Chapter 155: The Emperor's Means
While enjoying Mr. Yun’s mysterious massage, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly felt like taking the exam and said, “Yun Yang, you said… Now that the national treasury is empty, not only is the military expenses, food and salary, but the flood also needs a lot of silver relief. How should this matter be handled?”
Yun Yang was still thinking about the portrait in His Majesty's study. He was guilty and instinctively answered, saying without thinking: "What's the difficulty? Just like this, this, everything can be solved easily. Moreover, now His Majesty's butcher's knife is hanging in the air. Whoever dares to jump out to object is the one who deserves to be damned. He is just using his sword to start the surgery. I believe that the person who jumped out will not be clean and confiscated his wealth will be of little help to this time."
When His Majesty the Emperor and Marshal Qiu heard Yun Yang's countermeasures, they subconsciously looked at each other and saw the surprise in the other's eyes.
This kid, this plan is amazing!
Can you grasp the affairs of the court so accurately? And your methods are ruthless and your key points.
Talent!
There is also the final word for the money that confiscated the lead, which is simply the finishing touch, and it is really true!
"Yun Yang, do you intend to enter the court to become an official?" His Majesty the Emperor asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"No." Yun Yang was startled: "This... If I become an official, I would probably... I would have to be beheaded by His Majesty in a few days... This, my nephew's offensive ability is truly extraordinary. Going to an official means something is wrong. It's better to save this trouble..."
His Majesty the Emperor and Marshal Qiu laughed together.
Neither of them was offended by Yun Yang's rejection, and even thought that Yun Yang's answer was reasonable. Think seriously about it, this guy is indeed not suitable to be an official. If he put it seriously in front of others, he would be targeted by someone who is interested... He gave up the idea of letting Yun Yang become an official or joining the army.
The next morning.
Morning court.
His Majesty the Emperor really proposed two things.
First, the soldiers’ pay, pensions, and rewards; second, the relevant follow-up funds for flood disasters.
The Minister of Revenue, who suddenly heard these two major mountains hit each other, almost went crazy.
Your Majesty, you only have that little money now, how can you deal with it, isn’t enough to spend?
Even if you make up for a penny, it's not enough!
So, on the other hand, a civil servant jumped out and said, putting state affairs first and the people first, the soldiers were wronged for a few months, I believe the soldiers would understand..."
As usual, this was just the beginning of a daily fight, but today's Emperor is very different from the past. He was furious and directly took down the official in that area.
"What I need to discuss state affairs is that you will give advice instead of blindly shirking responsibility. What I need is a good way to take into account both sides, not to let you use your words of benevolence, righteousness, morality and sensation to get rid of the loyalty of these soldiers of war!"
Under the unexpected and frightened eyes of all the officials, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly stood up, overlooking the hall, carrying his hands on his back, and said leisurely: "Take him down! The house is raided, and the whole family is filled with troops!"
"Your Majesty is kind!"
A group of people stood up and pleaded with mercy.
"Soldiers need rewards, floods need to be managed; when the country is in crisis, the storm is in turmoil; when facing this great disaster, you must have thunder means to deal with it! If this is not the case, how can you clear the inside and work hard to the outside world?"
"We can find a way without money. But without soldiers and generals and people, then, is there Yutang Kingdom?"
"This guy is shirking his responsibilities and making excuses, and not killing him, how can he calm the indignation of the soldiers? If he doesn't punish him, how can he purify the Yu Tang laws and regulations!"
"After searching this house, the confiscated silver will be filled into the treasury, and the Ministry of Revenue will allocate as soon as possible. In addition, I want to hold a donation here. I will save the cost of the palace in the next three years and will receive about one million silver; all civil and military officials and the nobles will also support one or two... and... take out some of the things that are not necessary in the palace for auction..."
"Your Majesty, no!" A censor jumped out: "Your Majesty's move greatly damages the majesty of the royal family. Your Majesty think twice."
His Majesty the Emperor said lightly: "The soldiers who fought for me on the frontier have no salary, countless warriors who died in foreign land have no pensions, and those soldiers who have made many military achievements have no rewards, without their sacrifices and dedication, how can the so-called royal majesty come from? Where the floods pass, the miserable misfortune is everywhere, and all those who die are all the people of the Yu Tang. They are the foundation of the Yu Tang, and these foundations are not there! Now the entire Yu Tang Kingdom is in a state of storm and rain, and it is shaky. The country is not a country. Do you still have to mention royal dignity to me now?!
If the country is gone, how can there be any royal majesty? Are you talking like this for royal majesty, or are you reluctant to let go of your own money? People come and take this guy down for me! Push the Meridian Gate and behead him and show him to the public!"
