Film and television started from Yan Jiecheng in the Siheyuan

"There is a note from the Yushitai. Your Majesty, since the beginning of summer this year, there have been continuous heavy rains. Waterlogging and flooding have occurred in the Gyeonggi area and even for most of the week. Such great changes are God's warning to Your Majesty. Since Your Majesty succeeded to the throne, ...This is the result of your majesty being deceived by traitors. Please give me an edict to punish you and remove Han Zhang and Ouyang."

"Your Majesty, please issue an edict to punish yourself and remove Han and Prime Minister Ouyang."

Censor Zhongcheng took the lead, and all the censors jointly seconded the proposal.

The biggest pot was arranged for Zhao Zongquan.

But Zhao Zongquan is the emperor. Even if he makes mistakes, it cannot be said that the emperor is ignorant and fatuous.

It should be said that it was the prime minister who failed to fulfill his responsibilities that caused the emperor to make mistakes.

In fact, it was indeed Han Zhang and Ouyang who supported Zhao Zongquan.

Only Zhao Zongquan could act arbitrarily and cause trouble constantly.

"Your Majesty, Jian Yuan also has this memorial. A few months ago, there was a vision from the sky. At sunset in Changzhou, there was a loud sound like thunder in the sky. It was a big star, almost as big as the moon, which was seen in the southeast. After a while, there was another tremor, moving to the southwest. And again. It was shaken and fell to Yixing. It was seen far and near, and the fire shone brightly in the sky. This was the wrath of the sky, and it rained down its wrath... Please, Your Majesty, stay away from evil and evil, and issue an edict to sin against yourself."

The Yushitai side talks about floods, and the Jianyuan side talks about comets.

Meteors falling from the sky, floods, earthquakes, etc. are all natural disasters in this feudal era.

It can be regarded as God expressing dissatisfaction with the emperor. This is the Confucian reaction between heaven and man.

Yushitai and Jianyuan had such a tacit understanding and presented the memorial at the same time, so of course they had communicated with each other.

Only by joining forces to attack the emperor will we be more powerful.

"What are you trying to do? Are you trying to intimidate His Majesty? The waterlogging in Bianliang has even affected the imperial city. Countless houses have collapsed and been flooded. Countless people have been displaced. There are so many things in the court that have to be dealt with. If you don't deal with them, you still have time. Is this causing trouble to Your Majesty?"

Han Zhang stood up angrily and scolded.All the officials want to make themselves the prime minister at every turn.

Of course Han Zhang's prime minister was not so happy.

The geography of Bianliang is low-lying, and the bed of the Yellow River is higher than that of Bianliang City.

It is easy to suffer from waterlogging from time to time. Because the dignitaries live in the upper reaches and high places of various rivers, there is not much water in their houses.

Many civilians living in low-lying areas of the city had their houses completely submerged.

It is normal for the imperial city to have water accumulation. After all, it covers a huge area and not all areas are high. Low-lying areas require eunuchs and maids to drain the water manually.

"It is the responsibility of the political affairs hall to fight against floods and prevent disasters. If Han Xianggong cannot deal with it, he might as well abdicate voluntarily and give up the blame." Censor Zhongcheng replied to Han Zhang.

Everyone has their own affairs and does their own thing. The job of a troll is to be a good troll.

If Han Zhang talks about real things with trolls, he will of course be kicked back.

"That's enough. Countless people are displaced and starving. There is no need to delay. We are in urgent need of rescue. Time does not allow for such a delay. Other matters will be discussed later. Relieving the victims is the most important thing."

Zhao Zongquan was also ashamed and angry. He had been emperor for only two years.

If he issues an imperial edict to sin at this time, he will completely negate everything he has accomplished since taking office.

Fighting for power with the Queen Mother and giving your father the title of honor are all mistakes, and of course you cannot do so willingly.

“In the event of such a major disaster, the imperial court should send out imperial envoys as soon as possible to allocate money and food to provide relief to the victims.

Inspecting places, calming people's hearts, reducing taxes, helping people overcome difficulties, and cultivate themselves to show His Majesty's kindness. "

Officials from Yushitai and Jianyuan fully agreed with this idea.

Although the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty has fallen into a situation of party struggle.

But no matter which side they are from, no one dares to completely abandon the people's livelihood.

"Bachelor Yu inspected several states in the east, Zhang Hanlin inspected..."

Zhao Zongquan also quickly selected candidates for inspection in various places.

"Your Majesty, the candidates have been selected, but we still need to allocate money and food for relief." The third envoy stood up and said.

Although each place has its own Changping warehouse, this is a local self-reserve.

Since the central government wants to express its attitude, of course it needs to bring money and food.

"The Third Division will allocate the funds." Zhao Zongquan said casually.

