In the imperial study, a round of deliberations has just ended.

Emperor Yan didn't speak much, the prince presided, and the officials of the various ministries and officials were basically present, and in the most corner position, there was also Ji Chengjue, who was nominally the envoy of the household department.

There was no way, the original Hubu Shangshu fell, and the imperial court appointed a new and respected Hubu Shangshu, but it happened to break out an old case, drunken murder of concubines.

This is actually not a big deal, as a powerful member of the dynasty, it is normal to secretly kill a concubine at home and execute a person who makes a mistake, as long as the matter is handled well.

But who would have thought that three years later, when it was just rumored that the senior official was going to be promoted by the court to act as the head of the household, the family and relatives of the concubine gathered dozens of people to come to the capital to beat the drum and voice the grievances.

For a while, there was a lot of trouble in the city, and the adult fell ill because of it, and he didn't know if it was a real illness or a fake illness, in short, he couldn't even go to court.

Emperor Yan issued an order to send the imperial doctor to the palace for diagnosis and treatment, and at the same time, Yousi followed up on the case.

In this way, the dignified Yan Household Department has been hanging until now, but all the work is in an orderly manner, and even, the operation of the household department is much better than at the beginning.

All of you here are old foxes who have experienced the ups and downs of the sea of wind and frost, how can you not know who has anything to do with the accidents of these two successive household books.

At the same time, the big guy was also secretly surprised that the Sixth Highness, who had been inconspicuous all these years and basically regarded himself as an idle and carefree prince, why was he uncharacteristically tough after receiving the errand of the Guanfeng Household Department.

Political struggle belongs to political struggle, in fact, we have to pay attention to one rule, and this kind of behavior of revealing the old story and turning over old accounts is tantamount to tearing off the skin and destroying the original political tacit understanding.

The two methods of rectifying people are really too radical and subordinate, and it is easy to be isolated by the court.

After all, in the final analysis, how many are there who are really innocent?

But because Emperor Yan has not spoken about this, and His Royal Highness the Sixth has a special status, after all, he is the prince, the son of the emperor, and of course the emperor himself can rub it casually;

After all, it is both the king and the father.

But the ministers are outsiders after all, and you want to help the emperor teach his son a lesson? Want to reach out and get involved in the Ji family's family affairs?

In the past few years, there may have been ministers who dared to do these things, but now that Emperor Yan is mighty, no one dares to touch the tiger's whiskers without authorization.

What we are talking about today is a matter of commercial taxation.

From beginning to end, the six princes, who were supposed to speak, did not say a word, but the crown prince strongly advocated the implementation.

In fact, in the final analysis, basically behind every larger caravan, there is a powerful figure, and those who have the volume to go through this kind of long-distance large-scale trading are either raised by the powerful, or they take the initiative to find the powerful to attach themselves after they have developed to a certain extent.

The law of commercial taxation is actually cutting their flesh.

But today's Dayan is no longer an era of gate valves, and now, what the Lao Ji family wants to do, everyone can only pinch their noses and recognize it.

To put it nicely, this is Lao Ji's family calling the big guy to discuss matters, to put it bluntly, in fact, Lao Ji's family is informing you.

Defy?

Hold on.

Not convinced?

Die!

Finally, the deliberations ended.

Emperor Yan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said:

"The crown prince and the sixth child stayed."

The ministers immediately bowed and retired.

soon

The study was deserted.

Wei Zhonghe personally stepped forward and changed the new tea for Emperor Yan, the crown prince and the six princes, and then walked out of the imperial study and stood at the door.

The prince picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly, and it could be seen that he seemed to be imitating the action of Emperor Yan drinking tea.

Ji Chengjue put the teacup on his lap, looking harmless to humans and animals.

"Sixth brother, the money and grain sent by the household department to the snow customs are a little too kind, but this palace has heard that some generals below have a lot of opinions on this."

There are actually a lot of people who know about this, after all, a large amount of money and grain is transported over a long distance, and it is not a matter of one or two cars, and it is impossible to hide it from those who have a heart.

Therefore, the prince must point out this matter.

He is the crown prince, the lord of the East Palace, where the country is located, if your own brother is privately married to the border army general, and you still pretend to be a turtle with a shrunken head and not say a word, then this prince is too much.

