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Chapter 75 Aftermath
Sen Leng's eyes lingered under the seat. The man in the yellow dragon robe sitting above seemed to be suppressing his inner anger. There were several memorials and verdicts scattered under the desk. All this is ignored.

"Lu Song, tell me, why did this matter cause such a commotion inside?" After a long while, it seemed that he slowly suppressed his anger, leaning his body slightly, pressing one arm on the pillow beside him, and his voice slowed down. Not a lot.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jin and the others have already reported this matter." Lu Song bowed slightly, "I thought it was not a day's cold to freeze three feet. , and then was coerced and used by the bandits of the White Lotus Sect, which eventually led to catastrophe. They are emerging one after another, and both Lunan and Luxi are spreading,..."

Sitting upright at the top is naturally Zhang Shen today.

The slightly protruding cheekbones made his cheeks look a little slender, and the slightly fair face and the slightly sunken eye sockets made the whole face look a bit gloomy and deep under the flickering flames in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"The canal waterway is currently an important channel connecting Shandong from the north to the south. Except for water transportation, all kinds of people's livelihood and affairs that communicate between the north and the south, Zhili, Shandong, and Jiangnan all pass through this waterway. Linqing is an important pass,..."

There was not much emotion in Lu Song's words. Although he also knew that Chang Hong was arranged by His Majesty to go to Linqing to set up a tax supervisor to collect taxes, the tax collected for His Majesty was compared with what Chang Hong himself and other members of his party received. It seemed a little insignificant.

All the criticisms from the people were attributed to Chang Hong, but the accusations in Shilin and even in the court were all directed at His Majesty, which is probably what annoyed His Majesty the most.

But the problem is that if you don't consider these channels to collect some money back, do you all rely on donations to fill the growing holes?

I'm afraid those science officials will be even more critical.

The Nine Frontiers had to pay more and more urgently, and no one took over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but no one could solve the current problem.

His face was expressionless, but Yonglong Emperor Zhang Shen's eyes were a little erratic.

There is a shortage of money, everywhere there is a shortage of money, but money is needed inside and outside, especially the military pay on the nine sides is like a noose that strangles him out of breath.

In the past six months, the local tax supervisors have brought back 80 million taels of silver one after another for him, but this has always been compared with the military salary of Jiubian, which is like a drop in the bucket.

However, the accounts owed by the provinces below the household department and the loans from the royal family have not been collected for a long time. He naturally understands the reason, but the problem is that he, the emperor, is powerless.

And even if it can be recovered, in the face of the increasing demand for military pay on the nine sides, as well as various famines caused by increasing floods, droughts and locust plagues everywhere, a little carelessness will lead to catastrophe. In Zhang Shen's view, this kind of civil uprising and rebellion should have happened in the least place, but it just happened.

That's why he felt powerless.

In the morning, in the early court, I had a discussion with several cabinet ministers on the Linqing civil uprising, but they failed to get the approval of the cabinet ministers.

The abolition of the tax supervisor was the unanimous opinion of these civil officials. Various impeachment memorials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been handed over like rain, and they kept asking Chang Hong for questioning. Those people still refused to give up, this feeling made Zhang Shen feel very tired, but there was nothing he could do.

Abolishing the tax supervisor is easy to say, but where does the required military salary come from?Without this tax supervisory income, how to make up for it?

Although it is a drop in the bucket, it can be used in an emergency, otherwise the Tatar cavalry might have invaded the border last winter.

But if the tax supervisor is not withdrawn, if things like Shandong happen again, I'm afraid they won't be so lucky.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shen couldn't help but be afraid of the future, if Cao Jun hadn't attacked decisively.In one fell swoop, they defeated the rebel army that had not yet been fully integrated. If there was a slight delay, the consequences would be disastrous.

Both sides of the canal are full of the essence and richness of the Northland. Once it is destroyed, it will not be able to recover in a year or two. Moreover, the victims of this kind of war will flee and disturb the surrounding areas. The bandits took the opportunity to create chaos, and the consequences were even more unimaginable.

"Lu Song, is this the end of the civil affairs in Shandong?" Zhang Shen's eyes became more and more soft, but his tone showed some inclination.

"Returning to Your Majesty, in my opinion, Shandong can be regarded as the Northland in good condition, and the situation in Northern Zhili and Shaanxi may be even worse in the past two years."

As the Commander of Long Jinwei, Lu Song is very clear about his position. He is an old man in the residence and a private minister of His Majesty, so he will naturally not be as convoluted as ordinary civil servants and generals. Even if it sounds a little ugly, he will not be taboo. Because he knew that what His Majesty wanted to hear was the real side behind these clouds and mists.

Your Majesty has hardly made any changes to the courtiers after Yuji, but some of the cabinet ministers have already proposed to resign. If there is any addition, they all ordered to keep him, but he was specially promoted in the post of Commander Long Jinwei, which is enough to explain a lot.

The current commander of Long Jinwei has been bedridden at home for half a year due to illness, and Long Jinwei is actually in charge of his daily affairs. If he is still hiding the news that His Majesty wants to know, I am afraid that there will be no one. I can share my worries with His Majesty.

"Oh?" Although it sounded upset, Zhang Shen knew that this was something he had to face.

If you can't get the real situation from Lu Song, then you will lose control of the whole big week.

Apart from forming cliques and fighting for power and profit, the civil servants in Dazhou will only keep raising troubles and problems, but they can't come up with a solution to the problem. caught in endless quarrels.

Zhang Shen really misses the imperial staff system of the former Ming Dynasty. Although Da Zhou did not abolish the imperial staff system, his father never used the imperial staff during his 42 years in the world. The criticism of him from the people will become more violent, which he cannot accept and dare not bear.

"Shaanxi has been plagued by floods and droughts in the past two years, especially the drought locusts, the people are suffering, and there are more and more refugees..." Seeing that the emperor didn't want to hear any more, Lu Song sighed inwardly.

Perhaps the emperor already knew about this, but the most urgent thing in front of him is not Shaanxi, but the impact of the civil unrest in Shandong. Even the hinterland of the elite of the Northland has become like this. How can it not make people shudder?

"The situation in Shandong is good, the merchants along the canal are prosperous, and the income of the Ministry of Finance and Customs is stable..." Lu Song can only pick up some topics that can make the emperor feel better. According to Master Censor Qiao and the general officer of the water transportation, there is no such thing as evasion and evasion in the past, and they went to Linqing within a day, and the bandits were defeated by one attack, which can be called the emperor's blessing,..."

"Lu Song, why are Li Sancai and Qiao Yingjia so compatible this time?" Zhang Shen asked slowly, rubbing his temples.

The law of restriction is the regulation since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the civil and military system, the six departments of the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the department, the officials, the governor and the provinces and the inspectors and censors. One family dominates, and even disputes among the courtiers and Chinese officials are actually a kind of regulation that is mixed with different opinions.

It's just that there are gains and losses. Before sitting in this position, Zhang Shen still felt that the situation of mutual restraint and criticism between the court and China was very good, and the father and emperor could control the situation with ease, but when he sat in this position, he could Understand that it is not that simple to control, and there is a price to pay for conflicting opinions.

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