The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 218 New Clan Law
Xiang Fei uttered nonsense, and among the important ministers in the Nuan Pavilion, Wang Lihong, a scholar of Longtuge, walked out of the train and said to the emperor Chu Huaitian: "Xiang Tiju's words are true. The salt rolls are not in harmony with the ancient method, which is harmful to the peace of heaven. Please issue an order to abolish it." .”

When Wenyuan Pavilion and Longtu Pavilion offered sacrifices to heaven this year, there were not even chickens and ducks, but baskets of steamed buns with strange shapes. It is unavoidable for the ministers of the Ci Dynasty to be resentful, and if they finally seize the opportunity, they will naturally show it.

Chu Huaitian looked at Shangguan Wenhe and Wang Qiushan, and felt that these two people were stingy, even if they wanted to suppress their opponents, they shouldn't make them look bad during the Chinese New Year. Give them more wine and meat, maybe they will say something nice.

Prime Minister Shangguan Wenhe hung his head and said nothing.

Hubu Shangshu Wang Qiushan focused on the guard, as if he was thinking about something extremely important.

The two of them are not stingy, but they are well aware of the arrogance in the bones of literati. Even if they evacuate the treasury and distribute it to the ministers and officials of the opposition, they will not say a good word, and they may scold even more fiercely.Although they didn't sum it up accurately in words, they all understood that it was impossible to please everyone.

At this moment, Shangguan Qing took a step forward, regardless of Xiang Fei and Wang Lihong's glaring, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, what we are discussing now is how to deal with the issue of privately printed salt rolls. The person who made the price has disposed of it, and will discuss the pros and cons of the salt rolls later.”

Xiang Fei thought that Shangguan Qing had given up, and said loudly: "The salt roll is the root of everything, so we must make it clear first."

Shangguan Qing ignored Xiang Fei, turned to Wang Qiushan and said, "Shangshu Wang, I wonder if we can check the Yanyin archives collected by the imperial court in the past."

Wang Qiushan nodded and said, "Yes."

Xiang Fei didn't want to understand what Shangguan Qing wanted to do, but when he asked, it seemed that he was ignorant, so he simply didn't speak, and waited to see what Shangguan Qing wanted to do.

Wang Lihong is just an old pedant, and he doesn't understand the tricks in business affairs and salt quotations.

Wang Qiushan understands it, but he has only been in office for two years, and the previous dirty things have nothing to do with him. After he formed an alliance with Shangguan Wenhe, he became a new party in the imperial court, and he happily exposed all the dirty things of his predecessor. , he was happy to watch the excitement, and it was also an opportunity to attack political opponents.

Shangguan Wenhe hesitated for a moment, but finally did not speak.

But the sensible people present quit, especially the old party that was hostile to the new party. They used to hold great power and benefited a lot from Yanyin. Once exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The clan's mansion raised Chu Huaizhong out of the train and said, "Your Majesty can't."

"Why not?" Xiang Fei glared at Chu Qianzhong.This clan, which rose to power because of the mistakes of its predecessor and because it did not stand up against Shangguan's father and daughter, is considered a member of the new party, and has always been hostile by Xiang Fei and others.

"I have a secret performance." Chu Huaizhong walked slowly to Chu Huaitian's side, lowered his voice and whispered something to Chu Huaitian, Chu Huaitian's expression suddenly became extremely ugly.

He had heard of it before, but he did not expect such a large scale.

The salt quotations collected by the Ministry of Households are basically fake, and once every few years, officials propose to abolish the past salt quotations, just to cover up the greed of big merchants and wealthy families.

"Does the clan also have a share?" Chu Huaitian asked in a low voice.

"It will be more profitable. There are 200 million males in the clan of the surname Chu, and the rewards from the inner treasury are not enough to spend every year, and the clan needs to be maintained, so..." Chu Huaizhong didn't go on, what he said It is already very clear.

Chu Huaitian suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Wang Qiushan: "There is no need to check it. Issuing salt rolls is a national policy and cannot be changed. Those officials who receive fake salt rolls and pretend to be real salt rolls must be severely punished. Those who privately print salt rolls All the officials involved in this case will be returned to their backgrounds and demoted to common people."

"The minister obeys the order." Shangguan Wenhe stepped forward to receive the order.

Xiang Fei was still yelling, but Chu Huaitian ignored him, and continued to order: "After the private seal of salt rolls is verified, they will be executed and executed, and the three clans will be punished."

Shangguan Qing stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Zhulian Taiguang has violated Tianhe, and I think it is enough to punish the chief evil."

From the perspective of modern people, after learning about Ling Ling's era, Shangguan Qing felt that implicating the family members was too barbaric, and it was not good for the rule of the world.

Chu Huaitian nodded in relief, but he was thinking of another aspect.

In the past, those who made profits on Yanyin were big households, merchants, and wealthy families, and many of them privately printed salt rolls. Too much involvement would make everyone in the world feel at risk, and proper kindness would make them restrain themselves, so as not to Excessive resentment towards the imperial court can save the world from turmoil.

"What Ai Qing said is reasonable, but it's not enough to kill the culprits. Since they like money, they will confiscate their property according to the amount of private seals found."

After much deliberation, Chu Huaitian still doesn't intend to let these people go easily. It's okay not to beheaded, but the capital crime can be avoided, and they must be made to pay the price.

"Department of punishment."

Zhang Tan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, came out and saluted, "The minister is here."

"Strict investigation." Chu Huaitian emphasized.

"The minister obeys the order."

Xiang Fei and Wang Lihong still wanted to object, Chu Huaitian said to the ministers loudly: "I will not pursue the past, but I hope that it will not happen again in the future."

Wang Lihong figured out the key and shut up.

Xiang Fei still wanted to argue, but was dragged out by the imperial guards who came up from behind.

Chu Huaitian asked all the officials to retreat, leaving only Chu Huaizhong, Shangguan Wenhe, Shangguan Qing and Wang Qiushan, and then asked Sun Qu to take the internal officials and guards out of Dongnuan Pavilion.

Chu Huaitian put down the emperor's airs and said: "The promotion of salt rolls cannot be stopped, but the clan's lack of income is also a trouble. Is there any way for you, my love?"

This is asking for money from everyone.

Shangguan Wenhe bowed his head and said nothing, Wang Qiushan looked directly at Shangguan Qing.

Shangguan Qing despises in her heart, she promoted the salt rolls on a small scale in the first place, and it was Chu Huaitian who insisted on promoting them nationwide, which caused so many broken things to happen.

The emperor is really a freewheeling and irresponsible profession.

Shangguan Qing didn't want to speak at first, but Chu Huaitian called the names directly, so Shangguan Qing could only say: "I am not familiar with the operation of the Clan Mansion, so I dare not speak nonsense."

Chu Huaitian signaled Chu Huaizhong to explain to Shangguan Qing.

Shangguan Qing was shocked when he heard the number of 200 million. The Chu Kingdom has enjoyed the country for 500 years and has bred so many descendants of the clan, and this number still refers to males.

I really want to say one thing, all pulled out and castrated.

Shangguan Qing turned her head around and said: "The right way is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. The clan is spread all over the world. It is better to let the clan manage the post stations all over the world, and open the mail from the government to the people, so as to profit from it."

"Let the clan serve as postmen?" Chu Huaizhong shook his head after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)