The eldest son of the red mansion

At this time, Liu Wan hurriedly explained to Old Mengming, "Mr., I really don't know where the tax money has gone. There is still a lot of money left. Let's stick to this year to tide over the difficulties together. It will be better when the autumn tax comes down." gone."

But old Meng Ming didn't take Liu Wan's words seriously, and still grabbed his collar and shouted loudly: "There are still hundreds of thousands of miles left after the autumn tax, how can the money left now be enough to spend? What if This year the Tatars invaded again, and there is no military reward, how can you let those soldiers work for you?"

This sentence of old Meng Ming reminded Jia Ke, and Jia Ke also understood what tricks the emperor was going to play this time. The emperor wanted to deduct the military salary of his direct line troops harshly, but he couldn't find a reason.Only when the silver is gone, can he justifiably not pay or pay less.At that time, Jia Ke's subordinates will have no military pay, and I'm afraid they will disperse in a hurry, which will be able to defeat others without fighting.

At that time, Jia Ke will rebel immediately, and he will have no money in his hands, and these big soldiers may not necessarily follow him. As long as Jia Ke is controlled in the capital, the world will probably be peaceful.

Presumably, the emperor had already arranged many of his own men in the original three battalions in the capital, as well as in the infantry commander's yamen and the imperial army.However, Jia Ke didn't take it seriously at all. Now the officials of more than a hundred households in these troops were trained by Jia Ke himself in the training class. He can rest assured of the loyalty of these people.

And the main generals of the major battalions were also single-handedly selected by Jia Ke and secretly controlled, so it is even more impossible for these people to rebel.Then the rest are those middle-level figures. These people are probably the ones the emperor is wooing, and they are also the ones who are most likely to rebel.However, these people do not directly control the army. If they want to use the army, they must go through hundreds of households under them. At that time, they will find that once they betray, they will not be able to mobilize a single soldier.

Jia Ke then decided to wait and see what happened. He wanted to see what tricks the emperor could make, and what kind of tricks the emperor would make in the end.The harder the emperor tosses, the faster the country will decline, the less difficult it will be for him to seize power in the end, and the greater the support of the people will be, so why not do it?

And more importantly, the emperor really regarded these generals as soft persimmons. If these Qiu Bamen start arguing about wages, it is not a joke.If the persecution is too severe, it will be up to the emperor to see how it ends.

Lei Ying, Minister of the Ministry of War, was also a little annoyed at this time. Every year, the Ministry of War is a big spender of money.This loss of so much money, I am afraid that most of it will be deducted from the Ministry of War in the end. In this way, the Qiu Bas all over the place will not be in trouble, and if this one is not good, it will be everywhere.

Lei Ying has worked in the Ministry of War for a long time, so he naturally knows the thoughts of the generals below. If they are not paid enough, these people will immediately rebel, let alone transfer.

At this time, Lei Ying didn't care about being the same emperor as Liu Wan. He strode forward and said to Liu Wan: "I don't care what method you use, you must give me this part of the money. Otherwise, I will let you Life is better than death." After Lei Ying said this, she stared at Liu Wan with flushed faces, and everyone didn't look like he was joking.It seemed that he was really in a hurry.

At this time, Liu Wan also regretted why he had agreed to the emperor at the beginning. If he knew this, he might as well resign and return to his hometown.But now he can't confess to the emperor, so he can only stand there without saying a word.

While they were arguing here, they heard a high-pitched and thin voice outside the Military Aircraft Office saying: "My lords, what is this arguing about? Even the emperor knows about it in Dongnuange."

Everyone was very familiar with the voice. It was the voice of the emperor's trusted eunuch Xia Shouzhong. Now Xia Shouzhong has fully taken over Dai Quan's job as the eunuch of Liugongdu, and he can already be called an internal minister.

As soon as Liu Wan heard his voice, he breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly shouted out: "Grandpa Xia, it's me, Liu Wan, and all the lords from the Military Aircraft Department are asking me about the shortage of tax money."

Xia Shouzhong, who was standing outside, didn't want to go in at first. He was still a little afraid of Jia Ke, the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department. Last time because of Jia Ke, he was almost beaten to death by the Supreme Emperor.Now the Supreme Emperor, although he has broken with Jia Ke.But this scares him even more. He is the emperor's confidant and knows everything about the court.Knowing that Jia Ke's power is no less powerful than the current emperor.

