Chapter 1568

That night, Tang Yin held a banquet on the square outside the main hall of the palace.

The local officials who came to the capital this time all came to attend, and some ministers in the court also came. The scene was very lively and noisy.

Local officials seized this rare opportunity to toast to important officials in the court, hoping to find a solid backing for themselves in the court.

The right Prime Minister Shangguan Yuanji and the left Prime Minister Qiu Zhen gathered the most people. Officials from all over the country tried their best to flatter and flatter him. Although Zhang Zhe, the imperial historian, was also a good official and sat on the same level with Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhenping, there were few officials around him.

Everyone knows that Zhang Zhe has a strange temper, stinky and hard. If he doesn't please him, he may have nothing to do. If he does, he will make trouble for himself. To such a person, everyone has the same mentality, can avoid, hide as far as possible, the better.

Most of the county heads and county captains of Fengguo were generals. Qiu Zhen, as the left prime minister, was the head of the military officer. He was their old boss. The difference can also be seen from the attitude of officials towards Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji.

To Shangguan Yuanji, people not only compliment, but also pay more politeness. To Qiu Zhen, they also show some respect and closeness. When they talk to each other, there is less scene talk, more greetings and private words from family members.

When the crowd was in full swing, some bodyguards chanted: "the king is here"

with the singing, the meeting room immediately became quiet, and the officials returned to their seats in a hurry, sitting upright and afraid to squint.

Soon, Tang Yin, surrounded by a group of bodyguards and maids, walked into the square. Seeing the king coming, all the officials left the table and knelt down, kowtow and salute.

Tang Yin's seat was also arranged in the center of the square. As he walked to his seat, he scanned the people on both sides with a smile.

After taking his seat, he waved his hand slightly and said, "everybody, get up!"

Thank you They all got up and sat down carefully.

Tang Yin said with a smile: "you don't have to be too formal. Everyone is not an outsider. Just treat this banquet as a family dinner."

Hearing that the king's tone was relaxed and easygoing, all of them secretly took a breath.

Tang Yin looked down at the table in front of him, then picked up the jug to pour the wine. On one side, a San and a Si hurried forward to take over the wine pot in his hand. Tang Yin waved his hand and indicated that they would come by themselves.

He poured himself a glass of wine, held it high, and said in a loud voice, "all of you have come all the way. I'd like to toast you first!"

"I'm waiting for the king!" They quickly picked up the wine cup, held it to Tang Yin, and then drank the wine in the cup.

After drinking a glass of wine, Tang Yin poured out another glass of wine and said, "this second cup of wine is for those heroes who lived with us from life to death but failed to walk down the battlefield alive. The reason why our country has such a vast territory today depends on these brothers' sacrifice of life and death and bloody struggle!"

"To my brave and strong wind!" When they raised their glasses again, many people's eyes were already red. When they were fighting in the army, they were all climbing out of the dead. When they thought of their former brothers in law, they were separated from each other forever. It is hard to avoid feeling sad.

Tang Yin raised his glass for the third time and said, "this third cup of wine is still for you. Everyone has worked hard in the local office. I respect you."

"Your Majesty, I'm ashamed of you!" People filled up the wine in a hurry and made a third drink with Tang Yin.

After drinking three cups, Tang Yin's cheek was slightly flushed. He raised his sleeve, wiped the corners of his mouth, waved to the crowd and said, "we should eat as much as we can, and we can't drink as much as we can!"

With Tang Yin's greeting, the atmosphere of the scene immediately became lively and lively, with laughter and laughter.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Tang Yin suddenly stood up and walked slowly along the corridor in the middle of the banquet, with his hands behind his back and frowning.

Seeing this, people stopped talking and joking one after another, put down their glasses and chopsticks and focused their eyes on him.

Tang Yin walked for a long time by himself. Fang stopped in the middle of the corridor and asked the people around him, "everyone tell me, how have you been in politics since you became a local official?"

"With the king's blessing, everything is well, and the land under the jurisdiction of Wei Chen is also thriving." Officials nearby listened to Tang Yin's question and said in chorus.

Is it thriving? But that's not what I heard Hearing this, the faces of all the people present were the same. They looked at each other, and many people had lowered their heads slowly.

