Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 270 An old trick
In the first few months after the young emperor ascended the throne, the emperor was thinking about seeing through his ministers, and the ministers were also thinking about testing the emperor.Just thinking about it like this, some ministers put their hearts back into their stomachs.

"Master Pei, the emperor has reorganized the inner palace, and it seems to have stopped. He has cut so many positions, and I don't know how many people have been offended. Just say that there are three thousand ministers, except for one thousand who are internal ministers. Which minister has no family? Are these two people getting money from this position?" Shi Wanqing, the censor of Youdu, shook his head and continued:

"However, when he reduces the power of the chamberlains, we should be the ones who benefit the most. Without the chamberlains, the courtiers will have less checks and balances. Just like the power of the Supervisor of Ceremonies is reduced, it is not your cabinet that benefits?"

Pei Shiyan took a sip of tea, shook his head and said with a smile: "The emperor is still young, and he is not a prince at a young age. In the past few years since he has been the prince, the emperor has ignored the affairs of the government. No one has taken care of things. What he has learned is the king's. There are still too few ways. Most of the people around him are warriors, with simple minds, well-developed limbs, and no right to speak in the court. They are ignorant!"

Ye Jiquan, the Minister of Punishment, didn't know whether Pei Shiyan was saying that the emperor was stupid or that the generals were stupid. It was the same anyway, so he just nodded.

He suggested: "Since the emperor likes to do things personally, let's throw more things to him, let him deal with everything. When there are too many things, he will naturally have troubles. When the novelty of being the emperor wears off, he will naturally We are about to return to the harem. When the emperor returns to the harem, are you still worried that he will not accept his concubines?"

All three of them regarded the matter of the court persuading the emperor to accept a concubine as a big joke.So when Ye Shangshu said it, everyone laughed with understanding.

Their daughter married King Kang. Even if she still had a daughter, she would not be able to marry the emperor again.Whether the emperor accepts concubines or not has no effect on them.Therefore, of course a few people still support King Kang. Even if King Kang fails to become emperor, as long as the power of King Kang's party is still there, they can safeguard the interests of their major families.

Sure enough, two days later, Pei Shiyan asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to report to the emperor all the problems that had been reported and difficult to solve in recent years, such as the failure to collect taxes, the disorderly clearing of land by refugees, and so on.

In the Wenhua Hall, the emperor looked through the materials reported by the Ministry of Revenue. He slapped the booklet on the case and sneered: "Wouldn't it be better to live a good life? Pei Shiyan is so rampant, does it mean that I won't dare to touch him?"

"Now you really can't touch him." Shen Congxi, who is now a scholar of the cabinet, said: "Pei Shangshu has deep roots, and he is different from Ji Ruicheng. He has no heinous reasons. From him, it is indeed impossible to get rid of it." .but……"

"But what?" The emperor asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, look." Shen Congxi handed the booklet he was holding to the emperor, pointed at a line of small words and smiled: "Although we can't touch him personally, we can start from the bottom of his power group! "

The emperor took a closer look and found out that Yongqing County under Shuntian Prefecture had insufficient taxes for two consecutive years. He reported it to the Ministry of Revenue, saying that the county government was under too much pressure and asked the Ministry of Revenue to reduce taxes for the county.The magistrate of Yongqing County is called Liu Baoshan.

"Move him? Is this Liu Baoshan a member of Pei Shiyan?" the emperor asked.

"I don't think so. If it were one of their people, the discount would definitely have been approved. Why has it not been approved yet and now it is submitted to you? However, I happen to know that there is a sesame-sized mung bean in Yongqing County. Li Gang, a minor official, bought his position as chief bookkeeper of Yongqing County from King Kang."

