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Chapter 205 Li Qing, How Can I Help You This Time! 【order】

Li Huan's words made Yan Kai feel bad, but at the same time he suddenly became a little uncertain.

You must know that he has put everything into his own hands this time, and he is planning to drag Li Huan to die together.

After all, because of Li Huan, his heirs were cut off, and since then their Yan family has been cut off from him. The key point is that he obviously can't hold on to his official position. With Li Huan's behavior style, he will definitely be confiscated and wiped out.

In other words, no matter what, he was doomed.

That being the case, Yan Kai made up his mind that he would drag Li Huan with him even if he died, so Yan Kai bought thousands of catties of gunpowder and sealed them in wine jars one by one.

Based on Yan Kai's thinking, with so much gunpowder, if he approached Li Huan with the opportunity of offering wine, within a radius of several feet, thousands of catties of gunpowder would explode suddenly, and keeping Li Huan to death would be enough.

It's just that when Yan Kai looked behind him, his face suddenly became extremely ugly, because the servants who came with him ran away one by one at this moment.

He actually escaped, this was his family and servants who had been with him for more than ten years, and even a few of his trusted servants also escaped, leaving only Tang Ren standing there with a dull and helpless expression on his face.

Yan Kai didn't even think about it, he came here this time to take Li Huan to his death together, that is to say, no matter what the result is, he is doomed anyway.

Then those who came with him will also die.

If it was at the beginning, relying on the loyalty in my heart, I fooled these servants to die at that time, maybe few people would betray.

But along the way, preparing gunpowder and rushing all the way, during this period of time, the blood in the hearts of these servants dissipated suddenly, and the fear of death in their hearts would naturally surge up.

Especially when they came to the Xie Mansion and saw corpses all around, the panic and fear of death finally occupied their hearts all at once.

The servants were terrified when they thought that the gunpowder they brought exploded, and they all cheated to death together, becoming part of the corpses on the ground.

I don't know who was the first, left the car, turned around and fled.

If there is such a thing as running for life, if the first one occurs, if it is not suppressed or stopped by force, the second one will definitely appear soon.

So before Tang Ren could react, the dozen servants who came with them all ran away, and even Jin Yiwei, who saw this scene, couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Because Yan Kai's attention was on Li Huan, Yan Kai didn't notice that the people who came with him had fled.

Especially when he bowed down in front of Li Huan and was busy dealing with Li Huan, if Li Huan hadn't reminded him, he might not have noticed this.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, the old man doesn't know people well, yet he actually believes in ungrateful people like them."

Seeing that his plan had come to nothing, Yan Kai couldn't help laughing angrily.

Tang Ren, who was in the distance, saw Yan Kai's crazy behavior, looked around again, with a somewhat crazy look in his eyes, and suddenly took out a fire pocket from his arms, and was about to light it.

However, at this moment, a embroidered spring knife flew out of the air and hit Tang Ren's chest. The huge impact that penetrated his body directly brought Tang Ren's body upside down several feet away, and then fell to the ground.

With blood gushing out of his mouth, Tang Ren glanced in the direction of Yan Kai unwillingly, and then drooped his head.

The embroidered spring knife was thrown by Lin Pingzhi when he saw Tang Ren's actions.

Even if the gunpowder in those wine jars exploded at a distance of tens of feet, it might not be able to hurt them, but it is right to take precautions before they happen.

Li Huan glanced at Yan Kai and said, "Come here, take down County Magistrate Yan!"

The two Jin Yiwei immediately stepped forward and tied Yan Kai up.

Yan Kai reacted now and couldn't help yelling at Li Huan: "Li Huan, you traitor, you kill innocent people indiscriminately, you will die badly."

In the autumn and September of the third year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, two fast horses galloped on the official road, with the flag of eight hundred miles on their bodies, and rushed directly into the capital.

