Emperor Zhengqing is a diligent emperor, and generally after the next dynasty, he goes to the south study to approve an afternoon's excerpts.

Today is no exception, but he also summoned Lin Ruhai.

"Lin Aiqing, I ordered you to check the revenue of the treasury this year, can you find out?"

Lin Ruhai is the head of the household department he has just promoted, and he asked him to clean up the accounts, also to let Lin Ruhai get familiar with government affairs as soon as possible.

"Back to the emperor, the annual income of a few years has been sorted out, and all the taxes in the country, excluding the part of the local and tax yamen that are intercepted for their own use, the total amount of cash in the treasury is 37,425,508 taels."

Emperor Zhengqing frowned and said, "So little? That's more than 6 million less than last year......"

Lin Ruhai explained: "This year, the floods in the middle reaches of the Yellow River are worse than in previous years, and Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places have been affected in large areas; There was a great drought in Zhejiang, and the fields in 48 counties of the five prefectures in southern Zhejiang were almost not harvested, and these places were exempted from taxes by His Majesty, and the agricultural taxes were mainly reduced by nearly 2 million taels in these two places, and the taxes of other provinces and localities were stable and complementary. The main shortfall comes from the commercial tax, which has declined almost all types this year, with the largest difference in the salt tax, which alone is more than 2 million taels less than last year. ”

"Okay, I got it."

Emperor Zhengqing was in a somewhat unhappy mood. He still wants to do a lot of big things next year, and as a result, the treasury revenue is so much less.

"The salt tax is so much less, how much less is it in the middle of the two Huai?"

Lin Ruhai glanced at Emperor Zhengqing and said lightly: "Half." ”

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Emperor Zhengqing took a few cases and scolded angrily: "This Huang Shipeng, I want to pick his skin!" ”

After Lin Ruhai stepped down, it was this man named Huang Shipeng who took over the Yamen of the Imperial History of the Two Huai Patrol Salts.

Lin Ruhai said: "Weichen thinks that if Your Majesty offends Lord Huang because of this, it may make Lord Huang feel wronged. The salt merchants have always been cunning, and Wei Chen has been in Jiangnan for eight years, and he doesn't dare to say that he is completely familiar with their path, so he can only figure it slowly. Now that Lord Huang can guarantee that the salt tax collected as soon as he arrives at the beginning of the year is only less than one million taels less than last year, it can be seen that Lord Huang must have been sleeping all night and exhausted his thoughts. You must know that the amount that Lord Huang received was much more than when Wei Chen first arrived in Jiangnan. ”

Emperor Zhengqing thought about it, accepted Lin Ruhai's plea, and said: "I also know that he is a loyal person, so he won't say anything, but the other three are unforgivable." Originally, the annual salt tax was much less than that of Lianghuai, and this year it dared to be so much less, damn it! ”

Lin Ruhai didn't speak for them this time, and said: "Most of them guessed that Lord Huang must not be able to collect enough taxes and silver, so they dare to slack off. ”

"Hmph, how can I not understand their minds, and think that the court is so easy to fool? I will not tolerate it this time! I issued an edict to dismiss the three of them and investigate them as an example. ”

"Your Majesty, please think twice, there are only four salt inspectors in our dynasty, if you cut three at once, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in the salt industry, and the collection of salt tax next year will also be greatly disadvantaged, and please consider the disposal."

Emperor Zhengqing's eyes were dark, and he wanted to kill them all for this kind of dereliction of duty. But he also knew that Lin Ruhai's worries were right.

"What Aiqing said is reasonable, even so, it can't help but give a warning. Which of the three has the most gap? ”

Lin Ruhai said: "Changlu." ”

"Okay, then exile the Changlu Patrol Salt Imperial History Raider."

After Emperor Zhengqing said this, he seemed to feel refreshed, and looked at Lin Ruhai and actually laughed: "Like the sea by my side, the long-term constraints I have been dealing with the government seem to have disappeared, as if I have an arm." It seems that transferring Ruhai to the capital is something I should have done a long time ago. ”

Lin Ruhai knelt down and said: "Your Majesty is loved, and Weichen is afraid." ”

"Get up."

Emperor Zhengqing only had a momentary feeling, and seeing that Lin Ruhai didn't dare to talk to him about the friendship of his youth, he was not reluctant, so he only said: "In the future, I hope Aiqing will think more about the affairs of the household department, and now the Russian Cossacks are ready to move, and war may break out at any time, and I want a surplus treasury."

In the future, all unnecessary expenses will be rejected by Aiqing as much as possible, and if necessary, they will also need to be reduced as appropriate. If someone is not convinced, let them just read the book, and I will support you for you. ”

"Yes, Weichen takes the order."

