The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

After the fall, the court received one after another memorials from the Southwest, bluntly speaking of peasant riots.

Eunuch Zhao wanted to ask if he wanted to pass on the meal, but unexpectedly the imperial study room was crowded with courtiers, and at first glance, they were all high-ranking ministers.I had no choice but to stand quietly behind Xia Houzhan and ask in a low voice.

A group of ministers stood holding their breath, accepting the emperor's reprimand.My stomach is full of questions about the Southwest region, but the drafts quoted from many sources are of no use.

Yu Zhuo sat on the side, glaring at me and glaring at Yu Shi, but they both saw a trace of dignity in each other's eyes.

Since the abolition of the posts of Doctor Censor and Taiwei, and the division of power into six departments, the role of "Censor" is now only as a secretary.

"If I have enough food and clothing in the dynasty, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how can these incidents happen." In the imperial study room, Xia Houzhan's eyes swept over the six ministers, and finally stayed on the face of Zhao Xu, the minister of household affairs.

The latter knew that he was about to be questioned, so he hurried forward and said, "The riots in the Southwest started with continuous natural disasters, and then the White Lotus Society's cult advocating and instigating them.

Xia Houzhan frowned, not agreeing, patted the account book, and asked instead: "The money for disaster relief has not been approved?"

"Of course it was approved, but there are many victims, the mountains are high and the roads are steep, and there are many bandits..."

50 taels of disaster relief silver, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers.Yu Zhuo calculated for a while, and then roughly browsed the account book brought by the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

Seeing Yu Zhuo's casual way of browsing, Zhao Xu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but remained calm on the surface.There is no trace of loopholes in these accounts. If the staff under his command don't have these skills, how can they stay.

Although Xia Houzhan usually keeps his face, he can be regarded as eloquent and continuous when he scolds others, citing scriptures and classics, bloody.

There is a price to be paid for any major reform of the system.After the division of power, it will inevitably lead to redundant personnel, and the more divisions, the more chaotic.

After reading an account book, Yu Zhuo glanced at Lin Yushi who was desperately recording the emperor's words and deeds with pity, coughed, and said, "I will talk about last month first."

"Chuan Shan." Xia Houzhan said to Eunuch Zhao behind him, and sat down to take a sip of tea.

"On the first day of last month, the Ministry of Households paid 350 million shi for the army. It said that one soldier was worth one shi. Our troops in the Dajing Dynasty were full of 250 million, and there was still 100 million shi. Could it be you, Zhao Xu? Collected?"

After asking casually, he labeled the household department as secretly supporting the private army. Zhao Xu could not show more than 12 points of energy, and said: "Except for ordinary soldiers, there are many generals with official ranks, such as a centurion, a thousand commanders, etc. The grain is different from that of ordinary people, and in addition to water transportation, dry transportation, etc., there will be losses, and if it is transported to remote areas, there will be robbers. Master Yu, you don't know the details."

"Each soldier has one stone?" Yu Zhuo sneered, "I'm afraid if there are eight dou, thank God, Your Majesty, what I see is that each soldier gets less than five dou of food."

"Empty talk has no proof." Zhao Xu cupped his hands and asked Ji Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of War, "Master Ji, do you think this is the case?"

"Master Yu...Master Zhao is right."

Yu Zhuo's eyes became cloudy and uncertain. After all, Ji Zhang was also the one who had led troops to fight in the past two years. He had the most right to speak. Yu Zhuo was the only one who had been in the army.

Compared with Zhao Xu's calm eyes, Ji Chang's eyes were much more erratic, and Yu Zhuo couldn't help but sneer, do these people still think that the emperor is a concession and tolerance under the oppression of the right minister, allowing them to do whatever they want.

Soon, one dish after another was brought to the table behind the ministers by the people in the imperial dining room. However, this "imperial meal" was unexpected by most people.

A few pots of stir-fried tofu with green vegetables, dried bamboo shoots and shredded pork, pickled melon, a few rough steamed buns in one sea bowl, and bad rice in the other bowl.

This is not like the lunch of the king of a country, and it is not so light to grab a sesame official.

