When Shao Xi entered the imperial study and saw Xiao Changyi, he saw Xiao Changyi sitting behind the imperial case and looking at an fold in his hand, his face was not good-looking, it seemed that the content on the fold made him a little annoyed.

After saluting, Shao Xi asked Xiao Changyi in a tentative tone: "The saint seems to be a little displeased, I don't know if it's because of the fold in his hand just now?" Does Wechen have anything to do for the saint? ”

Xiao Changyi glanced at Shao Xi, Shao Xi's cleverness was quite appreciated by him.

Although as an emperor, he always said that he hoped that the courtiers below would not always pretend to flatter and flatter, but in fact, who would not want to listen to more good words? Who doesn't like someone who can talk and do things to their heart's content?

Speaking of which, Shao Xi shouldn't have asked himself about these things just now, but in the end, Shao Xi said that he wanted to share his worries, which really made Xiao Changyi feel very useful.

Ordinary courtiers are afraid of getting into trouble, if it weren't for the fat guys, they would be eager to push things to others to do, but Shao Xi took the initiative to share his worries, which was indeed commendable in Xiao Changyi's opinion.

"It's not something that can't be told to you, just now I saw the fold handed by the household department, these years there have been wars between our dynasty and the Eastern Mu country, although it is not as fierce as before, but it is also friction, now it seems that a big war is inevitable within ten years, so I ordered the Ministry of Industry and Yuzhou Hai'an County to preside over the construction of sea warships.

"You also know that there are four states in Kyushu in this world bordering the sea, the east is the Qi and Liner states of the Eastern Mu State, and the south is the Bozhou of the Southern Zhao State, and the only one near the sea in our dynasty is Yuzhou in the southeast.

"Therefore, I plan to let the Ministry of Industry and Hai'an County in Yuzhou build another hundred warships for wartime within ten years, but this household secretary Yu Ji gave me a message to cry to me, saying that in recent years, I have recruited soldiers, purchased war horses, and there have been two major disasters, and the available silver taels are seriously insufficient, and I advocate that the shipbuilding matter should be pressed for another two years.

"But looking at the current situation, a big war with the Eastern Mu Kingdom will happen sooner or later, if the shipbuilding matter is pressed for another two years, how can it be too late to temporarily build a warship together with the war? However, this Yu Ji is also conclusive in the excerpt, and I am annoyed that he is not doing things well, but it is not easy to blame him.

"He knows more about this matter than I do, if he says that this matter is not feasible, I really can't find any reason to refute him, but this matter really can't be delayed any longer, I just ordered someone to announce that he came to see me, I want to see how he explains?"

Shao Xi nodded while listening, he had already understood the general situation of the matter, and he also understood what Xiao Changyi meant.

Now it is obvious that Xiao Changyi, the emperor, wants to expand the maritime armament, and the household department can't get any oil and water in this matter, so he wants to make a stumbling block in this matter.

To put it bluntly, Yu Ji still wants to protect his own personal interests.

Originally, the relationship between the six ministries was one of mutual support, mutual supervision, and mutual restraint.

However, officials of various ministries and departments often fail to support each other, but use the power of mutual supervision and mutual restraint to the extreme, and then some officials even develop a relationship of collusion with each other.

Among them, the household department should be the most popular, and everyone is the most unwilling to offend, just because they have the world's money and grain in their hands, and the expenses of various ministries and departments are all in the hands of the household department.

Therefore, when the ministries and departments of the DPRK and the Central Committee need to allocate money, in addition to playing to Xiao Changyi, they also have to say hello to the household department, and how much initiative they can get is basically in the hands of the household department.

It is precisely because of this that the Ministry of Households has become the department with the most oil and water among the six departments in Shangshu Province, because no matter who asks the Ministry of Households to allocate money, they must give some benefits to the Ministry of Households, which is often referred to as kickbacks now.

This time, Xiao Changyi Zhang Luo asked the Ministry of Industry and Hai'an County to build warships, and the silver allocated was personally ordered by Xiao Changyi, that is, special funds.

In this way, how much money is used to build how many ships are in Xiao Changyi's control, and Yu Ji, the secretary of his household department, not only can not get benefits from the Ministry of Industry and Hai'an County, but because of the transfer of large amounts of silver to build war ships, the amount of silver in the treasury has been reduced.

Therefore, in the future, the amount of money that can be allocated to other ministries and departments will be greatly reduced, and he will be able to enjoy less kickbacks.

Therefore, he was naturally reluctant to let Xiao Changyi transfer such a large sum of silver to the Ministry of Industry and Hai'an County to build warships.

But Yu Ji couldn't directly tell Xiao Changyi that he was unwilling to transfer money to the Ministry of Industry, wouldn't that be the crime of resisting the decree?

So he simply cried to Xiao Changyi, saying that the amount of money that could be allocated was insufficient, and that if a large number of warships were built, it would affect other expenditures of the DPRK and China, so it was better to suppress this matter for the time being, so as to ensure that there was enough money to be allocated to other ministries.

