Pei Yun raised his eyebrows when he heard this, since Emperor Xiao had already issued an edict, he would accept it with great regret, even if he had a dislike with the Su family, he Pei Yun was not ready to look at other people's faces, not to mention that Xiao Mocheng needed his support right now, and the Su family had to give in if he didn't give in. And now that the Pei family is in charge of Jingzhou, the center of internal control, and can also get involved in the wealth of Sanwu, Pei Yun has worked hard for so many years, and finally got the situation today, he can no longer retreat, but in fact, he has been pushed to the cusp of the storm, and there is no way to retreat. However, Pei Yun is confident that the Pei family can eat this hard fruit.

So Pei Yun listed proudly, bowed deeply to Emperor Xiao, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the Pei family is grateful, the Pei family will definitely do their best to live up to Your Majesty's compassion!" Today, Pei Zhan took leave to take care of the third princess at home because the princess was not feeling well, so Pei Yun had to thank her son.

"Haha....Pei Aiqing has made great contributions to Dahuan, I am grateful, Pei Zhan has been calm and generous all these years, and he has won my heart, let him go out to experience and experience!" Emperor Xiao said with a smile, speaking of Pei Zhan, Emperor Xiao is quite satisfied with this son-in-law, he is not only dignified and extraordinary, but also treats the third princess very well, and has never married a concubine so far, so he is quite relieved to go to Wuxing to serve Emperor Xiao.

"Obey orders!" Pei Yunqian retreated, and he was happy to accept the favor.

Xiao Mocheng was relieved to see that this court dispute was temporarily calmed down under his own reconciliation, and he was also relieved in his heart, but he was not finished breathing, and a deep but neat voice poured cold water on Xiao Mocheng's head.

In the imperial history, Cheng Qi Xiuling slowly stepped out of the ranks, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty." Now that the war has just subsided, the people's livelihood is withering, and it is also the opportunity to reorganize the dynasty, the minister has received a lot of anonymous reports, and several counties in Dongwu have embezzled people's land, the rich have even a lot of land, the poor have no place to stand, and the poor people are miserable! ”

Qi Xiuling sighed, gathered his clothes and knelt down, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister begs Your Majesty to give an order." Let Tingwei unite with Sangong Cao and Erqian Shicao to picket the five counties of Dongwu to occupy the people's land. With the right law, calm the hearts of the people! ”

As soon as Qi Xiuling's voice fell, all the ministers looked at each other, and their hearts were shocked. Some of the weak-hearted ministers in the hall were already trembling and unable to speak. Even Su Weixin and Xie Hui had a layer of fine sweat on their foreheads. Su Xie and his family have been in charge of Sanwu for many years, and this kind of thing is really commonplace. If you really want to investigate, then the first to bear the brunt are the Su Xie family.

Official invasion of people's land is a vice that has existed in all dynasties. In particular, it is extremely common for the ministers and most of the local officials to rely on the high mountain emperor to privately occupy the people's land and houses, and there were large-scale rectifications during the Yongkang and Jiading years, but after all, it was a bluff, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it was only slightly contained, even the emperor turned a blind eye, helpless, and now this Qi Xiuling brought up the old things, I really don't know what he had to do.

Emperor Xiao's face sank when he heard this, his pupils shrank, and he knew that this was a difficult bone to gnaw, although this Qi Xiuling was a loyal and upright minister, but he brought it up at the end of the year, I have to say that he was really too upright. Emperor Xiao glanced at Qi Xiuling impatiently, he had always admired his heroic righteousness in the past, but now that he threw such a big problem to himself, he didn't want him to have a good year. The more Emperor Xiao thought about it, the more angry he was at Qi Xiuling's single-board stubbornness.

And Emperor Xiao's hesitant and angry expression was caught in the eyes of Xie Hui and Su Weixin, Su Weixin breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Emperor Xiao really didn't want to investigate. Because this investigation is involved in the whole body, the Manchu Dynasty ministers must be in danger, and if the local officials are forced to jump over the wall, then the court that has finally stabilized may also be turbulent, with Su Weixin's understanding of Emperor Xiao, he concluded that Emperor Xiao will not risk the world's disapproval.

Qi Xiuling knelt on the ground for a long time, did not raise his head, and did not move. Just quietly waiting for Emperor Xiao's attitude.

There are only three people in the court who are quite calm, one is Pei Yun, the Pei family has no big industry in Eastern Wu, only a few Zhuangzi in Danyang and Wujin, and built a few sets of mountain villas. The other two are Xiao Moheng and Xiao Moxuan. Xiao Moxuan's fief is in Yuzhang, he doesn't have to worry about it at all, and although Xiao Moheng's fief is in Huiji, he will never do anything to encroach on people's land.