But Liu Wan was the emperor's confidant after all, so he knew about what happened this time.If you don't go in and rescue him, I'm afraid he will sue the emperor and he won't be able to explain himself.

So Xia Shouzhong reluctantly asked the little eunuch to open the curtain and enter the military aircraft department.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong entered the military plane, he saw old Meng Ming and Lei Ying grabbing Liu Wan and looking like they were going to gang fight.But Jia Ke, the character they want to plot against, sits high on the main seat instead, as if he has nothing to do with himself.

Xia Shouzhong was startled when he saw the situation, whether Jia Ke didn't see the reason, or had a way to deal with it, so he didn't panic.If it is the latter, the emperor may lose his wife and lose his army this time.

As soon as Liu Wan saw Xia Shouzhong coming in, he stood at the door and didn't come up to rescue him, so he said quickly: "Grandpa Xia, quickly pull the two of them away, what kind of dignity is this?"

Xia Shouzhong finally came to his senses at this moment, and hurried forward to old Meng Ming and Lei Ying and said, "My lords, hurry up and do it, it's our own people who want to be so reckless."

Seeing Xia Shouzhong's persuasion, the two men were afraid that he was the emperor's confidant, and they could only sell him to save face, so they both let Liu Wan go.

Although Lei Ying and the others let go of Liu Wan, they were still very angry, especially Lei Ying, now he was staring at Liu Wan with red eyes, wishing to bite him a few times.

Chapter 358 Calculation

When Liu Wan saw the two let him go, he quickly took a few steps back and hid behind Xia Shouzhong.

Xia Shouzhong saw the two let go of Liu Wan, so he pretended to say: "You two are the court's assistant ministers, how could you be so reckless, and move your hands in such an important place as the military plane. The noise you made just now Even the emperor heard it, and specially sent me over to ask what's going on?"

At this time, Lei Ying knew that she was a little reckless, and said sorry, "I've made my father-in-law bother, it's really strange to see what happened today, and the tax money has been reduced by 300 million. How will this year's court be maintained?"

The voice of old Meng Ming next to him was even more violent, "It must be that the whole household department has been corrupted. They have done a lot of things in the past, but I didn't expect it to be so excessive this year. If you don't punish severely this time, it will be like this every year in the future. Do you still want this Jiangshan Sheji?"

Xia Shouzhong doesn't know what to say now, after all, this year's loss of so much money is indeed unsustainable for the court.But this is the emperor's plan, and he cannot dismantle it.So after that, we talked on both sides, "The two adults calm down, this incident is indeed a natural and man-made disaster, and no one wants it to happen. Now we can only work together to help the emperor tide over this difficulty. By next year, the tax bank Come up and everyone will be well off.”

At this time, Liu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, hurried up to help, "That's right, what Eunuch Xia said makes sense. Let's save some money in various places this year. Try to save this money, and next year will be fine."

Lao Meng clearly did not buy his account, but asked Xia Shouzhong with his eyes wide open, "Does the emperor know about this? The emperor knows that he is short of 300 million taels of silver, and he is as light as you?"

Xia Shouzhong really didn't know how to answer him now, he couldn't tell them that the 300 million taels of silver were in the emperor's internal treasury.

Zuodu Yushi Tianye couldn't stand it any longer, and came to Jia Ke's side and said, "Master Jia, you are the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, you should say something, otherwise it would be unbecoming to make a fuss like this."

Jia Ke was almost falling asleep, and the fire he lit was getting hotter and hotter, and he was getting happier and happier watching it.After hearing Tian Ye's words, he lazily said: "If I want to speak usefully, I have already said it, and you still need to ask."

Tian Ye said in displeasure: "Master Jia is going to shirk responsibility? You are the chief minister in the military plane, if you don't come forward in this matter, who will come forward?"

"Okay, since Mr. Tian asked me to say it, then I'll say it, but don't regret it when the time comes." After Jia Ke finished speaking, her eyes lit up.

Jia Ke has decided to make this matter a big deal, and even let the people all over the world know, but he wants to see how the emperor stops.

When everyone heard that Jia Ke was going to make a decision, they all looked at him together. Jia Ke had already stood up from his seat at this time, and he couldn't help but let out waves of evil spirit.

