[Comprehensive martial arts] Protect our little prince

Behind the rockery, Zhao Mingning heard that the baby brother was crying more and more and finally couldn't hide, "Ming Yu doesn't cry, brother will teach Xiang Cai when he turns around, brother knows he was wrong, little ancestor, please stop crying, okay?"

"You said that before, when you really made him suffer, you just don't want me to have a good time." Zhao Mingyu complained with tears in his eyes. Cai Jing is the current prime minister. If he can be abolished at will, he is not a prime minister.

Zhao Mingning hurriedly coaxed his younger brother, took time to look at Zhuge Zhengwo who was standing next to him, knowing that this scheming guy deliberately led the matter to Cai Jing.

In the past, he really couldn't do anything with Cai Jing. He was the official who was single-handedly promoted. In order to stabilize the political situation, he brought Cai Jing, who had been demoted, back to the capital.

Cai Jing did not let him down. Although he formed a party and was greedy for his own use, he was still a capable minister. When the late emperor passed away, he left him a mess. There were only so many people who could use him.

The first emperor passed away early, and he was just over ten years old when he succeeded to the throne. At that time, the party struggle intensified. It's not as good as being a prince.

The Empress Dowager is not the biological mother of their brothers, and she dared not delegate power easily after she got the power. During the eight years that the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the scenes, the old party not only controlled the entire imperial court, but also never let up on the new party. The new law was completely suspended. The ministers who supported the reform were demoted or dismissed, almost to the point where talk of reform changed color.

He has been in power for only two years now, and he appointed Cai Jing because he is really capable. Among other things, he handles various matters such as salt and tea tariffs, the shipbuilding department, and so on. The experience of surviving in China was somewhat shadowy, so after taking power, he couldn't wait to raise the banner and start a new round of party struggle.

How many years has he been the emperor and Xixia has been arrogant for so many years? He had nothing to do with them before. If they were allowed to be arrogant again after taking office, he would still be an emperor, so no matter what, he had to reverse the situation of being passively beaten.

During the war with Xixia, Cai Jing couldn't move anything, but now that the battle is won, the moths in the court should be cleaned up. Zhao Mingning knew what Zhuge Zhengwo was thinking, so he couldn't help scolding the old fox in his heart.

The little prince gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart. Seeing that his brother finally let go, he didn't want to go too far, "I don't want to spoil your big business, but my shop can't be smashed for nothing, otherwise people will think I'm easy to bully, and they will kick their noses even more in the future." face to find trouble."

He doesn't have an official position, but he is not ignorant of government affairs. Of course, he doesn't think his brother can dismiss the prime minister with just a few words. After all, although his brother spends a lot of money, he is not a fool.

Not only is this filthy bastard not a faint king, but he also wants to be a wise king who will be famous through the ages. What can he do as a younger brother, he can only support him.

There is an old saying that the economic foundation determines the superstructure. Song Dynasty is very poor now, and people need money for national defense, foreign affairs and people's livelihood. Cai Jing has been working in the local area for so many years, and it is still quite useful in earning money. That old thing The money he earns always likes to go to his own house, which makes the little prince look down upon.

The salaries of the officials in the current dynasty are quite considerable. In addition to the regular salary, there are various subsidies. They can even take care of the fodder for the horses and even the food and clothing of the servants at home.

People are not sages, there are more or less ailments on their bodies, and when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Occasionally, if they are greedy once or twice, they just turn a blind eye and close their eyes, but Cai Xiang treats the treasury as his own house money. There is a big problem with the law of corruption.

Okay, you're corrupt, you're corrupt, you're rich, you treat money like dung, but you fucking fooled my brother to follow along and treat money like dung, isn't that a bit too much?

"Liufenbantang is a Jianghu gang. The little prince himself had something wrong with him in the past. Let Zhui Ming be by his side to protect him, okay?" Zhuge Shenhou said with a smile, and he had already helped the little prince to think about what to do next. up.

Cai Jing has already lost his sense of proportion. If he still has reason, how could he do such stupid things? If you are in a hurry, it is easy to make mistakes. If there is no mistake, how can he do it next?

Zhao Mingyu raised his head, young people's moods come and go quickly, and he is very clear about the old fox's plan, "Teacher, do you want me to help you deal with Cai Jing?"

Marquis Zhuge stroked his beard, not trying to hide it, "My lord, you know that the Liao Kingdom has been watching us covetously. During the war with Xixia, there will be traces of the Liao people from time to time."

"The snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits, and the Liao Kingdom wants to be a fisherman." Zhao Mingyu's voice is still a little hoarse. Although the Song Dynasty is proud of the sky and the country, they have to admit that among the three kingdoms of Song, Liao, Xixia, Liao The army is the most powerful.

For Xixia and Liao Kingdom, Song Dynasty is an attractive piece of fat. They are thinking about this piece of fat, but they don't have the strength to swallow the fat alone. They can only watch the fat wandering around under their noses. Salivate but can do nothing.

When the Song army was at war with Xixia, of course the Liao Kingdom would not be indifferent, but they wanted more benefits. When the war ended, it would be best for both Song and Xixia to suffer losses. Take the opportunity to swallow the defeated country, and then tear off a large piece of meat from the victorious country.

