In the court on this day, the ministers were still talking about Zhao Ji's private increase in the tax on the royal street yesterday, although the tax on the royal street had been lowered again yesterday, but the ministers did not stop impeaching Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji's face was black, he was a little annoyed, how could these people still hold on, they admitted their mistakes yesterday, and they were punished, they still felt that it was not enough, and they began to impeach endlessly as soon as they opened this morning. glanced at Ding Wei again, and I didn't know what kind of illness this old thing had been doing recently, so he didn't say a word, and let those old stubborns criticize themselves to the fullest.

Ding Wei is actually very proud in his heart, and many of the ministers who impeached Zhao Ji today are actually out of his will, for example, Jiang Zongren, the secretary of Dali Temple, was instructed by him.

Why did Ding do this? A few days ago, there were always ministers in the court who impeached Ding Yu for offending the holy car, but this matter was indeed Ding Wei's fault, and every time Ding Wei only bowed his head and was trained.

But since yesterday, Zhao Ji suddenly came out with a target, and the ministers who impeached Ding Wei in the past have targeted Zhao Ji, Ding Wei is difficult to get out, how can he let Zhao Ji's target fall easily, so he has already arranged for someone to impeach Zhao Ji and force him to resist the target for a while.

Empress Dowager Liu E is in the court today, she heard about Zhao Ji being impeached by hundreds of officials yesterday, and there are still people impeaching him in the court today, Liu E's political experience is much richer than Zhao Zhen, and the hundred officials are so abnormally openly opposed to Zhao Ji, the king of Xiaoyuan, this is very abnormal, if Ding Wei, who is the prime minister, does not know, it will make people laugh off their big teeth.

Liu E glanced at Ding Wei, who was like an old monk, but as the prime minister, he didn't say a word, if this matter has nothing to do with you, it would be strange! Liu E was just about to open her mouth to question Ding Wei, when the words came to her mouth, she remembered Ding Wei's recent filial piety, but she changed her words again, only to hear her ask: "Prime Minister, how do you think this matter can be resolved?" ”

As soon as Ding Wei heard Liu E directly call out and answer by himself, he immediately understood the meaning of the Queen Mother, and he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The matter of taxation is related to the fortune of the country, and it really can't be a child's play. Ding Wei didn't just say how to solve it, but came up and criticized Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji glared at Ding Wei angrily, what's wrong with this old thing today, why is he wearing a pair of pants with Zhao Zhen, haven't they always been at odds?

Ding Wei ignored Zhao Ji's gaze and continued: "But since King Xiao Yuan has already known his mistake, everything in the Royal Street has returned to normal, and His Majesty also punished King Xiao Yuan yesterday and punished him for a year. According to the old minister's opinion, this matter should be stopped, and there are still many important things to be solved in the Great Song Dynasty, so there is no need to waste too much time here. ”

Zhao Ji snorted coldly, still a little angry.

Liu E nodded and said, "Everyone, Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Ding Wei had already taken the lead in expressing his position, and most of the ministers also expressed their agreement, and the remaining ministers saw that the general trend had gone, so they had to stop and agree by default.

A trace of loneliness flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes, and he sighed secretly, the Queen Mother still favors Zhao Ji so much......

After a period of silence, Feng Kaiji, a member of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, some time ago, the heavy rain washed away the Bianliang River, and the east side of the imperial tomb was washed by the river, and there were faint signs of water seepage, and the minister requested that the imperial tomb be repaired. ”

As soon as Feng Kaiji said this, the ministers were in an uproar, if the imperial tomb was seeping, it would affect the dragon vein, which was not a trivial matter! All of a sudden, the court seemed to explode, and the ministers bowed their heads and discussed.

Liu E and Zhao Zhen's faces changed greatly, and Zhao Zhen hurriedly said, "Lord Feng can send someone to check it?" There is no water seepage in the Imperial Tomb now, right? ”

Feng Kaiji said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has already sent people to carefully inspect it, and there is no water seepage at the moment, but if it is in the future, it will be difficult to say." ”

Ding Wei was shocked, such a big event, he didn't know that he had been impeached by the ministers in the past few days, and he had ignored such a big thing!

Liu E said: "Lord Lu, how much silver taels does it cost to repair the imperial mausoleum?" ”

The finances of the Northern Song Dynasty were managed by the three envoys, and the three envoys of this session were served by the deputy prime minister Lu Yijian, so Liu E would ask him.

Lu Yijian is in his fifties, he has made a lot of achievements in politics in the early stage, and there are still some comments in the court. "The last time the imperial tomb was built, a total of 10 million taels of silver, and a repair three years ago cost 2 million taels of silver."

When all the ministers heard this, they all gasped, and it cost two million taels to repair it once? Nowadays, the annual income of the Great Song Dynasty is not enough for 10,000 taels, and it will cost nearly 100 states and counties to repair the imperial tomb!

Among the ministers, there was not much silver left in the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, and they couldn't help but start worrying about where the silver would come from.

Zhao Zhen asked, "How many silver taels are left in the treasury?" ”

Lu Yijian hesitated: "There are less than 10 million taels left." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't hide it: "How much is less than 10 million?" ”

Lu Yijian had no choice but to say: "The remaining silver money is about seven million taels." ”

Zhao Zhen stood up all of a sudden and said, "That's all there is left?" ”

Lu Yijian nodded.

Only then did the ministers know that the finances were actually tight to such an extent, seven million taels for a Great Song Dynasty, that is really poor to the grandmother's house, last year's financial income was about 10,000 taels, but I didn't expect that this year has just passed eight months, and it is almost spent!

