Chapter 122: King Tietuo
With this sound of "it's not pleasant to say something", Hua Hate Liu turned his head to see what kind of person would come out this time, but he didn't expect to pounce.
"It turned out to be Moqing's family...... If you have something to say, you should just say it. β
Hearing the Maharaja say this, Hua Hate Liu realized that it was not the ministers in the civil official column who came out to speak, as he thought, but the military generals on the other side.
Who is the most famous surname Mo in the entire Dayue country? Naturally, it's the Tietuo King Mo Jue clan! At this time, the speaker, who came out of the second place in the military attachΓ© column, was not the Tietuo King Mo Jue himself!
However, when Hua Hate Liu saw the Tietuo King who had been elevated in his heart, he couldn't believe the stunned look he saw. On the one hand, the Tietuo King was dark and short, and on the other hand, he was still a little unsteady when he spoke, and his crimson complexion showed that he had drunk a lot, and he had not yet fully sobered up.
In fact, it is far more than Hua Hates Willow thinks, and there are already people in the civil official column who whisper that King Tietuo's move is unseemly. However, what is even better is not here, but in a person's reaction - Etiquette Minister Sui Fuzhi, the person who should jump out at this time to reprimand King Tietuo for "what kind of system" he has become, but at this time, he completely lost the initiative when he reprimanded Ji Pingxiang just now, but looked like an old god was there, closed his eyes and pretended not to see anything, and he didn't say a word.
"Everyone, be quiet!" The lord on the high platform couldn't help but be a little angry when he heard the noisy voices, and reprimanded: "You guys listen to the words of the Mo Qing family first!" β
This is really effective, and in an instant, no one says a word, all eyes look at the nose, nose and mouth, mouth and heart, and they are worried that if they say one more word, they will lose their lives.
"Hey, hey, your majesty!" Seeing that he was reprimanded by His Majesty because of his Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, Mo Jue was secretly proud in his heart, if it wasn't for Ji Pingxiang being too wolf just now, he would have made a big mistake soon, would he have come out to play drunk at this time!
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Fang Cai Ji said is biased, as an important minister of the country, he actually said such a rebellious thing as 'there is no king in the court', even if he does not destroy the clan and kill the head, he must go to his post and severely punish him!"
"Mo Qing's family has a ...... No, what do you say? "The Great Monarch who was about to nod yes didn't expect King Tietuo to be so upside down and take the initiative to dismiss Ji Pingxiang from his position as a planner! Even the rest of the people in the DPRK and China did not react to these words for a while, and they were so stunned that they could not speak for a while.
However, it was just a matter of two breaths, and after some officials reacted, they forgot about the order of the Maharaja and discussed it with each other:
"Didn't you hear me wrong? How could King Tietuo take the initiative to cut the position of the prime minister? β
"I don't know, maybe I drank too much!"
"I heard that King Tietuo has a close relationship with Ji Xiang, how can he impeach Ji Xiang at this time?"
"It's hard to say this, maybe it's because of a wrong sentence, and the two of them broke up!"
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Discussion is discussion, but no one is stupid enough to take the lead in standing up and taking a stand when he doesn't know what the Maharaja's attitude is. As I had speculated earlier, what if the Tietuo King was just drunk and talking gibberish? When the time comes, Ji Pingxiang will be promoted in one sentence, and the person who started will still want to have a good life? At this time, who doesn't sneak around and do some tax evasion and deduction of miscellaneous donations, if he has the intention to retaliate, everyone will definitely hit the muzzle.
The crowd was whispering, but that didn't mean everyone was involved. In addition to the stunned monarch on the high platform, the drunken and slightly drunk King Tietuo in the court, and the expressions of several people also need to be pondered, such as Ji Pingxiang, the first protagonist of the incident, who bowed his head and said nothing, as if what everyone said had nothing to do with him; Another example is Wen Mingxian, who was arguing with him just now, but at this time, he looked at King Tietuo with disgust, as if he could stare at him for life and death if he stared at him for a long time; For example, the person standing in front of the Tietuo King is diametrically opposed to the Tietuo King, not only is the body more upright and strong, but the unsmiling expression makes people feel that they have a majesty from the inside......
Of course, Hua Hate Liu and She Qing can still understand what kind of medicine is sold in Tietuo Wang's gourd: the so-called retreat is advancing, on the surface, Tietuo King is questioning Ji Pingxiang, but in fact, he is trying to protect his thoughtfulness.
Sure enough, seeing that everyone had been talking for a long time, and seeing that the heat was almost over, King Tietuo cleared his throat and said: "Your Majesty, what the minister said just now was not a foolish word, but said it after careful consideration. β
Chew one's cod? Hearing this word pop out of his mouth, many civil officials had different colors on their faces, and even Sui Fuzhi, who had been pretending to close his eyes just now, opened his eyes and looked at King Tietuo twice, but there was no disguised ridicule in those eyes.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't remember what contributions Master Ji Xiang made to my Dayue in less than a year, so he said that last year, the tax of the government treasury was greatly reduced, less than sixty percent of the previous year, less than forty percent of three years ago, and even less than two percent of ten years ago! The first monarch was furious and dismissed the former prime minister's official and promoted Ji Pingxiang as the deputy prime minister, what was the result? I think everyone has seen it, and the first early dynasty at the beginning of this year must still be remembered by some people, and the old minister is also vivid. 56 million coins! What is the concept? That's the sum of the last three years! Speaking of this, a heartfelt voice of admiration immediately sounded in the court, and many people really had a deep understanding of this matter.
