Monument Yangmen

Chapter 41 The Dirty Plan of the Emperor and the Prime Minister
Zhao Pu talked for Yang Yansi for a while, and finally summed it up in four words.

Seek advantages and avoid disadvantages!

This is also the essence of Zhao Pu being an official for so many years.

Zhao Pu can tell Yang Yansi frankly that he really treats Yang Yansi like a relative.

Zhao Pu's remarks also confirmed the potential threat of the Yang family that Yang Yansi had analyzed before.

From the very beginning, Yang Yansi knew very well that the reason why he was smarter than the ancients was rooted in knowledge, not wisdom.

He would never dare to underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Although Zhao Pu is greedy for money, he is also a believer.When Yang Yansi returned to the mansion, Zhao Pu sent someone to bring over the winnings.

A total of 180 million taels of silver, a piece of white flowers.

Yang Yansi moved the silver into the warehouse of another courtyard like a miser, and hid in the warehouse alone to count the money, and no one could call out.

While Yang Yansi was hiding in the treasury to count the money, Zhao Pu changed into court clothes and entered the palace.

In the Palace of Qinzheng, there were only Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi.

Zhao Pu was a veteran of the two dynasties, Zhao Guangyi did not dare to let Zhao Pu stand, and after giving him a seat, he shunned the palace servants.

"Zhao Aiqing, what's the result?" Zhao Guangyi said anxiously.

Zhao Pu saluted, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty personally persuades Shi Ke, everything is naturally within reach."

Zhao Guangyi, with a happy expression on his face, sighed: "This imperial brother, I don't want to be a good Taiping Prince, but I have some thoughts that I shouldn't have, and I should beat them."

Zhao Pu laughed, "The old minister thought that King Wei Qiansui must have been bewitched by others, so he would have the idea of ​​rebellion and usurpation. After this beating, he will definitely behave with his tail between his legs."

Zhao Guangyi shook his head, "I also can't bear to kill each other between our brothers. I hope he will really be a man with his tail clamped. If there is another disagreement... for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, I have to kill the killer."

Can't bear to kill brothers and sisters?How did grandpa die?

Zhao Guangmei is also an idiot, if she wants to do something as big as a rebellion, she should secretly find some confidantes and act quietly.But he blatantly wins over Lu Duoxun, Minister of the Ministry of War, and plots a grand plan of rebellion in his own mansion.

Don't you know how many court spies are hidden in your own house by checking yourself first?
Zhao Guangyi was also insidious enough. He clearly wanted to deal with Zhao Guangmei ruthlessly, but he pretended to be magnanimous.

Zhao Pu has been an official for a long time, and he is also a fine individual, so he guessed Zhao Guangyi's thoughts.

"Your Majesty's benevolence is really a blessing to the community. However, the veteran believes that the state owns the state laws, and the family has family rules. Since King Wei Qiansui has something he shouldn't have, he should be punished to avoid raising tigers in the future."

Zhao Guangyi nodded in satisfaction, "What does Ai Qing think?"

Following Zhao Guangyi's thoughts, Zhao Pu said, "I think you should be dismissed from office and exiled for thousands of miles."

Zhao Guangyi wondered: "Exile for thousands of miles is a bit heavy, let him go to Fangling! His heirs can also be regarded as my nephews, and I don't have the heart to do it, so let's demote them all to other places as officials!"

"promise!"

As soon as Zhao Guangyi opened his golden mouth, the end of Wei Wang Zhao Guangmei was already doomed.Then it's time to talk about the stakes.

"I bet 5 taels of gold on the handicap opened by the emperor. When will the gambling debt be recovered in full?"

Don't be surprised that Zhao Guangyi, an emperor, cares so much about gambling debts.

The emperor is also poor!
The emperor's internal treasury was separate from the national treasury.The tax burden collected every year from all over the Song Dynasty will be handed over to the national treasury.Every year, the national treasury will allocate 200 million guns to the emperor's internal treasury.

During the Taizu Dynasty, in order to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, when preparing military funds, a special pile storage was set up.After Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he also inherited this sealed pile library. In order to remove the traces of Taizu, he even changed its name to Neicangku.

Zhao Guangyi did not touch the money in the inner treasury, and even took a sum of money allocated to the inner treasury from the national treasury every year to deposit it.

In order to take back Yanyun Sixteen States, Zhao Guangyi had to save money.

Therefore, the money actually spent by the emperor is only 130 million per year.

The 130 million coins not only had to be used for the food and drink of tens of thousands of people in the palace, but also the things that Zhao Guangyi rewarded the ministers had to come from here during the festivals.

After a year, not only will there be no money left, but even some will be owed to the treasury.

Even the 5 taels of gold used for gambling was borrowed by Zhao Guangyi from the treasury.

Isn't it pitiful?An emperor who is rich all over the world is not as rich as Yang Yansi, who suddenly became rich.

"Your Majesty, 500 million taels of silver is not a small sum. Even if the king of Wei is a thousand years old, he has to raise some money." Zhao Pu explained that he would not tell Zhao Guangyi, and he also bet 4000 taels Gold, not only that, he also encouraged Yang Yansi to deposit 6000 taels.

Zhao Guangyi frowned, "I'm worried that the night will be full of dreams, once the household department knows about it, it will definitely intervene."

It stands to reason that when Zhao Guangmei fell, all the confiscated property should be confiscated and put into the national treasury.It's just that once the money is in the treasury, it will be difficult for Zhao Guangyi to get it out.

The Ministry of Finance is a bottomless pit, no matter how much money goes in, it is impossible to get it out.

Building water conservancy needs money, border defense needs money, and relief victims also need money... In short, the Ministry of Households is asking for money all the time.

This is also the reason why Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu designed to participate in the gambling game.

"Your Majesty, I will leave this matter to the old minister. The old minister will definitely get the money back and send it to the inner treasury for you safely." Zhao Pu flattered.

In fact, it is still possible to add up to 500 million taels of silver based on the land, house deeds, land deeds and other industries accumulated by Wei Wangfu over the years.It's just that in addition to the emperor's 500 million taels, there was another 620 million taels of silver from Zhao Pu.

A total of more than 3000 million taels of silver is equivalent to two years of taxes in the Song Dynasty. Even if Zhao Guangmei went bankrupt, she would not be able to pay so much money.

Zhao Pu just wanted to buy more time for Zhao Guangmei in front of Zhao Guangyi.

He wanted to get back the 500 million taels that belonged to the emperor, and also wanted to get back the 620 million taels of silver that belonged to him.As for what method Zhao Guangmei used to get so much money, that's not Zhao Puke's concern.

Zhao Guangyi thought for a while, nodded and said, "I will leave this matter to you! Be sure to send this money to the internal treasury as soon as possible."

Zhao Guangyi also knew in his heart that Zhao Pu must have followed suit and made a bet.He eats meat himself, and those who do things have to drink soup too, otherwise, no one will do things for him in the future.It's just that he doesn't know that Zhao Pu's big bet is far more than him.

Zhao Pule chuckled and bowed to salute, "The old minister obeys the order."

I've bought time for you.The rest is up to you, King Wei is thousand years old!
(End of this chapter)