The inner hall was also the same as the celebrant of ceremonies, and there were many desks, but they were not next to each other but divided into two sides.

The celebrant stood on one side, the cabinet ministers stood on the other, and Jiang Banxia bent down and placed the pier behind Cao Yu.

Cao Yu stood in the third place, in front of him stood the chief Bingbi Huang Wei, and in the front stood the palm print Cao Bo.

He quietly stretched out his finger and pointed to the incense burner next to the two pillars, motioning for Jiang Banxia to stand over.

The little eunuch who added incense to the incense burner was also very eye-catching, and when he saw Jiang Banxia passing, he immediately quietly withdrew from the inner hall.

"Sit down." Emperor Qingwen spoke: "Sit down and talk back." ”

The ministers and eunuchs sat down one after another after thanking them, and their eyes were all focused on the square inch in front of the case.

Only Cao Bo was facing Emperor Qingwen alone, and he was waiting for Emperor Qingwen to speak.

"Let's go by the old rules." Emperor Qingwen closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair, and he said, "Let's discuss it." ”

According to the old rules, the celebrant spoke first, and Cao Bo presided: "I think you all know what you are going to discuss today, while the cabinet and the celebrant are here, we will strive to finalize the articles of association directly after the discussion, and the signing of the signature, the approval of the red, and the tea and horse matter can also be concluded." ”

Emperor Qingwen, who had his eyes closed, interrupted: "Let's discuss it after circulating Mao Gong's excerpt." ”

"It's the master."

Cao Bo took a break from the desk of the celebrant and took two steps to the side and handed it to Gong Sui, the first assistant of the cabinet.

The fold was extremely thick, Gong Sui glanced at it roughly and handed it to Yin Zhizeng, the second assistant on the side: "My eyes are a little flowery, Mingji, you can take a look." ”

Yin Zhizeng took the fold with both hands, and he swept it from beginning to end, and the further he went, the tighter his brows wrinkled.

Then the recital was circulated among the cabinet and returned to the master of ceremonies.

Gong Sui coughed and said, "Mingji, you and Li Luan are in charge of the household department, so I will tell you about the tea class and Yima." ”

"According to the past years, I checked with Li Shilang for a few nights, and I just finished checking this morning." Yin Zhizeng looked at Li Luan who was standing beside him: "Some of the accounts checked, but some of them are not, Li Luan and I didn't dare to sign." ”

Originally, the tea and horse affairs were managed by the tea and horse divisions in various places, and the supervision government supervised it, but this matter was related to Ma Zheng, and the front was fighting and the rear was demolished, and Emperor Qingwen had to take a fierce medicine to remove this sore.

Therefore, the matter of accounting fell on the head of the household.

"Qingwen's two-year tea class income is more than 1.67 million catties, and Yima is more than 41,900." Yin Zhizeng said unhurriedly: "In the twentieth year of Keqingwen, that is, last year, the annual income of the tea class was less than one million, and the income of Yima was less than 20,000, and the difference in amount during the period was huge. ”

The celebrant and the cabinet members were amazed that the difference was so big!

Yin Zhizeng said: "The reason why we don't dare to sign is that the difference between the second year of Qingwen and the nineteenth year of this account is almost the same as that of the second year of Qingwen, but in the twentieth year of Qingwen, it is like a cliff, and the difference is more than half!" ”

The hearts of everyone present were as clear as a mirror.

Li Luan didn't speak, he piled up the accounts he had checked overnight on the table, waiting for Yin Zhizeng to continue speaking.

"Officials." Emperor Qingwen, who had his eyes closed, spoke: "Wei Xian, you can talk about it." ”

Wei Xian, who was sitting in the fourth place, got up, he and Yin Zhizeng glanced at each other, and then said: "Ma Zheng is the benefit of picking the mountain and filling the stable, but there are unforeseen circumstances, last year the drought in Shu was still dry, and the people were struggling to eat, how to talk about planting tea?" The reduction in tea classes is understandable.