Even if you want to keep your eyes open, it's not such a Taofa method.

The prince privately colluded with the border army generals, which was a big taboo.

Originally, the crown prince thought that after he said this, in front of his father, his sixth brother should kneel down and plead guiltily, and then say a lot of reasons to excuse himself.

But to the prince's surprise,

After Ji Chengjue heard this,

Just raised his head slightly, looked at him,

I was very puzzled:

"Oh, which general is dissatisfied?"

"........." Prince.

The prince was a little caught off guard for a while, the crux of the problem is, which general said that he was dissatisfied?

The point of the problem is obviously that you favor Xue Customs and show favor to Uncle Hirano!

The so-called generals are dissatisfied, just like many ministers of imperial history in the court, who open and close their mouths to "ask for life for the people" or "the people's grievances are boiling", as if they really live in the people every day and listen to the voices of the people, which cannot be studied in detail.

Most importantly,

The dissatisfied general must be someone stationed in Jindi.

And with the relationship between Uncle Hirano and Marquis Jingnan, who dares to say this?

Even if someone really dares,

Then dare to say it, point it out, stand up,

Let's see what the Marquis of Jingnan will do with that disgruntled general!

Emperor Yan, who was sitting in the first seat, did not make a sound, but silently sipped the remaining tea leaves between his lips and teeth.

"Sixth brother, what do you mean by that?"

Ji Chengjue smiled and said:

"Second brother, Uncle Hirano once saved my brother's life, so you should be your brother and repay this favor, will you succeed?"

"The important weapon of the country, how can it be used as a favor!" The prince scolded.

Ji Chengjue nodded, got up, and saluted the prince,

Road:

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the money and food of the garrisons of each department in Jindi are divided into three parts, one from the imperial court, one from Yingdu, and one from self-raised.

In the first half of the year, the money and food escorted from Yingdu to the snow customs were also sufficient. ”

This is what Jingnanhou originally promised Zheng Fan.

"Sixth brother, what do you want to say?"

"What the minister wants to say is that what you are talking about, Your Royal Highness the Prince, is that the military money and food affairs are the important weapons of the country, and they have a great stake, and the money and food issued by Yingdu are personally rationed by the Marquis of Jingnan, the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

The military is not a family affair, not an open warehouse to release grain to help the victims, pay attention to the rain and dew, and receive the grace of the king.

The troops stationed in various places are in different regions, have different responsibilities, and face different enemies.

Snow Customs north rejection of savages, south of the Chu State, with a pass of the land, for my Dayan to stabilize the situation in the east of Jin, if the military needs are insufficient, money and food are not enough, when the savages rise again, the Chu people re-enter, is it difficult to become my Dayan, and I have to fight another battle of the Eastern Crusade!

His Royal Highness the Prince,

You don't know the soldiers,

Don't be too instructive. ”

"You said that this palace doesn't know soldiers, so what about you, sixth brother, do you mean that you know soldiers?"

"The younger brother doesn't know the soldiers."

"Then you ........."

"But the younger brother doesn't say much."

"......" Prince.

I don't know how to fight, but I don't beep.

"The distribution made by the younger brother is basically according to the military ration issued by Yingdu, since the Marquis of Jingnan thinks that the snow customs needs to be paid, then the younger brother will do what the Marquis of Jingnan wants.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels that he knows the situation in Jindi better than the Marquis of Jingnan, and knows the soldiers better,

Then please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to show it,

Brother,

Dare to disobey! ”

"You ......" the prince.

"That's enough."

Emperor Yan spoke.

The crown prince and Ji Chengjue knelt down together.

"I didn't want to hear you quarrel when I left you down."

"The son is guilty."

"The son is guilty."

Emperor Yan stretched out his hand and picked up a fold, this is an excerpt about the ticket number, which was delivered by Ji Chengjue a few days ago.

The excerpt, Emperor Yan has seen it, he originally wanted to leave his two sons behind and discuss the regulations on this excerpt separately.

But Emperor Yan finally picked up the fold and put it down,

Road:

"."

"The retainers retired."

"The retainers retired."

The brothers left the Imperial Study, and as they passed by the small pond in the Imperial Garden, the Prince spoke:

"If there is anything missing in the marriage, tell my brother."

"Thank you, second brother, there is nothing missing."

Because

There was basically nothing.

