Chapter 798: Locust Plague
According to Zhang Zhijie's strategy, it is not difficult to shake Li Dongyang, and Zhang Zhijie's holy family is so grand, so isn't it a certainty that he will enter the cabinet?
Peng Yuzhen's heart was happy, and he hurriedly expressed his heart: "As long as Li Dongyang goes, the hundred officials will definitely be leaderless, although Yang Tinghe is capable, but after all, his prestige is not enough!" When the time comes, the lower officials will fully support the adults! ”
Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Then the governor will have more help from Master Peng!" I must not forget Lord Peng's help! ”
Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhijie's tone was very tight, and he didn't promise anything at all! Although Peng Yuzhen felt a little gloomy in his heart, he was immediately excited again, Zhang Zhijie really needed an ally, an ally who could help him!
And he is undoubtedly the most suitable, and he was the first to take the initiative to contact Zhang Zhijie! But with his official position as the left deputy imperial envoy of the Imperial Procuratorate, he can't help much, only one step closer!
To be exact, you can only enter the cabinet! Peng Yuzhen said with a smile: "Lord Admiral, since this is the case, taking advantage of the fact that this turmoil has just passed, without further ado, let's take action!" ”
Zhang Zhijie smiled and said, "No hurry! No hurry! ”
Not in a hurry? Don't be in a hurry! This is a hundred thousand urgent, okay! Peng Yuzhen said impatiently: "Lord Admiral, while Li Dongyang has not completely gotten rid of it now, it is time to start!" If it drags on for a long time, I'm afraid it will change! ”
"There is a locust plague in Henan, and the excerpt of the disaster is about to enter Beijing, so we have to wait! It's only two days! Zhang Zhijie said with a smile.
Peng Yuzhen only then knew that there was a locust plague in Henan, and Zhang Zhijie was in charge of Jinyiwei, but he didn't doubt it, but what was Zhang Zhijie waiting for Henan to report the disaster?
Is it trying to borrow power? However, there is nothing to leverage on this! Besides, he felt that the method Zhang Zhijie just mentioned would definitely be able to force Li Dongyang away, and there was no need to do it again!
Peng Yuzhen thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Although the treasury is empty now, this is not Li Dongyang's head, if the adults want to embarrass Li Dongyang with this, I am afraid it will not have any effect!" ”
Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "This governor naturally knows, and he didn't think about making it difficult for Li Dongyang, this governor has other things!" In short, let's wait until the disaster turns into Beijing! ”
Seeing that Zhang Zhijie didn't want to say more and insisted on his own opinion, Peng Yuzhen also knew that he had no choice but to agree, there was no way, who would let the family be the master and he was secondary?
Zhang Zhijie smiled and said, "Master Peng may be well prepared, but don't make any mistakes!" ”
In fact, there is no need for Zhang Zhijie to say this, because Peng Yuzhen is more attentive and serious than anyone else, how can he not prepare well?
I don't know, an incident that shocked the imperial court was determined in the A-shaped room of this stone residence! But the court was still quiet, and the only thing that caused a commotion in the court again was the twist and turn from Henan!
A plague of locusts broke out in Henan, which raged almost all over the province, causing an uproar as soon as it was delivered to the capital. Since the locust plague has broken out in Henan, it is natural to provide disaster relief, and we can't just watch the people of Henan starve to death because of the disaster!
But all the officials also know that the treasury is close to empty! However, the most uncomfortable thing in my heart is Fei Hong, he is the head of the household, and when he heard that Henan had suffered a locust plague, he couldn't help but be stunned!
As the head of the household, he knows the situation of the treasury better than others, and it was okay when the reward of the army did not go down, but now that the reward has gone, the treasury is really stretched, but it is just to withdraw the east wall and make up the west wall to support it!
I thought it would be good to survive this difficulty, but I didn't expect another locust plague to break out in Henan, what should I do now? Fei Hong pulled his gray hair, feeling very worried.
After thinking about it for a long time, there is no way, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice! No matter how capable he is, he can't turn the treasury into silver!
In fact, it's not just Fei Hong himself who is worried, but the two cabinet scholars are also very worried, how can they not know what the household department is like?
So they were not surprised to see Fei Hong coming sadly, although they knew that the household department had really bottomed out, Li Dongyang still asked with a hope of one in ten thousand: "Fei Shangshu, since there is a locust plague in Henan, there is always a need for disaster relief, how much silver can the household department allot?" ”
Fei Hong smiled bitterly: "Elder Li Ge, it's not that you don't know, now the household department really can't allocate a penny of silver!" It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice! ”
Li Dongyang also knew that Fei Hong was telling the truth, and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Then what should I do?" Disaster relief is a big matter, involving hundreds of thousands of lives, which expenditure can be postponed, just slow! ”
Fei Hong couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this: "It would be good if the reward hadn't been spent this time!" Unfortunately, this plague of locusts came at a bad time! ”
Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe also know that if the reward has not been spent, they don't have to worry so much, the disaster relief is big, and the reward will be postponed for a while! But it's too late!
In short, it is impossible to chase the reward back, Li Dongyang frowned tightly and asked, "Is there nothing else that can be slowed down?" ”
"Now that the Tartars are ready to move again, the silver on the nine sides is right and cannot be slowed down!" Fei Hong smiled bitterly.
Naturally, the silver of the border army cannot be slowed down, people are working hard in the frontier, and you intercept other people's silver, this is not just unreasonable, if something happens, no one can afford this responsibility!
Li Dongyang looked a little ugly and said, "There is nothing else?" ”
Fei Hong's face was not good-looking, and he muttered: "Then there are only officials!" ”
As soon as these words came out, they suddenly quieted down, and the officials really can't touch it until the last resort, that is a hornet's nest, who wants to stop the officials' salaries, then don't let the officials scold to death! If you don't look down and don't look up, how will you face your colleagues and officials in the future?
What's more, this is also a big loss of their prestige, and the cabinet is expected to bear the brunt of it! Once the official money is misappropriated, although it is for disaster relief, it is estimated that there will still be many people scolding their mothers in the back!
And Li Dongyang also knows that it is not easy to live in Kyoto, especially these court officials, who have no income in their hands, if their background is not good, then they are almost barely supported by this little money!
So this decision is really very heavy, Li Dongyang gritted his teeth and said: "Let's think of a way, if there is really no way, it can only be like this!" ”
Fei Hong paused and smiled bitterly: "Even if you embezzle the official money, it's not enough!" The gap is still huge! ”
Yang Tinghe sighed: "Let's all think of a way to see if there is any way!" ”
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