The left and right phases rushed to the gate of the palace almost at the same time, and the two looked at each other and walked together in tacit understanding.

"Prime Minister Zuo, do you know what His Majesty suddenly summoned me and so on?" The right prime minister, Lin Xiangru, asked.

"I don't know!" Zuo Prime Minister Wei Zhengming shook his head and said, and then said: "I thought that in addition to the two of us, there were also people from the household department who were also summoned. ”

When Lin Xiangru heard this, his mind turned quickly, and he said, "Is it the problem of the household?" ”

"Probably not! Probably because of the problem with the silver. ”

"What do you say?" Lin Xiangru asked with some surprise.

"There has been news in the palace that it is the disposal of the victims, and with new countermeasures, it is very likely that there is still a problem with the silver."

"Why didn't the old man know?" Lin Xiangru was a little surprised by the news that Wei Zhengming said.

Wei Zhengming didn't look back, he walked forward intently, and after being silent for a while, he said: "This kind of thing is just a rumor, and it hasn't really been discussed, so naturally not many people will know about it." ”

Lin Xiangru's footsteps on the ground paused slightly, and then returned to normal.

"If it's really a silver problem, I'm afraid it won't do anything to ask us to go, right? The household is in charge of the silver! ”

"The people in the household department have been calling them poor, and I'm afraid we're going to be wicked again!" After Wei Zhengming finished speaking, his head turned a little and looked at Lin Xiangru.

Today's Hubu Shangshu has received the favor of Lin Xiangru before, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the right minister.

"The court needs it, what can he say? Since we are in this position, there are some wicked people, so we have to do it! Lin Xiangru laughed and snorted, not picking up Wei Zhengming's other meaning.

Lin Xiangru said this, Wei Zhengming didn't have much to say to him, so he closed his mouth, and the two hurried away in silence.

"Meet Your Majesty, meet His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The two entered the imperial study and saluted Zhao Xuanchao and Zhao Kuo, the three heads of the household department had arrived early and were now standing aside.

"Excuse me! Throne! ”

Zhao Xuanchao opened his mouth and ordered, and after the two of them sat down, Zhao Xuanchao continued: "The two Aiqing came just in time, the Aiqing of the household department has already finished reading what the prince wrote, and the two of you should also take a look to see what you think." ”

The two of them waited as usual for the little eunuch to hand the fold into their hands, and carefully read what was written on the fold.

Almost at the same time, after reading the content of the fold in their hands, the two exchanged a look with each other, and both saw a glimmer of light in each other's eyes.

Seeing that the two of them had finished reading the excerpt, Zhao Xuanchao said: "Since all the Qing family members have read what the prince wrote, let's talk about whether this method is feasible?" ”

The Tobe squire seemed to be unable to hold back for a long time, and was the first to stand up and say: "Your Majesty, this method was not thought up by His Royal Highness the Prince, right?" ”

Zhao Xuanchao didn't say anything, and Zhao Kuo answered: "Lord Song, this method is not what this palace thinks, but this palace thinks this method is feasible!" ”

Song Zhiyuan, the head of the household department, shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, if you are a minister, you want to commit the next offense!" It's that the ministers can't allow anyone to talk nonsense in front of His Highness! When the imperial court acts and involves money and food, which time is it not arranged to act in full quantities? ”

"If you only take out a part of the money and food to do things, how can you do it? If the people below know about this situation, I am afraid that there will be more trouble! ”

Song Zhiyuan's words made Zhao Kuo feel slightly depressed.

If it weren't for the tight treasury and the fact that he couldn't get so much silver out in one go, would he have found another way?

Now that the feasible method has been given, it is only necessary to discuss whether it can work, but Song Zhiyuan directly denied it from the beginning!

"According to Lord Song, then the victims of Henan Mansion can only resign themselves to fate? If the same problem arises in the other state capitals, will the imperial court also turn a blind eye? ”

"The minister has no such intention! The minister is just telling the truth! Seeing that Zhao Kuo was displeased, Song Zhiyuan hurriedly admitted his mistake.

Regarding Song Zhiyuan's statement, Zhao Kuo just felt a little depressed, but he was not angry with him, but just withdrew his gaze on him and turned to look at Du Futai, the head of the household.

Du Futai saw that Zhao Kuo was looking at him, and he naturally couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb, so he stood up and said: "The minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the blessing of the people!" But the minister also felt that what Lord Song said was not wrong! The people who were displaced from their homes due to the disaster, both physically and mentally, needed a stable support, and the person who taught His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to write this law did have different views, but he did not consider two points! ”

"First, the situation of the victims! According to what is written in the excerpt, the victims had to do hard work in order to get food and money, and the wages were relatively small! If they learn that the imperial court is not able to guarantee them for half a month, or the money and food after a month, even if they are ministers, they will feel that they have been deceived, or they want to treat them like grass and mustard, and it doesn't matter whether they live or die! ”

"If a few people use a few fallacies to confuse the people and fool the victims, and then the victims rise up, won't it be a great disaster?"

After Du Futai finished speaking, the two of them immediately nodded, from their point of view, they really need to consider this.

Zhao Kuo's ears itched, and he had the urge to argue.

However, seeing that Zhao Xuanchao was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai platform, Zhao Kuo suddenly lost this idea in his heart.

