Jia Ke was still a little unwilling, and continued to say to the emperor: "Your Majesty, we can raise these silver from other places. There is no need to touch the silver taels of these rivers, this is all life-saving money for people everywhere. ”

Liu Wan watched Jia Ke arguing with reason below, and felt a little confused, could it be that the governor of the river also sent Jia Ke a piece of silver? Otherwise, why would Jia Ke work so hard to actively fight for the interests of the river.

At this time, the emperor heard Jia Ke say that he used other ways to get money, and he also raised some interest, if he wanted to have other ways to get money, then he didn't need the silver in the river. After all, the emperor still knows how to measure, but this time he is a little reluctant to give up the silver taels in the inner treasury.

Jia Ke saw that the emperor was already a little shaken, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the solution is to stop the payment of all officials this year, so that the silver saved is enough to make up for the loss of the river." I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”

Tian Ye listened to this method below, and couldn't help but applaud in his heart, now there are a few officials at all levels who live on money, if you save this money, then you can just make up for it to the river.

After listening to Jia Ke, the emperor's heart was also spinning, he actually knew that corruption was rampant among officials in various places, and he originally wanted to vigorously rectify it. It's just that the emperor is still there, and he can't change the emperor's national policy because of this, otherwise he should be cut down the big hat of unfilial piety, and he will not look good in the history books of later generations.

But if at this time all the officials' salaries were stopped, then they would not have more reason to start collecting the people. and if he himself ceases to give them a hundred taels, they will be able to collect a thousand taels from the people. This will never work.

Besides, if you really raise this money, how will you deal with Jia Ke?

So the emperor could only say to Jia Ke tactfully: "Jia Aiqing was born in a princely family, who knows how hard those officials who came out of the poor family are." How can they live without their money? The matter was never mentioned again. ”

Jia Ke already knew that this method would not work, but he just wanted to pave the way for the following method, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, since this method does not work, then there is another way to solve the problem." ”

The emperor was already very impatient with Jia Ke's nagging here, but Jia Ke, as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, couldn't help but listen to his words, so he said with a displeased face: "It's not early, if you have something to say, hurry up." ”

"Your Majesty can't stop the martial arts of the world, so you can be like the salt gang in Jianghuai, as well as the merchant gangs in Huizhou and Shanxi, so that they can help. With their financial resources, it is easy to raise more than one million taels of silver, I don't know what the emperor wants? Jia Ke finally said the purpose in his heart, since he served as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, he has been very concerned about these merchants, and the taxes and silver paid by these people every year are simply very small. It is seriously inconsistent with their income, and now the imperial court should let them contribute a little silver taels, and if they agree to pay it back, if they don't agree, they will directly send a large army to the door to raid the house. As long as you copy one or two, you will have all this silver. When the time comes, don't say one or two million, even one or two million can be obtained.

Jia Ke mentioned it again, one of them was to test the emperor's attitude, the emperor's rejection of Liu Yu just now was too decisive. This made Jia Ke wonder if the emperor had any connection with these merchant gangs.

If the emperor really had a secret deal with these merchants, it would be a big trouble for Jia Ke to rule the world in the future.

The power of these merchant gangs is not only money, but the most important thing is that they communicate with each other, and the north-south traffic allows the wealth of the world to flow, and Jia Ke is in charge of the world, and he can't do anything to them all at once. can only slowly support one faction and suppress the other faction to achieve its own goals.

Another is that Liu Yu's method is the best solution now, if it can really be realized, Jia Ke will not have to pay out of his own pocket to supplement the food and salary of his descendants.

Jia Ke just finished saying this, and before the emperor could react, Liu Wan, the head of the household next to him, had already jumped out, and he had now thrown his fear of Jia Ke out of the clouds, but said directly to Jia Ke with righteous indignation: "Jia Ke, what are you going to do?" Do you want to take away the people's property for nothing? If every minister is like you, what do you want the laws of the dynasty for? The emperor has no money, so he just goes to rob it. It was a real mess that day. Especially the last sentence, his tone was very heavy.

Liu Wan was really afraid that the emperor would agree to Jia Ke at that time, but Liu Wan knew in her heart how powerful these three major merchant gangs were in the court, and almost every member of the court sent them a large amount of gifts every year.

The emperor originally thought that if there was really no way, his plan would not succeed, Jia Ke would not reduce the salary of his descendants, and when the time came, the emperor would really have no choice but to compromise with him.

When the time comes, it will be difficult to collect the water, since it is short, three hundred taels of silver can not be beaten, even if it is pretending to make up the 3 million silver, when the time comes, it can only eliminate the Jianghuai salt merchants, and let the other two major merchants help out of this money, after all, this further increases the burden of the people, and does not discount the income of the officials in the world, it is indeed the best of both worlds.

But now that Liu Wan suddenly said something, he immediately understood what Liu Wan meant, Liu Wan reminded herself of the power of the three major merchant gangs, these three major merchant gangs are the main chaebols in the Central Plains, and the officials associated with them are all over the imperial court. As long as he makes this will, I am afraid that the officials who admonish him from top to bottom will be able to lift the roof of the Qianqing Palace. Such a large force is attacking himself together, and I am afraid that I will have to compromise in the end. In the end, it's just a disgraced face.

