In the first few months of the young emperor's ascension to the throne, the emperor was pondering to see through the ministers, and the ministers were also pondering and testing the emperor. Just pondered and pondered, and some ministers put the heart they were carrying back into their stomachs.

"Master Pei, the emperor has rectified the inner palace, and it seems to have stopped. I have cut so many positions, and I don't know how many people have been offended. Just said that there are 3,000 ministers, except for 1,000 ministers, which minister has no two people in his family, and he relies on this position to get money? The right capital Yu Shi Wanqing shook his head and continued:

"However, we should benefit the most from his reduction of the rights of his inner courtiers. If there are fewer internal courtiers, there will be fewer checks and balances for courtiers, just like the power of the celebrant is small, and it is not your cabinet that will benefit? ”

Pei Shiyan took a sip of tea, shook his head and said with a smile: "The emperor is still young, and he is not a prince who is a small man, he has been a prince for a few years, the emperor has ignored the government and politics, no one has taken care of things, and the way of being a king is still too little." The few around him are mostly martial artists, with simple minds, developed limbs, and no right to speak in the court, ignorant! ”

Ye Jiquan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, didn't know whether Pei Shiyan was saying that the emperor was ignorant or the generals were ignorant, anyway, it was the same, he just nodded.

He suggested: "Since the emperor likes to do it himself, let's throw more things to him, Chen sesame and rotten grain, let him deal with it." As soon as there are many things, there will naturally be troubles, and when the freshness of being the emperor passes, he will naturally go back to the harem, and the emperor will return to the harem, are you still worried that he will not accept concubines? ”

The three of them took the matter of the court persuading the emperor to accept a concubine as a big joke. So as soon as Ye Shangshu said it, everyone laughed out loud.

Their daughter is married to King Kang, and even if they have a daughter, it is impossible to marry the emperor again. Whether the emperor accepts concubines or not, it has no effect on them. Therefore, of course, several people are still oriented towards King Kang, even if King Kang can't be the emperor, as long as the power of King Kang's party is still there, they can safeguard the interests of their major families.

Sure enough, two days later, Pei Shiyan asked the household department to report to the emperor all the things that could not be collected in the past few years, the disorderly clearing of wasteland by the displaced people, etc., which were reported in various places and difficult to solve.

In the Wenhua Palace, the emperor looked at the materials submitted by the household, and he slapped the booklet on the case and sneered: "Isn't it good to live well?" Pei Shiyan is so rampant, do you expect me to dare not touch him? ”

"You really can't touch him right now." Shen Congxi, who is now a member of the cabinet, said: "Pei Shangshu has deep roots, and he is different from Ji Ruicheng, he does not have a heinous handle, and from him, he really can't do anything." But ......"

"But what?" The emperor frowned and asked.

"Your Majesty, look." Shen Congxi handed the booklet he was holding to the emperor, and pointed to a line of small characters and said with a smile: "Although we can't move him personally, we can start from the end of his power group!" ”

The emperor took a closer look, and it turned out that Yongqing County, under the Shuntian Mansion, had not paid enough taxes for two consecutive years, and reported to the household department, saying that the county government was under too much pressure and asked the household department to reduce taxes for the county. The magistrate of Yongqing County is called Liu Baoshan.

"Move him? Could it be that this Liu Baoshan is Pei Shiyan's person? The emperor asked.

"I don't think so. If it were their people, the excerpt would have been approved, where would it have not been approved, and now it will be submitted to you? It's just that I happened to know that there is a small official Li Gang with a sesame mung bean size in Yongqing County, and his position as the chief secretary of Yongqing County was bought from King Kang. ”

Seeing that the emperor didn't react, Shen Congxi smiled again: "Your Majesty, don't look down on this mere nine-rank official, maybe even King Kang and Pei Shangshu have forgotten." Li Gang bought an official at that time, and it cost him 100,000 taels of silver, could it be that he didn't want to turn over the money he spent when he took office? The emperor believes me, and he will be successful when he checks it! ”

At that time, in the James Mansion, Shen Congxi and Sun Yanxi paid great attention to collecting their information, and prepared to use them as a handle to fight against these kings when a prince came out to fight for the throne. Later, the crown prince successfully ascended the throne, and the emperor's affairs were complicated, and the matter of selling officials was temporarily put aside.

