The east of the inner pavilion, the atmosphere outside the hall is solemn, and there is a hidden sound of wind and thunder in the hall.

"This son of a son, this son of a child...... How dare you insult me like this, he still has a monarch in his eyes! ”

After browsing the detailed rules of the Xijing envoy Chen Zuo, Emperor Li Dan was angry from his heart, tore the scroll to shreds, and roared: "There are more than a dozen envoys in Xijing, but none of them can speak the right words of the constitution, let that son of evil boast and deceive the world, everyone should be killed!" ”

Li Dan was really embarrassed to the extreme, and in the scroll, he truthfully recorded what King Yong said at the meeting of the Xijing Political Hall, and stabbed him in the heart like a sword, which made him angry.

"Tang Ye has been restored, although the son of evil has deeds to boast of, but how can the Zong family scare him? How could the court have thinned him! Xingtai is separated, Shaanxi has led itself, and since the start of the business, how many people in the Zong family have more potential than him? ”

The anger of the case was no longer enough to vent his anger, Li Dan stood up from the seat and continued to pause angrily: "He said that his life experience is zero, and it is difficult for husband and wife to get together, but when it comes to misery, can he be better than me?" When he was invited to the court, my father and son were in the dark room, and my wife and concubine were dead...... What do I owe to him? The year of hardship is not a short greeting, looking forward to his adulthood and my deceased brother. Affection is not the most generous, but it is also less difficult. No wonder the Queen Mother loves this evil species, these ancestors and grandchildren are the real flesh and blood relatives, greedy for power and ruthless, just the same! ”

In the palace, there is not only the emperor Li Dan, but also the prime minister Xue Ji, the national abbot Dou Xiaochen and several bachelors of the palace, all of whom are confidants. But seeing that the emperor was so out of shape under his anger, his angry words were even more contrary to hearing and hearing, and they all hung their heads for a while, like sitting on pins and needles, and they couldn't raise their hands to cover their ears.

Li Dan was already extremely angry, and his chaotic thoughts quickly found another focus: "Six hundred and seventy thousand!" How many years has the son of a son joined the WTO? has accumulated such a huge amount of family assets! A few days ago, the sons of the court went out of the cabinet and made 50,000 yuan to build a new mansion, and the Shaofu still had no resources to support! Oh, 670,000 yuan, if there is no means to encroach on the public and private interests, how can Tianyi Lu material gather such a huge amount of money! I have not yet cured him of the sin of greed, and what face does he have to ask for mercy on it? ”

At this point, Guozhang Dou Xiaochen can't help it? opened his mouth to speak: "In the old year of Ruyi, King Yong entered Beijing in suit? and the then Xijing left behind and became embarrassed? Falsely accusing my house of assassination because it was a torture order for persecution. Privately, he even instructed his former party members to embezzle assets, so that my family has no place in Xijing? It's the revenge of the broken family! What did King Yong donate this time? More than half of it should be earned in the current year! ”

Dou Xiaochen is talking about this? His face was full of pain and hatred. Even if regardless of the persecution and suppression of officials, almost half of the family wealth and family property accumulated by generations for hundreds of years have been embezzled, and the people of the Dou clan can't help but grit their teeth when they mention King Yong!

"What is the old thing today? It is not to argue what the assets are. But what did the political hall say a few days ago? Honesty is lost in rigidity. Shaanxi Provincial Prefecture Tribute? Self-financed revenue and expenditure? Regardless of the reason, Daxingtai should not be privately intercepted and misappropriated. King Yong dares to do this? The sin is great! Your Majesty is merciful, even if you don't cut down your officials? Should there be some punishment? The fine is not official, it is already light, and King Yong has any grievances to redress? ”

Dou Xiaochen then went on to say that it was under his persuasion that Emperor Li Dan decided to overturn the previous decision of the Political Affairs Hall and ordered the officials who sent the envoy to Xijing to escort this wealth back to the capital.

After hearing this, Li Dan also nodded slowly: "The evil force of the evil son has been achieved, and Shaanxi is coerced to resist the emperor's order, and it is difficult to stretch the imperial court decree. At present, I am still afraid of patriarchal righteousness, so as to punish myself and flatter the public, and if I connive at it again, I am afraid that even this wealth will no longer be contributed. ”

Although Xue Ji is also a confidant close to the emperor, after all, he is also the prime minister of the political affairs hall, and when he heard the words of the pair of Weng sons-in-law, he was quite dissatisfied with the previous decisions of the political affairs hall, and he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

He sorted out his thoughts a little, and then said slowly: "This is the case in front of the political affairs hall, so it is not intentional to connive at King Yong's furniture. Shaanxi Dao tribute is the national surplus income, the community depends on this maintenance, even if there is only a baht, it is also a tribute from all the people, so the upper and lower echoes, the king is in order, how can it be replaced by the courtiers' furniture! Shaanxi Dao is in danger and has deeds, but this is by no means a reason to steal from Taiwan and enjoy tribute!

