The first year of Jingping in the Kingdom of Chu. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Because of the frequent natural disasters in the Yunmeng Continent last year, many countries have changed their era names during the New Year, and Chu State is no exception.

To change the yuan, I hope that there will not be so many natural and man-made disasters in the future. However, in this year, there were still many natural disasters in the Chu State.

In April, there was a severe drought in Bailu Prefecture, and all the seedlings died.

In May, heavy rains fell in the south, flooding the Caiyu River, and many executions occurred, affecting more than 10 prefectures along the coast and displacing tens of millions of people.

At the end of May, the epidemic broke out, killing more than one million people, and the whole country was terrified.

The pieces that asked for money, food, medicine, and people were sent to Yingcheng one after another, and to the desk of Lin Jun, the king of Chu.

"Smack!"

After reading a new piece of music, Lin Jun was so angry that he smashed all the inkstones on the case.

"It's asking for money again, it's asking for money again. The inner treasury has already been emptied, and they still ask the king for money! When the national crisis is at hand, they only know how to reach out to the king to ask for it, and they will not think of any way for themselves. What's the use of keeping this bunch of waste!"

In the imperial study, Lin Jun pointed at the sky and scolded the earth in front of the two little eunuchs, venting his dissatisfaction with the ministers in the court.

No wonder he was dissatisfied.

Last year's natural disasters have almost tossed the state treasury, and many officials can only owe their money. This year, another disaster has come over, not to mention that the treasury has been emptied, and the money in the treasury in the palace of the king of Chu has also been emptied.

The inner library is equivalent to Lin Jun's private money, and he paid for it, which made him very popular. However, the ministers who were sent out to deal with the disaster seemed to think that he was still very rich, and they still asked him for money one after another.

Last autumn, the royal palace began to reduce expenses, and from the queen onwards, all the harem had their regular expenses halved, and their expenses were also halved. At the beginning of March, another halving was made when it was already halved. By the beginning of June, the palace had already distributed regular money, and some of the concubines' jewels were auctioned that month, raising hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for disaster relief. Now, there are so many people begging for money, dozens of recitals add up to 60 million taels of silver, Lin Jun really doesn't know where to get so much money.

Sixty million taels of silver is a lot, but considering that the flood alone has tens of millions of victims, sixty million is really not much.

The treasury could not get the money, so the ministers pushed it to the king's palace. But the palace could not get the money, but there was nowhere to shirk it.

The ministers' thoughts are very simple - this is the world of your Lin family, and now that it has suffered a disaster, it is natural for your Lin family to take the money out and settle it. We're just doing things for you, and we can't let us pay our own money to help you stabilize the world, right?

Of course, we can't say that, we have to say how serious the disaster is, how miserable the people are, and how heartbroken they are. If the money and food cannot be allocated in time, the consequences will be so severe.

The implication is nothing more than that if you don't give money, the Chu State will die. Whether you give money or not, you can see what you do.

Giving, naturally, is to give. But where the money comes from is really a big question.

Last year, wholesale began, and tens of thousands of official hats were sold, and the price plummeted, and now the false title of the five-rank member is not worth 100 taels of silver.

Lin Jun thought, but which of the ministers of the court and the central government would agree? No matter how great the authority of the king of Chu is, how can he resist the entire bureaucratic system?

Auction jewelry: In this year of famine, the most valuable thing is those jewelry. Last month, the jewelry, which was originally worth nearly two million taels of silver, was auctioned for five or six hundred thousand taels, and now Lin Jun still feels pain when he thinks about it. And even if you take out the treasures of the entire harem and sell them, you can't raise so much money.

"Those mediocre officials, when they have a chance, they must be dismissed one by one! Rice buckets, all of them are rice buckets!" Lin Jun scolded angrily.

"Father, father, father-" A cute children's voice sounded, and a little girl who was only five or six years old walked into the imperial study. She looks fleshy, her eyes are very big, and she lifts the corners of her skirt, as if she is afraid that she will fall down when she walks. As soon as he saw Lin Jun, he laughed and said, "It turns out that Father, you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time." ”

Seeing the little girl coming in, Lin Jun became even more angry, and shouted angrily: "This is a militaristic land, why are you a little girl running here? Who brought you here? Pull him out and behead him!"

Where has the little girl seen such a stern father, and when she pouted, she cried "wow".

"The king is angry, it was the poor road that asked her to bring me here. As he spoke, a young Taoist in a gray Taoist robe walked in and bowed his head and said, "Poor Dao Tianjizi, I have seen the king." ”

"Where did the thief come from, who dared to trespass into the palace?" Lin Jun was shocked and angry, and shouted: "Someone, drag this thief out for me and behead it!"

The palace is known as a forbidden place, and a Taoist priest actually broke in, and the chastity of the harem and his own safety were greatly challenged, so Lin Jun was not angry.

The young Taoist named Tianjizi was not in a hurry, hugged the little girl who wiped his tears and cried into his arms, and said with a smile while coaxing her: "The poor Taoist came to share the worries of the king and relieve the suffering of the people, why should the king be so angry?"

"What can you do as a little Taoist priest? Don't talk about bullying the king!" Lin Jun sneered, "The crime of bullying the king can destroy the nine clans!

