Last year, Chen Guo's treasury collected only 12 million taels of tax silver, and two years ago, it was less than 10 million taels.

Therefore, when he heard the figure reported by the captain of the blade squad, Emperor Chen subconsciously thought that it was 30,000 or 300,000 taels, and a small Ezhou could collect three million taels of silver, and he didn't even dare to dream of it.

His Majesty asked, and the captain of the sharp blade squad had to repeat: "This time, the property of officials such as Ezhou Thorn Shi and Beijia was confiscated, as well as the Ezhou merchants paid back taxes and silver, totaling more than three million taels, and the rest of the rare jewels were estimated to be worth two million taels, totaling five million ta......els."

Five million taels of silver is enough to cover half a year's tax silver from the state treasury.

Chen Huang walked forward quickly and said, "Take me to have a look!" ”

The convict of Ezhou was temporarily escorted to the prison of Dali Temple, and more than 100 carriages slowly drove into the palace.

On a square in the palace, Emperor Chen looked at the endless convoy in front of him, and waved: "Open all the boxes!" ”

A team of guards stepped forward and tore off the seal of the box on the car, and the moment they opened the lid, they were almost blinded by a silver light.

More than 100 carriages, hundreds of boxes, full of silver, made everyone feel that the surroundings were much brighter.

Rao is palace guards are used to seeing strong winds and waves, and they have never seen such a scene, standing next to the carriage, dumbfounded.

was stunned, not only these guards, but also Emperor Chen.

As an emperor, he had never seen so much silver, so many white flowers, silver shining in the sun.

Although the silver in his hands is more than 10 million taels every year, it is only a cold number on the recital, and it is far less shocking than the three million taels of silver placed in front of him.

A small Ezhou can transport back three hundred taels of silver, so the entire Jiangnan can't be at least ten years of tax silver back to Chen Guo?

Now that the pressure in the northwest has increased sharply, if the imperial court has this silver, are you afraid that there will be no money to fight?

Just with silver, you can smash those barbarians in the Western Regions and the grasslands to death!

Thinking of this, Chen Huang licked his lips, and his eyes were shining.

Everyone was waiting for Emperor Chen to speak, and a little eunuch stood beside him, and couldn't help but remind: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Chen finally came back to his senses, thought about it, and said, "Ship all this silver to the inner mansion." ”

The inner house is different from the national treasury, the silver of the national treasury is used in the world, and the inner government is responsible for the usual application of the imperial family, and the silver of the inner palace can be spent as much as the emperor wants, and the silver of the national treasury, even the emperor cannot use it at will.

Returning to the imperial study, Emperor Chen was pacing in the hall, and the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed.

After a long time, he stopped, looked at the leader of the blade squad again, and asked, "What else did Tang Ning let you bring?" ”

The squad leader said: "Lord Tang also brought a copy of the Book of the People, which has the signatures and handprints of the people of Ezhou, and the book lists in detail the evidence of the crimes of the local officials of Ezhou who have disregarded the laws and disciplines of the imperial court and murdered the officials of the imperial court......

Emperor Chen had a calm face and said, "Present it." ”

The Blade Squad leader respectfully handed over a handwritten letter.

This letter was written by Tang Ning himself, which clearly recorded the crimes of Ezhou officials, and the last sentence was his speculation that the poison of Liang Guo's "everything is dry" would actually be in the hands of Ezhou officials, and Tang Ning guessed that they might collude with the chaotic party in Jiangnan.

After a while, Emperor Chen threw the piece in his hand to the ground, his face was completely gloomy, and he said angrily: "They are so big! ”

……

Jingzhao Mansion.

Zhong Mingli was handling official business in the office, and suddenly a government official stepped forward to report that his wife and young lady had arrived.

Zhong Mingli stood up and saw Chen Yuxian and Zhong Yisu Ru walking in from outside.

He walked out and was surprised, "Why are you here?" ”

Chen Yuxian stepped forward quickly and asked with concern, "Did Ning'er have an accident?" ”

Zhong Mingli looked at her and asked, "Did you hear any rumors, didn't I say, let you stay at home these days and don't go out to listen to those news of chasing wind and shadows?" ”

"What kind of rumors...... Chen Yuxian looked at him and said angrily: "The whole Jingshi is saying that Feng Xiang and they want to force His Majesty to get rid of the minister, who is that minister, is it Ning'er?" ”

Zhong Mingli said: "With His Majesty protecting him, you don't have to worry." ”

Chen Yuxian said: "They all said that it was because His Majesty protected him that Feng Xiang and they would not give up, and Ning'er was in Jiangnan, so there would be no danger, right?" ”

"Don't worry." Zhong Mingli looked at them and comforted, "As long as he is not called back to Jingshi, nothing will happen." ”

Chen Yuxian heard the implication of his words, and hurriedly asked, "Then what if he is recalled to Jingshi?" ”

Zhong Mingli opened his mouth, but finally didn't say anything.