To make it clear, this guy Yu Ji is deliberately obstructing the construction of the warship for his own selfish interests, and he is doing this completely ignoring the interests of the Jingyuan Empire, just to satisfy his personal greed, which is really condemnable.

But for a while, Xiao Changyi couldn't get any handle from him, after all, the money and food in the world are in the hands of the household department, and this account is also done by the household department, so everyone who understands understands it.

Xiao Changyi is also at a loss for this matter, he doesn't know what these officials in the DPRK and China are playing, but there are some things that he can't delve into.

Otherwise, it will be to pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and if they are all disposed of, I am afraid that there will be no one to use under my hands.

Shao Xi just rolled his eyes, and he already had an idea in his heart, so he said to Xiao Changyi with a smile: "The saint doesn't have to worry too much, maybe I have a way to solve this matter, but I need the saint to play a play with me, and the more similar the performance, the better." ”

When Xiao Changyi heard Shao Xi say that he had a way, he suddenly came to his senses and asked with interest: "You said you have a way, but you don't know what the best plan is?" ”

Shao Xi took the opportunity to hand the excerpt he had drawn up in front of Xiao Changyi, with a mysterious smile on his face.

"My method is related to the place where Tao Qingyun, the current Nanshui County Shou Tao Qingyun, recommended in this excerpt, should serve."

Xiao Changyi looked puzzled, reached out and took the fold handed over by Shao Xi, opened it and glanced at it, and asked with some curiosity: "This Tao Qingyun you recommended wants him to be transferred from Nanshui County to Fengyang to replace the current county guard Li Rui, but your method is related to this Fengyang County?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Can you tell me how to use this Fengyang County so that Yu Ji will no longer make excuses and be able to honestly transfer the silver money to the Ministry of Industry?"

Shao Xi smiled and told Xiao Changyi about his experience in Lingyu Mountain, focusing on the evil things that the Tong family had done in Shimen Town and even the entire Fengyang County for so many years.

Finally, it was mentioned that the Tong family colluded with Li Rui, the guard of Fengyang County, and the backer behind the court was Yuji, the head of the household.

Xiao Changyi was happy when he heard it, and teased Shao Xi with a smile: "You kid is doing a good deed to eliminate evil for the local area, but you took the opportunity to swallow other people's properties, and even divided all other people's properties under your own sect, isn't it a fake public and private thing for you to do this?" ”

"Huh! I said that it would be unfair for you, Holy Lord, that we have to speak with our conscience!

"You don't care if I'm in Yujiang County or Fengyang County, I didn't take other people's property for nothing, I gave money, how did this become a fake public benefit?

"Besides, the more industries under my name, the bigger the business, and the more money I will naturally make. Holy Lord, you can't get cheap and still don't appreciate it!

"I'm running and breaking my leg desperately outside, you just sit here and count the money, let's not have such fun as unloading the mill and killing the donkey!"

Xiao Changyi took a sip of tea while holding the teacup, and after listening to Shao Xi's words, he squirted out with a "poof".

The heart said, this kid is now pinching his own handle, and he actually used the matter of partnering with himself to do business to justify himself, and it was really a shame that he could think of it.

But thinking about what Shao Xi said is also reasonable, although he used the power in his hands, there is really nothing to criticize about what he has done.

So he put down the tea cup in his hand, picked up the handkerchief on the desk and wiped the tea on his mouth and beard.

smiled and said to Shao Xi: "Okay, good! If you are reasonable, then you are planning to use this incident to intimidate Yu Ji, and if you want to force him to avoid the serious, you will transfer the silver money to the Ministry of Industry.

"But in this way, we can't investigate his crime of privately supporting the underworld forces in Fengyang County and harming the local people, isn't there a mistake in this matter?"

When Shao Xi heard Xiao Changyi say this, he shook his head helplessly, and looked at Xiao Changyi with an expression of "no matter how you teach", Xiao Changyi looked a little inexplicable for a while.

But just a moment later, Xiao Changyi seemed to understand Shao Xi's intentions all of a sudden, and after saying "oh", he actually raised his head and laughed.

Stretched out his finger and pointed at Shao Xi and nodded, and he was a little speechless for a while.

Xiao Changyi really couldn't imagine that this kid had so many ghost ideas, it was really a little unexpected for him.

Shao Xi was relieved to see that Xiao Changyi finally understood what he meant.

If Xiao Changyi couldn't figure out something like this, he could only be in a hurry.

Because there are some things that even if they know each other well and tacitly, they can't say it clearly, and the nature of the matter changes when they say it.

Although he had previously mentioned to Xiao Changyi that the backer of the Tong family in the DPRK and China was Yu Ji, these things were just rumors, and there was no conclusive evidence to confirm whether this matter was true.

This kind of thing everyone understands in their hearts, and they can check it or not!

But if you put the words on the table in front of Yu Ji, it must be checked, whether you can check it or not, the final result should not be what everyone wants.

Shao Xi's bad idea was intended to knock the mountain and shock the tiger, but he didn't say that he wanted to kill the tiger!