"Brother Chen, how much do you think it is appropriate?"

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Youzhu asked hesitantly.

"Triple it! At least let the grassroots officials be able to eat meat at once! Don't let the sons and daughters of the honest officials starve to death! ”

Thrice!

Such a large improvement made Zhu Youzhang's brows jump. In this way, the Ming Dynasty will take out more than 9 million taels as an official's salary every year. This accounts for nearly half of the tax, and more than ten years ago, it was more than all the taxes paid by the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Youzhu really couldn't make up his mind.

"Your Majesty, this is some of the data I asked people to count, you can take a look!"

Seeing the hesitation on Zhu Youzhang's face, Chen Quan handed over a thick book to Zhu Youzhang. Zhu Youzhu took it suspiciously, opened the first page, and saw more than 20 big words written:

Daming officials embezzle more than 26 million taels every year, and if they are not curbed, the society is in danger!

Syllable!

Zhu Youzhu closed the paper heavily and stared at Chen Quan solemnly.

"Is this true?"

Zhu Youzhu really wanted Chen Quan to say that this was not true, but to his disappointment, Chen Quan nodded silently.

"Your Majesty, the Ming officials' salaries must be improved. And with the increase in taxes, it is necessary to continue to make appropriate adjustments. ”

Chen Quan's words, Zhu Youzhu did not respond immediately, he touched the cover of the book Chen Quan gave him with a complicated expression, and was speechless for a long time.

"Your Majesty, these things can't be decided for a while, don't think about it now!"

Seeing that Zhu Youzhu was in distress again, Empress Zhang took Zhu Youzhang's hand distressedly and comforted softly.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is right. This matter is not in a hurry, it needs a long period of gradual progress to improve, and there is no need to rush for a while. Poor Dao is not thoughtful, and he should not mention such an unhappy thing at this happy time. As an apology, these two peaches were given to the emperor and the queen, which can be regarded as a congratulatory gift to congratulate the mother on her pregnancy with the dragon heir! ”

Chen Quan smiled and reached out to take out two peaches from a hidden corner and handed them to Zhu Youzhu and Empress Zhang.

Looking at the two peaches in front of her, Empress Zhang was a little stunned, surprised that Chen Quan actually used peaches as a gift, and even more curious about where Chen Quan took out the peaches. The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids were also surprised, and one of the eunuchs wanted to come forward to touch the two peaches, but was stopped by Zhu Youjiao.

"Huh! Empress I and my unborn emperor thank you Brother Chen! ”

Seeing these two peaches, Zhu Youzhu immediately put the huge embezzlement figure behind, and in Queen Zhang's shocked gaze, he washed the two peaches in the basin next to him, and then one directly gnawed on himself, and the other was sent to Queen Zhang, signaling Queen Zhang to eat the peaches.

Seeing that Empress Zhang was extremely embarrassed to take the peaches and eat them, Chen Quan smiled happily and took out two peaches again, one was handed to Dongfang Undefeated, and the other was eaten directly. Dongfang Undefeated glanced at Chen Quan, and washed the peach in a basin of water before enjoying the peach.

Seeing the scene of the four of them directly eating peaches, the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids and the guards hiding in the shadows suddenly felt that their brains were a little insufficient.

The next day, at the court meeting, hundreds of officials looked at Chen Quan and Dongfang undefeated who appeared above the court in surprise. The vast majority of officials who did not know Chen Quan curiously asked their colleagues around them about the identities of Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated.

After learning that Chen Quan was the God of Wealth of the new generation of the Ming Dynasty, they all showed a sudden look. However, not all officials can accept that Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated appeared in the court, in their opinion, Chen Quan is a low-status profiteer, and Dongfang Undefeated is a woman. The appearance of such two people above the court is simply an insult to them.

"Hmph, you wait for a businessman and a woman An Neng to stand on top of the court, get out of here!"

Shoufu Liu Ji is the representative of these people, as soon as he spoke out, the other officials immediately became noisy, and there was a tendency to attack Chen Quan and Dongfang Undefeated.

Hum!

In the face of these Ming Dynasty ministers who dared to fight in groups above the court, Chen Quan would not be accustomed to their stinky problems. A heavy cold snort suddenly shocked Liu Ji and the others, and their eyes were black.

"Why? Just because I contribute nearly 20 million taels of wealth to Daming every year, and because I have lifted millions of Daming families out of abject poverty! But what qualifications do you Liu Ji have to rely on the position of the first assistant, relying on you to eliminate dissidents, form a party for personal gain, eat a vegetarian meal, embezzle more than 700,000 taels of silver, connive at your family to forcibly occupy more than 53,000 acres of fertile land, and force thousands of innocent people to have no place to stand? ”

Chen Quan's words immediately caused a huge shock in the hearts of all the officials in the entire court. Officials who really know Chen Quan know that Chen Quan not only has a huge amount of wealth, but also has an intelligence network comparable to that of Dongchang Jinyiwei. Since Chen Quan said this in front of hundreds of officials now, it means that he is going to do something to Chen Quan.

"You, you, you bloody mouth!"

Liu Ji's face was as white as wax paper, and he pointed at Chen Quan and shouted. Some officials in the same camp as Liu Ji also scolded Chen Quan frantically, but other officials, especially the other two cabinet elders Xu Pu and Yu Zijun, never said a word.

Seeing this scene, some officials who were originally eager to try and wanted to join the ranks of condemning Chen Quan kept their mouths shut and did not dare to come out easily.

"I'm spurting blood? Well, today I will ask the emperor to send Jinyiwei and Dongchang to check you out! ”

Chen Quan looked at this guy coldly, the big construction in the north is about to start, and this kind of high-level officials who are in the way should be cleaned up.

"You, you ---"

Poof!

Liu Ji's whole person suddenly fainted, and the court was suddenly in chaos. It was also at this time that Zhu Youzhu walked into the court with a black face.

"Your Majesty, please drive Chen Quan, a madman, out of the court, and return the court to a clear state!"

"The minister also asks to cure Chen Quan's crimes!"

"Minister---

After saluting, a group of officials greeted Zhu Youzhu with his black appearance.

"Enough! Do you think I don't know what just happened? Brother Chen and Miss Dong were the ones I announced to the DPRK to discuss the great cause of a thousand years, and you dare to drive people out of the border before my future. Who gave you the guts! ”

Zhu Youzhu stared angrily at the courtiers below, whether they were emerging or unpresented, they could feel the murderous intent in Zhu Youzhang's eyes. And what made their scalps tingle was that the emperor actually called Chen Quan his brother above the court. It's scary.

Seeing Zhu Youzhang's tired look and the murderous intent in his eyes, Chen Quan knew that last night, Zhu Youzhu must have read the book he gave him.

Ay! It's a diligent emperor, but it's really too diligent, so he can't feel at ease.