Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1057 What is Prejudgment
In front of the household department, more and more people surrounded.

Seeing King Dai's aggressive look, Shen Yi frowned, but for a while, there was no good solution.

From a rational point of view, the request made by Dai Wang was not too much. After all, it was just asking for an exact time, and it was not asking the Ministry of Households to give money and food immediately, so it was reasonable.

But the problem is, no one dares to give him such an answer at this moment.

According to Shen Yi's estimate, if other factors are not included and only relying on the income from the recovered farmland to pay off, then in about eight to ten years, all the redemption money can be paid off.

Of course, this is the most conservative estimate. If the chaos in the grassland gradually subsides and the mutual market can recover normally, then some money and food can also be allocated.

Coupled with the big plan that is about to usher in, the emperor allowed the Ministry of Punishment to participate. If the investigation is strict enough, if a group of corrupt officials are really found out, they can fill in some holes if they confiscate the family property.

Calculated in this way, if there are no accidents, it is possible to make up for this gap in two to three years at the earliest.

But the problem is that no one can guarantee that there will be no accidents.

The chaos in the grassland cannot be settled in a day, but the big plan involves many and complicated situations. No one knows how far the investigation will go and how much silver can be obtained.

Even if the money is brought back, the imperial court does not only need money for the matter of redeeming and buying military settlements. Among other things, it is conceivable that the emperor has just issued an edict to give priority to the storage of regular warehouses. , It will shrink the revenue of the Ministry of Households this year.

In addition, Qin Tianjian said before that there may be disasters in the next few years. Although most people think it is nonsense, they must be guarded against.

In addition, it is also necessary to prepare for any urgent matters. There are many involved in this, so no one dares to guarantee it.

After all, the authority of the imperial court is necessary. He is a dignified minister of the household department, and what he says represents the imperial court.

Today he gave a specific time, if he can't get it out by the time, it will lose the face of the court, even if he can get it out, if other things are delayed, he will still have to take the blame.

So no matter what, he couldn't give such an affirmative answer.

However, it's not an option to just hang around here.

After all, Shen Yi was a veteran in the officialdom, seeing Dai Wang's posture of not giving way until he got an answer, he pondered for a moment, and then said.

"Your Majesty, this matter is a political matter of the imperial court and involves many things. Regarding the redemption of the military settlements, the Ministry of Households is already drawing up regulations. However, every cent of the money and grain of the Household Department comes from the treasury, and royal approval is required. It is not a minister. It can be decided, therefore, if the lord wants to know the exact time, please go into the palace and ask His Majesty, I dare not preside over it."

In this matter, Dai Wang himself has a reason, and the statement is beautiful, so it is meaningless to debate with him whether the money can be given, when it will be given, or even whether his behavior of blocking the door is wrong.

Because even if he wins the debate, the master is acting like a scoundrel, even if he refuses to give way, Shen Yi has nothing to do.

The vassal king's status is respected, and in this large audience, if Shen Yi has any disrespectful behavior, the impeachment memorial will be handed over to the emperor's desk tomorrow.

With Shen Yi's personality, he would definitely not make such a mistake, but if he just let it go, he would definitely not do it.

If he just left quietly, that would be fine, but now that things have become like this, there are countless people watching, and all the yamen are probably paying attention to this matter now.

The majestic Hubu Shangshu can't even settle this matter. If you say it small, it's shameful. If you say it big, it's lack of ability.

So for Shen Yi, the most important thing right now is to calm down the matter quickly.

But the problem is that Daifu's posture obviously wants to make as much trouble as possible. For ordinary people, this is almost an unsolvable deadlock.

But Shen Yi has keenly grasped the most critical issue among them, that is, the question of who is right.

Although it is said that the acting king took a coincidence and blocked the gate of the household department with the guard of honor of the vassal king, and did not prohibit entry and exit, so strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as an attack on the imperial government's office, but his actions are indeed It's really making trouble.

However, because he found an irrefutable reason, he justified his actions and shifted the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs.

For normal officials, they only think about how to send the Dai Wang away, which is why Meng Jian came to him in a hurry to make a decision just now.

However, when Shen Yi just came here on behalf of the king, he already knew that this matter could not be resolved, so he simply did the opposite and threw the blame out.