He looked around at the ministers, with a trace of contempt on the corner of his mouth, and then looked at Qi Xiuling who was kneeling in the hall, and thought to himself, since Jiang Mei had already made a start, then he would take this tail. He has received a secret report that Dayan has suffered a severe drought in recent years, and many farmers have not harvested their grains, so they are secretly plotting to invade Huan in the south. And now that the treasury of Dahuan is empty, it will be really troublesome if you don't think of a way anymore, so you must ruthlessly peel off a layer of skin from the tiger.

In fact, if you think about it, Xiao Moheng also wants to take this opportunity to rectify internal affairs and purge the dynasty. However, he also knew that this trend of annexation was quite difficult to control, and if he wanted to send people to investigate the DPRK and China, he did not know when it would be an end, and when the time came, the protection of officials and officials would not have obvious results, and if the situation in the DPRK was chaotic, the consequences would be even more unimaginable. Because of this, Xiao Moheng thought hard for a long time, and finally came up with a wonderful way to stabilize the situation and enrich the treasury with Dongfang Zhan. But at the moment, he is not in a hurry to come forward, because someone is more anxious than him.

Seeing that no one in the court supported Qi Xiuling, there was an inexplicable anger in his heart, he couldn't see this official encroaching on the people's land for a long time, and now there is not much food and silk on the account of the household department, and it is not caused by these corrupt officials.

So he raised his thick eyebrows, and rushed out proudly, with some indignation in his tone, and said: "Your Majesty, now that the household is empty, and the state is tight, the minister thinks that the court must work hard to rectify the trend of local annexation, in fact, the officials not only encroach on the people's land, even the merchants and hawkers are extorted and ordered to emerge in endlessly, His Royal Highness Nine just mentioned that it is necessary to encourage industry and commerce, in order to enrich the people and the country, if you can't get rid of this evil habit of wanton annexation, how rich is the people, how can the country be strong?" His tone was impassioned and aggressive.

However, he was impassioned and impassioned, and in the ears of the ministers, some people were a little frightened, and some were quite excited. It seems that this Lian Deqing is determined to add money to the account of the household department. It's just that this household is still in a hurry, and he is in a hurry.

Then. The imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory saw that their chief could not kneel, so the aura of Haoran just now was faintly born, and they also knelt on the ground one after another, asking His Majesty to issue an order to rectify the evil customs of officials invading the people.

For a while, Emperor Xiao who was seated felt pressured, he wanted to find an excuse to block Qi Xiuling's mouth first, but before he could speak, Lian Deqing made up for it, and then the imperial historians came out one after another, Emperor Xiao was already a big headache, and he secretly smiled bitterly. The surging emotions of the imperial historians for the country and the people made Emperor Xiao feel that they were not raised in vain.

However, the emptiness of the household that Lian Deqing said made Emperor Xiao condense. In these two wars, the first one lasted several months and cost most of the household's savings, and the latter took place in the richest place, directly leaving the household with no grain and silk to store. Therefore, the emptiness of the household department is probably also a fact.

Emperor Xiao glanced at Xie Hui, the secretary of the household department, and said, "Xie Aiqing." What about the accounts of the department? ”

Xie Hui wiped the fine sweat from his forehead. replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the accounts are quite tight. Due to the turmoil in Sanwu, the grain handed over by the entire Wuxing County this year was less than a quarter of that of previous years. Kure County has also been affected, less than half of what it was in previous years, and other counties have also decreased. It's not as good as in previous years, but there are huge military expenditures this year, so the household department is quite tight..."Xie Hui sighed, and secretly said in his heart, I have to tighten my belt for the New Year this year.

Emperor Xiao's face was slightly tense when he heard this, such a result was predictable, did he really want to picket the five southeastern counties? He couldn't make up his mind for a while, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Pei Yun, "Pei Aiqing, do you have a good plan?" ”

Pei Yun paused, and when he saw Emperor Xiao calling him, he walked slowly to the middle, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the wind of encroachment must indeed be eliminated, the land of ordinary people is the land of the imperial court, and the officials of the clan have encroached on their fields, which is to shorten the taxes of the imperial court, and in the long run, the country will not be a country..."

Pei Yun sighed meaningfully, although he is also a member of the clan, but he is the prime minister of Dahuan, if Dahuan declines, then Dayan Iron Cavalry goes south, and the big clans in the south will sooner or later be the people of the country, even if a big clan like the Pei family will still be valued, but can it compare to the current situation? So even Pei Yun had to endure the pain and cut the meat.

