Vol 2 Chapter 100: Recommend

Two moments in time!
Outside the Meridian Gate, the cold wind howled.
The officials of Beijing successively rode horse-drawn carriages to the palace, and then walked to the Meridian Gate.
The howling cold wind was like a scraping steel knife, swaying the lantern hanging on the tower and the stone lamp by the roadside, and the torch in the hand of the guard shook violently.
Officials are wrapped in thick cloaks and wearing windproof hats. Careful people can find that everyone wears them plainly, regardless of their rank or power.
The big cloak is made of wool and the hat is made of rat skin.
People in Beijing who are a little more generous can also wear this outfit.
The attitude of the Beijing officials is very obvious. Everyone is poor. Where can the money be donated?
At this time, there was still half an hour before the meeting, and the officials gathered in twos and threes and discussed in low voices.
The Yushi who supervised the order turned a blind eye to this.
"Tian Tian Chao will, your majesty is determined to toss us."
"Yeah, or else, just donate some silver, it's not too much..."
"Master Yang is confused. He said that he only asked us to donate salary for three months. In fact, it was his majesty's scheming plan. I only ask you. At that time, Wang Shoufu offered to donate one year's salary. Do you respond or not? Respond? I really thought that this donation would be enough? It was just prying my mouth open first."
"This... Master Zhu is right, and Yang understands it."
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"This matter must not be relaxed, just as we discussed yesterday. As long as we follow the steps of the princes, do not let go and not yield, your Majesty will grind us a few more days at most."
"Oh, the official has two sleeves and a breeze. The house I live in is still rented. The capital is already short of food. I will donate my salary later, how can I live?"
"Like Master Zhao, I am a scholar with two sleeves."
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"Several adults, it's freezing cold in this day, and the officer's body is unwell. I really can't bear it. Why don't you just donate it as your Majesty wants."
This is an official who is in a wait-and-see state and is biased towards donations.
The officials around him immediately showed an angry face: "Master Li is too confused. Snow disasters continue everywhere, lack of food, charcoal and silver. With our meager salary, how can we fill the treasury?"
"Master Li only saw what was in front of him, but didn't think deeper. The reason why the princes gritted their teeth is really a precedent. There will be two if one is one, and three if there are two. After a while, your majesty is short of money, come again Donate, shall I wait to drink Northwest Wind?"
"Such a simple truth, that Shu Ji Shi Xu New Year can't understand it."
"I don't understand where I can't. It's obviously pretending to be deaf, just to please your Majesty."
"This son is self-righteous, relies on his cousin's prestige, and has no eyes. Recently, I approached Master Shoufu again, and he was a little airy."
"Hey, I'm not a son of man."
An official gave a spit.
On the other side, Zhang Xingying, who was promoted to Yushi Yushi, walked slowly towards Liu Hong, and sighed in a low voice:
"His Royal Highness has a very good idea. If we can call on the scholar-official class to donate, and then local governments can call on the gentry to donate, with the money and food, the disaster can be greatly alleviated and the refugees can be curbed.
"As long as they survive this winter, the people will see the hope of spring plowing, and they won't mess around everywhere.
"It's a pity that your Majesty has just ascended the throne. His prestige is not enough and his foundation is unstable. Wei Gong has passed away again. Otherwise, joining forces with Wang Shoufu will surely promote donations.
"Now... Well, the people under our hands are also dissatisfied."
His Royal Highness Huaiqing urged Xu Erlang to play, and these former Wei Dang did not know it at first.
Several key personnel discussed afterwards, always believing that this plan would be difficult and would encounter great obstacles.
First of all, it is extremely difficult to squeeze wool from the pockets of civil and military officials. Everyone came from the Yuanjing Emperor's period. Can you know each other's virtues?
Eat and take cards to make money.
Dafeng's national strength has been weakened, is it really the emperor's pot? The first emperor went wrong, and the people underneath followed him.
Usually it is too late to accumulate money. I hope to get a handful of wool from these old gluttons, and I can imagine the resistance.
Secondly, this "cold disaster" that almost killed the last straw of the camel, who knows when it will end, it's only a month in winter, and the colder time has not yet come.
At that time, the court still has no money, what will your majesty do? Call for donation again?
Finally, this is essentially a court game.
The emperor and officials actually belong to two opposing camps. The fact that the new monarch made such an appearance made the civil official group smell a bit of a bad taste.
Whether it is out of position or love of money, instinctive resistance and resistance.
