Lin Lang, the wood family of the Red Chamber

At today's Great Court Meeting, Jia Zheng sent a memorial to thank him, his words were earnest, and he was happy now, and he gave a lot of rewards.Tu Yang, who had been deliberately led by the present to deal with the government affairs, was standing behind the second prince Tu Xun at this time, carefully writing down every word that the present said, and was going to go back and study it carefully.

After the ministers finished their reports, they opened their mouths now: "Yesterday I received an urgent battle report from the frontier of eight hundred miles. There is a country outside the border of the Great Zhou. The people are blond and blue-eyed. They are very different from my people in the Central Plains. They live in bitter cold. It is a land where the people are tough. Because they coveted our Great Zhou's vast land and rich resources, they sent out troops brazenly, and now they have crossed the border and are coming to the depths of Great Zhou."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were in a mess. In the past hundred years, there have been very few wars in the Great Zhou Dynasty. This is why the status of military commanders has always been lower than that of civil servants. If the military generals are slowed down, I am afraid that the life of these generals will be even more difficult inside and outside the court.

Eunuch Li stepped forward and shouted, "Be quiet!"

At this time, an old general with white beard and hair came out from among the generals, and looked at the civilian officials with disdain on his face, "The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a short time, we have a strong army in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so why are we afraid of them!"

The words of the old general were recognized by many generals, and they all nodded.As soon as the words were finished, the right servant of the household department came out, frowned and said: "Old General Zhang is right, but now that the treasury is empty, I am afraid this battle will not be easy to fight!"

For a while, there was a commotion in the hall, and it was useless for Eunuch Li to make any noise.He didn't speak today, but quietly watched the two parties quarreling.

Not long after, the people in the quarrel finally realized that they were silent today, and gradually became quiet.

Today smiled, "The quarrel is over? Very good, I told you about this, just want to tell you that this battle, we have fought in the big week! Not only must we fight, but we must fight hard!"

The Queen's father, Master Cao, Minister of Rites, took a step forward, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Now raised his hand and rubbed his chin, "Lord Cao, you need to be clear, I'm just notifying you, not asking for your opinions! As for the treasury being empty... Tu Yang!"

"The minister is here!" Tu Yang didn't know what to call him now, but just bowed his head respectfully.

"Tell me, the treasury is empty, what can you do?" Jin asked with a smile.

In a word, everyone in the court was shocked, especially the eldest prince and the second prince. Tu Yang came to court at the age of 12, which made them feel like they were sitting on pins and needles. Be careful.

Tu Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he could really answer this question well, "Back to the emperor, I heard the emperor said that [-]% of the money in the national treasury was lent by the emperor to the ministers and the family. The total sum of money and change is tens of millions of taels of silver. In my humble opinion, now is the best time to take back these silver coins."

Tu Yang's words exploded among the crowd. This time, even many generals raised objections.

Cao Guozhang even reprimanded loudly: "Ignorant boy, a hundred officials are the foundation of the dynasty. Are you doing this to shake the foundation of my Great Zhou?"

Tu Yang bared his teeth at Cao Guozhang, and said solemnly: "My lord is wrong, the common people are the foundation of my Dazhou, and there are no more officials, and our Dazhou is a scholar who is unemployed every year. There are a lot of Jinshi, anyone can be one! Besides, as the saying goes: Killing a man, taking his life, paying off debts, doesn’t Mr. Cao even know this bit of common sense?”

Mr. Cao was choked, his face flushed red, he raised his head to look at the present, but saw that the present was calm and calm, his heart tightened, he knew something bad happened.

I can only hear today's saying: "Since that's the case, Tu Yang listens to the order. From now on, I will appoint you as the left servant of the household department, specializing in the affairs of the state treasury. Yupei, ask Li Gong to give it to Tu Yang, "From the relatives of the emperor to the common people, if anyone disobeys, he will be killed without mercy!"

"I obey the order!" Tu Yang took the jade pendant respectfully, only to see "If I come in person" engraved on one side, and the current seal on the other side.

