My Red Mansion Career

Chapter 118 Tan Qingyun: I want to eat ready-made
Daming Palace Imperial Study Room
Looking at Tan Qingyun and the other five pavilion elders kneeling on the ground, Emperor Changping's face twitched slightly and he said sarcastically.

"You really can't see that I have some spare money. Let me ask you...if Jia Yu hadn't copied such a sum of money last night, wouldn't you be able to raise the money?"

Tan Qingyun said honestly: "That's not true. It can still be raised. But it will have to be sourced from other places, and it will also affect other expenses of the imperial court."

Emperor Changping was almost angry, Tan Qingyun's meaning was obvious.

We can still get those military expenses out if we work hard, but now that we have it ready-made, why should I work so hard to raise money everywhere?
"hiss……"

Jia Yu on the side was also shocked by Tan Qingyun's "frankness".

I can't blame him for being a big boss, but his shamelessness is beyond comparison.

He looked at Emperor Changping's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was really worried that Emperor Changping would be so angry that his blood vessels would burst.

Look at Dai Quan standing next to Emperor Changping. The manager of the Daming Palace, who is usually called the internal minister, just lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.

After all, no matter how powerful he is, he is just an eunuch who cannot get ahead. If he dares to interfere at will in such a national matter, believe it or not, Tan Qingyun and the others will dare to shout the slogan of punishing the eunuchs from heaven.

It seems that I can only appear on my own.

After thinking about this, he immediately stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Master Tan, I have something unclear, and I hope you can enlighten me!"

Seeing Jia Yu standing up, Tan Qingyun just glanced at him and said nothing.

But Yang Jilin on the side yelled angrily: "How presumptuous! We are discussing military and state affairs with His Majesty. What kind of status do you have, and you dare to interrupt? You really don't know the heights of heaven and earth!"

"Ha ha……"

If he were an ordinary official, he would be really frightened if he was reprimanded like this by a cabinet boss, but Jia Yu really wasn't afraid of him.

Jia Yu chuckled: "Mr. Yang, you have such great official authority. In terms of official rank, the senior ministers are indeed the first rank in the dynasty. A small fourth-rank commander in the lower rank is indeed far behind you.

But don't forget, the money you guys are talking about was obtained by your subordinates.

How come... now that the money has not been received, some of you are starting to look down on others?

Is this what the common people say, pick up the chopsticks to eat meat and put down the chopsticks to curse?
Are you too ungrateful? "

"伱..." Yang Jilin was speechless and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

After all, what they said was right, the money was originally obtained by others.

The few of you are discussing how to spend the money obtained by others without letting others say a word. There is no such reason in the world.

Seeing that Yang Jilin, who was also a member of the Chu party, had eaten a turtle, Tan Qingyun could no longer pretend to be dismissive and said in a deep voice: "Jia Yu, what do you want to ask me?"

"It's nothing." Jia Yu raised her voice: "Tan Ge Lao, I heard several Ge Lao in Xiaguan asking for money from Your Majesty, is that right?"

"Pfft!"

A low muffled laugh came from nowhere, causing Tan Qingyun, Yang Jilin, Wang Zhijie, Jian Desan, Ye Zuo and others to change their expressions instantly.

These words are so hurtful. Isn’t this a way of calling them beggars?
The key is that they can't refute it. The facts are there. You are chasing the emperor for money. What is the difference between this behavior and beggars?
However, people who can become pavilion elders are indeed not as thick-skinned as ordinary people.

In just a few moments, Tan Qingyun adjusted her mentality.

Without changing his expression, he said: "Jia Yu, what you said is very inappropriate.

Although you got this money from killing gangs, it doesn't mean you have the right to dispose of it.

As the commander of the Five Cities Army and Horses Division, it is your duty to serve the king and serve the country.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, it is also my responsibility to deal with these silver coins. You and I are both serving the court, so how can we ask for money? "Listen...it sounds reasonable at first glance.

"Clap clap clap..."

Applause rang out, and Jia Yu clapped her hands and praised: "As expected of a veteran of three dynasties, he can even ask for money so confidently. No wonder he has been able to serve as the chief minister for more than ten years. He can be called the tumbler of Daxia."

Seeing Jia Yu dare to contradict Tan Qingyun again and again, Dai Quan, who had been standing behind Emperor Changping with his head lowered, secretly gave a thumbs up.

This young Mr. Jia is really brave. He dares to stand up to the five elders of the current court without changing his expression. This means that he has to stand on the opposite side of the entire civil servant group. Isn't he afraid that he will end badly in the future?

You know, after more than seventy years of development, the civil service group has penetrated into every aspect of Daxia, even the military power.

The former Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies has been reduced to a decoration. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of War, which was only responsible for logistics support and equipment supply, has now become the highest leadership organization of the Daxia army.

If the Beijing camp was not still in the hands of the royal family, Daxia's military would have been controlled by the civil service group.

Jia Yu cut himself off from the civil service group at a young age. What did he think?

However, Emperor Changping's view was different from Dai Quan's. Jia Yu wanted to be a lonely minister.

Thinking of this, Emperor Changping couldn't help but look at Jia Yu a little softer.

Where can I find such a minister who can make money for myself, who can quarrel with civil servants for myself, and who can also say things that are inconvenient for me to say?

As for what Emperor Changping could think of, Tan Qingyun, a veteran of three dynasties, would naturally not think of it.

He stared at Jia Yu thoughtfully for a few times, and then smiled lightly: "Whatever you say, but there are some things I still say.

Although the money was obtained by Commander Jia during the inspection last night, the money was brought for use.

Now that the Mongolian Tatars have invaded with [-] cavalry, Tongguan is in danger.

Although Wang Ziteng has led his army to the expedition this morning, we still have to prepare the subsequent supplies, food and wages.

If Mr. Jia were sitting in my position and learned that the imperial court suddenly confiscated so much money, would you also ask Your Majesty to allocate the money to purchase military supplies? "

"Uh……"

Now it was Jia Yu's turn to be speechless. To be honest, if he had been the chief minister of the cabinet, he would have also thought about this money. This is a typical case where the butt determines the head.

"All right!"

At this time, Emperor Changping spoke.

"Show me the list of what was seized last night."

Jia Yu quickly took out the list from her sleeve and handed it over.

Dai Quan took the list and handed it to Emperor Changping.

After Emperor Changping looked at it, an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes.

After a long time, he said: "Since Tan Aiqing has said so, I am not a stingy person.

Let's do this. Tomorrow we will allocate 100 million taels of silver from the internal treasury to the Ministry of Household Affairs to purchase weapons and food for the army. "

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

(End of this chapter)