I hope to return to the country

Beijing.

The emperor, who had been absent from the court meeting for several days, finally showed his face.

In fact, he also knows that the new dynasty has just been established, and the chaos is not yet settled. No matter how impatient he is, he has to put on the appearance of a diligent and hardworking Mingjun, so as to stabilize people's hearts and appease the world.

But because of taxation, people's livelihood, counter-insurgency, appointment and dismissal of officials, etc., there are quarrels every day at the court meeting. The courtiers are divided into factions, attacking each other and fighting each other, and finally throw the pot on him, the emperor, crying Those who shouted to the ground asked "Your Majesty to make a decision."

decide?

When he really made up his mind, it is estimated that there will be another series of shouts "Please Your Majesty think twice" from below.

God knows how hard he endured, wishing he could just take off the crown on his head and throw it at these people, and roar again.

"I'm determined to fuck!"

But he can't, because he has neither the strategy of governing the country nor the ability to command the army.

At the beginning, he bought people's hearts everywhere in the name of a gentleman who was "gentle, generous, courteous and virtuous", and created public opinion. He stood on the high ground of ethics and morality, and ascended to the throne dangerously. Otherwise, he would have been held in his hands by now Military power, the prince who is in the limelight is forced to become the emperor and retire.

It sounds good to say that the old age is good, but it is actually house arrest in disguise. After a year or so, he died of a sudden illness and lost his life silently.

Why do you have to let that disobedient and unfilial son get his wish?

He didn't, even if it was to disgust Qin Zhiyi, he had to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor and would not let him die.

So after resting and hiding for a few days to be quiet under the pretext that he was ill, he still came to the court full of irritability and impatience.

Luo Yuelin, who had previously "self-examined at home" because of being impeached, also took this opportunity to return to the main hall in a fair and honest manner, wearing a red official robe and standing in the front row.

As for some veterans who participated in his impeachment last time, even though they really wanted to drive him out again, they were afraid that the emperor would throw away his hands and say that he was ill and retreat from the court.

Of course, there are also many people who follow Luo Yuelin's power, flattering him like stars and the moon, and exaggerating the aura of a third-rank admonishing doctor as a first-rank cabinet minister.

"His Majesty."

Hubu Shangshu took the lead and was the first to come out to play.

"Floods in Huaizhou last month, the floods raged, destroyed countless good fields and houses, resulting in the loss of life, and many victims, please Your Majesty to order relief as soon as possible to prevent civil uprisings."

"understood."

The emperor sat high above, and lowered his head as a matter of routine.

"I pass on my decree to exempt Huaizhou from taxes and corvees for one year, order the state capitals along the way to open warehouses to release grain, and relieve the victims, and then the Ministry of Households will allocate 50 taels of silver for disaster relief. As for who to send as an imperial envoy, you can discuss it yourself."

"This······"

The Minister of the Household Department expressed his displeasure, and said, "Your Majesty, 50 taels is too big, and I really can't make it up."

"Oh, ridiculous."

An official named Huang Cheng standing behind Luo Yuelin snorted, his face full of sarcasm.

"That day when His Majesty was going to build the Tower of Picking Stars, you all said that you had no money, and each of you said that you would die or live, accusing your Majesty of being extravagant and wasteful, and not caring about the people's livelihood. Why are you still saying that you have no money when it is really the turn of the people's livelihood? Money? Where have they all gone? I'm afraid they have filled the private pockets of some moths?"

This is no longer a hint, but a blatant accusation that the household department is guarding and stealing, and the thief shouted to catch the thief.

For such a big scapegoat to be buckled, the Minister of the Household Department was of course very angry. When he was about to scold him, he was afraid that this kind of villain would pester him endlessly, and instead he would fall into a trap and lose his dignity. The emperor argued.

"Your Majesty, it's not because of the ministers' excuses and complaints. This year's taxes are already difficult to collect. In addition, the cost of enthronement ceremony, rewarding officials, palace repairs, and military pay is even more expensive. The Ministry of Households is already demolishing the east wall I have tried my best to repair the Western Wall, but I can't get 50 taels. If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to check the accounts to verify it. If there is even half of it false, I am willing to receive Ling Chi's punishment!"

One after another, people followed suit.

"That's right, it's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and the treasury can't make ends meet, how can there be money?"

"I heard that the Star Picking Building consumes two to three thousand taels of silver every day just for wood and wages. If the work can be stopped, maybe it can save..."

