Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 62
After the sound of the static whip, amidst the whistling of the cold wind, it was time for the ministers to perform their duties.

"Cough cough!"

"Cough cough!"

"..."

At almost the same time, there were several coughs in the queue of civil servants, and then several people were seen walking out almost together.

This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty, one must cough before doing something.

Among them, Xue Guoguan is a cabinet minister and stands at the front of the queue.Therefore, with the advantage of geography, regardless of the back, he immediately played loudly: "Your Majesty, I have my own play!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked up and found that several people in the censor queue were rushing to speak, he couldn't help being a little surprised.But Xue Guoguan made an appointment last night, so he nodded and said: "Zuzao!"

It's early in the morning, and it's winter, no one wants the morning court to last too long, so generally speaking, no one wants to do something during the morning court, unless it's something urgent.Therefore, not only Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised that someone rushed to play today, but other civil and military officials were also a little surprised.For a moment, they all looked at the few people who came out.

The censors behind saw Xue Guoguan coming out, so they had no choice but to retreat first.On the other side of the military commanders' queue, when they saw these censors clearly, someone muttered in a low voice: "Damn, who did you take advantage of again!"

Obviously, among the censors listed just now, there should be someone who is relatively famous in this field.

Amidst the whistling of the cold wind, Xue Guoguan played loudly: "Your Majesty, the people of Ming Dynasty in the capital city were lucky to escape the raging Manchu Tartars and hid in the capital city. However, at the foot of the emperor, in the capital city, they Still unable to survive! Starving and freezing, a large number of people freeze to death every day. I think that the imperial court did not do its best, how could the people of Ming Dynasty freeze to death and starve to death in the capital city!"

Having said this, he took out a memorial from his sleeve and continued to play loudly: "We have compiled statistics on the miserable situation of the refugees in the capital, and please ask your Majesty to take a look at it!"

While speaking, Chen Baoting hurried over and took the memorial from Xue Guoguan, and forwarded it to Emperor Chongzhen.

When other officials heard what he said, they couldn't help but turn their attention to Shuntian Prefecture Yin. This was his scope of responsibility.Most of them are gloating in their hearts.Well, Xue Manzi found him, he is in big trouble!
However, Yin Shuntian was not flustered, he coughed before Emperor Chongzhen asked his name, and then went out to play: "Your Majesty, what Elder Xue Ge said is true, but there is something wrong!"

Having said this, his voice became louder, and he played confidently: "I am the parent and official of the people. If something like this happens, I should try my best to resettle these people. However, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The granary has been vacant for a long time, and this matter has been reported long ago. As long as the household department can allocate grain, I will guarantee that no one will starve to death."

Hearing this, Li Daiwen, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, could not keep silent, and hurriedly coughed and followed up and played out: "Your Majesty, I will suffer from man-made disasters and thieves tomorrow, and the Manchu Manchus are raging, and the treasury has long been unable to make ends meet. There is still food left! This matter has already been reported by the minister!"

These things are actually known to everyone. Who doesn’t know that an empty treasury can starve rats to death!Money and food, Yin has been eating a lot of food for many years! Even this can not meet the normal expenses of the court. For this reason, Liao and Zhen wages have been levied, but it is still not enough!

In fact, in order to solve the problem of money and food, Yang Sichang has already suggested to Emperor Chongzhen to increase the training salary.

Therefore, the question raised by Xue Guoguan is actually an unsolvable question.Seeing that this well-known problem has been put on the table again, many of the civil and military officials below are in the mentality of watching a show. What should I do if I look at the emperor?
In fact, those refugees die every day, and everyone is not blind, why don't you mention it?It is because I know there is no way to solve it, so why stand up to embarrass the emperor and leave a bad impression on myself with the emperor!Xue Manzi is worthy of being Xue Manzi, he dares to do anything!

Emperor Chongzhen on the throne didn't need to read the memorial, he knew that these data were sent to Xue Guoguan by Jin Yiwei overnight, and he also had a copy on hand.But at this moment, he pretended to look through it carefully, then looked at the courtiers with a heavy face, and said loudly: "Human life is at stake, more than 5000 lives! Do you have a good plan? Hurry up!"

After he finished his words, the square was very quiet, the cough that he couldn't wait to hear just now was not a single sound, only the sound of flags being blown by the cold wind, which could be heard endlessly.

Seeing this situation, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Xue Guoguan and said: "Since Xue Qing has brought up this matter, there must be some way to solve it. Don't have any scruples, just play it!"

When everyone heard this, they all turned to look at Xue Guoguan.Some people think of Xue Guoguan's usual behavior, such as Yang Sichang and Fang Fengnian, who are both assistant ministers, and think of Xue Guoguan's proposal to solve the money and food matters that day, and they are suddenly shocked, feeling that Xue Manzi is about to come up with another idea !
Sure enough, Xue Guoguan listened to the emperor's signal, and immediately responded loudly: "The master is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and it is the duty of the ministers to relieve the worries of the emperor. Since the treasury has no money and food, your majesty can let these people work in the official's house in Beijing to earn a living. It’s okay to have a shabby room for food and shelter from the cold!”

Fang Fengnian, the assistant minister who was standing beside him, thought in his heart when he heard this: It's true, it's true!This Xue Manzi really does not give up without causing public outrage!
At this time, he was very afraid that Xue Guoguan would add another sentence, sending refugees to civil and military officials in the name of the cabinet.In order to avoid being dragged down by Xue Guoguan, Fang Fengnian reacted immediately, without waiting for the emperor to speak, coughed immediately, and immediately went out to play: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

In fact, Yang Sichang, who had the same idea as him, was almost at the same time as Fang Fengnian, and he followed up and said: "Your Majesty, this method is absurd!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them, but didn't want to, there were more coughs, and civil and military officials came out one after another, all of them opposed the matter.

Regarding this, although he had expected it, Emperor Chongzhen was still very disappointed in his heart. Immediately, his face was gloomy, without saying a word, he just looked at them and explained the reason.

"Your Majesty, I can't support more people because of my limited salary!"

"Your Majesty, the imperial court hasn't distributed the salary for the past few months, and the humble officials don't know how to live this year. If there is one more mouth in the family now, they will really starve. It's unseemly!"

"..."

Anyway, after all, they were all complaining, and even asked the court for the salary they owed.Hehe, the Ming Dynasty was also so poor that even the salaries of officials were given at a discount. At this time, these officials gave it up again to talk about the matter.

When Xue Guoguan heard this, he immediately argued with them, pointed at them, and said one by one that they were all lying and deceiving the emperor, and it would be strange if they could starve to death!

　Thanks to one person outside the book for the reward of 1500 starting coins!Thanks for the reward of the rabbit eating candy cake!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)