In the cabinet, Li Dongyang, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, looks much older than before. Just looking at his spirit, he looks like an old man who is about to exhaust his energy and is dying.

At this time, Li Dongyang was sorting out several memorials, and was going to order someone to present them to the emperor for review by the emperor himself.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps.

Li Dongyang tightened the padded coat on his body, only feeling a chill hit him, and when he looked up, he saw Yang Tinghe striding over with a document in his hand with a frightened look on his face.

Anyway, having worked with Yang Tinghe for so many years, Li Dongyang still has some understanding of Yang Tinghe's temperament.

If this person decides something in his heart, he will definitely stick to it and stick to it, and it is difficult to change the decision in his heart.

Similarly, Yang Tinghe's heart is also very resolute, he rarely sees Yang Tinghe expressing joy and anger like this.

So when he saw Yang Tinghe striding over with the urgent document, Li Dongyang sighed in his heart, maybe something serious happened again.

Otherwise, with Yang Tinghe's temper, he would definitely not have such a reaction.

Taking a deep breath, Li Dongyang smiled at Yang Tinghe and said, "Jie Fu, what happened?"

Yang Tinghe came forward with a rather ugly expression, handed the memorial in his hand to Li Dongyang and said, "Shoufu, let's take a look, this is an urgent official document submitted by Li Huan from Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture."

Li Dongyang raised his eyebrows involuntarily when he heard the words.

Li Huan was ordered to go to Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province to investigate the case of Xie Qian's treason. Li Dongyang only learned about it from the emperor not long ago.

It can be said that Li Huan quietly took people away from Beijing at that time, and it was not until the third day that Li Dongyang and the others realized that Li Huan was not in Beijing. The left guard mobilized his elite troops and headed south.

At that time, Li Dongyang and others were panicked. Although Li Huan's dispatch this time was not so big, the scale was much larger.

In particular, the elite soldiers and horses of Tengxiang Zuowei were also mobilized. How could this not make Li Dongyang and the others frightened.

What on earth is Li Huan going to do? He even has to mobilize troops.

For this reason, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and several important officials in the court personally entered the palace to see the emperor.

From the emperor's mouth, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others finally knew that Li Huan went to Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture to investigate and deal with Xie Qian at the emperor's order.

To be honest, when they learned that Xie Qian had colluded with Fei Hong and others to murder the emperor, Li Dongyang and others were very shocked.

Although it is vaguely guessed that there must be a special person behind the scenes, otherwise it would be impossible to gather Fei Hong, Mao Ji, Liang Chu, and Liu Zhong, so many important officials in the court, but I didn't expect this person to be Xie Qian.

Anyway, Xie Qian is also a veteran of several dynasties, and it has been several years since he was dismissed by the emperor. In addition, Xie Qian is already old, and he has reached the age when the loess is buried up to his neck. Never wake up again.

So from the perspective of normal people, it is impossible for an existence like Xie Qian to have the energy and thought to do such thankless things.

Since then, Li Dongyang has been paying attention to the Shaoxing government, but most of the time passed, and there was no movement.

However, Li Dongyang has already made some mental preparations. After all, Li Huan went out in person, and brought so many people, even the army, so it's fine if there is no trouble. Once there is any trouble, it will definitely not What a trifle.

At this moment, Li Dongyang looked down at the urgent document in his hand. Even though he was mentally prepared, when he actually saw the content on the official document, Li Dongyang still couldn't help but shrink his eyes, and then shook his hands slightly , I only felt a sharp pain in my heart and my eyes were faintly dark.

Yang Tinghe saw Li Dongyang falling headlong towards the front, he was taken aback, he hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Dongyang, and at the same time shouted at the officials who reacted at the side: "Master Shoufu is very angry, hurry up and ask for help!" Physician."

When Li Dongyang was in a daze, he only felt a burst of noise coming from his ears, and he didn't know how long it took before he regained consciousness.

"Wake up, Master Shoufu is awake!"

