20. Abolish the palace city envoy
Slowly, the rain stopped.
Some of the bleak sunlight broke through the dark clouds and wandered in the sky, and looking up from the roof of the concert house, the snow was not snow, the fog was not fog, and the branches of the trees were blurred.
Gao Yue put down the cup, stood up, held the hilt of the Yunfu Sword in his hand, and said to Zheng Qi in a low but resolute voice: "You must leave for Huaihai, there is still a long way to go, you should take care of yourself in the Jingshi, and the affairs of the Zaitang also depend on you." ”
"Zhenyuan's new policy has to be implemented beautifully, and the world must truly understand the authority and power of Zaitang!" Zheng Qi's answer is like this, full of ambition and pride.
Then Gao Yue walked to the door, and the servants hurriedly picked up all their sixteen halberds one after another, and more than 100 Wu Yi who was lined with armor and covered with brocade robes surrounded the Taishi and stepped on the white horse, and began to line up in a long line, along the wall of Huaihai's Jinjin Academy in Beijing, and went to the direction of Baqiao outside the east gate of the capital.
At this moment, in the Liangyi Palace, the Emperor Taishang is stretching out his hands, supporting the window, taking this as the center of gravity, slowly rotating his lower limbs back and forth, wanting to gradually regain his feelings, Song Ruohua and Song Ruozhao supported him left and right, and used a wooden frame to support the drawings of the five birds for the Emperor to read and reference.
Li Shi's condition is still recovering, and he must calm down and not be impatient at all.
To a certain extent, illness has also become a way of self-cultivation.
In addition, the new emperor of Daming Palace also promised that after the renovation of the forest garden of Xingqing Palace in the spring of the next year is completed, he will move the Emperor Taishang to live there.
The youngest Song Ruoxian walked in, and after saying ten thousand blessings to the emperor, he said: Shannan and Longxi provinces have been built, and Wei Ling has also crossed the post road of Xingyuan Mansion and retreated back to Shu.
"Humph!" The tone of the Emperor Taishang when he heard the news was very complicated.
Later, Song Ruoxian said that the crown prince and master Gao Yue had also left the capital and returned to the town.
The Emperor Taishang was silent, and then said to Song Ruohua and Song Ruozhao with some difficulty: "Yes, if I am I, I can ...... in Xingqing Palace."
Song Ruohua squeezed the hand of the Emperor Taishang, who was a little excited, and said that he fully understood what he meant.
The Qinzheng Building of Xingqing Palace happened to face the street between Dongshi and Chang'an City, and the Emperor Taishang thought to himself that if I were in Xingqing Palace now, I would still be able to watch Gao Yue leave.
At this time, the emperor only howled a few times, which means that you can understand.
But then he fell into loneliness, his eyes looked through the window, cast into the distance, very empty.
Gao Yue is going to do something big again, but he ......
In the Yanying Palace, Zhang Jianfeng, the envoy of the Wuning Military Festival in Xuzhou, who originally came to participate in the Feng Chan at the same time, met with the new emperor Li Yu and prepared to resign.
On that day, the prime minister Zheng Qi was on the side.
Li Yu treated Zhang Jianfeng with courtesy, and at the same time asked him: "During the period when the prime minister was in Beijing, you can see what malpractices the imperial court has, and please know that everything is endless, otherwise after the minister returns to the town, who will he ask?" ”
Zhang Jianfeng said frankly: "Your Majesty, all kinds of expenses in the palace mainly rely on the supply of the degree branch to the South Treasury, and the so-called 'imperial money' is also, reaching one million yuan per year, which is enough." Therefore, the minister risked death to make a statement, asking His Majesty to abolish the 'palace city envoy' and Wufang children. ”
Li Yu asked why?
Zhang Jianfeng said: "In the past, the palace market was controlled by the officials of the Du Branch, Taifu, and Shaofu, and those who bought the goods of the people must be given value in accordance with the provisions of the documents. However, ten years ago, he began to use the eunuchs as palace envoys, led Wufang children, and hired evil teenagers in the market, first to suppress prices, and then simply directly seized the goods of merchants and ordinary people, and the people of Beijing called it 'Bai Wang', and their resentment was particularly great. In the east and west cities of Chang'an, Bai Wang gathered in the streets all day long, no less than hundreds of people, and the people were terrified and couldn't avoid it, like a plague ......"
