The truth about the disaster relief revealed by the six princes at the impeachment concert shocked the government and the opposition. Including the six princes themselves, no one thought that the officials of Shuzhou would be so bold and reckless - not only did they covet more than seventy percent of the money and grain in Yongji Cang within a few years, but also took advantage of the movement in Shuzhou, when the imperial court ordered local officials to open warehouses to give grain, they tried to deceive the superiors and subordinates, and secretly put the black pot of the granary deficit on the heads of the victims. The most unexpected thing for the world is that in addition to being greedy for money and food, in order to conceal the news, the officials of Shuzhou even killed nearly 1,000 people and their families who wanted to expose the matter......

If it weren't for the suspicions of the six princes, when they sent someone to make an unannounced visit, they accidentally rescued a Xiucai who was almost alive, and learned about it from the mouth of Xiucai, and led people to quietly touch the place where they buried everyone, and saw that there were traces of knives and axes on the corpses, even the six princes themselves couldn't believe that these people were so greedy. For the sake of greed for money and food, he actually committed such evil deeds.

It's terrifying.

When the six princes learned the news of their secret agents, they were furious, but they were cold. He knew that since these officials were able to ruthlessly kill nearly a thousand people, it was to prevent the news from leaking. So after learning that he already knows the truth, I'm afraid he won't be afraid to kill him, the sixth prince, to keep it a secret. When the time comes, disguise the violence and chaos of the victims, and push the pot on the heads of the victims, even if the imperial court sends someone to investigate, I am afraid that nothing will be found. Didn't he die in vain?

Therefore, after thinking twice, the six princes intended to return to Beijing with the Qincha and his party on the grounds that the local victims had been pacified, and the cause of post-disaster reconstruction had been in order, and there was no need for others to command them.

Although the officials of Shuzhou were surprised by the good speech and foolishness of the six princes, they were confident that they were hiding it seamlessly, and they were afraid that they would dream a lot at night, and they would be discovered by the six princes. Then he smiled happily, and put a farewell wine for the six princes and the seven princes, and presented a generous filial piety in accordance with the rules of officialdom, so he sent off the envoys.

The Seven Princes also expressed their dissatisfaction with the six princes' hurried away - after all, the Seventh Prince volunteered to ask His Majesty for a disaster relief errand, for fame, fortune and prestige, and now it is easy to get in touch with the people in the officialdom of Shuzhou, and before he has time to win over and subdue, the six princes leave as if they were on fire in their buttocks, isn't it delaying his business?

The six princes are hanging on the affairs of Shuzhou, but they don't have the kung fu to ink with the seven princes. Even when the Seventh Prince tried to delay the progress of the journey, he bluntly said, "Either go together, or after I return to Beijing, I will impeach the Seventh Brother to my father and the emperor to win people's hearts and plot against him......

As the so-called horizontal is afraid of being stunned, even if the Seven Princes have a plan, seeing that the Six Princes are so unentered, they are depressed and resentful, but they really dare not listen to the words of the Six Princes.

The group waited for the horses to whip out of the boundary of Shuzhou. Only then did the six princes send their henchmen back to Beijing and secretly impeached him. As soon as Song Shu entered Beijing, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest in an instant, shocking the government and the opposition. Due to the urgency of the situation, the sage was busy making a decree and directly ordered Zhao Bihe, the commander of the Jinyi Army, to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses to meet the six princes and the seventh prince, and then go directly to Shuzhou to investigate the case.

Zhao Bihe took the order and left. However, the saint and the ministers of the court did not dare to rest assured. It's just that in addition to investigating and prosecuting the case of embezzlement of ink, what is more tricky now is what to do in the next disaster relief and relief of the people - because the shortage of food in Shuzhou Yongji Warehouse has completely disrupted the deployment of the imperial court, and the imperial court's treasury is empty - there is no money and food.

The matter has come to this point, and the government and the opposition can't help but think of Chen Qi, who went to Jiangnan to investigate the disaster relief case last year. Others want to follow Chen's example and propose that local officials atone for their sins. However, as soon as these words came out, before the sage could make a decision, they were vetoed by Chen Qi - because the situation of the two was different.

Although the officials of the two rivers also embezzled wages, causing the river embankment to burst and ruining the people's livelihood, they did not kill people in order to cover up their crimes, let alone kill nearly 1,000 officials and their families in order to conceal the news. But compared with the officials of Shuzhou, they are particularly frenzied, and their crimes are unforgivable - not to mention the seizure of the house, it is not an exaggeration to divide the corpses of five horses.

If even such a person can "atone for his sins", then where is the majesty of the court, and where is the benevolence and love of the saint embodied?

