Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 56

The handover with King Yizheng was very smooth. For all kinds of questions raised by Gu Qinghua, King Yizheng answered without trouble, and the Minister of the Household Department, the scribes, and the servants had already stepped forward to explain them. Although these customary things are bad, as long as they do not have serious disadvantages and harm, Gu Qinghua has no choice but to temporarily choose to compromise and acquiesce.Everything should be done slowly, at present, she is not yet able to act vigorously.

In short, at the end of the day, no matter what the problem is, none of it has anything to do with the king of politics.It was inconvenient for Gu Qinghua to say anything, so he had to leave it at that.

After the household department received the hand, Gu Qinghua summoned the household department officials almost every day. He met all the officials, big and small, and learned a lot from them.He secretly thought about reform.

Of course, the current reform is just a seed that has just been planted in her heart, and she has not revealed a word to Xianglin, because the time is not yet ripe.The transition from the old to the new is the most unstable period. I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at her. She is not so stupid to bump into it by herself!
Unexpectedly, the stable life is only two or three months!

On the third day of July, Zhuozhou came to report that there was a severe drought, and the imperial court’s disaster relief order had not yet been issued. On the fifth day of July, Weizhou came to report again.Immediately afterwards, severe droughts were reported in Xuzhou, Danzhou, Wuling, Biyang, and Xiejun. The land was cracked, the crops withered, and the grains were not harvested. There were also plagues, rat plagues, and fires in many places. , in short, nearly one-fifth of the land in Xiguo was disaster-stricken, and nearly one-sixth of the people were in dire straits!
Rescue is like putting out a fire, Gu Qinghua hastily issued an order, ordering the King of Political Affairs and the Ministry of Households to come up with a disaster relief plan, and the money and food must be transported to the disaster-stricken area to save the people from the fire and water.

Unexpectedly, the tone of the King of Political Affairs was calm and tactful, but what he said was so angry that he was half dead. He said that the Ministry of Households was no longer under his control. What's more, he still has a lot of internal affairs to deal with, such as the affairs of the household department. After such a long time since the handover, he has also had a lot of burdens. It's better to ask His Majesty to make up his mind!

After hearing this, Gu Qinghua was so angry that his nose was about to smoke, but there was nothing he could do about it, so he glared at Liu Jia, the Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, and ordered him to quickly draw up a disaster relief plan, saving people was like putting out a fire, within three days , she will see it!
Liu Jia had seen Gu Qinghua's temper before, and immediately showed a face full of embarrassment when he heard this, glanced left and right, grinned and hesitated, as if he wanted to refuse but dared not refuse, reluctantly complied He said "yes".

Seeing that his expression was different, Gu Qinghua didn't ask him carefully in the hall, but when he came down from the court, he was announced to Zichen Palace for questioning together with the left and right servants of the household department.

"What suggestion does Liu Aiqing have for disaster relief? I think there were precedents for such things in the past years. You should quickly find the precedents when you go back, and I will take a closer look!" Gu Qinghua didn't talk nonsense, they had just entered the palace to gain a firm foothold, she then asked.

Unexpectedly, after Liu Jia accompanied Xiaoxin to say "yes", he began to hesitate to speak again.

"Liu Qing's family has something to say! What are you doing for such a big matter!" Gu Qinghua got angry and couldn't help but scold him.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Jia hurriedly knelt down and said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, there is a conventional plan for this plan. The drought is serious, and I know that relief is urgently needed, but, but this money—"

"Silver?" Gu Qinghua's eyes froze, and he said coldly: "I read the accounts in April, and I also asked you that Curry's name matches the truth. What you replied is, why? Can the money fly to the sky?" But Gu Qinghua remembered it clearly, and asked about it specifically during the handover. There is still 600 million taels of silver in the treasury, which should be enough for disaster relief.

"Your Majesty, there was no problem in April, but—" Liu Jia licked his lips, and said with difficulty: "But later, a lot of money was withdrawn one after another, and now, there are only 360 million taels of silver in the treasury. We have to prepare the salaries of hundreds of officials in Beijing—”

"Bold!" Gu Qinghua's heart sank, his palms were cold, startled and angry, he stared at Liu Jia bitterly and said: "Who gave you the courage to pay so much money, I don't know! Who will you give it to?" Hurry up? Say it!" Gu Qinghua was furious, and without even thinking about it, the shadow of the King of Political Affairs floated into his mind immediately.

Besides him, who else would dare to plot against her like this!
"No one dares," Liu Jia said with a sad face, and the two servants also knelt on the ground and bowed their heads without saying a word. "That's all, it's all in accordance with the procedures. Some of them received the approval before the handover from His Majesty, and some of them were approved by His Majesty himself. Your Majesty, I dare not lie to Your Majesty!"

"Tell me carefully!" Gu Qinghua stared at him coldly, but calmed down after hearing this.In any case, Liu Jia didn't dare to speak nonsense in front of her. Needless to say, this must be a trap set by King Yizheng. She just wondered why she fell into this trap.

