The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 362
Jia Ke was still a little reconciled, and continued to say to the emperor: "Your Majesty, we can raise money from other places. There is no need to touch the silver from these rivers. These are life-saving money for people everywhere."

Liu Wan watched Jia Ke's arguments below, and felt a little confused. Could it be that the Governor of Hedao also gave Jia Ke a lot of money?Otherwise, why would Jia Ke work so hard to actively fight for the interests of the river.

At this time, the emperor heard Jia Ke talk about using other ways to get money, and he also became a little interested. If there are other ways to get money, then the silver from the river is not necessary.After all, the emperor still knew how to measure, but this time he was a little reluctant to part with the silver taels in the inner treasury.

Jia Ke saw that the emperor was already wavering, so he quickly said, "Your Majesty, the solution is to stop the salaries of all officials this year. The money saved in this way is enough to make up for the loss of the river. I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"

Tian Ye heard this method from below, and couldn't help but applaud in his heart. Several officials at all levels now live on salaries. If the money is saved, it can just be used to make up for the river.

After hearing Jia Ke's words, the emperor's heart was spinning. He actually knew that corruption was common among officials everywhere, and he originally wanted to rectify it vigorously.It's just that the Supreme Emperor is still here, so he can't change the national policy of the Supreme Emperor because of this, otherwise he should be labeled as unfilial, and he will not look good in the history books of later generations.

But if the salaries of all officials are stopped at this time, then there is no more reason for them to start taking away the common people.If they stop sending them 100 taels, they can collect 1000 taels from the people.This is absolutely impossible.

Besides, if he really raised this money, how would he deal with Jia Ke?

So the emperor could only tactfully say to Jia Ke: "Jia Aiqing was born in a noble family, how could I know how hard those officials who came from poor families worked. Without their salaries, how would they live? Let's not talk about it again."

Jia Ke already knew that this method would not work, but he just wanted to pave the way for the following method, so he immediately said: "Your Majesty, since this method does not work, then I have another method to solve the problem."

The emperor was already very impatient with Jia Ke's nagging here, but as the leader of the military aircraft department, Jia Ke couldn't ignore his words, so he said displeasedly: "It's getting late , if you have something to say, hurry up and say it."

"Your Majesty can't stop the civil and military salaries of the world, so you can ask them to contribute to the Jianghuai Salt Gang, and the Huizhou and Shanxi Business Gangs. It's easy to raise more than 100 million taels of silver with their financial resources. I don't know what the emperor wants. What's next?" Jia Ke finally expressed the purpose in his heart. Since he was the head minister of the Military Aircraft Department, he has been very concerned about these business gangs, and the tax money paid by these people every year is simply very little.It is seriously inconsistent with their income, and it is right for the imperial court to ask them to contribute some silver taels. If they agree to pay it back at that time, that’s all.As long as you copy one or two, you will have all the money.At that time, let alone 200 million, you can get 2000 million.

Jia Ke said it again, one of which was to test the emperor's attitude. The emperor's rejection of Liu Yu just now was too decisive.This made Jia Ke wonder if the emperor had any connection with these business gangs.

If the emperor really had secret deals with these business gangs, it would be a big trouble for Jia Ke to rule the world in the future.

The power of these business gangs is not only money, but the most important thing is that they communicate with each other. The north-south communication enables the wealth of the world to flow. Even if Jia Ke is in charge of the world, he can't do anything to them all at once.You can only slowly support one faction and suppress the other to achieve your goals.

The other one is that Liu Yu's solution is the best solution now. If it can be realized, Jia Ke won't have to pay out of his own pocket to supplement the rations and salaries of his direct troops.

Just after Jia Ke finished speaking, before the emperor could react, Liu Wan, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, jumped out. He had already cast his fear of Jia Ke out of the blue, and said directly to Jia Ke, filled with righteous indignation: : "Jia Ke, what are you going to do? Are you trying to seize the people's property for nothing? If every minister is like you, why do you need the laws of the dynasty? The emperor has no money, just go and grab it. That day the world will be real. It's a big mess." Especially the last sentence, his tone was very heavy.

At that time, Liu Wan was really afraid that the emperor would agree to Jia Ke. Liu Wan knew in her heart how powerful the three major merchant gangs were in the imperial court. Almost every member of the imperial court received a large amount of gifts from them every year. If we set this precedent, I am afraid that we will become enemies of civil servants in the world.

The emperor originally thought that if there was really no other way, his plan would not succeed. Jia Ke desperately refused to reduce the military pay of his direct troops. At that time, the emperor himself really had no choice but to compromise.

At that time, it will be difficult to collect the water. Since it is too short, the 300 taels of silver can't be slapped, even if it is pretending to get the 300 million silver, the only way to get rid of the Jianghuai salt merchants is to ask the other two merchants to help out. Money, after all, this further increases the burden on the common people, without discounting the salaries of officials all over the world, it is indeed a way to get the best of both worlds.

But now that Liu Wan's sudden words disturbed her, she immediately understood what Liu Wan meant. Liu Wan was reminding herself of the power of the three major business gangs. Officials spread throughout the court.As long as I make this will, I am afraid that the officials who are admonishing me will be able to lift the roof of the Qianqing Palace.With such a large force attacking him together, he might have to compromise in the end.In the end, it was nothing but disheartened.