As soon as Chen Jue's words came out, all the ministers reconsidered. There are even a few upright old ministers who speak fiercely, pointing at the courtier and scolding the traitorous minister for misleading the country. It is intended to discredit the name of the saint. When the man saw this, he had no choice but to prostrate himself and plead guilty. Emperor Yongjia is a benevolent monarch who loves the people in the past. When he heard about the incident in Shuzhou, he was already furious, and now he listened to the minister's nonsense, and he was even more angry. Even if he was dismissed and investigated on the grounds of not caring for the people, he ordered the dragon forbidden captain who was guarding outside the palace to pull this person out of the palace.

When the crowd saw this, they hurriedly knelt down and begged the saint to calm his anger. Even those who are still thinking carefully in their hearts know that the saint is extremely disgusted, and they know that this matter is not feasible.

However, this road is impassable, and we have to find another way, and we can't watch the victims of Shuzhou starve to death because the court has no money for disaster relief?

Seeing that the saint frowned, he remained silent for a long time. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince smiled at Chen Jue and said, "Chen Qing is known to be a talent for governing the world and economy, but I don't know if there is a strategy in his belly?" ”

When Chen Jue heard this, he first muttered for a long time before he said: "For today's plan, the only way to do this is to borrow grain for disaster relief." ”

As soon as the words fell, the kings and ministers of the palace looked at each other and asked unconsciously: "What is borrowing grain?" ”

Seeing this, Chen Jue asked and spit out a sentence of "national debt" lightly.

As the name suggests, it is to borrow silver money from private merchants in the name of the imperial court and even saints to help the people. When the time comes, the debt will be repaid by a policy tilt.

In front of the Manchu monarchs and ministers, Chen Jue told the concept of the national debt that he had discussed with Third Sister You earlier. After the ministers heard about it, some people applauded the case, while others disagreed. There is even an old minister who is arrogant and contemptuous of businessmen, and reprimands Chen Qi for making nonsense. "How can you borrow money from those lowly merchants in the name of a saint in the name of the imperial court? Where does such a behavior place the majesty of the ancestors, and where does it put the face of the court? It's ridiculous! Unorthodox! ”

Chen Qi has never liked to argue with others in the court. What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered him to give advice, and he had already said what he thought. As for whether the saint would agree, he could not interfere either. I can only lobby as hard as I can.

Therefore, Chen Jue did not pay attention to the old minister's questioning, but the emperor Qian Liangjing, who was standing on the side, stroked his beard unhurriedly and said: "The old minister feels that Lord Chen's words may be feasible. Now the treasury is empty, and the imperial court can't come up with any money. The top priority is to raise money to support the people. If you can borrow grain from the rich people in the name of the imperial court, you will definitely be able to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court. As for fame...... A little fame, how can it be compared with the people in the world? ”

However, as soon as Qian Liangjing's words came out, Wang Yanji, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, opened his mouth to refute. It is still an excuse that does not conform to the rules of the ancestors and violates the face of the court. Everyone in the world knows that Wang Yanji is the person of the three princes. These three princes have always been at odds with His Royal Highness the Prince, hating the house and Wu, and even more disdainful of Chen Jue, who has repeatedly made meritorious contributions to the prince and made His Royal Highness the Crown Prince save the day. At this moment, Wang Yan had spoken out against it, and everyone knew that it was the third prince who wanted to fight with His Royal Highness the Prince. Unconsciously frowned.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also a little tired. As a prince, he listened to Chen Qizhi's advice every day, and he no longer wanted to lower his status and argue with the third prince. However, this matter is related to the government and people's livelihood, and he doesn't want to delay the court's disaster relief because of a momentary mood. He immediately spoke: "Since the Ministry of Rites Shangshu thinks that Lord Chen's advice is inappropriate. I don't know what adults think? ”

The Ministry of Rites was dumbfounded when he heard this. As the so-called good woman is difficult to cook without rice. Now that there is no silver in the treasury, and even the saints can't do anything, what can he think of?

The Twelve Princes were young and vigorous, and when they saw this scene, they blurted out: "You don't have an idea yourself, and you pick and choose when others say an idea, and you really have nothing to do when you are full." You don't have to worry about food and clothing yourself, and you forget that the victims of Shuzhou are still hungry? ”

In a word, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, which was damaged at the time of boarding, was full of red. The Twelfth Prince then said, "According to me, there is no need to be so troublesome in this matter. Since the treasury is empty and the court has no silver, then ask for it from the civil and military officials. There is no shortage of silver in the hands of these officials, meritorious emperors, relatives and relatives? If these people can pay back the money they owe to the court, won't we have the silver? If you have money, why can't you do it? Where do you still use such a tight thing to come up with an idea? Since the Ministry of Rites said that the imperial court's borrowing was not in line with the rules of the ancestors, he urged the officials to repay the silver. This debt repayment will not be in line with the ancestral family law, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, the temple was silent. Everyone looked at the Twelve Princes, and then at the saint who was sitting high behind the imperial case.

