Prime Minister

Chapter 450 The Emperor Who Reached Out For Money

From the bottom of his heart, Han Qi despised people like Ren Shouzhong, who gave himself eye drops in front of Emperor Renzong before.

However, Han Qi also felt unpredictable about the connivance of today's emperor to Ren Shouzhong.

When the son of heaven's biological father, King Pu Zhao Yunrang, passed away, it was this Shouzhong who administered the funeral.Ren Shouzhong bullied Prince Pu's sons and even amassed tens of thousands of guan, which was still not enough.

Later, this person also supported Zhao Yunchu to compete with the emperor for the throne.

Zhao Yunchu's intelligence is mediocre, Ren Shouzhong aids and establishes such a weak king, the meaning is self-evident.

However, when the emperor ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Cao used Ren Shouzhong to check and balance Han Qi, and Han Qi also asked the emperor to ask Ren Shouzhong to be the envoy of Xuanqing, and the quiet army stayed behind, and took care of the prince.

But Ren Shouzhong still didn't give up. He used Han Chong'er's fraudulent pregnancy to almost drive the emperor crazy, and collected the emperor's words that were not good for the empress dowager Cao, which made the empress dowager Cao think of abolishing the emperor.

Now that Zhang Mao is returning to the court to serve as an internal servant, the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother has eased, and the voices of the ministers in the court saying that the queen mother will return to power are louder and louder. People around Tao Tao opened the Fengchen treasury without authorization and took tens of thousands of gold beads to bribe Queen Gao Taotao.

As for the meaning of the Son of Heaven, it was obvious, seeing that Ren Shouzhong was capable of doing things, he was slick, and he would figure out what he wanted, so he actually trusted such villains as Ren Shouzhong again.

See Han Qi bluntly said that Ren Shouzhong is a villain.The emperor was just stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Ren Qing was just a little confused before, he told the whole thing from the beginning to the end, and I have forgiven him."

Han Qi looked at the emperor and thought to himself, the emperor is confused, his throne was secured by himself and others.But the emperor trusted a servant who was at odds with him and had harmed him before.

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, officials persecuted ministers and such official misfortunes were countless.

In time, Ren Shouzhong provoked the relationship between the emperor and his ministers in front of the emperor and queen...and Ren Shouzhong urged the emperor to turn his ideas on Jiao Yinjian.

The Son of Heaven smiled and said: "Duke Wei has worked hard and made great achievements. I am able to ascend the throne thanks to the support of the Duke. I will definitely repay him generously in the future. As for Ren Shouzhong, the Duke thought that he had a little meritorious service when he ascended the throne. Let him be tolerated."

Han Qi said not far or near: "Your Majesty's ascension to the throne was granted by the late Emperor himself, and the Empress Dowager praised him for his merits. Your Majesty's repayment is also to repay the late Emperor's kindness of Gu Fu, and the Empress Dowager's support!"

The Son of Heaven smiled and said, "I will never forget the late Emperor and Empress Dowager, and neither will Duke Wei."

Han Qi had nothing to say. Seeing that the emperor couldn't put it down to the "Anguo Temple Pagoda" written by Zhang Yue himself, Han Qi immediately gave up this out-of-print article that was going to be passed on to the descendants of the Han family and gave it to the emperor.

The emperor looked overjoyed, and he didn't even refuse but accepted it on the spot.

After Han Qi turned around and left the palace, Ren Shouzhong immediately entered the palace.

The emperor said to Ren Shouzhong: "The Duke of Korea has already promised not to hold you accountable."

Ren Shouzhong immediately knelt down and said, "The old minister thanked His Majesty."

The emperor smiled and said: "You are someone close to me, and I want to protect you well, so that you can work in the palace with peace of mind. I have discussed with the queen, and I plan to invite the queen mother in a few days, and let you serve as the capital of the province. We all know."

When Ren Shouzhong heard the words, he kowtowed with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty is merciful, and he will never repay the old minister for his kindness."

