What Yang Zhi said about entering the palace to make errands, pay money, and report good news is not for no reason.

According to the official system of Great Xia, the courtiers temporarily received the order to do things, and after the end, they needed to report the results to the emperor, which was called the payment of the order. The so-called intersection is just a routine procedure. Xu Wenhan was specially married, and the day after the wedding, he brought Tian into the palace to thank the emperor. In addition to his gentle words and comfort, the emperor also gave Tian a three-grade wife. Yang Zhi is ordered to do it, the marriage is over, and he should enter the palace to pay the decree.

Paying money can only be played in front of the emperor, and cannot be stated in court in front of the ministers when he is in the court. The case of Huang and Guo involved the legacy of the prince's usurpation, and the two princes, King Ning and King Kang, as well as several important ministers, would never intervene in it as long as their brains did not enter the water, and they took the liberty of accepting one copper plate from two families. Yang Zhi, who was on the edge of the court, became the best candidate for the emperor to extort bamboo in his mind. So, in his busy schedule, Yang Zhi took the time to meet Huang Jixian's brother Huang Jide and Guo Pei's nephew Guo Kai. Now that the case is about to be closed, an explanation must be given to the emperor.

Annunciation is even simpler. On that day, in order to take care of the emperor's face, the old lady Chen Wenyuan accepted Zhao Yan as his daughter. Zhao Yan gave birth, and according to the official article, Yang Zhi sent someone to Chen's mansion to report the good news as soon as possible. But although Zhao Yan was explicitly ordered to "be demoted to a commoner and expelled from the palace", she was the emperor's biological daughter after all. If you don't enter the palace, you should report the good news, which is unreasonable and reasonable.

By the time everything was straightened out, it was June 17. If you don't go to the palace to report your work, you can't talk about it.

After the fall of the crown prince, the emperor monopolized the power, except for a few henchmen and important ministers who participated in the decision-making, the rest of the courtiers only had the right to do things, so today's early dynasty is a lot quieter. It's also brief. After the dispersal of the dynasty on this day, the emperor discussed with Chen Wenyuan and Wang Yunong in the imperial study as usual.

Ma Cheng, the personal attendant, came to report: "Your Majesty." Yang Zhi, the Flying Tiger Marquis, waited outside the palace gate to meet him. ”

"Count the days, he should be here in the next two days." The emperor frowned and said, "Doesn't this guy have a gold medal?" Go straight into the palace and come to the imperial study to ask for a meeting. How can it be so behaving today? Tell him to come in and see me! ”

Chen Wenyuan and Wang Yunong looked at each other and smiled, this is the cleverness of Yang Zhi's advance and retreat. On the occasion of the New Year, the emperor once said in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military that Yang Zhi held the imperial gold medal and could go to the palace with a sword. But if it's not an emergency, who will show this so-called "holy family" to see? Is there not enough people who scold him? Or is the emperor not upset enough?

Wang Yunong said happily: "Your Majesty, the Flying Tiger Marquis came just in time. What is being discussed today, Yang Zhi may have unique insights. It's just that this prince has always been irrelevant to himself, so he rarely asks about it, and the emperor has to bother to press him. ”

Before the tea was done, Yang Zhi was summoned. After the worship service. The emperor commanded the seat with a straight face.

"Your Majesty, Weichen was ordered to handle Xu Wenhan's marriage, and now that the marriage is over, I am here to pay the decree."

The three old men here knew each other very well, and the emperor didn't shy away from it, nodding slightly and saying, "Hmm." Wen Han has a good match, the Tian family has unlimited scenery, and the old master Tian no longer has to sigh for a long time, and he will definitely feel at ease. You've done a good job. I'm satisfied. Tell me, how much money have you made this time? ”

It was not only ordered to do it, but also because the emperor was afraid that Xu Wenhan would be poor as an excuse, so he couldn't hide it and didn't need to hide it. Yang Zhi replied honestly: "This time there is a total surplus of 1.42 million taels. Wechen asked himself in addition to giving advice. is also busy and laborious, and is paid for leaving 600,000 taels of chat. The remaining 820,000 taels belonged to Xu Wenhan, and 100,000 taels were sent to his house for flowers. The remaining 720,000 taels were handed over to the Qin family for temporary safekeeping. In addition, Xufu firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea and many other daily necessities. No cost for 2 years. According to the minister's estimate, if there is no accident. Weichen dared to say that he could ensure that Xu Mansion would have no worries about food and clothing for at least fifty years. ”

Not only did you not spend anything, but you also honestly and unceremoniously offered yourself a salary of up to 600,000 taels! What is especially hateful is that he actually thought that the Xu Mansion had left fifty years of spending money on the ground, and blocked the emperor with a porcelain! It doesn't matter if you give you a marriage, it doesn't matter if you don't give a copper plate, but you didn't say that I can't make money! Aren't you afraid that Xu Wenhan will be poor? The daily expenses of a solid family above the middle level in Chang'an for a year are not more than 10,000 taels, and I also calculated more than 6,000 taels for him!