"Your Majesty, it's only June now. The summer taxes from various places have not yet been put into the treasury. There is no money in the treasury."

Sheng Changbai's father-in-law, Mr. Hai, stood up and said awkwardly.

"After King Huan came back from his salt inspection, didn't all the taxes go to the treasury?"

"Your Majesty, the money has not been in the treasury for a long time and has been distributed to all parties." Mr. Hai continued to reply.

It's also the time when the summer taxes are about to be put into the treasury, and the treasury is now clean.

What was left was only a few months' salary for officials in Beijing, which amounted to 200 million yuan.

"..." Zhao Zongquan: "Then take the money back first, and then make up for it after the summer tax comes in."

"Your Majesty, all the money received by the clan has been distributed." Da Zong hurriedly came out and replied.

"Your Majesty, the money from the northwest and north has also been distributed to the local governments." The Privy Councilor also stood up hastily.

"Millions of people need relief, and the court has no money, so what's the use of having you three divisions? What's the use of having all the princes like you?"

Zhao Zongquan said anxiously that his reputation among the people was not good.

In the past two years since he took office, he has not done much in personnel affairs and has not done anything. The people have been missing the old emperor.

Although the old emperor did not do anything in the later period of his rule, he had at least worked hard in the first 20 years, and the people had a good impression.

In the later period, the old emperor only wanted to have children and did not cause trouble, so he was stable enough.

The key point is that the old emperor has a hobby, which is to like throwing coins.

If nothing happens, we will provide a wave of welfare to the people. All the people like to remember the good things of the old emperor.

After Zhao Zongquan succeeded to the throne, it was actually quite difficult.

A lot of things have been done and a lot of money has been spent, but it has not benefited the people.

This was another natural disaster, and people would inevitably make comparisons. After Zhao Zongquan came to power, his life was not as good as before, so he would naturally be resentful of Zhao Zongquan.

Zhao Zongquan can issue an imperial edict to provide relief to the victims and reduce some taxes, which can calm people's hearts.

However, Zhao Zongquan was obviously unwilling to issue the imperial edict that tax reductions and exemptions would have to wait until later.

If money and food cannot be provided for the most urgent relief, the grievances of the people will obviously not be resolved.

"Your Majesty, now we only have the money to build the mausoleum for King Xianshu, so we can borrow it."

Tuqiong saw that the courtiers revealed their true purpose today.

Take away the money Zhao Zongquan gave to King Xianshu to build the mausoleum. A royal prince who has made no contribution to the country needs to build the mausoleum no matter what the level.

The finances of the Great Zhou Dynasty were already in the current situation of being unable to make ends meet.

After encountering an emergency such as a natural or man-made disaster, of course you can find a way to squeeze out the money.

But the 300 million that Zhao Zongquan had prepared for King Xian Shu was well kept in the treasury. Why should he scrape it together and squeeze out the money with deductions everywhere.

If the money is left there and not used, you can't blame others for being jealous.Originally, the attitude of those above the court was that they did not support Zhao Zongquan's desire to give birth to his biological father and build a mausoleum according to the emperor's regulations.

Taking the opportunity to engage in pornography for Zhao Zongquan was the basic demand of Yushitai and Jianyuan today.

It would be an unexpected blessing if Zhao Zongquan could be made to punish himself and admit his previous mistakes.

After all, Zhao Zongquan has never been a person who listens to advice. He wants to make Zhao Zongquan give in once and commit a crime.

The ministers did not have such good expectations. This matter must have required many rounds of communication before it was possible.

"Is there no other way?" Zhao Zongquan said sadly, still reluctant.

"If Your Majesty is willing to lend this money from the inner treasury, you can avoid misappropriation."

"The internal treasury is also empty. How can there be such a large sum of money?"

The inner treasury is the emperor's small treasury, money that can be used at the emperor's personal disposal.

But this inner treasury was not originally used as the emperor's small treasury.

Zhou Taizu said that military expenditures and famine relief should be prepared in advance, and taxes could not be increased on the people when something unexpected happened, so he set up this internal treasury, called the encapsulation treasury.

Later, Taizu wanted to spend money to buy back the sixteen states of Yanyun, so he deposited the annual balance of the treasury into the inner treasury.

I am planning to go to the Liao Kingdom to buy land when I have saved 5000 million yuan. Even if I cannot buy back the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, the money will be used as military expenses, and it is possible to take it back by force.

Before the action of buying back Yan Yun was carried out, Taizu was gone, and the inner treasury became the emperor's private treasury.

However, the money in the inner treasury, in addition to providing for the expenses of the emperor and his family, was mainly used for military expenses and the welfare of the people.

Since Taizu established the inner treasury, whenever there was a war, flood, drought or festival reward, and the money of the three divisions was not enough, they would borrow money from the emperor's inner treasury, keep accounts, and pay it back when there was a surplus from taxes.

