Tyrant Reborn

The imperial edict of the queen mother was brought back by the eunuch who accompanied him to Xishan. Peixiu took it and handed it to me. Quite a lot, facing the Buddha these days, praying for good weather for the country and peace of mind, but it’s almost the end of the new year, and the western mountains are getting colder, and these days I, the emperor, are probably too busy with state affairs, so I haven’t written to her and so on, and finally She decided to return to the palace in a few days.

When I saw the end, I sighed in my heart, and then saw that the eunuch who had come to deliver the letter in front of me retreated and sat there without talking, while Peixiu waited on me to drink tea.

I took a sip of tea, and I knocked on the table with my hands. The empress mother's words seemed meaningless, but she was actually saying that I was not filial. Since she left the palace, I didn't care about her, so I have to go back to the palace. Not to mention very intriguing.

But it’s not bad for her to say that. These days, I’ve been taking care of Zhuo Wenjing and his children carefully. Finally, the palace is at peace. I don’t have time to take care of other things. Besides, she went to Xishan to pray for blessings. It's hard to say if I'm always bothering you.

But this time it was indeed my fault, at least I should send someone to ask how she is doing...

"Go back and report to my mother. On the day my mother returns to Beijing, I will definitely greet you in person." After thinking about it, I ordered, and the eunuch was also a very smart person. After hearing my words, he hurriedly bowed and said: "The slave obeys the order."

I nodded and said yes, and waved him away. After he left, Yuan Bao also came back. Yuan Bao came in and saluted, "Long Live Lord, the Grand Master is waiting outside to see you."

I raised my eyebrows and said: "The Grand Master is outside? Why didn't you listen to anyone?" Yuan Bao nodded with a smile and said: "When the slave came back, he happened to meet the Grand Master, so the Grand Master asked the slave to come and report. "

I looked at Yuan Bao and said oh, then said in silence: "Quickly go and ask the Grand Master to come in."

Yuan Bao responded, and delivered the message in a high-pitched voice.

After Xue Qing came in, he bowed to me, and I hurriedly said: "Teacher please get up quickly, Yuan Bao, take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Qing stood up, lowered his eyes and said in a low voice.

I hummed and didn't speak, but I kept thinking in my heart, what does Xue Qing want to do at this time?

After Xue Qing sat upright in his seat, he looked at me solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to raise money for dredging water transportation, and now I have an idea."

"Really?" I was a little happy when I heard that, "What does the grand master mean?" Although he suddenly said this, I felt a little abrupt, but it was exciting to have a way, so my joy was three-pointed. real.

Xue Qingdao: "It is the responsibility of dredging the water transport to the world, I feel that everyone should do their best. The rich will contribute the money and the powerful will contribute, so as to save time and achieve results."

After hearing this, I frowned and said silently: "I don't quite understand what the grand master means. Let the grand master explain it clearly."

Xue Qing coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that all the money in the world is in the hands of those merchants. When the country is in trouble, they should pay the money. As for the people who have no money, they can go to dredge the river. In this way Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

After hearing this, I said: "The grand master's words are good at first, but merchants all over the world pay taxes for their business. It seems inappropriate to ask them to pay more money at this moment, and the common people are going to dredge the river, and the hard labor What's the difference, this method doesn't work..."

Before I finished speaking, I saw Xue Qing watching me, my heart moved slightly, and I thought to myself, Xue Qing shouldn't be so stupid. He should have noticed my change these days, and he wouldn't bring up this stupid thing in front of me. I mean, maybe he's spying on me?

Although this idea made me very unhappy, but because it was inconvenient to touch him at this moment, I still endured it, swallowed what I was going to say, looked at him and asked: "Is it possible that Grand Master has no other ideas? "

Xue Qing looked at me and said with a slight smile: "I thank the emperor for his compassion on behalf of the people in the world. What the emperor taught me is that this is indeed my fault."

I hummed and said: "Don't worry about it, let's get out the silver first and then talk about other things."

Xue Qing said: "Your Majesty, since merchants and common people can't be allowed to contribute money and effort, we can only come from the officials first. I am willing to donate this year's salary to repair the river." At the end of his speech, he had a righteous face, It seems that even if I am starved to death, I have to do this well.

I was very disdainful in my heart, his annual salary is only a few hundred taels of silver, which is not enough to fit between the teeth, so there is no need to say it so swearingly?Although there were such words in his heart, he said with a smile on his face: "I am very pleased that the Grand Master understands righteousness so deeply. Let's do this first. The money is raised first, and the rest can be done slowly."

Xue Qing hurriedly stood up to thank her.Then he hesitated and looked at me and said, "Your Majesty, these days the prime minister checked the accounting books of the household department, and took a lot of details. Method……"

Seeing his troubled look, I nodded and said: "Zhuo Lun told me about this matter, and he has to look at the details of the household department before he can get an answer, so I agreed. Let the prime minister return the account books in two days."

Xue Qing said: "Your Majesty is wise."

I thought for a while and said: "Since it is a donation to repair the river, it should be considered as my share. From now on, each palace in the harem will reduce five pieces of cloth, and the silver used will also be reduced by half. I will give you 10 taels of silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, let's use it first... Speaking of which, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not run out of money, right?"

Xue Qing's expression changed and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs still has some money, but it seems a little inappropriate for the Emperor to use his own money to repair the river."

"What is the right thing to pay attention to now, let's fill up this hole first, I can't starve me because of this." I frowned and Xue Qing said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Shengming, if I am really Shengming, how dare you embezzle the money of this household department at will.I thought coldly in my heart, and then said: "Grand Master, Sun Zhong was single-handedly promoted by you. This time, I am very concerned about the fact that the Ministry of Households has no money. In a big country, when it is time to pay, I can't get it." There is no money, no budget at all, it really disappoints me. If the prime minister finds nothing there, he will not be able to get rid of the crime of dereliction of duty. If there is something unclean in the household department, don't blame me for being ruthless."

After hearing this, Xue Qing hurriedly expressed his heart and said: "What the emperor said is that if such a thing really happened to the household department, not to mention the emperor, even humble ministers, they will definitely not be spared."

Then I hummed and said: "Okay, you and I don't need to worry about this matter. There is one more thing. After a while, the empress mother and concubine Ru will return to the palace from Xishan. They have been away for a while, you Go back and prepare more, so that you can see Rufei."

After hearing this, Xue Qing cupped his hands excitedly and said, "My humble minister, thank the emperor for his kindness."

"If there's nothing else, you can go back and prepare."

After hearing my words, Xue Qing was about to open her mouth to thank you and salute to leave, but suddenly hesitated, looked at me and said: "Your Majesty, I have one more thing to report."

"Oh, what's the matter?" I looked at him.

Xue Qing hesitated and said: "It's about the emperor's promotion of the people around Prince Yu as bodyguards."

After hearing what he said, I was stunned, Xue Qing would actually take the initiative to talk about this, did the sun come out from the west?

What does he want to say?