A pleasant voice sounded, and Li Dongyang slowly opened his eyes just now, and saw several figures standing beside him, and he was lying on a bed.

When Liu Yu, Wang Yangming, Yang Tinghe and the others saw Li Dongyang waking up, they couldn't help showing a bit of relief and worry at the same time.

Li Dongyang fainted, but they were taken aback.

Anyway, he is also a dignified chief assistant. If he died in the cabinet like this, if it is really spread, how can people criticize the emperor.

The imperial doctor looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Master Shoufu was so angry that his blood surged up, and then he passed out, so Mr. Shoufu had better not get angry at will, otherwise, this situation will happen again. "

Li Dongyang nodded at the imperial physician, and as the imperial physician withdrew, Yang Tinghe said with a bit of annoyance on his face: "If I had known that Mr. Shoufu couldn't move his body, I would not have given that official document to you." Shoufu saw it."

Struggling to sit up slowly, he slightly shook his head at Yang Tinghe and said, "Jie Fu, don't blame yourself. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, how can I not know about such a big matter."

Speaking of which, Li Dongyang forced himself to stand up, looked at Liu Yu and Wang Yangming and said, "You guys have all read the official document."

Looking at each other, Wang Yangming cupped his hands and said, "I've just seen it."

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "I don't know how you feel?"

Liu Yu said slowly: "In my opinion, although the Taifu said that the killing was a little heavier, but the local tyrants in Yuyao even dared to create civil disturbances. Not killing is not enough to deter people, it should be killed."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help saying to Liu Yu when he heard the words: "Master Liu's words are wrong. The Xing family, the Mao family and other powerful families are indeed worthy of death, but the people are innocent. They were just deceived by the people of these families. Taifu Li can definitely send troops to general As soon as they dispersed, why would they want to kill, it would cost thousands of lives."

Liu Yu just snorted coldly, ignoring Yang Tinghe's meaning.

Li Dongyang coughed lightly, looked at Wang Yangming, and said, "Yangming, what do you think?"

Wang Yangming glanced at everyone and said, "Teacher Li's method is indeed brutal, but if Wang was in Taifu Li's position, he would still choose to slaughter those people."

Hearing Wang Yangming's resolute words, many officials were shocked, and couldn't help looking at Wang Yangming.

Since entering the cabinet, Wang Yang has obviously been quite low-key, he is very easy-going, and has not shown much strength, so that many officials regard Wang Yangming as a modest gentleman.

In particular, Wang Yangming's daily knowledge has attracted many people's admiration and regards him as the master of Confucianism.

But Wang Yangming's words at this moment broke everyone's perception of Wang Yangming.

They never thought that Wang Yangming would have such a resolute and cruel side.

All the people present already knew the content of that official document. Li Huan went on a rampage in Yuyao County, not only killing hundreds of scholars who were studying, but also thousands of rioters. Heads are rolling, blood is soaring.

From the point of view of these tyrannical officials who are traditional scholars, they are completely lunatics and butchers.

Wang Yangming didn't seem to notice the change in the expression of the crowd, he glanced at the crowd and said: "Since Su Kui and Xi Zhen in Suzhou climbed up and shouted, they gathered a group of rascals from the market to attack the government office, and even sent down the officials sent by the court. The officials were dragged out of the government office and beaten to death, and the imperial court did not severely punish them, and it has already laid the root of today's disaster."

While talking, Wang Yangming looked at Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and the others with a sneer and said, "What kind of temperament are these people, I'm afraid you don't need to tell Wang, you should understand in your heart."

Immediately Wang Yangming said disdainfully: "If there is a first time, there will be a second time, that's why Fujian scholars imitated what Su Kui, Xi Zhen and others did in Suzhou, and this time Su Kui and Xi Zhen are even more If you want to repeat what happened in Suzhou, this is the hidden danger left by the court's injustice."

