Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

There is a saying that money can solve most of the troubles in the world.

If not, then the money is not enough.

The donations raised by the "Kyoto Daily" are as high as 400 million taels, which is obviously not within the scope of "not enough money".

After the donation was sent to the palace, almost everyone could feel that the emperor's mood improved a lot.

When it was time to go to court on the second day, when I heard that the newspaper office was still continuing to raise donations in order to fill the treasury, even the tone softened.

This was the time when the emperor was in the clearest mood since the news of the snow disaster in Shaocheng reached the palace on New Year's Eve.

As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad, and naturally not all the officials in the court are very happy.

For example, the officials of the eldest prince's lineage now all have a forced smile.

It's not difficult to understand, after all, no one can be happy about half of the credit being divided like this.

Even the national treasury, which was filled up a lot in an instant, could not make the Minister of the Household Department show off his face.

However, what Hubu Shangshu did not expect was that this was not the only thing that made him depressed.

Because the emperor is in a happy mood, today's morning court can be described as "calm and calm".

Seeing that Wang Gonggong was about to sing the line "If there is something to play, nothing to leave the court", he saw Mr. Wen, the attendant of the Imperial Academy, stepping forward:

"Report to the emperor, I have something to report."

From the surname read by this Imperial Academy attendant, it is not difficult to see that this is one of the six sons of Mr. Wen, a scholar of the Imperial Academy.

This is true.

The ones who are speaking now are Wen Si and Wen Qingyan, who are also the most educated among the brothers of the Wen family, except for Wen Qingxiao.

In the imperial examination six years ago, he was selected as the second place by the emperor. After serving in the Imperial Academy for a year, he invited himself to be released and became a county magistrate.

When he returned to Beijing two years ago, he returned to the Hanlin Academy. At the same time, he was directly promoted to two levels, bypassing Xiuzhuan, and was directly appointed as a servant, which shows his skill and talent.

As far as this promotion route is concerned, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that Mr. Wen is paving the way for it, and he is going to hand over the power in his hands to the fourth son directly.

So despite the fact that the fourth son's official rank is not high now, even officials of the second and third ranks are still very polite when facing him.

Qin Lu had already reported to the emperor about Wen Qingxiao's appointment as the head of the newspaper.

Now that the newspaper office has made great contributions in raising donations, the emperor naturally looks very pleasing to the people of the Wen family, and Dang even asked softly:

"Oh? Wen Aiqing, what's the matter?"

Wen Qingyan leaned over slightly, and said loudly:

"Qi Zou the emperor, as the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace. This time, the crisis in Shaocheng seems to have been perfectly resolved, but in fact, Qi Nei has exposed many crises in the national treasury. I hope the emperor will learn from it."

As soon as Wen Qingyan said these words, the atmosphere in the court hall suddenly became slightly stagnant.

You must know that from the emperor to the ministers, they are all very happy to solve the crisis of Shaocheng and the national treasury. What is the difference between Wen Qingyan's words and pouring cold water on others?

As a courtier, the most important thing is to know how to read people's faces. Wen Qingyan can be promoted at such a fast speed in just six years, how could he not know how to read people's faces?

That being the case, there is only one explanation, Wen Qingyan deliberately said such words at this time.

But what is the benefit of doing so?

Not only did he annoy the emperor, but it would also bring some troubles to Prince Li's mansion.

After all, the national treasury is in danger, and the first to be affected is the conscription and the military department of His Highness Li Wang.

Who doesn't know that because of Wen Liu, the sons of the Wen family are very close to Prince Li's mansion?

So what is the meaning of Fourth Young Master Wen's words now?

It was also at this time that the emperor's voice sounded in the hall:

"Why don't Wen Aiqing tell me about it, why is this a crisis? Huh?"

Everyone could clearly feel that although the emperor was not angry, he was obviously not as happy as before.

If someone is smarter, at this time, he will probably say something that he is wrong at this time, and get over it.

However, Wen Qingyan seemed not aware of the emperor's displeasure, and said directly:

"Since this is the case, then this humble minister will have the courage to speak to the emperor."

