Since Yingche ascended the throne, although he looks calm on the surface, in fact, it is turbulent in the dark, and the princes and ministers headed by King Rong have not stopped, and they have continued to make small moves in private, always trying to embarrass Yingche in the government.

For example, this year's Henan flood, but a huge stone was rushed out of the embankment, on which it was written that there was no virtuous lord in the country, and the spearhead was directed at Yingche.

It is even spread among the people that it is not orthodox for the current saint to kill his father and usurp the throne. So the heavens sent heavy rain to punish him.

These are simply nonsense, but there are rumors and incitement by people with intentions, and the three of them become tigers, plus Ying Che was demoted to a commoner before, and he ascended the throne and became the emperor overnight, the people believed it was true, and the public sentiment was turbulent for a while, and there were even places that prevented an armed uprising and wanted to overthrow Ying Che, who was plotting to usurp.

And King Rong's henchmen also used this as an excuse to be aggressive in the court, and almost pointed at Yingche's nose and said that he was not worthy of being the emperor.

King Rong suppressed a faint smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "It's really child's play, those ordinary people are really ignorant, what does a stone mean? Lord Yan, you can also move such things to the imperial court, which makes people laugh and be generous." ”

"But now the people are talking about it, saying that this is a bad omen, and mobs are emerging in an endless stream, and Weichen is afraid that it will continue like this for a long time......"

"What are you afraid of? Whoever talks about it again will be arrested, and this king will see who else dares to talk nonsense. As for those mobs, one word - kill. Daring to resist the imperial court is simply self-defeating. ”

Ying Che sat on the dragon chair, raised his eyebrows, and said, "What should I do according to King Yirong?"

King Rong bowed his hand to Yingche, "Brother Huang, you must not be soft, you must kill all these people who committed rebellion with the power of thunder and shock the people." ”

Hua Junze laughed and said, "Kill them all, I'm afraid that if this is the case, it will only arouse greater public anger, and the people will think that the Holy Lord is a tyrant, and then it will be even more out of control." King Rong is so wise, how can he be so thoughtful?"

King Rong's expression was grim, "This king is because he has thought about it in detail, he has this suggestion, the first time the imperial brother ascended the throne, many people are not convinced, just take advantage of this matter to deter the four seas, so that those who are dissatisfied will be in awe, dare not do anything more, and dare not question the imperial brother again." It's killing two birds with one stone, so why not?"

Ying Che sneered: "It turns out that deterring the four seas depends on killing people? So what is the difference between me, the emperor, and a tyrant? ”

Hua Junze looked at King Rong, "Weichen didn't dare to agree. ”

Ying Che said: "What advice does Hua Aiqing have?"

Hua Junze said: "Back to the emperor, the most important thing at the moment is to treat the victims, what kind of divine stone guidance, but someone is pretending to be a ghost, don't pay attention to it." On the one hand, the saint can send people to Henan for disaster relief and relief, and on the other hand, send people to pacify the people and suppress the mob. As for the rest, has the emperor ever heard a saying called settling accounts after the autumn?"

Ying Che smiled and said, "What Aiqing said is very much in line with my intentions. ”

King Rong glanced at their monarchs and ministers, with a trace of anger in his eyes, turned his eyes, and glanced at Fang Tao, the secretary of the household department, Fang Tao is the uncle of Princess Rong, receiving his eyes, Fang Tao took a step forward, and said with both hands: "I don't know how much the emperor wants to allocate to Henan for disaster relief? Now that the treasury is empty, Wei Chen is afraid that he will not be able to take out so much silver for a while." ”

Ying Che had already guessed that the household department would not cooperate with him, and asked, "How much silver can the household department come up with?"

Fang Tao peeked at King Rong, and Si Aiai said, "At most, 600,000." ”

"Six hundred thousand?" Ying Che couldn't help but chuckle, "My dignified Great Qin's treasury only has six hundred thousand taels of silver?"

Fang Tao's eyes flickered, and he looked at King Rong on the side casually arranging his sleeves, and then said: "When the first emperor was here, the treasury was already beyond his means, and in the past two years, the locust drought in Shanxi, Shandong and other places has spent two million, and the military budget needs money, the funeral of the first emperor, the emperor's enthronement ceremony, and the queen's canonization ceremony, all cost a lot of silver, and at this point, the treasury really doesn't have much silver." ”

Ying Che slapped the table angrily, "Bastard, you are looking at me to fool Meng Zhen, are you!"

Fang Tao's face was full of panic, "No, the minister doesn't, the minister doesn't dare." ”

Ying Che said: "Last year, there were locusts in Shandong, and the imperial court issued a million disaster relief silver, which is true. Every year, the taxes collected in various localities are as high as several million taels of silver, and not to mention other places, the impoverished land of Qianzhou alone paid more than 1 million taels of taxes last year, not to mention those prosperous places like the south of the Yangtze River. The first emperor's funeral, my accession to the throne, the queen's canonization of the silver spent is not from your household, but from the Inner Court Bureau, so where is the rest of the silver?

Fang Tao's cheeks trembled in fright, and he knelt on the ground and said, "The minister doesn't dare, the minister doesn't dare." These accounts have details, if the emperor doesn't believe it, he can check the accounts, and Weichen doesn't dare to be greedy for the court's silver even if he has ten heads. ”

Ying Che forgave him and did not dare, in recent years, he has been fighting for many years, and there are many natural disasters, and the treasury is indeed not as full as in previous years, but it will never be so little.

Fang Tao made a move, raised his head suddenly, looked directly at Ying Che, and said resolutely: "If the emperor doesn't believe in the minister, the minister is willing to resign from the post of Shangshu and let the capable live there." ”

He originally wanted to retreat and use resignation to scare and scare Yingche, but Yingche nodded and agreed, and said: "Even if you are still self-aware, you are the head of the household, but you can't balance the treasury, and it is your duty to do so, and you don't have to go to court from now on." Qi Yue, I Jin you are the secretary of the household department, and from now on you will lead the household department. You must squeeze out 1,500,000 taels of silver to me within 10 days and send it to the disaster area. ”

Ying Che acted resolutely, and he had thought about the candidate for him, Fang Tao was dumbfounded for a while, King Rong was red-eyed since he said that he was resigning, if it wasn't for the court, he would have kicked him now.

has a fat head and big ears, and his stomach is only full of intestines and fat, and he doesn't have a brain at all. Ying Che tried his best to weaken his power but couldn't do it, this fool is good, and he sent it to the door in vain.

King Rong said urgently: "The promotion of officials is not a child's play, the imperial brother thinks twice." Lord Fang was only angry for a moment before he said his resignation. Moreover, Qi Yue is so young, and he was only in Zhongshu Province before, how can he take on such a big responsibility as the head of the household. ”

Qi Yue is only twenty-three this year, he is the Tanhua of the scientific expedition the year before last, and he wrote a good hand, which was left in Zhongshu Province by the first emperor and specially drafted the edict.

Qi Yuecheng said with trepidation: "Weichen is still inexperienced, I am afraid that he will live up to the emperor's love." ”

Ying Che ignored King Rong, and only said to Qi Yue: "Experience is such a thing, how can there be if you don't do it?" I believe in you, what you can do, don't you believe in yourself?"

After the death of the first emperor and the ascension to the throne, Ying Che still left Qi Yue in Zhongshu Province, through these days of getting along, Ying Che found that Qi Yue not only wrote a good hand, but also had a considerable depth of insights in the court and politics, and had his own ideas, Ying Che never looked at the wrong person.