In the study of Qi Palace Nanyuan, Xiao Shiyu sat in front of the imperial case and kept looking at the twists and turns presented by various departments; he frowned, and from time to time he covered his mouth and coughed lightly, obviously the dragon was in poor shape.

"Your Majesty, it's time to drink medicine?" Gao Xian shook off the dust, took the tray sent by the chamberlain from the imperial pharmacy and put it on the imperial case.

"Ahem!" Xiao Shiyu put down the fold in his hand, put the medicine bowl on the side of his nose and sniffed it, and drank it in one gulp: "This taste is really bitter." ”

"I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body, don't work too hard!" Gao Xian waved his hand on the side, and the inner servant took the medicine bowl in Xiao Shiyu's hand and put it on the tray and slowly retreated.

"I can still hold on!" Xiao Shiyu circled a piece of music with a red pen, and then picked up another one and browsed it: "Others think that being an emperor is a happy thing, but look at these mountains of music and folds? ”

"That's because Your Majesty is a rare saint throughout the ages. Gao Xian lost no time in touting: "My Daqi is also under your governance, and I am getting stronger and stronger!"

"Haha!" Xiao Shiyu smiled and pointed at Gao Xian: "You, you!" Although I know that this is a comforting word, I am still very happy;

"Your Majesty, the two of you are already outside the study!" Gao Xian bowed down and said to Xiao Shiyu: "Wait for the call at any time." ”

"Xuan. Xiao Shiyu waved his hand and continued to look at the folds in his hand.

"The courtier's servant, Sharpa, knocks to your majesty. ”

"Shen Zhaochen, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, knocked to see Your Majesty. ”

"The two of them are even. Xiao Shiyu took out a fire-painted fold from the fold pile and displayed it in front of the two: "The cold winter is coming, I don't know how the salaries, ordnance, and war horses of the border army are prepared?"

"This?" Shen Zhaochen and Sharba glanced at each other, both of them seeming to have a difficult face.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Shiyu saw that the two of them bowed their heads and were silent, and said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, I am not guilty." ”

"Your Majesty, only fifty percent is prepared. When Shen Zhaochen reported it, he only felt that his body was trembling.

"Why is there so little?" Xiao Shiyu was unhappy in his heart: "I have already broken General Lin Zhen's salary report several times!"

"Your Majesty, it's because all the fire seal silver allocated by the Ministry of Household to the Ministry of War has been exhausted. Shen Zhaochen squinted at Shalpa, and said truthfully: "If you want to continue buying, according to the rules of the imperial court, you need to wait until next year to allocate two taels of silver." ”

"How can it not be enough?" Xiao Shiyu stared at Sharba coldly: "Isn't there a fire seal silver distributed by the household department?"

"Your Majesty, the fire seal silver has been allocated to the military department in a lot of taels. Sharpa's eyelids kept blinking: "However, the price of goods has skyrocketed recently, and the silver taels originally distributed are far from meeting the needs of the ministries. ”

"The two of you will step back first, and let me think twice. Xiao Shiyu gestured to Gao Xian with his eyes.

"Two, please. Gao Xian got Xiao Shiyu's signal and shook the dust towards Sharba and Shen Zhaochen.

"Wait for the resignation!" the two bowed and exited the Nanyuan study.

"You guys also go down first, and Xuansu will be tortured to see you. Xiao Shiyu also waved his hand towards Gao Xian and the other attendants.

"See Your Majesty. Not long after Gao Xian and the others withdrew from the study, Su Xing, dressed in a black cloth robe, knelt in front of Xiao Shiyu's imperial case.

Su Qing was flat. Xiao Shiyu saw that Su Xing was dressed in a simple and low-key manner, and couldn't help but nod secretly: "You should have heard the words of the two adults outside the study clearly, right?"

"The grass people all heard. Su Xing slowly got up and made a gesture towards Xiao Shiyu.

"Hmm, tell me, what do you think?" Xiao Shiyu didn't look at Su Xing directly, but just casually flipped through the twists and turns.

