Jia Ke and the others waited for a long time at the military plane, and the little eunuch came to pass the word, and the emperor ordered them to go to the Dongnuan Pavilion together to reply.

Jia Ke then bowed his hands to everyone and said, "Since the emperor has ordered us to go, then everyone should go with me to meet the emperor." ”

After Jia Ke said this, he picked up the copy from the table and went out of the military plane first. The others followed Jake.

Everyone followed the little eunuch all the way to the courtyard of the Dongnuan Pavilion, and then waited there, while the little eunuch went in to report.

The little eunuch entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, came to the emperor's case with his own hands and feet, knelt down on his knees, and replied with his head to the ground: "Long live Lord Qiqi, the five ministers of military aircraft and the head of the household are waiting for the emperor's summons outside the courtyard. ”

The Emperor still pretended to look at the recital, only nodding slightly. Xia Shouzhong, who was next to him, immediately understood, and left the emperor's side gently, waved to the little eunuch to ask him to step back, and then walked out of the Dongnuan Pavilion in person.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong came to the outside of the Dongnuan Pavilion, he saw six people standing there respectfully. He immediately walked a few steps forward to their side and said, "Six adults, the emperor ordered me to come and lead six adults in." ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "Then there is Father-in-law Lao." ”

So Xia Shouzhong was in front, and Jia Ke and the others followed behind and entered the Dongnuan Pavilion.

As soon as Jia Ke and the others entered the Dongguan Pavilion, after seeing the emperor, he quickly knelt down and saluted. Xia Shouzhong returned to the emperor's side and said softly in the emperor's ear: "Long live the lord, the six ministers are already kneeling below. ”

At this time, the emperor seemed to have noticed the six people kneeling on the ground, raised his head and looked at them, and then said: "Since you are here, don't always kneel, get up and talk back." ”

Only then did the six dare to stand up.

"What did you quarrel about, you are all the officials of the imperial court, the pillar of the society, and you almost fought in such a farm as the military aircraft department, and there is no body of important ministers in the court." The emperor reprimanded the following with a blank face.

Jia Ke and the others knelt there, and they could only listen to the emperor's reprimand.

The emperor reprimanded the below, and then asked Liu Yu, the secretary of the ministry, "Liu Yu, what happened to you?" ”

Liu Yu took a few steps forward, and then said: "Long live Qiyu, it's just that when Lord Jia Kejia checked the accounts, he found that last year's tax revenue was less than three million taels of silver. This is called to confront him without appealing to each other. Because several other ministers were dissatisfied with the explanation of Liu Wan, the secretary of the household department, there was a dispute. ”

The emperor frowned and said to Liu Wan next to him, "What's the matter?" Last year, when the weather was good and there was no Tatar invasion, how could there be so much less tax silver? ”

Liu Wan had already regained his gentleness at this time, and when he heard the emperor's question, he walked out unhurriedly and replied: "Your Majesty, it is not that the tax revenue was reduced last year, but it is really the ship transporting tax silver that capsized on the canal, so it lost three million taels of silver. ”

The Emperor was furious when he heard this, "How could such a thing happen to a bastard? After so many compliments, how to maintain the imperial court next year. ”

Liu Wan hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty, "It was the minister who was a little negligent in this matter, thinking about transporting the tax money to the capital as soon as possible, and did not take into account the danger of sailing, so this mistake happened." It is difficult to escape the blame for the death of the ministers, please punish the emperor. "Liu Wan, at this time, your head touched the ground.

The emperor saw that Liu Wan had taken all the responsibility on himself, and felt that he could not snub his loyal ministers, so he comforted him and said: "Liu Aiqing, you get up, the risk of sailing has been not small since ancient times, and this matter cannot be blamed entirely on you." But after all, you are the head of the household, and you can't escape the blame. I will punish you with a fine of one year as an example. Are you convinced? ”

Liu Wan heard the emperor's punishment of himself, it couldn't be lighter, where did he not know that the emperor was protecting himself, he was moved to tears, he choked his voice and touched the ground with his head, "The emperor's grace to the minister, the minister can't repay one of them." Where do you dare to have any reason to be dissatisfied. ”

He said so, but there were people below who were unwilling, and this person was Lao Meng Ming. When this old Meng Ming was not in power before, he was just an angry old man who could only complain every day. Now as the Minister of Military Aircraft, it can be said that he is in power, and in this case, he was not used to seeing things before, but now he can speak freely during this time.

Now that he heard the emperor's fluttering, he let Liu Wan go, and he was so angry that his beard trembled, so he came out of work and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is not possible, this tax and silver is very important, how can it be only a year's worth of money can be compensated." Chen Jianyi took Liu Wan out of prison, and then brought the relevant people into the capital for interrogation, and he must find out the whereabouts of these silver taels. ”

The emperor listened to Lao Meng Ming's words, and his heart was angry. This matter cannot stand up to investigation, and if you send one of your own people to perfunctory, you may be able to get away with it. But now that Jia Ke has paid attention, as long as he carefully checks the flaws, there are flaws everywhere. Isn't that old man embarrassing himself?