Tang Yin said in a quiet way: "someone once met with me and said that most of the county heads and county captains in our country are military soldiers. To say that they are good at fighting in the world and fighting in the battlefield, they can't manage politics, nor can they manage the soil, water and people. They are proud of their merits and rely on themselves. They are meritorious officials in the army, and they are tyrannical and corrupt in local areas Perversion of the law, lawlessness, and bully, you say, is that the case

As soon as he said this, no one answered, and there was silence.With his tiger eyes narrowed slightly, Tang Yin looked around the crowd and continued, "but I don't believe it. All brothers are experienced veterans and generals. No matter what kind of strong enemy and dangerous situation they faced at the beginning, how could they not manage a county, a county or even a city? My brothers have bled and sold their lives for my windy country. How can they become the local tyrants? "

After hearing Tang Yin say this, Shen Zhichen's face turned red. He stood up suddenly and said in a loud voice: "this is someone who is slandering the king and provoking the relationship between the king and his ministers. Such a courtier has ulterior motives, and the king can never forgive him lightly!"

As soon as he took the lead, other local officials also exploded the pot and said, "Lord Shen is very right. He said that we can't manage politics and take bribes and pervert the law. It's just Farting!"

"Yes! In the army, the ministers and other officials can command thousands of troops, break through the battle to kill the enemy, attack the city and plunder the land. They have to die and bleed for our windy country. How can they become waste and tyrants when they wait for the place? It's just ridiculous. It's hateful! "

Listening to people's abusive words, Shangguan Yuanji took his glass and drank it quietly. It was he who proposed to Tang Yin that it was not appropriate to transfer a general to a local post. What Tang Yin said just now is basically what he said at that time.

Tang Yin glanced at him with a smile and without leaving a trace. Then he waved his hand to the people to calm down. He said, "I was also very angry at that time. Like all of you, I felt that the audience had ulterior motives, but after thinking about it, I found that what he said was reasonable. The brothers are all soldiers. It's their duty to plan strategies and deploy troops. However, it's really not what we are good at in governing local affairs. Those should have been done by civil servants. "

"Your Majesty, I don't think I have managed the place well?"

"Whether the governance is good or not is natural for all of you."

Tang Yin, with his hands behind his back, wandered back and forth in the corridor. He said slowly, "I have a suggestion here, and my brothers all listen attentively. Let the civil servants do what the civil servants do. It's time for us to go home and live a peaceful and comfortable life after a long war in the army. If a brother offers to return home now, the county head and the county captain will get ten thousand taels of silver and three thousand mu of good farmland, and the county head and county captain will get 5000 mu of silver and 1500 mu of good farmland. I don't know. What do you guys think? "

His words were like a heavy bomb in the hearts of the people, but in a moment, many people's faces turned pale. With 3000 mu of land, Tang Yin's offer is good enough. However, for the county level officials, these benefits are only a drop in the bucket. To be the head of a county and the head of a county's army, it would be like sitting on a mountain of gold and silver. Now, who can accept their retirement?

"My Lord, I have nothing wrong with you. How can you give up your seat and return home? The king must not listen to slander Zhao Yuting, head of Tianyang County, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice.

If he didn't stand up and speak, Tang Yin's anger burned up.

"Slander?" he said in a cold voice? Are these slanders unjust to you? Zhao Yuting, do you think you don't know what you did in Tianyang County? "

As he spoke, he strode to the desk, took out a wooden box from under the table, took off the lid, and took out a stack of paper inside. He went back to Zhao Yuting and said in a deep voice, "in your place, it's light to take bribes and pervert the law. How many people do you care about? You can have a good look at this king With these words, he threw the paper in his hand on Zhao Yuting's head.

With a crash, the paper scattered all over the ground. Zhao Yuting knelt down and quickly gathered up the scattered paper. Then he looked down and saw the blood on his face instantly.

On the paper, the illegal activities he has done in the past few days are clearly displayed, even the specific time, place and characters are recorded in detail.

"I don't want to talk about other kings. Just talk about the ancestral hall you built, the red sandalwood ancestral hall. The whole ancestral hall is made of red sandalwood. Even if it's a gold or silver mountain, it's not as valuable as your ancestral hall. Tell me where did you get these red sandalwood?"

"This is"

"you can't say it, can you? I help you to say that when the palace was built, the imperial court asked for red sandalwood from various counties. At that time, under the banner of the imperial court, you made such a large number of red sandalwood in Tianyang County. As a result, you didn't send one of them to the imperial court, and all of them were used for building ancestral halls. In your eyes, is there still the imperial court, or am I the king? If you are insatiable in greed, how can I tolerate you Tang Yinyue said more gas, side head big drink way: "come on, lift the chopper!"

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