"Your Majesty, the grass people think that what Lord Sha played is not advisable. Su Xing shook his head and said: "Not only can you not add fire seal silver, but you have to gradually weaken the role of the fire seal silver system." ”

"Oh, this system of fire seal silver was approved by the first emperor!" Xiao Shiyu couldn't be clearer about this system: "In order to unify the use of silver by various ministries and separate it from the people, the imperial court specially made fire seal silver. ”

"Your Majesty, the bad thing is in the exchange of this fire seal silver and ordinary silver. "Su Xing is a businessman

The head of the family hated the fire seal silver system: "One tael of fire seal silver can be exchanged for one and a half taels of ordinary silver; that is to say, for the shops that are qualified to supply the imperial court to sell goods at a silver price one and a half times higher than that of other shops, the extra part of the silver taels will be borne by the imperial court; over time, how can the treasury not be stretched?"

"When the imperial court felt that it was unsustainable, it must have adopted the method of increasing taxes, and it was the common people who suffered. Su Xing continued: "And the method of Lord Sha to ask for the addition of silver and silver only temporarily alleviated the crisis, but the essence was to increase the burden on the imperial court. ”

"Hey! What Su Qing said is extremely true!" Xiao Shiyu deeply agreed with Su Xing's performance: "But I also have unspeakable secrets! Back then, when the first emperor succeeded to the throne, the internal and external troubles of the imperial court were still unstable; in exchange for the necessary support, he had to agree to this fire seal silver system, which formed the current trend of not falling down. ”

"Your Majesty, if you see that this matter can only be delayed, you can't do it!" Su Xing pointed out the key so-called: "The most important thing is to print the fire seal silver is Sanshun Qianzhuang, and there must be something unsightly in it."

Greasy!"

"Your Majesty, Lord Zhi Shanzhi has asked to see you. Gao Xian's high-pitched voice came in from outside the study.

"Your Majesty, do the grass people need to be avoided?" Su Xing saw that someone was coming, and he was worried.

"It's okay! Lord Zhi is deeply relied on by the first emperor and is worthy of trust. Xiao Shiyu shouted, "Let him come in." ”

"Chen Zhishan knocked to see Your Majesty. Zhi Shan was about to kneel down as soon as he lifted his robe.

"Zhi Qing is exempt. Xiao Shiyu waved his hand at Zhi Shan: "I don't know what is the so-called matter when I came to see me so early?"

"Your Majesty, Lord Qin has encountered a tricky case in Jinling, which seems to be related to the case investigated by our Imperial Governor's Mansion. Zhi Shanzuo said: "The matter is very high, and the minister thinks that it is better to tell His Majesty first, and then make a decision." ”

"What kind of case is it, can you say?" Xiao Shiyu put down the fold in his hand and just looked at Zhi Shan, he also wanted to hear what happened again.

"The money shopkeeper of Sanshun Qianzhuang died in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple!" Zhi Shan's face did not have a trace of a smile, and he looked as serious as ever: "And this person seems to have an inextricable relationship with Li Rat who framed the head of the Su family." ”

"What does Master Zhi mean?" Su Xing looked at Zhi Shan expectantly, he had been carrying this injustice for a long time.

"Li Rat first falsely accused the chief of security, and then slandered the head of the Su family. Zhi Shan said eloquently to Xiao Shiyu: "The minister thought that this person retracted his confession three times and twice, but there was no conclusive evidence, and he escaped from prison, so it can be proved that the head of the Su family is innocent." ”

"Well, in Qing's opinion, how should this matter be handled?" Xiao Shiyu thoughtfully asked Zhi Shan's opinion.

"The Xuanwu Academy's guard, Chang'an Dafang, and the head of the Su family, Su Xing, were both acquitted. Zhi Shan was obviously extremely dissatisfied with Li Rat, and his eyes were full of coldness: "And Li Rat also took thirty taels of fake fire seal silver to the Tingwei Mansion to slander Sanshun Qianzhuang and the White Tiger Courtyard to protect Ye Hu, and the minister has sent a sea fishing document to arrest this person in the whole city." ”

"Thank you, Lord Zhi, for returning Su's innocence. Su Xing couldn't hide his excitement and made a series towards Zhishan.