Since he can't give an answer, find someone who can give an answer. Of course, he is already a majestic Minister of the Household Department, so he can't even decide on this matter.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of behavior is very taboo.

Because this is equivalent to throwing troubles that he can't handle to the east and throwing them to the emperor to solve. If the trouble is not good, it will be easy to solve the matter and offend the emperor, so Shen Yi was not willing to do this at first Dry.

But at this point, there is no other way but to do so. Fortunately, Shen Yi is one of the six ministers after all. With his status and status, it is not a big deal to offend the emperor once in a while. Seeing the one in the Ministry of War, he offended the emperor for hundreds of millions of people if he had nothing to do, didn't he just stay in peace?

Shen Yi asked himself, he still knew a little bit about the Son of Heaven, and with the capacity of the Son of Heaven, at most he could say a few words about him afterwards, so as not to have any opinion on it.

Of course, the most important thing is that although Shen Shangshu does not show the mountains and does not show the water, in the past few years, all kinds of government affairs of the imperial court, from wars to mutual markets, from canals to various ceremonies, cannot be separated from the Ministry of Accounts. Busy work, no matter what, no credit is considered hard work, so many things, it may not be able to be done properly by another person.

When you are really in front of the emperor, you always have to read some kindness.

What's more, Shen Yi still had a thought here, he moved the emperor out, and the pressure was smoothly passed on to Dai Wang himself.

The reason why he made trouble here without fear was because he felt that he was justified, but now, Shen Yi had let go, if he continued to block the entrance of the household department, it would be obvious that he was making trouble for no reason.

Since it is an unreasonable trouble, then the household department is the victim. If the delay is really long, the ministers of other ministries will definitely not stand idly by.

After all, this so-called "debt" is just a cover, and everyone knows why the acting king came here.

Therefore, what he said, for Dai Wang, he must either retreat on his own, or drag him to see the emperor. up.

Dai Wang obviously also realized this, the smile on his face gradually faded, but it was only for a moment, but his brows relaxed again, said.

"Since this is the case, then listen to Shen Shangshu, please accompany me with this king, and ask His Majesty in the palace!"

???

Hearing this sentence, Shen Yi's expression was obviously a little surprised.

In his opinion, under such circumstances, the best choice for acting king is to retreat on his own. Although it is a bit embarrassing, it will not make things worse.

You know, even if you go to see the emperor, so what?
No one knows better than the emperor what kind of background the household department is. If the money could be taken out, it would have been taken a long time ago. Now it has not been taken out, not because of the emperor's acquiescence.

In front of the emperor, acting as the king is considered reasonable, but how dare he be so aggressive?

Although he felt a little strange in his heart, Shen Yi did not hesitate, and cupped his hands.

"My lord, please!"

Anyway, it would be good if the matter in front of me can be calmed down, as long as I enter the palace, I will leave it to the emperor to decide this matter, which is better than embarrassing him here.

If the emperor asks the Ministry of Accounts to transfer the money, then it will be done, and other things will be delayed, and he will have an excuse at that time.

So, after briefly explaining a few words to Meng Jian and the two, Shen Yi followed Dai Wang to the palace.

As Dai Wang left with a guard of honor, the household department finally returned to normal order, but the news spread quickly everywhere.

As for Shen Yi, following the generation of the king to the outside of the palace, he handed in the post. Not long after, he saw Wynn walking out quickly with someone, and saw Shen Yi outside with a smile on his face. The two saluted, and then said.

"Shangshu Shen came just in time. Your Majesty is about to send our family to call you into the palace. It just so happens that you and the acting princes have arrived. Hurry up and follow our family in. Don't make your majesty and other princes wait for a long time."

Shen Yi was still wondering why Wynn came here so quickly, and it was just a mere rumor, but he had to work for him, Da Dang, to come in person.

But when he heard this sentence, his heart sank.

Wynn is always in front of the emperor, and what he says will not be aimless. His words convey two key messages.

First, even if he did not hand over the sign to ask for an audience, the emperor would call him for an audience.