The saint did not speak. Instead, he pondered for a long time before he asked the Twelve Princes, "How could the Twelve suddenly remember this matter today?" Or did someone say something to you? ”

When the Twelve Princes heard this, they said, "Who else needs to say this? It is only natural to repay debts. It is the common people, if they have no rice at home, they still know to urge the outside to owe silver. He also knows that it is a scoundrel to not pay back the money owed. The people are like this, don't these dignified civil and military officials, these officials who have read the book of Confucius and Mencius and claim to be gentlemen, still don't know such a simple truth? ”

After that, he sneered at the Ministry of Rites Shangshu: "Since you are talking about other people's bad ideas, then you have come up with an idea yourself?" If you don't use it all day, you know that you can stand aside and say cool things. If it weren't for you, the cheeky ministers, who borrowed the money from the court and didn't pay it back, the treasury wouldn't have been empty. We don't have to stay here and think about where to get the money. As I say, let them pay it back. There is no reason why the creditors are so poor that they can't open the pot, and those who owe debts can still eat and drink spicy food, and there is no reason to ask all day long! ”

The kings and ministers of the palace looked coldly at the twelve princes and suddenly became furious, and they were a little inexplicable for a while. However, the collection of arrears is an infinite number of times more difficult than the collection of money and food for disaster relief. Even if the imperial court intends to do so, it should be done slowly. Where can it be so easy to say to the Twelve Princes.

Therefore, everyone ignored the words of the twelve princes. Discussions are still underway to raise funds for disaster relief.

Emperor Qian Liangjing was naturally on Chen Jue's side, although the Ministry of Rites Shangshu wanted to fight with Chen Jue, but he was just attacked by the twelve princes, for fear of provoking the fire, but he didn't dare to refute it again.

The rest of the ministers and princes had their own positions and calculations, and they either seconded or opposed them or remained silent, all of which were inconsistent.

Qian Liangjing is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, with a modest temperament, a clean and upright person, known as benevolence and righteousness. Moreover, as the emperor's teacher, he was also deeply trusted by His Majesty. Hearing that the teacher supported Chen Jue, the rest of the people either followed the crowd or refuted it, but they couldn't come up with a way to raise money, and the sage who really didn't have any money in his hand listened to it, and immediately strengthened his position, and immediately ordered Chen Jue to quickly come up with a feasible plan and hand it over to the prince to prepare. And repeatedly reminded that we must deal with it quickly and do not delay.

When Chen Qi heard this, he immediately bowed down.

The ministers saw that the divine will had been decided, and there was no change in it. Then he said no more, but called the Holy Wise.

When a major matter was discussed, the monarch and his ministers breathed a sigh of relief. I have time to calculate other things.

I only heard the Nine Emperors, who had always been in the same breath as the Seventh Prince, suddenly smiled and said, "I remember that Concubine Xian's ancestral home is Shuzhou. The He family still has a few houses of population living in Shuzhou. Now that such a big thing has happened in Shuzhou, doesn't the third brother know at all? ”

As soon as these words came out, the third prince's face immediately changed. Even the kings and ministers in the palace were all moved, and they looked at the three princes unconsciously.

Seeing this, the third prince hurriedly bowed to His Majesty and explained. said that he did not know about the affairs of Shuzhou, and said that the officials of Shuzhou were cautious in concealing this matter, although the He family had several houses in Shuzhou's hometown, but they did not go along with the local officials.

However, no matter how clever the three princes are, they can't change the He family's ancestral hometown of Shuzhou, and the He family has always worked hard in Shuzhou to win people's hearts for the three princes.

Now that a shocking scandal broke out in Shuzhou officialdom, the third prince said that he didn't know anything about himself and the He family...... Not to mention the princes who have always fought against him, even the saints and the lords of the court will be suspicious.

Seeing this, the three princes couldn't help but smile bitterly in their hearts. I knew that I couldn't wash it even if I jumped into the Yellow River.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still remembers the actions of the three princes when the corruption of ink broke out in the officialdom of Liangjiang last year. Now seeing that the three princes are also in a state of greed, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worried about the safety of Shuzhou and the six princes and the seven princes, he can't help but gloat secretly at this moment. However, he has been deeply affected by Chen Jue's life recently, but he did not speak up to ridicule in front of everyone.

However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not speak, but the Nine Emperors and Eleventh Princes, who were in the same breath as the Seven Princes, said every word. The third prince has always been arrogant, where can he endure such a provocation from everyone. Deng Shi immediately spoke back. When the two sides were in a state of arguing, they suddenly heard that the 800-mile rush to Beijing was reported, but it was the invasion of Fanyi along the West Sea, and the coastal area suffered heavy losses.