Liu Jia didn't dare to hide it, and immediately said it outright. The more Gu Qinghua heard it, the more frightened he became, and the more he heard it, the more angry he became.Among them, 800 million taels were paid out of the account before she handed over, part of which was used by the Ministry of Industry to repair roads across the country, part of which was used to assist Yu State in building the border, and part of which was paid in advance to Su Yan in the north. The right to tax is equivalent to the king of the fief, but he never asked her for money.

And the remaining several million taels were actually approved from her, but they were not directly asked for money from the household department.

One is the preparations for the construction of the Tianshou Mountain Mausoleum and the winter solstice ancestor worship road, etc. The money was paid by the Ministry of Rites, and the Rites did not mention the money at all. Yes, she replied with a promise, and the Ministry of Rites took the money from the Ministry of Households based on this, but they didn't even tell her how much they took!
Gu Qinghua was so angry that he immediately questioned when the minister of the Ministry of Rites sent the question, and when he replied respectfully. He said that there are regulations made by the ancestors for the emperor to worship the ancestors and drive around. This year is His Majesty's first visit to the imperial mausoleum to pay homage, and the lineup of guards of honor should be bigger...

Gu Qinghua was so angry that he was speechless, but he could only wave his hands and order him to back down.

Unexpectedly, the money for dredging the canal, building Qinghe River, Huaihe River and other embankments also slipped away from her eyes without her knowing it!
Gu Qinghua was so angry that he couldn't say a word, he stared at Liu Jia, but he scolded the king of politics in his heart: it's all because of that old traitor!She just said, he was so kind that he was willing to spit out the meat in his mouth. So, he was waiting for her here!

"It's nothing more than the money that was spent later. Before the handover between me and the King of Political Affairs, the quotations have already been sent out. Why didn't I record it in the account? Why didn't I know when I was handed over?" Gu Qinghua was angry and asked Liu Jia coldly .

Liu Jia tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, the household department has always been like this. When the cash is not actually withdrawn from the treasury, it will not be accounted for. It will only be credited after the money is released from the treasury and signed by both parties. Weibo The minister thought that he had already told His Majesty when the king of politics was handed over, so—"

"So you're just being lazy?" Gu Qinghua sneered, the king of politics?snort!Even if she went to ask him at this time, I'm afraid he would rely on the old man and say that he was old and had forgotten about it after a serious illness. In short, he was the one who was unlucky!
"According to my will, this rule has been changed! From now on, as long as the ticket is issued, it will be clearly recorded for me regardless of whether the cash has been withdrawn or not!" Gu Qinghua said angrily.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I have remembered!" Liu Jia hurriedly replied.

Seeing that Gu Qinghua bit his lip and remained silent for a while, his eyes staring at the front as if lost in thought, Liu Jiaqiang braved his courage and said tentatively: "Then about disaster relief, Your Majesty—"

"You came to ask me?" Gu Qinghua sneered: "How did you become the secretary of the household department!" After thinking about it, he had to make up his own mind, and said with restraint: "Go back and check it first, and save everything you need quickly. , Let’s see how much we can make up, call back tomorrow! Let’s go!”

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will leave!" Liu Jia kowtowed, got up and retreated with two subordinates, and sighed inwardly: It seems that I have to work overtime tonight, alas!

Gu Qinghua was full of worries and was out of his mind. He paced back and forth in the imperial study room alone, thinking of a way, and suddenly remembered the inner palace. He hurriedly ordered Aunt Su to bring someone to deliver an order to check his small treasury. How much can you get.

Aunt Su glanced at her worriedly, and took the order to leave.

Gu Qinghua didn't want to eat dinner, and at night, he felt dizzy, his chest felt tight, his face was extremely ugly, and he started to move lazily. He just got up and wanted to walk a few steps, but his eyes went dark and he passed out. Xianglin waited to see They all froze in fright and hurriedly passed on to the imperial physician.

After the diagnosis and treatment, the imperial physician prescribed medicine, saying that it was because of acute fire and worry, which caused blood stasis, blood gas disorder, and temporarily lost consciousness and mind.

Unexpectedly, Shao Qing had already been alarmed. When the medicine was ready, Shao Qing had already come to accompany her for a long time.

Gu Qinghua couldn't help frowning when he saw the black and clear medicinal juice and smelled the strange smell, he turned his head aside and said wearily: "Who told you to cook what kind of medicine? My health is not so bad, just take a rest and it will be fine. Take it down and pour it down." Don't cook any more!" After more than a year of training, Gu Qinghua's delicate body is much better than before.

"How can this be?" Shao Qing said, bringing the medicine bowl from Xianglin's hand, and persuaded, "No matter how urgent the state affairs are, Your Majesty must take care of the dragon's body. Your face is so ugly, how can you not take medicine? "

After hearing this, Gu Qinghua raised his hand and caressed his cheek, frowned and said, "Nonsense! I'm fine! Take the medicine away!"

Shao Qing was in a dilemma, and couldn't help being a little embarrassed. You must know that Gu Qinghua had never spoken to him in such a tone, and he had never given him face.

(End of this chapter)