I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

Wen Yue is relatively protective of Jiajing, but only from the perspective of a woman with maternal instincts. But even so, she does not regard Jiajing's actions as "excusable".

Some responsibilities are destined from birth. God has given you such an enviable identity, so you must bear the responsibilities that are worthy of your noble identity. At least, Wen Yue could not see Jiajing's sense of responsibility as a king.

However, while Jiajing was experiencing a touching separation of his loved ones, the situation in the cabinet was quite different and sad.

As the camera moves, at this moment in the cabinet, Xu Jie, played by the Grand Tutor, is discussing the drafting of the bill with Gao Gong, played by Bai Tianshi, and Li Chunfang, who has just joined the cabinet.

After all, Xu Jie was very clear about Jiajing's attitude. Their Qingliu Party had just gained power. If they now showed that they were inferior to the Yan Party, their future days under Jiajing would probably not be easy.

As for how much more should be added, the son of Xu Jie, who succeeded Yan Song as the Minister of Works, gave the answer: another 150 million taels.

Because Jiajing had said that the Ministry of Works had to complete the construction of two palaces and two Taoist temples this year, which would cost 310 million yuan. Obviously, this was Jiajing's last bottom line, but they only allocated 160 million yuan to Jiajing to repair the palaces forever. The other 150 million yuan could only be drawn from the state, officials, and the people.

"So what do you think? Should we cut the salaries owed to officials, cut the military supplies for the war, or let the refugees and civilians in the disaster area starve to death?!"

The temper of Master Bai Tian, ​​who played Gao Gong, also erupted at this moment. He almost shouted his lines, and even the sky outside was filled with thunder, as if everyone present would be struck to death if he was not satisfied in the next moment.

Moreover, this time, there was no Lu Fang to cover for them, so a few old foxes immediately came up with a makeshift plan after discussing it - everyone would share the money, and everyone would suffer a little, so that they could barely get by, and they could also solve the emperor's problem.

"The Ministry of War can allocate 500,000." At this moment, Li Chunfang, who took over the position of Zhang Juzheng played by Wen Yue in the Ministry of War, took the lead in expressing his opinion, but the solution he proposed made everyone outside the screen feel unacceptable.

"The Ministry of War sent a letter to Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, telling them not to take the initiative to attack Haisi this year. They should defend a few fortresses and prevent Haisi first."

"——Permission granted." Xu Jie, played by the Grand Tutor, spoke these two words with a slightly heavier tone even though he was acting. However, he still agreed with his eyes closed.

However, the words that made the Taifu who played Xu Jie even more stressed were yet to come. He turned his gaze to Gao Gong played by Bai Tianshi. Similarly, even though he was just acting, Bai Tianshi's temper was as fierce as thunder as always, especially when discussing something like "abandoning the country and family for the king", Bai Tianshi was even more out of touch with his temper.

But the Grand Tutor still gritted his teeth and asked Master Bai Tian, ​​"Mr. Su, can you pay less of the salaries owed to the officials this time?"

When Master Bai Tian heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched. Although this was a question, it was actually an order. With Li Chunfang's first statement, she could only hold back her displeasure and said sullenly:

"Now that we've come to this, is there anything else we can do?"

"Officials at the various ministries in the capital, provincial inspectors, provincial governors, and provincial procurators in other provinces will not receive any salary this year! Officials below the fourth rank in the capital will receive half of their salary, and local officials below the fourth rank will receive the full salary!"

"Otherwise, they will let go and be greedy!"

Master Bai Tian hates evil and hates evil. Chen Qi originally thought that she was the most suitable person to play Gao Gong, the most "pure" among the pure. However, Master Bai Tian herself looked down on Gao Gong very much. She felt that Gao Gong compromised in the face of the powerful and wealthy, and had a sense of justice but did not know how to display it, which did not suit her temperament at all.

If it was Master Bai Tian who was asked to discuss such matters, she would definitely kill all the treacherous officials here with her Originium skills. She is a person who cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes.

But in any case, Gao Gong also squeezed out 40 yuan, so the remaining 60 yuan would undoubtedly all be borne by the victims.

Now, the one in charge of these tasks is Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling. Xu Jie also handed this most offensive problem to her, saying: "This involves the people in the disaster-stricken areas and the people in the areas with harsh taxes. Does the Ministry of Revenue have any solution?"

Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling, obviously knew that this was something that was doomed to be reviled no matter what she did. However, now that she had replaced Yan Shifan's other work in the Ministry of Revenue, she had no choice but to agree with a reluctant look.

"It seems that Zhao Zhenji, who wants to 'make the people suffer', also knows that if he fails to handle it well, it will easily provoke a popular uprising."

Looking at the camera, Xi, who had always disliked the role of Zhao Zhenji, saw that the actor was in trouble. At this moment, she ignored the fact that the actor was her sister, and said with a gloating expression.

It's not just Xi, in fact, everyone present has no good feelings towards Zhao Zhenji played by Ling. But their attitude is different from Xi's. They are all people from Dayan. They know that Zhao Zhenji is in trouble, but they still made this decision. Then the people who suffered from the disaster will probably have a harder time.

And now, the only thing that is worthy of consolation...maybe it is her, Zhao Zhenji. At least she still has some concerns. Although she always "makes the people suffer" when she is in the scenes in Zhejiang City, she still knows what should be done and what should not be done.

"But it doesn't seem that simple." However, Nian always felt that something was wrong. He moved closer to the supervisor Chen Qi and asked in a low voice:

"When Zhao Zhenji was in Zhejiang City, she abandoned the people to figure out the emperor's intentions without hesitation. Now, she doesn't have to sell all the 600,000 silver coins. Is she really worried?"

"You'll know if you keep watching." In response to this, Chen Qi just smiled mysteriously. After all, the next scene would be a reconciliation between a few people and Jiajing. The answer that Nian was curious about would soon be revealed.

However, the conversation between Chen Qi and Nian also fell into the ears of everyone present at this moment. The Great Yan Emperor immediately realized that what Nian said was not unreasonable. Judging from Zhao Zhenji's previous performance, his dilemma now is not how the people will live, but how to squeeze out 600,000, or even more!

After all, it was obvious that Zhao Zhenji was thinking about rising all the way. The Great Yan Emperor also narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the big screen intently, and the only little comfort in his heart disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Soon, with a turn of the camera, the screen began to play the second day's scenes in the play. At this moment, Zhao Zhenji and others also came to Xiyuan and officially began to respond to the decision they made yesterday.

The first one to come forward was the Ministry of War, which Li Chunfang was in charge of. However, the Ministry of War cut its expenditure by 500,000 yuan, saying that it would "hold on and not leave". However, when reporting on work, it was undoubtedly not allowed to do so. Therefore, Li Chunfang cleverly changed the way he said it, saying:

"The Ministry of War recalculated the money yesterday and overnight. We don't need to spend that much money right now. The Deep Sea Church in Haisi and Dongguo has been weakened after the last siege. Ursus and the demons in the north have not made any moves yet. Yumen is also strong and fortified."

"We can reduce the amount by 500,000 yuan and use it to build the Wanshou Palace and Renshou Palace."

"--clang."

As soon as Li Chunfang finished speaking, the sound of bronze chimes rang out slowly in the Jingshe. Chen Hong, played by Lin Qingyan, now proudly approved the bill and got his fill of power.

After Li Chunfang finished, it was time for Master Bai Tian to play Gao Gong. Now, Master Bai Tian was forcing herself to suppress her temper by saying, "This is just acting." But outside the house, the sky was overcast and thunder roared. She squeezed out words from between her teeth in a sullen manner, saying:

"Officials from all departments in the two capitals are willing to temporarily not receive their outstanding salaries. Some officials from well-off families can also temporarily not receive their outstanding salaries."

"Therefore, the Ministry of Personnel can also reduce 400,000 taels to relieve the emperor and his father's worries, and allocate funds to the Ministry of Works... to repair the palaces and temples."

"--clang."

As Gao Gong finished speaking, another bronze bell rang. At this moment, everyone's eyes could not help but fall on Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling, because she was responsible for the largest amount, and how to properly deal with the people was the most concerned issue for everyone.

However, Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling, walked forward calmly. However, when he opened his mouth, he said something that no one expected:

"The provinces that have been hit by disasters this year and the provinces that have been overtaxed must be appeased, and the money that should be allocated must be allocated in full."

As soon as these words came out, all the audience outside the screen were a little surprised. Even the Emperor of Dayan was a little surprised that Zhao Zhenji would say this. He asked with some doubt:

"…Has she changed her character? Or has she found her conscience? This shouldn't be the case. This incident shouldn't have had much impact on Zhao Zhenji. How could she sacrifice her future and refuse to please Jiajing?"

