After the whip sounded, in the howling of the cold wind, it was time for the ministers to perform their work.

"Ahem!"

"Ahem!"

“……”

Almost at the same time, several coughing sounds sounded in the civil official queue, and then several people were seen almost lining up together.

This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty, before the performance, you must cough first.

Among them, Xue Guoguan is an auxiliary minister of the cabinet and stands at the front of the queue. Therefore, with the geographical advantage, regardless of the back, he immediately played loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has this music!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked up and found that several people in the imperial history queue rushed to speak, and couldn't help but be a little surprised. However, Xue Guoguan's side made an appointment last night, so he nodded and said, "Quasi-play!" ”

It's early in the morning, and it's winter, and no one wants the early morning to last too long, so in general, no one wants to play on this morning, unless it's something important. Therefore, not only Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised that someone rushed to do something today, but other civil and military officials were also a little surprised. For a moment, they all looked at the few people who came out of the ranks.

When the later imperial historians saw Xue Guoguan out of the ranks, they could only reluctantly retreat first. On the side of the military general queue, when they saw these imperial histories clearly, someone muttered in a low voice: "Damn, who did you receive again!" ”

Obviously, in the imperial history just listed, there should be someone who is more famous in this regard.

In the howling of the cold wind, I heard Xue Guoguan play loudly: "Your Majesty, the people of the Ming Dynasty in the land of Gyeonggi are fortunate to have escaped the ravages of the Manchu Tartars and hid in the city of Jingshi. However, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in the city of Jingshi, they still can't survive! Hungry and cold, a large number of people freeze to death every day. Weichen thought that if the imperial court did not do its best, how could the people of the Ming Dynasty freeze to death and starve to death in the capital city! ”

Speaking of this, after he took out a piece of music from his sleeve, he continued to play loudly: "Wechen has counted the tragic situation of the refugees in Jingshi, and I ask Your Majesty to take a look!" ”

While speaking, Chen Baoting hurriedly came over and took the piece from Xue Guoguan's hand and presented it to Emperor Chongzhen.

When the other officials heard what he was doing, they couldn't help but turn their eyes to Shuncheonfu Yin, which was his area of duty. Most of them gloated in their hearts. Well, being found by Xue Manzi is in big trouble!

However, Shuntianfu Yin was not flustered, and without waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to ask by name, he coughed by himself, and then came out and said: "Your Majesty, what Xue Ge Lao played is true, but there is something wrong!" ”

Speaking of this, his voice was a little louder, and he played confidently: "The minister is the father and mother of the people, and when such a thing happens, he should do his best to settle these people." However, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and the granary under the jurisdiction of the minister has been vacant for a long time, and this matter has already been played. As long as the household department can allocate food, the minister should promise that not a single citizen will starve to death. ”

Hearing this, Hubu Shangshu Li couldn't keep silent when he was asked, and hurriedly coughed and said: "Your Majesty, I will be plagued by man-made disasters and thieves tomorrow, and the Manchu Tartars are raging, and the treasury has long been unable to make ends meet, so how can there be any surplus food!" In this matter, Weichen has already played! ”

These things, in fact, are well-known things, and who does not know that the treasury can starve rats to death with an empty treasury! Money and grain, how many years have you eaten food! That's it, it can't meet the normal consumption of the imperial court, and for this reason, it has also levied Liao and Liao, but it is still not enough!

In fact, in order to solve the problem of money and food, Yang Sichang had already suggested to Emperor Chongzhen that he levy additional salaries.

Therefore, the question raised by Xue Guoguan is actually an unsolvable problem. Looking at the well-known problems of this person, they were put on the table again, and many of the civil and military officials below were in the mentality of watching the play, what should I do if I watched the emperor?

In fact, those refugees die every day, and everyone is not blind, so why not mention it? It's because I know that there is no way to solve it, so why stand up and embarrass the emperor and leave a bad impression on the emperor's side! Xue Manzi is worthy of being Xue Manzi, he dares to do anything!

Emperor Chongzhen on the throne, in fact, he didn't need to look at the chapter, he knew that these data were given to Xue Guoguan by Jinyiwei overnight last night, and he also had a copy on hand. But at this time, he still pretended to look through it carefully, and then looked at the courtiers below with a heavy face, and said loudly: "Human lives are at stake, more than 5,000 human lives!" Do you have a good plan? Hurry up! ”

After his words fell, the square was silent, and the coughing sound that he couldn't wait to hear just now was not heard, only the sound of flag hunting in the cold wind was endless.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xue Guoguan and said: "Since Xue Qing raised this matter, there must be some way to solve it, don't have any scruples, just play!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all turned their heads to look at Xue Guoguan. Some people think of Xue Guoguan's usual behavior, such as Yang Sichang and Fang Fengnian, who are also auxiliary ministers, and think of Xue Guoguan's proposal to solve the matter of money and food that day, and they were suddenly shocked in their hearts, feeling that this Xue Manzi was going to have an idea again!

Sure enough, Xue Guoguan heard the emperor's signal, and immediately replied loudly: "It is the duty of the courtiers to worry about the humiliation of the lord and relieve the worries of the king." Since there is no money and food in the treasury, His Majesty can let these people go to the Beijing officials' homes to work as servants, earn a mouthful of food, and have a humble room to shelter from the cold, and so on! ”

When Fang Fengnian, the auxiliary minister standing beside him, heard this, he secretly said in his heart: Sure enough, sure enough! This Xue Manzi really doesn't cause public outrage and doesn't give up!

At this time, he was very afraid that Xue Guoguan would add a sentence and send refugees to civil and military officials in the name of the cabinet. In order to avoid being dragged down by Xue Guoguan, Fang Fengnian reacted immediately, without waiting for the emperor to speak, he immediately coughed, and immediately came out and played: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

In fact, with the same idea as him, there was also Yang Sichang, who was almost at the same time as Fang Fengnian, and followed the column: "Your Majesty, this law is also fallacious!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, but he didn't want to, there were more coughing sounds, and among the civil and military officials, they all came out one after another, all of them opposed this matter.

In this regard, although it was expected, Emperor Chongzhen was still very disappointed in his heart, and immediately had a gloomy face, and without saying a word, he looked at them and said the reason.

"Your Majesty, the micro-ministers are limited, and they really can't feed more people!"

"Your Majesty, the court has not yet issued the money in the past few months, and the ministers don't know how to spend this year, and now if there is one more mouth in the family, it will be really hungry and undignified!"

“……”

Anyway, they are all complaining, and they even ask the court for what they owe. Hehe, the Ming Dynasty is too, so poor that even the officials' salaries are discounted, and at this time, these officials took it out again.

When Xue Guoguan heard this, he immediately argued with them, pointed at them, and said one by one that they were all lies and bullies, and it would be strange if they could starve to death!