"Minister Li Hongshen for the Ministry of Household Shangshu, deeply feel the financial tension of the court, willing to donate 500,000 taels of silver to the court to solve the financial problems of the court, although the money is not much, but it is all that the minister can come up with, I hope that His Majesty will understand the heart of the minister to serve the country loyally, and accept the silver. ”

Li Hong's words fell on the ears of the hundred officials in the court, and the hundred officials were all dumbfounded, who didn't know that Li Hong was a famous iron rooster, but now this iron rooster actually took out 500,000 taels of silver, which is simply an iron tree blooming, and the sun is coming out of the west.

Wang Mang nodded at Li Hong with a smile and said, "Aiqing is really a loyal minister!"

Wang Mang's words fell in the ears of hundreds of officials, and the hearts of hundreds of officials were another taste, especially Zhang Jian, whose face was even better-looking.

You must know that just now Zhang Jiancai asked the court for arrears on behalf of the hundred officials, saying that he could not let the hundred officials work for the court hungry, so Li Hong donated 500,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket.

Moreover, Li Hong was also praised by Wang Mang as a loyal minister, if Li Hong is a loyal minister? Then what kind of officials are they who ask the emperor for money? Are they traitorous ministers?

A few officials in the hall looked at Wang Mang with apprehension, it was really the emperor's means that were too powerful, and they quietly played them with the officials who claimed to be smart people, and their faces crackled.

As long as you have brains, you will never believe that Li Hong is improvised, and even Li Hong donated money to the imperial court at this time, but it was all instructed by the emperor.

Li Hong stood up with a smile, 500,000 yuan to buy a "loyal minister", Li Hong felt that it was "worth it".

Glancing at the ministers with some pride, Li Hong said: "Your Majesty, the original silver of the household department is 1.6 million taels, and the ministers donated 500,000 taels, and there are currently a total of 2.1 million taels of silver, and the total budget expenditure of the courtiers is 1.855 million taels, plus the 100,000 taels that Your Majesty promised to repair the Yihe Garden in Shangyuan Palace, the total expenditure is 1.955 million taels, and the remaining 145,000 taels of silver. ”

If it weren't for Li Hong coming out to make a donation, it would be difficult for Wang Mang to take out the 100,000 taels of silver from the court at one time, but now that he has made such a show, the 100,000 taels were easily taken out from the court, and no official dared to talk nonsense.

Seeing that the silver had been settled and the distribution plan had been placed, the courtiers knew that the general trend was gone, so they set their eyes on the remaining 145,000 taels of silver.

However, their hands stretched out too slowly, and the trust Shang Shu Ling Shang Yang strode forward, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has a play." ”

Say. Wang Mang looked at Shang Yang Dao.

Shang Yang looked around at the ministers, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Mang, and said: "Your Majesty, now the law change matter is on the right track, but there are currently two things that hinder the advancement of the law change work. ”

"What two kinds of work?" Wang Mang said.

"The first is that the funds are insufficient, the ten changes involved in the detailed rules of the law, each of which requires silver, but the imperial court did not have this budget before, it was the Fan Li of the household department who gave Shangshutai 10,000 taels of silver start-up capital, and now although the household department agrees to allocate 100,000 taels of silver to Shangshutai for the change, but according to the minister's estimates, these silver are far from enough. ”

Shang Yang paused and continued: "The second is that the law change has been promoted for several days, but there are many officials in the court who are very resistant to the law change, and the behavior of these officials has brought great obstacles to the law change. ”

As soon as Shang Yang opened his mouth, he wanted his life, this so-called first difficulty doesn't matter, it is just a matter of asking for money, there are many officials in this hall who are looking for the emperor to ask for money today, and Shang Yang is not worse than one, but Shang Yang's second difficulty is terrible, this is a matter of life!