After Pei Yun made up his mind, he bowed long and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is the prime minister of Dahuan, and he should lead by example. ”

As soon as Pei Yun's words fell, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were amazed, Pei Yun really deserved to be "Jiangzuo Guan Yiwu", this generous prime minister's style had to be admired, even Xiao Moheng was in awe of Pei Yun at this time, and it was not unreasonable for everyone to praise him as the pillar of the Dahuan court, Mo Heng sighed in his heart.

Although the ministers were excited for Pei Yun one moment ago, they were a little trembling when they remembered their family background, they all looked at Su Weixin, only he still didn't say a word at this time, the Su family is the richest family in Dahuan, if you check it like this, it is they who will suffer the most, and many courtiers are hoping that Su Weixin can speak out to stop Pei Yun and Emperor Xiao from investigating thoroughly, so the whole hall is a little restless and nervous, and it is this anxiety that makes the hall fall into silence all of a sudden.

Xiao Mocheng looked at Su Weixin and then looked at Pei Yun, and finally had a great sense of frustration, it seems that these old foxes have strange thoughts, let's let them toss by themselves, even if the relationship between the Su family and the Pei family breaks down, it will not affect their respective support for their own seizure of the throne, because he believes that Pei Yun has no better choice, compared to the seven princes who ignore Pei Yun, he is also benevolent to the Pei family. Since they love to toss, let them toss, Xiao Mocheng decided to ignore them, and stood next to him alone, losing his mind, and he didn't know where the fugue went.

After a period of silence, Su Weixin, who had been standing quietly for a long time, finally moved slightly, he secretly thought, today's court seems to be coming to their Su family in the end, the Su family lost control of Wu Xing one moment ago, and the next moment it will confiscate the embezzled land, the Su family has stood in the court for so many years, and it is the first time that they have fallen into such a dilemma, and they really can't retreat or advance, but even so, the Su family is not easy to bully, even if you Pei Yun has the ability, you don't want to shake the Su family for half a point.

Su Weixin changed his elegant and gentle style in the past, his face was cold, and his tone was a little cold: "Your Majesty, the minister supports the law of the court to curb the wind of annexation, but it is not recommended to raid the embezzled fertile land on a large scale. ”

As soon as Su Weixin's words fell, a group of ministers came out to echo him, in fact, what they were waiting for was Su Weixin's words, he Pei Yun was sitting upright, but it didn't mean that everyone else was like this.

Su Weixin is the prime minister of the court who has stood for many years, and his words highlight his cunning and sophistication. He has been waiting for Emperor Xiao for many years, and he understands Emperor Xiao's thoughts very well.

Su Weixin's words really spoke to Emperor Xiao's heart, which is what Emperor Xiao is most worried about, he wants to fill the treasury more than anyone else, but he also wants to be stable more than anyone else. However, what Pei Yun and Lian Deqing said is also true, if only there was a way to have the best of both worlds right now, Emperor Xiao lowered his eyes, leaned on the desk with one hand, supported his head, worried and pondered, and tried to think of a way to reconcile the contradiction in front of him.

At this time, Xiao Moheng, who was standing proudly on the side, saw that the time had come, he smiled slightly, strode out, bowed deeply to Emperor Xiao, and then said proudly: "Father, there is a way for the sons to share the worries of their father!" ”

As soon as Xiao Moheng's clear voice came out, it instantly made the full court of ministers hopeful, they had already comprehended the power of this Seventh Prince several times in a row, as long as he made a move, he would definitely be able to solve this deadlock.

Su Weixin raised his eyebrows and glanced at him lightly, his eyes were more precautionary and worried, Xiao Moheng is no better than Pei Yun, Pei Yun is an old friend and an old opponent, he has a clear temper and chest, and this Xiao Moheng is indeed the only one who makes him a little panicked in his heart.

When there was a crisis in Jingzhou, Xiao Moheng quietly built the Beifu soldiers, and when Wuxing was in civil strife, he resolutely led the troops to quell the rebellion, becoming the first prince in the history of Dahuan to lead troops to the battle, and more importantly, Su Weiheng's secret letter once said that Xiao Moheng was quite a general, and the commander on the battlefield was good at surprising soldiers, Zhang Bowang was not his opponent at all, so the prince who was so amazing and gorgeous, hidden and holding heavy troops could not let him be frightened? (To be continued......)

PS: I borrowed the Western Jin Dynasty's Zhantian system, so Xiao Qi is still an all-rounder in martial arts!