Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 81

"My minister, Li Hongshen, is the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He is deeply aware of the financial strain of the court. He is willing to donate 50 taels of silver to the court to solve the financial problems of the court. Although the money is not much, it is all that the minister can give. I hope that your majesty will understand this minister's devotion to the country. Heart, accept the silver."

Li Hong's words fell into the ears of all the officials in the court, and all the officials were dumbfounded. No one knew that Li Hong was a famous iron rooster, but now this iron rooster actually took out 50 taels of silver. The west side is out.

Wang Mang nodded to Li Hong with a smile, and said, "Ai Qing is really a loyal minister!"

Wang Mang's words fell into the ears of Baiguan, and Baiguan felt another feeling in their hearts, especially Zhang Jian, whose complexion was even more beautiful.

You know, just now Zhang Jiancai approached the imperial court on behalf of the officials to ask for wage arrears, saying that the officials should not be allowed to work for the court hungry, and here Li Hong donated 50 taels of silver out of his own pocket.

Moreover, Li Hong was also praised as a loyal minister by Wang Mang. If Li Hong was a loyal minister?So who are these officials who asked the emperor for money?Traitor?
The few officials in the palace looked at Wang Mang with lingering fear. It was really the emperor's tricks that were too powerful, and he quietly played tricks on the officials who claimed to be smart people, and they were slapped in the face.

Anyone with a brain would never believe that Li Hong was acting on a whim, and even Li Hong's donation to the imperial court at this time might have been ordered by the emperor.

Li Hong stood up smiling, and bought a "loyal minister" for 50 yuan, which Li Hong felt was "worth it".

A little complacently glanced at the officials, Li Hong said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the household department originally had 160 million taels of silver, and the minister donated 50 taels of silver. At present, there are 210 million taels of silver in total. The courtiers' previous budgetary expenditures totaled 180 5000 taels, plus the 10 taels promised by His Majesty to the Shangyuan Palace to build the Jardine Garden, the total expenses are 190 taels, and the remaining 5000 taels of silver."

For the 10 taels of silver in the Garden of Harmony, if Li Hong hadn’t come out to make a donation, it would have been very difficult for Wang Mang to take the 10 taels of silver out of the court at one time, but now that he has made such a donation, the 10 taels are light It was easily taken out of the court, and no official dared to talk nonsense.

Seeing that the money had already been settled and the distribution plan had been made, the courtiers knew that the situation was over, so they all set their sights on the remaining 14 taels of silver.

However, they stretched their hands too slowly, trusting Shang Shu to make Shang Yang step forward, and said loudly: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I have this performance."

"Say." Wang Mang looked at Shang Yang and said.

Shang Yang looked around the group of ministers, finally fell on Wang Mang, and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, the reform is now on the right track, but there are currently two things that hinder the progress of the reform."

"Which two jobs?" Wang Mang asked.

"The first is the lack of funds. Each of the ten reform items involved in the detailed rules of the reform requires money, but the imperial court did not have this budget before. It was Mr. Fan Li from the Ministry of Households who gave Shangshutai 1 taels of silver to start the process. Funds, although the Ministry of Household Affairs has agreed to allocate 10 taels of silver to Shangshutai for the reform, but according to my estimation, the silver is far from enough."

Shang Yang paused, and continued: "The second is that the reform has been promoted for several days, but many officials in the imperial court are very resistant to the reform. Get rid of it."

As soon as the Shang Yang opened his mouth, people would be killed. The so-called first difficulty didn’t matter. It was just a matter of asking for money. There were many officials in this hall who asked the emperor for money today, and Shang Yang was not far behind. This second difficulty is even more serious, and it is fatal!

At that time, some officials wanted to stand up and question Shang Yang, but Wang Mang's eyes lit up, and he said directly: "The question of money is easy to talk about. Isn't there still 14 taels of silver left in the Ministry of Households? Li Hong, then transfer it to Shang Shu Taiwan 5000 taels of silver, but the problem of people, I think it is a big problem. The reform is a major issue in the court, and obstructing the reform is to make the court rich and powerful. Shang Central, you boldly say, what officials are hindering it? political reform."