Immediately afterwards, Wen Qingyan directly stated the various disadvantages exposed by this fundraising.

There are three main reasons why this fundraiser was so successful.

One is because the supplement of the "Kyoto Daily" aroused the empathy in the hearts of the people.

The second is because of the emperor's benevolent government for so many years, the common people know that the emptiness of Tianqi's treasury is not a lie.

The third is that this is Tianqi's first fundraising since the founding of the country, and it is the first time asking the people for money. It is always easier.

But what if the court encounters the snow disaster in Shaocheng again in the future?

Do you want to ask the people for money again?

Maybe the second time, but what about the third time?What about the fourth time?

If the number of times is too high and frequent, what the people think of may not be the pity of the victims and the difficulty of the court, but the greed and even incompetence of the court.

Therefore, the matter of fundraising can be one or the other.

Those who can stand in the court today are not incompetent.

Now that they heard Wen Qingyan's words, everyone thought about it carefully, and realized that this was not Wen Qingyan's alarmist talk, but the fact that it was true.

Even the emperor had to admit this, and the joy in the emperor's heart because of the smooth fundraising was also reduced a lot.

However, Wen Qingyan continued.

After saying that fundraising should not be done frequently, he also talked about Tianqi's various expenses over the years.

For example, the snow disaster in Shaocheng is indeed rare in ten years, but apart from the snow disaster, Tianqi has also encountered many disasters in recent years.

From drought to flood, from Jianzhou to Cangyang to Shaocheng...

As long as the city is located on the territory of Tianqi, as long as there is a disaster, the imperial court will need to spend a lot of money.

In addition, Wen Qingyan also mentioned where Tianqi needs money now.

Speaking of this, there is simply no way to finish talking for three days and three nights.

Apart from other things, the reconstruction of Tianqi's frontier is not an easy task.

Tianqi has been in war all year round. Although the situation has improved in the past two years, the city on the border of Tianqi is still dilapidated and needs to be rebuilt.

Of all these things, which one does not need money?

Which one doesn't need a lot of money?

Now the 400 million taels raised by the newspaper seems to be a lot, but after the disaster relief in Shaocheng is over, how much will be left?

Is the remaining money allocated to the places he just mentioned, really enough?

Where is the need to ask whether it is enough to use such words?

As far as what Wen Qingyan said cost money, let alone 400 million taels, even two more 400 million taels might not be enough!

Just when many ministers were surprised by the imperial court's expenses, one person had already come to his senses, took a step forward, knelt down on the ground, and began to cry:

"Everything Mr. Wen said is true, I hope the emperor will learn from it!"

Looking intently at the kneeling person in the hall, who is the speaker if not the Minister of the Household Department?

And the Hubu Shangshu continued:

"Your Majesty, this is not a family who doesn't know how much firewood, rice, oil and salt are. It's not that my ministers don't think about Tianqi and insist on canceling the conscription. It's because our treasury can't support it anymore. Let the Emperor learn from us!"

A statement of true feelings, Hubu Shangshu's tone contains great sadness, it can be said that those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry.

Before the officials of King Li's lineage could even react, they realized that the conscription they had barely survived yesterday had become precarious again in the blink of an eye.

Among them, the Fifth Prince, who is the most eccentric, couldn't help but glared at Wen Qingyan:

I didn't expect that you, who look gentle and personable, are actually a villain who stabs people in the back?

Luckily, Sister-in-law San Huang is still so kind to your sixth younger brother, she is simply a white-eyed wolf!

As for the officials of the First Prince's lineage, especially the Minister of the Household Department, they couldn't help but want to thank Wen Qingyan.

Originally thought that the abolition of conscription this year was hopeless, who knew that there was another village now?

However, what everyone didn't expect was that just after Hubu Shangshu's crying was over, Wen Qingyan directly pointed the cannon at Hubu Shangshu:

"Master Liu's words are wrong. Isn't the main reason why the national treasury is so tight now is Master Liu?"

Isn't this Wen Qingyan an allied army?