Seeing that the emperor did not respond, Shen Congxi smiled again and said: "Your Majesty, please don't look down on this mere ninth-grade official. Maybe even King Kang and Pei Shangshu have forgotten about it. Li Gang spent a full 10 taels of silver to buy an official. , Could it be that he didn’t want to repay the money he spent when he took office? Your Majesty, trust me, you will definitely hit the target!" The matter of King Kang and King Xian selling their official positions was not just one thing or another. At that time, in Zhan Shi's Mansion, Shen Congxi and Sun Yanxi were very Pay attention to collecting their information, and prepare to use it as a basis to attack these royal gangs when a prince comes out to fight for the throne.Later, the prince successfully ascended the throne, and the emperor's affairs were complicated, so the matter of selling his official position was temporarily put aside.

"We are so sleepy that we have to eat the meat that we have brought to our door." The emperor was so happy that he hurriedly sent someone to pass it on to another meat-loving Sun Yanxi.It seems that in order to leverage the core power of civil servants, we have to rely on civil servants.

Sun Yanxi arrived at the Wenhua Hall soon after receiving the order.He flipped through the emperor's table of old accounts from the Ministry of Accounts a few times, then smiled and said, "Shang Shu Pei is afraid that you will be too idle, so he has come to find something for you to do. He is also very ambitious, isn't he afraid that you will copy his old records?"

"Isn't that right? I called you this living code to discuss countermeasures with you. Let's see how to tear apart a Kang Wang Party from a small opening!" Apart from talking about his little baby, the emperor had not been so happy for a long time.

"Oh? What kind of small opening is so powerful?"

Shen Congxi connected the two things between Li Gang's buying an official position and Yongqing County's failure to collect taxes, and told Sun Yanxi in detail.

Sun Yanxi nodded and said: "How many taels of silver is the monthly salary of the county government clerk? 10 taels of silver buys a ninth-grade official. It seems that he is here to make a fortune. If you collect too much private money, it will naturally affect the people's tax payment. Among them , I’m afraid the county magistrate Liu Baoshan is also involved. So we can’t investigate directly at the beginning, we must make secret visits.”

The emperor's mind was spinning fast. As soon as Sun Yanxi finished speaking, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! This time I will kill two birds with one stone."

He glanced at the two people in front of him, finally looked at Shen Congxi, and said with a smile: "I appoint you as the imperial envoy to go to Yongqing to investigate the case of excessive taxes. If the situation is true, the Ministry of Revenue can be appropriately reduced. Secretly with You are also going with Hou Zhengxiong from the Jinyiwei. The Jinyiwei cooperates with your actions, and the evidence they find will be credited to them separately."

Shen Congxi immediately understood what the emperor meant. He wanted Jin Yiwei to make an unannounced visit, and by giving Jin Yiwei a chance to perform meritorious service alone, he was dividing the factory guards.The emperor killed two eagles with one stone, and one of the eagles is here.

"Some plants are poisonous if not used properly, but they are medicine if used properly. This is what the Queen taught me." The emperor had an unabashed smile on his face: "Jinyiwei was originally the emperor's tool to manage his ministers. Now, it is me. When using them.”

Just as he mentioned the Queen in one sentence, the Emperor suddenly remembered something and turned to Sun Yanxi and said: "The Queen would like to invite Mrs. Sun to bring Huaixin to the palace to play. During the period of national filial piety, the child's full moon and hundred-day banquet are exempted. Now Yun Jue will also be crawling all over the place, at least we should get together and let the two brothers get to know each other."

"Crawling all over the floor?" Sun Yanxi and Shen Congxi both stared wide-eyed: Aren't princes all very delicate and delicate, being held by either palace maids or chamberlains every day?Besides, Yunjue is only half a year old and can’t crawl!
"His crawling method, you may not be able to just lie down on the ground, move your legs, and use your hands to move back. Oh, the queen said, the child can exercise like this, let him go, he can't crawl out anyway. Palace." The emperor said helplessly.

Sun Yanxi hurriedly smiled and nodded in agreement. Yes, let someone close the door when you get back. His son is really good at crawling. The Sun Mansion is not as big as the palace, so Man Sheng will not learn from the palace and lose Sun Huaixin.

(End of this chapter)