Wang Mang's words completely changed the faces of the courtiers. Some officials knew their own affairs well, and before Shang Yang could speak, they took the initiative to stand up and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, as far as I know, there are no officials who hinder the reform. I have some disagreements with Mr. Shang on some details."

Wang Mang glanced at this official, and knew that this person was Lan Qing, the right servant of the Ministry of War. The Lan family was a famous military family in the court. They were the famous generals after the founding of the Great Qin Kingdom. However, the descendants of later generations were incompetent. The Lan family had not had a famous general for hundreds of years. Well, even today's Lan Qing is relying on his title to sit in the position of the right servant in the Ministry of War step by step.

Article [-] of the detailed rules of the reform, rewarding military merits, formulating the military title system and the famous land system, greatly damaged the interests of heroes such as Lan Qing, who have not made any achievements for many years and relied on the glory of their ancestors to earn their living.

As the representative of this group of incompetent "Queens of Heroes" in the court, Lan Qing naturally took on the role of confronting Shang Yang.

Just after the hero?
These words may scare other people, but Wang Mang doesn't care. Since he has decided to reform, how can he care about the barking of a few miscellaneous fish.

Seeing Lan Qing standing up, Shang Yang sneered, and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, minister Shen Lan Qing Lan Shangshu does not appreciate His Majesty's kindness and hinders the reform."

"Lan Qing, is there such a thing?" Wang Mang looked directly at Lan Qing.

"There is absolutely no such thing, Your Majesty. This is Shang Yang's slander of the minister. After the minister is a hero, he has been loyal to the Great Qin for generations and is His Majesty's most loyal minister. This Shang Yang has ulterior motives and alienated the relationship between the emperor and his ministers. It is really a big traitor in the world." Evil generation, Your Majesty should kill Shang Yang to rectify the law of the country." As soon as Lan Qing gritted her teeth, she also directly flirted with Shang Yang.

Shang Yang sneered again, and said loudly: "Shang Yang's loyalty to Daqin and His Majesty can be seen in the sun and the moon. The reform is a matter ordered by His Majesty. How dare you say that you have not violated the reform? You blue Qing dare to say that you didn’t instigate your family’s children to instigate some rogues from Chang’an City to come to my Shangshutai to make trouble? Do you, Lan Qing, dare to say that you really fully support the imperial reform?”

Lan Qing was left speechless by what Shang Yang said, so she had to look at Wang Mang, and cried directly, "Your Majesty, I have been wronged, this Shang Yang is really a man with ulterior motives, Your Majesty must believe in your loyalty to His Majesty! "

"Hehe." Shang Yang sneered again, with a solemn expression, took out a memorial from his cuff, lifted it above his head, knelt down on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, here are the thirteen illegal things of the Lan family. , are all lawsuits of human life, and there is also the testimony of Lan Qing's son Lan Tian who instigated Chang'an rogues to come to Shangshutai to make trouble, please learn from your Majesty."

Deng Fang quickly presented the memorial in Shangyang's hands to Wang Mang. Although Wang Mang knew that Shangyang had found some evidence from officials, he was furious after seeing the illegal deeds committed by the Lan family. , slammed the memorial on Lan Qing's face fiercely, and cursed angrily: "People say that eating the king's salary will relieve the king's worries. Your Lan family is also a famous family in Daqin, why did you bunch of idiots come out?"

Lan Qing was dumbfounded when Shang Yang took out the memorial, but now she completely fainted when she heard Wang Mang's words.

Seeing Lan Qing's appearance, Wang Mang gave Wang Yongji a bitter look, and said, "Shen Buhai, send Lan Qing to prison immediately, and ask him, what kind of ambition and guts did he eat to dare to do such things!"

"I obey the order." Shen Buhai nodded with a complex expression.

　Let's get some recommendation tickets~
　　


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