However, the second after the Great Yan Emperor and the others had just come up with such thoughts, Ling suddenly changed the subject, immediately dispelling their changes of mind, and said:

"The way of heaven has always been to take from the rich and give to the poor. Among the two capitals and thirteen provinces of Great Yan, there are also wealthy provinces. The Ministry of Revenue has already sent letters to several wealthy provinces, asking them to take out some surplus funds from their respective treasuries or allocate more surplus grain from their granaries to help the provinces that have suffered disasters and are overtaxed."

"In this way, the Ministry of Revenue can also allocate 600,000 taels to the Ministry of Works."

Not only the people outside the screen, but also Jiajing, played by Wei Yanwu in the play, smiled with interest when they received such an answer.

Obviously, Zhao Zhenji's answer hit the mark exactly. This plan, which could achieve the king's goal while taking the people into consideration at the same time, was the best method for Jiajing, who wanted both money and face.

In the play, Xu Jie, Gao Gong and others also looked at Zhao Zhenji in surprise - you were in a dilemma last night, how did you solve such a difficult problem all of a sudden today?

However, Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling, also gave an explanation. It turned out that a month ago, she had already informed the wealthy provinces in advance and arranged everything.

"They also said: 'Relieve the worries of the emperor and father, and relieve the suffering of the disaster victims'. It is our duty!"

As Zhao Zhenji, played by Ling, finished speaking, the sound of Jiajing's bronze chime rang out again soon, but this time it was different from the past. The bronze chime gradually rang out four times, each one louder than the last, enough to prove how good Jiajing's mood was at the moment.

This scene also made everyone in and out of the play react... It turned out that Zhao Zhenji had guessed the emperor's intentions and had already guessed that this scene would happen. She wanted to seize this opportunity so that when she reported her work to Jiajing, she could perform well, prove her talent, and get promoted!

And now, the sound of Jiajing's four bronze chimes was enough to prove that Zhao Zhenji's judgment was correct. This time, she might really be able to enter the cabinet...

"I stepped on the suffering of the people and took advantage of the country's difficulties, just to get into the cabinet."

"Well, well done, Zhao Zhenji... If I were to see a beast in human form like you in the court, I would not keep you!"

And now, seeing that this scene has come to an end, the Great Yan Emperor, who was planning to announce the list of officials to be executed immediately, unexpectedly found the second type of officials he wanted to kill.

In the eyes of Emperor Da Yan, Zhao Zhenji in the play is a potential minister who is harmful to the country because he is only concerned about his future and ignores other ministers in order to please the king.

Jiajing wanted money and face, so he had to take care of the people. What if the king ignored the people and only cared about his own interests? As the king's "accomplice", how would Zhao Zhenji treat the people?

This time, the Emperor of Dayan saw clearly another group of ministers in the Dayan officialdom, and Zhao Zhenji was the representative of this type of minister. He changed his stance according to the wind and had no stance as a Dayan official. If foreigners bribed such people with higher benefits, could he expect ministers like them to stick to the bottom line?

However, the most urgent matter for the Great Yan Emperor at the moment is to kill those who should be killed first. As for the scenes...

"Director Chen Qi, I'll leave my work to you for the next few months. I have important things to do."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will send the videotapes as usual in the next few months."

Chen Qi also bowed and watched the Great Yan Emperor leave. Now, "The Great Yan Dynasty" is approaching the final scene, and Chen Qi will of course prepare well for this final drama.

Hai Rui's final awakening and explosion will soon be put on the big screen. Before the Great Yan Dynasty comes to an end, it will bloom once more vigorously! It will show all the kings of the Terra continent the true backbone of the Great Yan literati!

PS: Today is the first chapter! (5k words long chapter, please subscribe~)

And for this part, I really hope that those of you who haven't watched "The Ming Dynasty 1566" can go and watch this performance in the th episode. The crying scenes in the original dramas didn't need to be thrilling. Just a few words and actions were enough to move people. Now look at the crying scenes in the current dramas... (Old man frowns on the subway)

Volume 322: Chapter : The scene of flogging officials, Jiajing's way of defending the imperial power

For several months, the Emperor of Dayan no longer cared about Chen Qi's matters regarding the filming. He believed that Chen Qi, Wei Yanwu and others would not let him down, and for him, the filming of "Dayan Dynasty" this time had achieved the expected results.

