In the days before, I looked at the terrain of mountains and rivers on the copper map with Gao Yue, discussed the establishment of the imperial camp together, discussed the route of the army together, and discussed the candidates for the state and county assassin history and county orders together, what a multiple and pure joy it was! It is precisely because of this joy that I will be relieved to let you enter the door of the Lord's book.

But when you enter the political hall, why did things become like this?

The emperor was still a little unrelenting, so he tentatively consulted Gao Yue again, "Zhang Peng, who judged salt and iron, said that he hoped that the ruling government could review the actual income of the southeast salt profits, and loosen the original annual quota of six million guan, I don't know."

But Gao Yue quickly rejected the emperor coldly, and he held up the wat board: "Your Majesty, the three chiefs of the Duzhi, the Household Department, and the Salt and Iron Divisions are all envoys of the imperial court, and they take care of the taxes and services of the Quartet for the Son of Heaven, and their powers are already very important, so there is no need to pretend to be the Taisi government under the book in their hands." Under the door of the Chinese book, it is the place where the three princes talk about the Tao, and it is really inappropriate to mix salt affairs. In the past, when Dou Shen was in charge of Guojun, he took it as a pleasure to take charge of Qian Valley, and finally collapsed, which can be said to be not far away. Therefore, if Zhang Peng wants to lower the quota of salt profits, how much and how to reduce it, let him write a letter of discussion and submit it to him, and the Son of Heaven can discuss it with us and other ruling ministers, and there is no need for us to personally go to the account books to read the account books and calculate the money. ”

Qing means, "The emperor was very depressed at this time."

"The prime minister, Li Liyuan, Fu Siyi, and Ping Bangguo. You should sit and talk, not be a businessman. Gao Yue's definition is very crisp.

I'm a decision-maker, not a political officer, thank you.

Not to mention Jia Tan and Du Huangsheng, even Lu Zhen who was present was greatly shocked.

Yes, the original role of the prime minister in power was to participate in the affairs of the peace and the governor, but after the opening of the Yuan Tianbao, he became more and more involved in trivial affairs such as salt and profit, official governance, military and political affairs, which is indeed very contrary to the original concept of the prime minister!

In the end, the helpless emperor could only agree to the three things presented by the prime ministers.

When Gao Yue and the others were leaving, the emperor looked at the moving sun shadow in the palace at this time, and remembered that several prime ministers had not yet eaten, so he said: "The ministers have worked hard, and then I asked the inner court to send the delicacies to the kitchen of the government hall for you to eat." ”

In the middle of the day, in the canteen facing south of the government hall, there are two doors and four windows, the eaves are flying, and the components are all pine and cypress nanmu, which can be said to be not cold in winter and not burning in summer.

Gao Yue is a Chinese scholar, and his couch is fixed.

But when he saw this couch, he almost didn't vomit out last night's meal, only to see that the couch and his feet were full of accumulated filth and greasy, which made people's hearts beat when they saw it.

When he was just a student, he listened to Dou Magpie and Yuan Ji bragging together in Pingkangfang, saying that it was a great honor for the prime minister to eat dine-in, and there were many noble taboos, could it be that this couch was also a taboo?

"It is said that as the chief prime minister, the Zhongshu Shilang can never move, let alone clean, if he moves casually, the prime minister will be in danger of collapse." At this time, Jia Tan, who was deeply versed in the arts, saw that Gao Yue looked puzzled, so he laughed and explained.

"Then how many years has this couch not been touched?"

"Nearly forty years."

Forty years later, even if I Gao Yue was killed, I wouldn't eat on this couch!

Gao Yue shook his head and said: "In the past forty years, there have been more than ten or twenty prime ministers in the court, some are virtuous, some are dull, some are loyal, some are traitors, most of the history books will have public opinions, what does it have to do with this couch?" In my opinion, most of the psychology of the predecessors is playing tricks, and they will be restrained by some absurd rumors, this is the place where the ruling minister will eat and drink, how can this filth be piled up! ”

After saying that, Gao Yue asked the officials on duty to come, moved the couch away, and swept more than ten dustpans under it, and then the couch was already decayed, so he dragged it to the backyard and burned it with a fire, and replaced it with a new one.

When Gao Yue sat on the brand-new couch, he took a long breath, and only felt indescribably refreshed.

The prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty were not allowed to be disturbed by outsiders during dine-in, so this was often a good time for the prime ministers to discuss affairs secretly.

Soon, the two taxes will be gathered along Caoyun, and the matter of conquering Zhaozhou will also be put on the agenda, but Lu Zhen is worried, he put down his food and chopsticks, "The Son of Heaven promised me that after Helong recovered, he would discuss the matter of abolishing Daying Qionglin, but now there is no return." The judge supported Pei Yanling, who did not learn and did not know how to do anything, so he could only get some false things to deceive the imperial court, and secretly transferred the money and goods from the treasury to the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven, so as to consolidate his favor. Now the national treasury can no longer afford the military expenses of the expedition, so it can only rely on the internal treasury to spend. Yi Song, you said before that the prime minister wants to sit and talk about it, but what I'm afraid of, in the long run, the prime minister can really only talk about it. ”

"The inner treasury of the Son of Heaven, in addition to the money and silk allocated by the treasury every year, there are also the officials sent by His Majesty to various places to claim the income, and the account books, seals and keys are all in the hands of the bow and arrow envoy (Huo Zhongtang), and this money is completely out of the control of the imperial court." Du Huangshang also sighed.

"Lu Jiu, let's ask ourselves, can we get Your Majesty to abolish the inner library?" At this time, Gao Yue also put down the food chopsticks and asked about it.

Lu Yi was silent.

"Lu Jiu, you should also know that what His Majesty needs is enough to rely on the income of the royal family's official estates everywhere, plus the allocation of the treasury. When Liu Yan was still in charge of the world's interests, millions of salt profits every year were not included in the treasury, and were directly used as a surplus to Emperor Daizong's inner treasury for rewarding the army; When Yang Yan implemented the two tax laws, he once said to His Majesty that 300,000 pieces of cloth and silk would be allocated every year for His Majesty's royal use, and all the others would go into the treasury. But you have also seen the final ending, using the treasury to quell the Heshuo rebellion, it was completely wiped out within a year, Your Majesty has not figured out what is going on, the Changwu Army has changed because there is no reward, Your Majesty has sown Fengtian, the treasury is gone, the inner treasury is gone, and even food cannot be received in the city, and then if it is not for Liu Yan, Han Rong and other manpower to turn the tide, and transfer the goods and money along the Shangjin Road to Fengtian City, I am afraid that Your Majesty's forbidden army will rebel and flee. Since then, whenever there is an offering in various places, His Majesty will store it under the promenade in Mukden City, take care of it, and hang the plaques of 'Daying' and 'Qionglin', for no other reason. Speaking of this, Gao Yue pointed to his heart, "Because Your Majesty's heart has been shocked by all kinds of tragedies, I really can't believe the treasury, and I am really poor."

"But Yisong." Lu Yi means that I also understand what you said, but you can't let the inner treasury swell to the extent that it completely overpowers the national treasury, that is overkill.

"In fact, wouldn't it be nice to clearly separate the income of the treasury and the inner treasury?" Gao Yue said loudly.

You let Your Majesty abolish the inner library, it is impossible, this is determined by the emperor's nature, you might as well distinguish the rights and responsibilities clearly, so that the distinction is clear, and it also saves a character like Pei Yanling from being a hindrance in it.