The emperor sighed and asked, "Haoyu is seriously ill, who will be the assassin of Yangzhou?" There is also an observer envoy of Jiangnan Province, this position is very important, who will be in the DPRK? ”

"Does Lord Lin have any recommendations?"

"He recommended Liu Pei and Sun Huai." The Emperor nodded to the fold on the table and said, "But I still want to hear your opinions. ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu muttered: "Liu Pei and Sun Huai have been the deputies of Lord Lin for four or five years, and they should know the affairs of Yangzhou very well, and it is appropriate. ”

"Liu Pei is okay, but Sun Huai's qualifications are insufficient, is it faster to serve as an observer of Jiangnan Province?" The Ministry of Rites Shangshu proposed: "It is better to choose talented people in the court." ”

"Does Chen Aiqing have someone to recommend?"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu bowed his head and said: "The observation envoy not only leads the civil affairs of Jiangnan, but also has military power. But in fact, civil affairs has the management of the history of each state, and the observation and enablement can make the upper force less, and it is better to concentrate on military power. And Jiangnan is adjacent to Yin and Fujian, and the selected person should be better than leading the army. From Yu Chen's point of view, Lingzhou's deputy capital protects Zhao Jie is not bad. ”

Hubu Shangshu couldn't help frowning, "Lord Chen, the observation envoy is a second-grade master, no matter how big Zhao Jie's ability is, it is impossible to upgrade to the fourth level in a row, right?" ”

From the fourth grade to the second grade, the crane ride is not so fast.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said: "Didn't Lord Lin be promoted exceptionally back then, Zhao Jie may not be as good as Lord Lin in terms of literary talent, and he is not inferior in leading troops." ”

The head of the household department and the head of the Ministry of Industry have always cared for Lin Jiang as their nephews, and when they heard this, they were naturally unconvinced, and the two of them immediately quarreled with the Ministry of Rites, and they had to argue clearly, whether it was Lin Jiangyou or Zhao Jieqiang.

The emperor leaned back in his chair to watch them arguing, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department had been sitting silently on the side, he had just taken office this year, whether it was Lin Jiang or Zhao Jie, he had never seen it, and he didn't know it, out of caution, he didn't express his opinion.

The emperor saw that they were almost arguing, so he spoke: "Zhao Jie does have a set of troops to lead the army, but it is still a little worse than Lu Duhu. ”

The Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry glanced at the Ministry of Rites and Rites with pride, who didn't know that Lu Zhen couldn't compare to Lin Jiang when he was studying, and now Zhao Jie is the deputy protector under Lu Zhen, His Majesty personally said that Zhao Jie is not as good as Lu Zhen, and Lu Zhen is inferior to Lin Jiang, obviously saying that Lin Jiang is better than Zhao Jie.

"Okay, after you go back, you should also think about it, if there is a suitable person, you will recommend it," the emperor muttered for a while, "Didn't Lu Zhen go back to Beijing to visit relatives?" Just let him go to Yangzhou, first, to visit Haoyu for me, and secondly, the silver donated by Haoyu will also be escorted back to Beijing. ”

The emperor rubbed his forehead and waved the four of them to retreat.

He got up and stomped a few steps, and finally took Lin Jiang's fold and went to the harem.

As soon as the queen came out of the Buddhist hall, when she saw the emperor, she curtsied and asked with a smile, "Why is Your Majesty sad?" ”

The emperor stepped forward to help her up, took her hand directly into the hall, showed her Lin Jiang's fold, and sighed: "In the end, my Shi family has treated his family badly, and now he only has one sister and one daughter, I think he is not at ease, and the person who was so high in the past can't help but tell me at this time, I think he is really not at ease." ”

The queen opened the fold and said, "A few days ago, you praised me for his good job in Jiangnan and didn't delay the war in Dachu, why did he become seriously ill in the blink of an eye?" ”

"Yes," sighed the Emperor, "the world is impermanent, and who would have thought that he would be so sick in the prime of life?" ”

Lin Jiang's writing is good, the queen can almost imagine the worry and uneasiness when he wrote this excerpt at the desk, thinking of her daughter, the queen couldn't help but clench the fold and said: "The Lin family has a great favor to the country, and Your Majesty can't let the heroes chill." ”

The emperor stretched out his hand to hold her, "That's what I think, if he has a son, then his position as a prince will not be demoted to his son, but he has no son." ”

Lin Zhi is a loyal duke, and when he died, in order to show his preferential treatment to the Lin family, the emperor did not demote the lord, and directly let Lin Jiang attack the throne of the country.

"Now he has to sell his property and donate it to the treasury, and if I don't say anything more, then the spittle of the people of the world will drown me. But he would rather give his family property to me than to the Lin clan or his daughter, but I am afraid that it is to prevent those side branches of the Lin family and the Shang family, and I will not be able to receive his affection, but will be kind to others. ”

The empress was not surprised by the emperor's uprightness, and asked with a slight smile, "Then what does Your Majesty plan?" ”

"I heard that Lin Jiang asked his sister to marry into the Xie family, but he didn't carry it home overnight, and he also returned to the sect, and in the future, his daughter is only afraid that his sister will raise him, Zitong, why don't you take another daughter, and also find a companion for Yuanhua and Ruying. I heard that Lin Jiang's sister is talented, don't you often complain that Yuanhua Ruying is always partial to martial arts and doesn't have a little softness, just let his sister edify the two children. ”

When the queen heard this, she glared at him and complained: "Yuanhua is not your indulgence, obviously she was so well-behaved when she was a child, and she was good at studying, just because you took her to ride a horse and shoot arrows, which made her more and more wild......"