"Liu Wan is to blame for this matter. Although he is the Minister of the Household Department, he must not be lightly forgiven. According to my opinion, if he caused such a loss to the court, what face does he have to live in the world. We should take In the name of the Military Aircraft Department, first put Liu Wan in the sky prison, and then search for the people involved in the water transportation, we must get to the bottom of this matter, and then we might as well start killing people to deter those who come later." Jia Ke said The murderous aura on his body was getting heavier and heavier, and the few frail scholars who stood in his heart had been startled back again and again by him.

"When these corrupt officials are dealt with, let alone 300 million cars, even 1300 million cars can be collected."

When Liu Wan heard Jia Ke's words, she was frightened out of her wits.If the Military Aircraft Department really played it like this, the emperor really couldn't dismiss it without a good reason.Otherwise, how would the emperor govern the people in the world?

Thinking of this, Liu Wan's body was already on the verge of falling, almost unable to stand up.

Seeing that Jia Ke was about to put Liu Wan under his control, Liu Yu hurried forward to speak for him, "Master Jia's words are too exaggerated. The whole story has not been clarified yet. How could he deal with important officials of the court so hastily? I am afraid it will cause turmoil in the court."

Jia Ke stared at Liu Yu and said, "Master Liu, what does this mean? Could it be that he is protecting Liu Wan? You must know that this is 300 million taels of silver. How many people's lives are at stake."

Liu Yu was not afraid of Jia Ke, "We have to report this matter to the emperor and ask him to make a decision. We ministers are probably not qualified to deal with ministers like Liu Wan."

Jia Ke didn't object to this either. Jia Ke didn't think the emperor could deal with Liu Wan at first, but he just put on a show to let everyone see his attitude as the chief minister of the military aircraft.

"In that case, let's meet the emperor together, please make a decision." Jia Ke said as if helpless, but in fact he was really helpless, and now he was severely rejected by the military aircraft department, although relying on the military power in his hands , the emperor didn't dare to deal with him casually, but his control over the world's government affairs was very weak.

On the surface, Jia Ke agreed to everyone's meeting with the emperor, but in fact, she had exactly what she wanted.This time, it was obviously a conspiracy by the emperor, but he just wanted to deduct the military salary to make himself unsustainable.

In Jia Ke's view, this is simply a sign of incompetence. Doing so is simply not worth the loss. If the emperor deducts the military pay of the world's army, he will definitely lose the morale of the army.

It is also a good thing for Jia Ke.This allows the soldiers of the world to see what kind of emperor they are loyal to.

If the emperor really deducted the military pay of his direct troops, he could still make up the one or two million taels of silver per year by himself.Not to mention anything else, the Manchu Eight Banners alone pay more than 200 million taels of silver to themselves every year.

Tang Kuai, who is in charge of grassland intelligence, not only controls the intelligence system, but also controls a large number of companies. The annual trade with the Tatars and the Manchu Eight Banners can also bring him an income of 200 million.

In addition, all the important generals on the Nine Sides have shares in Jia Ke's shops, and their incomes are also very rich, so they don't care about the imperial court's military salary.

Xia Shouzhong was relieved to see that they had reached a consensus. These people were either the emperor's close ministers, or held military power, or were the confidantes of the Supreme Emperor.He can't afford to offend anyone.

Jia Ke turned around and cupped his hands to Xia Shouzhong and said, "Eunuch Xia also knows about this matter, and he must report to the emperor immediately without delay. Please, Eunuch Xia, report to the emperor and say that our five military ministers and the Minister of the Household Department Liu Wan , ask the emperor to receive him."

Seeing Jia Ke cupping his hands, Xia Shouzhong quickly returned the salute and said, "Lord Jia, don't worry, I will report to the emperor right away." After saying this, Xia Shouzhong turned and left the military plane.

After Xia Shouzhong left the Military Aircraft Office, he brought his eunuchs back to the East Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. After entering the East Nuan Pavilion, he cautiously came to the emperor's side.

"Do you know what happened? The dignified military aircraft office is like a vegetable market, how decent it is." The emperor had discovered Xia Shouzhong a long time ago, and now, without looking up, he said to Xia Shouzhong while reviewing the memorial.

"Returning to Lord Long Live, the servants have already found out that it is because the household department lost 300 million taels of silver this year. Several adults in the military aircraft department quarreled with Liu Wan, the secretary of the household department. The head of the academy, Meng Ming, is entangled with Liu Wan." After Xia Shouzhong said this, he stood aside and said nothing. This matter was planned by the emperor, and he knew it clearly. Now he doesn't say a word Dare to say.