"The head of the Su family doesn't need to say thank you. Zhi Shan said coldly: "Good at judging cases is just asking halal thoughts, and has never followed personal feelings, and what the head of the Su family has not done will naturally not come out of nothing." ”

"Zhi Qing, what do you mean when you said that Li Rat took thirty taels of fake fire seal silver to slander Sanshun Qianzhuang and Ye Hu?" Xiao Shiyu became interested in this case.

After Li Rat escaped from the Tingwei Mansion, he suddenly returned to the Tingwei Mansion and took out thirty taels of fire seal silver, saying that it was exchanged for him by Sanshun Qianzhuang, and also said that the previous slander of An Dafang and the head of the Su family was instructed by Ye Hu. Zhi Shan reported to Xiao Shiyuyu: "And after the thirty taels of fire seal silver were jointly identified by the household department and the people of Sanshun Qianzhuang, it has been determined that it is not real fire seal silver." ”

"Oh, where's the silver ticket?"

"Your Majesty, please. ”

Zhi Shan took out the thirty taels of fire seal silver from his wide sleeved robe, walked forward, and placed them in front of Xiao Shiyu's imperial case.

"This silver ticket doesn't look wrong, how can it be considered fake?" Xiao Shiyu picked up the silver ticket from the imperial case, and couldn't see where the fake was when he looked left and right.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how to tell the difference about this silver ticket. Zhi Shanzuo said: "The Sha Master of the household department will make it clear to His Majesty. ”

"Hmm!

I put it here first. Xiao Shiyu nodded: "As for the relationship between Li Rat and this fire seal silver, as well as the money shopkeeper of Sanshun Qianzhuang, I will leave it to Zhiqing to find out." ”

"Obey. Zhi Shan kowtowed and thanked him: "The minister will retire first." ”

"Su Qing, how is it?" After Zhishan walked out of the study, Xiao Shiyu looked at Su Xing: "What do you think about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, there must be something strange about the death of the money shopkeeper. Su Xingzuo said: "Now that I am worried that there is no reason to cancel this fire seal silver system, it is better to let Lord Zhi investigate it, and then send people all the way to make a secret visit to find out the case, maybe it will be able to clear up." ”

"Su Qing's words are very agreeable!" Xiao Shiyu took out the holy decree that had been sealed before, and shouted loudly: "Gao Xian, you come in." ”

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to call the old slave?" Gao Xian hurried in from outside the study with a whisk of dust.

"The position of the head of the household department cannot be vacant for a long time. Xiao Shiyu handed over the holy decree to Gao Xian: "Since the Tingwei Mansion has returned Su Qing's innocence, Gao Xian, you accompany him to the household department to announce my will, and from now on, Su Xing will be appointed as the secretary of the household department." ”

"The old slave obeyed. Gao Xian said.

"Minister Su Xing, thank Your Majesty for your grace!" Su Xing lifted his robe and kowtowed to Xiao Shiyu heavily.

There is a work shed in the east of Jinling City, which is not so much a work shed, but in fact it is just five or six acres of open space enclosed by a fence in the north near the Ministry of Industry; this is at noon, it is the most vicious hour of the sun, and the men in cloth clothes have already chosen a shady place to avoid the sun.

"Ning Shi, do you think this is here?" In the tea shed not far away, An Dafang, who was already too hot, drank water while introducing the situation here to Liu Ningshi: "The workers here take work here every day, because it will be more convenient to be close to the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Do they only take over the work of the Ministry of Works?" Liu Ningshi was dressed in a white boy's suit, gently shaking a folding fan, making people look like people coming out of the mansion.

"There are three religions and nine streams here, and the thieves of chickens and dogs are very complicated!" An Dafang is like a few treasures: "Ning Shi, the person you are looking for is likely to be here!"

"Brother Dafang, you seem to know a lot about this place!" Liu Ningshi's wonderful eyes kept flashing, looking at An Dafang.

"I 。。。。。。 An Dafang looked at Liu Ningshi's watery eyes, and couldn't help but be stupid: "Ningshi, you are so good-looking!"

"Brother Dafang, if you talk nonsense again, Ning Shi will ignore you. Liu Ningshi said angrily towards An Da Jiao.