"Second! It's a matter of collecting the tax money! In the past, the collection of tax silver was a knot after the autumn, and it is not impossible to change it to a half-moon knot! It's just that the ministers are afraid that the people below will not be able to collect so much silver! ”

Du Futai paused for a moment, and when no one stopped him, he continued. "All the taxes and silver in the world are taken from the people and used by the people! After the autumn harvest of the people of the world, there is still money left in their hands, and even if the taxes and silver that need to be paid are not enough, they are almost the same, and they can be handed over by sewing and mending. In this way, it is nothing more than adding a lot of broken families and broken wives and wives to be separated! ”

When Zhao Kuo heard this, he sighed slightly in his heart, he agreed with Du Futai's statement!

You can't persecute those innocent people for the sake of the victims of the disaster in Henan Province, right?

Zhao Xuanchao sat on the throne and nodded slightly.

It's just that Qin Yu said the method, Zhao Xuanchao felt that it was not a chicken rib, it should be able to do things, thinking of this, he asked Lin Xiangru: "Right Minister, what do you think?" ”

"The minister agrees with the opinion of the household! The household department controls the treasury, and naturally knows more than the minister! However, the minister felt that the household department could make another set of regulations, and take out a part of the money from the treasury to help the state capitals with more victims, so as to reduce the pressure on those state capitals! ”

After Lin Xiangru said this, Zhao Xuanchao secretly scolded the old fox in his heart, what he said was as if he didn't say it!

Du Futai received the favor of Lin Xiangru in his early years, and the two of them did not say that they wore the same pair of pants, and they were not far behind!

"Where's the left side?"

Wei Zhengming stepped forward, glanced at Lin Xiangru with a smile, and said, "The minister has a different opinion!" The minister thinks that there is forty percent certainty that it is feasible! ”

Lin Xiangru frowned slightly, Wei Zhengming said this, do you really want to be a wicked person?

Or do you want to give him some eye drops?

"What's that saying?"

"The minister thinks that the person who taught His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to write this policy has shortcomings, but he is still a talented person! The considerations of the right minister and the adults of the household department are not unreasonable, but they miscalculated a little. Wei Zhengming said slowly.

"Left phase, right phase, what did they miscalculate?" Finally seeing someone to support, Zhao Kuo couldn't wait to ask.

"Your Highness, please listen to the minister!" Wei Zhengming smiled and nodded slightly to Zhao Kuo, and continued: "What Lord Du is considering is the degree of fullness of the imperial court's treasury in a year. But to break it down, in fact, the tax paid by the merchant is not small! And it can fill some of the treasury deficits in time! ”

"It is actually impossible to take out this kind of tax money and implement it according to this policy!"

"Zuo Xiang, you may not know a little, the merchant's silver is indeed easy to receive, but how many people can the merchant have? In the face of such a huge number of victims in Henan Province, it is tantamount to a drop in the bucket, and far water cannot save the near fire! As soon as Wei Zhengming finished speaking, Du Futai immediately retorted that he couldn't leave the impression that he would only pass the buck in front of Zhao Xuanchao.

"Master Du doesn't need to be impatient! The appearance did not say that Lord Du did not think about the people, the appearance only said the corresponding feasibility! Wei Zhengming smiled slightly, not the slightest annoyance.

"How much silver is in the treasury, how much money is needed to do something, Lord Du is probably better than me and the right minister! There is just one point, Lord Du can pay attention! ”

"The excerpt is written about the approximate number of victims in Henan Province, but the imperial court does not need to do so! As the right minister said, the imperial court can choose a few places where there are many disaster victims in the state capital, and implement it according to the method written on the excerpt, and the number of people will be sharply reduced, and the amount of money and food required to consume will not be huge, right? With this amount of money and grain, combined with the timely collection of taxes and silver, there is not much pressure on the treasury, right? ”

As soon as Wei Zhengming said this, Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up instantly!

What he thought before was that he had reached a dead end, and what he wanted was to make a good life for all the victims, but he ignored the actual situation!

If, as Zuo Xiang said, the problem of the victims of the disaster in each state and government is solved little by little, then the matter will be much simpler, and even the imperial court will be directly responsible.

Du Futai shut up and didn't say anything, he was the secretary in charge of the household department, how much available silver could be spent in the treasury, he knew very well in his heart!

If you act according to the law of the left, I am afraid that you will not need to use the money in the treasury!

"Of course, in order to ensure that there is enough silver in the treasury, the minister thinks that he can also follow the general description in the countermeasures, and recruit the gentry of the various state capitals to donate money and food, and give them a merit archway afterwards as a sign of commendation!"

"What the victims have done is quite beneficial to them, even if the court does not advocate it, they themselves or local officials will do the same, they just give a little more silver, but in exchange for the favor of His Majesty, the ministers expect that they will not refuse!"

Zhao Xuanchao, who was sitting on the throne, smiled slightly, and said loudly: "With all of you, it is the blessing of the court and the blessing of the people!" In this case, the household department has drawn up a charter, and I want to see it! ”

Du Futai spoke to Zhao Xuanchao, and what Zuo Xiang said was indeed feasible, so he naturally didn't dare to say more.

The matter was settled, and Wei Zhengming saw that Zhao Xuanchao was in a good mood, so he asked, "Your Majesty, I want to know which sage came up with such a countermeasure?" ”

Zhao Xuanchao looked at Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo said loudly: "Qingying Renyong Captain Qin Yu!" ”

As soon as this name came out, several people were suddenly a little stunned!

Can the disciples of the generals have such talents? Is there a mistake?

But soon they denied this idea, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not gamble on his reputation in order to deliberately favor someone!

Whether Qin Yu really has real talent and real learning, or a silver-like wax gun head, he will know in the future!

Immediately, the right phase and the three of them looked at the left phase together, and their eyes were a little playful.

Wei Zhengming smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his face was as usual.