The emperor was choked up for a while and had nothing to say, and resisted the urge to smash the teacup in his hand on Yang Zhi's head, and led the topic to the next section angrily: "I am very satisfied, what are you talking about?" You brothers are rich, but don't forget that I'm very poor now! ”

Yang Zhi had already prepared, took out a neat and thick stack of silver tickets, and respectfully presented them to the imperial case. The emperor only glanced at it, and then asked bluntly, "How much?" ”

"Back to the emperor, this is two million taels."

"Two million taels?!" The emperor got up, pointed at Yang Zhi's nose and scolded: "You killing talent! Who do you think I'm like? Is my name Hanako? The Huang and Guo families have given you more than that, right? Hmph, two million taels! Not to mention that everything is difficult now, and the country is huge. Now that Wu Yue is newly destroyed, do you want me to take this mere 2 million taels to reward Geng Jin's 400,000 troops? I can't afford to lose that man! ”

In the face of the emperor's slightly exaggerated anger, Yang Zhi was still calm. Wang Yunong knew that he would have a backhand, and admonished: "Please don't be impatient, and listen to what the Flying Tiger Marquis says." ”

The emperor sat down and snorted coldly: "Be careful! ”

Yang Zhizheng said: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to guarantee with a head, and this time he has never accepted a tael of silver from the Huang Guo family. The two million taels that were just submitted were the minister's assertion and promised to be used to save the lives of Huang Guo and the others. Not only can it not be used as a reward for the labor army, but it must also be returned to the two families in the future. ”

Yang Zhi is not a good man and a woman, and he has no entanglement with the Guan Longhao Qiang clan, so he will definitely not be merciful for no reason. The emperor said with a gloomy face: "Really? You'd better tell me how ugly you are! ”

"Your Majesty, among the millions of male divisions in Great Xia, the vast majority of ordinary sergeants are from ordinary peasant families, and among them, there are tens of thousands of Guan Long's children. In their minds, the idea that land is the foundation of their home is deeply ingrained. The few rewards and silver earned by sacrificing their lives on the battle array, after returning home from unloading their armor, the first thing they did was to buy a house and land. But from whom? The people who have the most land in the land of Guanlong are none other than the Haoqiang clan. Your reward money, after all, still goes into the pocket of the Haoqiang clan. ”

"If these sergeants are discharged from the army and serve the people, if they encounter natural and man-made disasters, or if they are not good at management, or if they are deliberately trying to seize it, it is not known whether the land can be saved. So who can you sell it to? It's still the Haoqiang clan! Because of the emperor's sage, the levy between the two places is relatively light, the burden on the people is not heavy, and there are few grievances. In addition, the process is long and the contradictions appear slowly, so the civil unrest has not broken out for the time being. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhi sighed heavily: "The emperor should know the scheming and means of the minister, and even coaxed and frightened the Huang Guo family to ask for seven or eight million taels of silver, it is not difficult to ask yourself." If you take it to make a difference, you will definitely be happy. But this matter Weichen has thought about it again and again and has considered it for a long time. It's not that it's troublesome, and it's not hypocritical. Instead, I thought of the soldiers of the Raid Legion who fought side by side in the bloody battle, most of them were only about twenty, they were in their prime, and most of them were the sons of Sanqin Guanlong! I feel sorry for them! The ministers can't stand their fellow countrymen anymore! ”

Yang Zhi's words were deafening, and the emperor, Chen Wenyuan and Wang Yunong became more solemn the more they listened, and they were all silent.

Great Xia raised millions of soldiers, and fought foreign wars year after year, which consumed a huge amount. Fortunately, the emperor was still sober-minded, and tried his best to support the war with war, and relied on the support of the emerging chaebols led by the Qin clan to make up for the shortcomings, and did not excessively squeeze and loot the people.

The Haoqiang clan dominates one side, intervenes in and even controls the rule of local officials, and even influences court politics. The emperor can see all this clearly, otherwise in recent years, he would not have hesitated to suppress it without hesitation at every opportunity.

The issue of land annexation, which Yang Zhi highlighted in a sharp manner, has always been a stubborn problem in all dynasties. It's just that the emperor was so busy ruling the world that he really didn't have time to free his hands.

After chewing and savoring it for a long time, the emperor asked, "Listen to you, it seems that he has thought of a better way?" Oh, you just have to speak freely, you can speak as casually as you want, and you don't have to be polite. ”

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PS: According to the original idea, this chapter will be at least 5,000 words or more. I had no choice but to put aside my pen for the time being. There should be another chapter in the evening! (To be continued......)