the Hanlin Academy will have various subjects. Bachelor's degrees serve as advisors, one or two for each subject. The Bachelor of Arts who specializes in culture is only one of them. Others include not only the Bachelor of Martial Arts who are involved in military matters, but also the Bachelor of Laws who is involved in law. The Bachelor of Engineering involves industry, the Bachelor of Commerce involves business, the Bachelor of Agriculture involves agriculture, the Bachelor of Mathematics involves mathematics, the Bachelor of Medicine involves medical care, the Bachelor of Exploration involves studying things, and so on.
As the top academic institution, the Hanlin Academy is divided into disciplines, and the same is true for schools at all levels under construction. Schools are used to cultivate talents, and scientific examinations are used to select talents. Only then did Feng Dao know that Zhang Mai wanted to establish the imperial examination to select scholars. It is no longer different from the past imperial examinations that focused on poetry, articles, and policy discussions. The imperial examinations are actually divided into civil examinations. In fact, this is the original meaning of "imperial examinations." In the Sui Dynasty, the imperial examinations included "caikan generals" ( Military) and "physical strength" (martial arts). The imperial examinations of the Tang Dynasty also included Mingfa (law) and Mingshu (mathematics), but in later development, each subject was neglected. The two subjects, Ming Jing and Jin Shi, became the most important subjects in the world. In the end, the Jin Shi subject became the dominant one, and the "divided examination of scholars" became the "Jin Shi examination", which brought disaster to the world.
As one of the few great scholars in the contemporary era, Feng Dao naturally understands the evolution of the imperial examination. Knowing that Zhang Mai's decision is "retro" in a sense, but also promotes innovation in the retro, so there is no fierce opposition.
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In the autumn of the tenth year of Tiance, Cao Yuanzhong inadvertently initiated this court meeting. It was the first formal court meeting in the history of the Tang Dynasty after the court meeting regulations were formulated. Even the seats in the court meeting were planned according to etiquette - the Government Affairs Council People sit due east, people from the Privy Council sit due west, people from the Hanlin Academy sit in the northeast, and people from the Supervisory Platform sit in the northwest. The south is reserved for the correction and commentator system, which did not participate this time. There is a throne due north for What the emperor kept was empty now.
The East Wood position is the palm of life, and the West Gold position is the palm of death. The ruler is in the north, and the people are in the south. The two sides of the ruler are the assistants. Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and usually the seat alone indicates several aspects of political status.
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? There were four main seats in the meeting, the Emperor's seat, the Ten Thousand People's seat and the Great Sima's seat were all vacant. Zheng Wei, who was in the Prime Minister's seat, became the chairman of this court meeting. The Hanlin Academy is an advisory system, and the Supervisory Desk is a supervisory system. They are both affiliated.
As the initiator, Cao Yuanzhong, who holds the position of Shaosima, talked about recent events and hoped that all parties would contribute to suppress the rumors.
"Press? How to press?"
The person who spoke was Li Bo, who was in power. He was very sensitive. He was not unaware of this matter, but if he took action, the one who would be most implicated would be Shilin, Hebei, so he was unwilling to expand the matter. Although he decisively sided with Zhang Mai in the later stage of the tax exemption order incident, it did not mean that he betrayed Hebei Shilin. On the contrary, the incident was just a reshuffle of Hebei Shilin and he was ignorant of current affairs.Because of this decline, those who understood current affairs took advantage of the situation and became the new masters of Shilin, Hebei, and Li Zhou became their spokesperson.
Cao Yuanzhong said: "Behind this rumor, there is the involvement of foreign forces. What I mean is to track the source and monitor the suspicious people."
Li Bo said: "Is there any evidence?"
Cao Yuanzhong frowned: "Rumors come and go without a trace. We can only rely on various inferences to determine. But who is loyal and who is traitorous, even if there is no evidence, we actually know it in our hearts. On."
Li Bo said: "Being loyal or traitorous, guilty or not, all depends on the evidence. If there is no evidence, then it is groundless. Just because of a rumor, it is used in the country as a groundless crime, which is to hinder the way of speech! Guard the people's mouth. Even worse than Fangchuan! Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, I have never heard of anyone committing a sin because of his words."
Fan Zhi was also unwilling to engage in a major war and said: "The rumors stop with the wise. All parties did not agree with the Marshal's western tour. It is natural for people to be disturbed now. It's okay if we can't appease people. If it opens up a lot of hell." I'm afraid it will lead to a bad start for future generations!"