Wei Xian opened his mouth and did not mention the matter under the jurisdiction of the ministry, but only pushed the matter out again.

"Last year, there was a great drought in Shudi, and tea farmers were indeed difficult." Cao Bo continued: "But the place where I produce tea in Daming is not only Shudi, but also Shaanxi and Jiangnan have tea production, and the difference in numbers should not be so big." ”

"That's true." Yin Zhi once responded.

Wei Xian was blocked by these two people, and he turned his gaze to Emperor Qingwen, hoping that Emperor Qingwen could give an instruction.

"How did you finish the discussion?" Qingwen didn't hear from below for a long time, he opened his eyes and asked, "Is there a charter?" ”

"This—" The ministers fell silent along with the celebrant and the celebrant of ceremonies.

No matter what kind of charter is proposed, it is a matter of cutting meat on both sides, tea and horses, and there are people on both sides trapped in it.

In the final analysis, it is a man-made disaster.

"Why, I haven't discussed it for a long time?" Emperor Qingwen stood up from the chair, he slowly walked to the incense burner and stretched out his hand to fan lightly, and Qingyan turned around in the air: "Then I will give you a charter." ”

The people sitting on the pier all stood up, and they focused their eyes on the hem of the corner of Emperor Qingwen's clothes.

"Elder Gong Ge, what is the name of Yang Yiqing, the first champion in this year's palace exam?" Emperor Qingwen thought for a long time.

"Long live it, it's Yang Yiqing." Gong Sui replied slowly.

"I think he's good." Emperor Qingwen knocked on the incense burner with one hand: "Just send him to patrol the tea, and the officials will draft the letter now." ”

Wei Xian responded, and immediately pulled the note on the side, dipped it in ink and waved it, and the celebrant also stamped it unequivocally.

These things that the people below know, how can Emperor Qingwen not know? But he can't move, and he can control the whole body with one shot, and all he can do now is check and balance.

"Sun Aiqing." Emperor Qingwen called.

Sun Qiumin, who had been speechless, was suddenly named, and he was stunned for a moment before he stood up respectfully.

Jiang Banxia, who was adding incense next to the incense burner, quietly turned her gaze to Sun Qiumin, her expression indifferent.

"Losing a child in middle age is the three major pains in life." Emperor Qingwen sighed: "I am also quite sorry. ”

"Still." Emperor Qingwen's words changed: "It's just that the pain is over, the days have to go on, Sun Aiqing, it's too extreme." ”

"I understand." Sun Qiumin immediately chuckled in his heart, Emperor Qingwen's meaning couldn't be more obvious, that is, to let him break his teeth and swallow down.

"I hope to see the results of this autumn." Emperor Qingwen said unhurriedly: "There is enough time. ”

Gong Sui immediately took the lead and shouted long live! Banzai! Hooray! The people below followed him and kowtowed.

Emperor Qingwen slowly walked behind the veil with his hands behind his back, and after a while, his melodious voice came: "The cabinet will go back and draw up a detailed charter and hand it over to Yu Maogong, and he still needs to handle the tea and horse affairs." ”

"Commandment." The crowd shouted again.

Yin Zhi had mixed Gong Sui from the ground, and the two of them glanced at each other, the calculations in the eyes of both sides were very deep, but they were not obvious.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Cao Bo opened his mouth: "Our family still has something to do, so we will retire first." ”

He arched his hand and took a group of eunuchs out of the Qianqing Palace, and halfway through, Cao Bo stopped: "Who should be on duty today?" ”

"Back to godfather, it's time for Cao Alcohol." Huang Wei replied.

"Mellow, don't go today." Cao Bo said: "I took the errand." ”

"Yes, godfather." Cao Alcohol replied.

Several big eunuchs looked at each other, but none of them refuted, because there was no one else who could get out of Emperor Qingwen's mouth except Cao Bo.

"Let's all go back and rest." Cao Bo waved his sleeves and shook it into the Qianqing Palace again.