Regarding the emperor's scolding, Xiao Wenxuan raised his eyelids and said indifferently: "They just want to give their mother's family some power and make some money." Who you use is not used, why bother to lose such a temper. ”

"How dare you say ......"

The emperor picked up the ruler in his hand and was about to throw it at Xiao Wenxuan, but Gonggong An rushed up to stop him.

"The emperor is angry, the emperor is angry. There are also cases where the prince is lost for a while. Besides, the crown prince is still with the princess. The crown princess will persuade the prince not to come nonsense. ”

The crown princess never asked the prince to give her mother's family a chance to be promoted and make a fortune, and Father-in-law An secretly hinted.

The emperor smashed something, and his anger disappeared a lot. Thinking about Grandpa An's words again, he suddenly remembered Su Muling's kindness.

Although Su Muling was stubborn and did not allow Xiao Wenxuan to take a concubine, she never used Xiao Wenxuan's identity to seek anything for herself.

On the contrary, when the country was in trouble, Su Muling took the lead and shared the worries of the country. At this point, he is a hundred times stronger than other women around Xiao Wenxuan.

"If the crown princess was like these ignorant women, I would have taken her head."

"You give me back and reflect behind closed doors. Let the woman influence the mind and I will try to ask you. ”

The emperor regretted a little that he had put these greedy and insatiable women beside him in order to be angry with Su Muling, none of them were fuel-efficient lamps.

Xiao Wenxuan glanced at the emperor and left lazily.

……

Xiao Wenxuan was locked up by the emperor and didn't have to go to court every morning, he teased his son when he had nothing to do all day long, and then called the concubines to dance and play music.

In order to save expenses to support border soldiers, the original East Palace has been reduced by half from the previous 20 or so dishes per meal.

Now Xiao Wenxuan is sympathetic to his woman, and ordered to increase the number of dishes from the previous ten dishes to more than forty per meal.

Xiao Wenxuan also ordered the Internal Affairs Office to make fifty sets of clothes for each of his six concubines. It was also called to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to paint the walls of each person's room with pepper and mud to make a pepper room.

Not only that, Xiao Wenxuan also secretly took a lot of tribute from the emperor's private treasury and rewarded the winners of the daily singing and dancing.

Xiao Wenxuan spent so much time drinking was unexpected by the emperor. He looked at the account of the expenses of the East Palace submitted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was so angry that he almost turned his back on it.

"Call me the prince." The emperor hated the earth.

Two quarters of an hour later, Xiao Wenxuan shook in like cotton.

"Father...... Do you call your son? Xiao Wenxuan's peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, full of drunkenness.

"You? How do you drink like this in broad daylight? The emperor frowned.

Xiao Wenxuan didn't even save the salute, and directly planted himself in the chair closest to him, and laughed in his mouth: "Father doesn't let his sons go out." Erchen is bored, so listen to singing and dancing to pass the time. ”

"What's going on? You spend money like flowing water in the East Palace, singing and dancing on weekdays and nights. Are you afraid that the ministers will criticize you too little? The emperor threw the account of the East Palace in his arms.

Xiao Wenxuan didn't look at it and still smirked: "Father thinks I spend too much money? Father, this is what you can't think about. The whole world is ours, and it shouldn't be the right to spend some silver. ”

"Spend some money? You'an, now the treasury is empty, and the border is tight. If there is a war one day, and we can't even get food and salary, how can we let the soldiers protect our homes and defend the country for us? ”

"Father don't worry, it's not easy for Father to want silver. The most important thing in the court is corrupt officials. The father and emperor grabbed a few at will, and the treasury was abundant. Xiao Wenxuan looked confident.

"You? …… Since you returned to the palace, there have been more and more people inside and outside the court who have prejudices against you. There are even those who persuade me to set up another prince...... You'an, you weren't like this before. ”

The emperor hung his head helplessly and sat down.

Xiao Wenxuan staggered up and walked to the emperor and squatted down, holding his legs and looking at him like a child:

"Father, isn't it just to cook a few more dishes, cut a few more sets of clothes, and make a few pepper rooms! The sons did this just to earn face for their father. Father, you know what? I heard that there are a group of wives and concubines in Wu Shifu, but there are only a few daughters. People don't ask for forty or fifty dishes per meal. ”

"Besides, the sons also heard that the plates used in their family are all five-bucket colors that are only available in the palace, and the teacups are all pastel porcelain. Their family drinks tribute pineapple tea, and the Tiger Hill tea that Erchen drinks is used to gargle their mouths in their home......"

"And the Jiang family, I heard that her mother's house is buried with gold and silver that is rich enough to rival the country. Jiang Shangshu is in charge of foreign tribute, and there are countless tributes in his hands, and the tributes in their family are now more than our palace, hahaha......"

"Father, a courtier's life is so extravagant, we are the royal family, the son is the prince, spend a few silver and the father will scold angrily, this matter spreads, is the father afraid that we will be laughed at is guarding the country for others?"

Xiao Wenxuan's words completely silenced the emperor.