The emperor smiled and said: "What do you do with words, you just do things faithfully, get up quickly."

Ren Shouzhong refused to get up, and knocked his head loudly.

The emperor lamented that Ren Shouzhong and Han Qi were one in the inner court and the other in the outer court.

Han Qi has the majesty of the prime minister, and he has the merits of a superior position to himself, so he has a great kindness to himself.

What's more, the ancestral family law respects civil servants, and as an official, he must not be respectful to the prime minister. When he knocked over the medicinal soup on Han Qi, he was criticized a lot.

Therefore, facing Han Qi, the emperor respected and feared him at the same time.

But Ren Shouzhong is different, no matter how noble his position is, the emperor can always be ordered around as a slave.

The emperor knows what kind of virtue Ren Shouzhong is, but he is good at trying to figure out the heart of heaven.

After the emperor came to the throne, what is the most lacking?No one expected that it was actually a lack of money!
The Son of Heaven is not in charge of the government, and the internal treasury is now under the management of the Empress Dowager Cao, while the left treasury needs to be used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to obtain a contract certificate, record it on the record, and then review it by the third department.

The emperor sent servants to the three divisions to withdraw money, often with incomplete procedures, and the servants took the "white zhazi" marked by the official, saying that they would complete the procedures in the future, but Cai Xiang returned them in the name of not being surrendered .

The emperor condescended to seek Cai Xiang's accommodation, but Cai Xiang borrowed a sentence from Cheng Lin, the former envoy of the third division, and said back, "The wealth and wealth of the third division are all owned by the court, and I cherish you for your majesty."

The servants have all the good and bad things to say, but Cai Xiang just doesn't give money!
The emperor was so angry that Cai Xiang, the old ministers left behind by the previous emperor, did not give himself, the new king, any face by relying on the old and selling the old.

So much money from the imperial court that I can't move a penny, but I can't help it. I have nothing to do with Cai Xiang now.

At this time, Ren Shouzhong saw the right opportunity, not only donated all his wealth, but also opened the Fengchen treasury for Queen Gao's use without authorization. Such a person must be kept, no matter how unhappy Han Qi is.

Ren Shouzhong knew the thoughts of today's officials. When the other party was a clan, life had always been very poor. Now that he is an emperor, he is like entering a treasure mountain, so he is naturally greedy for money.

It's like getting rich from the poor.

Ren Shouzhong said: "If the government wants to use money, it must go through the eyes of the Queen Mother and the third secretary. How can it be comfortable like this, but this handover prison, the old slave thinks that it can be owned by His Majesty, so it becomes a sealed pile. Your Majesty wants to take it. Then take it, but Zai Zhi, Privy Councilor, and the three divisions are not allowed to intervene."

The emperor nodded and said, "You said Jiaoyin prison really has a lot of money?"

Ren Shouzhong said: "Yes, it is like gold and silver mountains, inexhaustible. Not only the capital of the capital, but even Luoyang and Chang'an are included. , even Luoyang and Chang'an's wealthy households competed to buy shares, and some wealthy businessmen even ordered tens of thousands of money to be placed in front of the door, but they were turned away."

The emperor couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words and asked: "Can't you buy shares with tens of thousands of coins?"

Ren Shouzhong said: "Of course, from this we can see how much money has been collected by the prison. They can spend [-] yuan to hold lantern festivals, [-] yuan to help disaster victims in Hebei, etc..."

The Son of Heaven said: "But if you hand it over to Yin Prison, you won't agree? Where will I put my face?"

It's nothing more than being slapped in the face by the third division before, but now even handing over to Yinjian doesn't pay attention to the emperor, what should I do?

Ren Shouzhong said: "Your Majesty will be in charge soon, who dare not have eyes!"

The emperor looked at the "An Guo Temple Pagoda" in his hand, and the end of the chapter was eloquent and magnificent, and one of the sentences was "It's not easy to achieve a single purpose".

