Liu Wan laughed after watching the recital, "What should I be, it turned out to be it." In this case, I can explain it to a few adults. ”

Jia Ke saw Liu Wan's unhurried appearance next to him, and knew that he was afraid that there was a secret in it that he didn't know, maybe this matter was against him.

Liu Yu, the secretary of the ministry, hurriedly took a few steps forward and said to Liu Wan: "Deyan (Liu Wan's character), this matter is not trivial, don't talk nonsense." After speaking, he kept winking at him, after all, Liu Yu knew the size of this matter, and in the end, the 3 million taels were a big case whether they were embezzled by the household department or intercepted by the local government, and they couldn't get out of it if they got a little bit of it.

Liu Wan said nonchalantly: "This is a business matter, and there is nothing that cannot be told to people, how can I have any reason to talk nonsense." ”

Jia Ke looked at him with a gloomy face and said, "So you can tell me why this year's tax is short of these three million taels." ”

Liu Wan looked at the room full of military ministers, who didn't care at all on the surface, and still had a smile on his face. In fact, he had already started beating drums in his heart, and the secret of this matter was only known to him and the emperor. If one is not handled well, he is the scapegoat introduced by the emperor.

It turned out that although the emperor was now in charge of the secret guard, the ministers of the court also leaned towards him, but because the secret guard was really expensive, and the emperor didn't know whether it was unintentional or intentional, he didn't hand over the financial power of the royal family to him, which made his originally generous finances a little stretched. In addition, the emperor has some other calculations, and he wants to give Jia Ke some color to see how he can maintain the operation of the court this year without silver, and then there is no food, see how those arrogant generals support Jia Ke.

So this is why Liu Wan deducted some silver taels and sent them to the emperor's inner treasury, Liu Wan didn't want to agree, but in the face of the emperor's holy decree, there was no way, so he could only promise the emperor, he didn't have a good year this year, and he has been thinking at home about how to deal with the review of the military aircraft department after the year.

Today, when he was sitting on pins and needles in the household department, a little eunuch suddenly came to order him to go to the military aircraft to reply. He knew that the matter had happened, and he could only force his composure and follow the little eunuch to the military plane.

Liu Wan looked at a room of ministers of military aircraft, and when he replied, he could only smile and say: "This year's tax should not be like this, but when it was transported to the north, several ships loaded with tax silver capsized, and I sent people to salvage up and down and found no trace of the ships, so there were only a few million." ”

This is a method that Liu Wan came up with after thinking about the whole Spring Festival, although this method seems a little stupid, but now it is more appropriate, because there is really no evidence. Even if the Military Aircraft Department and others want to investigate thoroughly, there is no way to do it, because there is really no ship for them to investigate.

Jia Ke, you almost laughed out loud when you heard this, even children can't fool them, let alone a room full of people. So when did there be such a big wind and wave on the Grand Canal? He even overturned a tax ship carrying millions of taels of silver.

Jia Ke is silent now, Jia Ke has a strong premonition that this matter is coming at him. Now before you understand the cause and effect of the matter, as well as the emperor's purpose, you still don't talk too much, otherwise you will make a mistake and let them seize the handle, and in the end, it will be difficult for you to explain.

Although Jia Ke didn't speak, the old Meng Ming, who was like a fiery person, couldn't help it, and he went directly to Liu Wan regardless of the occasion, and grabbed his chest as soon as he grabbed him, "Who are you kid fooling?" I think my old man is old and confused, and this silver is not trivial, if you take it with a clear conscience. This year, our court is going to have a big mess. ”

Zuodu Yushi Tianye has been standing next to him and has not spoken, and now his heart has turned a corner, Liu Wan has not had the courage to do so much tax and silver, I am afraid that the emperor has played a role in it. Tian Ye felt a chill when he thought of this, the emperor didn't even care about the safety of the world in order to fight for power.

Although Jia Ke threatened the emperor's power, he had not made any unusual moves so far. is completely a loyal and good general, what we have to do at this time is to stabilize him and slowly weaken him through a few years or even more than ten years, instead of even ignoring Jiangshan Sheji in order to fight with Jia Ke like this.

Liu Wan hurriedly explained to Lao Meng Ming at this time, "Old man, I really don't know where the tax money has gone, there is still a lot of this silver left, let's insist on getting through the difficulties together this year, and it will be better when the autumn tax comes down." ”

But Lao Meng Ming didn't take Liu Wan's words seriously, and still grabbed his collar and shouted: "There are still 108,000 miles after the autumn tax, where is the silver left now enough to spend?" In the event that the Tatars invade again this year, and there is no salary and reward, how can you let those who serve as soldiers give you their lives? ”

Old Meng Ming's words reminded Jia Ke below, and Jia Ke also understood what tricks the emperor was going to play this time, the emperor wanted to deduct the military salary of his descendants at this time, but he couldn't find a reason. Only when the silver is gone, can he justifiably not pay the military salary or pay less. At that time, Jia Ke's subordinates will not have military salaries, and I am afraid that they will be dispersed in a hurry, which can be used as a soldier who surrenders without a fight.

