After punishing Xu Ji, it's Zhong Fu's turn next.
Fu Qi wanted to intercede for Zhong Fu. Before he could say anything, he was stopped by Sima fan.
Sima wearily said, "I know what you want to say. Zhong Fu was implicated by Xu Ji this time, but as a supervisor, he is one of honor and disgrace with the Lord general. At the critical moment, he failed to stop the Lord general from making mistakes. He should be responsible for poor supervision. Of course, for his sake of preferring death to surrender, I will spare his life. From now on, I will remove Zhong Fu from the official position of a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy and demote him to a common man. "
The emperor's golden words could not be changed once they had been exported. Even though Fu Qi was still wronged by Zhong Fu, he didn't dare to say anything.
Sima wearily said, "it's reasonable to say that you should be rewarded as one of the main generals and one of the supervisors. However, in the first battle of Wuya mountain, 300000 Southern Chu soldiers were killed. You also have to bear part of the responsibility, especially Chang Yi. If he had not agreed with Xu Ji on the plan to raid the enemy, there would be no battle of Wuya mountain! "
Fu Qi knelt down: "Wei Chen pleaded guilty and was willing to be punished!"
"In the face of a strong enemy attacking the city, you didn't abandon the city, but took risks to stick to your post, which is your credit. For the sake of your meritorious service, you will be punished by the military law this time. You will be fined for one year and often be demoted by one level. "
"Thank you for your kindness!"
Sima Yan looked at the other five cabinet ministers and asked, "do you have any objection?"
The five people said in unison: "I have no objection."
"Then do it like this. The will will be sent to all places through the post station as soon as possible. Gu Fei, Jiang Shuan and Fu Qing will stay, and the others will disperse."
Five cabinet ministers bowed and withdrew from Zhaoyang hall.
As soon as they left, Sima fan leaned back and his sitting posture was obviously relaxed.
He pointed to Jiang Shuan and said, "you're also a fourth grade general. You're crying in front of so many people. Do you want a face?"
Jiang Shuan was particularly wronged: "I can't help it. If your majesty directly agrees to my request, how can I lose face?"
Sima tired of being angry and smiled: "according to your statement, I'm still wrong?"
"I dare not."
"What are you afraid of? You have more courage than anyone. You can think of such a bad idea by burning the Xisha countries! " At last, Sima tired of laughing again. This time he really smiled.
Jiang Shuan took the opportunity to flatter: "Your Majesty has taught you well."
Sima tut said, "I can't teach you such a shameless guy."
After chatting a few words, the topic returned to business.
Sima wearily said, "after this battle, Xisha's vitality was greatly damaged. We can take the opportunity to dispatch troops to attack Xisha, beat them hard, publicize the power of Southern Chu, and make them dare not offend Southern Chu again in the future. What do you think?"
Fu Qi advised, "Your Majesty, fighting is not a trivial matter. Apart from that, we will consume a lot of food and grass every day. Moreover, we have lost more than 300000 soldiers this time. If we go to war again, we have to recruit troops again. It wastes people and money. The people must resent it. It's bad for your Majesty's reputation! "
What he said was not very pleasant to hear, but it was also reasonable. Sima was tired of thinking for a moment, looked down on Jiang Shuan and asked.
"What do you mean?"
Jiang Shuan said carelessly, "I'm just a rough man. I only know war, but I don't know anything else. Your majesty asked me this. I really don't understand."
Sima was tired of being speechless and turned to Gu Fei.
"Tell me, should we fight this war?"
Gu Fei pondered for a moment and then said, "the main reason why your majesty wants to go to war is to use it to raise the prestige of our country. This idea is good, but there are many ways to establish prestige, not war."
Sima tired of being interested: "what else do you have?"
"I can't talk about my opinion. I have a few suggestions here. The first step is to open a business road to Xisha from Liangshan pass. The second step is to set up a caravan to Xisha. In the name of a businessman, we will contact the Xisha countries to lure them and force them to divide their alliance internally and urge them to fight each other. As long as they fight each other, they can play a role of mutual restraint and have no time to offend our southern Chu border again. The third step is to set up an exchange market near liangshanguan, allow Xisha people to trade with southern Chu people, and set up a mechanism. Only Xisha countries willing to maintain friendly relations with southern Chu can trade in the exchange market. In this way, Xisha people can know that as long as they follow us to work in Nanchu, they can have meat to eat. If they are determined to work against us in Nanchu, let them stay in Xisha and eat sand! "
Sima tired of laughing: "well said!"
Fu Qi also smiled: "Wei Chen thinks Gu Zhenfu's idea is very good. It doesn't waste people and money, but also can keep the stability of our border."
Sima wearily said, "according to Gu Fei's idea, if you want to open up the trade route, you still have to go there. Otherwise, when our caravan enters Xisha, it will still be attacked by Xisha people."
Gu Fei said, "what your majesty said is very true. If you want to open a commercial road in Xisha, you must move troops. However, compared with the comprehensive invasion of Xisha, it is much less difficult to open a commercial road."
"As you said, how many people and how many days will it take to get through Xisha commercial road?"
Gu Fei obviously had already planned it in his mind. At this time, he replied without hesitation: "at least 100000 people and horses are needed in a year."
Sima fan immediately made a decision: "OK, I'll order you to be the general of the western expedition. I'll give you 100000 men and horses, and you can transfer the food and grass. A year later, I want to see a commercial road that can accommodate the smooth passage of the southern Chu caravan! "
Gu Fei arched his hand: "Wei Chen will live up to his mission!"
At this time, Xie Miao whispered, "Your Majesty, it's almost time for lunch."
Sima fan specially left Fu Qi, Gu Fei and Jiang Shuan for dinner in the palace. After dinner, the three said goodbye to the emperor and left the palace.
After leaving the palace gate, Gu Fei and Jiang Shuan in the seventh Dynasty bowed their hands to congratulate each other.
"Congratulations on your promotion!"
Jiang Shuan was very happy. He was not happy for himself, but for his baby daughter.
Originally, he thought he could only ask for a rural monarch for his daughter, and there was still no fief or food city, but unexpectedly, the son of heaven directly gave her a county Lord and gave her 1000 food cities.
You know, even the daughters of the Lord these days don't necessarily get the title of county lord or princess. Even if they do, they generally don't have the virtual title of food city and fief.
What does a thousand households' Food Town mean?
It means that in the future, even if Jiang Weiwei does nothing and lies at home all day, he can get at least 200000 kilograms of grain every year. If converted into silver, it is 4000 liang of silver.
This money may be nothing in the eyes of aristocratic families, but it represents not only money, but also the value of the emperor.
With this emphasis, who dares to be disrespectful to Jiang in the future?!
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