Chapter 0041: The Dirty Schemes of the Emperor and the Prime Minister

Zhao Pu spoke for Yang Yansi for a long time, and in the end, it was summed up in four words.

Seek advantages and avoid disadvantages!

This is also the essence of Zhao Pu's many years as an official.

Zhao Puneng calmly told Yang Yansi that he really treated Yang Yansi as a relative.

Zhao Pu's remarks also confirmed the potential threat of the Yang family that Yang Yansi had analyzed before.

From the very beginning, Yang Yansi knew very well in his heart that the reason why he was smarter than the ancients was due to knowledge, not wisdom.

He would never dare to underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Although Zhao Pu is greedy for money, he is also a believer. Yang Yansi returned to the mansion with his front foot, and Zhao Pu sent someone to send the winning gambling money over with his back foot.

A full 1,800,000 taels of silver, a piece of white flowers.

Yang Yansi scrooge moved the silver into the treasury of the other courtyard, and hid in the treasury alone to count the money, and no one could call out.

When Yang Yansi was hiding in the treasury and counting money, Zhao Pu changed into court clothes and entered the palace.

In the Qinzheng Palace, there are only two people, Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Pu is an old minister of the two dynasties, Zhao Guangyi didn't dare to let Zhao Pu stand, and after giving the seat, he retired from the palace.

"Zhao Aiqing, what is the result?" There was some eagerness in Zhao Guangyi's language.

Zhao Pu Shili said with a smile: "With His Majesty personally persuading Shi Ke, everything is naturally easy to capture." ”

Zhao Guangyi, with a happy face, sighed: "I, the imperial brother, don't do it with a good Taiping prince, and I have some thoughts that I shouldn't have, and I should beat them." ”

Zhao Puha laughed, "The old minister thinks that King Wei Chitose should be bewitched by others, so he will have the idea of plotting rebellion and usurping the throne." After this beating, he will definitely be a man with his tail between his legs. ”

Zhao Guangyi shook his head, "I can't bear to kill each other between our brothers, I hope he will really clamp his tail and be a man in the future." If it is a regeneration of different hearts...... For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, I also had to kill the killer. ”

Can't bear to kill each other? How did Grandpa Tai die?

Zhao Guangmei is also a fool, if she wants to do such a big thing as rebellion, she should secretly find some henchmen and act quietly. But he actually blatantly encircled Lu Duoxun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and planned a rebellion in his own house.

Don't you know how many court agents are hidden in your house to check yourself first?

Zhao Guangyi is also insidious enough, obviously wants to rectify Zhao Guangmei ruthlessly, but he pretends to be very generous.

Zhao Puguan has been in office for a long time, and he is also a good person, so he guessed Zhao Guangyi's thoughts.

"Your Majesty is benevolent, which is really a blessing to the community. It's just that the old minister thinks that the country has national laws and family rules. Since King Chitose of Wei had a mind that he shouldn't have, he should be punished to avoid raising tigers in the future. ”

Zhao Guangyi nodded with satisfaction, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Zhao Pu followed Zhao Guangyi's thoughts and said: "The minister thinks that he should be dismissed and exiled for thousands of miles. ”

Zhao Guangyi was puzzled: "It's a bit heavy to be exiled for thousands of miles, let him go to Fangling!" His heirs are also my sons and nephews, and I can't bear to do it, so they are all demoted to other places as officials! ”

"No!"

As soon as Zhao Guangyi's golden mouth opened, the end of Zhao Guangmei, the king of Wei, was already doomed. Now it's time to talk about the bet.

"I bet 50,000 taels of gold on the handicap opened by the emperor's brother, when will the gambling debt be recovered?"

Don't wonder that Zhao Guangyi, an emperor, cares so much about gambling debts.

The emperor is also poor!

The emperor's inner treasury and the state's treasury were separated. The tax burden collected by various parts of the Great Song Dynasty every year will be handed over to the state treasury. Every year, two million guan would be allocated from the treasury to the emperor's treasury.

During the Taizu Dynasty, in order to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun and prepare military funds, a pile sealing warehouse was specially set up. After Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he also inherited this sealing warehouse, and in order to remove the traces of Taizu, he even changed the name for it, called the Inner Library.

Zhao Guangyi did not touch the money in the inner treasury, and even took a sum of money from the treasury allocated to the inner treasury every year and deposited it.

In order to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun, Zhao Guangyi had to save money.

As a result, the actual amount of money for the emperor to spend was only 1.3 million yuan per year.

This 1.3 million yuan not only has to be used for tens of thousands of people in the palace to eat, drink, and spend, but also has to come out of here when Zhao Guangyi rewards his ministers for the New Year's holidays.

Over the course of a year, not only will there be no money left, but there will even be some owed to the treasury.

Even the 50,000 taels of gold used for gambling were borrowed by Zhao Guangyi from the state treasury.

Isn't it pitiful? An emperor is rich all over the world, but Yang Yansi, who suddenly became rich, is not rich.

"Your Majesty, fifteen million taels of silver, that's not a small amount, even if it is a thousand years old King Wei, he has to raise a lot." Zhao Pu explained that he would not tell Zhao Guangyi, and he also bet 54,000 taels of gold, not only that, but he also instigated Yang Yansi to bet 6,000 taels.

Zhao Guangyi frowned, "I'm worried that I have a lot of dreams at night, and once I let the household department know about this, I will definitely intervene." ”

It stands to reason that Zhao Guangmei has fallen, and all the confiscated family property should be confiscated and put into the treasury. It's just that once the silver enters the treasury, it will be difficult for Zhao Guangyi to take it out.

The household is a bottomless pit, and no amount of silver can be taken out.

It costs money to build water conservancy, to defend the border, and to provide relief to the victims...... In short, the household department is asking for money all the time.

This is also the reason why Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu designed to participate in the gambling game.

"Your Majesty, this matter will be handed over to the minister, and the minister will definitely get the money back and send it to the inner treasury safely." Zhao Pu flattered.

In fact, with the accumulation of land properties, house deeds, land deeds and other industries in the Wei Wangfu over the years, it is still possible to pay 15 million taels of silver. It's just that in addition to the emperor's fifteen million taels, there are also 16.2 million taels of silver from Zhao Pu.

A total of more than 30 million taels of silver, equivalent to two years of taxes in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangmei would not be able to come up with so much money even if he went bankrupt.

Zhao Pu wanted to be in front of Zhao Guangyi and buy more time for Zhao Guangmei.

He wanted to get back the fifteen million taels that belonged to the emperor, and he also wanted to get back the 16.2 million taels of silver that belonged to him. As for what means Zhao Guangmei used to get so much money, it was not for Zhao Puke to worry about.

Zhao Guangyi pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you!" Be sure to send this money to the inner treasury as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Guangyi also knew in his heart that Zhao Pu must have followed and bet. He eats meat himself, and the people who do the work must also drink the soup with him, otherwise who will do things for him in the future. It's just that he doesn't know that Zhao Pu bets far more heavily than him.

Zhao Pule smiled and bowed, "The old minister obeys the order." ”

I've bought you time. The rest is up to you, King Wei Chitose!