Most of the ministers who want to stand up against it are members of the Ning Party.

After all.

The construction of palaces and dragon boats is a big project.

Basically, the core ministers of the Ning Party are in charge.

The core ministers of the Fei Ning Party have no way to meddle in to make money.

But.

None of them immediately came forward.

It's too much at stake.

Ning Dang's little minions also eat some scum.

At this time, it is not cost-effective to stand up and be a gun.

Those high-level leaders of the Ning Party who have eaten the big head, such as Yuan De, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

They did not dare to stand up and take a stand.

After all, a lot of money was embezzled.

If you are caught by the Son of Heaven, it will be a big trouble.

Therefore.

All the members of the Ning Party wanted to stand up and dissuade Qin Zheng from taking back his fate.

But they didn't dare to stand up.

For a while, everyone's eyes looked at Ning Heng, who was standing in the first place.

"If Ning Xiang doesn't stand up against it, I'm afraid this matter will be a foregone conclusion."

Many members of the Ning Party think this way.

Prime Minister Ning Heng is the main beneficiary of this matter.

If he didn't stand up against it, he would have fished out some clear soup and little water, and it was not worth the risk.

Obviously.

Ning Heng himself noticed this.

He was the prime minister.

There are many ways to make money.

He is also from a big family and is not poor.

But who thinks more money?

If you can get money from the treasury, it will be tens of millions of taels, and who can give up this kind of good thing.

Therefore.

As soon as Qin Zheng finished speaking, Ning Heng immediately stood up.

"Your Majesty, I have objections to the two-point plan you just put forward to reduce expenditure."

Originally.

Qin Zheng also planned to announce another thing.

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Ning Heng.

Seeing Ning Heng take the initiative to stand up.

Qin Zheng's eyes froze.

He knew that his two decisions should have moved his cheese.

If not.

With Ning Heng's identity, there is no need to be the first to stand up.

But.

Qin Zheng didn't show any dissatisfaction, looking at Ning Heng and smiling indifferently.

"Ning Aiqing, then tell me, what do you think about the difference between the two decisions I just announced, if you can convince me, I may be able to change my mind."

Ning Heng pondered for a few breaths and spoke:

"Your Majesty, since you ordered the construction of various palaces and dragon boats, the imperial court has issued documents for land acquisition and purchase of materials to various places.

Many local farmers and merchants, the family has made great preparations for the construction of the palace and the dragon boat, whether it is the cultivated land and materials required for the construction of the palace and the dragon boat,

A lot of things such as logs and paint have been prepared, and the court has spent a lot of silver in them, if Your Majesty stops the construction of the palace and the dragon boat at this time.

Not only will tens of thousands of raw materials be wasted, but it will also affect the income and livelihood of local businessmen and families, which will have a very serious impact on the local area.

For the sake of local stability and the livelihood of the people, I also ask Your Majesty to withdraw your order and continue to build palaces and dragon boats in various places.

This is a major event related to the stability of the imperial court and society, and it cannot be stopped. ”

Ning Heng's rhetoric made Qin Zheng frown.

Consider what it really means.

Obviously, Ning Heng's sentence contains multiple layers of meaning.

First, I wanted to tell Qin Zheng.

The silver allocated by the court has been used and cannot be recovered.

Second, he was telling Qin Zheng.

If you stop making palaces and dragon boats now, it will inevitably affect the livelihood of a large number of people.

If the local people can't survive.

There is a high probability that it will cause civil unrest.

This is actually telling Qin Zheng in disguise.

Don't play with fire in this matter, if you play too much, it will be troublesome.

Figured out the meaning of the words.

Qin Zheng snorted coldly in his heart:

"This old horseman, isn't it just that you want to make money by building palaces and dragon boats? also said so high-sounding, and stepped on the horse to threaten me intentionally or unintentionally,

Really, I can't figure out what is going on here? ”

It wasn't just Qin Zheng who understood the meaning of Ning Heng's words.

Of course, the members of the Ning Party also understood.

"It is worthy of being a prime minister, after these words, the Son of Heaven is afraid that he will have to cast a rat bogey."

"With Xiangye taking the lead, I'm afraid this thing can't be stopped, there is a drama."

Time.

Many Ning parties stood up to support Ning Heng.

"Your Majesty, what Ning Xiang said is very true, the construction of the palace and dragon boat is not only a matter for the imperial court, but also related to the livelihood of tens of thousands of local people, please think twice."

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are many ordinary people and businessmen who live by building palaces and dragon boats, but we can't cut off their way of life."

"Your Majesty, the people's hearts matter."

Qin Zheng, who was already very dissatisfied with what Ning Heng said, became even more unhappy after listening to the remarks of these ministers.

"These dogs, I didn't care about the lives of the people when I raised taxes just now, and now in order to make money, they still have the cheekiness to stand in the position of the common people to blackmail me.

You have said all the good and bad things about this horse, you should be a good person, and I should be a wicked person? ”

Just when Qin Zheng was about to scold everyone.

Xia Ji glanced at Ning Heng and immediately stood up to refute:

"Ning Xiang, what you just said, I can't agree with you."

Ning Heng saw that Xia Ji stood up again to stir up his own good deeds, and his expression was extremely dissatisfied:

"The right minister is talking about it, which sentence is wrong next? Please also advise the right minister. ”

Looking at Ning Heng's unhappy look, Xia Ji smiled indifferently:

"Ning Xiang's words are serious, and he doesn't dare to give advice, but the problems you just talked about, remember that the solutions have been formulated before preparing for the construction of the palace and the dragon boat."

Xia Ji crossed his fingers and told Ning Heng one by one.

"First of all, the arable land expropriated for the construction of the palace, and the court compensated the farmers at twice the price of the cultivated land in the market, which did not affect their livelihoods.

Again, the various materials you mentioned were ordered from merchants or local families, and according to the detailed summary received below, the price of the materials ordered by the imperial court from these people.

It seems that it has exceeded the market price a lot, enough for these merchants and families to make a lot of money. ”

Looking at Ning Heng, whose face was getting more and more gloomy, Xia Ji did not stop, and continued:

"That is to say, Ning Xiang, you just mentioned that the livelihood of the people, the interests of the merchants or the local families, etc., do not exist at all, and the imperial court has given them the corresponding benefits and has not treated them badly.

There is another thing, Ning Xiang, you should know in your heart that the palaces and dragon boats in various places have just been prepared for construction, and they are not on the right track, and they have not ordered too many raw materials at all, so how can we talk about waste?

That's nonsense! ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ji asked Ning Heng in a sharp tone:

"This matter should be Ning Xiang, you should be personally responsible, right, if there is really a situation where the people are unable to make a living because of the suspension of the palace or the dragon boat, it can only mean that the person in charge of these things is making trouble.

did not act in accordance with the rules of the imperial court, if something unpredictable happened, it could only mean that Ning Xiang, you did not supervise your subordinates effectively, and you were suspected of dereliction of duty. ”

Looking at Ning Heng, whose face had become the color of pig liver, Xia Ji asked him lightly:

"Ning Xiang, do you think what you said is reasonable?"