GBP Chapter 865 If it were you, would you not have a single complaint?
Chapter 865 If it were you, would you not have a single complaint?
The officials present all felt like they wanted to die.
No.
Do the three of you even know what a conspiracy is?
They would openly plot in front of a dozen or twenty officials, and then threaten them not to let the secret leak out.
Is this some kind of bullying?!
Zhu Biao didn't care at all about the ugly expressions on the faces of the officials, who looked as if they had swallowed flies.
That's just how I do things.
Anyone who has any complaints about me can speak freely and without fear.
I guarantee that I will not use the power of the Crown Prince to bully people.
Li Shanchang stroked his beard with a smile and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, everyone present is a pillar of the court, and there will be no mishaps."
As Li Shanchang finished speaking, the officials present were all dumbfounded.
There was a traitor among us...
wrong.
To be precise, he shouldn't be called a traitor.
After all, the Korean Duke was originally the head of the Huaixi Noble Group.
It seems difficult to call him a traitor to the official group.
At most, he's just a traitor to Confucianism.
Oh, that's not right either.
Li Shanchang is a member of the Legalist school!
He can only be described as a traitor among intellectuals!
While the officials were internally ranting and raving, Zhu Xiaowu couldn't stand it anymore.
Zhu Xiaowu waved his hand, signaling the officials to leave the room, and then said with a dark face, "Brother, we can talk about how to promote the smallpox vaccine later."
"Now, let's talk about medical school first."
"Do you know how many short, ugly people were used to make this smallpox vaccine?"
"Do you know how many drugs are waiting for these short and ugly people to test them?"
"Without enough short and ugly people, do you really expect the medical school to produce more drugs for you?"
After a slight pause, Zhu Xiaowu continued, "Also, you should carefully consider what I just said. You can find someone to manage the fiefdom; I really don't plan to go to my fiefdom."
This time, it was Zhu Biao's turn to have a dark expression.
The issue of the short and stocky man is relatively easy to resolve, but the fact that Xiao Wu doesn't want to take up his fiefdom is a real challenge.
After a long while, Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Xiaowu and said, "Tell me the truth, do you not want to take up your fiefdom because you're afraid it will interfere with your medical research? Or is there some other reason?"
Zhu Xiaowu raised his head and said, "Of course it's because it's interfering with medical matters, what else could it be for?"
What's so good about being a vassal king?
Every day I have to deal with a ton of messy things in the fiefdom.
You have to worry about money and supplies.
We need to worry about the military.
They also had to guard against local officials acting recklessly.
Every day, she spent her time scheming and plotting against them.
Where would we find the time to demolish the short, dilapidated structures?
However, Zhu Biao had no intention of letting Zhu Xiaowu go.
"Xiao Wu, how about this?"
Zhu Biao revealed a smile similar to that of the Big Bad Wolf: "As for settling down, he definitely has to do so."
"After all, our father wants to enfeoff more princes. If you don't go to your fiefdom, how will your younger brothers go?"
"However, even though you're going to your fiefdom, your elder brother can find a way to get you a few more reliable people to help you manage your territory."
"As for you, your elder brother will directly transfer some people from Dengzhou Medical College to set up another medical college in your fiefdom. You can stay in the medical college to study medicine. If there is anything that you have to deal with, you can take some time to handle it."
"how?"
Zhu Xiaowu simply curled his lip.
Zhu Biao quickly pulled Yang Shaofeng aside and said, "Brother-in-law! I'll pick a few people from your students, and I guarantee they'll be on par with Zhou Jingxin and Li Mingchen!"
Yang Shaofeng was completely numb.
So you're using my student to coax your little brother with black sesame dumplings?
Li Shanchang, with a dark expression, pulled Yang Shaofeng aside and whispered, "Your Highness, persuade the Fifth Prince to obediently go to his fiefdom."
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback and asked, "Why? Isn't it a good thing for the court that the Fifth Prince isn't going to his fiefdom?"
Li Shanchang shook his head and said, "If it were thirty or fifty years later, it would be a good thing if the Fifth Prince did not take up his fief."
"But now, the Fifth Prince's refusal to take up his fief is not a good thing for the court."
"Does Your Highness still remember Xiang Fei, the commander of Lingshan Guard?"
Yang Shaofeng didn't know why Li Shanchang would bring up Xiang Fei out of the blue, so he could only nod with a blank expression.
Li Shanchang continued, "Does the Prince Consort know why Xiang Fei harbors such resentment towards his superiors?"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "So what if you weren't granted a title?"
Old Deng certainly didn't handle this matter properly.
According to the established rules of the Central Plains Hall, most of the founding generals were granted titles in recognition of their merits.
Those who made great contributions were granted the title of Duke, while those who made lesser contributions were granted the title of Baron or Viscount. In any case, those who could be granted a title were given one.
But Old Deng didn't do that.
Whether it was because the national treasury was indeed empty and could not afford the salaries of so many noble titles, or for some other random reason, in short, Old Deng abolished the titles of viscount and baron, retaining only the titles of duke, marquis, and earl.
People like Xiang Fei, who have military merits but are not high enough to be counts, are basically given hereditary positions such as Commander of the Guards or Hereditary Commander of a Thousand Households.
Old Deng felt that the hereditary commander and the hereditary chiliarch were pretty much the same, since they were both hereditary and could guarantee generations of wealth and honor, which was also a way of giving his old brothers an explanation.
However, Xiang Fei and his group saw it differently.
Hereditary titles are prestigious, but what about hereditary commanders and chiliarchs?
A noble horse, and a noble horse that will work for your family for generations?
This is just bullying honest people!
Li Shanchang shook his head directly and said, "It's not just because of the title conferred upon him."
"More importantly, it's because of the garrison."
"Does Your Highness still remember that, whether it was the Lingshan Guard or the guard posts you abolished, the soldiers of these guard posts were more like old farmers clearing land than soldiers wielding knives to kill people?"
Yang Shaofeng nodded slightly, while Li Shanchang smiled bitterly and said, "Xiang Fei was a brave man who went in and out of battle many times back then."
"He was sent to Lingshanwei to work as a farmer reclaiming wasteland, which is why his skills were wasted."
"That's why they're dissatisfied with their superiors."
Yang Shaofeng astutely grasped a key word.
Exile.
Seeing Yang Shaofeng looking at him, Li Shanchang nodded again and sighed, "It's exile."
"Almost all the garrisons could be described as exiles."
"Especially the many garrisons in the north."
"You only think about one thing: what was Ningyang County like when you took office as the magistrate?"
"how many people?"
How much land?
"For Xiang Fei and his men, sending them to reclaim wasteland was not only a matter of having military merits but not receiving any rewards, but it also cut off their chance to immediately earn a title."
"If it were you, could you not feel any resentment at all?"
"Otherwise, why do you think so many military garrisons in Jiangnan would have been destroyed by fire or flood?"