nashuaworldcup Chapter 361 Betrayal!
Chapter 361 Betrayal!
Little did they know that this matter had already been finalized between Emperor Xia, Song Pu and the Central Plains families.
After all, Emperor Xia's blade has already faced the aristocratic families. The army will not withdraw until this matter is concluded. The aristocratic family officials in the capital were completely instructed by Emperor Xia not to inform them of this matter in advance.
These people...Emperor Xia kept them to establish his authority!
Of course, on a deeper level, it was because Emperor Xia was nearing his end. As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers. The prince always needs his own team. If there are no vacant positions in the court, where should the prince's people be placed?
It has been two and a half years since the six northern provinces were recovered, and during these two and a half years, the newly acquired territory has basically been digested!
Originally, according to the national strength of Da Xia, it would not take that long. However, the people there were chosen by the prince and had some kind of relationship with the prince. The reason why Emperor Xia did not allocate more resources to them was because he wanted to consider the ability of the officials!
These people are the future prince’s helpers in governing the country!
Fortunately, the fact that it was a frontier prefecture was taken into consideration at the beginning, so this was given special consideration when selecting officials. Fortunately, after more than two years, Emperor Xia was relatively satisfied!
The aristocratic families in the capital had no idea that their existence was actually to make way for these people.
Now Song Pu agreed to Emperor Xia's move without even consulting them. This was a betrayal to them!
only……
The officials from the aristocratic families standing in the court looked at each other... In the end, they could only close their eyes quietly without taking any action!
They are completely unprepared at this moment. If they jump out to oppose directly, they will only disrupt their own position and may even have a counterproductive effect.
However, everyone hated Song Pu, the "traitor", to the point of gritting their teeth!
Although the other court officials were surprised by Song Pu's reaction, they could understand it. As members who could stand in the court, even if they were dull, they knew that this was another deal similar to the previous land invasion case.
After all, the Empty Seal Case was directly pointed at the aristocratic families, so although they were surprised by Song Pu's answer, they could understand it.
However, the reaction of the aristocratic family officials... surprised them to find that it seemed that the aristocratic family camp... was divided?
When they saw this scene, many people took a deep breath.
They looked at Gu Jingzhi in shock. This familiar taste, this familiar recipe... It turned out that Gu Jingzhi had made another move, plotting against the aristocratic family once again, and he had succeeded!
Looking back, after Gu Jingzhi returned to the court, he acted like an "idler" in the Ministry of Revenue all day long. They thought that he had learned a lesson from the previous involvement, but they didn't expect that he had been quietly planning what happened today.
What a good plan!
He is just a young man in his twenties, how can he be so cunning?
In this world, are there really such huge differences between people?
Think about it, when Gu Jingzhi planned the six northern states, and then the land invasion case and today's empty seal case, although he did not directly participate in the development of the case, he promoted each case. If you say that it was not planned by him, no one would believe it!
In addition, his ability to govern the place...
Thinking of this, all the officials felt extremely complicated!
He served in the Hanlin Academy, as a secretary, and in local positions... He did a great job in all of them. In addition to the two major cases and the planning of the border, his talents and strategies were not inferior to anyone in the court.
Is Emperor Xia going there to train a new prime minister for Daxia?
But how old is this kid?
In addition, Emperor Xia was so anxious to establish the authority of the prince. It seemed that after the case of treason and the trip to Ningzhou, the prince had already gained the emperor's full approval!
So, the next step is for the Crown Prince to oversee state affairs?
After all, Emperor Xia is old, so it is normal for him to give up power. After all, although the prince is the heir, there is still a big difference between the crown prince and the emperor!
They didn't think about Emperor Xia's body at all, but this scene made the other two princes think more!
Both of them had gloomy faces and no one knew what they were thinking!
The third brother, in particular, glared at Wei Zhen with hatred. He had never expected that when he had originally intended to suppress the second brother's power, he would be suppressed so severely after Gu Jingzhi's move, and he would suffer heavy losses as well.
The key point is that he was also involved in this case.
Now that the currency reform has become a foregone conclusion, if the reform is successful, the support of the aristocratic families will basically become a joke.
Without money and food, the aristocratic families have lost most of their power. He doesn't think that their father and Gu Jingzhi have only done half of the work. It is very likely that the aristocratic families will face an even more difficult situation next, which is to eliminate the power of the aristocratic families in the officialdom.
Although the power of the aristocratic family in officialdom has been greatly reduced after the two major cases, from the perspective of those in power, he does not think that his father and elder brother will be satisfied.
Therefore, the aristocratic families will face even greater difficulties.
However, he couldn't think of what Emperor Xia and the Crown Prince... or in other words, what tactics Gu Jingzhi would use next!
After Song Pu agreed, Emperor Xia immediately announced that a Mint would be established under the Ministry of Revenue. It was nominally under the Ministry of Revenue, but was directly under the emperor and under the jurisdiction of Gu Jingzhi, and was in charge of all matters including the minting and issuance of new coins.
The Ministry of Industry will cooperate with ** as the main assistance.
In the blink of an eye, **, this agricultural expert, actually got directly involved in finance.
Gu Jingzhi thought about it and found it interesting, but this was also because he had no suitable candidate at the moment. After all, he was not familiar with the other people in the Ministry of Works and could not trust them. Although ** did not understand currency, he had the authority and knew how to cooperate.
Therefore, Gu Jingzhi can only do this for now!
After the order to establish a new mint was issued, Gu Jingzhi immediately gave a detailed explanation of all the powers of the mint. Especially after seeing the new sample coins, those who had originally thought about making some money gave up immediately!
A copper coin was made to look like gold. How could they do anything with it?
It's not like they would spend all their money to sabotage the issuance of new currency and replace it with gold, right?
Isn’t this funny!
The other thing is silver notes. Originally, they thought, if you can make copper coins look like gold, you can't make silver notes look like those fancy things, right?
result……
They guessed right again!
Special paper, special pattern, special texture, special pigment...
Those who wanted to interfere were simply driven into isolation. They all had gloomy faces and faced the upcoming annual holiday... without any expectation at all.
Seeing Gu Jingzhi's series of innovations, Song Pu felt a little admiration for him even though he didn't admit it in his heart. This young man had a clear goal since he entered the court, which was to deal with him!
Thinking back to when he was just a sixth-rank official who had just entered the court, he really looked down on him at that time. After all, people outside said that the prime minister was a seventh-rank official.
An official in his mansion is equivalent to a seventh-rank official in other places. What is a sixth-rank official with no background?
But now...
He is already a third-rank minister and a civil servant who has been granted a title of nobility.
Apart from those founding heroes, who else has such treatment?