At that time, Jia Ke immediately rebelled, there was no silver in his hands, and these big soldiers did not necessarily follow him, as long as Jia Ke was controlled in the capital, the world would probably be peaceful.

Thinking about it, the emperor has already arranged many of his own manpower in the original three battalions of the capital, as well as the infantry commander Yamen and the forbidden army. However, Jia Ke didn't take this seriously at all, and now the officials in these more than 100 households in the army were personally trained by Jia Ke in the training class, and he can rest assured of the loyalty of these people.

And the commanders of the major battalions were also single-handedly promoted by Jia Ke and secretly controlled, and it was even more unlikely that these people would rebel. Then the rest are those middle-level figures, these people are probably the targets of the emperor's wooing, and they are also the most likely to defect. However, these people did not have direct control over the army, and if they wanted to use the army, they had to go through the hundreds of households under their command, and then they found that in the event of betrayal, they could not mobilize a single soldier.

Jia Ke then decided to wait and see what happened, he wanted to see what tricks this emperor could make, and what kind of toss this country would be in the end. The more ruthless the emperor tosses, the faster the country decays, the less difficult it will be for him to seize power in the end, and the greater the support of the people, why not?

And more importantly, the emperor really treats these soldiers as soft persimmons, and if these Qiu Ba people make a fuss, they are not joking. If the persecution is too great, it will be up to the emperor to see how it ends.

Lei Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was also a little annoyed at this time, and every year the Ministry of War was a big user of silver. This time there is so much less silver, I am afraid that most of it will have to be deducted from the military department in the end, so that the Qiu Ba people everywhere will not make a fuss, and this one will be all over the place.

Lei Ying has been working in the military department for a long time, so he naturally knows the thoughts of the generals below, if they are not paid full salaries, these people will be transferred, and if they don't make trouble, they will rebel immediately.

Lei Ying didn't care about the same person who was the emperor with Liu Wan at this time, he strode forward and said to Liu Wan: "I don't care what method you use, you must make up for this part of the silver for me." Otherwise, I'll make your life worse than death. After Lei Ying said this, he stared at Liu Wan with red faces, and everyone didn't look at him like he was joking. It seems that it really pushed him into a hurry.

Liu Wan also regretted a little at this time why he agreed to the emperor in the first place, knowing that it was better to resign and return to his hometown. But he can't confess to the emperor now, so he can only stand there without saying a word.

While they were arguing here, they heard a sharp and thin voice outside the military aircraft department: "Ladies and gentlemen, what is this arguing about? Even the emperor knew about it in the East Warm Pavilion. ”

Everyone is very familiar with the voice when they hear it, this is the voice of the emperor's trusted eunuch Xia Shouzhong, and now Xia Shouzhong has fully taken over Dai Quan's work and served as the eunuch of the six palaces, and he can already be called an internal minister.

As soon as Liu Wan heard his voice, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly shouted out: "Father-in-law Xia, it's me Liu Wan, and now the adults in the Military Aircraft Department are asking me about the shortage of taxes and silver. ”

Xia Shouzhong, who was standing outside, didn't want to go in, he was a little afraid of Jia Ke, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, until now, because of Jia Ke, he was almost killed by the emperor. Now the emperor, although he has broken with Jia Ke. But this frightened him even more, he was a close confidant of the emperor and knew everything about the affairs of the court. knows that Jia Ke's power is no worse than that of the current emperor.

But Liu Wan is the emperor's cronie after all, and he also knows about such a thing. If he doesn't go in to relieve him, I'm afraid he will sue the emperor at that time, and he won't be able to explain himself.

So Xia Shouzhong reluctantly let the little eunuch open the curtain and enter the military aircraft.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong entered the military plane, he saw Lao Meng Ming and Lei Ying grabbing Liu Wan as if they were about to be beaten. And Jia Ke, the character they want to calculate, sits on the main seat instead, looking like he has nothing to do with himself.

Xia Shouzhong was shocked when he saw this situation, this Jia Ke didn't see the reason, or he had a way to deal with it, so he didn't panic. If it is the latter, the emperor will probably lose his wife and lose his troops this time.

As soon as Liu Wan saw Xia Shouzhong coming in, he didn't come up to save him when he stood at the door, and hurriedly said: "Father-in-law Xia quickly pulled them apart, what kind of pulling and pulling is it like?" ”

Xia Shouzhong reacted at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to Lao Meng Ming and Lei Ying and said, "Two adults, hurry up, how can your own people be so reckless." ”

When these two saw Xia Shouzhong's persuasion, they were afraid that he was a close confidant of the emperor, and they could only sell him face, so they both let go of Liu Wan.

Although Lei Ying and the others let go of Liu Wan, they were still very angry, especially Lei Ying, who was staring at Liu Wan with red eyes now, eager to go up and bite him a few times.