Hubu Shangshu didn't even react for a while, and looked at Wen Qingyan in a daze:

"What does Master Wen mean by this?"

"The emperor handed over the entire household department to Mr. Liu, and the treasury and lifeline of Tianqi to Mr. Liu. This is trust in Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu asked himself, is Mr. Liu really worthy of the trust of the emperor?"

Wen Qingyan didn't care about Hubu Shangshu's shocked gaze, and just said to Hubu Shangshu:

"The management of money is nothing more than four words of increasing income and reducing expenditure. Why do Mr. Liu and the Ministry of Households only know how to reduce expenditure when encountering difficulties, but don't know how to increase income?"

It can be said that Wen Qingyan's words did not give the Minister of the Household any face.

There is no difference between what he said and pointing to the nose of Shangshu, saying that Tianqi treasury has been surprised all these years because of your incompetence.

As for the last sentence, in layman's terms, it means that you should not think of reducing military use at every turn.

With this energy, you can find a way to make money and earn more money for the national treasury, which is better than forcing you to come here!

It has to be said that Hubu Shangshu was directly stunned by Wen Qingyan's words.

Rebut it, Wen Qingyan's words are well-founded, making it impossible for people to refute.

During his nearly ten years as Minister of the Household Department, the Tianqi treasury has indeed been in a tight state.

And every time a problem is encountered, the solution given by the household department is to reduce expenses.

But don't refute it, who is willing to admit that he is incompetent?

Not to mention that this is above the early court, the emperor and other colleagues are watching!

Just when Hubu Shangshu was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do, he saw the fourth prince stand up:

"Is Mr. Wen's words too much? This household department has always only managed money, but there has never been a precedent for making money."

These words seemed to wake up Shangshu Hubu, and Shangshu Hubu nodded repeatedly:

"What Your Highness said is that I have been an official for more than [-] years. Although I can't say that I have outstanding talents and work hard, I can say that I have a clear conscience and have done my job well. Please let the emperor learn from you!"

As for the open source mentioned by Wen Qingyan?

He really didn't do it, but that's not what the household department should do!Naturally, I can't blame him for coming!

"Your Majesty's words are wrong. The Ministry of Household Affairs has indeed never had such a precedent, but before that, Tianqi's treasury was not as tight as it is now."

Facing the double attack from the Fourth Prince and the Hubu Shangshu, Wen Qingyan did not panic at all:

"If everyone only completes their own work and is unwilling to innovate and progress, how can they share the worries of the Holy One? For the benefit of the people?"

Those officials who originally thought that what the Fourth Prince and the Minister of the Household Department said were right and that Wen Qingyan was going too far, upon hearing this, felt that what Wen Qingyan said was reasonable.

Their job is their job, but apart from their job, it is also their job to benefit the common people and share the worries of the Holy One.

From this point of view, the Ministry of Households did not do a good job.

This is the fourth prince, and I don't know how to refute it.

Of course, it's not the worst thing if Wen Qingyan can't win the debate. The worst thing is that the emperor agrees with Wen Qingyan's words:

"Wen Aiqing's words are reasonable, so what should we do according to Wen Aiqing's opinion?"

Wen Qingyan was not polite, and directly expressed his point of view:

"Qizou Emperor, between Yiwei ministers, people who know how to open source should be sent to the household department to find ways to fill the national treasury."

In a word, officials from the First Prince's lineage almost jumped up on the spot!

Who doesn't know that among the current six departments, only the household department and the military department are the most "pure"?

In the Ministry of War are all people under the command of His Royal Highness King Li.

As for the household department, all of them are naturally the people of His Highness the First Prince.

Now that Wen Qingyan proposed to add more people to the household department, what is the difference between this and breaking the balance between King Li and the First Prince?

The most important thing is that the positions within the six departments are one carrot and one hole.

If you want to stuff radishes into the pit, you have to pull out the original radishes.

Under the ebb and flow, for the eldest prince's lineage, the loss will be great!

Immediately, many officials from the eldest prince's line came forward and said that Wen Qingyan's proposal was inappropriate, and hoped that the emperor would think twice.