Zhuge Shenhou glanced at the emperor, and the smile in his eyes faded, "There is news from the north that there are traitors in the court of Liao Kingdom."

"Teacher means..." Zhao Mingyu opened his eyes wide, the red eyes were like a frightened little rabbit, subconsciously grasped his brother's hand, "Is it Cai Xiang?"

"Hush~" Zhao Mingning raised his index finger to cover his lips, and winked at his baby brother, telling him not to say anything, "God knows and the earth knows, others can't know."

Zhao Mingyu: ...

Oh, brother, you turn your head and take a look, there are several people beside you.

"Forget it, we'll talk about it tomorrow. Let's go back to the palace now." Zhao Mingning patted his younger brother on the head, gestured to Zhuge Shenhou next to him, and dragged him away.

Taking advantage of the little ancestor's attention being attracted by Cai Jing, if he doesn't leave now, when will he stay?

The carriage stopped at the door, Zhuge Shenhou and his beloved disciples ruthlessly sent the two ancestors away respectfully, and waited for the carriage to turn around completely invisible, and then closed the door to speak.

"Uncle Shi, we saw the child that Zhui Ming brought back." Tie Shou pushed the wheelchair and followed beside him, and his first impression of Gu Xichao was pretty good.

Zhuge Zheng nodded his head. He checked the child's background. Although he said that his character was flawed, the flaws were not concealed. If he cultivated well, he would be able to serve the country. "Where's life?"

"Take Xichao to apply for household registration. Xichao has to go to school, so he can't have a household registration." Wuqing replied, remembering what the emperor said just now, with a bit of worry in his eyes, "Uncle Shi, Cai Xiang really has a relationship with the Liao State. Secret contact?"

Zhuge Zhengwo had a cold expression on his face, "Ninety percent of the possibilities, if there is another abnormality in the future, it is ten to ten percent that it is him. If this is really the case, then I will be very busy."

The little prince ran away from home aggressively, and was coaxed back by the emperor's brother in less than an hour. The maids and eunuchs serving in the imperial study were already used to this kind of scene. They were afraid that their little master would feel embarrassed. to the door.

All the servants were sent out, and there were no outsiders in the hall. Zhao Mingning was given a pussy punch by his younger brother, which made the little ancestor feel relieved.

Baby brother is making troubles, but he can't really run away from home. Now he just runs to the six gates. If he runs out of the capital in the future, where can he find someone?

Zhao Mingyu limply lay on the table, slumped for a while, rubbed his face and sat up, looked at his brother expressionlessly and said, "The account book, let me see."

It is the habit of the two brothers to keep accounts first when spending money. A lot of money was copied from Tsing Yi Building a few days ago, so he had to see how much money was left.

Zhao Mingning's eyes wandered, and he took a moment to pull out a booklet from the bookshelf, with a particularly dignified expression, "Ming Yu, let's say it first, don't get angry when you see anything."

"I'm already angry just now, take it out." Zhao Mingyu leaned back weakly, looked at the ledger handed in front of him, opened the most recent page, saw the number on it, and felt like a knife was twisting his heart.

It is not terrible to spend money like running water, but the most terrible thing is to spend money like a flood.

Sitting on the throne is such a gold-swallowing beast. Even if the tax revenue is doubled, it will not be enough to spend. It is strange that the treasury does not bottom out. Can find ways to increase income from other sources.

"Okay, brother, can you spend less in the future?" Zhao Mingning rubbed his baby brother's head dumbfoundingly, quickly stopped before the intimate cotton pants exploded, and then explained, "This year was an accident, and it was hard for Xixia to fight. If you win a battle and prepare to take advantage of it, you can save money spent on your soldiers.”

"I know." The limp little cotton trousers sniffed, put down the accounting booklet, and had the urge to cry again, "But I just feel uncomfortable, so much money is gone in the blink of an eye, Mr. Zhang This time, he asked for so much, and this year's tax has not been collected, where did you get him so much money?"

"Just...take it from the treasury..." Zhao Mingning whispered back. He calculated how much money was left in the treasury and sent it to the Northwest. The rest was enough to support this year's tax revenue.

Zhao Mingyu puffed his face, and gave his brother another cat-and-cat punch, "What about this year's spring?"

"Ah? Chun Wei still needs the court to spend money?" Zhao Mingning laughed, reassuring the baby brother, Chun Wei is indeed a major event in the country, but on this matter, the court really can't spend much money.

The imperial examination has been going on for hundreds of years. The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites and other departments have properly arranged things according to the old calendar of previous years. When the time comes, candidates enter the venue, and most of the spring will be over.

Zhao Mingyu managed to pull himself together, hanging on his brother like a cat, "Lu Xiaofeng said that he has a friend who is going to take the Chunwei exam this year."

The emperor nodded, "The youngest son of the Li family from Taiyuan is named Li Xunhuan. Their father and elder brother are both good-looking. This little Li Bizhi's father and brother are even more handsome."

"Brother." The little prince looked at his elder brother who was only thinking about other people's looks, and asked very seriously, "When you scold me for only looking at people's faces, do you know what kind of person you are?"

Zhao Mingning paused for a moment, his eyes narrowed, and he said plausibly, "You only know how to look at your face, I'm different, brother, I take both talent and looks into consideration!"

Little prince: ...