Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

The emperor kept staring at King Jin without speaking.

King Jin's expression was normal, and he let him stare at him.

After a long time, the emperor asked: "You have been discussing with them for so long, besides asking for food, what else did they ask for?"

"As long as they have enough to eat, they don't want to make trouble. They were forced to this point by the Relief Department and Mr. Xiong. The arrest of the Xiong family is just to make Mr. Xiong feel scruples, and stop firing randomly and hurting innocent people."

His tone was calm, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his words.

The disaster victims who caused trouble even cared about the common people, but General Xiong was unscrupulous.

Who is the bandit and who is the soldier?
The emperor did not speak again, nor did King Jin.

The monarchs and ministers were silent for a while, and the emperor said, "I can give them food."

"I would like to thank His Majesty for your kindness on behalf of those disaster victims." King Jin paused, "I wonder how much stone grain His Majesty is willing to give them? Is it coarse grain or fine grain?"

"Jin Wang is really dedicated to serving the people." The emperor sneered.

"Your Majesty, if you receive the imperial salary, you should share your majesty's worries and do things for the people. Otherwise, you will be a vegetarian meal." King Jin said earnestly.

The emperor laughed twice, "One hundred shi of coarse grain and fifty shi of fine grain, King Jin thinks that is enough?"

"I will convey your majesty's intentions." Jin Wang pretended not to understand the probing meaning of the emperor's words.

"Then King Lao Jin will go for another trip." The emperor said with a half-smile.

"The minister will leave." King Jin withdrew from the Palace of Qinzheng.

The emperor squinted at the direction he was leaving, and said coldly: "He Lianyu, you better not be behind this matter, otherwise, I will kill you alive."

Jin Wang did not rush to Xizhimen, but went to the household department.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of land, taxation, household registration, military supplies, salaries, and food and salaries throughout the country.
For the hundred shi of coarse grain and fifty shi of fine grain promised by the emperor, he had to go to the household department to get it out first.

The Minister of the Household Department heard that he wanted so much food when he asked, and immediately complained, "My lord, it's not that the lower officials won't give you food, it's just that there isn't that much food."

"The king knows how many stones there are in the grain reserve in Beijing, and the amount of grain used for disaster relief is recorded in the account. How dare you say that you can't get the grain that the king wants?" The king of Jin was not angry.

"My lord, speaking of this matter, it was all caused by the Relief Department." The Minister of the Household Department did not hide it for King Ding.

"Prince Ding has been imprisoned, how dare the relief department make trouble?" King Jin asked knowingly.

"My lord, King Ding allocated relief food, but he said it wasn't enough, so he took the relief money and bought 100 million shi of grain." The Minister of the Household Department said.

"As far as this king knows, there are only 70 shi of grain in the two warehouses of the Disaster Relief Department, and the grain has only been released for a few days. Where did the grain go?"

Hubu Shangshu licked his lips, "I don't know."

"You are the Minister of the Household Department, and you are in charge of the Household Department. How do you know such a small matter? Ask the Secretary of the Department of Affairs." Jin Wang sincerely gave advice.

Hubu Shangshu had a bitter expression on his face, "My lord, you don't need to ask the secretary about this matter. This matter was all done by King Ding. King Ding sold the grain at a high price."

"Master Guan, why didn't you report this to the emperor?" King Jin asked knowingly again.

"Official, official."

"Mr. Guan doesn't need to explain to this king. The matter has reached such a point. If you conceal it and don't report it, you will only make your crime worse. You should go to the emperor and explain the matter clearly. Master Guan, don't foolishly take the blame for others."

"What the lord said is true, what the lord said is true." The Hubu Shangshu no longer hesitated.

King Jin looked at the Hubu Shangshu who was going away, and smiled meaningfully.

King Ding is now in prison, so take advantage of his illness to take his life.

The emperor's minions must be cleaned up one by one.

King Jin did not go back to Prince Jin's mansion when he left the palace, but went to Huaibei Prince's mansion.

On the surface, he didn't seem to care about how the emperor dealt with Shangshu of the Household Department, King Ding, and General Xiong, but in fact he asked other ministers to file a petition, demanding that the emperor severely punish the three of them.

In collusion with King Ding, the Minister of the Household Department who was corrupt and accepting bribes was dismissed from office and ransacked his home, and all his property was confiscated.

King Ding's title was taken away, and he was directly reduced to an earl. Now he is Uncle Dingping.

The [-] mu of meritorious land was taken back, and only [-] mu of the [-] mu of Yanglian land remained.
The once-prominent Prince Ding's Mansion, no, Dingping Bo's Mansion was reduced to the third-rate Bo's Mansion in the city overnight.

They can't live in Prince Ding's Mansion either, the emperor limits them to move out within five days.

In Prince Ding's mansion, the sound of crying was loud, Princess Ding did not want to believe it, and desperately shook Prince Ding who had just been released from the prison, "My lord, why did this happen? How did this happen?"

"My lord, can you think of a way?" The side concubine also shouted there.

Uncle Dingping was dumbfounded, lost his mind, what else can he do now?
General Xiong Da was deprived of his military power and confined in the mansion.

It is also easy for generals to rise and recover. If there is a war at the border, General Xiong can put on his battle robe again.

Moreover, there is a princess daughter-in-law at home, General Xiong Da is not worried about whether he can recover, "Bring some wine, I have been tired for so long, I should take a rest."

At this time, he had forgotten that his mother, wife and concubine were still locked in the tower of Xizhimen.

In the middle of the court, Prince De's son took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the soldiers have no leader, and we are afraid of trouble. Since Your Majesty has appointed King Jin to handle this matter, it is better to hand over the power of dispatching troops to King Jin, so that it will be convenient for King Jin to act."

The emperor took the military power of King Jin with great difficulty, how could he return the right to deploy troops to King Jin, even if it was only the military power of the city defense army.

But if you don't hand over the military power to King Jin, who should you hand it over to?
The emperor glanced at the generals, everyone lowered their heads, and no one wanted to pick up this hot potato.

In desperation, the emperor had no choice but to hand over the right to deploy the city defense army to King Jin.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." King Jin had long expected that the military power of the city defense army would fall into his hands.

The newly-appointed minister of the household department handed over the grain in Guangji Division's granary to King Jin, and King Jin went up to the tower of Xizhimen again.

The food was given to the victims, and the leader immediately ordered to "build a stove to cook porridge" under the city tower.

"Brother, officers and soldiers are surrounding the city tower, I'm afraid no one will dare to serve porridge."

The leader cupped his hands at King Jin, "Thank you, my lord."

"It's a matter of duty." Jin Wang said with a smile.

King Jin ordered all the soldiers to retreat five feet, and ordered people to go to the relief shed to tell the victims that they could come to Xizhimen to get porridge.

While King Jin was busy with these things, Fangju, whom Jiang Changning had sent out to check the accounts, returned home in a hurry.

"My maidservant greets the princess, and the princess is blessed." Fangju knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Changning when she entered.

"Okay, there's no need to be so polite, get up, I've worked hard this trip, and I've lost weight, Xiulan, let Madam Cui cook some of her favorite dishes, and make up for her."

"Thank you, Princess, for the reward." Fang Ju said happily.

After Jiang Changning asked a few more questions with concern, Fang Ju handed over the account book, "This time, the servant has left a total of sixteen Zhuangzi, and each Zhuangzi's accounts are unclear."

Fangju was very careful, she wrote down all the unclear points.

Jiang Changning took the order, okay, sixteen dealers, at least 1000 taels of silver have been corrupted.

No matter how big the family and business are in the Prince Jin Mansion, it can't afford so many rats to gnaw on it.