"Everyone, let's have a meal together." Xia Houzhan said, Yu Zhuo took the lead, filled a bowl of rice, put it in front of Xia Houzhan, and asked, "How much silver does your majesty need for this meal?"

"Five taels of silver." Xia Houzhan said.

"That's a month's cost for ordinary people." Yu Zhuo raised his head and said to the other ministers, "Hurry up and eat together. It's cold and it's easy to get cold."

It was already October, but there was only one charcoal basin in the imperial study.

Many ministers disliked the roughness of the food, and because of the emperor's face, they hurriedly took two bites.On the contrary, Yu Zhuo ate deliciously without being rough.

By the afternoon, however, these people began to regret it.

The six ministers, the minister and other ministers stayed in the palace for a whole afternoon, and while Xia Houzhan was speaking, he heard two coos.

In addition to the account books of the Ministry of Households, there are also several promotions from the Ministry of Officials who have been promoted to the first category. Xia Houzhan picks and picks everything from the beginning to the end.

The word "scroll" at the end made all the ministers feel as if they were coming to amnesty.

Xia Houzhan handed the record written by Lin Yushi to Yu Zhuo, took the thick stack of paper, rubbed the center of his eyebrows, Yu Zhuo took it and said: "Always drinking tea is not good for the throat, Xiao Dezi, Let the Imperial Dining Room make rock sugar stewed pears."

When all those people were gone and they were clean, Xia Houzhan lay down directly on the imperial concubine's couch beside him, closing his eyes and resting his mind.Yu Zhuo felt itchy, leaned over and asked, "Can you spare me some time?"

"Only one person can lie down." Xia Houzhan patted the few remaining places around him.

"It's okay." Yu Zhuo lay down on his side, just filling the gap.

Xia Houzhan opened his eyes, "Where should I fix it?"

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs." Yu Zhuo said, "Then there is the private treasury. You must know that the family can be governed before the world can be pacified. Besides, there is no doubt that there is no relationship between eunuchs and civil officials."

Knowing all of them, Yu Zhuo sighed softly: "These ministers are really protecting each other from officials and officials, and they are talking nonsense with their eyes open. If they go to investigate and get Nan Yu Xingsi to the public, I'm afraid..."

He suffered from lack of aboveboard evidence, even if he knew what these ministers had done, he couldn't move.

"If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing wrong with it. Your Majesty, sometimes you need to be ruthless." Yu Zhuo grabbed Xia Houzhan's hand, "Be ruthless and let yourself bear the infamy."

"Hengqing, this is..."

Yu Zhuo bowed his head and kissed Xia Houzhan's fingertips, and asked, "If you kill someone and ask the censor to record his sudden death in the annals, would the censor dare not obey?"

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Zhao pushed the door open and came in. When he saw the two people crowded on the imperial concubine's couch, he was a little dumbfounded, and almost knocked over a bowl of pear soup.

Yu Zhuo quickly hid the hands of the two, and said: "This palace is really shabby, look at this couch, even the two of them can't lie down, and I can't find a second couch."

Xia Houzhan quickly let go of his hand and said, "I'll go in for a rest, and call me again at dinner time."

Looking at the dim sky outside the window, Eunuch Zhao turned his head stiffly, isn't it time for dinner yet?Yu Zhuo also found out the clumsiness of this lie, so he said: "After drinking this soup, I think His Majesty will not be hungry for a while, so you can go and get some snacks." After finishing speaking, he took the chopping board.

Xia Houzhan watched Yu Zhuo put the bowl in his hand, holding a spoon as if he was about to feed him, the blush on his cheeks that had finally faded appeared again, and said: "What is this, don't make trouble."

"Your Majesty, have you ever heard a word?"

"What?"

"There is nothing to be courteous about, rape or steal." Yu Zhuo smiled.

Xia Houzhan quickly sat up and said, "If you mess around again, I..."

"What are you thinking about?" Yu Zhuo's eyes suddenly grew long, and he said, "I just think that there is no suitable general in the court. It's better to let the minister lead the troops to the southwest."

Xia Houzhan shouted, "No!"

Yu Zhuo naturally didn't expect him to agree at this time, put the bowl away, and went directly to Xia Houzhan's clothes, and said in a deep voice: "In this case, I can only make a bad move to get His Majesty to agree."

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