He said that, but he stopped calling people, and it depended on what the little Taoist priest said. If you don't say it well, it's not too late to kill him. This is why he is willing to listen to it now that he is poor. If it had been before, he would have asked someone to pull this Taoist priest out and cut it down.

"Poor Dao knew that the king was now worried about the relief of the victims, so he specially brought a million taels of gold, which was regarded as a gift to meet the king this time. Tianjizi walked to an open space in the imperial study, and with a flick of his left hand, suddenly the golden light flashed, and pieces of gold bricks fell from the void. It didn't take long for a glittering mountain of gold to emerge in the imperial study.

Sixteen taels is a catty, and a million taels of gold is only more than 60,000 catties. Looking at the height of the golden mountain, it is not surprising that there are a million taels.

Lin Jun and the two little eunuchs in the study were stunned. Lin Jun opened his mouth for a long time before he reacted, and his eyes were already full of reverence when he looked at Tianjizi: "It turns out that the Taoist is a real Taoist master, and the widow lost his words just now, so please don't blame the Taoist chief." ”

Although Lin Jun was not a monk, he knew that there were many people in this world, who soared through the clouds and fog, moved mountains and reclaimed the sea, and belonged to the first-class figures of the gods, and they were definitely not offended by secular emperors. Thinking that people were kind enough to send gold over, but he was disrespectful, Lin Jun felt remorse and hatred in his heart, but he was afraid of angering this Taoist leader.

Tianjizi didn't have a trace of annoyance on his face, and said with a smile: "The king doesn't need to say more, it's the poor way that comes abruptly. ”

"The Taoist is really an adult. Seeing that Tianjizi did not pursue it, Lin Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then scolded the little eunuch on the side: "Why are you still standing?

After Tianjizi sat down, Lin Jun said very sincerely: "Now there are frequent natural disasters in Chu State, man-made disasters are continuous, and the people are in dire straits. I don't know if it's going to be a long run, but what tricks can solve it?"

"Poor people don't know anything about political affairs, but the king said this, but he asked Yu blindly. Tianjizi said with a smile, "The only thing that can help the king is to send some gold and silver, and nothing else really can help the king." ”

Gold and silver are the best!" Lin Jun's eyes flashed, and he darkened again, and said gloomily: "Now the ministers sent by the DPRK and the central government to deal with the disaster have already opened the mouth of 60 million taels of silver, and I don't know how much more will be needed in the future." The treasury and the inner treasury are empty, and there is nowhere to embezzle. The Dao Leader sent this million taels of gold, although it can live countless people, but it is still far from the 60 million requirement. ”

The gold of Yunmeng Continent is one to ten for silver, and the one million taels of gold brought by Tianjizi can be exchanged for ten million taels of silver, which is still far from the gap of sixty million.

"Poor Dao said, these are just the meeting gifts for this meeting with the king. Tianjizi said, "If the king can accept a few reluctant invitations from Poor Dao, Poor Dao is willing to bear the cost of 60 million taels of silver alone." ”

"Really?" Lin Jun stood up excitedly.

"Monks don't speak. "Tianjizi is colorful.

"If the Taoist chief has any request, just ask. "I can take out 60 million taels of silver, as long as I don't ask to sit on his throne, Lin Jun plans to agree to the rest no matter what the requirements are.

Tianjizi didn't put forward any unacceptable conditions, not a single one. He put forward four conditions:

First, he paid 10 million taels of silver to buy Jinping Mountain at the junction of Dafeng Prefecture and Vauzhou in the southwest of Chu State, which was used as a place to establish a dojo in the future.

Second, he asked the imperial court to set up the Daolu Division, which was in charge of all the cultivators in the Chu State, and he invited himself to be the chief of the Daolu Division.

Third, he paid 30 million taels of silver to buy the famous mountains and rivers that are now occupied by the various Xiuzhen sects of the Chu State, and there is no need for the imperial court to come forward to demolish them, and he will deal with the matter himself.

Fourthly, he felt that he was destined for the little girl who had brought him into the imperial study, and hoped that the palace would allow him to take her as an apprentice.

The fourth request is purely a tie-up, aimed at strengthening the relationship with the royal palace, and it is the least obstructive request. Among the other three requirements, the requirement to set up the Daolu Division was a real requirement in Lin Jun's eyes - after all, it was a request for officials. The other two, which are really not much of a claim.

You must know that the Xiuzhen sect has always been on the top, and they will occupy whichever mountain they fancie, so how can they ever ask the imperial court for their opinion? Even if the imperial court has great opinions, how can it help them? Moreover, the imperial court does not have the ability to exploit those mountains. Tianjizi was willing to pay 40 million taels of silver to buy those places, and Lin Jun was very happy - that was not a request at all.

And these 40 million are separately issued, not counted among the 60 million. It is equivalent to Tianjizi not only solving the problem of disaster relief, but also sending 40 million taels of silver to enrich the treasury, Lin Jun naturally has no reason not to agree.

In order to show his sincerity, Lin Jun not only agreed to Tianjizi's request, but also gave him the title of National Teacher.

In this way, Shang Bai had an official body in the Chu State - Tianjizi, the Great Chu State Teacher.