King Yong's merits and demerits should not be measured by himself, so the political hall does not accept his personal offerings. Even if the Shaanxi tribute in the future still can't come out of Tongguan, it needs to be granted by the emperor's order, not by King Yong's permission! ”

"What Xue Shilang said may be able to stick to the general situation, but now that Shaanxi is divided and ruled into a situation, how can the political affairs hall sanction King Yong? Even if he reprimands, he can't hurt his skin, and the states of Shaanxi can't obey the emperor's orders. Now he can still collect a huge amount of money, which is enough to support the courtiers for two years, and greatly make up for the current illness of the imperial court. Fang Jin's world is innovative, but the old ministers in the political hall are in charge, and the guards are almost outdated, and there is not only one person who holds this opinion. ”

Hearing Xue Ji's remarks, Dou Xiaochen was even more disapproving: "A gentleman can deceive his side, King Yong is cunning, strong, and pretentious, and his deeds are more than one." If the imperial court still guards morality and allows it to deceive the world without sanctions, the disaster will only be deeper! ”

Li Dan saw that Xue Ji was a little unnatural by Dou Xiaochen, so he still opened his mouth and said: "The political affairs hall is the center of the world and the example of hundreds of officials. I don't question this before. But the cautious boy, cunning and treacherous, is far from being controlled by moral orders. He is so public, presumably it is expected that it will be difficult for the imperial court to laugh at this asset, but what if it is not accepted by the imperial court? ”

"The son of his clan, offering goods to his elders, is a correspondence within the family. When the money enters the capital, there is no need for the courtiers to come forward to accept it, so I will order King Yu to come forward and collect the palace treasury with family gifts. This transaction is only the private interest of the clan family, and has nothing to do with the government. The sons are waiting to come out, and they congratulate their brothers with things, but they are only within the ethics of human feelings. As for whether the Shaanxi Dao tribute is released or not, it is still up to the court! ”

Hearing the emperor's words, Xue Ji's eyes lit up at first, but after a while, he couldn't help but say again: "But this time the goods are delivered, and the two capitals are concerned about it, and the discussion is in an uproar." Such a theory of rights and interests may be self-contained, and the Yongwang clan is a small class, even if it is out of line, it may not be afraid of criticism. But the saint is the lord of the world, the supreme of the world, and the minister is afraid of ......"

The emperor's calculation is not unreasonable, after all, the money does not go into the public money, and the political hall can still deal with the matter of Shaanxi Dao tribute without losing confidence. Even if King Yong is aggrieved, tell your fourth uncle to go, anyway, we don't see a penny of money.

But there is another problem in this, that is, the emperor is different from King Yong after all, to put it bluntly, King Yong can be shameless, but your emperor is so cheating, how can the people of the world worship you?

If you really want to do this, the character design will directly collapse to pieces! The people in Xijing were so distressed that King Yong was so distressed that they shed tears, but your emperor said that this kid was just going to his relatives and crying poor, how can people accept this emotionally?

Li Dan could naturally hear the meaning of Xue Ji's words, and he closed his eyes and sighed: "Being disturbed by this son of evil like this, what other benevolence and morality do I have to boast of?" If I am still only in vain, if I am still only in vain, if I am made by him in the coming year, who will have mercy? ”

Seeing that the emperor had already made up his mind to do this, Xue Ji didn't dare to persuade him anymore. To be honest, this time the turmoil, the imperial court was already at a loss, even if it was to recover tribute, it should come up with a specific distribution plan and then send the envoy west, but the king of Yong seized this point and publicized it, making the court and the emperor extremely passive.

At present, the emperor has borne most of the stigma by doing this, but at least he has retained a little dominance of the imperial court center in the financial issues of Shaanxi Province, and can continue to negotiate with Xingtai on how to distribute it.

But even if the imperial court has the initiative, what can it do? Things have come to this point, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to downplay and ignore the border affairs of Shaanxi Province.

If we want to ensure that we have a certain amount of control over Taiwan, even if it is only in name, we must set aside a part of the budget for military affairs in terms of financial expenditure. If the lion opens his mouth again, it may not be enough for Shaanxi Daogong to intercept it for its own use.

Thinking of this, Xue Ji couldn't help but have a big head, and even had a whim, King Yong has always been scheming and cunning, and when he was stirring up turmoil in Xijing, he must have expected the court's future plans. So did King Yong have never thought of such a response to the emperor?

As soon as such a thought popped up in his mind, Xue Ji couldn't help but gasp. If the situation really develops in this way, then Xingtai and the imperial court can still maintain dialogue, and the relationship will not break down directly. And although King Yong paid 670,000 yuan of family wealth, he deeply hurt the personal image of the current emperor in front of the world, could this be the true intention of King Yong?

When Xue Ji thought of this, Dou Xiaochen and the others in the palace were already laughing and praising His Majesty's clever response, making King Yong pay hundreds of thousands of huge sums of money in vain, but he could not be exempted from the court's responsibility for this, and he should use such a cunning plan to deal with a cunning person like King Yong, so that he could steal chickens and rice.

At this time, a waiter approached the palace, and the Tao was the prime minister Di Renjie outside the palace gate.

"If there is something to be done by Di Xianggong, he will record the affairs of the government first, and then discuss it after the court meeting tomorrow."

After Li Dan heard this, he instructed several straight hall scholars to go out to convey their intentions to Di Renjie.

When a few people left, and only Xue Ji and Dou Xiaochen were left in the hall, Li Dan's face suddenly became gloomy, and he said angrily: "The old man asks to see him, but he will ask for more money and goods to enter the capital!" Zhaode is superficial, looking at its face and knowing its fierceness, it is not difficult to system. Di has thorns in his belly, and he seems to be loyal and good, which is even more difficult to control! The theory of recuperation held by him is only for the sake of the armament of the Bo Imperial Court and the Taiwanese armor soldiers, which is really hateful! Public opinion is often lost in general, but in this fang, it is appropriate! ”