He is also in power. But governance is also in order of rank. As the former leader of Dongshu, he has a deeper foundation in the entire Central Plains Shilin. After the merger of the two hubs, Zhang Yi, who was more senior, took the second position. The weight of what he said was naturally much heavier than that of Li Bo, who was at the end of his reign.
Cao Yuanzhong will initiate this court meeting. I thought it would go smoothly, but as soon as I started, I encountered two hard rocks.
Zhang Yi came from the northwest and had no deep entanglements with Hebei. He glanced at Fan Zhi and Li Nuo and said, "We in the Tang Dynasty do not have the habit of using words to offend others, but I think this matter is not that simple. I heard Privy Councilor Lu say recently that this rumor has a lot to do with Sang Weihan. This man is determined to destroy me, and his whereabouts are unknown after the siege of Luoyang, but several clues indicate that he still has contacts with the Khitan. Today The marshal is not here, and if someone is causing trouble secretly, we must treat it with caution."
Lu Jialing nodded and said: "According to reports, Sang Weihan is probably hiding in Chang'an. In recent years, the marshal has ruled the world with leniency and has frequent business trips. We dare not say that we have completely cut off his contact with the outside world. It is not just the Khitan. Even when I look inside, many people are flirting with Sang Weihan."
Cao Yuanzhong said: "Sang Weihan colluded with the Khitan. These people colluded with Sang Weihan. How is this matter different from treason? If we don't take stricter measures, how can we deter others from following suit! Especially those who kill for officials will not be tolerated!"
Fan Zhidao: "The power of internal supervision of officials lies with the supervisory board. What does General Wei say?"
Wei Renpu said: "As long as there is evidence, my supervisory office will handle it."
"Evidence, evidence! Where is the evidence!" Cao Yuanzhong said: "How could these people be so stupid to leave evidence? It's all just words. If I can get the evidence, why would I convene this court meeting? I'll arrest them all directly. Got it!"
"There is no evidence. It is just conjecture after all." Wei Renpu said: "We at the Supervisory Desk are not secret agents of your Privy Council. Without evidence, we can't arrest people!" He turned to Zhang Zhongce and asked: "Xueshi Zhang, don't you think so? "
The Hanlin Academy is currently divided into three levels: bachelor's degree, bachelor's degree in political affairs and ordinary bachelor's degree. As long as you can get through the door, you will be called a bachelor. There is no limit to the number of places. However, there are one or two political bachelors in each subject. Only political bachelors are qualified to enter the court.
As a political bachelor in the Law Department, Zhang Zhongce is upright and cautious, and said without any position: "According to civil law, this is indeed the case."
Ding Hanshan said: "But according to military law, as long as it involves national security, these people should be monitored."
Feng Dao suddenly stopped and said: "Master Cao and Sima also said just now that there is no evidence yet, which means that it is still unknown whether these people are really colluding with foreign forces. Before it is determined, it is better not to panic people. good."
Although the Hanlin Academy is an advisory body, it will not be involved in practical matters unless it is both practical and practical. However, Feng Dao is the chief academician of the Hanlin Academy, which is equivalent to acknowledging his status as an academic leader in the world, which is very lofty. He is the general adviser to the emperor. No one should take anything he says lightly.
Cao Yuanzhong sneered: "If you say so, we can only let rumors run rampant?"
Feng Dao said: "Now that the Central Plains has been settled, people have peace of mind, and the marshal has calmed down the troubled times. From the officials to the common people, everyone's life is better than it was during the Shi and Jin Dynasties, let alone under the Khitan rule. We are seeing a prosperous age. At this time, if you say how many people want to go back to Shijin, or say they want to be slaves under the iron heel of the Khitan, I don’t believe it. So the rumors in front of you are, at best, just a small group of well-intentioned people making trouble out of nothing, and they can’t stir up much trouble. It's a stormy situation. As long as we keep it calm, the rumors will dissipate over time. We don't need to mess up and cause trouble even if nothing happens."
Cao Yuanzhong said coldly: "If the marshal is now in Yanjing, I will treat these rumors as bullshit heard on the street! But now that the marshal is in the northwest, some scum will inevitably take the opportunity to spread. That's why I, the Privy Council, are It is recommended to guard against the slightest change!"
Li Zhu said: "After all, the marshal should not patrol the west, otherwise these things would not happen."