There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and he heard Wang Yangming continue: "Even some local tyrants in Yuyao County mobilized a group of rascals in the market, trying to create riots and intimidate the court. It is because they are too accommodating to the rioters like them, that's why those noble gentry will cause a riot at every turn."

Looking at Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others, Wang Yangming sneered and said: "This is the evil that the court did on its own, and now Taifu Li is just doing it impartially, and will no longer accommodate them."

The faces of the officials around showed confusion. Could it be that they really indulged those people too much in the past?

But Wang Yangming shouted: "That's why Wang thinks that Li Taifu killed well. Not killing is not enough to deter people's hearts, not killing is not enough to guard against latecomers. Otherwise, what is the law of the king and what is the majesty of the court? Not only do you have to kill, but you have to kill in an open and honest way. It scares some people and makes them afraid to have the same idea.”

Hearing Wang Yangming's words, Yang Tinghe was angry and impatient, and said angrily, "Wang Yangming, what you said is light. What do you think of thousands of human lives? You are so bloodthirsty, you are in vain for me as a Confucian student."

Wang Yangming couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, his body was full of elegance, and he showed the demeanor of a generation of masters: "Wang read the books of sages and was taught by sages, so he can't be regarded as a Confucian student."

Seeing that Wang Yangming and Yang Tinghe were about to quarrel, Li Dongyang only felt a headache, coughed immediately and said: "Okay, this matter is very important, I will go to meet the emperor, please show me."

Yang Tinghe waved his sleeves and said: "Li Huan must not be allowed to act recklessly like this, the emperor must severely punish that Li Huan."

Wang Yangming just smiled lightly.

Although he has not met the Son of Heaven yet, Wang Yangming is like a mirror in his heart as to which side the Son of Heaven will stand on.

He also didn't want to think about who Li Huan killed this time.

Either it is the local tyrant who is instigating the riots behind the scenes, or it is the disciple of Xie Qian, and who is Xie Qian, that is one of the masterminds who murdered the emperor. These people should not be killed, who should be killed.

紫禁城

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao is in the Kunning Palace where Empress Xia lives.

In the queen's bedroom, a few court ladies stood at the door of the bedroom with their pretty faces blushing and bowed their heads, while in the bedroom there was a faint and melancholy sound.

Zhu Houzhao came to the queen's bedroom not long ago, and not long after, several maids serving the queen left the bedroom blushing, and then a strange voice came from the bedroom.

Listening to the melancholy sound coming from the queen's bedroom, these maids only felt their whole body go limp.

The sound lasted for a long time before it stopped.

At this moment in the bedroom, Empress Xia is nestling in the arms of the Son of Heaven, her exposed skin is as thick as fat, and she said with a pretty blushing face: "Your Majesty, today you..."

Zhu Houzhao was lying there, with a satisfied expression on his face, and walked away with his big hands. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "The empress knows that Li Qing is coming back soon!"

"what!"

The queen froze for a moment, with a puzzled look on her face, as if she didn't quite understand what the emperor had to do with Li Huan when he came to find her in broad daylight today.

Zhu Houzhao obviously noticed the stunned look on the Queen's face, and immediately laughed and said, "Queen, do you know what Li Qing brought back this time?"

The queen's hair was already wet with sweat, scattered between her cheeks, the style was really moving, even Zhu Houzhao was used to stunning beauty, seeing the queen's appearance at this moment couldn't help but feel his heart flutter.

The empress seemed to have sensed something, and she said with a bit of shame and worry on her pretty face: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the concubine can't take it anymore, if you don't call me..."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "It's okay, just talk with me. In those days when I was in a coma, thanks to the queen who was by my side, I just felt that the queen was too neglected these few years."

"woooooo"

Empress Xia couldn't help weeping softly when she heard the words.

She was the empress chosen by the first emperor and the empress dowager. Because of her upright manners and unsmiling manners, she has not been very popular with Zhu Houzhao since she married into the royal family.

