Chapter 100 Recommended

Two minutes at the hour of Yin!

Outside the Meridian Gate, the cold wind whistled.

The officials of the Beijing people took carriages one after another, arrived at the palace, and then walked to the Meridian Gate.

The howling cold wind was like a steel knife, swaying the lanterns hanging on the city tower and the stone lamps on the roadside, and the torches in the guards' hands shook violently.

The officials were wrapped in thick cloaks and windproof hats. Careful people could find that no matter the grade or power, everyone was wearing simple clothes.

The cloak is made of wool and the hat is made of rat skin.

People who are slightly more wealthy in the capital can also wear this outfit.

The attitude of the Beijing officials is very obvious. Everyone is poor and they live in food and clothing. Where can they get the money donation?

At this time, there was still half an hour before the meeting. The officials gathered together in groups of three or three and discussed in a low voice...

The censor of regulatory order turned a blind eye to this.

The meeting every day is a must-have to trouble us.

It's Ah, otherwise, I'd like to donate some money, it wouldn't be much.

Lord Yang was confused and said that he only asked us to donate our salary for three months, but in fact it was His Majesty's plan to make a fool of himself.I just ask you, at that time, the Shoufu Wang will take the initiative to donate his salary for one year. Will the Duke respond or not?Do you really think this donation is enough?But I just pry open my mouth first.

This... Lord Zhu made sense, and Yang understood.

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You must not let go of this matter, just as we discussed yesterday.As long as you follow the steps of the Lords and don’t let go or surrender, Your Majesty will beg us for a few more days at most.

Alas, I am honest and I still live in a house I live in now.The capital has begun to lack food. How can we live by donating our salary?

Like Lord Zhao, we are all scholars with clean stylists.

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Several adults, it was cold and the officials were so uncomfortable that they couldn't stand it anymore.It’s better to donate according to Your Majesty’s wishes.

This is an official who is in a wait-and-see state and is in a favorable state of donation.

The officials around him immediately showed anger: Lord Li is too confused. There are constant snow disasters everywhere, and there is a shortage of food, charcoal and silver. With our meager salary, how can we fill the treasury?

Lord Li only saw in front of him, but did not think further. The reason why the dukes gritted their teeth was that they set a precedent, one, two, two, and three. After a while, His Majesty is short of money, and I will donate again. Will we drink the northwest wind?

Such a simple truth, but Shuji Shixu Xinnian couldn't understand it.

It’s not that I can’t understand it, it’s clearly pretending to be deaf and dumb to please His Majesty.

This son is self-righteous and looks down upon his cousin's majesty.Recently, I got to the Prime Minister again and became a little fluttering.

Hey, don't be a son.

An official spat hard.

On the other side, Zhang Xingying, who was promoted to the right censor, slowly leaned towards Liu Hong and sighed in a low voice:

Your Highness has a good idea. If you can call on the literati and officials to donate money, then the local governments call on the gentry to donate money. With money and food, it can greatly alleviate the disaster and curb refugees.

As long as we survive this winter, the people will not cause trouble everywhere after seeing the hope of spring plowing.

Unfortunately, Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, has insufficient reputation and is unstable in the foundation.Duke Wei passed away again, otherwise he would have joined forces with Shoufu Wang to promote donations.

Now...ah, there are also dissatisfied people under our command.

His Highness Huaiqing instigated Xu Erlang to submit a memorial, but the former Wei party was not aware of it at first.

Afterwards, several key personnel discussed and always believed that this plan was difficult to achieve and would encounter great obstacles.

First of all, it is extremely difficult to get out of the pockets of civil and military officials.Everyone is from the reign of Emperor Jing of Yuan Dynasty. How can we not know each other’s virtues?

Eat and get free money, and make money.

The national strength of Dafeng has been weakened to this day. Is it really the last emperor alone?The late emperor was not upright, and the people below followed him.

It’s too late to make money in normal times. I hope to pull a handful of wool from these old gluttons. You can imagine how much resistance is.

Secondly, this cold disaster that almost crushed the last straw of the camel. Who knows when it will end? It has only been a month since winter begins, and it has not come yet when it is even colder.

At that time, the court will still have no money. What should Your Majesty do?Another call for donations?

In the end, this is essentially a court game.

The emperor and the officials actually belong to two opposing camps.The new king took office and made this happen, which made the civil servants smell a little bad.