But just like the abolition of conscription, the injection of fresh blood into the household department is also supported by some who oppose it.

Especially the officials of Li Wang's lineage, after sweeping away the grievances of the previous few days, they gambled vigorously on the household department, and began to count the various benefits of replacing the household department officials.

As for the fifth prince?

But he sent Wen Qingyan a "nice job!" look, and silently apologized to Wen Qingyan in his heart, he just blamed you wrongly, how could you be a white-eyed wolf?

This is simply a god assist!

The replacement of the household department is not as troublesome as the cancellation of conscription.

Even though the ministers in the court held their own opinions, the emperor had already made a decision in his heart:

"Then according to what Wen Aiqing said, who should be entrusted with the task of raising money for the treasury?"

When the emperor opened his mouth, both parties who were arguing shut their mouths.

The officials of the eldest prince's lineage are ashen-faced, while the officials of Li Wang's lineage are happy.

After all, according to the emperor's temperament, if he had no intention of replacing the household department, he would never have asked this question.

Wen Qingyan leaned over slightly, without being modest, and directly recommended a candidate:

"According to my opinion, Mr. Huang, a Jinshi in the 20th year of Shengyuan, can take on this important task."

It has been 23 years since the emperor ascended the throne, and the 20th year of Shengyuan is three years ago.

Three years ago, a Jinshi surnamed Huang...

The emperor tapped his fingers slightly, recalled a little in his mind, and immediately found the information of this person.

Huang Mingsheng, a Jinshi in the 20th year of Shengyuan, a person from Shaocheng, the most important thing is that this person has a very close relationship with the First Prince.

What the emperor can think of, of course other people can think of it too.

After all, this imperial examination is held every three years, and each time only 40 people can be granted Jinshi, it's hard not to remember.

Now everyone couldn't understand the truth of Wen Qingyan's operation.

You said that Wen Qingyan spent so much effort, went around such a big circle, finally managed to get a position from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and ended up stuffing another person from the eldest prince in?

What is the difference between this and not changing?

Now the Fifth Prince didn't know how to look at Wen Qingyan.

Fortunately, he was still praising him in his heart for a good job just now, but when he turned around, this person did such a trick?

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked straight at Wen Qingyan:

"Why does Wen Aiqing think Huang Mingsheng is suitable?"

"Your Majesty, I recommend Mr. Huang for two reasons. The first is that Mr. Huang is relatively young. Compared with other adults, he will have a more active mind. The second is because Mr. Huang was born in a family of merchants. I have heard and seen it since I was a child, and I am more familiar with the art of open source than other adults."

Wen Qingyan leaned over slightly, and said what he said with sincerity, no matter who listened to it, he couldn't find a fault.

Even the emperor's face showed an expression of approval:

"Wen Aiqing's words are reasonable, and I passed on my order to appoint Huang Mingsheng as a member of the household department, Wailang. From the sixth grade, he will go to the household department to work tomorrow."

"Yes."

The emperor issued a decree, and it was natural for everyone not to say anything other than nodding their heads in response.

But from the sixth rank, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. After all, in the position of Yuanwailang, one more person is not too much, at least there is no need to kick people out from the household department.

However, the eldest prince's lineage had not completely let go of his breath, and heard the next words of the emperor:

"I remember, since Wen Aiqing came back, she seems to have been idle?"

"Back to the emperor, yes."

There is a reason for the emperor to say this.

After all, in Tianqi, the Imperial Academy is just a standard for appointment. Generally, people who hold positions in the Imperial Academy can hold a position with real power in addition to the official position of the Imperial Academy itself.

Attendants like Wen Qingyan usually work in the Six Departments at the same time.

It's just that Wen Qingyan asked to release it at the beginning, and the time when he came back was not coincidental. There was no suitable position in the six parts, so it was delayed.