"It's really sleepy and meets a pillow, and we can't help but eat the meat that I sent to the door." The emperor was happy, and he was busy letting people pass on another meat-loving Sun Yanxi. It seems that in order to pry the core of the power of civil officials, it is necessary to rely on civilian officials.

Sun Yanxi received the order and soon arrived at the Wenhua Palace. He flipped through the old accounts of the emperor's table a few times, and said with a smile: "Pei Shangshu is afraid that you will be idle and panicked, so he has something to do for you." He also has a big heart, isn't he afraid that you will copy his old bottom? ”

"Isn't that? To call you this living code is to discuss with you what to do. See how to tear a Kangwang party from a small opening! "Except for talking about his own milk doll, the emperor hasn't been so happy for a long time.

"Oh? What kind of little mouth is so powerful? ”

Shen Congxi connected Li Gang's purchase of officials with Yongqing County's inability to collect taxes, and told Sun Yanxi in detail.

Sun Yanxi nodded and said, "The county government is the master book, how many taels of silver is only a month?" 100,000 taels of silver to buy a nine-grade official, at first glance, he rushed to make a fortune. There is too much private money, which naturally affects the people's tax payment. Among them, I am afraid that Liu Baoshan, the magistrate of the county, will not be able to get rid of it. Therefore, we couldn't directly investigate it at the beginning, and we had to make an unannounced visit. ”

The emperor's brain turned fast, and as soon as Sun Yanxi finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay!" This time, I have to kill two birds with one stone. ”

He glanced at the two in front of him, and finally looked at Shen Congxi, and said with a smile: "I appointed you as the minister of the Qin Mission, and went to Yongqing to investigate and understand the case of excessive taxation. Secretly going with you, there is also Hou Zhengxiong of Jinyiwei. The brocade guards cooperate with your actions, and the evidence they find will give them a separate credit. ”

Shen Congxi immediately understood what the emperor meant, he wanted Jinyiwei to go to an unannounced visit, and give Jinyiwei a chance to make meritorious service alone, that is, to divide the factory guard. The emperor kills two birds with one stone, one of the eagles, here.

"Some plants are poisonous if they are not used well, but they are medicine when they are used well. That's what the queen taught me. The emperor had an undisguised smile on his face: "The Jinyi Guards were originally the tools of the emperor's management of his courtiers, and now is the time for me to use them." ”

Just mentioned the queen in one sentence, the emperor suddenly remembered something, turned his head to Sun Yanxi and said, "The queen wants to ask Mrs. Sun to bring Huaixin into the palace to play." During the period of national filial piety, the children's full moon and 100-day banquet were exempted, and now Yun Huo will also crawl all over the ground, so they can get together and let their little brothers get to know each other. ”

"Crawling all over the ground?" Sun Yanxi and Shen Congxi's eyes widened: Aren't the princes all very delicate, and they are either held by the palace maid or the chamberlain every day? Besides, Yun Hui is only half a year old, and he can't climb!

"You probably won't be able to climb the way he crawls...... It is to lie on the ground on your stomach, with your legs not moving, and you can step back with your hands propped up...... Oh, the queen said, the child can exercise like this, let him go, anyway, he can't climb out of the palace. The emperor said helplessly.

Sun Yanxi nodded with a smile, yes, let people close the door when they go back, his son is really good at climbing, Sun's mansion is not as big as the palace, so he doesn't have to learn from the palace and lose Sun Huaixin. Take a look at the latest chapter of "Fengqi Begonia Claw Book House" and read it for free for the first time.