"You think, reckless." Cao Qichang glanced at Dugucheng angrily, and said sharply:

"You gathered these people overnight and quietly sent them back to Jing Zhaoyin's prison early tomorrow morning, understand?"

"Ming... Understood, it's just that the third son of him... He may have some objections and is not happy. Dugu Cheng snorted in embarrassment.

"Dissent, still not happy? You tell him that if you don't go to prison, your head will fall to the ground, and don't expect the old man to protect him at that time, besides, he is not guilty in Jingzhao Yinli, and he still eats and drinks spicy, but he has no freedom, and he can't go to the Qinglou to mess around, hum! ”

Cao Qichang said angrily, quite hating iron and steel.

"The child understands, so let's do it."

Dugucheng completely understood now, he raised his hand and arched, and then quickly left the study and arranged to go.

After Dugucheng left, Cao Qichang's frustration had not faded, and he said to the military advisor Jia Gongwang:

"This matter must be dealt with, notify the queen mother, let her go to Zichen Hall early tomorrow morning, stay by the emperor's side, and prevent the prince from going to sue the emperor first, in addition, we have to prepare a rebuttal, ask Your Majesty to mediate from it, say anything and fish people out, can't let the prince punish according to the law, so where does the face of Cao Mansion exist?"

"What Xiang Ye said is that the matter of the third prince, Xia Guan has just heard about it, this matter is indeed a bit tricky, according to Xia Guan's foresight, the emperor's consistent method of mediation must be to let Xiang Ye and the prince make a deal."

Jia Gongwang habitually stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"Make a deal with the prince, what deal?" Cao Qichang wondered.

"Xiangye, think about it, what is the most tricky thing for the prince at present? It should be disaster relief, although the household has a certain amount of silver, what about the tents, food, bedding and clothes and other materials that can be used for disaster relief? Even if these materials are available, they still need to be implemented by the yamen of the state capitals, and it is difficult for these princes to implement them to the end and implement them in place. ”

After Jia Gongwang said this, Cao Qichang suddenly became enlightened, "This is indeed a transaction project, but this time it is a cheap prince." ”

"Not necessarily, there is a degree of implementation, and we are still controlling this degree, anyway, it is enough for the people on the prince's side to drink a pot."

"Well, Mr. Jia is still clear, after someone fishes it out, he will slowly clean up the prince, in short, this disaster relief can't let the prince easily get political benefits." Cao Qichang gritted his teeth and said.

"Of course, please rest assured that the lower officials personally planned this disaster relief operation, and let the officials of the yamen know that it was the Xiang Ye who was specifically directing this disaster relief, not the prince of the country."

"Well, at that time, the prince of Wangchun Pavilion instigated the Qianniuwei injury incident, try to combine it with disaster relief, and it is best that the reader can take a 'book of ten thousand words' or something like that, to the effect that the prince is not worthy of the throne and should not continue to govern the country."

"Xia Guan understands, please rest assured." Jia Gongwang was surprised.

"Okay, it's late at night, you and I should go back and rest, and we'll discuss it tomorrow."

"Obey, Xiangye, please."

Cao Qichang nodded, took the lead in stepping out of the threshold of the study, and walked to the bedroom not far away, where he could hug his concubine and be happy.

Now he feels much more comfortable than before, because he already has the next step.

……

Speaking of which, on the prince's side, he returned from Daming Palace to the Qinzheng Hall of the East Palace early in the morning to participate in the 'Early Dynasty' on the side of the East Palace.

The Privy Council, the Household Department, and the principal administrators of the Janitor's Mansion stood and waited in the temple.

Every morning, the crown prince has to go to the Qinzheng Hall in the morning court to listen to the political reports of various major departments.

The early dynasty of the East Palace is far from the scale and momentum of the early dynasty of the Xuanzheng Hall of the Daming Palace, and there is no way to do it.

Today, there is another household department, acting as the household department Shangshu Shi Shenyi, who was in good spirits early in the morning, and came to the palace early in the second grade court clothes.

Last night, he consulted with Lord Xu, the head of the Privy Council, until late at night, mainly about disaster relief, because the early crown prince must listen to their plan.

This prince was resolute, and the officials often worked overtime until late at night.

Although everyone is very hard, they are happy and happy, and they are efficient in doing things.

In the palace of diligent administration, after the number of courtesies between the monarchs and ministers is completed, they will directly cut to the point.

As expected, the crown prince's opening was disaster relief.

Xu Xinchun came out of the queue and announced:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the floods in the Huaihe River basin in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the drought in Yuzhou and other places in the Central Plains, have occurred one after another since mid-June, and have been more than a month so far.

"In previous years, the cabinet had already begun to prepare for disaster relief, especially food, but this year, due to the passive sabotage of the five-phase cabinet, the disaster relief preparations were halfway through and came to an abrupt end, and now it will take some time to straighten things out, mainly in the state capitals of Jiangnan and the Central Plains, and our situation is unknown."

"Why?" Yuan Ze asked.

Seeing this, Shi Shenyi hurriedly replied, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the disaster situation in Jiangnan and the Central Plains is the most serious in Huizhou and Yuzhou, but these state capitals are too guarded, and the government all listen to the decree of the cabinet. ”

Yuan Zhi understood, and this was also expected, "How much does it cost to provide disaster relief this year?" ”

He cares about money two.

Shi Shenyi arched his hand and said honestly:

"This year's disaster is more serious than in previous years, less than eight million taels of silver, it is estimated that the entire disaster area will not be even, it is inevitable that there will be public resentment boiling, the disaster victims rise up from the dilemma, now the national treasury of silver is only more than 12 million taels, if it is used for the disaster, but what should the officials of the world do? There are also salaries, ordnance, military supplies, etc..."

"Xu Aiqing, I remember you said that the treasury of the Final Jin Dynasty had more than 80 million taels of tax last year, why is the treasury so empty?" Yuan Zhi asked with a frown.

Xu Xinchun smiled bitterly:

"Last year's income was so much, but the officials in various places had to pay every month, the Ministry of Industry in the first half of the year was a big water conservancy, the construction of a large granary and grain depot, the military expenditure of the Ministry of War was huge, especially in the manufacture of ordnance, serious overruns, and..."

Speaking of this, Xu Xinchun realized that he had said too much, and suddenly became distracted.

"Say Xu Aiqing quickly, in the East Palace Qinzheng Palace, but it doesn't hurt to say it, no matter what you say, as long as you tell the truth, Lone will never condemn Yu Qing."

Yuan Zhi immediately realized something, and emphasized it one by one, reassuring him.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xu Xinchun gritted his teeth and said stubbornly:

"Since the beginning of this year, the king of Han, King Ning, King Fu and other vassal kings in various places have not paid their annual contributions for various reasons, and this piece has lost most of the income of the treasury in the first half of the year, especially King Fu and King Ning, and the area south of the Yangtze River is a grain producing area and a land of fish and rice."

When Yuan Zhi heard this, his expression became grim, and his face was full of wrinkles.

He was familiar with the ancient vassal system, but he was also at a loss in the face of this hot potato.