"If I remember correctly, you have been back to Beijing for two years, and it is not a problem to continue to idle. Since you are the first to propose the matter of raising money for the treasury, you should be responsible for this matter together with Huang Mingsheng. "

The emperor nodded slightly, and added a sentence seemingly inadvertently:

"I think the position of Zuo Shilang is quite suitable for you. Tomorrow, Wen Aiqing and Huang Mingsheng will go to the Ministry of Households to work together. As for Zhao Aiqing... there is still a lack of Zhanshi in Zhan Shifu, so you can go."

This arrangement directly confuses the officials of the eldest prince's lineage.

They were just rejoicing that they just had an extra Yuanwailang from the sixth grade, but the emperor immediately replaced him with a servant?

You must know that among the six books, the assistant minister is only second to the minister!

However, the officials of the eldest prince's lineage were not yet sad.

Then I heard that the emperor appointed the former Zuo Shilang of the household department to be Zhan Shifu's Zhan Shi.

The reason why the post of Zhanshi in Zhan Shifu is vacant is because Tianqi is still undecided as the crown prince.

Zhan Shifu is a department that serves the prince. Without a prince, what difference does it make if there is a master in Zhan Shifu?

In addition to Zhan Shifu, other departments and positions serving the prince, such as the prince and Taifu, are also in a vacant state.

Now that the emperor has appointed a person in charge of Zhan Shifu, does it prove that the emperor has already made up his mind about the candidate for the crown prince?

Who doesn't know that all the officials of the household department firmly support the existence of His Highness, and now the emperor has transferred His Highness's people to this position. Does it mean that between King Li and His Highness, the emperor still prefers His Highness?

Thinking about it this way, losing the position of a servant of the household department seems to be less unacceptable.

It is also because Gu Yanshu is not in the court, if he is, after seeing the emperor's operation, he will know that this is Master Duan Shui starting to serve water again!

Whether this is true or not, it is to make the balance between the First Prince and Prince Li's Mansion be on the same level.

But in general, this round was still won by Li Wangfu.

"Why did Sister-in-law Sanhuang say that?"

Hearing Gu Yanshu's conclusion, the fifth prince was a little puzzled.

"The Minister of the Household Department came to Zhan Shi's Mansion Zhan Shi, and it seemed to be flat, but in fact it can be said to be a secret derogation."

Gu Yanshu smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and slowly explained:

"Not to mention that the position of Crown Prince of Tianqi is vacant now, even if the crown prince is established, the real power in Zhan Shifu's hands is far less than that of the Minister of the Household Department."

"Besides, looking at Tianqi's history, how many of the last extreme ministers have been in the position of Zhan Shi in Zhan Shifu?"

It has to be said that Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi is not a good position in Tianqi.

In the words of Chinese people, it is bad Fengshui.

Since the founding of Tianqi, there have been 30 if not 20 people who have served as Zhan Shifu Zhanshi.

The one with the best fate was to retire honorably in this position and go back to his hometown to take care of himself.

As for the rest?

Either he will not die well, or he will be exiled from Beijing.

These are all pretty good, and the worst one among them was even ransacked and exterminated in the end.

Now the eldest prince's lineage thinks it's a good thing, but it's because Tianqi's position of crown prince is vacant, and this position can be seen as a hint from the emperor.

But judging from the level of the emperor's water, this hint can basically be regarded as the imagination of the eldest prince.

"But the household department is different. The servant of the household department has real power, not to mention, he is basically a reserve of the household department minister. The fourth son Wen is extremely talented, and he can be counted as a member of Li Wangfu if he rounds it up. Fifth emperor brother Guess what Hubu Shangshu is feeling now?"

What else can I feel?How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?Not to mention that this sleeping person is still an outstanding generation like Wen Si, if he is not careful, he may be surpassed.

If he were the Minister of the Household Department, he would be so anxious that he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight!

Thinking of this, the fifth prince couldn't help swallowing:

"These are all calculated by Mrs. San Huang?"

If so, it's too scary, right?

"Not at all."

Fortunately, Gu Yanshu smiled slightly and gave the Fifth Prince a negative answer.

However, before the Fifth Prince could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the slightly smiling voice of his Third Prince's Wife:

"That's half the plan, Hubu Minister...it's a surprise."