"Yes, yes, it's all your husband's fault, so should you do it?"

It was rare for the emperor to be coquettish once, and the queen suppressed the smile on the corner of her lips, and said, "Then you should go down." ”

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "When the time comes, he will give his daughter a county lord, so that they can rely on them a little, and he will be at ease." ”

His guilt towards the Lin family can also be lightened.

The queen smiled slightly, which was considered to be his arrangement.

This kind of honorary county lord and county lord is also a title, and he receives some money from the court every year, and he doesn't even have a fief, and it is impossible to inherit it, and the cost of a lifetime may not be as good as the income of the prince for a year.

You must know that as a prince of the country, Lin Jiang not only has a good fortune, but the imperial court also has to give a certain amount of rewards during the New Year's Festival, and there is also a lot of income from Juetian.

Lin Jiang is dead, not to mention the rest, but Juetian wants to take it back.

When the emperor felt that he was finally worthy of his conscience, he received a secret report from Jiangnan. The speed of the secret report was very fast, and the words that Lin Jiang and Lin Qingwan said in the Sheng Ji Restaurant the day before yesterday were recorded one by one and sent to the front of the case.

It also has a list of properties posted by Lin Qingwan to be auctioned, and the price estimated by industry insiders is also very intimately marked.

The spy sent this secret report to the emperor's case as quickly as possible, because the stakes were so important.

Those numbers are all bold, if it weren't for the fear of being too explicit, the secret agent couldn't help but mark on the secret report: Your Majesty, our treasury is going to be abundant!

The emperor looked at those numbers in a daze, as an emperor who had to glance at the treasury even for a palace banquet, he should not be too sensitive to the number of money.

The spy didn't count the total amount, but after going through the numbers twice, he knew in his heart if Lin Jiangzhen donated all the money to the treasury......

The emperor couldn't help but breathe heavily, clenched his fists and got up and spun around twice, he turned his head and stared at Liu Gonggong tightly: "Old Liu, you say, how did I treat Lin Haoyu before?" ”

Gonggong Liu didn't know what was written in the secret report, and his intuition should be a good thing, but if it was a good thing, the emperor's reaction would be too strange, so he could only lower his head and consider: "Your Majesty is naturally very good to Lord Lin, and if he can sit in the position of Jiangnan Provincial Observer at a young age, no matter how talented he is, if it weren't for His Majesty's promotion, it would be difficult for him to sit in this position at such a young age." ”

The emperor's fists tightened and loosened, and his eyes lit up: "Yes, so Haoyu shouldn't be playing with me, right?" ”

Gonggong Liu choked, and only said in a half-loud voice: "Lord Lin, how can you ...... Will you play your majesty? ”

The emperor jumped to the desk in two steps, looked at Liu Gonggong with a secret report, and said: "So it is true that he said in front of so many people that he would donate all the silver obtained from the auction of the property to the treasury?" ”

Gonggong Liu said cautiously: "Since Lord Lin said so, it shouldn't be fake. ”

"Good!" The emperor couldn't help but slap the table and laughed: "So I finally came to work and won't be poor anymore?" ”

Liu Gonggong was silent.

Speaking of the emperor, it has been forty-two years since he became the emperor, but he is poor every year, and the treasury is basically empty.

Even if one year is quite full, the next year will return to a state of emptiness.

Either there is a war, or a natural disaster, and if there is a year when neither of them meets, the six will swarm again.

The Ministry of Industry will mention that the water conservancy projects in various places are too backward, and while they have money, everyone will repair them, so that the people can avoid the suffering of drought and floods.

The household department wants to re-survey the fields to prevent large households from evading taxes.

The Ministry of Rites said that the emperor has not sacrificed to heaven for so many years, and now that the country is safe and secure, we should pay a national sacrifice, so as to show that our Daliang is the destiny of heaven.

The officials said that the arrears of salaries of officials should also be made up, and the salaries of civil servants should also be increased, and officials should not be disturbed by trivial matters, otherwise how can they serve the king wholeheartedly?

As soon as the military department couldn't hear it, it immediately jumped out and said that the emperor could not forget the soldiers guarding the border passes, and how long the soldiers' military salaries and pensions had been delayed, but they could not make the soldiers feel cold. Also, it's time to change the armaments.

The Criminal Department silently said that it was time for the Yamen of the Criminal Department to be repaired......

So, the money and grain went into the treasury, and the emperor scattered it before he could cover it.

And the emperor's inner library died of light, and sometimes it was easy for the inner library to have some money, and within a few days, a few children were astigmatized.

Sometimes he wants to see something, and he can't use the money from the treasury, and the inner treasury doesn't have it, so he can only go and coquettish with the queen and ask the queen to buy it for him.

It can be said that the emperor is the poorest of the upper class of the Great Liang, and he has no private property.

Now, looking at the numbers on the secret report and at Lin Jiang's excerpts, the emperor was so moved that he almost burst into tears.

If these industries can really be sold, and can get such a price, and Lin Jiang really donates to the state treasury, it means that the state treasury has more state income for nearly two years.

The emperor turned around in place, calmed down his excitement and said solemnly: "Take the map of Suzhou, I want to choose a better fief for the lord of Qingwan County." ”

Gonggong Liu was dumbfounded.