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "I knew that the treasury was tight, but I didn't expect it to be so nervous? Where did you spend the 90 million taels of silver? ”

Lu Yijian couldn't say it, he was only in charge of keeping accounts, and he had the final say on how to spend it, and as soon as His Majesty said this, the ministers were also waiting for their answers, looking at their indignant appearances, it seemed that they had spent the money indiscriminately.

Lu Yijian had no choice but to frown and said: "The military expenditure is 40 million taels, the disaster relief expenditure is 8 million taels, the ministers and various rewards are 20 million taels, and the various expenditures in the palace are ......."

Zhao Zhen listened dumbfoundedly, only two or three expenses have already lost 70 million taels, according to this flowering method, let alone 90 million taels, no matter how much it is, it is not enough to spend, he waved his hand to interrupt Lu Yijian and said: "No matter how much silver is left in the treasury, my father's imperial tomb must be repaired!" “

Since ancient times, China has paid attention to the rule of filial piety, and the mausoleum of his own Lao Tzu is about to be washed away by the flood, and he will not be able to sit still if he changes any son, not to mention that Zhao Zhen is still an extremely filial child.

Even if the ministers have the heart to advise, they can't open their mouths, just like Fan Wei's big mouths have chosen to keep silent at this time, if anyone blocks it, it is to prevent His Majesty from practicing filial piety, and at worst, it is to trap His Majesty in disloyalty and unfilial piety, and that is almost contrary to the entire ethics and morality of the Great Song Dynasty, even if he is for the sake of the court and the people, I am afraid that no one will remember his goodness, on the contrary, just spitting Xingzi can drown people.

The helpless ministers had no choice but to echo: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Prime Minister Ding said: "Qi Yu Queen Mother, Your Majesty, since the imperial tomb has already shown signs of water seepage, it is cheaper to repair sooner rather than later, the minister suggested that the Inner Servant Province Lei Gonggong presided over the repair of the matter, when the Yongding Mausoleum was built, the old minister was the mountain envoy, and Lei Gonggong had assisted the old minister to deal with various affairs, so he also knew more about the situation of the imperial tomb, and it would be faster to deal with it. ”

Liu E said: "Just according to what the prime minister said." ”

Zhang Shixun, Chen Yaozuo and others secretly scolded Ding Wei for being an old fox, repairing the mausoleum makes it a supreme and glorious position, usually after repairing the mausoleum, there will definitely be a greater promotion, Ding Wei's henchmen are already full of the court, he naturally does not need this position. But in order to prevent the people of Zhang and Chen's faction from ascending to the throne, he actually suggested a eunuch to serve as the envoy of the tomb repair, which was really enough, so he couldn't help suppressing the opposition forces such as Zhang and Chen, and also attracted the eunuchs of the inner service province, killing two birds with one stone.

Not only were Zhang, Chen and other ministers secretly scolding Ding Wei, but Zhao Ji was even more eager to go up and smoke this old dog. As soon as Feng Kaiji mentioned the repair of the imperial tomb just now, he secretly fell into his heart, thinking that he would win this beauty over for a while, Ding Wei has always been friendly with himself, and if he speaks, he will definitely support him.

I didn't expect this old dog to just say that he supported himself, but he played such a hand at a critical time, and he really cheated himself, and this old thing is not the first time to pit himself like this, this old thing has repeatedly cheated himself, and he clearly looks down on himself as a little prince!

The reason why Ding Wei did not give it to Zhao Ji was also because he was afraid that his power would grow and he would set up an opponent for himself for no reason. The Queen Mother is already extremely partial to Zhao Ji, if he gets the errand of the Xiuling envoy again, wouldn't it have boosted his prestige even more, although this kid said that he would follow him on the surface, but the flowery intestines in his heart Ding Wei is clear, if one day his power exceeds his own, this kid will definitely kick himself away mercilessly.

Zhao Ji glared at Ding Wei fiercely, Old Man Ding has been proud of the spring breeze recently, he dedicated Yan Dan to the Queen Mother and introduced the female Taoist, coaxing the Queen Mother to be extremely happy, this old thing is now trusted by the Queen Mother, so he kicked himself away, since you are ruthless, don't blame Xiao Wang for being unrighteous!

Zhao Ji sneered and said: "Since the Prime Minister knows that he is the envoy of the mountain tomb, why did His Majesty the First Emperor's Yongding Mausoleum start to seep water after only ten years of repair?" How did you become a mountain envoy! ”

Ding Wei was surprised, he didn't expect Zhao Ji to suddenly attack, it seems that this kid is also a little anxious.

Ding said that such an old fox, how could he be embarrassed, he smiled slightly: "When the Yongding Mausoleum was built, the old minister carefully surveyed the surrounding landforms to ensure that there were no hidden dangers......"

Zhao Ji interrupted: "But isn't there a hidden danger now?" ”

Chen Yaozuo and the others shook their heads secretly, looking at Ding Wei's fearless appearance, they knew that he had already had a countermeasure, this round of confrontation seems that King Xiaoyuan is going to lose, these two have always been embarrassed, I didn't expect that today they actually turned their faces for the position of this tomb cultivator, but this is a good thing for them.

Ding Wei said: "King Xiao Yuan, after listening to the old man, there was indeed no hidden danger when the imperial tomb was built, but this time the imperial tomb was facing the danger of water seepage, because the rain suddenly broke and diverted, which made the east corner of the imperial tomb be invaded by the river. ”

Ding Wei's meaning is very clear, this is a natural disaster, and it is all an accident, how can the matter of the river breaking and diverting be counted on the old man's head?

Zhao Ji had nothing to say, so he had to snort heavily.