Ding Hanshan shouted violently: "Governor Li! What do you mean! This court meeting is about rumors, not for you to criticize the marshal behind his back!"
Li Ma said coldly: "What criticism behind your back! When the marshal was still in Yanjing, I said the same thing to his face!"
Seeing that the rumors were pending, and the court discussion was about to get into trouble, Zheng Wei said: "Shut up!" His voice was not loud, but the whole place suddenly fell silent. Not only is he the head of the Government Council, but now that Zhang Mai is away and the emperor is absent, as the prime minister, as the chairman of the court council, he also has the power to interfere in important military affairs through the court council.
Zheng Wei said: "Now everyone knows the opinions of the individual participants. Do you have anything else to say?"
Nearly everyone at the meeting spoke, except Naib, who remained silent and shook his head.
Zheng Wei said: "Since Mr. Cao Sima initiated the court discussion, he must have a way to deal with it and come to discuss it."
Cao Yuanzhong said: "I think this matter must be dealt with strictly. First, all officials involved in rumors will be suspended and will be investigated and handled by the Espionage Department of the Privy Council"
Before he could finish speaking, Li Bo had already shouted, and Fan Zhi and Wei Renpu were also very dissatisfied.
Cao Yuanzhong ignored them and continued: "Second, this matter, whether it was news transmission or rumors, was all carried out through merchants, so the five markets in Youzhou, Tianjin, Yedu, Luoyang, and Kaifeng also We must all investigate! If any merchants are involved, investigate and deal with them strictly, so as to serve as a warning to the monkeys!"
Naib couldn't help but sigh. He originally planned to remain silent until the end of the meeting, but he didn't expect that the matter would involve him. In this court meeting, excluding Zheng Wei, he was the only representative of the business class. , if the court meeting finally makes a decision that is not conducive to the interests of the business class and Naib does not say a word, if word spreads, he will be scolded to death.
Cao Yuanzhong added: "Finally, we have to follow the clues, pull out the final source of the rumors, and make some deterrents. I estimate that the final source is either Chang'an or Liaodong. If we don't make some reaction, others will think that the marshal is not there, and they will You can do whatever you want!"
Feng Dao said: "This last one of yours, does it mean you have to use force?"
Cao Yuanzhong said: "There is no need for big action, but we have to ask Guo Wei and Murong Chunhua to warn Liu Zhiyuan, and ask Chai Rongyelu'an to warn the Khitan! If there are people in Taiyuan and Xuzhou involved, we might as well take the opportunity to contain them."
Feng Dao said: "If this happens, I'm afraid it will cause a commotion in the world."
"That's not necessarily the case!" Ding Hanshan said: "The harder our stance is, the more demons and monsters will be afraid to surrender, and the world will be more stable."
Zheng Wei said: "Let's go one by one. What do you think of the first one suggested by Master Cao and Sima?"
Wei Renpu was the first to object and said: "No! To supervise officials, from top to bottom there is our supervisory station, and from bottom to top there is the correction and evaluation station! There is no evidence and only conjecture to investigate and punish officials. Once this case is opened, there will be endless disasters! I absolutely reject this proposal! If the court proposal passes today, even if I bring it to the correction stage for public comment, I will never let this proposal come to pass!"
He reacted so fiercely that Fan Zhi and Li Ma also seconded the motion. Zhang Zhongce also felt that it was inappropriate to circumvent the law. Feng Dao even nodded in agreement. Therefore, Cao Yuanzhong's motion was not followed by Lu Jialing and Ding Hanshan. There was no support from outside the country, and even Zhang Yi abstained from voting.
Zheng Wei said: "What do you think of the second suggestion made by Master Cao and Sima?"
Wei Renpu said: "The lowly business of merchants has nothing to do with our supervisory office."
Feng Dao looked at Cao Yuanzhong's unhappy face and knew that he was upset after being frustrated. He had just joined Tiance and was about to make a good relationship, so he had to comfort him and said: "The marshal has indeed indulged those businessmen a little too much in the past two years. , I think we should check it out.”
Seeing that Fan Zhi and Li Bo didn't say anything, and seemed to acquiesce, Naibu became anxious and blurted out: "There is no country in the world that treats merchants more kindly than the Tang Dynasty, so there is no reason for merchants to treason. .”
Li Bo said: "As far as the general trend is concerned, this is indeed the case, but when it comes to certain people, it may not be true! Since ancient times, merchants have been short-sighted. In order to pursue immediate gains, they would even risk their lives, let alone the country."
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