The hearts of all the ministers are turbulent. Is the emperor really going to do something?

"General Zhang!"

"The minister is here!" The old general who was the first to speak just now said respectfully.

"I named you the Grand Marshal of the North Army, and I will start recruiting soldiers and horses from now on, and the generals in the court will choose according to you. In half a month, I want to see a well-groomed, brave and capable army going out!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Tu Yang, before the army sets out, I hope you can raise enough troops, don't let the army's soldiers lose confidence, can you do it?"

"Go back to the emperor, I can do it!" Tu Yang replied very firmly, if someone dares to disobey, he will be imprisoned and his family property confiscated, it should not be too simple.

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking in their hearts.After the next dynasty, groups of three or five gathered together to discuss.

Lin Hai, who had already received hints from Tu Yang and others, was extremely fast, and sent a loan of 30 taels to Tu Yang's desk that afternoon with the principal and interest.

Tu Yang was very satisfied, praised Lin Hai verbally, and took his young servants, guards, and officials from the household department who had voted for him, to the house of the "chicken" that Tu Yang was about to kill. , drove all the way past.

In fact, as early as last year, when Tu Yang found out that he intends to recover the money owed by the treasury, he took Mu Linlang to investigate all these things in private, and even calculated the interest, and waited. One day Jinjin opened his mouth and directly sent these materials to Jinjin's desk.

Who would have thought that he would be appointed to handle this matter today?Isn't it just right now?

The state treasury owed money for a long time. At the beginning, during the reign of Emperor Yuan, because the Great Zhou Dynasty was established at the beginning, all wastes were waiting to be rebuilt. After the meritorious officials rewarded each other, they always had to build mansions. Even if there were existing ones, they had to be maintained.

I don't know who was the first to think of borrowing money from the treasury, but Emperor Yuan actually agreed.Since then, it has opened the door for the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty to borrow money from the treasury.

After a long time, even those who are not short of money will borrow a little from the treasury from time to time, let alone those who spend money lavishly.After several generations, this sum of money owed is very considerable.

At the beginning, the people who borrowed money were small-time troublemakers, and the most borrowed money in several generations was only 10 taels.After the emperor ascended the throne, he made six tours to the south, including five visits to Jinling, and four visits to the Jiangnan Zhen family.

Receiving the emperor, from food to accommodation, to transportation, everything has certain regulations. The Zhen family needs to build another emperor's palace, which is a huge expense.Where does this money come from?The wool came from the sheep, and since it was for pick-up, of course it was borrowed from the treasury!

Just these few pick-ups, the Zhen family borrowed nearly ten million taels, and the national treasury was more than half empty in an instant.

If there is one, there are two. In addition, the emperor has never mentioned the repayment of the money for many years, so everyone selectively forgot.

Today, it is openly said at the Great Court Meeting that it will recover the money owed to the treasury, and one stone has caused a thousand waves.The family with the least amount of money owed 10,000+ taels. After returning home, many people hurried to find the account book.

No matter what these people think, Tu Yang didn't delay. He returned to the office, took some things, and took them directly to Nan'an County Prince's Mansion.

That's right, the person Tu Yang used to stand up this time was Nan'an County Prince's Mansion.

The door of Nan'an Prince's Mansion welcomes and sees them off every day, and I have seen many important people, and those people are more or less seeking from the King of Nan'an.It's just that the people who appeared outside the gate of Nan'an Prince's Mansion today seemed to be in bad spirits.

The door took a closer look and found that the leader was actually the Fourth Prince. He didn't dare to be slow, so he hurried forward to give Qianer a call, "My little one greets the Fourth Highness, you are..."

Xiao Shanzi took a step forward, and looked at the door through his nostrils with disdain, "Our fourth master is carrying the emperor's order today, you dare to inquire about fourth master's affairs as a small doorman? Are you tired of working? Don’t hurry to open the door!”