Lin Ruhai bowed down to accept the order, but thought in his heart: Everyone in the DPRK and China speculated about His Majesty's attitude towards the Cossack soldiers pointing at the Tatars, and His Majesty has never expressed his thoughts, most of the ministers in the DPRK and China are the main peacemakers, and some people even put forward the imperial case with their relatives.

"Princess Star-Moon to ......"

As soon as the eunuch's voice went down, a crisp voice came:

"Brother Emperor!"

Emperor Zhengqing looked at Princess Xingyu who walked in outside, and a smile quietly appeared on his face.

Although Lin Ruhai is not in Beijing all the year round, he has also heard of the famous name of Princess Xingyue, and he does not look at it, and said: "If Your Majesty has no other instructions, Weichen will retire first." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Lin Ruhai turned around and wanted to leave after saying goodbye, but who would have expected that Princess Xingyue, who had just walked to his side, actually stopped him, and said arrogantly: "You are Lin Ruhai?" ”

"Xingyue, don't be rude." Zhengqing Emperor Road.

Lin Ruhai replied: "It's Weichen, I don't know what Her Royal Highness the princess commanded." ”

Xingyue first grimaced at Emperor Zhengqing, and then looked at Lin Ruhai and said, "I heard that you have accepted a righteous son, what is your name..... I forgot what it was called, I heard others say that he is a gentleman, stealing chickens and teasing dogs all day long, and doing all kinds of bad things. Princess Ben is very angry and orders you to discipline him well when you go back. ”

"Hehe" Emperor Zhengqing smiled on it.

What is this ghostly girl thinking?

Lin Ruhai was a little surprised, he didn't know how this princess in the deep palace knew about his relationship with Jia Qing. But he was clear-minded, although he couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Princess Xingyue's gourd for a while, and seeing that Emperor Zhengqing didn't mind Xingyue talking to him, he said: "The son of a son is stubborn, and he doesn't know how to offend the princess, so Weichen apologizes to the princess on his behalf." As for discipline, I don't know how the princess wants Weichen to discipline? ”

"Oh, I said that I listened to others, not because I offended me, in short, you just discipline him well after you go back, it's better to open his ass to him, and see if he dares to be proud."

After Princess Xingyue finished speaking, she no longer paid attention to Lin Ruhai, walked quickly to Emperor Zhengqing, and said, "Brother Emperor, why are you still here, no wonder I can't find you everywhere in the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

Lin Ruhai shook his head behind him, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Princess, Weichen retires......"

"Remember what I told you!"

Lin Ruhai: "......"

After Lin Ruhai left, Emperor Zhengqing smiled and said, "Why, our Xingyue is still angry about what happened last time?" ”

"Not really!"

"Hehe, who told you to always bully others, so that people don't dare to come to see you."

Last time, Princess Xingyue looked at the drawings of the princess's mansion that Jia Qing had planned for him, and she was really overjoyed at that time, and even put aside the past "grievances" for the time being, and secretly sent her little eunuch to call Jia Qing into the palace, saying that she still had a few ideas to talk to Jia Qing about, and asked him to re-plan the design drawings......

Who knew that the little eunuch who came back replied to Jia Qing's words: First, the drawings were not drawn by me; Second, Her Royal Highness the princess has a golden body, and Weichen does not dare to make a mistake, for fear of damaging the princess's reputation; Third, without the holy decree, he did not dare to enter the palace without authorization.

At that time, Princess Xingyue was so angry.

Subsequently, he learned from Emperor Zhengqing that Jia Qing entered the palace to ask Emperor Zhengqing for his guilt that day, informed Emperor Zhengqing of the matter, and said that he had offended the princess and asked Emperor Zhengqing to punish him.

Isn't this equivalent to suing her in disguise?

It just doesn't make sense. Princess Xingyue begged Emperor Zhengqing to punish Jia Qing heavily.

Emperor Zhengqing thought that this was just Princess Xingyue's nonsense for a while, and Jia Qing was afraid of Princess Xingyue and deliberately avoided her, which was also the duty of a courtier, how could he blame Jia Qing for this?

couldn't stand Xingyue's coquettishness, so he ordered Jia Qing to study behind closed doors for three days to punish the crime of disrespect to the princess.

"How have I ever bullied him, it's all because he bullied me again and again, okay! Hmph, I don't know what he is capable of, he deceived you and his father, and he didn't help me! ”

For Princess Xingyue's words, Emperor Zhengqing naturally smiled. For a while, I wondered if Xingyue would be too pampered, and I was used to throwing the responsibility to others, and I didn't know the reason for finding myself at all, and I ...... in the future If she marries a courtier, it's okay, with him covering, no one dares to bully her, and if she marries a foreigner, he is a little worried.