As a result, the relationship between the husband and wife is very dull, and Zhu Houzhao may not even come to her palace for a few months before.

The emperor's indifference made Empress Xia feel miserable, but what Empress Xia didn't expect was that one day, the emperor would be assassinated.

Empress Xia almost passed out when she heard the news of the emperor's assassination. The disheveled servant prayed for the emperor every day before the emperor fell ill.

As if God heard her prayer, she thought that the Son of Heaven would have no hope of waking up, but she never thought that Li Huan would enter the imperial city like a god-man descending from heaven to rescue the Son of Heaven.

Until now, Empress Xia still can't forget the scene when Li Huan walked into the emperor's bedroom covered in blood.

Also since then, the emperor's attitude towards him has changed drastically, and he will come to her palace almost every three to five days, which moved Empress Xia deeply.

Naturally, Empress Xia was extremely grateful to Li Huan. It can be said that without Li Huan, she would not be where she is today.

Caressing Zhu Houzhao's chest with delicate hands, Empress Xia tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, didn't you just say that the Taifu is coming back soon? Seeing that Your Majesty is so happy, what did Li Taifu bring back to His Majesty this time?"

Seeing that the queen turned the topic back, Zhu Houzhao flashed a bright light on his face and said: "Li Qing went to Yuyao County this time to capture Xie Qian, the traitor who murdered me, killed a group of traitors by the way, and brought back millions of dollars to me. Two gold and silver."

Empress Xia lived in the deep palace, she knew very little about the outside world, even some court ladies and eunuchs knew more about the outside world than her queen.

Of course, this is also related to Queen Xia's temper.

However, Empress Xia paid the most attention to Li Huan's news, so she also knew many rumors about Li Huan.

Hearing the words at this moment, he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Teacher Li killed someone again?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help chuckling when he heard the words: "What? The queen thinks it's not good for Li Qing to kill someone?"

Empress Xia shook her head and said: "It's not that the concubine thinks that it is not good for the Taifu to kill people. The concubine thinks that the killing will hurt Tianhe after all. Li Qing wants to be a monarch and minister with His Majesty for the rest of his life. If he hurts Tianhe and breaks his life, wouldn't it be Not bad."

Speaking of this, Empress Xia took a deep breath, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "The concubine only knows that it was Taifu Li who rescued His Majesty with all his might. Taifu Li was loyal to His Majesty, so he must be a good official, and the people Taifu Li killed must not be good officials." What a nice guy."

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly when he heard the words, reached out his hand to touch Empress Xia's head and said, "If Li Qing knew that the Empress praised him so much, I don't know how he would react."

The emperor and the empress played the qin and se in harmony, and the Kunning Palace was filled with a sense of auspiciousness.

At this moment, Qiu Ju, who was guarding outside the Kunning Palace, bowed his body and stood outside the bedroom, and said sharply to the bedroom: "Your Majesty, the elders are asking to see Your Majesty."

In the bedroom, Zhu Houzhao, who was bathing and changing clothes under the service of the queen, couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard the words, and slowly got up. After the queen helped him straighten his clothes, he smiled at the queen: "The queen must be tired too. I'm going to see some elders, and I'll see the queen in two days."

Empress Xia, who was dressed in a moon-white tunic, remembered something when she heard the words, her pretty face blushed, and she saluted Zhu Houzhao: "The concubine sends you off to Your Majesty."

Outside the bedroom, seeing Zhu Houzhao approaching with a red face, Qiu Ju hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, at this moment, several elders are asking to see you outside the palace gate."

Zhu Houzhao chuckled lightly and said, "If my expectations are correct, Li Qing's official documents should be sent to the cabinet by now."

Qiu Ju followed Zhu Houzhao and walked out of the Qianqing Palace, while smiling, "Jin Yiwei's channel is faster than the official channel after all. I think the cabinet has also received the urgent official document at this moment."