How have the disciples of Nan'an Palace ever received such contempt?In this capital city, as soon as he said that he belonged to Nan'an Palace, which one of those people wouldn't give him some thin noodles?It's just that the person in front of him was not something he could resist, so he didn't dare to say anything, so he hurried back and opened the middle door.

Tu Yang walked in first.At this time, the King of Nan'an was listening to his subordinates and staff talking about the current plan to recover the money owed to the treasury in the front hall.

The king of Nan'an stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "Everyone, don't worry. The so-called law does not blame the public. Which one of the civil and military courts in the Manchu Dynasty did not owe the state treasury a few hundred thousand taels of silver! Don't worry about safety."

A few subordinates were not as optimistic as him, "But the emperor handpicked the fourth prince to recover the money owed today. Obviously, the emperor cares a lot about this matter!"

Nan Wangan was very disdainful, "It's just a little furry boy with no hair, what kind of waves can he make? I'm afraid the emperor can't understand the lawlessness of the fourth prince and the Mu family boy in the capital, so he just thought of such an idea. Just let him get out of trouble."

What King Nan'an said seems to make sense?Many people were not sure again, but some people still felt that the matter was not that simple, but seeing King Nan'an's appearance, they knew that they couldn't be persuaded, so they had to find an excuse to go back.

After these people left, King Nan'an snorted, "How can you be so timid as a mouse?"

Not long after, Tu Yang came with someone.

Since he was here on behalf of the present, Tu Yang took the main seat and sat down. The few people who were talking about the owed money just now suddenly felt that the matter seemed to exceed their imagination.

Tu Yang didn't talk nonsense, and said straight to the point: "Presumably the king of Nan'an has also heard about what happened in the court today. The emperor is going to send troops to drive out the invaders, and the treasury has no money. Since you have borrowed money from the treasury for so many years, you should The time has come back, what does the prince think?"

The king of Nan'an looked at his nose and his heart, and said very calmly: "Since ancient times, the emperor wants to take back the treasury silver, and this king has no objection. It's just that your highness has a large population in this king's family. It costs a lot, and paying back the money is really powerless!"

Tu Yang smiled, "Indeed, the former Japanese Palace calculated the accounts on behalf of the King of Nan'an. Since Emperor Yuan, the Palace of Nan'an has borrowed 110 million to 5000 taels from the treasury. Counting the interest, the Palace of Nan'an has to pay back 150 taels of treasury silver Fifty-nine thousand taels! It's indeed a little too much!"

King Nan'an stared, "Interest?"

Tu Yang smiled happily, "That's right, although we don't release the usury, but the interest has to be calculated, and the reason why we need so much interest is because some loans have been owed for 100 years. !"

King Nan'an gave him a disdainful look, but said nothing, acting like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water.

Tu Yang ignored him, and only said to the people who came from the household department: "Since the king of Nan'an has no cash to pay back, here!" Picking up the tea bowl that the servant girl just brought up, "This tea bowl is a small tureen made of Chengyao bucket color. It should be worth 1 taels, and he actually has a pair here! And that one, the Ru Kiln Sky Blue Beauty Vase! It’s also a pair. Tsk tsk tsk, there are quite a lot of antiques in the Nan’an Palace, just these two things, this hall is still the first See you once!" This is of course false!In Mu's house, there shouldn't be too many such things, even in his father's private treasury, he didn't seldom search for them.

Looking at King Nan'an again, his face has long since returned to the calmness just now, with cold sweat streaming down his face. This is clearly saying that his Nan'an Palace is too luxurious compared to the royal family!On a bigger scale, it's easy to accuse them of treason!Your family is so rich, but when the country is about to send troops to quell the chaos, you don’t want to pay back the money. When people come to ask for it, you still want to push back. What is it if it’s not treason?

Tu Yang didn't wait for him to say anything, and waved to the first class, "Move it for me! As long as you can sell it for money, move it back until you have enough money owed!"

"Yes!" A and the others responded loudly, and then stepped forward like wolves and tigers, and searched the Nan'an Palace, not even the backyard.For a while, the people of Nan'an Prince's Mansion rushed to the sky.