In the early morning of the next day, Cui Guangcheng hurriedly came to the palace of King Xin to ask for a meeting, King Xin had just finished his morning exercise, since he experienced the dream, King Xin danced every day, and practiced the fighting skills practiced in the 'Dragon Soul' special forces in the dream.

King Xin was not discouraged, after all, in the dream world, he experienced countless life-and-death battles, and walked out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood; And in reality, he never even fought with anyone, let alone killed someone.

Seeing Cui Guangcheng's frightened appearance, King Xin pretended to be polite to alleviate the embarrassing atmosphere, and King Xin deliberately asked, "Why didn't Gao Shangshu come and let you come here?" ”

A trace of hatred flashed in Cui Guangcheng's eyes, but he was caught by King Xin, Cui Guangcheng hurriedly bowed down and replied: "Back to His Royal Highness, Gao Shangshu is unwell, and he is specially appointed to act as an agent", Cui Guangcheng took out the 500,000 silver ticket in his arms, and respectfully placed it on the bookcase in front of King Xin, and then carefully retreated to the side.

King Xin speculated in his heart, presumably these silver tickets are all from Cui Guangcheng, Gao Di is by no means a good type, how can he give it away for nothing out of his own pocket, if so, it is not his Gao Di, nine times out of ten it is Cui Guangcheng's.

So, King Xin said tentatively: "Go back and thank Gao Shangshu on your behalf, and say that this king remembers him!" ”

When Cui Guangcheng heard this, the hatred in his eyes was even stronger, his face was blue, and he was secretly suffocated, and said in a low voice: "Yes, His Royal Highness King Xin!" ”

After King Xin confirmed it again, he smiled secretly in his heart, and then asked with great concern, "Is General Cui uncomfortable?" Sit down and rest."

When Cui Guangcheng heard this, his heart suddenly warmed, he was already a thief, so he shrank in front of King Xin, and looked extremely restrained, but when he heard King Xin's warm attitude, compared with Gao Di, he couldn't help but feel a sense of grief and indignation in his heart.

Thinking about himself following Gao Di before and after the saddle, coming and going in the wind and rain, born and dying, I don't want Gao Di to be unkind, this time 500,000 taels of silver had nothing to do with him, but in the end, the unknown basin was buckled on his head;

What made him even more annoyed was that Gao Di originally said that he was half a person, but he turned his face to 400,000 and 100,000 high; What made him even more unbearable was that when he went to Gao Di's mansion to get the silver ticket last night, Gao Di excused himself and asked him to pay in advance first, and then give it to him later, which was just naked extortion, with a villain face.

500,000 taels of silver, that's 500,000! Although Cui Guangcheng has not less money in Liaodong, it is also limited, and after so many years, he has almost hugged about 500,000 yuan, which is good! After a hard night's work, I returned to the pre-liberation period.

The more I thought about it in my heart, the more angry I became, and said secretly: You are unkind and unjust, don't blame me Cui Guangcheng for falling into the well!

So Cui Guangcheng gritted his teeth, borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, sat down, and explained:

"Returning to His Royal Highness the King of Letters, this 500,000 silver tickets are a patchwork of villains."

"Oh!" Shin Wang pretended to be surprised!

"Yesterday, after His Royal Highness King Xin left, Gao Shangshu asked the villain to pay the 500,000 yuan, saying that in the future, he would still be with the villain, where did the villain come up with such a huge amount of silver taels for a while, forced to be incompetent, the villain scraped together, and finally raised the amount, so he hurriedly handed it over to His Royal Highness King Xin" Cui Guangcheng cried.

"Oh! Is there such a thing? King Xin suddenly said angrily.

"Your Highness, the villain has no lies, every truth!" Cui Guangcheng's words are genuine.

"If that's the case, this is a big crime of coercing the court officials and extortion!" The king of letters shouted angrily and took the case.

Seeing this, Cui Guangcheng was overjoyed in his heart, so he continued to say, "What's more, when Gao Di returned to Beijing from Liaodong to recover his life, he brought back 30,000 taels of gold, millions of silver, and countless jewels of all kinds."

"Is that true?" King Shin was really angry this time.

Seeing this, Cui Guangcheng hurriedly knelt down and said: "Returning to His Royal Highness King Xin, these are all seen by the villain with his own eyes, and he is still escorted back to Beijing by the villain himself." ”

"Oh!" King Xin gritted his teeth with hatred, looked at Cui Guangcheng and asked, "General Cui, are you willing to write down the many crimes of Gao Di?" ”

"This!" Cui Guangcheng hesitated!

"General Cui rest assured, this king will keep it secret for you, and it doesn't hurt to have this king vouch for you!" King Shin's eyes were firm.

When Cui Guangcheng heard this, his heart was crossed, and he hugged his fists and said: "The villain is willing to serve His Royal Highness King Xin, and he will never give up!" ”

"Good! General Cui, please get up! King Xin was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Cui Guangcheng up, at this time, Cui Guangcheng secretly rejoiced in his heart: It seems that I am a dangerous chess, and the bet is right, and I will follow His Royal Highness King Xin in the future, and glory and wealth will be at my fingertips!

King Xin took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Cui Guangcheng leaned over to copy all of Gao Di's corruption and bending the law, deducting military salaries, etc., and then presented them to King Xin with both hands.

"Good! General Cui reported meritorious service, and after the king asked His Majesty, he would be rewarded for meritorious deeds! King Xin said happily.

"Thank you for your cultivation!" Cui Guangcheng's eyes were warm, and he already regarded himself as a confidant of Xinwangfu.

