He wore a crown, a dignified face, blazing eyes, and a long beard on his chin, and he was a rare and beautiful man from the eyes of the ancients.

“………”

Inside the Qianqing Palace!

At the time of the meeting with Shen, Emperor Qianlong was checking the chapter, and for some reason, his face was a little ugly, as if he had eaten something dumb!

Emperor Qianlong, who was sitting on the throne, looked at He Shen, who was kneeling and saluting, and scolded jokingly: "You little gangster, you still know that you came back, and you left for more than a month as soon as you left." ”

"If I hadn't sent that guy Zhang Tong to urge, would it be possible that you would still be in that broken place in Taiyuan Mansion and continue to delay?"

Emperor Qianlong's voice was low and powerful, quite majestic, worthy of a generation of emperors.

However, when He Shen saw Emperor Qianlong smiling, he was obviously just like the boss teasing his henchmen and executives, so he was not nervous.

After knowing the bottom of his heart, He Shen's side told him about his experience before and after the extermination of locusts in Taiyuan Mansion, of course, it was inevitable to hide a small part.

He Shen spread his hands, with a wronged face, and behaved very innocently.

He said: "Your Majesty, this time, you have wronged the minister. ”

"As the director of the household department, Weichen knows very well how difficult it has been for the treasury to turn over the money and grain over the years..."

"If the locust plague is allowed to spread to the entire territory of Shaanxi Province, tens of millions of victims will appear, where will Chaoyan find so much relief food..."

"Your old man, the emperor, loves the people like a son, and will be even more upset when the time comes, as the emperor's subordinate, how dare you let the emperor work so hard and hard?"

"Therefore, Weichen can only stay in Taiyuan Mansion to organize the local government and exterminate the locusts."

“…………”

Because, in the past few years, He Shen helped Emperor Qianlong collect millions of silver and accomplished several major things, so Emperor Qianlong had a great favor in him.

It is precisely because of this that when He Shen talks to Emperor Qianlong, it is like talking to a friend.

In the case of a good relationship, his situation not only did not cause the dissatisfaction of Emperor Qianlong, but became even closer.

Hearing He Shen say this, Emperor Qianlong snorted, waved his hand and said, "You kid, what you say is reasonable, forget it... Never mind... Get up. ”

After getting up on He Shen's side, Emperor Qianlong looked at He Shen, who had grown a lot taller, sighed lightly, and said.

"What you did in Taiyuan Mansion, in fact, I already knew it, and I am very relieved that you can do this..."

"However, although it is hard for you to fight the locust plague in Taiyuan Mansion, it is not easy for me to be in the capital."

"I want to build a golden pagoda made of pure gold for the Queen Mother, have you heard about it here?"

“……………”

When He Shen heard this, he arched his hand and said respectfully: "The ministers have heard about it, it seems that you intend to build a golden pagoda for the queen mother's birthday..."

"However, the Chinese Wu Baichen of the DPRK are all opposed, and now this matter is deadlocked."

Emperor Qianlong snorted angrily, and said angrily: "It's not just a stalemate, these people simply want to force me to bow my head with the strength of all the ministers, especially the hateful guy Ah Gui..."

"I appointed him as the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Minister of the Foreman of the South Study, and this time, he actually took the lead in opposing me...

"I have ten thousand strong people in the four seas, and now, I just want to use tens of thousands of catties of gold for myself, and these people are actually against me..."

When He Shen heard this, his brows couldn't help frowning.

“………………”

Gold is not silver, and the value of the two is completely different.

Tens of thousands of catties of gold, converted into silver, at least two or three million taels of silver.

Moreover, to celebrate the "Wanshou Festival" for the Queen Mother, not only to build a golden pagoda, but also to do other things that cost money!

First of all, Chaoyan should use colored paint, cloth, ribbons, etc. to package the main streets of the capital in a colorful way, summoning the state of singing and dancing.

These lacquers, cloths, ribbons and other things all cost money, and the price is very expensive!

Also, to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, a nationwide feast and celebration should be held.

At the celebration, there must be a red, purple, silver and green battle of thousands of people, wearing jade crowns, wrapping scarves, dancing swords, holding brocade battles, holding treasure plates, and cross-carving arrows, this is another sum of silver!

After careful calculation, this silver could not be stopped at all, and it would cost at least four or five million taels of silver.

Is it really worth it to spend two or three provinces and tens of millions of people a year in taxes for an old lady who is about to enter the soil at the age of seventy?

“………………”

Thinking of this, He Shen's face couldn't help but show a wry smile.

Emperor Qianlong had a strong nature, and he valued face more than life.

This time, Emperor Qianlong wanted to erect a golden silk pagoda to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, perhaps it was just a whim, but he didn't expect that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all against it.

Emperor Qianlong consciously lost face, but he reluctantly tempered himself and was even more reluctant to give in.

“……………”

However, although Emperor Qianlong was the lord of the world, he could not go against the will of many courtiers.

The collision between imperial power and vassal power has led to the current situation of things, and they can only stalemate with each other.

“……………”

"Is it even Lord Gui, the Minister of Military Aircraft, who is the foreman, against it?"

On Heshen's side, when he heard that Ah Gui was also against this matter on his face, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

The foreman of the military aircraft minister, Ah Gui, is the head of the ministers in the South Study, equivalent to the prime minister in the Tang and Song dynasties, and is a super official under one person and above ten thousand people.

However, although Ah Gui did not respond to Emperor Qianlong's words like He Shen, he rarely explicitly opposed Emperor Qianlong's opinions...

This time, I don't know what's wrong, the opposition is so fierce.

After hearing He Shen's words, Emperor Qianlong's face became more and more ugly.

Emperor Qianlong, who was angry, threw the folds on the table to Li Dequan, the chief eunuch beside him.

Subsequently, Emperor Qianlong sighed and said: "These days, I have asked the officials of the six ministries to discuss the birthday of the Queen Mother..."

"In the end, no one supported me to erect a golden pagoda for the Queen Mother, these officials, as discussed, these folds, you can take a look."

While Emperor Qianlong was speaking, Li Dequan, the chief eunuch, came to He Shen with a thick stack of folds.

On the side of He Shen, he first politely arched his hand to Li Dequan, the chief eunuch, and then picked up a fold and opened it to look at it.

After reading this excerpt, He Shen shook his head, sighed, and read several excerpts in a row.

“…………”

As Emperor Qianlong said, these excerpts were all presented by important ministers in the court, and without exception, the content was all against Emperor Qianlong's establishment of the Golden Pagoda, thinking that this move was too much, extravagant and wasteful!