At that time, some officials wanted to stand up and question Shang Yang, but Wang Mang's eyes lit up, and he said directly: "The problem of money is very easy to say, isn't there still 145,000 taels of silver left in the household department, Li Hong, and then allocate 100,000 taels of silver to Shang Shutai, but the problem of people, I think it is a big problem, the change of the law is a major event in the court, and hindering the change of the law is to make the court rich and strong soldiers. ”

Wang Mang's words made the courtiers' faces completely change, and some officials knew their own affairs well, and without waiting for Shang Yang to speak, they took the initiative to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, as far as the ministers know, there are no officials who hinder the change of the law, but there are some differences with Lord Shang on some details of the change. ”

Wang Mang glanced at this official and knew that this person was Lan Qing, the right attendant of the Ministry of War, the Basket family was a famous military family in the court, and he was the founding general of the Great Qin State, but the descendants of later generations were incompetent, and the Basket family had not produced a famous general for hundreds of years.

Article 5 of the detailed rules for changing the law, rewarding military merits, and formulating the military lord system and the famous field system, greatly damaged the interests of heroes like Lan Qing, who had failed to rely on the glory of their ancestors for many years.

As the representative of this group of "meritorious heroes" who have little ability in the court, Lan Qing naturally took on the role of confrontation with Shang Yang.

Just after the heroes?

These words may scare others, but Wang Mang doesn't care, since he has decided to change the law, how can he care about the barking of a few miscellaneous fish.

Seeing Lan Qing stand up, Shang Yang sneered and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers Lan Qing and Lan Shangshu don't feel Your Majesty's kindness and hinder the change of the law." ”

"Lan Qing, is there such a thing?" Wang Mang looked directly at Lan Qing.

"There is no such thing, Your Majesty, this is Shang Yang slandering the ministers, the ministers are meritorious heroes, generations of loyalty to Daqin, is His Majesty's most loyal courtiers, this Shang Yang is ill-intentioned, divisive between the monarch and the minister, it is really the world's great traitor, Your Majesty should kill Shang Yang to correct the law of the country. Lan Qing gritted his teeth, and he also directly instigated Shang Yang.

Shang Yang sneered again, and said loudly: "Shang Yang's loyalty to Daqin and His Majesty can be revealed, and changing the law is a matter of His Majesty's order, you Lan Qing dare to say that you have not violated the law change? You Lan Qing dare to say that you did not instruct the children of your family to instigate some hooligans and scoundrels in Chang'an City to make trouble in my Shangshutai? You Lan Qing dare to say that you really fully support the imperial court to change the law?"

Lan Qing made Shang Yang speechless, so he had to look at Wang Mang, and cried directly: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, this Shang Yang is really a person with ill intentions, Your Majesty must believe in the minister's loyalty to Your Majesty!"

"Huh. Shang Yang sneered again, his face was solemn, he took out a copy of the fold from his cuffs, raised it to the top of his head, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, here are thirteen articles of the Lan family's lawlessness, all of which are life lawsuits, and Lan Qing's son Lan Tian instructed the Chang'an hooligans to make trouble in Shangshutai, please let Your Majesty know it." ”

Deng Fang quickly presented the fold in Shang Yang's hand to Wang Mang, although Wang Mang had long known that Shang Yang had found some evidence of officials, but after seeing the illegality committed by the Lan family, he was furious, and slammed the fold into Lan Qing's face, and scolded angrily: "People say that the Lu of eating the king is the solution to the king's worries, and your Lan family is also a famous family of Daqin, why did you come out of this gang of fools." ”

Lan Qing was dumbfounded when Shang Yang took out the fold, and when he heard Wang Mang's words at this moment, he completely fainted.

Looking at Lan Qing's appearance, Wang Mang glanced at Wang Yongji hatefully, and said: "Shen is not harmful, put Lan Qing in prison immediately, and ask him, what kind of ambitious leopard guts he has eaten, and he dares to do these things!"

"Obey. Shen Buxian nodded with a complicated expression.