The news that the emperor told the sick and deacons to announce their withdrawal from the dynasty did not satisfy the officials, and a high layer of music was piled up in Zhongshu Province, all of which were aimed at Li Jifu and Li Deyu father and son, and many of them advised the emperor to "wake up and hang the head of the rebellious ministers to comfort the temple." Painfully change the past, and chase away the ministers who are honest and evil. ”

Pointing to Li Jifu and his son, he said that they were the two fathers and sons, Fei Lian and Evil Lai, the favored ministers of the King of Xu, and almost pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded him.

There was no one in the government office of Zhongshu Province quietly, and the officials and chamberlains of all sizes had already gone out by themselves, only Han Gang, Cheng Qili and Pei Du sat in the government office where Han Gang usually worked and drank tea.

"What does Han Xiang think?" Cheng Qili followed Han Gang to Zhongshu Province as soon as he got to the court, and turned over the chapters one by one.

"The courtiers' families and dependents are all in Guanzhong, and they don't know what benefits the recovery of Victoria will do to the people of Sichuan, but the peace of Sichuan has been exchanged for their own unease, and these people are unwilling. Han Gang took the tea bowl and drank the tea one by one. "As long as the Tubo people come over, Guanzhong will have no danger to defend, and their own fields and houses and those villagers will have to suffer. ”

"This is why we don't let the emperor go to recover Victoria and provoke Tibet. Cheng Qili turned his head to look at Han Gang: "Although the imperial court is the imperial court of the people of the world, he is first the imperial court of Bai Yujing and the imperial court of Guanzhong. ”

Pei Du glanced at Han Gang and Cheng Qili, and he didn't say much, just drank tea silently.

"Whether Victoria is in hand, Sichuan and Shu are in our hands. Han Gang closed his eyes as if he was pretending to sleep: "But if Guanzhong is shaken, it will hurt his vitality, not to mention asking Yue Guhan to kill Zampu." Alas, how could someone like Yue Guhan be allowed to get involved?"

Cheng Qili is not interested in asking someone to assassinate Zampu, he can assassinate Zampu today, he can assassinate Khan tomorrow, and he can assassinate the emperor the day after tomorrow. really used his hand to assassinate a traitorous eunuch, who can stand such a day?

The rivers and lakes should be the rivers and lakes, and the court should be the court.

"It's just such a little bit of family money," Han Gang rubbed his brows: "Even if this year's autumn tax is collected, I'm afraid it won't be enough, so I have to borrow some from the rich businessmen." ”

"Isn't Guanzhong ripe?" Cheng Qili asked curiously, this year's harvest is good, why is it not enough.

"Counting the grain and silk silk of the two taxes, the annual income of the imperial court is about six million yuan. Pei Du said: "Half of this money is the money for salt and iron transshipment, and most of it is used for transportation." In addition to Cao Yun and the hundreds of officials in Beijing, all the expenses of the imperial court are staring at this money, how can it be enough?"

"The norm is six million, so can't we levy more?" Cheng Qili continued.

"Either set it higher all at once, or don't add it at all. Han Gang refused: "The small people are all rats, you add one liter to one acre today, and three liters tomorrow, he always feels that he is snatching food from his mouth, if he has worked hard for a year and will be requisitioned by the imperial court, then he is unwilling to farm, just want to starve and not die." In the end, I couldn't get much. ”

"Cheng's father-in-law didn't know for a long time in Da Nei, Han Xiang and I were both state and county officials. If it is agreed in the government hall to levy an additional one liter, most of the places will be changed to two liters when they reach each section and the observation area, and when they reach the prefecture and county, they will probably become five liters, and I don't know how much they will change when they go to the field. Pei Du continued: "So the opening of the levy must not be opened easily. ”

"Our Dayu official is such a bastard?" Cheng Qili laughed strangely, he didn't know the truth in Pei Du's words, but he panicked when he thought that there was so much money and food lying on the ground and couldn't pick it up.

"The officials in the capital have a monthly salary, and the magistrates do not have a salary, only the income of the official field and the palace. Pei Du continued: "There are more miscellaneous taxes in the local area, and since the Ming Emperor, the people have fled to other places, and it is the norm to invest in large households. In the long run, it will inevitably lead to great disaster. ”

"Most of the state and county officials outside are the same as the cow monks and children, the poor family has never seen money, has never been an official, and once they have their ambitions, they will try their best to save their family business for future generations. "Pei Du was born in a high-ranking family in Shandong, and he looks down on those who are born as small landlords. "In the early Han Dynasty, there were statutes, and to be an official, you had to have a certain amount of property. ”

"Pei Xiang is biased, but that cow monk and child are indeed a little biased, when he saw the limelight of the Wen Party, he impeached Wen Xiang for the Wen Party, there are too many treacherous villains, and the emperor will be deceived. Cheng Qili said.