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "There hasn't been any major affairs recently, so they came to see me in the palace at this time, it must be because of what Li Qing did in Yuyao County."

Qiu Ju nodded and said, "I don't know how they will attack Brother Li again this time."

Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "Send someone to invite the elders to Qianqing Palace, and I will meet them there."

Qianqing Palace is not only the residence of the emperor, but also the place where the emperor handles daily government affairs. In the huge Forbidden City, it can be said to be the core palace.

The emperor of the Qianqing Palace lives, the queen of the Kunning Palace lives, and the universe is yin and yang.

The two palaces were not far apart, and Zhu Houzhao, accompanied by Qiu Ju, walked back to the Qianqing Palace not long after.

After taking a sip of tea, it took only a while before I saw several figures walking over under the guidance of a small servant.

Walking into the main hall, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu, the four elders, stepped forward to bow to the emperor and said: "I will pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao smiled lightly and said, "The Qing family don't need to stick to etiquette."

As he spoke, he turned to Qiu Ju who was at the side: "Qiu Daban, give seats to the elders."

After Li Dongyang and others thanked the emperor and took their seats, Zhu Houzhao looked at them with a smile and said, "I don't know how many Qing's family came to see me, but what's the matter?"

Li Dongyang coughed violently, and his face was a little pale. Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said with concern: "Li Aiqing, you are..."

Li Dongyang's coughing stopped, took a few breaths, and then he said to Zhu Houzhao with a wry smile: "I'm afraid the old minister's body is going to die. I suffered from a bit of wind and cold the day before yesterday, and I felt exhausted, which disturbed Your Majesty."

Seeing a great change, Li Dongyang seemed to be a teenager all of a sudden, his hair was all white, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Li Aiqing did her best for my Ming Dynasty, and she should have cared for her life early. I can only blame you for forcing Aiqing to stay..."

Li Dongyang hurriedly said: "It is the blessing of the old minister to assist His Majesty and serve the Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty really beats the old minister."

Zhu Houzhao said to Qiu Ju who was on the side: "Qiu Daban, go and order the imperial dining room to prepare some ginger soup. Now that the weather is getting colder, the elders of the pavilion also drink some ginger soup to get rid of the cold."

When everyone heard the words, they quickly thanked the emperor.

Li Dongyang looked at the emperor who was obviously much more mature than before, and felt a little relieved in his heart. He took a deep breath and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, I wonder if Your Majesty has read the urgent documents of Li Huan and Taifu Li."

For urgent documents like this, one copy is usually copied and sent to the cabinet, and the other is sent to the imperial city.

Although Zhu Houzhao has Jinyiwei's channel to get news in advance, the documents through this formal channel will still be sent to the palace.

So Zhu Houzhao nodded when he heard the words and said: "If what Aiqing is talking about is the official document that Li Qing submitted not long ago, I have indeed read it."

Yang Tinghe's expression turned serious when he heard the words: "Your Majesty, it's fine for Li Huan to arrest Xie Qian in Yuyao, but he actually massacred the common people. That's thousands of lives. Such an act is really appalling..."

Zhu Houzhao knew that someone would use this matter to impeach Li Huan, but only a few people in the cabinet knew about it. If it was reported to the officials, Zhu Houzhao would be able to guess it without thinking, and the impeachment of Li Huan would definitely come like snowflakes.

So Zhu Houzhao was not surprised that Yang Tinghe impeached Li Huan.

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly at Yang Tinghe, then looked at Wang Yangming and Liu Yu and said, "Where are your loves?"

Wang Yangming and Liu Yu immediately said: "Return to Your Majesty, the ministers and others think that disorderly ministers and thieves have no law and should be killed."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he glanced at the two with great admiration.

Finally, Zhu Houzhao turned to Li Dongyang and said, "Li Aiqing, do you think what the Grand Tutor has done violates the laws and regulations of the country?"

