On the second day, the Great Song Palace, in the Zichen Palace, the early dynasty time.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach King Xiaoyuan." A minister flashed out and said loudly.

Everyone secretly said who was so bold and dared to impeach King Xiaoyuan, only to see that this person was about forty, thin, and his face was still a little sallow, as if he had just recovered from a long illness, but a big mouth was extremely eye-catching, and at first glance he was a person who could speak the truth. When everyone saw that it was the counselor Fan Shi, this person has always been shocking and endless, so it is not surprising that this word came out of his mouth.

Zhao Ji is the temporary governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and this position is equivalent to the mayor of the capital, so at this time, he is naturally in the early dynasty sequence. Fan Yan opened his mouth, and Zhao Ji shot over with a cold look, his eyes were full of threat, but Fan Yan held his head high and didn't even look at him.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Ji meaningfully and said, "What is the matter with Doctor Fan's impeachment of King Xiaoyuan?" ”

"Your Majesty, the merchants of Kaifeng Mansion have been on strike since yesterday, and many shops have closed their doors! Even the most prosperous royal street is much deserted today. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Why are merchants making trouble? Zhao Zhen asked.

"It's just that there are too many taxes and rents are rising, and the merchants are no longer able to survive." Fan Yan said loudly.

Zhao Ji's face was pale, and he gave a color to another famous official, Deng Wenshi, Deng Wenshi had always regarded Zhao Ji as the horse's head, and he hurriedly stood up and said: "Is such a trivial matter worth taking to the court?" Isn't it just a few merchants making trouble? Let's investigate and deal with it in Kaifeng Mansion, Lord Fan is inevitably making a little fuss, right? ”

Fan Yan was talking alone, feeling a little nowhere to focus, and suddenly jumped out of such a target, he could be regarded as having a firing target. I saw that his waist was all the way, and he pointed at Deng Wenshi angrily and scolded: "Lord Deng, you and I are both speech officials, dare to ask if the words of the speech officials can be divided into big and small?" If it is divided into sizes, then can there be a criterion for judging? Such a big thing happened like you, but you think it's a trivial matter, have you lived to a dog for more than 40 years! ”

Fan Wei's last sentence can not be said to be ruthless, and this kind of thing can only be said by his big mouth.

Deng Wenshi was stunned, he obviously didn't expect Fan Yan to dare to scold him for being a dog! It wasn't until the ministers around him snickered that he reacted, being so humiliated by his colleagues in public, he couldn't hold it on his face if he was an adult.

"You...... Okay, you big mouth, you eat big in the morning? The mouth stinks! Deng Wenshi's face turned red with anger, and he scolded angrily.

Zhao Zhen frowned, these two people attacked each other like this, dignified court officials, what kind of system did they scold the street like this!

"Two adults, if you have something to say, wouldn't it be a loss of honor to insult each other like this?" Kong Daofu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up and accused.

"Hmph, some people are just elm pimples, and they talk like ...... to go" Fan Yan still grinned and babbled, as soon as he looked up and saw Zhao Zhen's displeased gaze, his voice was small, and the last word didn't come out after all.

Deng Wenshi regretted why he wanted to be strong at this time, and he was so annoyed, this Fan Yan was a dumbfounder, he offended him today, and he would inevitably be impeached by him in the future, alas!

"Now half of the shops in Sweetwater Lane, Rendian Street, Xiangguo Temple, and Yujie are closed, and the remaining half is also skyrocketing, as far as Weichen knows, the original cloth price was 300 Wen per horse, but now it is 500 Wen! The price of rice used to be 600 wen per stone, but now it is the same money! Prices are soaring so much, how can the people afford it, and if they don't govern it, I'm afraid that the people will rise up! Fan Yan squirted at Deng Wenshi.

"Where is the young Yin of Kaifeng Mansion?" The more Zhao Zhen listened, the more his face turned blue, because although Zhao Ji was the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, this mansion Yin was just a name, and it was Shaoyin Liang Jinghuan who really handled government affairs.

Liang Jinghuan hurriedly stepped out of the queue and replied in a panic: "Weichen is here." ”

"If something like this happens, why don't you deal with it, or even hide it?" Zhao Zhen was a little annoyed.

Liang Jinghuan knows bitterly, this matter has been in an uproar since yesterday afternoon, how can he, as the young Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, not know? But the order to raise taxes was given by Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji is his top boss, and judging from Zhao Ji's usual style, he doesn't dare to fight against him even if he eats the ambition of the leopard!

When Zhao Zhen saw Liang Jinghuan's hesitant appearance, he knew that he already knew about it, and the reason why he didn't dare to say it was because he was shocked by Zhao Ji's power.

"Your Majesty, this matter is known to the minister." At this moment, Chen Yaozuo stood up.

Zhao Zhen nodded and motioned for him to elaborate.

"Xiao Yuan Wang since he served as the Kaifeng Mansion Yin came, he forcibly interfered in the taxation of Kaifeng Mansion, and the household department of the three divisions has asked him many times, but Xiao Yuan Wang still goes his own way, and Cui Yibai, the judge of the household department of the three divisions, can testify. Previously, the tax ratio was repeatedly raised, because of its small increase, although the merchants complained, but they were forced to accept it with patience, but this time it was different, according to the minister, Xiao Yuan Wang increased the one-time tenths of the twelfth at one time, and many merchants did not have enough money to pay taxes, so the merchants joined forces to resist the tax increase. "Chen Yaozuo has already done an investigation earlier, so it is a good idea.

The finance of the Northern Song Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the three divisions, namely: salt and iron, household department, and degree branch, which was not the household department that registered the population, but the household department that was in charge of taxation.