"Father-in-law Cheng, how is the emperor's health?" Han Gang asked after taking over the topic.

The emperor is sick, but what is the situation in the palace, only Cheng Qili can say clearly. Although it is said that there are eight air leaks in the palace on all sides, once the big ones want to tighten up, they can also make it impossible for water to splash.

"The medical officer of the Imperial Medical Department has seen it, and said that it is affected by the wind and cold, and the evil wind has entered the body, so the pulse is unstable, but with His Majesty's foundation, there is no obstacle to any evil wind. Cheng Qili took a sip of tea and said, "So it's probably a heart disease." ”

There are some things that don't need to be said thoroughly, such as everyone's fear of Yue Guhan's participation in government affairs, such as everyone knows that the emperor's heart disease is actually his own people. In this case, everyone just needs to know it, and there is really no need to say it.

"Pei Xiang?" Han Gang asked.

"Old Linggong. Peido's response expressed his attitude. Although both of them are in the position of Zaizhi, Han Gang is the governor of Zhongshu Province, and Pei Du is the left servant of Shangshu, and theoretically he is the deputy of Shangshu Province. This sentence Ling Gong is not Han Xiang, and it faintly expresses the meaning of being the head of Han Gang.

"Pei Xiang, you are invited back by the Holy Emperor, and you are also the old person of the God Emperor, unlike the Holy Queen's minions like me, you have the opportunity to persuade the Holy Lord. Han Gang said: "The imperial court only has such a belongings, and if the east wall is repaired, the west wall cannot be repaired, and the saint should also be sympathetic to the courtiers." ”

"After all," Han Gang muttered, "this is also what Father-in-law Yu meant, the Uighurs are the most important, and the Tibetans are light." ”

"This is sent by Father-in-law Yu from Taiyuan, Pei Xiang take a look. Cheng Qili took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to Pei Du.

Pei Du took the letter, opened it with a smile, skimmed through it hastily, and then folded the letter again, tearing it into pieces one by one.

"I understand what the general means, but the emperor always has to have an explanation. Pei Du looked at Cheng Qili and Han Gang and asked, "Who scattered the matter in Victoria?" Li Shen and Niu Monk and the children are very close. ”

"The old man doesn't know how it got out," Han Gang's eyes were still the old and muddy look: "But it doesn't matter who did it, let's work together to get this hurdle over." ”

"I'm going to persuade Your Majesty, he is a young man, and he can't get over it in his heart, and grinding it now will also be good for the future" Pei Du sighed: "The emperor is ...... over there"

While he was talking, a chamberlain hurriedly broke into the office without passing the word.

"Why are you so unruly?" Cheng Qili scolded: "Just so hard?"

The chamberlain hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied, "Old ...... Ancestor, there is something going on in the Qingliang Palace, and Grandpa Huang asked me to come over and tell you about it......"

"What trivial things are also passed on," Cheng Qili frowned and said: "Huang Shiliang is going back more and more, I think he will be crushed to death by Chen Chaoen's rabbit master for the rest of his life, say!"

"Your Majesty, the emperor sent King Shu and King Guang into the palace, and Li Congxian, the general of Jin Wuwei, also went in together, I'm afraid that something big will happen. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Qili frowned, things were not as simple as he thought.

"Pei Xiang should face the saint as soon as possible. Han Gang stood up from his seat: "I'll wait for you to reply in Zhongshu Province." ”

"Okay, Han Xiang and Cheng's father-in-law, wait for me, I'll enter the palace. Pei Du also quickly got up from his seat, the situation was so urgent that he couldn't help but stand up quickly.

The King of Shu is the heir of the Emperor of God, and King Guang is the only living relative of the Emperor of God, and he is the most qualified person in the world to inherit the throne of the emperor.

If events turn out to be more than they expected, Victoria and the Uighurs will be trivial.

It is said that His Majesty has a calm and gloomy personality today, could it be that his personality is suddenly violent, and he has to have a nectar change for such a trivial matter?