Royal Gold Magistrate

The next day, the court.

The bell rang, and all the officials took their positions.

The emperor sat high on the dragon chair, while Li Yuanzhao was obediently placed aside.

After listening to the prince's experience yesterday, Emperor Jing moved his mind to bring the prince to the court to practice and study.

It's too old...

After all the officials finished their salutes, Emperor Jing calmed down, and then drank a cup of tea as usual.

Afterwards, the hall fell into dead silence.

Emperor Jing also realized that today was unusual, and quietly waited for his ministers to speak.

Li Yansong glanced down at the hall, sighed, then slowly stepped out, and said: "Today's discussion, old minister..."

"Your Majesty, I have an answer!" Before Li Yansong could finish speaking, Feng Jie, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up first.

"What's going on?"

Feng Jie said solemnly: "Your Majesty! I received an urgent report from the Jianjiang Mansion last night! Because the flood in Jianjiang has not been resolved for days and is getting worse, a rebellious force has been born among the people."

"It's called the Water God Sect! The governor of Jiangjiang has sent people to investigate, and the people in this religion are the remnants of the Qian Kingdom!"

"It is said that under the guidance of its saintess, the Water God Sect gathered thousands of disaster victims, distributed operations in various counties and cities in Jianjiang, and spread rumors to cause troubles and troubles for the people. In order to maintain order, the army and horses of Jianjiang Mansion were already short of manpower, so they sent an additional 1 people to the court. People, clean up the Water God Sect!"

As soon as this remark came out, the officials immediately talked about it.

"It has come to this point, and the remnants of the country have not been wiped out in two years?"

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to send reinforcements to Jianjiang Mansion to quell public grievances. If this continues, the power of the Water God Sect will only grow stronger!"

"Soldiers are precious! You should take advantage of the strength of the Water God Sect to kill it in its infancy!"

"in this case........"

"Quiet! Quiet!" Emperor Jing slapped the dragon chair with anger, and the officials immediately fell silent.

"The mere remnants of the country have now been reduced to a cult, and the reaction of all the lovers is a bit extreme!"

"However, the flood in Jianjiang must be resolved, but the treasury has no money. I would like to allocate another 1 taels from internal funds."

"As for the rest... all dear friends are the pillars of the country. Now that the country is in trouble, I hope you can donate enthusiastically..."

As soon as these words came out, many people's eyes began to dodge.

Like a student who is afraid of being called in class.

After a few breaths, still no one took the initiative to speak, Li Yansong scanned the audience and sighed.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, you must start with this first.

What His Majesty said is the truth, what can we do now that the treasury is empty, but taking money from other ministers is tantamount to cutting flesh from people.

They all keep saying that it is for the people of the world, but the premise is not to harm personal interests!

Li Yansong took a step forward and said loudly: "The old minister is willing to donate 5000 taels of Wenyin!"

With Li Yansong at the beginning, several elders in the cabinet began to step forward one after another.

Zhang Dongxiang said: "I would like to donate 4000 taels of silver..."

Zheng Qiaodao: "The minister also donated 4000 taels"

Seeing a few elders bearing the brunt, the rest of the courtiers couldn't help biting their teeth.

Several cabinet elders have been in the cabinet for a long time, and they hold several positions, and they are also trusted as the emperor's think tank.

They are all well-known big landlords in their respective hometowns.

But other petty officials below the fourth rank are different!It is not impossible to take out several thousand taels at once.

But it really hurts... Donate to the disaster victims?Wouldn't it be nice to buy two catties of high-grade Tianxian tea?

Emperor Jing nodded in satisfaction.

In the end, the old officials in the cabinet have to understand the general situation and take the overall situation into consideration...

Subsequently, the remaining officials began to report the donation figures one by one according to the size of their official positions.

From thousands of taels all the way down to hundreds of taels, and finally only a few dozen taels.

After all kinds of things, they only collected 4000 taels in total.

Seeing the figures compiled by the little eunuch, Emperor Jing's complexion gradually turned ugly.

Counting the 1 taels I donated, the dozens of courtiers below donated a total of 4000 taels, and I could raise more than 2 taels within two or three days by selling a single tea.

Emperor Jing really wanted to speak out about the tea, and kill this group of courtiers ashamed, but thinking that it might affect the subsequent income of internal funds, he decisively suppressed this idea, and then sarcastically said:

"The officials who didn't come to my Dajing Dynasty first are all so clean... So many people can barely scrape together less than 4 taels of silver!"

There was silence below, and everyone began to look at each other.

His Majesty's appetite is too big, how much is too much?

Zhang Shi, Minister of the Household Department, said: "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to support Jianjiang as soon as possible, and send as much as you have!"

"Yes! Your Majesty, please send troops to Jianjiang as soon as possible!"

Emperor Jing said slowly: "Feng Jie! Immediately send 5000 troops to Jianjiang to destroy the Water God Sect!"

"In addition, bring another 2 taels of silver to assist Jianjiang Mansion in disaster relief!"

The ministers were in an uproar: "Your Majesty! Only 2 taels is too little. Now that there are 13 taels, why only distribute 2 taels?"

"Now only one-tenth of the 20 taels is distributed, which is really too little!"

Many people showed anxiety, and most of them were officials from the southern department, for fear that the flood would continue to spread to their own homes.

Emperor Jing said indifferently: "How long will it take for the flood to end? Which one of the Zhuqing family can give me the answer?"

"If the flood doesn't subside for a month, should I continue to send an additional 20 taels of silver?"

"This is a bottomless pit that can't be filled. There are many people in the world to save, but the treasury only has so much money. This matter... let's take it one step at a time, and take it easy..."

"Feng Jie, after sending troops to Jianjiang, order people to report back to Beijing every day, and the information must not be delayed for a moment!"

"Yes!"

Seeing the emperor's resolute attitude, the people below couldn't hold on any longer, but they all had Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts.

Zhang Dongxiang moved closer to Li Yansong and said in a low voice, "Gong Li, what's wrong with your Majesty...I think it's a bit abnormal."

Li Yansong said in a deep voice: "I don't know, His Majesty makes his own decision...Let's take a step and see..."

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