Thinking of this, the emperor gave Jia Ke a hard look. This Jia Ke was digging holes for himself anytime and anywhere. If he listened to his two methods, his prestige would plummet in the future. May sacrifice oneself in exchange for peace in the world.

After the emperor wanted to understand these things, he said to Jia Ke with a gloomy face: "I have made up my mind, so you don't need to say any more. Since there is nothing wrong, you can go back."

After the emperor finished speaking, he went directly into the back room of Dongnuange, and left Jia Ke and several ministers on the main hall.

Everyone glanced at each other and could only exit the hall and walk towards the military plane.

After the emperor entered the inner palace, Xia Shouzhong followed him to the side of the emperor, "Long Live Lord, what shall we do with the money?"

Sitting on the throne, the emperor took the fragrant tea from the maid next to him, took a sip, and then said, "What's the matter? Since it's in our internal storage, you can use it at ease."

Xia Shouzhong felt a little scared when he heard the emperor's words.This amount of money is not easy to get. On the surface, the emperor is behind it, but once the incident is revealed, I can't keep my head.

"Long live, my slave has a sentence that I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"You old man, what should we say here?"

"Since the Lord Long Live said so, then the servant will dare to say that the Lord Long Live should find a way to return the money to the Ministry of Households."

After hearing this, the emperor's face was a little gloomy, and he put the tea cup in his hand on the wooden table next to him.

With a bang, Xia Shouzhong's soul was scattered, and he quickly fell to his knees and kept kowtowing.

The emperor just sat like this until Xia Shouzhong knocked his head until it bled, and then said to him: "From now on, you must not interfere with the affairs of the previous court, and next time I will peel your skin."

After the emperor finished saying this, he ignored Xia Shouzhong who was kneeling on the ground, turned around and went back to the inner palace.And Gao Yun, the little eunuch who was following the emperor, squinted at Xia Shouzhong before going out with the emperor, thinking how to slander Xia Shouzhong in front of the emperor and take away half of Xia Shouzhong's power.

Xia Shouzhong didn't dare to stand up until the emperor had left for a long time.Then he went back to his room silently, that time he was also a little bit chilled, he could be said to have dedicated himself to the emperor, he never thought that the emperor would be so ruthless.

While several military ministers were on their way out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zuodu Censor Shi Tianye quickly came to Jia Ke, and said loudly: "Master Jia, I misread you before. I didn't expect that among so many military ministers, Only you and I are truly serving the country and the people."

Tian Ye agreed with Jia Ke's two suggestions to the emperor just now at the Golden Palace, but the emperor was afraid that the forces behind these people would compromise, which made Tian Ye feel very angry.Now he felt that if there were more treacherous ministers like Xiang Jia Ke in the world, the world would be more peaceful.

As the censor of Zuodu, Tian Ye knew very well about the government of officials in today's world, and now it has reached the point where it must be rectified, otherwise the government will force the people to rebel in the long run.

The current emperor is also a man of courage, but now his energy is all focused on fighting Jia Ke.I no longer care about other things.

After Tian Ye and Jia Ke exchanged a word, they stopped talking and walked towards the military plane silently.

And the others didn't speak, especially the emperor's confidantes in the Military Aircraft Department, they now understood what happened in Dongnuange just now.At this time, the emperor had already colluded with the Minister of the Household Department, but he didn't discuss such a big matter with his confidantes.This caused a slight sense of loss in their hearts.

Their loss is not the most important thing. The main problem now is that although it seems that this year's tax hole has been filled, the hidden dangers are too great.Whether it is the defense of the north or the problem of the river course.As long as there is any problem in these two places, it may cause turmoil in the court.

Liu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, now really disagrees with the emperor's method. This idea is simply to kill three hundred enemies and hurt one thousand.All he could hope now was that the Tartars would not invade, and that this year the rains would not be as heavy as in previous years.Otherwise, relying on these embankments built when the country was founded, I am afraid it will not be enough to prevent the invasion of heavy rain.

And the old Hanlin Meng Ming was also furious now, when they walked to the gate of the Military Aircraft Department.The old Hanlin suddenly cupped his hands and said to them: "Everyone, today's matter is of great importance. I'm afraid I have to report it to the Supreme Emperor. I won't go to the military aircraft department today. If there is nothing important to deal with, I will take care of it first." Farewell."

Seeing that old Meng Ming didn't hide anything, everyone directly said that they would file a complaint with the Supreme Emperor.Everyone feels a little cute about his character.

After bidding farewell to everyone, old Meng Ming went directly to the outside of the Qianqing Palace, as if asking the eunuch there to inform him of his entry into the Ningshou Palace.Soon a eunuch came out and led him into the harem.

And Liu Wan, Minister of the Household Department, doesn't want to stay here anymore. Now the five military ministers have opinions on him, and his future life can be imagined.His only thought now is to hug the emperor's thigh, hoping that when he is in trouble in the future, the emperor can help him.

(End of this chapter)