But this Meng Ming represents the Emperor Taishang, and he is considered a spokesperson for himself in the court after Jia Ke's centrifugation, and he really can't do anything about him as an emperor.

The emperor originally wanted to fool around in this matter, but by the time Jia Ke found out, it was too late. Unexpectedly, the first thing Jia Ke did at the beginning of this year was to verify the project. This caught the emperor a little off guard.

The emperor said to Lao Meng Ming unhappily: "Now that the whereabouts of the silver are unknown, whether it can be retrieved or not is another matter, and the most important question now is how to survive the difficulties of the next year?" As Minister of Military Aircraft, what do you think about what comes next? ”

The emperor directly put this matter aside and didn't discuss it at all, and Old Meng Ming had no choice but to stand aside and sulk at this time.

Zuodu Yushi Tianye stood up and said: "Since we have lost so many silver taels, then we must save expenses next year." Many major projects must be stopped, and the governor of the river with the silver will have to reduce his share. ”

Liu Wan, the head of the household department, retorted at this time: "The construction of the river must not be stopped, and it is related to the livelihood of many people and people. If the river bursts next year, how many people will die in the belly of the fish. ”

Zuodu Yushi Tianye was already a little annoyed with this Liu Wan, the silver was thrown from his hands, and now he is not allowed to keep it, what does he mean?

"Lord Liu Wan said this, is it not a matter of consideration, the silver is not enough, and you don't let the money be throttled, you let our military aircraft department turn the silver out for you? Or do you have extra money to fill the hole? Tian Ye's face was flushed with anger, and at that time, he didn't care that he was in the same camp as Liu Wan, and his fingers almost poked into his nose.

Liu Wan knew that he was at a loss, and he didn't dare to react to his rudeness, so he could only keep retreating and dodging his nasty finger.

When the emperor saw Zuodu Yushi Tianye like this, it seemed that he was going crazy now. So he hurriedly said: "Now is not the time to hold accountable, I still think about how to fill this hole next year." You two don't mess around here. ”

Tian Ye heard the emperor's words, so he returned to his class angrily.

Jia Ke, who had not said a word since the emperor entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, said with a smile: "Jia Aiqing, you are the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, what do you think of this matter?" ”

Jia Ke thought about it, and finally decided that since the emperor had already made a move, he couldn't help but respond.

So Jia Ke came out of class and said, "Long live Lord, if these silver taels are missing this year, I'm afraid the imperial court will be unsustainable." Please open the inner treasury and allocate two silver taels to make up for this year's taxes. ”

After listening to Jia Ke's idea, Old Meng Ming, who was standing below, his eyes lit up. He felt that this idea was really good, and now it was time for the emperor to shed some blood, after all, this country belonged to his family.

So Lao Meng Ming also came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Jia said is very true, please ask the emperor to open the inner treasury to make up for the lack of tax revenue in the imperial court." ”

The emperor sat on the throne and frowned a little after listening to the words of the two of them. According to the practice of previous years, if the tax revenue of the imperial court is not enough, then the emperor will open the inner treasury to make up for the deficiency of the imperial court, so as to avoid turmoil in the imperial court.

But this time, the emperor wanted to weaken Jia Ke, a powerful minister, how could he open the inner library and let Jia Ke tide over the difficulties?

So the emperor turned his head and asked Xia Shouzhong in a fake look: "How many silver taels do we still have in the inner treasury?" Can you set aside some for the imperial court? ”

Xia Shouzhong, as the emperor's confidant and a clever person, didn't understand what the emperor meant. Hearing the emperor's question, he quickly knelt on the ground and said with a crying voice: "Long live the master's fault, this year's harvest in the Huangzhuang is really bad, many places have suffered disasters, and the inner treasury needs to provide silver for disaster relief." And the shops here and there don't have much to buy. Now that the inner treasury is already beyond its means, I am afraid that there is no silver to support the imperial court. ”

After hearing this, the emperor said angrily: "Don't talk to me about these useless things, how much silver does the inner treasury use?" ”

"If you go back to the Long Live Lord, there are less than 200,000 taels of silver in the inner treasury now. I'm afraid it won't be able to maintain the cost of the palace this year, how can there be any silver for the imperial court. ”

When the emperor heard this, he said to his ministers, "You have also heard, it is not that I will not give it, but that there is no silver in the treasury. ”

Jia Ke glanced up at the emperor, lowered his head again and said, "If it is a minister, it is better to stop all the rewards given to the southern toasts this year." This can also save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. ”

The emperor's eyes narrowed when he heard this, this method seems to be good, but it has great consequences. Over the years, the relationship between the Tusi and the imperial court in the south has improved, and they all respect him as the emperor. And the emperor gave them two rewards of silver, which can be regarded as a tacit compromise between the two sides. But at this time, the reward has stopped, and I am afraid that the south will be full of flames again.

This Jia Ke is trying to embarrass himself, once there is turmoil in the south, I am afraid that in the end, soldiers and horses will be needed to quell it. More silver will be consumed.

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