Cui Yibai, the judge of the household department, heard the words and said: "Weichen has indeed looked for King Xiaoyuan many times before, but King Xiaoyuan has never paid attention to it. ”

Zhao Ji looked at the two of them coldly, and wanted to take advantage of this to bring down the king? It's up to you? Hehe......

"Weichen also sent someone to investigate this matter thoroughly, but it was done by King Xiaoyuan." This time, the speaker was the governor, that is, the deputy prime minister, Lu Yijian.

Lu Yijian is in his fifties this year, and his political achievements before he became the deputy prime minister were quite outstanding, but after he was promoted to the deputy prime minister in the past few years, he suddenly died down, and he was silent on weekdays, and everything was based on Ding Wei, and he didn't expect that he would stand up and accuse Zhao Ji today.

As soon as Lu Yijian spoke, Zhao Ji was a little flustered, what he was afraid of was not that Lu is deputy prime minister, but that he was puzzled, Lu Yijian was Ding Wei's person, Ding Wei and Chen Yaozuo have always been incompatible, why did Lu Yijian stand with Chen Yaozuo today? Coupled with the sarcasm of Yushitai, today the three forces are pointing at themselves!

Zhao Ji secretly caught a glimpse that there were many ministers who seemed to be dissatisfied with him, and suddenly realized that many of the industries in Yujie and Sweet Water Lane were actually owned by the ministers of Beijing, and they were the real owners behind the scenes! Although the law stipulates that officials are not allowed to compete with the people for profit, but the officials in Beijing do not have a few properties, which is also a secret that everyone knows each other.

Zhao Ji was secretly annoyed that he had forgotten this stubble! Isn't raising taxes like cutting their flesh? No wonder today these people are joining forces to impeach themselves. Thinking of this, there was a trace of panic in his eyes, and he couldn't help but look sideways at Ding Wei, who was impeached for his son Ding Xi, and remained silent today as always.

Zhao Ji secretly rejoiced, as long as Ding Wei didn't speak, there were a lot of Ding Wei's industries on the royal street, as long as he kept silent, the hundred officials were no longer theoretical, and he was not afraid.

Recently, because of his son Ding Xi's disobedience to the saint, the officials of the Yushitai can be regarded as seizing the opportunity, and the daily court meeting has almost become Ding Wei's personal criticism meeting! Today, Zhao Ji took over the banner, and he wished that Zhao Ji could carry the flag higher, so to a certain extent, he was grateful to Zhao Ji.

"Zhao Ji, the royal family provides you with silver every year, and among all the princes, your money is the highest, you are not satisfied, and you still want to squeeze the people, what do you want?" Zhao Zhen was also a little secretly frightened, all the ministers today were surprisingly unanimous, but no matter what, it was beneficial to him, so take advantage of this to teach Zhao Ji a good lesson.

Zhao Ji looked up, and the Queen Mother did not listen to the government today. Although he is arrogant, he is not stupid, so many ministers have joined forces to impeach himself, as the saying goes, the arm can't twist the thigh, and he can't fight with them to the death, these people not only can't offend themselves, but also have a good relationship with them, and they will be useful in the future.

"Your Majesty atoned for your sins, the younger brother knew that he was wrong, and the younger brother reverted to the original tax after the early dynasty." Zhao Ji finally began to bow his head.

"It's already happened, so it's okay to admit your mistakes." Fan Yan pouted.

"What else, this king has admitted his mistake and promised to correct it." Zhao Ji said angrily, the tiger is not powerful, you and I are a sick cat.

"Taxation is the top priority related to a country's financial resources, King Xiaoyuan is so hasty, the minister feels that King Xiaoyuan is not suitable to serve as the governor of Kaifeng!" Fan Yan said loudly.

The ministers were in an uproar, you are a big mouth, you really dare to say anything, and dare to ask for the removal of King Xiaoyuan, everyone knows that the Empress Dowager Liu likes King Xiaoyuan very much, and even rumors spread that the Queen Mother wants King Xiaoyuan to replace Zhao Zhen. The ministers impeached him today, it is really a helpless move, since King Xiaoyuan has promised to change, everyone will accept it when they see it, you Fan Dazui is real, and you want to beat Zhao Ji to the end!

Zhao Zhen had a headache, this Fan sarcasm, I want to remove Zhao Ji from the official position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin, but the question is will the Queen Mother agree?

This time, no one echoed Fan Yan anymore, Fan glanced at the back of his mouth, but no one followed the statement, he couldn't help but look at Chen Yaozuo, Chen Yaozuo didn't pay attention to him, he looked at the household judge Cui Yibai again, Cui Yibai pretended to have sand in his eyes and was rubbing his eyes......

Deng Wenshi sneered and looked at the isolated Fan Yan, Fan has a big mouth, Fan has a big mouth, you don't only have a big mouth, you don't have a brain!

"In the future, the tax in the capital can not be increased at will, without the approval of the three envoys, no one is allowed to act rashly, finance is the foundation of a country, who does it financially, that is to dig the roots of the century-old foundation of the Great Song Dynasty!" Zhao Zhen said sternly, he also wanted to take advantage of this matter to hit Zhao Ji hard, but Zhao Ji had the support of the Queen Mother, and he was also powerless.

"Punish Xiaoyuan Wang Yulu for one year." But Zhao Zhen was unwilling to let Zhao Ji get away with it like this, and finally he added another sentence.

Zhao Ji glared at Zhao Zhen angrily, he was not afraid of his imperial brother, Zhao Zhen, you are so ruthless, you directly confiscated my money for a year! That's more than 10,000 taels of silver!

Zhao Zhen ignored him, and asked instead, "How is the merchant handling the trouble now?" ”

"Your Majesty, Li Ce, the former secretary of the palace, is being ordered to mediate." Chen Yaozuo said.