The prince's wedding, but a major event, according to the past practice, will be led by a minister to be responsible for the preparation.

For example, the last time the prince got married, Emperor Yan ordered Prime Minister Zhao Jiulang to be in charge of the preparations; Although the marriage between the eldest prince and the barbarian princess is low-key, nominally, it is also led by the Ministry of Rites.

As a result, when I got here, it was organized by a member of the Ministry of Rites, whose surname was Chen, because he had been contaminated with the relationship between the gate valves, so although he was not cleaned up, he was also sent to sit on the cold bench early.

When the prince is married, the treasury and the royal treasury will jointly contribute a sum of silver for financial purposes.

Compared with the silver fee negotiated by the prince at his last wedding, he spent less than 10% of his money for this wedding, or even less than half of it.

At the same time, the prince's mansion is equivalent to a collective dormitory for the princes before they start a family.

The eldest prince has already given another house in Yanjing City, close to the palace, and the prince has already entered the East Palace.

And themselves,

Obviously, the date of the wedding has been set, but there is still no mention of the house.

Regardless of the size and location, there is not even a single message.

If Uncle Zheng knew about this here, he would definitely laugh at Xiao Liuzi and say that you are married, and you still take your wife and children to live in the dormitory of the factory.

Therefore, when the prince asked what was lacking as a brother, Ji Chengjue replied that he lacked nothing.

sometimes

When you don't have anything, you don't lack anything.

"My younger brother has grown up and started a family, so he should be more stable."

"Brother I understand."

After the brothers said a few words, the prince went back to his East Palace, while Ji Chengjue went all the way out of the south gate and got into the carriage driven by Gonggong Zhang.

The carriage swayed, and the figures swayed.

Ji Chengjue, who was in the carriage, picked up the towel prepared in advance and wiped his face, he wiped it very carefully.

"The crown prince said in front of his father today about the money and grain of the Snow Customs." Ji Chengjue said as he threw the towel into the basin.

"Master, the prince is in a hurry, he personally picked this word, it is a little too preoccupied."

As the crown prince, as the master of the East Palace, if you have to bow down to everything, then what's the use of those ministers and lackeys who have taken refuge in your door?

It seems that he is simply and directly charged, but in fact, he has lost the dignity of the prince.

Ji Chengjue shook his head and said:

"He did it on purpose, he was reminding his father that I befriended Zheng Fan, and I was getting married, and his originally interrupted wedding with the county lord should be back on the agenda."

"The minions are stupid."

Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly admitted his mistake, he only cared about mocking the prince in front of his master, but he failed to taste the deep meaning behind the prince's move.

"Is everything arranged?" Ji Chengjue asked.

"It's settled, master, it's just ........."

"Just what?"

"Master, this is to directly open all our hole cards, isn't it ......?"

"Zhang Banban."

"The minions are here."

"Since I entered Beijing this time, I have said that I have no way out, in the past, my father could beat the people around me, and that was because there were no people around me who could not give up.

Right now

I'm a dad. ”

"Master, the one in Madame's belly is also His Majesty's grandchild after all."

"Heaven is merciless."

"Yes, master."

"Let's bet, let's bet that he is not a good character for the official family of the Qianguo State and the regent of the Chu State, so this time, I just took advantage of the reason for the big wedding to open it to him.

It's the old man who wants to see it, so show it to him. ”

"By the way, master, someone from the Hirano Bofu is here, called Fan Li."

"Fan Li? Hehe, I have always heard that Zheng Fan has a man named Fan Li under his hands, who can be literate and martial, and is proficient in calculations, and has a great reputation in the rivers and lakes.

Where are the others? ”

"In the house."

"Cheng, go home, I have to meet the people he sent by Zheng Fan in person."

On the rivers and lakes, the story of Uncle Zheng's general Fan Li has long been rumored, and there are many versions.

"Your Majesty and Uncle Hirano haven't seen each other for a long time, right?"

Last time, Gonggong Zhang was ordered to go to Litian City, because Mrs. Jingnan Hou had an accident, so that time Zheng Fan followed Tian Wujing to Litian City a day later, and he could be regarded as having seen it.

"I envy him, don't say anything about the savages, the Chu people are eyeing him, his place is the real Tiangao Emperor Yuan, free and easy.

