The eldest son of the red mansion

After hearing Xia Shouzhong's words, the emperor smiled again.This time, he wanted to split Jia Ke's direct lineage. He wanted to see how these people could control the army without military pay.

"How are they discussing now?"

"Reporting to Lord Long Live, several ministers of military affairs and Liu Wan failed to discuss the results. They asked their servants to report to the emperor and report to His Majesty." Xia Shouzhong bowed his head and looked down, answering truthfully.

After hearing this, the emperor put down the pen in his hand.He stood up and walked up and down on the ground of Dongnuange.It is actually quite difficult to deal with this matter, which is because the border has been calm over the years and the Tatars have not invaded.Even the Nine Sides' noise can be suppressed temporarily, as long as these few months can pass, Jia Ke's strength will be greatly weakened.In the name of the internal treasury, the military pay will be distributed to win the hearts of the soldiers. As long as they survive this year, the world will be peaceful next year.

The more the emperor thinks about this method, the more subtle it becomes, but although he has an advantage in military power, he has no control over financial power. As long as he makes a little effort, Jia Ke's army will be rootless.

But this matter is still a bit dangerous, if Jia Ke puts all his eggs in one basket at that time, both he and himself will suffer.Therefore, we can't act too hastily on this matter, and we can't cut off the military pay of Jia Ke's control of the army in a flash. We must use the firepower slowly like boiling frogs in warm water.

The emperor walked around the ground a few times, thinking about everything.Only then did he look back and say to Xia Shouzhong: "Let them come in, this matter really needs to be carefully considered, otherwise the court may cause trouble if it shorts these silver taels."

But when the emperor was in chaos, the Supreme Emperor in Ningshou Palace was very leisurely.

The current Supreme Emperor has no hope for the emperor. On the surface, he supports the emperor, but in fact he is just delaying time so that Jia Yuanchun can give birth to a prince.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor was basking in the sun leisurely, with melons, pears and peaches beside him.And the Empress Dowager was chatting and laughing with him.

It is confirmed that a little eunuch hurriedly came to the side of the Supreme Emperor.

Standing behind the Supreme Emperor, Dai Quan frowned when he saw this little eunuch. Ever since Dai Quan lost control of the hidden guards, his popularity in the Supreme Emperor and the palace has dropped drastically.Now in the palace, Xia Shouzhong who is beside the emperor is the most respected.This old ancestor is not seen by many people anymore.

The new little eunuch hurriedly came to the Supreme Emperor's side. The Supreme Emperor glanced at him, but did not speak. The little eunuch came to the Supreme Emperor with his own hands and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor became alert immediately, and then slowly closed his eyes again.

"Go back and continue to inquire, and tell the people under your command to be smart. If anything happens, report to me quickly."

After the little lady listened to the emperor's instructions, she didn't speak, and slowly backed out with her head down.

The Empress Dowager saw all this clearly beside the Supreme Emperor, and hurriedly asked, "Did something happen to make Your Majesty so excited?"

"It's nothing serious, just put your heart in your stomach, it's just that the emperor has used some cleverness, I think he will cause a big problem this time." The Supreme Emperor said helplessly.

The empress dowager has always been dissatisfied with the emperor, and hurriedly asked after hearing what the empress dowager said, "If that's the case, why don't you stop him quickly?"

The Supreme Emperor closed his eyes and said helplessly: "I'm old and don't have the energy. But the Emperor is fine, the only thing is that he is too impatient. Now he and Jia Ke are incompatible, and I'm afraid there is no hope for him to give up. It's better to let him toss, if it really succeeds, it's okay, if it fails, there is still me, and Jia Ke won't turn his face immediately in my face."

The empress dowager nodded after listening, she understood the meaning of the emperor, this is the last time for the emperor to test.If it succeeds, everyone will be happy. If it fails, Jia Ke can be temporarily appeased by the fact that the Supreme Emperor is still there, so that the dynasty will not be destroyed.

Dai Quan, who was standing behind the Supreme Emperor, listened to the words of the two supreme beings.There was also some drumming in his heart, he knew Jia Ke very well.So he is not optimistic about the emperor's actions this time, and now he is thinking about how to ease the relationship with Jia Ke again, otherwise he will have no good end in the future.

Chapter 359 Countermeasures 1

After Jia Ke and the others waited at the military plane for a short time, the young eunuch came to deliver a message, and the emperor ordered them to go to Dongnuan Pavilion to answer the message.

Then Jia Ke cupped his hands and said to the crowd: "Since the emperor has ordered us to go, all of you can follow me to see the emperor."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, she picked up the memorial from the table, and went out of the military plane first.The others followed behind Jia Ke.

Everyone followed the little eunuch all the way to the courtyard of Dongnuange, and waited there, while the little eunuch went in to report.

The little eunuch entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, came to the emperor's case with his own hands, knelt down on his knees, touched his head to the ground, and said: "Long live Lord, the five ministers of military affairs and the minister of the household department are waiting for the emperor's order outside the courtyard." summoned."

The emperor still looked at the memorial pretendingly, but nodded slightly.Xia Shouzhong, who was next to him, immediately understood, and left the emperor's side gently, waved at the little eunuch to let him back, and then went out of Dongnuan Pavilion himself.

As soon as Xia Shouzhong came outside Dongnuange, he saw six people standing there respectfully.Immediately walked a few steps forward and came to them and said: "Six adults, the emperor ordered me to come and lead the six adults in."

Everyone hurriedly cupped their hands and said, "Then there will be Mr. Lao."

So Xia Shouzhong was in front, and Jia Ke and others followed behind and entered the East Nuan Pavilion.