Some people borrow 100 million taels a year, and sometimes they borrow 500 million taels.

If the loan is not repaid in a few years, it will be removed from the loan record.

In some previous years, the state treasury still had a balance and could allocate money to the internal treasury.

But in recent years, the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet, which is the main source of money for the internal treasury.

It became the offerings of various states and counties. The offerings of each state to the palace were stored in the inner treasury, counted and registered, and then sold in the market.

Although they are tributes to the emperor from various places, they are not expensive.

They are of high quality and low price, and the tributes from the inner treasury are still very popular when sold.

But in Renzong's later years, the treasury officials were corrupt, and the number of offerings varied greatly from year to year.

Then the old emperor abolished this system and ordered that the items donated every year should be given to the Zuozangku of the state treasury, and then allocate 300 taels of gold and 50 taels of silver from the Zuozangtreasury to the Internal Affairs Treasury, making it custom-made.

Therefore, the internal treasury that Zhao Zongquan took over had little money.

The accumulation of previous emperors has already been wiped out by recent financial difficulties and loans.

Although the amount of money allocated to the inner treasury every year is not a small amount, it is still a drop in the bucket when faced with natural disasters.

In short, Zhao Zongquan is a poor man with no money. Even if he is rich in the world, he is not as rich as Gu Tingye.

"I also hope that your Majesty will give top priority to the people affected by the disaster and the country and the country."

"Then just embezzle it, but after the treasury is full, we still have to make up the money as soon as possible."

Zhao Zongquan was depressed and said unwillingly.

"Yes, we will replenish it as soon as possible after the treasury is full." The third envoy replied.

This is to give Zhao Zongquan a comfort, a vain hope. Considering the current severely overstaffed system of the Zhou Dynasty, there will be no time when the national treasury is full.

Sheng Changbai supported Gu Tingye's military reform in order to train strong soldiers, not to save money for the country.

To train elite soldiers, the expenditure is much higher than that of the original "old soldiers".

It's just that the expenditure that originally provided for two soldiers now provides for one soldier.

For now, state expenditures will continue to increase during the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Although as land is opened up, the population increases, business prospers, the country's tax revenue is still increasing.

However, these increases are still not as fast as the increase in expenditures.

As the emperor was willing to use the money to build his father's mausoleum to provide disaster relief.

The disputes in the court also stopped. The disaster was serious and there was no room for so much time for party fighting.

In fact, above the imperial court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, these officials were originally considered smart and capable, and their moral bottom line was acceptable.

It was because Han Zhang and Ouyang took the lead in kneeling down to the emperor.

The betrayal of the interests of the scholar-bureaucrats aroused resistance from the civil servant group.

Party disputes broke out in the court and they fell into internal strife, so the abilities of these people were not brought into play.

This has resulted in a situation where the Great Week is not as good as the previous year and is getting weaker and weaker.

Now, due to the issue of natural disasters, prejudices have been abandoned, and the administrative efficiency of the court is still good.

The court was temporarily busy with the disaster, and had no energy to continue for the time being. Zhao Zongquan was asked to issue an edict to punish himself.

The disaster must be overcome and the victims resettled before they can continue to attack the emperor.

"Changbai, tell Haishi that the tenants of her farm should have their rent reduced or reduced as much as possible this year." After returning home, Sheng Hong told Sheng Changbai.

The emperor was providing relief to the victims, and landlords like the Sheng family also had to make a gesture.

In such a disaster year, if the landlords do not reduce or reduce rents, the common people will inevitably end up selling their land, houses, and children.

Regardless of whether they really care about the people or the public opinion, most wealthy families still follow the emperor's lead.

Since the emperor has reduced taxes, of course land rents will also be reduced.

After all, most people who have a certain status will still pay attention to their eating habits.

At least in a place facing your own farm where others can see it, you should eat and look good.

The Sheng family, as Sheng Hong said, was an aristocratic family whose poems and books were passed down from generation to generation.

The most valuable thing is a reputation. In order to show one's benevolence and righteousness, the reduction or exemption is usually larger.

Haishi's dowry, Zhuangzi, represented the Sheng family, but Haishi was completely independent.

Even if Sheng Hong wanted to reduce or reduce the rent, he would still have to discuss it with Haishi.

"Father, don't worry, even if you don't ask, Haishi will do this. Haishi has already thought about it a few days ago."

The family's land rent has been reduced or exempted. Although they have lost a lot of income, it is not a strain on the Sheng family.

It's a pity, because of this flood, Sheng Changbai's potato harvest will be much worse.

It is not fully mature yet, and it needs to be harvested in advance and expanded before it grows up, and it will take another season at night.