Not to mention Emperor Yongxing, Emperor Yuanjing did this when he was in power, and he would also encounter resistance.
Liu Hong glanced at the officials who gathered together and whispered to each other:
"Perhaps, at this time, His Royal Highness Huaiqing is watching with cold eyes. Who approve of donations; who approve in their hearts but dare not offend the public; who are stingy enough to refuse to spit out a penny."
Zhang Xingying suddenly said: "She knows that this plan is not feasible?"
He frowned: "In this case, wouldn't it hurt Xu Cijiu."
Liu Hong smiled and said, "It's not that he has Wang Shoufu backing him. At most, he will sit on the bench for a few years."
Zhang Xingying nodded and sighed:
"The official still hopes that this can be done. The treasury is really out of money. Now the refugees are rioting everywhere, and there are signs of chaos in the country. If it is not eliminated soon, it will be chaos sooner or later."
Liu Hong showed a meaningful smile. At this moment, a commotion in the distance attracted the two.
Liu Hong and Zhang Xingying squinted their eyes and looked over. They saw a young official in a green robe standing aggressively in front of Xu Xinnian who also dressed in a green robe, shouting bitterly and spitting.
Liu Hong's eyes were not so good. After looking at it for a long time, he asked:
"Who is that?"
Zhang Xingying smiled and said, "Jinke investigating flowers, Qian Mu."
Liu Hong also laughed:
"It's the stunned young people who write notes and sue the officials for corruption and accept bribes, and bring out all the officials?
"It seems that I have been sitting on a cold bench for a long time, and my can't bear the cold, so I came here to vote."
Zhang Xingying shook his head: "Being a gunman. There will be benefits in a short period of time. In the long run, he, angered Your Majesty, he still wants to have some good fruits."
Liu Hong smiled and said, "It's okay. You can be a good official if you set up a certificate of voting and join the Youth Party. As long as you keep a low profile, your Majesty can still stare at him?"
Talking and laughing are lively here, and on the other side are tense.
Qian Mu pointed to Xu Xinnian, aggressively:
"In the cold, the incorruptible people in North Korea are short of rice and charcoal. Not everyone is like Xu Tanhua. There are thousands of dollars in the family.
"Three months of salary, how do you let your colleagues who have two sleeves spend this winter?"
Without waiting for the New Year to speak, he sneered and said sarcastically:
"In order to please your Majesty, you came up with such a ridiculous plan, Xiao Ren Er. This official is at the same time as you, and feels shameless."
The officials on the sidelines echoed.
Xu New Year's face was expressionless and said: "This official is for the people of Li Min, and he has a clear conscience."
"What a clear conscience!"
Qian Mu laughed three times and said loudly: "The official is willing to disperse the family property, fill the treasury, and help the victims. Xu Tanhua, since you have a clear conscience, since you are the people of the Li people, dare you dare to be like the official and use up all your possessions? Donate?"
After saying this, there was a loud voice around:
"Master Qian is very handsome."
"Master Qian is righteous."
One after another narrow eyes looked at Xu New Year.
Xu Xinnian frowned. Qian Mu's words were really rascal. Xu's family had a lot of shops, fertile fields, and the chicken essence left by the eldest brother to pay dividends. What did the other party have?
Although it is not impoverished, but after sitting on a cold bench for so long, the family probably only has a few buckets of meters and a few taels of silver.
But he couldn't reason, because neither Qian Mu, the people behind him, or the officials around him were not reasonable.
People are here to find fault.
If you ignore it, maybe after the meeting, he promises that he will be another "hypocrite" in the new year.
At this moment, Wang Shoufu came over, did not speak, just glanced at the surrounding officials indifferently.
The officials were silent immediately.
Qian Mu smiled, no matter what Xu New Year should not say, what he wanted to express has been conveyed.
After that, there was no more movement until the time came when the drums rang.
The civil and military officials remained silent, crossed the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and lined up from rank to rank.
Only that handful of people can enter the Golden Temple.
Xu Xinnian, as one of the core figures of this storm, was also allowed to enter the hall, but he had to stand at the entrance of the hall.
With the princes entering the hall, Emperor Yongxing arrived a few minutes later.
Sitting high in the dragon chair, overlooking the ministers, he said loudly:
"The disasters in various places are serious. As the king of a country, I am very sad. Do you Aiqing have a good plan for disaster relief?"
The princes and nobles underneath showed the expression of "I knew so" and made a few suggestions without pain, such as tax reduction and exemption, calling on the squire for donations and so on.