Sending Cui Guangcheng away, King Xin looked at the book case and confessed Gaodi's crimes, and was filled with indignation! When the dynasty was in charge of the country's military and material deployment and food and salary, he was so rebellious and wantonly made a lot of money! The annual ration of the Xinwang Mansion is only 10,000 taels of silver, and a military secretary can embezzle 30,000 taels of gold and a million silver, which is enough to be the ration of the Xinwang Mansion for more than 100 years, how dare he be so rebellious? How dare you go against the grain?

King Xin arranged for Li Ruoqi, the deputy commander of the palace, to bring 200,000 taels of silver tickets to Wang Gong Factory and hand them over to Xue Fengxiang, the commander of the ** Bureau, for the production of Wang Gong Factory and research and development funds; At the same time, Wang Guoxing was arranged to go to the household department to invite Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department.

During this time, Ni Yuanlu was busy with post-disaster reconstruction and disaster relief matters, going back and forth to the disaster relief site every day, and carrying out activities among the victims and construction sites.

As the person in charge of the household department of the imperial court, he was able to go to the front line of disaster relief to command and dispatch, and his work style infected the officials of the household department, and at the same time, he also appeased the people's grievances and post-disaster panic.

Ni Yuanlu reported in detail to King Xin on the disaster relief work, as well as the use and distribution of various disaster relief food funds, no matter how big or small, King Xin was very satisfied after listening, and affirmed the efforts and dedication of all the officials of the household department in public, established a good image of the court officials, and won the hearts and minds of the people.

King Xin took out the remaining 300,000 silver tickets, and said earnestly: "Ni Shangshu, there are 300,000 silver tickets here, this king is now handed over to you, you have to find a way to raise a batch of grain from the rich areas in the south of the Yangtze River to enrich the grain depot in case of emergency, understand?" ”

Ni Yuanlu took the silver ticket in King Xin's hand with trembling hands, and said excitedly: "Your Highness, don't worry, with these 300,000 taels of silver, the life of the people in the north will be much better this year." ”

King Shin shook his head, "It's not enough, I want you to fill all the granaries of the northern treasury at the end of the year and the end of autumn." ”

"Huh?" Ni Yuanlu exclaimed incredibly! "Impossible, absolutely impossible! Not to mention that the treasury is empty, even if the treasury is full, it can't buy so much grain? ”

King Xin said solemnly: "The land of fish and rice in the south is abundant in grain and grass, drought and water shortage in the north, shortage of grain and grass, and grain and grass are transferred from the south to the north; Jiangnan is not enough to recruit and transfer, so you want to procure it from South Vietnam, Siam, and in short, the household department must do everything possible to raise more food, the more the better."

"For example: rice, wheat, buckwheat, corn, peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., as long as it is edible food."

Ni Yuanlu thought for a long time and said: "Everything else is easy to do, there is nothing in the south that can be purchased abroad, Your Highness, potatoes and white potatoes are not easy to store, even if they are purchased, they will easily rot." ”

"Isn't it possible to cut it into slices and dry it before storing it?" The king of faith is white-eyed.

"That's right! Why didn't we remember it before? The sandy land in the north is easy to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes, but because it is not easy to store, the people rarely plant, resulting in a lot of fertile land idle, Weichen returned to the household department and issued a notice, so that the people in the north will double the harvest every year, and the food gap will be alleviated" Ni Yuanlu's eyes flashed, and he was inexplicably excited, and he was already convinced by King Xin.

"Humph! If you want to be able to remember, do you still need to be reminded by this king? Only by changing our thinking, using more brains, and increasing sources of income and reducing expenditure can we solve the problem of food shortage in the country. King Shin said earnestly.

"Your Highness, your idea is good, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice?" Ni Yuanlu looked at the silver ticket in his hand that was not yet hot, and said with a sad face.

King Xin was suddenly angry and reprimanded: "I'll figure out a way to deal with the silver, don't you already have 300,000 now?" Naturally, there will be a second • a third 300,000, and more and more in the future"

Ni Yuanlu was immediately overjoyed, yes, King Xin promised the household yesterday to use the Ministry of War's salary, and today he will raise 300,000, it seems that King Xin is very confident, so he said happily: "That's good, as long as there is enough silver, Weichen will definitely fill the granary of the northern treasury"

Seeing that Ni Yuanlu was enlightened, King Xin still recognized this household secretary in his heart, so he continued: "Food is the foundation of the country's stability, and it is more related to the people's food and clothing. However, the disaster relief and grain release is only to quench thirst, not a long-term solution, and it is necessary to open up the wasteland and accumulate grain, so that it can be solved once and for all, and the problem of people's food can be solved, that is, the problem of people's livelihood can be solved, and the country can be stable. ”

Ni Yuanlu listened carefully, while thinking about what King Xin said, and suddenly opened his mouth, like an empowerment, his face was full of joy, his face was full of joy, his expression was radiant, he trembled with excitement, and secretly said in his heart: King Xin is really a virtuous king!

On a whim, King Xin continued: "Opening the grain road is only one of them, the treasury must be full, if you want the treasury to be full, non-tax road, you need to open up trade routes, mobilize merchants to open up the market, exchange what you have, in order to make the country rich and the people strong, this king suggested that the household department set up a business department, and give the specific plan to this king, and then I will submit it to Your Majesty for review."

Ni Yuanlu only nodded his head, and kept saying, "Okay, good!" "Listening to Wang's words today, it is better to read ten years of books, because he is open-minded, open-minded, and clear about his future work tasks.