Whether it is from a standpoint or from a love for money, instinctive resistance and resistance.

Not to mention Emperor Yongxing, Emperor Jing of Yuan would still encounter resistance when he was in power.

Liu Hong glanced at the officials who were gathering together and whispering to each other:

Perhaps, at this time, His Highness Huaiqing was watching coldly.Who agrees with donations; who agrees with them but dare not be angry with the public; who are so stingy that they refuse to give up a penny.

Zhang Xingying suddenly said: She knows this plan is not feasible?

He frowned: Wouldn't this hurt Xu Cizhe?

Liu Hong smiled and said: Not to mention that he has the support of the Shou Guardian Wang, at most he will be on the bench for a few years.

Zhang Xingying nodded and sighed:

I still hope to make this happen. The treasury is really out of money. Now refugees are in chaos everywhere, and there are signs of chaos.If you don't put it out early, you will be in chaos sooner or later.

Liu Hong showed a meaningful smile, and at this time, a commotion in the distance attracted the two of them.

Liu Hong and Zhang Xingying narrowed their eyes and looked over. They saw a young official in a green robe standing in front of Xu Xinnian, who was also wearing green robe, screaming and spitting everywhere.

Liu Hong's eyes were not very good. After looking at it for a long time, he asked:

Who is that?

Zhang Xingying smiled and said: Today's science is Tanhua, Qian Mu.

Liu Hong also laughed:

Those who wrote memorials to sue the minister of the Ministry of Personnel for embezzlement and bribery, and led to the officials of the Ministry of Personnel?

It seems that I have been sitting on the bench for a long time and can't stand the coldness of my butt, so I came here to express my reputation.

Zhang Xingying shook his head: Be a gun for someone.There will be profits in a short period of time. In the long run, hell, it angered Your Majesty, and he still wants to have any good results.

Liu Hong smiled and said: It's okay. He made a letter of surrender and joined the Qing Party, he could still become an official.As long as you are more low-key in the future, can Your Majesty still keep watching him?

This is a joke, and the other is a tense.

Qian Mu pointed at Xu Xinnian and said aggressively:

In the coldest year, the honest people in the court lacked rice and charcoal. Not everyone is like Xu Tanhua, and their family has a wealth of money and food.

With three months of salary, how can you let those clean colleagues spend this winter?

Before Xu New Year could speak, he sneered and said sarcastically:

In order to please Your Majesty, you came up with such a ridiculous plan, you are a villain.This official is also dull during the same period as you.

Officials watching from the side agreed.

Xu Xinnian had a expressionless face and said: This official is for the people and has a clear conscience.

What a clear conscience!

Qian Mu laughed three times and said loudly: This official is willing to disperse all his family property, fill the national treasury, and provide relief to the victims.Xu Tanhua, since you have a clear conscience and are the people, how dare you donate all your property like this?

After saying this, there were cheers everywhere:

Lord Qian is noble and generous.

Lord Qian is righteous.

A series of narrow eyes looked at Xu Xinnian.

Xu Xinnian frowned. Qian Mu's words were really rogue. The Xu family had a number of shops, fertile fields, and the chicken essence left by the elder brother to pay dividends. What did the other party have?

Although I am not penniless, after sitting on the bench for so long, I am afraid that there are only a few buckets of rice and a few taels of silver at home.

But he was unable to reason, because neither Qian Mu nor the people behind him, nor the officials around him were justified.

They are here to find fault.

If you ignore it, he may have another hypocrite after the court meeting.

At this moment, Shoufu Wang came over, without saying a word, but just glanced at the officials around him coldly.

The officials immediately fell silent.

Qian Mu smiled. Regardless of whether Xu Xinnian should respond or not, what he wanted to express had been conveyed.

There was no movement after that, until the hour of Mao came and the drum sounded.

All civil and military officials remained silent, crossed the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and lined up in sequence from the level of level.

Only that small group of people can enter the Golden Palace.

As one of the core figures of this storm, Xu Xinnian was also allowed to enter the hall, but had to stand at the entrance of the hall.

With the two masters entering the hall, Emperor Yongxing arrived a few minutes later.

He sat high on the dragon throne, overlooking the ministers, and whispered:

The disasters in various places are serious. As the king of a country, I am very sad. Can you please help me?