Li Dongyang shook his head. The emperor will favor Li Huan. Li Dongyang has long been prepared for this. As a soft-tempered person, Li Dongyang has no intention of confronting the emperor. Thousands of human lives, once spread, hundreds of officials will definitely be excited, and the people will definitely have criticism, the old minister implores His Majesty to punish Li Huan to some extent, so that Li Huan can stop killing, and it will not be harmful to him. "

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Dongyang in relief and said, "What Li Aiqing said is very reasonable, I will consider it."

But Yang Tinghe couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, is this the death of hundreds of students and thousands of people?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Does Yang Aiqing think that those people deserve death for what they did?"

Yang Tinghe's expression froze, and he sighed: "After all, they are deceived by others. Although they are guilty, they are not guilty of death."

Wang Yangming sneered from the side and said: "I don't know right from wrong, I follow what others say, be bewitched by others, there is no way for good or bad, but people call themselves, death is not a pity!"

Yang Tinghe snorted coldly, glared at Wang Yangming, and then said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, let's not mention Li Huan's indiscriminate killing of innocents for now, the money he confiscated from Xie Qian and the Yuyao gentry's family should be put into the national treasury." .”

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Yang Tinghe's voice changed to the idea of ​​the money that Li Huan had confiscated.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao thought that the millions of taels of silver confiscated by Jin Yiwei from the Fei family would soon enter Beijing, and even the money confiscated in Fuzhou, according to the news from Jin Yiwei, had already passed through Tongzhou, not far from the day of entering Beijing.

Judging by Yang Tinghe's posture, entering the palace this time, I'm afraid it's because he didn't want to drink.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Yang Ge, you take the post of Minister of the Household Department. Could it be that the Household Department is short of silver?"

Yang Tinghe seemed to be waiting for the emperor's words, and immediately raised his head to the emperor and said: "Return to your majesty, since the imperial court spent a lot of money last year, the silver in the treasury has bottomed out..."

The emperor heard the words and said immediately: "If I remember correctly, the autumn tax should have been collected not long ago and put into the treasury."

Hearing what the emperor said, Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect the emperor to remember this.

However, Yang Tinghe quickly reacted and said: "Your Majesty, although there is a supplement to the autumn tax, there is not much silver in the treasury. In addition, all the officials are discussing to repair several sections of rivers in the Huanghuai area during autumn and winter." , Those sections of the river have been in disrepair for a long time, and must be reinforced and repaired. Otherwise, if there is heavy rain in the coming year, there is a risk of the Yellow River flooding. , the food production in several prefectures has been reduced, and a large number of victims are waiting for relief from the imperial court..."

Soon the expenses popped up from Yang Tinghe's mouth. The expenses in each place are tens of thousands, 10,000+. It seems that the amount is not large, but there are too many places where money can't be restrained. As much as one million taels.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to refute, but everything Yang Tinghe said was reasonable at the beginning and had to be paid for. In the end, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu in astonishment.

Obviously Zhu Houzhao hoped that Wang Yangming or Liu Yu could stand up and raise objections.

However, this time Yang Tinghe obviously came prepared, so the expenses he mentioned are all reasonable and no one can refute.

So even if Wang Yangming and Liu Yu saw Zhu Houzhao's eyes, they could only report their helplessness to the emperor.

As veteran ministers of the court, they naturally understood that the expenses Yang Tinghe said were not exaggerated.

Of course, if there is really no problem at all, that is not right.

It's just that this so-called problem is not a problem in terms of it. It is nothing more than Yang Tinghe's calculation of some expenditures that the court had to delay due to the shortage of money in the past few years.

In the past, the imperial court was short of money, not to mention other things, just like some rivers in the Huanghuai area, in fact, they had already reached the point of repair two years ago, but because the imperial court did not have enough money and food, they could only delay again and again.

