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Chapter 113 Great Opportunity (Please subscribe)

What's up with this?

Jia Huan is a bystander. After comparing some events in history and reading many movies, TV series and novels, he naturally has a relatively superficial understanding of the affairs of the current dynasty.

The situation is naturally not as serious as the rumors in the market!

The foundation of the Daqian Dynasty is quite impressive, which can be seen from the situation of Ningrong's Second Mansion.

Even if the two families decline, the resources they control are still not huge enough for ordinary people to understand.

The fundamental reason is that there are only two days in the sky at this time!
The current emperor has been on the throne for more than 20 years, but he still cannot completely control the court!

The power of the Xungui Group cannot be mobilized, and naturally it is restricted everywhere and cannot show its full potential.

No wonder, the ruthless purge of the Xungui Group was launched later. No one who becomes emperor can stand this.

If he could completely control the court, even if he forced the frontline general to death, he would have to start a crazy battle with the White Lotus rebels as soon as possible, instead of the current confrontation.

Besides, the Xungui Group not only controls most of the military power, but also controls most of the money, food and materials in the Zhili area of ​​the capital.

If nothing else, the products produced by the Xungui Group at the farm outside the city can probably supply more than half of the annual rations for the capital's population of one million!

As long as they actively donate a little bit, at least the initial disaster relief money, food and materials will be enough. How can there be a need to personally dig into the private treasury that is not abundant now?
There is a precedent for the unlucky Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. How could the emperor not have any private treasury to keep? If there is an emergency, is it possible to imitate Chongzhen and beg from ministers?

Jia Huan could see clearly that there was no emotion at all. He was in a very excited mood at this time.

Because the opportunity has come!

Didn't the opportunity to pull this guy Lin Ruhai out of the pit of fire appear now?

However, it is not easy to carry out this matter according to his ideas.

Fortunately, Jia Huan is still somewhat sure of this.

Interests, as long as there are enough interests, he can influence anyone!

On this day, Mr. Tianzheng left the office early and was blocked by Jia Huan, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Master, the opportunity has come!"

Jia Huan spoke first and said something without beginning or end.

Then, without waiting for the second master Zheng to react, he deliberately lowered his voice and said: "If I want to take a step forward in official circles recently, or leave Taipu Temple, the opportunity has come!"

"Is this true?"

Mr. Zheng was a little unhappy at first. He felt that Jia Huan's behavior was not in line with Confucian requirements for scholars and was not pleasing at all.

But when it came to things like promotion, he put aside other distracting thoughts, his eyes were bright and impatient.

"Master, don't be impatient. Let's talk inside first. Standing outside the door is too conspicuous!"

At this time, Jia Huan was not in a hurry anymore and changed the topic to remind.

"Yes, yes, go to the big study room to talk!"

Mr. Zheng Er nodded repeatedly, then grabbed Jia Huan and strode into the big study.

Seeing this scene, the Qingke guests waiting in the big study were a little surprised, but they also knew that something big was likely to happen, and they all immediately prepared themselves with serious faces.

After sitting down, Jia Huan did not waste any time and glanced at everyone present. Finally, he turned his attention to Master Zheng and said in a serious voice: "Master should be aware of the current situation in the court. The current emperor is very short of money!"

Speaking of this, he said with an excited voice: "At this time, any minister who can help me get enough money will be a capable minister and official in my eyes. It will be difficult for me not to be promoted!"

When Master Zheng Er heard this, his hopeful eyes suddenly dimmed, and he said angrily: "Of course I know this truth, but where can I get money for His Majesty?"

"That's not a small amount, it must be at least a million taels, or even millions of taels!"

After saying that, he shook his head and said angrily: "Don't think wildly at a young age. Are you able to participate in such a thing at will?"

When the surrounding Qingke ministers heard this, they suddenly showed disapproval in their hearts.

As Mr. Zheng Er said, it is okay to please the current emperor, but the key is where to get the money?

You can't. Just donate money from Rong Mansion. That won't be enough.

The old lady and the second wife probably won’t agree either!

It's just that they really can't get involved in such a big event. No matter how easy it is to offend Mr. Zheng or Jia Huan, they don't want to see it.

"Sir, it's not like I want to donate money. What about it, it's the imperial court's money?"

Jia Huan didn't take it seriously and chuckled: "My child, what you said here is that as long as the master is willing, he can be promoted to the fourth rank immediately, and it is not a problem to even directly jump to the third rank!"

Master Zheng Er's expression changed again. He looked at Jia Huan carefully, but what he saw was full of confidence.

The big study suddenly fell into unspeakable silence, and the atmosphere was quite depressing.

The gang of Qingke ministers all held their breath and concentrated, their faces extremely serious.

They were also curious, where did Jia Huan get the confidence to speak up to the fourth grade or even from the third grade?
As the disciples of the Second Master Zheng, they are naturally no strangers to the officialdom of the court and know a lot of news.

It's okay to say that he is a fourth-grade official. As the top grade of a middle-level official, it is not difficult to help the second master of the Zheng Dynasty to be promoted with the background of the Rong Mansion.

But he is completely different from the third rank. He has already entered the ranks of high-ranking officials in the court. He is a minister who must be treated seriously by the current emperor. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is an important minister.With the current energy of Rong Mansion and the ability shown by the second master Zheng, it is estimated that it will be quite difficult to be promoted to the third rank.