The emperor remembered a conversation between the emperor and him when he was the crown prince:

The emperor: "The country, why is it established?" ”

The Emperor: "Gu Guan." ”

The Emperor: "How to be an official?" ”

The emperor: "Use corrupt officials, anti-corrupt officials." ”

The emperor was puzzled: "Why use corrupt officials?" ”

The emperor: "If you want others to work for you, you have to give people benefits, you give them rights, and let them use the power you give them to loot the people's fat and people's ointment." They have come to defend the rights you have given them in order to protect their own interests. Isn't your rule firm? ”

Emperor: "That...... If you use corrupt officials, why do you have to do it? ”

"Officials are not afraid of greed, but they are afraid of corrupt officials who do not listen to you. In the name of fighting corruption, eliminate corrupt officials who do not listen to you, and retain those who are obedient, so that you can eliminate dissidents, consolidate power, and win the love of the people. ”

"Also, as long as a corrupt official is greedy, his handle is in your hands, and he can only obediently obey. If everyone is a clean official and is deeply supported by the people, and he is disobedient, you have no excuse to get rid of him. Even if it is removed by force, it will cause public unrest. Therefore, you must use corrupt officials so that you can clean up the ranks of bureaucrats and make them all supporters of you. The emperor: "What if corrupt officials are used to attract public resentment?" ”

The emperor: "Raise the banner of anti-corruption, increase publicity, and prove that you care about the people." Let the people mistakenly think that you are good, and the bad ones are those officials, and put the responsibility on them, and do not let the people think that you are the culprit in the appointment of corrupt officials. You have to make the people think that you are good. There are so many problems in society, not because you don't want to do a good job, but because the officials below do not implement your policies well. ”

The emperor asked again: "Then what about some officials who have too much resentment?" ”

The emperor replied: "Kill him and avenge the people!" Put the money he looted into your pocket. In this way, you can live up to the name of looting people's money, but get the benefits of looting people's wealth. ”

……

"Is there any evidence for what you say?" The emperor was referring to the Jiang family and the Wu family in Xiao Wenxuan's mouth just now.

Xiao Wenxuan smiled: "No need for evidence, my father just needs to find a mistake and then go to the house, and the son will ensure that your treasury is abundant and have a good year." ”

Xiao Wenxuan got up lazily and walked away without a shape.

The emperor stared at his back, his eyes intriguing.

On the first day of the lunar month, Jiang Shuxian's father, Master Jiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked people to participate in a lawsuit, accusing him of using his power to embezzle ink tribute.

The emperor ordered a thorough investigation. Hundreds of Imperial Guards were ordered to raid their homes.

This raid did not disappoint the emperor, and the list of embezzlement tributes of Lord Jiang was more than a foot thick. More than 100 Imperial Forest soldiers pulled a cart and transported it for three days before they were able to transport all the treasures in the Jiang family's underground vault to the palace. The emperor looked at the heavy list in his hand, and his eyes were like ice.

"I thought that if I opened and closed my eyes, they would stop. I didn't expect that people's greed could be so crazy, and these treasures were several times more than my treasury. ”

Gonggong An took the list and comforted him softly: "The emperor doesn't have to be upset, they have worked hard to covet these, and they have not filled the treasury and benefited the people. ”

yes, why bother. It's okay to make a small fight, if you are so greedy, it's not a waste in the end.

The Jiang family was copied, and the Jiang family grabbed more than 100 people up and down to sell it. Jiang Shuxian knelt in Wenling Garden, crying to see the prince.

Xiao Wenxuan was half-lying on the kang, and Jing Ye beside him was pulling the two jade pendants on his body and knocking on each other and playing happily.

Xichun brought Jingye's egg custard from the kitchen.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Jiang Liangdi has been kneeling outside for half an hour."

Xiao Wenxuan fiddled with Jing Ye's smooth little face, and said lazily: "If she wants to kneel, let her go." ”

Su Muling took the custard in Xichun's hand and picked up the spoon to feed Jing Ye to eat.

"You go and take a look, it's a cold day, and then you will freeze out."

"She does." Xiao Wenxuan didn't move, watching Jing Ye eat the egg custard with relish.

Su Muling glanced at him and stuffed the bowl to him: "You come to feed." ”

She came to the door and took the big coat and put it on.

Seeing that the crown princess did not stop, the palace maid at the door hurriedly stepped forward to open the curtain for her.

In the snow in front of the door, Jiang Shuxian knelt on the ground tremblingly. He looked at the voice with delight, and then lowered his head in disappointment.

"Jiang, go back. The prince will not see you. ”

"Mother, my father offended the villain and was framed."

"Framed?"

Su Muling sneered: "Jiang Clan, Lord Jiang's greed for foreign tribute items is huge, and it is shocking. As the daughter of the Jiang family, you have not been implicated, and you are already His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, interceding for you in front of the emperor to keep you safe. Go back, your body matters. ”

"As an official in the court, who is not greedy? Who dares to say that their hands are clean? The emperor can't just attack my father. Jiang Shuxian was not convinced.

"Oh? Jiang Liangdi is very dissatisfied with the emperor's approach? In this way, I will make the decision for the crown prince and allow you to go to the emperor to cry out for injustice. Maybe the emperor will let Master Jiang go after hearing your words. ”

After Su Muling finished speaking, he stopped looking at her and turned to enter the house.

Jiang Shuxian stared at her back and gritted her teeth: "Hmph, you are just jealous that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is good to me." ”

Su Muling paused, looked back and smiled: "You are wrong, I never have to be jealous of anyone." ”

"You're jealous. You are a jealous woman, and you are forced by the emperor to accept us. You're from a low background, you can't sing and dance, you're not a good woman, you're good for nothing but this face......"

"Smack!"

A figure flashed out, and Jiang Shuxian was slapped heavily in the face.