The nobles and nobles below showed their expressions of knowing this, and made several suggestions without any pain, such as tax reduction and exemption, calling on gentry to donate, etc.

Emperor Yongxing said:

Since you want to donate money, the court should set an example and the beloved ministers should set an example.In this way, the gentry can be willing and warn officials to avoid being fed.

Only the gentry is called on to donate, and if nothing unexpected happens, the money will most likely be exploited layer by layer.

Several party leaders and nobles came out tacitly, shouting no.

At this time, the Dali Temple Minister appeared and said in a deep voice:

Your Majesty, the turmoil in the court is corrupt and the corruption prevails, resulting in the emptiness of the national treasury, and donations to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.If you want to provide disaster relief, you must first clear away unhealthy trends.

After the words came to an end, the militant, the Ministry of Revenue left the list and said loudly:

Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Hanlin Academy Shujishi Xu and accept bribes.

No one spoke in the hall, nor did anyone question what bribes Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy could accept. He seemed to have expected such a thing to happen.

The Ministry of Personnel left the list and said loudly:

Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Hanlin Academy Shujishi Xu in the New Year and accept bribes under the banner of the King of Kings.

Then, the six ministers of the ministry took the lead and impeached Xu Xinnian.

Everyone who can stand in the Golden Palace is an old man, and they immediately understand what tricks these people are playing.

This is their counterattack.

Taking Xu Erlang as the starting point, resist Emperor Yongxing and resist the King's Chief Supporter.

Doing so will not completely anger Emperor Yongxing and the King of the Shoufu, but will also give your own attitude and tell Emperor Yongxing that we will kill your charger and kill one.

At the same time, he tactfully warned Wang Shoufu that although the royal party is powerful, it has not yet reached the point of covering the sky. Moreover, there are disagreements in the royal party.

Did Xu Xinnian receive gifts?

The answer is yes.

As the future Snin Law of the King's Shoufu, members of the royal party gave him many gifts, and in the officialdom, he was his own person.

If he wants to integrate into the royal party as a student of Yunlu Academy, he cannot be too noble.

Although Xu Xinnian turned down many valuable gifts, this cannot change the facts.

In the officialdom, keeping one's body clean is a good achievement, and being in harmony with one's own dust is easy to become a handle for political enemies to attack and annihilate when the waves are at the forefront.Therefore, the core issue is that the power is not strong enough.

The problem solved is: win over more people.

Xu Xinnian suddenly realized in her heart.

Some of the princes in the hall were observing the expression of Emperor Yongxing, while others were examining the king's assistant.

See how they take the call.

If Emperor Yongxing protects Xu Xinnian, they have a trick. If the King of Kings comes forward, there are also tricks, such as pulling him into the water and impeaching them together.

Now they are the ones that occupy the general trend.

No one noticed that Liu Hong slowly stepped out and bowed:

Your Majesty, I believe that the Dali Temple Minister’s words are reasonable, the national treasury is empty, and taxes are difficult to collect, all because someone has committed corruption and fraud and accepts bribes.

Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to strictly investigate all officials and rectify the atmosphere.

Interesting... The ministers and nobles in the palace all looked at Liu Hong.

This is to take advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Liu Hong was regarded as Wei Yuan's heir in the court and took over Wei Yuan's team. After the new monarch took office, many people in the former Wei Party were demoted and dismissed, and their power was reduced by nearly 50%.

The vacant position was divided up by the royal party and various parties.

In the officialdom, this is appropriate concession.

Now that Liu Hong stood up, it is obvious that the former Wei Party, who was in charge of the Censorate and the attacker, wanted to take the opportunity to benefit.

Emperor Yongxing smiled: Liu Aiqing's words are reasonable and continue.

Liu Hong said loudly:

Since Duke Wei passed away, the attack was declining. My ability was not as good as Duke Wei, and I worked hard and had insufficient energy.I want to recommend one person to Your Majesty and take charge of the new officials' yamen.

To better supervise all officials.

All the dukes were stunned. This was not the line they imagined. Liu Hong was at this critical moment and gave up the position of beating people.

Emperor Yongxing pretended to be surprised: Who do Liu Aiqing wants to recommend?

Liu Hong glanced at the nobles and nobles who were confused or alert, and said loudly:

Before playing the silver gong, let Qi'an!