Promoting the star building at this time is tantamount to throwing the troublesome blame on Luo Yuelin. Huang Cheng, who just made a mockery of the Minister of the Household Department, was not happy when he heard it, and immediately raised his eyebrows and stared at him.

"Okay, you didn't want to pay at the beginning, forcing His Majesty to use the private treasury, and Master Luo donated all his wealth, so that the construction of the Zhaxing Building can be successfully broken, and now you are here again The higher-ups are trying to force His Majesty to stop working and clean up the mess for you, bah! How shameless!"

"you!"

The man's face turned dark with anger, he flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "In the main hall, before His Majesty, you dare to speak rudely? Sure enough, you are from the countryside, extremely vulgar!"

Huang Cheng was originally just a small official in the countryside. He met Luo Yuelin by chance and was promoted all the way up. He was most afraid of others mentioning his background. Now he was poked in a sore spot, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves Get up and make a gesture to walk towards the one who is speaking.

"Since you say I'm vulgar, then I can't bear this notoriety in vain. Today I will let you take a good look at what vulgarity is."

Seeing him like this, he was going to fight directly.

No matter how fierce the quarrel was before, the officials around were just talking. How could they have seen such a simple and rude way, they looked at each other in shock, and backed away in a panic.

Some stepped on the shoes of the person in front of them, tripped accidentally, and tired the others around them, staggered and fell, in a state of embarrassment.

As for the people at Luo Yuelin's side, they looked at them as if they were laughing at a joke with their sleeves covered, without even pretending to stop them.

"What kind of style is it, what kind of style is it!"

Several censors reprimanded a few words heartbroken, and hurriedly spoke to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Huang Chengyu lost his manners and disturbed the imperial court, please punish him!"

The emperor's expression was hidden behind the curtain of beads hanging down from the crown, and he couldn't see clearly, but his tone was very calm, without any look of being offended or angry, and even vaguely gloating.

"Look at the people in this hall, who is not disrespectful? Why only punish Huang Cheng's crime? I have always been good at punishing and treating people equally. If you want to punish a crime, then let's punish it together."

The censors didn't expect that the emperor, who was always good at accepting advice, would have such a tough attitude this time. He didn't even say a word about a trivial scene, and wanted to save Huang Cheng. I hated it a little more.

Sure enough, he is a treacherous minister. If he confuses a good emperor like this, he will cause big trouble sooner or later!

Luo Yue stood calmly in the main hall, seeing that the disturbance was really unsightly, so he said: "Okay, we are all colleagues, let's each take a step back, don't delay the important affairs of the government."

Seeing him speak, Huang Cheng gave up and stood back obediently.

"His Majesty."

Luo Yue took a step forward, knelt down on the ground first, and said: "I'm guilty."

The people who followed him naturally also knelt down to plead guilty, but it seemed that the other party was extremely impolite and didn't know how to advance or retreat, but this time he didn't have the upper hand, so he had to suffer from this hidden loss, and also claimed that he was guilty and knelt before the emperor down.

The emperor's attitude towards Luo Yuelin was very kind and cordial, and he was immediately excused. As for the others, they waited for a while before saying anything.

"Get up."

After everyone kowtowed and thanked, Luo Yuelin looked at the Minister of the Household with a smile and said: "Master Chen, you just said that among the expenditures of the treasury, the expenditure on military pay is huge. I would like to ask, what is the specific amount?"

In fact, with his official position, he is not qualified to ask Hubu Shangshu what to say, but given how much the emperor attaches importance to him, it is probably possible to ask Hubu Shangshu to kneel down to answer at this moment.

Naturally, the Minister of the Household Department would not fight for this leisure at this time. Luo Yue asked him politely, and he answered politely.

"The salaries of the garrisons in various places are 2000 million taels, the imperial guards in the capital are 300 million taels, and the imperial guards in the East Palace are 500 million taels. All expenses total 800 million taels."

"Twenty-eight million taels? That is indeed a large number."

Luo Yuelin nodded and asked again.

"Who counts the amount, and who distributes the military salary?"

The Minister of the Household Department said: "Before His Majesty ascended the throne, the military affairs were all handled by His Royal Highness, and of course the military salary was included."

"Oh, so it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Luo Yuelin smiled and nodded again, and slowly took out a letter from his sleeve.

"Hearing that His Royal Highness is self-denying and honoring his duties, he is upright and upright. I think this letter of petition written by thousands of people crying for blood must be fake."