Cut two in a row!
"...You are my family and my pillars; now let's talk about fundraising, and you just need to say a number. Of course, don't shake the fundamentals of your beloved family. In that way, I will be uneasy and do what I can."
The ministers were dumbfounded.
This...it seems to be wrong today's opening...
His Majesty the Emperor has been nearly five years so far and has not used such thunder means.
Moreover, today's move seems to be no longer just a thundering method, but a hooligan trick.
Forced the emperor's decision.
It cannot be vetoed!
No rejection!
You just disagree, right?
OK, someone came, cut me off and searched my house. All your property is gone and your life is gone. Then we will promote the next person's fundraising.
Do you donate or not?
Donate, Your Majesty succeeded.
Don't donate...Okay, have you seen the lessons from those two cars?
Do you want to lose your personal fortune and lose your family, and you will still be infamous for the thief?
If you don’t want to stay, just submit and be obedient!
"I am willing to donate one million taels of silver." Old Marshal Qiu Jianhan jumped out first.
"I am willing to donate one million taels of silver." Leng Daoyin jumped out.
"I am willing to donate one million taels of silver." The Grand Marshal jumped out.
All the civil servants rolled their eyes and turned their eyes wildly.
How annoying these three veterans are, who doesn’t know the details of you three?
Although all these three brothers have good salaries and are also external, most of your money is used to help the remnants of the army and the martyrs and widows.
Where do you have so much money? Why do you have one million taels of silver for one mouth?!
You are so capable, why don’t you go to heaven?!
I didn’t underestimate you. If you three old men can get 500,000 taels of cash, we are willing to hang ourselves together!
This is clearly the entrustment of His Majesty the Emperor...
But you did this to force us into the cracks!
"The three Qing families are indeed my right-hand man, I feel no comfort!" His Majesty the Emperor was very happy.
"The old minister has only a few families, and over the years... he has not saved much... he just donated 500,000 taels of silver." The Grand Master sighed softly.
In terms of military generals, there are already three giants taking the lead, with a strong momentum and a very popular one.
If there is no one to set an example for the civil officials...
So in this court in the future, wouldn’t it be a one-sided and one-man rule for military generals?
And it is a one-sided tendency that His Majesty the Emperor has.
This is absolutely not possible. Even though the Taishi was reluctant, he still took the lead in donating 500,000 taels of silver!
"My minister, pledge a hundred thousand."
"My minister, pledge 200,000."
...
This is exactly what Yun Yang thought of last night.
"Your Majesty can do this. When the morning court brings the shortfall of the national treasury to the table, someone will definitely jump out to disturb the matter. Your Majesty can kill this messing stick... Then naturally confiscate his property and confiscate the Ministry of Revenue; then he will ask the ministers to raise funds. I believe that someone will still jump out to cause trouble. This person has a good position. Your Majesty does not want to kill, so he only needs to scold one or two. But if the one jumps out, it happens that the kind of person is not open to the eyes. It happens that His Majesty wants to kill him. Then His Majesty can kill another one... As long as there are two old marshals as entrusting... This matter will be done. This method can at least solve the urgent problem. There are many ministers in the court who have money..."
"Who is not afraid of death? How many people can really sacrifice their lives and money? I remember this trick that His Majesty has used before..."
His Majesty the Emperor had a dark face for a long time at that time.
He did use this trick at the beginning, but this kid said everything about it. How can His Majesty the Emperor bear it?
I am also shameful, okay...
That's why His Majesty the Emperor asked, do you want to be an official?
As long as you have the desire to be an official and really become an official, I can always control you, who likes to tell the truth... Yun Yang unexpectedly refused, but reasonably.
Then, it is naturally the big drama of the morning court!
The scene of the morning court, the decisive and cruel decisive scene immediately attracted the long-lost memories of the ministers...
Didn’t Your Majesty have done this once, and he was arbitrary and established his authority on the spot?
But so many years have passed, and Your Majesty has never been so unreasonable. Most of the time, he has both kindness and power, and has clear rewards and punishments. In recent years, the methods have become more and more gentle and blood are rarely seen. Why did you suddenly... start to act like a hooligan method like this?
At this moment, all the court officials had a kind of return to the period when a generation of emperors governed the country with their iron-blooded skills many years ago...
One by one, they all surrendered.
...
"My... pledge donations..." The last person to speak was Wu Lie, the Minister of Justice. At this moment, the Secretary of Wu turned red and finally made a sentence: "My... pledge donations... one hundred taels."
Most of the current pledges by pledge officials are between 100,000,200,000 and 500,000, and basically no one is lower than this amount. Unexpectedly, the Minister of Justice actually came with a price of 100 taels.
Chapter completed!