It is conceivable that the emperor will not summon him for no reason. Since he has been summoned, there must be something. If it is not related to Dai Wang blocking the door, then there is a high probability that it is related to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Second, the vassal kings have also entered the palace!

Glancing at Dai Wang with a calm face beside him, Shen Yi's brows couldn't help but frown, he had a faint feeling that he seemed to be being calculated.

Here, the acting king blocked the door in the household department to 'ask for debts', while the vassal kings over there went to the palace together to have an audience. It would be impossible to say that there was no connection between the two.

Therefore, the household department is just an introduction. Could it be said that Dai Wang planned to lure him into the palace from the very beginning?

Originally, he thought that Dai Wang just wanted to make the Ministry of Households submit and not continue to obstruct the transfer of feudal clans, but now it seems that it is far from that simple.

If it is said that Dai Wang blocked the door this time, it was discussed with the kings in advance, then what is the purpose?
You know, when the kings teamed up to make it difficult for Qian, Dai Wang stayed out of the matter. Could it be that Dai Wang joined forces with them again because of the transfer of the domain?
If this is the case, is it difficult to achieve the purpose, or is it aimed at the reform of religious affairs?

Looking at Dai Wang again with undetectable eyes, seeing that the latter did not show any abnormality, Shen Yi felt more and more that Dai Wang must have premeditated, and he couldn't help raising his vigilance to the highest level.

With such thoughts in mind, Shen Yi followed Wynn to the Wenhua Palace, entered the gate of the palace, he glanced roughly, as expected, including King Zhou, King Lu, King Min and others, all the vassal kings were shocked in column.

"Sir Chen Yi, pay homage to Your Majesty!"

"Stay flat..."

The emperor's face was the same as usual, and there was nothing special about it. After letting the two of them lay down without courtesy, the emperor asked.

"Wynn came to report just now, saying that Shen Shangshu and Dai Wangshu handed over the post to enter the palace. What's the matter?"

It was two people who asked the question, but Dai Wang didn't intend to answer, so Shen Yi had no choice but to speak.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, today, after I left the court, I went back to the yamen of the Household Department. I saw a lot of people gathered outside. After I asked, I found that the Dai Wangye was sitting behind the door of the Household Department with a guard of honor. Then..."

In front of the kings, Shen Yi narrated what happened in the household department, including all the conversations, without any concealment or bias, just narrated it truthfully.

After finishing speaking, the first emperor frowned, then looked at Dai Wang and asked.

"Uncle Dai Wang, is this true?"

The tone was faintly displeased, which made Shen Yi at the bottom breathe a sigh of relief. It seemed that things were not as bad as he imagined.

However, on the contrary, Dai Wang didn't show any fear, he cupped his hands, and recognized it openly, said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, what Shen Shangshu said just now is the truth. The minister indeed led people to block the door of the household department."

Ah this...

Shen Yi blinked, faintly feeling that there was something wrong with Dai Wang's attitude, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong.

And then, Dai Wang went straight to the point, and said simply and neatly.

"I dare not lie to Your Majesty. This time I went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to ask for debts. The real reason is that Shen Shangshu obstructed the transfer of feudal vassals in the court and wanted to ask for an explanation."

This straightforward attitude made Shen Yi even more uneasy.

But fortunately, after hearing this, the emperor did not favor the Daiwang, but spoke.

"Since this is the case, it is the fault of Dai Wangshu. Shen Shangshu's opposition to the transfer of the feudal domain in the court is also out of public interest. Now that the treasury is not abundant, the transfer of the feudal domain is of great importance and consumes a lot of money. Uncle Wang left because of this. It is indeed a bit willful and reckless to cause trouble in the household department."

Although Shen Yi felt that it was a little inappropriate for the Son of Heaven to characterize this matter as capricious, but fortunately, the Son of Heaven still favored the Ministry of Households in his attitude, so Shen Shangshu quickly agreed.

"That's what Your Majesty said."

As he spoke, he turned to Dai Wang and said.

"On behalf of the prince, it is clear that the transfer of the feudal vassal is not because the minister wants to obstruct it deliberately, but because the court spends too much money. The minister of the household department must also consider it comprehensively. If the treasury is a little more abundant, the minister I will definitely not object to this matter..."

(End of this chapter)