The emperor thought of this and glared at Jia Ke fiercely, this Jia Ke is digging a pit for himself anytime and anywhere, if he listens to his two methods, his prestige will definitely fall sharply in the future, if it is difficult to make trouble in the end, the emperor may even sacrifice himself in exchange for peace in the world.

After the emperor understood this, he said to Jia Ke with a gloomy face: "I have made up my mind, so you don't have to say it anymore. Now that you have nothing to do, go down. ”

After the emperor said this, he directly entered the inner room of the Dongnuan Pavilion and hung Jia Ke and several ministers in the main hall.

Everyone glanced at each other, and could only exit the main hall and walk towards the military aircraft.

After the emperor entered the inner palace, Xia Shouzhong followed closely to the emperor, "Long live the lord, what should we do with that silver?" ”

The emperor sat on the throne, took the fragrant tea from the palace maid next to him, took a sip gently, and then said, "What is this?" Since it has entered our inner library, you can use it with confidence. ”

When Xia Shouzhong heard the emperor's words, he was a little scared in his heart. This silver is not easy to take, on the surface, there is the emperor in front of him, but once the east window incident happens, his head will not be saved.

"Long live Lord, the slave has a sentence that I don't know if to say or not?"

"You old, what should we not talk about here."

"Since the Long Live Lord said so, the slave dared to say that it was better for the Long Live Lord to find a way to return this silver to the household."

After hearing this, the emperor's face was a little gloomy, and he put the teacup in his hand on the wooden table next to him.

With a bang, Xia Shouzhong's soul was scattered, and he quickly knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

The emperor sat like this until Xia Shouzhong knocked his head and bled out, and then said to him: "You must not ask about the affairs of the previous dynasty in the future, and I will pick your skin next time." ”

After the emperor said this, he didn't care about Xia Shouzhong, who was kneeling on the ground, and turned around and went back to the inner palace. And Gao Yun, the little eunuch who followed the emperor next to him, glanced at Xia Shouzhong with squinted eyes before going out with the emperor, thinking about how to say a few words of slander in front of the emperor and snatch half of Xia Shouzhong's rights.

Xia Shouzhong did not dare to stand up until the emperor had left for a long time. Then he silently went back to his room, that time he was also a little cold, he could be regarded as doing his best for the emperor, but he didn't expect the emperor to be so ruthless.

On the way out of the Palace of Heart Cultivation, Zuodu Yushi Tianye walked quickly to Jia Ke's side and said loudly: "Lord Jia, I saw you wrong before. I didn't expect that among so many ministers of military aircraft, only you, and I are truly for the country and the people. ”

Tian Ye agreed very much with the two suggestions made by Jia Ke on the Golden Palace just now, but the emperor was afraid that the forces behind these people would compromise, which made Tian Ye very angry when he looked at it. He now feels that if there are more traitors like Jia Ke in the world, the world will be peaceful.

Tian Ye, as the imperial history of the left capital, has a clear understanding of today's official governance, and now it has reached the point where it must be rectified, otherwise the officials will definitely force the people to rebel in the long run.

The current emperor is also a bold man, but now his energy is all focused on fighting with Jia Ke. I don't care about anything else anymore.

After Tian Ye and Jia Ke exchanged a word, they stopped talking and walked silently towards the military aircraft alone.

And the other few people didn't speak, especially the several emperor's henchmen in the Military Aircraft Department, what happened in the Dongnuan Pavilion just now, they have now understood. At this time, the emperor had already colluded with Hubu Shangshu, but such a big matter was not discussed with their henchmen. This made them feel a faint sense of loss in their hearts.

Their loss is not the main thing, the main problem now is that although it seems that this year's tax hole has been filled, the hidden dangers are too great. Whether it's the defense of the north, or the question of the river. As long as there is a random problem in these two places, it may cause turmoil in the imperial court.

Liu Yu, the secretary of the ministry, really disagrees with the emperor's method now, this idea is simply to kill 300 enemies and lose 1,000 yourself. Now his only hope is that the Tatars will not invade, and this year the rains will not be as heavy as in previous years. Otherwise, with these embankments built at the time of the founding of the country, I am afraid that they will not be enough to defend against heavy rain.

And Old Hanlin Mengming is also angry now, when they walked to the door of the military aircraft. Old Hanlin suddenly bowed his hands to a few of them and said, "Today's matter is very important, I am afraid that I have to tell the Emperor Taishang." I won't go to the military aircraft department today, and if there is nothing important for me to deal with, I will leave first. ”

Everyone saw that Lao Meng Ming didn't have any cover-up, and directly said that they wanted to go to the emperor to complain. They all feel a touch of cuteness about his character.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lao Meng Ming went directly to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, like asking the eunuch there to inform him of his entry into Ningshou Palace. Soon a eunuch came out and introduced him to the harem.

And Liu Wan, the head of the household department, didn't want to stay here at this time, and now the five ministers of military aircraft have opinions about him, and his future days can be imagined. His only thought now is to hug the emperor's thigh, hoping that when he is in trouble in the future, the emperor can help him.