Now, he is free, but I still have to stay in this capital, and sometimes when I think about it, I really feel panicked. ”

"Does the master want to go to the Snow Customs?"

Ji Chengjue shook his head and said:

"What to do at Snow Customs? What kind of brothers do you want to team up?

Hehehe.

On this day after that,

Is the surname Ji or the surname Zheng? ”

……

In the imperial study, Emperor Yan continued to hold the fold book about the ticket number in his hand.

Wei Zhonghe was studying ink beside him, and when he saw this, he pretended not to see it.

"The Min family had told the emperor that they wanted to establish a Dayan ticket number, but the emperor refused, but I didn't expect that my son, I, would bring it out again.

Wei Zhonghe,

Tell me about it,

Is it true that these business people in this world always think that they are much smarter than others, and that everyone else around them is stupid? ”

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Sixth should not dare to have such a meaning."

"He doesn't dare? Hehe, before, he didn't dare, but now, he is tougher than anyone else. ”

"Your Majesty, the slave heard that some places in Qianguo also use this kind of thing, and the locals call it Jiaozi, and the people in that place save a lot of trouble when doing business."

Emperor Yan shook his head and said, "This thing, I, can't be used, at least for now, it's not going to be used." I have just stepped on the gate valve, but I don't want to fall into the hands of a group of rich businessmen and tycoons in a few decades. ”

In other words,

Emperor Yan leaned back slightly.

Wei Zhonghe's hand paused and said:

"Your Majesty, the following people have come to report that many businessmen have recently entered Beijing, and some old people who have retired have also entered Beijing.

Among them, there is no shortage of ......"

"It's from the Min family?"

Emperor Yan had ordered the Marquis of Jingnan to lead the army to level the Min family, and at the same time, Concubine Min, the biological mother of the six princes in the palace, was beaten into the cold palace, and Bai Ayaka was given after the month.

The Min family has long been destroyed in the name of rebellion, and because it was disposed of by Emperor Yan himself, it is impossible for the Min family to be overturned, because the emperor is not wrong.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's the remnants of the Min family."

The destruction of the Min family is the destruction of it, but how terrible the Min family's wealth was at the beginning, outsiders may never know.

Because the Min family looks like an ordinary gate valve, but the relationship between wealth and wealth has actually formed an extremely terrifying grid.

If it is said that at the beginning, the gate valves that were all over the Great Yan controlled more than half of the land and population of Yan Guotai, then the Min family once almost mastered more than half of the circulation of Great Yantai.

Yan Chu, Yan Jin, Yan Qian, Yan Man and even as far as the West,

On the long road,

There are huge caravans under the banner of the Min family.

So

When Concubine Min entered the palace,

The head of the Min family dared to send such an exaggerated dowry.

The wealth is not exposed, it is impossible for the head of the Min family not to know this truth, but he has no fear.

It's just that he misestimated Emperor Yan.

It's not just him,

In fact, those gate valve clans who had been rooted in Dayan for hundreds of years also misestimated Emperor Yan.

"Your Majesty, these remnants of the Min family, I don't know the grace of heaven, and the slaves ask for an order to ......... secret spy division"

The secret spy department was dispatched to clean up the remnants of the Min family.

Emperor Yan raised his hand and interrupted Wei Zhonghe's request,

Road:

"Wei Zhonghe."

"The minions are here."

"Do you know why I only killed the Min family without a mirror in the first place, but I didn't clean up the remnants of the Min family?"

A big family that is based on businessmen, you just destroy his own family, it is like just stepping on a spider to death, but ignoring the huge cobwebs it has woven a long time ago.

That net, and the knots that are tied out of that net, are the real roots.

"The slave is stupid, please show it to Your Majesty."

"Because before, their surname was Min."

Saying,

Emperor Yan picked up the teacup,

took a sip of tea,

chewing on the tea residue he just drunk,

Continued:

"Now, their surname is Ji."

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The next chapter is a high 、、、 tide, and I want to write it in one breath and send it out, about 10,000 or 20,000 words, so don't wait tonight.

It was very interesting to read a book friend's complaint that day, saying that Xiaolong had told us good night for so many days, but his routine collapsed, hahahaha.

It's true that the schedule has collapsed, embarrassed.

The next chapter will probably be written tomorrow morning or noon, don't panic, hold the dragon!