As soon as some shrewd ministers returned to their own mansions, they began to restrain their subordinates and the younger generations in their families, "Pinch your hands tightly these days, don't be caught by the emperor, I estimate that the emperor is going to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys!" ”

And some stupid ones are still complacent, such as Qi Guogong, his ancestor followed Taizu to fight the country, so he got this iron hat. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Qi Guogong himself has nothing of his own, it's just that he has a good life, and the old Duchess of Qi only gave birth to one son to him, no, the title of Qi Guogong fell on him justifiably.

He happily returned home, and happened to meet Qi Yemo who was going out, Qi Yemo looked at his father like this, and asked curiously, "Dad, what are you happy about today?" ”

It was rare to see his son on the fair day of Qi Guo, and when he heard him ask, he hurriedly said, "You don't know, my father saved a lot of money for our house today!" ”

Qi Yemo glanced at his father in surprise, and said that if there is a father, there must be a son, and his father spends money lavishly on weekdays, which is better than him, and he doesn't know yet, when did his father learn to save money?

"Dad, don't blow it, you can still save money?"

Qi Guogong didn't believe him when he saw it, and hurriedly tried to prove his innocence, "You kid, why don't you believe it?!" I'll tell you......"

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Yemo, "Dad, you said it, the young master of the Cui family is still waiting for me in the Red Art Gallery, I'm leaving!" ”

Early the next morning, when Qi Guogong went to the court, he was pulled out by Emperor Jingxiao alone, "Qi Guogong!" ”

Qi Guocheng dozed off, and when he heard Emperor Jing Xiao calling him, he hurriedly walked out with a spirit, "The minister is here!" ”

Emperor Jing Xiao glanced at the fat-headed and big-eared Duke Qi and asked coldly, "Duke Qi Guogong, tell me, how many taels of silver did you donate yesterday?" ”

Qi Guogong didn't know why the emperor asked this, so he hurriedly tugged on his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his forehead, "If you go back to the emperor, the minister donated two hundred taels." ”

When he said this, his tone was inevitably a little complacent, and among these officials, he donated the most.

Emperor Jing Xiao sneered and asked Cui Cheng, the servant of the ministry, "Cui Cheng, tell me, how many taels did you donate yesterday?!" ”

Cui Cheng didn't understand the emperor's intentions, so he walked out of the queue in some confusion and replied, "If you go back to the emperor, the minister donated eighty taels." ”

Emperor Jing Xiao was silent for a while, and shouted at Zhou Ningfu faintly, "Zhou Ningfu! ”

Zhou Ningfu walked out, took out an envelope from his sleeve pocket, took out a letter paper from it, and read it in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, "Yesterday, the prince of Qi and the third young master of the Ministry of Servants settled the bill in the Red Painting Pavilion, totaling three thousand and forty-one taels. ”

When Duke Qi and Cui Cheng heard this, their faces turned pale, and they knelt down with a puff, "Your Majesty, the minister is guilty, and the minister is willing to donate another 10,000 taels of silver!" ”

Cui Cheng heard this and hurriedly said, "The minister is willing to donate five thousand taels of silver!" ”

When Emperor Jing Xiao heard this, he sneered, "Aren't you all without money?" Why is there again now?! ”

Qi Guogong wiped the sweat from his forehead and kowtowed unlistened, "Please also ask the emperor for forgiveness!" ”

Emperor Jing Xiao glanced at them, was silent for a moment, and finally opened the golden mouth, "Degrade the Duke of Qi to a third-class uncle, Cui Chengcheng will go to the Hanlin Academy to compile a book!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, they didn't expect the emperor to be so ruthless, and while laughing at the two families for not knowing the current affairs, they were also constantly beating drums in their hearts, and they shouldn't have any handle in the hands of the emperor, right? !

Cui Cheng is naturally unconvinced, he is a third-grade official, and he is directly demoted to a sixth-grade petty official, won't he work in vain in his life?

He said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, if you don't accept it, didn't Lord Zhao donate a hundred taels?" ”

He only mentioned Zhao Yan, one is that he disagrees with Zhao Yan, and the other is that this donation of silver is led by Zhao Yan, if he didn't donate so little, everyone would not donate so little.

Zhao Yan snorted coldly, stupid, he did this, but he offended all the civil and military officials, he will only be a six-grade petty official in the future, everyone wants to find trouble with him, but it couldn't be simpler.

However, Zhao Yan had to defend himself a few words, "Your Majesty, my Zhao family has been a royal history for generations, and all of them are two-sleeved and breezy people, and this hundred taels is really all the savings of the minister!" Please also ask the emperor to take a look! ”

The emperor also knew about the Zhao family, otherwise when Zhao Yan said that he would donate one hundred taels, he would not have nodded.

The emperor glanced at Cui Cheng and said to him, "If you are really not convinced, then I will investigate this matter carefully......

Cui Cheng is an agitator, he has not been investigated, he has taken advantage of his position, but he has not been less for the benefit of his family, if he is found out by the emperor, it will be repaid? !

When the ministers heard this, they scolded Cui Cheng one after another, he was really stupid, he didn't say anything, and he dragged them into the water!

It's definitely too late for them to donate money now, so what can they do?

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty naturally had smart people, and they couldn't donate silver, but they could also donate food! Doesn't the emperor want food? Even if you take the money, isn't it for the purpose of buying grain?

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was the first to stand up, "Your Majesty, there are still ten stone Lu rice in the minister's family, and I am willing to donate it!" ”

When everyone saw it, they scolded one after another, this old fox! But he also said, "Your Majesty, there are still twelve stone Lu rice in the minister's family, and I am willing to donate it!" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has eight stones!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has fifteen stones!"

......

Emperor Jing Xiao looked at the entire court as buzzing as the vegetable market, and stood up a little upset, everyone immediately quieted down, and listened to Emperor Jing Xiao say, "If you want to donate grain, go to the household department to register!" ”

After finishing speaking, he walked out of the Taihe Palace, walked towards his Qianqing Palace, and said to Zhou Ningfu as he walked, "These ministers, I don't want to think about what I want this grain for?" If the border can't be guarded, do they think they can still enjoy themselves in this capital? ”

Zhou Ningfu is naturally right for everything the emperor said, "That's exactly what reason." ”

I heard Emperor Jing Xiao continue, "It seems that they are really old, confused, humming......"

At this time in the capital, the price of rice is soaring, Zhengrong as a large grain merchant in the entire Beijing, even if she does not do the rice market, but she is still concerned about this.

At this time, it was so unusual, and I was puzzled, so I asked someone to go out to inquire, but I didn't expect to find such a result.

She sighed, the emperor is right, but who of the ministers will eat Lu rice? Generally, the rice used for Lu rice is old rice, which they have already taken out to exchange for money, and then bought new rice back.

Besides, who will know more than ten stone of tun rice? If this is not stored well, but it will have worms, and now this is not the purchase of rice in the capital? Those grain merchants have just been exploited by the emperor, how can they not earn it back ruthlessly by taking advantage of this opportunity?