It is really admirable to be able to write such a sentence, but can such a person be used by him?

The first emperor once told him that both Zhang Yue and Su Shi were talents, and Zhang Yue was especially loyal and reliable, but no matter how loyal and reliable a courtier was, Zhong De was the chair under the emperor's seat, not a person.

The emperor remembered that he was forcibly invited into the palace by Zhang Yue from the palace that day, and he couldn't help thinking, how easy is it for Zhang Duzhi?It's better to let Ren Shouzhong try how much he cares for me, if he is like Cai Xiang...

The emperor said to Ren Shouzhong: "The late emperor once told me that this Zhang Duzhi is a prime minister, so that I can cultivate him well, but I am afraid that this kind of people will not..."

Ren Shouzhong smiled disapprovingly: "Not to mention being a prime minister, even a dignified prime minister is also a subject of His Majesty."

The emperor nodded and said: "I heard that the whole world is the land of the king, and the land of the land is the subject of the king! Then this handover..."

Ren Shouzhong agreed from the bottom of his heart: "All the people in the world look up to His Majesty, and every penny and money in this ten thousand li territory belongs to the official family, let alone this mere handover to prison."

The official nodded and said: "I don't need those, but there are many places to spend money in the palace. The queen has followed me for many years. Even making a new Yan robe depends on the faces of the prime minister and the third minister. I am the emperor. Be a fool."

"It's not that I am greedy for enjoyment, but people in the palace always want rewards, otherwise they will try their best, and when I went to the mansion, those old people followed me and lived a hard life with me. There is no reward, how can I feel at ease."

Ren Shouzhong was moved and said: "Your Majesty treats others generously. He is indeed a lenient king. At the beginning, the veteran did not know Mount Tai. If he knew this earlier, he wished he could have followed His Majesty a few years earlier."

The emperor smiled and said: "Ren Qing doesn't need to say that, now that you have followed me, I will treat you well."

In March of the first year of Zhiping, Sima Guang, Lu Huo, Wang Chou and other admonishing officials went to the shuffle one after another, asking the empress dowager to return to the emperor.

But the empress dowager refused on the grounds that the official's body had not recovered.

More than a month later, the emperor personally went to Xiangguo Tianqing Temple and Liquan Temple to pray for rain. The subjects of Kaifeng City had always heard that the officials were not in good health. .

The emperor's move also broke the Empress Dowager Cao's statement that his dragon body could not heal.

But when the emperor came and the hearts of the people had returned, the Empress Dowager Cao still refused to delegate power.

However, with the recovery of the emperor's dragon body, everyone knows that it will be a matter of time before Empress Dowager Cao returns to power.So the officials kept discussing the matter and creating various momentums.

At the Exchange, Cai Jing encountered a difficult matter.

An eunuch who claimed to be the Huangmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to the Exchange and Citation Office, issued a "Bai Zhazi" drawn by the emperor himself, and asked Cai Jing for [-] guan!

Cai Jing was surprised when he heard about this. The other party didn't seem to be cheating, but the matter was too big for him to handle.So Cai Jing did not hesitate to leave the Huangmen at the Interchange Office, and immediately sent someone to report to Zhang Yue for him to deal with.

Now that Shi Qiniang is about to give birth, Zhang Yue has been staying at home with Cai Xiang on leave for the past few days.

Hearing that Cai Jing had reported this matter suddenly, he couldn't help but feel absurd, how could the dignified emperor ask himself for money from Yinyin.

If the emperor wants to ask for money, he also goes to the third division.

But Zhang Yue thought about it again, Cai Xiang and the emperor had already torn their faces, so it seemed somewhat true.

[-] guan is not much for the exchange, but I'm afraid it's good for the emperor to develop a habit, and pay for it himself, but if he doesn't offend the emperor, his future is also hanging in the air.

(End of this chapter)