The reason why Emperor Dayan asked Chen Qi to come to Dayan Palace to film in the beginning, and he agreed even though he knew that Chen Qi wanted to film this kind of TV series which could be called "treasonous", was so that Chen Qi could help him sort out all the potential hidden dangers of Dayan.

And now, the answer Chen Qi gave to the Emperor of Dayan was obviously quite successful. In just less than a year, the Emperor of Dayan solved two major corruption cases with the help of "The Dayan Dynasty", and strangled the newly rising corruption in Dayan in the cradle.

The more important gain was that the Great Yan Emperor understood how important it was to cultivate his own confidants, how to grasp the information of officials, and how to control their lifelines... All of this allowed the Great Yan Emperor to gradually master the means of consolidating imperial power and understand the importance of consolidating imperial power.

He knew that he could still control the people under him, but he also had to consider his descendants. Jiajing's deeds made him realize that heirs must be trained early, especially now that he was under his feet, the biggest worry of Da Yan, and he needed to race against time to train the next generation of heirs for Da Yan.

——Even if! Even if he didn't want to be the emperor, his failure to have children was a silent protest to his brother, but he had to express his opinion on the state affairs.

"My brother and his wife have not given birth to a child because they are afraid that I will be wary of them... After all, he is the legitimate heir. If I don't give birth to a child, he and his wife will definitely not dare to do so either."

"However, regardless of what my brother thinks, just looking at how much my sister-in-law loves Director Chen Qi and her two nieces, Tallulah and Chen Huijie, I'm sure she has this idea."

"So if you want my brother to compromise on this issue, besides letting him become the emperor, the only way is to formally recognize his identity as 'Wei Yanwu'?"

In the past few months, the Emperor of Dayan has dealt with the corruption case and killed, dismissed, and exiled sixty or seventy officials from top to bottom, which can be regarded as terminating the hidden financial problems of Dayan. The biggest problem he is thinking about now is about Wei Yanwu.

The filming of "The Great Yan Dynasty" is about to be completed, and when the show is over, Wei Yanwu will definitely escape first as expected. However, this time, the Emperor of Great Yan has given up paying attention to him.

The Great Yan Emperor thought that he could not detain Wei Yanwu. After all, many people in the imperial guards respected Wei Yanwu. The Great Yan Emperor did not intend to spend too much effort to stop his brother, but planned to focus on Wen Yue.

As long as Wen Yue was stopped, Wei Yanwu would not run away even if he had the guts. Of course, the Great Yan Emperor did not want to detain Wen Yue. He only needed to stop him for a few hours and wait for him to escape from the imperial city to the border of Great Yan. Then, he would be far away from home and live a carefree life for a few years.

"Of course, this plan needs to be put on hold for the time being... My brother must still be concerned about what happened back then. If we rashly do something bad to my sister-in-law, it's possible that not only my brother will be nervous, but even Director Chen Qi will intervene."

The Great Yan Emperor muttered to himself and put Plan A aside for the time being; Plan B was more secure, which was to recognize the identity of "Wei Yanwu". From now on, Wei Yanwu's descendants could take the surname "Wei" and continue as descendants of the Duke of Protectorate.

This method is roughly equivalent to the Great Yan Emperor creating a new branch of retainers for himself. Due to the blood relationship between the two, he does not have to worry about Wei Yanwu's rebellion, and Wei Yanwu can also give his child the surname "Wei", so that he and Wen Yue can officially have children.

Moreover, also because of this bloodline, if a crisis breaks out in the future and the Emperor of Dayan dies a violent death, Wei Yanwu can always take the child back to the imperial city to ensure that Dayan will not be leaderless.

In this way, Wei Yanwu can not only become emperor in the future, but he also has enough time to train his own offspring, so that Dayan will not have to repeat the mistakes of Jiajing in the future.

Without a doubt, the Emperor of Dayan's rationality told him that this was the best way for Dayan and for his royal brother... But he was also very conflicted. This position should obviously belong to his royal brother. He should be the one to be an idle prince and guard the country's borders. Why should he be so frightened until his death, while his royal brother, who was so talented, could live without worries?

He was not convinced, so Plan B had to be put on hold for the time being. It all depended on whether his Plan A could be successfully implemented...

"……His Majesty?"

"Well, ahem, I was distracted."

