The emperor is hard to chase

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To the west of the capital, the morning bell of Shanye Temple rang.At the same time, in the center of the palace gates, the hall was filled with solemnity.Amidst the pattering rain, King Ning Zhao Yuan bowed forward.

"Your Majesty, Jiang Ning came up overnight to report urgently. The torrential rain has turned into a torrent, flooding thousands of acres of fertile land, and tens of thousands of victims have been displaced!" While speaking, Zhao Yuan had already handed over the memorial.

Zhao Jinqing looked at the memorial written word by word, his expression became more and more serious.For many years, Jiangning has been flooded.He thought of today the year before last, and specially sent money and food to repair the embankment.At that time, in order to encourage officials, he also specially commended Jiangning Zhizhou.However, in just two years, the torrential rain washed away the embankment.It is not so much a natural disaster as it is a man-made disaster!

However, at this moment, he didn't have time to investigate the doorway. The most urgent task was to resettle the victims and manage the river.Zhao Jinqing looked at the courtiers from all sides, and couldn't help sighing silently: In the past six months, with the help of Zhang Tailin, Zhao Yuan has won over a group of old courtiers, including his supporters back then, and the fight with Rong Xiao is even worse. .After Zhao Yuan finished speaking, he stood with his hands behind his back and said nothing; while Rong Xiao kept his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zhao Jinqing took a deep look at the two of them, and gradually exerted strength in his hand holding the trousers.At this time, the two were still fighting openly and secretly.He sighed silently, and turned his eyes to the left prime minister Su Wei: "Su Wei, tell me, what should I do?"

"Your Majesty, I think that the most urgent thing is to allocate money from the treasury to manage the disaster!" Su Wei was startled by Zhao Jinqing's roll call, and hurriedly said.

After saying this, Zhao Yuan laughed. "Master Su, in your opinion, how much disaster relief should the treasury allocate?"

Su Wei said: "300 million taels is enough."

"This is exactly what I want to report." A treacherous smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yuan's mouth: "Just now, my younger brother has sent his men to go to the treasury to count the taels of silver. In the treasury, there are actually 130 million taels of silver and [-] ingots of gold. "

In the resplendent and resplendent hall, there was a low gasp sound immediately.Zhao Jinqing's heart sank gradually.

Sure enough, the national treasury was so empty that even the money for disaster relief could not be raised...

"Who will explain to me what is going on? Wang Cheng, tell me that the state treasury is like this, why didn't you report it earlier?" Zhao Jinqing raised his head and looked at Wang Cheng with sharp eyes.

Wang Cheng glanced at Rong Xiao hesitantly, his expression flinching.Zhao Jinqing had a panoramic view of his expression, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, the whole thing has nothing to do with Rong Xiaoshui!

"Your Majesty, the state treasury was already like this when I first took office." Wang Cheng swallowed, "Government is corrupt, and all officials borrow money from the state treasury just to satisfy their own selfishness... Your Majesty, this is not a matter of money , but the fault of the customs for many years!"

Zhao Jinqing secretly greeted him, and this Wang Guo was really eloquent, and with these few words, he was completely blamed.Years of customs, officials have borrowed money, how should he pursue this years of customs now?Solve the matter of officials borrowing money?

Only a loud voice was heard, "Your Majesty, I think that it is meaningless to pursue the issue of the treasury now. More importantly, resettle the victims and solve the disaster. King Ning is astute, and I think he is the best candidate to solve the disaster. "

"Then King Dingnan thinks, how should we solve this matter of money?" Zhao Yuan smiled: "Your Majesty, Lord Rong is a virtuous king who sings songs to children in the streets and alleys, and he always responds to everyone. My brother thinks that if Rong Your Excellency will come forward, and the disaster money can be raised."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Su Wei stood up, "Prince Ning has been talking for so long, isn't he evading responsibility?"

"Lord Su, what you said is wrong. The key to selecting talents is to appoint people on their merits. If you say virtuous, isn't Lord Rong the No. , How can Master Su be so slanderous?"

For a while, the officials kept talking, and both sides shifted responsibility. If Zhao Jinqing hadn't been taken into consideration, they might have fought in the court.

Rong Xiao and Zhao Yuan were indifferent, with expressions of indifference.

Zhao Jinqing silently looked at the gradually boiling hall, this kind of meaningless chaos was not the first time.It's just that Rong Xiao's foundation is deep, while Zhao Yuan's foundation is shallow.On a normal day, he would be more interested in watching the battle, but as long as he thinks about the people who are suffering, how can he be like these cold-blooded officials, sitting back and watching the people die?

He gripped the corner of his clothes tightly and threw the memorial on the ground with a snap.Zhao Jinqing stood up, with no expression on his cold face: "The country will not be a country, and the court will not be courted. The people are suffering, what are you doing?"

"Hand down, the neighboring provinces of Jialin and Xuzhou first allocated the money and food in stock. Rong Xiao went to Jiangning to supervise the flood control, and Zhao Yuan raised funds for the disaster. This matter is over, let's investigate the matter of the treasury!" Zhao Jinqing's eyes followed The two turned around twice, turned around and walked away.

Gao Shun hurriedly followed, and amidst the patter of rain, a "retreat" pierced the sky.

When Zhao Jinqing returned to the palace, he was still a little bit aggrieved.He sat aside for a long time with a pen in his hand, with so many thoughts in his mind that he didn't even know what to write.As soon as he put down his pen, he heard Gao Shun say outside the door: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Physician Wang Lin is asking to see you."

Only then did Zhao Jinqing raise his head, and said softly, "Let him in."