Although 56 million coins is not much compared to Dashu's annual tax revenue of more than 100 million yuan, don't forget the location of Xiyue, its geographical location basically has no advantages, and its foreign exchanges are not as frequent as Xizhou. And Beidi, which is similar to the situation in West Vietnam, is only 20 million yuan from the information obtained. In other words, last year, Xiyue's tax revenue was not only the sum of its own past three years, but also the sum of Xizhou and Beidi!
This Ji Pingxiang is not as simple as it seems on the surface, at least in terms of financial governance, he still has a strong ability. Hua hated Liu secretly admired in his heart.
"Listening to the meaning of the Mo Qing family, it should be rewarded, why does the Qing family still impeach him? What makes sense? The Maharaja asked questioningly.
"Your Majesty, the merit can't be overloaded. Thinking that my Dayue boy fought in all directions, spilled blood on the battlefield, and won a fame, it was a big defeat, not to mention the reduction of the knight, and the life of the family also needed to be handed over to the imperial court, this is the consciousness of the soldier - Lord Ji, as an important minister of the country, should naturally have this kind of consciousness, and it is a big crime to slander the important minister and slander the king, and the minister is not only not intended to criticize him, but also has the heart of loving and cherishing talent, which is just a selfish heart of mine! Speaking of this, he bowed his head slightly, looking shameless in the face of the high-ranking prince, which made Hua Hate Liu can't help but cheer secretly on the side.
According to Hua Hate Liu's understanding, although this remark is ostensibly what King Tietuo said "It's already cheaper to kill Ji Pingxiang", but when you touch it carefully, you still have two purposes: first, to show Ji Pingxiang his position and tell Ji Pingxiang that he still loves him and cherishes him; Second, to make his position clear to the Maharaja, although he admits that he may have some private friendship with Ji Pingxiang, whose selfishness is it under "a selfish heart"? Was it just his own selfishness? Of course not! Don't forget his previous statement of "loving and cherishing talents", which is actually showing that his move is "a selfish heart for my Dayue"! In other words, he clearly said that he was "selfish", but he hinted everywhere that the prince had a formal "brave loyalty" for the country and the people!
Perhaps long before today's dynasty, this Tietuo King and Ji Pingxiang had expected that there would be something unfavorable to them, and it was not necessary for them to agree with each other to echo each other in this way of explicit depreciation and covert praise and retreat as advance?
This is also in line with what Hua Hate Liu and She Qing guessed before: This Tietuo King is really not simple!
From Wen Mingxian's reaction, Hua Hate Liu also saw how powerful this Tietuo King was, the old man was angry and trembling, and he stretched out a trembling hand and pointed at him only "You...... You...... You ......" said for a long time, but did not say anything else, and finally lowered his arms, sighed and sat back in his chair, and hung his head and said no more.
"As King Tietuo said, Benjun remembered that Xianjun had said that Ji Qing's family was a rare talent in my Dayue, and at the beginning of the year, Benjun was also present, and Xianjun promised to reward Ji Qing's family but it was repeatedly delayed because of the collapse, and today Moqing's family didn't mention it, but Benjun forgot about it." As if he didn't see the anger of his teacher, the Maharaja was calm, and in the end, he rose up again and brought up the matter of reward.
"Majesty!" Ji Pingxiang, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke again, but this time he spoke much more well-behaved than before: "As King Tietuo said, his subordinates are indeed at fault, and they are willing to be punished." Please don't mention the reward, please don't mention it again......"
"Needless to say, the Ji Qing family, what do you think of this matter?" While waving his hand to stop Ji Pingxiang from speaking, he named Sui Fuzhi to speak, as the so-called static and moving, this prince also has some means.
Immature. Hua Hate Liu silently set a three-word evaluation for this lord in his heart. It's not that the Maharaja is immature at his age, but that he is not skilled in the way of "pretending to be ignorant" and "really shrewd".
"His Majesty has its own holy judgment!" Hearing this, Sui Fuzhi bowed down and replied, and after answering, he automatically returned to the team, as if he had just twisted his waist and moved his lower limbs.
"In this case, then I will separate the reward and punishment!" The maharaja was not annoyed when he saw that the dignified minister was so speechful and deed, but said happily: "Xuan: Ji Pingxiang has performed his duties meritoriously, and he will be knighted!" After speaking, he asked Ji Pingxiang again: "I heard that Gao Tang in Ji Qing's family has been in poor health recently, and his courtiers have been busy with loyalty to the country but can't fulfill their filial piety responsibilities, it's really not my Mingjun's doing, this gentleman will grant you a ten-day vacation, and allow you to go home to visit the old man!" β
"This ......" When Ji Pingxiang heard this, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to answer.
"Hey! Couldn't have been more! That's a 10-day holiday! Seeing that Ji Pingxiang had something to say, Dajun immediately feigned anger and said, and then said slowly: "If the Qing family looks good at home, they will return as soon as the holiday comes, and there are still many things to rely on the Qing family!" β
"This ...... This one...... Ministers thank you! Seeing that the wood was already in the boat, Ji Pingxiang had no choice but to respond.
"Don't thank you first, I just said that there are rewards and punishments, just now there is a reward, and then there is a punishment!" After speaking, the Maharaja seemed to be quite sad, and it took a long time before he hesitated and said: "Re-declare: If Prime Minister Ji Pingxiang is disrespectful and violates the unity of our country, he will be fined for three months!" β
"Your Majesty is wise!" The words fell, and the ministers should be reconciled.