Obviously, such things cannot be delayed, so they knew Yang Tinghe's purpose, but Wang Yangming and Liu Yu couldn't say anything, because the huge expenses were really imminent.

It's all right without money, but now there is hope, no matter how Wang Yangming stands on Li Huan's position, but from the perspective of the entire Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming also hopes that a batch of money can enter the treasury to complete these imminent things .

Just for the repair of the Huanghuai River, after Wang Yangming became a cabinet minister, he came into contact with these important court affairs, and he kept them in his heart. He even planned to find an opportunity to find Li Huan sometime, and see if he could copy it from Fujian. Part of the incoming money was allocated to repair the Huanghuai River, which is a major issue related to the lives and deaths of millions or even tens of millions of people on both sides of the Huanghuai River.

Yang Tinghe respectfully said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, there is really no money in the court. It's not that the old ministers have the idea of ​​taking those money, but that if these things are not done, if something goes wrong, countless people will inevitably be affected. I beseech you, Your Majesty." The most important thing is the people of the world, and the most important thing is to let the money go into the treasury."

Zhu Houzhao's face was full of embarrassment. He is not a faint king. If he is a foolish king, then it's good. He doesn't have to worry about other things at all, he just needs to put the money into the internal treasury.

But when he thought of the projects that Yang Tinghe mentioned that were related to people's livelihood, Zhu Houzhao was full of entanglements.

On the one hand, it is a promise to Li Huan, and on the other hand, the court really needs money urgently.

Under such circumstances, even Zhu Houzhao felt a huge headache and wanted to refuse several times, but when he thought of the flooding of the Yellow River and the relief of the victims, Zhu Houzhao couldn't speak.

Yang Tinghe looked at Zhu Houzhao's tangled face, and couldn't help but bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I am not doing this for myself, nor for Li Taifu, but I hope that your Majesty can put the country and the society and the well-being of the people as the most important thing."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, and suddenly said: "Yang Qing's family has a loyal heart, I know it, but the money has already been arranged by Li Huanqing's family, and I have already promised Li Qing's family..."

Yang Tinghe kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, looked at Yang Tinghe and said slowly: "In that case, then Yang Qing's family should go and discuss with Li Aiqing. If Yang Qing's family can persuade Li Qing's family, I will agree."

Yang Tinghe couldn't help saying anxiously after hearing the words: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Okay, if there is nothing else, I'm tired!"

Seeing this, Li Dongyang coughed lightly at Yang Tinghe, then stepped forward to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Since Your Majesty is tired, I will take my leave."

Wang Yangming and Liu Yu also saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Yang Tinghe took a deep breath and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Watching them leave, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but looked at Qiu Ju and said, "Qiu Daban, if Mr. Yang seeks out Li Qing this time, how will Li Qing respond?"

Qiu Ju said with a wry smile on his face: "Your Majesty, the old slave can understand from the sidelines that Mr. Yang Ge is doing justice. Whether it is to relieve the victims or repair the river, it is a major event that benefits the people, and it is also a delay." No, if it is said that Mr. Yang went to look for Brother Li under such a banner, it is fine if Brother Li agrees, if he does not agree..."

Zhu Houzhao and Qiu Ju looked at each other, both of them showed deep worry in their eyes.

If he is a little careless, Li Huan will really lose his reputation and be reviled by all people.

This is no worse than Li Huan's notoriety for killing scholars and officials. After all, Li Huan only targeted officials and scholars before, and did not harm the common people.

But if people know that Li Huan refuses to use money to help the victims and repair the river, he will really be reviled by the people and will be infamous forever.

There was silence in the hall.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, the money confiscated by the Fei family will arrive in the capital soon, probably within a few days."

Qiu Ju nodded and said: "The news from Jin Yiwei sent people the day before yesterday said that Jin Yiwei has already guarded the money and is on the way to Beijing. At most tomorrow evening, the big ship carrying the silver will stop at the pier of the canal."

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