Zheng Ying and Jiang Wenbin both knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor sitting behind the bookcase with a solemn face.

"Your Majesty," Jiang Wenbin raised his head and said with a look of reverence: "Having this Ming Jun is the blessing of my Great Zhou Sheji and the blessing of the people. ”

"Don't put a top hat on me." The emperor waved his hand: "In the future, it will be left in the history books, who cares about this." Back to what is in front of you, you should know what you should do tomorrow. As for the fifth child, you must calm me down. ”

"Obey my father's teachings." Zheng Ying bowed her head and answered.

"Your Majesty," Jiang Wenbin asked again, "In your opinion, who in the clan is most suitable to stand up and support the 'donation'?" Is the prince's mansion okay? ”

"Prince Li is not good." The emperor shook his head: "The status in the clan is actually not high. However, because he is the in-law of the Anguo Mansion, he was made a prince. ”

"That'...... How is Prince Xian? Zheng Ying thought about it and proposed another candidate: "His son is Rong Di's concubine, now that we are at war with Rong Di, as the prince of Great Zhou, he should also show loyalty to the court." ”

"The prince's recital is quite reasonable." Jiang Wenbin nodded hurriedly: "In addition, the case of the King of Rongkang County falsely accusing Hu Lu Yinghuan is not a matter of resolution on the side of the imperial court, but Hu Lu Yinghuan can't swallow this breath, and insisted on suing the King of Rongkang County for false accusation a few days ago." But no matter which yamen she sued, no one was willing to deal with it. The officials of the three law divisions all felt that this was a husband and wife family matter, and they were unwilling to get involved more, but the matter was still in an uproar. If Prince Xian's family wants to completely dissociate themselves from the Rong Di people, it is not impossible, as long as he is willing to cooperate with the imperial court. ”

"Prince Xian can wait." The emperor waved his hand: "This 'donation', there is a first time, there is a second time, and the ultimate purpose is to make the courtiers and nobles gradually accept it." What I mean is that it is better to make Prince Xian's life more uncomfortable now, and wait until the second and third 'donations' and the courtiers begin to be dissatisfied, and then talk to Prince Xian about the conditions, so that he can stand up and publicly support the 'donation'. ”

"It's so much better." Zheng Ying nodded: "Several rounds of donations in a row, the courtiers will have grievances." If Prince Xian stands up at this time, part of the focus of the conflict will be on him, and we are releasing news that Prince Xian took the initiative to pay taxes in order to clear up the relationship between his family and Rong Di. It doesn't matter if it's true or not, it doesn't matter if the reason is tenable or not, the important thing is to give the ministers a target and let their grievances have a channel to vent. ”

"Then the emperor thinks, who in the clan will respond this time? Your Majesty can rest assured, no matter which one it is, the minister will come to the door overnight to persuade him. Jiang Wenbin simply gave up his own idea and asked the emperor directly.

"This is the first time, and it is naturally the most suitable for my children." The emperor smiled slightly: "The fourth child is in the palace, and the fifth and sixth children can't come out like this, but I still have daughters." I look at Pingyang very suitably, my eldest daughter, the eldest sister of the princes and princesses, the husband of Pingyang has a knighthood, the concubine has a gentle personality, likes to read, and is also quite prestigious among the princes in Beijing. I see that it is very suitable for the two husbands and wives of Pingyang to take this head. ”

"Good!" Jiang Wenbin responded regardless of it: "After the minister left the palace, he went to Princess Pingyang's mansion overnight, Your Majesty can rest assured, the minister will definitely ......."

"You don't have to do anything." The emperor waved his hand and glanced at Zheng Ying lightly: "To let Pingyang move, it's just a matter of Xiao Wu's words." You go to waste your tongue for a long time, Pingyang still has to discuss with her brother whether to come out with this face. What do you do in such a big circle? It's better to let Xiao Wu send her a letter directly. ”

Zheng Ying was slightly stunned, and then couldn't help laughing at herself. He is really clever to himself, what can he hide from his father's eyes? What is his power, who is standing next to Zheng Jin, I am afraid that my father already knows it, but he refuses to say it, and watches him and Zheng Jin toss and turn.

Thinking of this, Zheng Ying simply nodded calmly at the emperor and responded directly: "Father, rest assured, tomorrow morning, after the court, the eldest sister will definitely respond openly and take the initiative to donate taxes." ”

"I'll leave it to you." The emperor seems to have been waiting for Zheng Ying's words for a long time: "Pingyang has stood up, and Ning Fu will not want to fall behind." ”

Hearing the emperor mention Princess Ningfu, Zheng Ying was silent for a moment, as if she was hesitating about something. The emperor glanced at him and asked, "If you have something to say, I forgive you for your innocence." ”

"Father," Zheng Ying replied with a bow, "You mentioned before that this time you will take advantage of the tax to thoroughly investigate the property of the courtiers, and if there is any concealment, it will be severely punished." Erchen thought that it would be better to take this opportunity to punish tax evasion and illegal tuntian together, and make an example of chickens and monkeys. ”

"Whose evidence did you find?" The emperor stared at Zheng Ying with sharp eyes: "Is it from the sixth place?" That's a good thing, you didn't have to ask me for advice. If it is an irrelevant person, after you get the evidence, I am afraid that you will organize someone to impeach it long ago. Who is it that makes you so cautious? ”

"Uncle Wei. The amount of money involved is enormous. Zheng Ying replied: "Because it is the mother's mother's family, it is ......"

"What to do, do it." The emperor directly interrupted Zheng Ying's words: "Could it be that you still think that I will tolerate her two brothers to be moths for the sake of the queen?" But the person who is sparse can't be you, you find the right person to do it. ”

Zheng Ying knew why the emperor told him like this. Empress Wei's two brothers were impeached, can Empress Wei watch it? must be looking for the emperor to cry and cry out for injustice. If Zheng Ying is personally impeached, Empress Wei will definitely hold on to this point and want to downplay such a major event as tax evasion into a family dispute.

"Erchen understands." Zheng Ying nodded: "Erchen will arrange for the impeachment of the imperial historian, and in addition, Erchen plans to impeach Lin Xiang together after he leaves office, illegally buying and selling and hoarding land in Songcheng." ”

"It's so much better." The emperor nodded: "Put the two things together, it is impossible to catch one and put the other, let go of the Wei brothers, how to deal with the affairs of the Lin family?" They must all be severely punished. ”

After everything was said, the emperor waved his hand and sent Zheng Ying and Jiang Wenbin out.

Zheng Ying and Jiang Wenbin were busy when they left the palace, and it was a tough battle when they went to court the next day, and both of them had a lot of preparations to do. Jiang Wenbin went back directly to rewrite the note, while Zheng Ying, in accordance with the emperor's instructions, personally went to Mu's house to deliver the news.

When Zheng Ying arrived at Mu's house, it was close to the third watch, and Mrs. Mu had already rested, but Duchess An Guo was taking someone to sort out the accounts and hadn't slept yet.

Zheng Ying didn't stay long, he had to go back to discuss with Han Denian about the impeachment of the Wei family and the Lin family, so he only hurriedly conveyed the emperor's intention and left.

This night, he didn't see Mu Hongsheng, which was also something he had been regretting later.