"Then tell me, how can the court still have any money?"

Master Zheng Er asked directly: "Besides, Master, I can still come forward and get it!"

"Haha, the treasury owes money!"

Jia Huan just smiled softly and said four words lightly.

But Mr. Zheng's face changed wildly, he stood up suddenly and said dissatisfiedly: "Is this the opportunity you mentioned?"

"Master, isn't it?"

Jia Huan asked directly: "If I can get back part of the owed silver for the national treasury, which is enough to meet the needs of disaster relief in the south, will I look at me differently now and promote him?"

"This……"

Mr. Zheng Er was a little confused for a moment, and subconsciously said: "That's natural!"

As an emperor, the most important thing is to reward those who have merit and punish those who have merit, and to show your fairness and justice. Only in this way can the courtiers be in awe.

After listening to the conversation between Mr. Zheng Er and Jia Huan and his son, the Qingke ministers next to them opened their eyes wide and looked at Jia Huan with disbelief on their faces.

Mr. Huan, do you know what you are talking about?
Jia Huan naturally knew what he was talking about, and he was confident that the second political master would support him.

"Brother Huan, do you know how much the treasury owes money and how much it has to do with it?"

Mr. Zheng Er walked back and forth a few times, and finally sat down and asked in a deep voice: "When it comes to officials from all over the dynasty, one bad move will offend them all!"

Regarding the treasury's lack of silver, the situation is basically the same as what Kang Mazi caused in normal history.

The Supreme Emperor worked hard to govern when he was young and was a model of a wise king. Unfortunately, in his later years, he became lazy and lazy in government affairs, and the constraints on senior officials gradually relaxed.

Not only that, he wanted a good posthumous name, and then planned to use money from the treasury to buy it.

Of course, the policy of allowing officials to borrow money from the treasury seems quite noble on the surface.

It is said that he sympathizes with the difficulties of the lower-level officials in the capital. Some of them have such difficult life that they cannot even afford to support their families.

In order to make life easier for these low-level officials, the treasury was opened to allow them to borrow money to tide over the difficulties.

As a result, when such a policy is implemented, everything will look completely different.

The most powerful people who came to the treasury to borrow money were relatives of the emperor and nobles. They completely regarded the treasury as their own and almost emptied the treasury in a short period of time.

By the time the Supreme Emperor realized something was wrong and hurriedly stopped, the treasury money loaned out had already exceeded fifteen million taels.

This is equivalent to almost half of the revenue of the national treasury, which directly confused the Supreme Emperor.

But not long after, the deposed prince initiated a palace coup, the emperor became seriously ill and abdicated, and the new emperor ascended the throne. A series of things happened one after another, and the matter of borrowing money from the treasury was forgotten.

The current emperor and the Supreme Emperor have not forgotten this matter. Unfortunately, they were restrained by each other and did not dare to take the initiative to collect debts, which resulted in a deficit of more than 1000 taels of silver in the national treasury.

Because the involvement is so wide, one bad thing may cause uproar. Even in the most difficult times, there is no thought of owing money to the national treasury.

But if a minister takes the initiative and can get some of the money back to help the current and the imperial court solve the urgent financial problems, it will be difficult not to take it seriously.

"Sir, if you propose to clean up the money owed to the treasury, how much money are you sure you can get back?"

Jia Huan didn't take it seriously and switched directly to the execution level: "It's nothing more than close relatives and friends, as well as noble forces that can be manipulated in our house!"

"As for the others, you don't need to pay attention to them at all!"

After Jia Huan said this, he continued to ask: "If this is the case, are you sure?"

Mr. Zheng Er's face was full of shock, and his eyes changed when he looked at Jia Huan.

If he didn't have to worry about his face, he would have just cursed: "I cooperate with you to deceive relatives!"
"No, no, if I do this, how will I see anyone in the future?"

Mr. Zheng Er shook his head repeatedly and said displeasedly: "That's it for now. Brother Huan, don't mention it any more!"

"If I make meritorious deeds, I would be able to sit on the position of a fourth-rank minister of Honglu Temple, or even a third-rank minister of general affairs, wouldn't you be tempted?"

Of course my heart is moved, only a fool would not be moved!

Although the minister of Honglu Temple is only the fourth rank, he is one of the six ministers and nine ministers of the Eight Classics of Zhenger. He definitely belongs to the ranks of important officials in the imperial court. The key is that he is quite suitable for the temperament of the second master of politics.

As for the general political envoy of the third grade, that is even more remarkable.

The grade alone is enough to make the second master of politics jealous.

The key is that as a nodal agency for local military and political affairs to be uploaded to the imperial court, not only is the information very smooth, but you can also see the current emperor from time to time, in private.

Not only that, as a result of various factors, both the ministers of Honglu Temple and the general affairs envoys were quite leisurely yamen.

Although Daqian was orthodox in the Central Plains, its martial virtues were not strong enough, which led to the almost immediate collapse of the vassal tribute system of the Celestial Kingdom.

The result was that Honglu Temple, which was responsible for receiving envoys from the vassal countries, became an out-and-out idle yamen.

As for the General Affairs Department, not only did its business conflict with the cabinet, but it was still a secret service agency on the official front of the royal family at the beginning. Naturally, it was not welcomed and was constantly suppressed. In the end, it became a specialized department for uploading and distributing information, with little power. explain.

(End of this chapter)