Yue Su is not a fool, now the courtiers and workers are crowding him out, and he wants to get him out of the capital, he can't see it. Knowing that the disaster in Henan was serious, when he heard that Ye Xianggao wanted to send someone out of Henan, he already had the heart to recommend himself, but now he understood that it was a conspiracy, and he hesitated again.

If he didn't leave, the emperor would definitely talk to him, forcibly leave himself, and send other officials to Henan. But if someone else goes, will they spend the money on the common people? Seeing the officialdom [***], he knows that the world is as black as a crow, and there are few officials like himself who are alone.

Li Zhong and them, twice lost their darts in Henan, it can be seen that bandits are rampant there, once the corrupt officials and corrupt officials go, greedy for disaster relief money, this time the people can not survive, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take risks and fall into the grass. If the people change for a lifetime, will the world be in chaos.

Thinking of this, Yue Su said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go." ”

At this moment, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting for Yue Su's answer, everyone knows that the emperor favors Yue Su, if Yue Su says not to go, the emperor will be partial again, I am afraid that he will really not be able to leave Yue Su. Now hearing that Yue Su took the initiative to ask for help, the ministers were immediately overjoyed.

I only heard Shoufu Ye say to Gao first: "Lord Yue understands righteousness and is really a model for us." ”

"Yes, Lord Yue is really loyal to the monarch and the country, and loves the people like a son, and I admire him so much." …… The ministers chimed in.

Zhu Youxiao, who was above, saw that Yue Su agreed to come down, and he didn't know what to say. He is now inseparable from Yue Su, who will study new tricks for himself when he leaves.

But looking at the current situation, he couldn't stop it, so he had to say: "Ye Aiqing, I don't know how long it will take for Yue Aiqing to go to Henan this time?" ”

Ye Xianggao understood the emperor's thoughts, and if he wanted to talk about the time for a long time, the emperor would definitely not allow it, so he said with a smile at the moment: "It won't take long to think about it, one month is enough for disaster relief and grain release, as for the rebuilding of the river embankment, if the progress is fast, it can be completed in less than two months." ”

This is pure nonsense, and everyone present, except for the emperor, knows that it is impossible to complete it in such a short time. Of course, Yue Su also knew it, but he thought about the people of Henan and didn't say anything. If you tell the truth, it will take a year, or even longer, it is estimated that the emperor will not be able to agree.

Sure enough, as soon as Carpenter Zhu heard that it wouldn't take long, his heart was put down, he looked at Yue Su, and said, "Yue Aiqing, then after you arrive in Henan, you must hurry up and go back as soon as possible." ”

"Obey." Yue Su bowed and replied.

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and said: "Ye Aiqing, Yue Aiqing went to Henan for disaster relief this time, what title is better for him?" ”

"The minister has already thought about it, so it is better to let Lord Yue be the governor of Henan. As for the candidate to succeed Suncheonfu, the minister is ......"

"Replace what Shuntianfu!" Before Ye Xianggao finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao interrupted him and said, "Yue Aiqing has only been away from Beijing for three months, does Shuntian Mansion need someone else to take over?" Are Fucheng and Zhizhong all idle meals? Could it be that without Yue Aiqing, he won't be able to do things! ”

"Yes, yes...... It's the minister's negligence......" Ye Xianggao hurriedly bowed down and said.

Ye Xianggao originally planned to even take Yue Su's official position in the capital, so that after a long time, the emperor would get used to the absence of Yue Su, and he might not be summoned to Beijing again. As a result, because the time of leaving Beijing was too short, the emperor did not let anyone else replace him at all. Ye Xianggao thought to himself, send the people away first, and then talk about it, as for the rest, it will be Xu Xu Tuzhi in the future. So I won't say more.

Seeing that Ye Xianggao didn't mention it anymore, Zhu Youxiao thought about it again and said: "Let Yue Aiqing be the minister of the Qin Mission, and the governor of Henan with the title of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and still take charge of the affairs of the Shuntian Mansion." ”

The general governor is the title of the squire or the imperial history, and I have never heard of the title of the secretary. This time, when the emperor saw that Yue Su was leaving, it can be said that he opened up his favor and directly hung up the official title of ministerial, which is the second grade. This kind of thing is more polite, if in normal times, the hundred officials will definitely stand up against it, but now Yue Su people have agreed to leave, once they come out to oppose it, it will anger the emperor and Yue Su, and if they don't agree to leave, it will not be in vain. As a result, everyone remained unanimous, and no one raised objections.

Everything was decided, Zhu Youxiao asked the cabinet to draw up a decree, and then announced his retirement from the dynasty, leaving Yue Su alone, and returning to the Palace of Nourishing Hearts. Because of their reluctance to Yue Su, the two of them began to chat from the time they entered the Heart Cultivation Palace, and they chatted until after lunch, and they were reluctant to let Yue Su leave, and opened their mouths several times, hoping that Yue Su would change his mind. Yue Su all politely refused, saying that he would go back as soon as possible. After lunch, he chatted with Carpenter Zhu for a long time, and left the palace several times, until Shen Shi, the emperor finally allowed him to leave the palace, and even sent him out of the Heart Cultivation Palace. The eunuchs who watched were dumbfounded.

Back in Shuntian Mansion, Yue Su summoned Yang Yishan in the Houhua Hall.