Feng Xiangyi, for the sake of Jiangnan's affairs, was already determined to cure Tang Ning's crimes, if it weren't for His Majesty's protection in an almost evasive way, he would have been recalled to Jingshi.

If he is recalled to Jingshi, it means that in the face of the persecution of Feng Xiang and the Jiangnan party, His Majesty has compromised.

After all, one is a young official who has just entered the officialdom, and the other is the largest party group in the DPRK headed by the current prime minister.

Zhong Mingli clenched his fists, but a deep look of helplessness appeared in his eyes, this level of confrontation was far beyond the scope of his control, Jing Zhaoyin.

Tomorrow is the deadline for the closure of the court, and a day later, the court will definitely set off a bloody storm around this matter.

While Zhong Mingli sighed, the officials, Fang Hong looked at a letter, his face was shocked, at the door of Xiao's mansion, Xiao Jue opened the letter in his hand, and after looking at it, a strange smile appeared on his face.

……

Above the Golden Palace.

During the reign of His Majesty, he was extremely diligent, except at the end of each year, there were few cases of ten consecutive days off in the morning.

In order to avoid Feng Xiang's accountability for Tang Ning, His Majesty simply turned out of sight, and hid in the palace on the grounds that he was ill, and no one could see him, trying to use this method to make Feng Xiang and others compromise.

But perhaps even His Majesty didn't expect that his move not only did not make Feng Xiang retreat, but made him more determined to get rid of the favored ministers of the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, hundreds of civil and military officials slowly entered from outside the hall, bowed their heads and stood in the hall waiting.

A quarter of an hour later, Emperor Chen came around the apse and sat down on the dragon chair.

He looked down and said, "What do you have to do today?" ”

According to the custom, after the emperor asks this question, the prime minister with the highest status among the hundred officials will report some important things, followed by the six Shangshu, and the officials will let the officials discuss freely according to their grades and positions, what should be played, what should be listened to, and where it needs to be discussed.

However, today, Wang Xiang took leave, Feng Xiang didn't say a word, and the six Shangshu were also looking at the nose and the nose and the heart, and they didn't mean to stand up.

Most of the officials in the court kept silent at the right time, everyone knew that today's early dynasty was the stage for Feng Xiang and His Majesty, and who else dared to intervene?

After the courtiers were silent for a while, it was finally the turn of the six ministries to give the matter.

The official took a step forward in the matter, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Ezhou Assassin Shi and other officials have entered Beijing, and Tang Ning, the acting servant of the Ministry of Officials, has overstepped his authority and lawlessness, and has made the entire Jiangnan into a miasma, and the people are full of grievances. ”

The courtiers invariably looked up at the official branch to give a glance in the matter, and the official department re-mentioned this topic in the matter, which was the beginning of today's court dispute.

Sure enough, after his words fell, another supervisor of the Imperial History Observatory stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Tang Ning, the acting servant of the Ministry of Officials, on the way to the Jiangnan examination, without the permission of the imperial court, actually arrested and imprisoned the Imperial History Zhongcheng who accompanied the supervision, acted arbitrarily and despised the law and discipline, and the minister implored Your Majesty to recall Tang Ning to the capital to ask for guilt!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"Seconded!"

……

After supervising the imperial history, more than ten people came out of the ranks, and their voices were uniform.

Feng Xiang has not yet made a move, some officials of Feng Xiang's party have already made such a noise, if Your Majesty still insists on going your own way, and waits until the Jiangnan Party collectively persecutes, and finally cannot come to power, it must still be Your Majesty.

Zhong Mingli stood in the crowd, looking at these people, his face worried, Fang Hong's face was indifferent, Xiao Jue's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he remembered their names one by one.

Above the Golden Palace, the hundred officials need to bow their heads to report, no one dares to raise their heads to look directly at the emperor, so no one sees it, at this moment, Emperor Chen looked at the eyes of those Jiangnan parties in the palace, full of disgust.