However, the Emperor of Dayan came back to his senses after hearing a word from the Grand Tutor. Now he was still in the hall, and all the officials had already lined up, staring at the big screen beside him.

Yes, after nearly half a year, the Emperor of Dayan finally played "The Great Yan Dynasty 1566" to all officials again, because he knew that the corruption case had been solved, and now it was time to let all officials know the truth and watch the drama promised by Director Chen Qi.

What is being broadcast now is the 38th episode. In order to build palaces and temples for Jiajing, the court withheld expenses from various departments, one of which was the salaries of officials that had been in arrears for a year.

And now, the time has finally come to back pay the salaries. The officials serving in the imperial city have been looking forward to it for a long time, but when they finally heard the fact that they had been owed a year's salary, they were all angry.

"Two dou of rice, two boxes of candy, and ten strings of copper coins for each person. To be honest, no family can survive the New Year with these things, let alone them."

All these things were worth about three taels of silver, and these officials generally owed more than twenty taels of salary. Obviously, whoever took this job would be the first to be scolded by the person responsible for paying the salaries.

This time, the person who was responsible for distributing salaries and accepting the anger of all officials was assigned by Zhao Zhenji to Hai Rui. Obviously, Zhao Zhenji used Hai Rui as a pawn, purely to take revenge for the Zhejiang case, because Hai Rui's involvement made him lose the opportunity to join the cabinet.

Fortunately, Wang Yongji, played by Huang, stood up at the critical moment to stop these officials and spoke a fair word for Hai Rui, played by Chen Huijie.

"Do you know who you beat up? You can get three bags of rice for the New Year, but she can't even get half a bag of rice, do you know that?!"

It turns out that Hai Rui, played by Chen Huijie, was reported by Zhao Zhenji for the Liubiju incident, and was fined half a year's salary for "making irresponsible comments on the emperor's will." This made Hai Rui, who was already poor, even worse.

These officials all knew Hai Rui's name, and seeing that he was even poorer, naturally no one would embarrass him. After all, it's not a problem if your brothers live in hardship, it's a problem if your brothers drive a Land Rover. Seeing that Hai Rui was suffering more than them, their anger suddenly turned into sympathy and they kept their distance from him.

And in the end, the result of all this was that the situation began to gradually spiral out of control. Officials in the capital who were not even at the sixth rank gathered together in indignation, planning to join the cabinet together!

"The father and son of the Yan family have controlled the government for twenty years. They have been corrupt and embezzled money without limit! In May, the homes of some of them were confiscated and converted into silver, amounting to tens of millions of taels!"

"We are fighting against the evil spirits in the north and Haisi in the south. There is no military pay! There is no money to comfort so many disaster victims and refugees."

"Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Li Chunfang, Zhao Zhenji, what are these cabinet members doing? What are those officials from the six ministries and nine departments doing?"

"Here, we are making trouble just because one person can't celebrate the New Year - it's better not to be this official!"

"If we want to fight, we should fight for the affairs of the Great Yan Dynasty! We should fight for the people of the world! We won't fight for the salary owed to us. No one will die if we don't celebrate the New Year. Let's go to the cabinet and ask them if they still care about the country of Great Yan!"

It must be said that this speech was deafening. For the cabinet, although these officials were in the capital, their highest official rank was only the sixth rank. In countries like Victoria, they were just insignificant civil servants, and they only had some power when they were working in the capital.

But now, someone actually took the lead and voluntarily gave up this coveted official position, and even said that they would initiate a liquidation of the cabinet for the sake of the country and the country. At this moment, the backbone of the Great Yan civil officials, which was incomprehensible to many foreign civil officials, actually set off a storm!

After all, they could not even fill their stomachs, they could not even care about their salary arrears, they could not even give up their positions, but they launched a liquidation against a group they could not possibly defeat for the sake of national justice. This kind of courage is not something that officials of all dynasties have.

But the officials of Dayan could understand and even empathize with them. Many of them were so excited that they wanted to get into the painting and argue with the ministers in the cabinet or even with Jiajing. They were all upright officials of Dayan! The censor of Dayan even regarded death as a great cause!

If you are not afraid of death, why would you be afraid of losing your official uniform? At least the officials of Dayan nowadays generally have this awareness, and they are full of passion and want to serve the country.

Wang Yongji, played by Huang, was also excited by this scene, but unexpectedly, Hai Rui, played by Chen Huijie, stopped her.

"I'm not going, and you shouldn't go either...it's useless."