Even Zhang Xiaowu, a general, can see the gaffe of King Jin, how can the ministers not see it, but even if the ministers see through it, they can't say it. They looked at the emperor's face and found that the corner of the emperor's mouth hooked up a smile, and their hearts suddenly felt cold. The right prime minister, Wang Cheng, had to cough to remind King Jin to pay attention to his attitude. But the king of Jin didn't seem to notice that his attitude offended the majesty of the emperor, and he was still proud, Wang Cheng could only sigh, and secretly said in his heart that this son was frivolous, embarrassing, and even inferior to the king of Chu (the seventh prince Xuanyuan Zidong).

Wang Cheng stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the king thief set up a pseudo-Wu, it is really hateful, and the imperial court must send a large army south to cut off the rebels." The minister asked the White Tiger Army to go south to crusade against the puppet Wu, and no one was able to quell the Jiangnan rebellion except for Dushanbo. ”

Indeed, when it comes to leading troops to fight, when it comes to Zhenguo, there is only Du Shanbo alone. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, only Du Shanbo's White Tiger Army is the most trustworthy, although everyone is privately dissatisfied with Du Shanbo's arbitrary style and straightforward military style, but at this moment, the only person who can quell the chaos is Du Shanbo.

So the ministers immediately got up and said, "The ministers seconded the proposal." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

Seeing that the ministers seconded the support, Emperor Dade had no other way in his heart, and immediately ordered: "General in front of the palace, quickly pass on Dushan Bo to enter the court." ”

The general in front of the palace was about to go out, when he saw Du Shanbo and Zuo Xiang Zhang Kuan coming together, the two looked tired, and they didn't know whether to take these few steps or because of the war in Jiangnan. The two nodded to each other when they entered the main hall, obviously reaching a certain consensus, and Du Shanbo took the lead and said, "Your Majesty atons for your sins, the old minister is too late." ”

Seeing that Dushanbo was coming, Emperor Dade suddenly became happy, and immediately said: "The big handsome is here, it's good that the big handsome is here." Can the marshal know about the war in Jiangnan? ”

Du Shanbo nodded and said: "The old minister knows that he just met Zuo Xiang, and the two of us discussed this matter in a hurry, so it led to the delay. ”

Emperor Dade hurriedly asked, "Do you two have any suggestions?" ”

Dushan Bo said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, you can only use national strength to quell the rebellion in Jiangnan, and the establishment of the puppet Wu State, if it is not cut off as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will cause a chain reaction and set an example for the rebels in other places." The old minister petitioned, led the White Tiger Army to the south of the Yangtze River to quell the rebellion, destroyed the puppet Wu regime, shared the worries for the empire, shared the worries for His Majesty, did not destroy the puppet Wu, and vowed not to return to the dynasty. ”

Emperor Dade thought of Zhang Xiaowu's evaluation of Dushanbo, who seemed to be treacherous and loyal, and Dushanbo was really a loyal minister. At this critical moment, Du Shanbo can stand up and turn the tide, how can he make him feel guilty, as if Du Shanbo was a spur to him in the past, he stood up from the dragon chair happily and said: "With the uncle going out, the empire is worry-free, the empire is worry-free." ”

Dushan Bo said: "It's just that the three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, Your Majesty, the White Tiger Army is pulling, and it still needs to open the silver taels, and the grain and grass also need to be raised with silver taels." "When it comes to fighting, in fact, in addition to military comparison, it also requires the consumption of financial resources, and the empire has been fighting for many years, coupled with natural disasters such as plagues, floods, and droughts, and the national strength is already endangered.

At this time, Wang Cheng, the right minister, had to come out and said: "Your Majesty, now that the treasury of the household department is empty, it still needs to be raised many times to raise money. Last year, the imperial court had a deficit of 3 million taels, and by this year, the deficit had reached 3 million taels. In many places, officials are not even paid. ”

Du Shanbo said: "Can't take out the silver? ”

Wang Cheng shook his head and said, "It's not that you can't take it, it's that you don't." Marshal, soldiers protect their families and defend the country, why do they need to pull out silver? From the old minister's point of view, the so-called pulling out of silver is actually a very bad precedent. ”

Dushan Bo said angrily: "Do you know what this silver is here? It is the silver that the sergeant gave to his family before he died, and this is their funeral expenses, the money for their lives! ”

Wang Chengdao: "Dashuai, it's not that I don't take it, it's really not." ”

The officials in the middle of the house whispered, in fact, the household department does not have much silver, and has been relying on borrowing money from the silver village for many years, so now the most relied on by the imperial court is the major silver villages. Last year, Emperor Dade conferred the title of a Yinzhuang owner clan because he borrowed four million taels of silver from the imperial court to solve the financial crisis of the imperial court.

Emperor Dade looked solemn, do you still want to borrow silver from Yinzhuang, he shook his head, and suddenly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, since the treasury is empty, and the army must gather the silver, we have an unshirkable responsibility." I decided to allocate 500,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury to pull out silver for the White Tiger Army, how much can Zhong Aiqing donate? ”

As the emperor's grandfather and one of the richest people in the Holy Han Empire, Zuo Xiang Zhang Kuan immediately stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to donate 150,000 taels of silver to support the White Tiger Army as military funds. ”

"Okay, good, 650,000 taels, 650,000 taels!" Emperor Dade was overjoyed and said, "The left minister is so generous, what about you, the right minister?" ”

Everyone looked at the right minister, Wang Cheng was extremely embarrassed, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister's family is poor, and he can only allocate 5,000 taels of silver to support the White Tiger Army to go south to destroy the rebellion. ”

"Shhhh

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, this right phase is too chilling, who doesn't know that your Wang family has a lot of wealth, even far more than the Zhang family, why is your family poor, if you are poor, you grew up drinking the northwest wind all day long. However, this Wang Cheng has always been a dime a dime, a Pixiu, only in and out, and now he has taken five thousand taels of silver, which is already cutting meat.

Emperor Dade was not angry, just nodded, and said with a smile: "Right Minister, I also know that your family is poor, and you have worked hard for this empire for so many years, although you are seventy-two years old, you still run eight departments, it is indeed too hard. In this way, I remember that you have worked hard for half your life, and I will allow you to return to your hometown and retire for the rest of your life. ”

"Ahh

Everyone was shocked, Zhang Xiaowu didn't expect that Emperor Dade was still kind just now, why did he suddenly let the right minister resign and go home, this is too sudden, what did the right minister do, just because he took less silver? Take less silver, just dial it up, why do you still push him to the end? Zhang Xiaowu suddenly discovered another side of Emperor Dade, and this side was so terrifying and so deep.

The ministers were very frightened in their hearts, and they all looked at Dushanbo, and Dushanbo looked at Wang Cheng comfortably, looked at this former competitor, and arched his hand and said: "Congratulations to the right minister, congratulations to the right minister, I can finally have a good rest." ”

Zhang Kuan also arched his hand and said: "The right minister is working hard, and now he is idle, and he envy me and wait." ”

Emperor Dade laughed with satisfaction, at this moment, Du Shanbo and Zhang Kuan were all in charge of him, this trick was really wonderful, and let Wang Cheng, the old fox, fall into the trap.