Emperor Yongxing said:
"As long as donations are required, the imperial court should set an example, and the public will set an example. In this way, the squire can be willing and can also warn officials to prevent them from filling their pockets."
Only calling on the squire to donate, no surprises, most of the money will be exploited in layers.
The leaders and honorable men of several parties came out in order and shouted "No."
At this time, Dali Siqing appeared, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, the trend of corruption in the DPRK and the prevalence of corruption have left the treasury empty, and donations to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to provide relief, you must first clean up the evil trends."
The voice fell, the militants, and the Ministry of Household Affairs appeared in the matter, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach Hanlin Academy's concubine Ji Shixu New Year and accept bribes."
No one in the hall spoke, and no one questioned what bribes the Shujishi of the Hanlin Academy could accept. It seemed that such a thing had already been expected.
The staff went out during the matter and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the Hanlin Academy concubine Ji Shi Xu Xinnian, and under the banner of Wang Shoufu, he will accept bribes."
Then, the six ministries went out one after another to impeach Xu New Year.
All the people who can stand in the Golden Luang Temple are old fried dough sticks, and they immediately understand what tricks these people are playing.
This is their counterattack.
With Xu Erlang as the starting point, he rebelled against Emperor Yongxing and Wang Shoufu.
Doing so will not completely anger Emperor Yongxing and Wang Shoufu, but can also give his own attitude, telling Emperor Yongxing that we will kill your stormtroopers and kill one by one.
At the same time, he tactfully warned Wang Shoufu that the royal party is certainly powerful, but it has not yet reached the point of covering the sky. Moreover, there are also disapproval voices in the royal party.
Does Xu New Year receive gifts?
The answer is yes.
As Wang Shoufu's future son-in-law, members of the royal party often gave him gifts, but in the officialdom, he is his own.
If he wants to join the royal party as a student of Yunlu Academy, he must not be too noble.
Although Xu New Year rejected many valuable gifts, this cannot change the facts.
"In the officialdom, cleansing is good and nothing can be done, and being in harmony with the dust is easy to become the handle of political enemies' attack and annihilation when the tide is on the cusp. Therefore, the core problem is not enough power.
"The problem to be solved is: to attract more people."
Xu Xinian suddenly felt enlightenment.
Some of the princes in the hall were observing the look of Emperor Yongxing, and some were examining Wang Shoufu.
See how they respond.
If Emperor Yongxing shelters the Xu New Year, they still have a later move, and if Wang Shoufu comes forward ~EbookFREE.me~, they will also have a later move, such as pulling him into the water and impeaching him together.
Now they are the one occupying the general trend.
No one noticed, Liu Hong went out slowly and thoughtfully:
"Your Majesty, the minister believes that Dali Temple's words are reasonable, the treasury is empty, and taxes are difficult to collect, all because of corruption and fraud and accepting bribes.
"Therefore, your majesty asks your Majesty to strictly investigate all officials and rectify the atmosphere."
Interesting...... All the ministers and honoraries in the hall looked at Liu Hong together.
This is to take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters. Liu Hong was regarded as Wei Yuan’s "heir" in the dynasty and took over Wei Yuan’s team. After the new emperor took over, many members of the former Wei party were demoted and dismissed and their power was cut. Nearly 50%.
The vacant position was divided by the royal party and various parties.
In officialdom, this is an appropriate concession.
Now that Liu Hong has stepped forward, it is obvious that the former Wei party, who is in charge of Yushitai and the guards, wants to take the opportunity to make a profit.
Emperor Yongxing smiled: "Liu Aiqing is reasonable, so keep talking."
Liu Honglang said:
"Since the death of Wei Gong, the number of officials has declined, and the minister is not as capable as Wei Gong. He has worked hard and lacks energy. I want to recommend someone to your majesty to replace the minister in charge of the government.
"To better monitor hundreds of officials."
The princes were all taken aback. This was not the line they had imagined. At this moment, Liu Hong was actually quitting the burden and surrendering the position of beating more people?
Emperor Yongxing pretended to be surprised: "Who does Liu Aiqing want to recommend?"
Liu Hong glanced at the puzzled or wary princes and honorable men, and said loudly:
"Before playing the silver gong, Xu Qi'an!"
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PS: Continue to code the next chapter, but I suggest you read it tomorrow. Because it is likely to be updated tomorrow morning, I will habitually stay until midnight and then sleep for a while. Don't wait.
I finished the nucleic acid test today and will go home in a few days.