The new emperor was really furious, and when he was still the prince, he repeatedly hoped to abolish the palace master and Wufang Xiaoer, but he didn't have the time, and now since Zhang Envoy said to such an extent, how can Yu pretend to be deaf and dumb, and let this group of eunuchs poison businessmen and people!
At this moment, Li Yu questioned Wang Shao, the judge branch of the judgment branch, and Su Ben, the judge of the household department, who were also in the Yanying Palace, why was it difficult for the palace and market envoys to prohibit it before?
Wang Shao said that the minister had just come to the third division from the place, but he really didn't know, so he still asked Su Langzhong to say.
Su Ben can't escape, so he can only reveal the truth:
"Before the emperor, the emperor judged the degree of support Pei Yanling, and moved the treasury money and property in the hands of the degree branch into the inner treasury of Daying Qionglin under various names, and at the same time continued to use the name of 'imperial money' to ask for money from the treasury. After coming and going, the treasury suffered heavy losses, so the Du Branch Division was no longer able to support the expenses required by the palace market, and the emperor, no, some lieutenants could only instruct the children of Wufang and the evil boys of Chang'an to rob the people's property in the name of the palace market. And Du Zhi saw Miyagi's move, which could reduce his own expenses, so he let it go. ”
"What a shame!" Li Yu scolded, not knowing who he was scolding, and then continued to ask Su Ben if he was determined to follow Zhang Jianfeng's proposal to abolish the palace market and Wufang Xiaoer, which had brought disaster to the country and the people.
Su Ben was a little embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "The palace market presided over by the Zhongguan has fed almost 10,000 unemployed people in Chang'an, and many Shenwei children are also involved, if it is suddenly abolished, the ministers are afraid ......."
"What are you afraid of, are you afraid of the arrogance and counterattack of the rest of the eunuch temple?" The new emperor was even more angry, so frightened that Su Ben shrank his head and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, since Pei Yanling's death, now the treasury and the inner treasury have been clearly distinguished, not only the imperial supply is constant, but the treasury is also abundant, and the minister can assure His Majesty that the palace envoy and Wufang Xiaoer, who make the people complain, can be abolished." At this time, Zheng Qi, the prime minister of the pen, turned out, calm and confident.
"Zheng Qing said it well, how to abolish it?"
"Zaitang can immediately send a fortune, and spend 120,000 yuan a year for the palace market and buying, so Su Langzhong doesn't have to worry. If the Chang'an rangers and Shenwei soldiers dare to continue to pretend to be powerful and take advantage of the lieutenant officials to do evil, the following is the relationship between the Imperial City Division and Jing Zhaoyin. ”
The new emperor was very happy, and said yes again and again, and then assured Zheng Qi and Zhang Jianfeng: "Yu has just inherited the unification, and in order to stabilize the hope of the Shishu, we must defeat the mixed forces of the palace market, Wufang children, market wanderers and Shenwei evil children, and eliminate the evil!" ”
"My Emperor Shengming." Zhang Jianfeng was overjoyed, and he was a five-body thrower.
At this time, Wang Shuwen, who was secretly standing behind the curtain of Yanying Palace, looked at Li Yu's back and almost burst into tears with excitement.
In a wall-to-wall mansion in Zhaoguofang, Chang'an, Han Yu was excited and angry, and he was frightened, he rolled up his sleeves and held a tile in his hand, while his wife Xue Tao stood by the door of the middle hall a few feet away.
On the wall and elm tree, there were three or five Shenwei disciples, as well as a few evil teenagers who were idle, scolding and provoking Han Yu there: "Don't say that you are a foreigner who has just come from Huainan, even if you are in charge of the county magistrate of Wannian County here, what can you do with us?" Some people saw that Xue Tao was quite attractive, and he was even more obscene, which was unbearable.
Han Yu was furious, pointed at them and said: "You waited for me to climb over the wall yesterday to peep at my neighbor's daughter, and after I noticed and stopped, you dare to take revenge here today, I am a dignified provincial official of Wupintai, is there any royal law?" ”
The mighty soldiers and the evil boys laughed and were unscrupulous.
At this moment, Han Yu saw two long silver poles stretching out from outside the wall, and stopped when they shook here.