As soon as Jia Ke entered the Dongguan Pavilion and saw the emperor, she quickly knelt down and saluted.And Xia Shouzhong returned to the emperor, and whispered in the emperor's ear: "Long Live Lord, the six ministers are already kneeling below."

At this time, the emperor seemed to have noticed the six people kneeling on the ground. He raised his head to look at them, and then said, "Since you are here, don't keep kneeling all the time. Get up and answer."

At this time, the six dared to stand up.

"You guys are arguing about something. You are all officials of the imperial court, the pillars of the country. Farming at the military plane, you almost got into a fight. Do you still have the dignity of an important court official?" The emperor said blankly to the following He even reprimanded him.

Jia Ke and the others knelt there and could only listen to the emperor's reprimand.

The emperor reprimanded his subordinates, and then asked Liu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, "Liu Yu, what happened to you?"

Liu Yu took a few steps forward, and then said: "Long live the report, it's only because Mrs. Jia Kejia found that last year's tax revenue was 300 million taels less when checking the accounts. Confrontation. The dispute arose because several other ministers were dissatisfied with the explanation given by Liu Wan, Shangshu of the Household Department."

The emperor frowned and said to Liu Wan next to him, "What's the matter? The weather was good last year, and there were no Tatar invasions. How could there be so much less tax money?"

Liu Wan had recovered his gentleness at this time. When he heard the emperor's question, he came out unhurriedly and replied, "Your Majesty, it's not that the tax revenue decreased last year. The boat capsized, so only 300 million taels of silver were lost.”

The emperor was furious when he heard this, "How could such a bastard happen? After so many adaptations, how will the court be maintained next year."

Liu Wan hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, "It's because I was a little negligent in this matter. I wanted to transport the tax money to the capital as soon as possible, and didn't take into account the danger of sailing. That's why I made this mistake. I can't absolve myself of death. Your Majesty, please punish me." At this moment Liu Wan bumped his head against the ground.

Seeing that Liu Wan had taken all the responsibilities on himself, the emperor felt that he could not neglect his loyal ministers, so he comforted him and said, "Liu Aiqing, get up, sailing has been risky since ancient times, and this incident can't be entirely blamed. On you. But after all, you are the Minister of the Household Department, so you cannot escape the blame. I will punish you for one year, as a warning to others. Are you convinced?"

When Liu Wan heard the emperor's punishment for him, it couldn't be more light. He didn't know that the emperor was protecting himself, and he was moved to tears. I can’t repay my kindness in everything. There’s no reason to be dissatisfied.”

He said so, but someone below was unwilling, and this person was Lao Mengming.When this old Meng Ming was not in power, he was just an old cynic who could only complain every day.Now, as the minister of the Military Aircraft Department, it can be said that he holds great power. Under such circumstances, he can speak freely about things that he was not used to seeing before.

Now he heard the emperor's light-headedness, so he let Liu Wan go, and his beard was shaking with anger, so he came out of the shift and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is impossible. This tax and silver is of great importance. How can it be just a mere amount?" One year's salary can make up for it. Chen Jianyi took Liu Wan to the big prison, and then brought the relevant people into the capital for interrogation. We must find out the whereabouts of these silver taels."

After hearing what old Mengming said, the emperor felt annoyed.This matter cannot withstand investigation. If you send one of your own people to perfunctory, maybe you can get away with it.But now Jia Ke has paid attention to it, as long as this matter is carefully checked, there are flaws everywhere.Isn't that old man embarrassing himself?

But this Meng Ming represented the Supreme Emperor, and he was the spokesperson that the Supreme Emperor had found for himself in the court after Jia Ke left. The emperor himself really had nothing to do with him.

The emperor originally wanted to get away with this matter, but it was too late when Jia Ke found out.Unexpectedly, the first thing Jia Ke did at the beginning of this year was to check the project.This caught the emperor a little off guard.

The emperor said unhappily to old Meng Ming: "Now the whereabouts of the silver is unknown, whether it can be retrieved or not is another matter. The most important question now is how to get through the difficulties in the next year? Any ideas?"

The emperor directly put the matter aside and didn't discuss it at all. At this time, Lao Mengming had no choice but to stand aside and sulk.

Zuodu Yushi Tianye stood up and said: "Since we have lost so much silver, we must save money next year. Many large projects must be stopped, and the governor's side of the Datou River that uses silver must be reduced. share."

At this time, Liu Wan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, retorted: "The construction of the river must not be stopped. How many people and the livelihood of the people are related. If the river bursts next year, how many people will be buried in the belly of the fish."

Zuodu Yushi Tianye was already a little annoyed by this Liu Wan, the money was thrown from him, and now he is not allowed to keep it, what does he mean?

"Isn't Master Liu Wan thoughtful when he said this? You don't have enough money, and you don't want to save money. You asked our military aircraft department to change the money for you? Or is it that your household department has extra money to fill this hole?" Tian Ye His face was flushed with anger, and regardless of being in the same camp as Liu Wan at that time, his finger almost poked his nose.

Liu Wan knew that she was in the wrong, and didn't dare to react to his rudeness, so she could only keep backing away, avoiding his annoying finger.

When the emperor saw Zuodu Censor Tianye like this, it seemed that he was going crazy now.So he hurriedly said: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, I still think about how to mend this hole next year. You two don't make trouble here."

Hearing the emperor's words, Tian Ye returned to his class in a rage.

The emperor looked at Jia Ke, who had been silent since entering the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said with a smile, "Jia Aiqing, you are the chief minister of the Military Aircraft Department, what do you think about this matter?"