"Let's go, go to my house, stay here to hinder the emperor's ......"

The other officials laughed......

In the early morning, I had just talked about the lack of food and grass at the border gates, and the gloom of the budget and expenditure, which seemed to have dissipated a lot with the sound of this joke.

Du Zhengyan followed the emperor to the imperial study.

The emperor kept him down to discuss the matter of grain and grass at the border pass, the border pass has not been peaceful recently, in order to be prepared, he first planned to transport grain and hoard grain to the border pass, and when the time comes, if he really wants to fight, he has already been prepared.

Over the years, the treasury has not been very rich, the year is not good, the land has been divided again, and it can maintain the current situation for one or two decades, and the emperor and all the courtiers have worked hard to manage it.

Du Zhengyan is a household servant, that is, the person who manages the country's money bag, and the emperor kept him down to discuss serious matters with him.

There are many things that are inconvenient to say in the court, so they can only be communicated in private.

Entering the imperial study, the emperor didn't talk about face anymore, and he didn't stand up, he went straight in, "How much silver do you still have in your hand, that's all there is on the books, in private, do you have a small treasury to hide, take it out, and then think of something or something, can you go elsewhere to fish for something, you have a flexible brain, you can think of a way......"

Du Zhengyan said slowly, "Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, it is best to make friends with neighboring countries as much as possible, avoid wars if you can, and then raise the treasury, it is too hard for the people to lose money to fight."

Of course, if you have to fight, you can also think of a way to deal with the matter of money, it has been peaceful for so many years or two, the country has no money, there are always people who have money, so we will borrow from the rich big families! Your Majesty, who would dare not borrow an IOU? Each family in the east and west will borrow some money, and the treasury will recognize and return the silver in the future......"

The emperor thought about it for a while, "I pulled the next child to borrow it, do I really need to pay it back?" ”

Du Zhengyan's eyelids jumped, and he came up with an idea again, "If you don't want to pay it back, Weichen still has an idea." ”

"Say!"

Du Zhengyan said again, "Once people have spare money, they want to think a lot about it, and they want to seal their descendants or something, your Majesty, you can sell the title, the internal price of a title, according to the size, and whether it can be inherited or not, how much silver is clearly marked, and you can also limit the number of places, first-come, first-served, or the way of secret bidding, etc., when you are short of money, you will sell the title once, and sell how much is missing, what do you think?" ”

The emperor's eyes lit up and he gave Du Zhengyan a thumbs up.

"Or Aiqing has a brain, when will you promote Ren Shangshu, that old Shangshu in the household department will not do anything all day long, and Aiqing is busy with all kinds of things, wronged Aiqing."

Du Zhengyan smiled, "No, doing things for the emperor is what Weichen should do, don't be wronged." Lao Shangshu is my master, as long as his old man is alive, I can't encroach on him and rob him of his position, so it's just right. ”

The emperor laughed, "Du Zhengyan, you are really a shameless old fox!" What kind of master is he? Anyway, you will go directly past him and report directly to me. You just want to raise him, and if something happens to the household, pull him out to take the blame for you. ”

Du Zhengyan said, "The emperor will be wrong, Weichen doesn't think like this, in terms of seniority, age, and experience, I have to rank after our old Shangshu." ”

There are six departments in the imperial court, and in each department, there are two positions, Shangshu and Shilang, which are equivalent to the first and second in command of the modern department.

Shangshu is the first leader, for the positive, and the waiter is second to the Shangshu and is the deputy.

It should be Shangshu who decides on a large and small affairs, and the waiter just goes to carry out the handling, but Du Zhengyan is different here, Lao Shangshu is a hands-off shopkeeper, and everything is directly managed by Du Zhengyan, of course, this is also inseparable from the emperor's attitude, Du Zhengyan is the emperor's cronies, and he only looks for Du Zhengyan to do everything, and Lao Shangshu is transparent in his heart, so he is too lazy to intervene.

The emperor was inspired by Du Zhengyan, "Then according to what Aiqing said, sell the title!" It just so happens that many titles in the previous dynasty have been invalidated, and we don't sell the kind of hereditary titles, let's try the ...... first, so let's do it, Du Aiqing, the first business starts with you, and the first title will sell you first! It's still what we said last time, last time I said that I was thinking of your hard work and high merit, and I plan to give it to you for free, and now I think it's more appropriate to sell it to you......"

Du Zhengyan: ???

The emperor really jumped over the wall in a hurry, and even his cronies began to squeeze!

What did he just come up with? Who is he? Where is he?

After finishing business, the emperor left Du Zhengyan for breakfast.

The eunuchs of the imperial dining room rushed in, and the table was full of colorful dishes.

The emperor beckoned, "Let's have a light meal together, I'm in a good mood today, by the way, I heard that you have found a country son again, this time you can't be mistaken, right?" Did you go home yesterday? What else is going on in the house? ”

Du Zhengyan looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, "It shouldn't be wrong, thank you for the emperor's concern." ”

What happened in the Du Mansion yesterday, the emperor knew about it in the early dynasty today, and who was the one who came to talk and make a small report, you don't need to guess to know.

Yu's legs and feet running to the palace are too diligent.

"That's right, no matter how wrong it is, I can't stand it, it is said that he is still a talented person, and he looks handsome, you bring it to me one day, if it is agreeable, I will match him with a county lord or something, and it will not be in vain for you Lao Du to run errands for me all day long......"

Du Zhengyan arched his hand this time, "Thank you for the emperor's trouble." ”

used to look like an old god, but when it came to finding his son, there was a move.

The emperor is a person who is familiar with his temperament, and this is indeed heartfelt.

"Then you find an opportunity to bring it, well, or if you rashly bring it into the palace without a name or a part to have a bad impact, I can go to your mansion one day to see it in person."

Du Zhengyan immediately replied, "Weichen will go to Qintian to calculate a suitable good day now, and set up a banquet for my son Liao Qing's return to the mansion, and when the time comes, please invite the emperor to come in person to have a happy day." ”

The emperor laughed, "This time it seems to be a real son, you didn't dare to invite me last time, okay, come and ask for a performance when you have a day, I will give you special time, this face will definitely be given to you." ”

"Thank you."

Du Zhengyan bowed to the end, and there was a faint smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

***

Du Mansion urged four times, Xu Jiaojiao and Liao Qing moved to Du Mansion within two days.

Before moving, Xu Jiaojiao also deliberately went to the integrity dart bureau and informed the integrity dart bureau, saving them from looking for them and not finding anyone.

The integrity dart bureau is a group of rough old men, and they told Xu Jiaojiao that if someone in Du Fu bullied them, it didn't matter, just tell them that they would personally bring them to the door to support their little couple, and there was no need to panic.