The two sat down, and Yue Su first spoke: "The disaster in Henan, I think you have also heard about it, the cabinet intends to let the teacher be the minister of the Qincha, serve as the governor of Henan, and preside over the disaster relief. ”

"The students have heard about the flood in Henan, but it stands to reason that it is not the turn of the teacher to do the disaster relief, and I am afraid that there will be any articles in it. By the way, Teacher, I don't know what the Holy One means? ”

"There is no big article, it's just that Donglin and the eunuchs want to squeeze out the capital for the division. The emperor was not allowed, but later asked for my opinion, and I told His Majesty that I was willing to go. ”

"What?" Yang Yishan looked at Yue Su in surprise, "Teacher, since you know that they are squeezing you out, why do you want to join their full set?" ”

"This morning, the teacher saw the victims who fled from Henan, these people are really pitiful, and I want to come to the affected land, there are even more pitiful people. The teacher couldn't bear to see the people suffer, so he agreed. At that moment, Yue Su also said his idea of beware of sending other people to be greedy for ink and disaster relief.

"The teacher is dedicated to the people, and the students are ashamed." Yang Yishan lowered his head and said after a while: "The teacher left Beijing this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult, I don't know if the teacher has thought it through. ”

"I have come back to you to discuss this. The Donglin Party squeezed me out of the capital, and I don't know what else to do. Yue Su asked.

Yang Yishan thought for a while and said: "After the teacher leaves Beijing, I am afraid that he will encounter three problems. ”

"Oh? Let's hear it. Yue Su asked humbly.

"First, once the teacher leaves Beijing, it will be difficult to come back. Foreign ministers are not allowed to return to Beijing without permission, and they should report to the public if they have any incidents. The so-called three people become tigers, but I am afraid that when the time comes, the cabinet and the eunuch party will deceive Shengcong, reverse black and white, and let the teacher have no return. Second, Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is inevitable that local tyrants and gentry are rampant, and it is inevitable that officials will take bribes and disregard people's lives. In particular, there are still a few vassal kings and imperial relatives living there, and these families must also be lawless, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not offend them with the surname Bing, who is jealous and hateful to their teachers. Although the teacher is a Qincha, it is still a little difficult to fight against them on his own. After all, the ministers of the court and the central government are not inclined to their mentors, even if they catch corrupt officials and report to them, they may not get a result. Third, ......"

After listening to the first two points that Yang Yishan said, Yue Su nodded again and again, thinking deeply that this staff member was very thoughtful. But when Yang Yishan said "third", he didn't continue to say it, and Yue Su couldn't help but wonder. asked, "Chongyue, why didn't you say it?" ”

"This third is too terrible for students to assert." Yang Yishan said carefully.

"There are only you and me here, but it doesn't hurt you to say it." Yue Su said with a smile.

"That's with all due respect. I don't know how much silver the court allocated to the teacher? ”

"Three hundred thousand taels." Yue Su said truthfully.

"Is that directly into the hands of the teacher and taken to Henan?" Yang Yishan asked again.

"It's not, it's the money allocated by the household department and sent to the Henan Domain."

"Herein lies the problem." Yang Yishan said categorically: "The household department does not hand over the silver to the teacher, but sends it to the Buzheng Domain, there is too much catty here. Now everyone in the world knows that the imperial court is unable to make ends meet every year, and the military expenses of the nine sides are all delayed as much as they can, let alone the silver for disaster relief. I'm afraid that the household department will first promise 300,000 taels of silver, and when the teacher arrives in Henan and finds that there is none, the household department will play a procrastination trick and hang the teacher there. At that time, if the first cannot provide disaster relief, and the second cannot repair the river work, the ministers of the court and the central government will beat a rake again, telling the teacher how to explain to the emperor and the people. This black cauldron is not set yet. ”

After listening to Yang Yishan's story, Yue Su gasped, and said secretly in his heart: "If it weren't for Yang Yishan's reminder, I would have rushed out of Beijing this time, and I wouldn't have really followed their way." ”

He closed his eyes and thought about countermeasures according to the three questions raised by Yang Yishan. After thinking about it for a long time, Yue Su stood up and said loudly: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair to enter the palace!" ”

The sedan chair was prepared, Yue Su immediately went to the Forbidden City, and after the imperial gate supervisor was cleared, the emperor immediately summoned Yue Su into the palace. When he came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, when the emperor saw Yue Su, he immediately put the guy in his hand, greeted him happily, and said, "Aiqing, do you change your mind and don't want to leave." ”

Yue Su bowed and said, "The minister has already promised to patrol Henan, provide relief to the victims for His Majesty, and preach the grace of the saints, how dare he break his word." ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded, his mouth pursed, and said: "Since Aiqing has made up her mind to go, I can't force me to stay, but fortunately, it's only March, and it will be over soon." When you come back from disaster relief, I will definitely pick you up. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Being so valued by the emperor made Yue Su very moved. said: "This time to Henan, the minister must live up to the grace of the saint, strive to do the errand as soon as possible, and return to the dynasty as soon as possible." ”

"You do the work, I don't worry. Come, sit inside. ”

The two gentlemen and ministers went in and sat down, Zhu Youxiao looked at Yue Su and said, "Aiqing, you left the palace not long ago, and you returned in a hurry, do you have something to tell me?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suddenly remembered a story, thinking that if he didn't leave Beijing, he wouldn't be able to see His Majesty again in the short term, so he planned to tell this story to His Majesty today." Yue Su said with a smile.

"I like to listen to Aiqing's stories the most, what interesting stories does Aiqing think of?" A smile appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face.

"It's such a story...... "At the moment, Yue Su told Carpenter Zhu an allusion about three people becoming tigers. Don't look at Yue Su's previous life, but he still read a lot of allusions in this life.

When he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao laughed and said, "Aiqing, this is a three-person tiger, I have heard it, and I also understand your thoughts." Are you afraid that after you leave Beijing, someone will say bad things about you, and I believe them. ”

Yue Su nodded and did not speak. Zhu Youxiao stood up, Yue Su hurriedly stood up, but Zhu Youxiao pressed his shoulder, and said with deep feelings: "Aiqing, I'm not confused." ”

(To be continued)