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Chapter 679 The Big Three of the Household

Brandcy was already anxious to ask: "Chu, you said there is a way to help us solve it, what's the solution?" The dispute over the position of sisters between her and Janice was not a day or two. She just heard that Chu Huan had a solution and remembered it in her heart. At this time, she hurriedly asked.

Chu Huan laughed and said, "Do you not accept anyone?"

Janice and Brauncy looked at each other, and on this issue, they had a firm stand and looked bad.

Chu Huan laughed and said, "My Central Plains time record has twelve hours. You are arguing about who is the sister. It is better to discuss with each other. For twelve hours of this day, each of them takes turns to be sisters for six hours. Wouldn't this be solved?"

As soon as this said, Ling Shuang and Su Niang smiled, and Brandy had already shouted: "This... how can this be done?"

Chu Huan shrugged, "This is the only way, otherwise you will think of other ways?"

The sisters frowned, obviously they were considering Chu Huan's words.

At this moment, he saw Sun Zikong coming over and reported, "Master, someone has just arrived in the yamen. He said that the Ministry of Revenue is waiting for you to discuss matters, so he asked you to hurry over."

Chu Huan was stunned. As soon as he returned home, the Ministry of Revenue received news. The news over there was really well-informed.

I didn't say much at the moment, so I asked Sun Zikong to help Su Niang set up the yard, and then he sorted out, rode the Thunder Fire Kirin, and quickly rushed to the Ministry of Revenue.

When I arrived in front of the Ministry of Revenue, I saw Wu Xu, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, standing outside the main gate of the Ministry of Revenue, waiting. I saw Chu Huan riding the Thunder Fire Kirin, but before I arrived in front of the door, I was already smiling and bowing to meet him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chu, congratulations, congratulations, we returned home in triumphantly. Our Ministry of Revenue has a big face this time."

Chu Huan turned over and dismounted, bowed and smiled, "Sir, Lord, have always been good?"

Lang Wuxu held Chu Huan's arm affectionately and said with a smile: "To be honest, Mr. Chu, since he attacked Lord Chu, Lang has been living a bad life. Without Lord Chu, this life is really hard!"

Chu Huan laughed. Lang Wuxu's nature of flattery was clear, but when he saw Lang Wuxu looking at the thunder fire qilin for a few glances, he exclaimed: "After Xue Shangshu returned to Beijing, his colleagues invited him to a banquet. At the banquet, Lord Xue praised Lord Chu, and even said that Lord Chu subdued a top-quality divine horse on the grassland. When he saw him today, he was indeed a first-class divine horse!"

Chu Huan laughed and said, "This is also good luck."

At this moment, someone from the yamen came out and said, "Sir, Ma Butang has sent a message. If Lord Chu arrives, go directly to his hall to meet him!"

"Let's go!" Lang Wuxu pulled Chu Huan's arm and asked someone to pull Chu Huan's horse down. "Ma Butang learned that you were entering Beijing, so he wanted you to have a good rest, but at present, our Ministry of Revenue has an urgent matter to deal with, but Ma Butang insisted on letting Lord Chu discuss it together." He leaned closer and whispered: "Master Chu, there is still a great good thing waiting for you!"

"Oh?" Chu Huan was puzzled, but was already pulled into the yamen by Lang Wuxu.

When I entered the yamen, the officials I saw along the way were all respectful to Chu Huan, and there were many new faces in between.

Chu Huan understood that Hu Bufan, the former Minister of Revenue, had died because of the Red and Silver Book. His Majesty the Emperor appointed Ma Hong as the head of the Ministry of Revenue. Not to mention Ma Hong's character, he was deeply trusted by His Majesty the Emperor. Because of the Red and Silver Book case, many officials were implicated and dismissed. The Ministry of Revenue was also reshuffled. It was normal for new officials to enter the Ministry of Revenue.

The Shangshu Hall was very quiet. The two of them came together. Someone went in front of the door to report it. Soon, they were reported inside. When they entered the lobby, Chu Huan found that the home decorations in the hall were completely renewed. When the door was a screen and an ink and water painting, it was solemn and quiet. He heard footsteps. A man turned out from behind the screen, wearing an official robe, with a long figure, but a kind smile on his face. When he saw Chu Huan, he smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, I'm waiting for you here. Congratulations on your return in triumphantly. Everyone in the capital now knows the reputation of Lord Chu!"

Chu Huan hurriedly bowed and said, "Sir, I'm just doing my best!"

Ma Hong also came over with a kind look and took Chu Huan's arm and said kindly: "It's not too good. Lord Chu brought a knife into the King's Hall of Xiliang. Under the coercion of the people of Xiliang, he did not kneel down. He was so arrogant that he gave me a great face to the Qin Dynasty. Don't you know that the emperor was very happy to learn about this." He held Chu Huan behind the screen and smiled: "There is a decree from the emperor here. After Xuebu Hall returned to the capital, the emperor was happy and gave a great reward. However, Lord Chu ordered the hall to be ill, and Xuebu Hall had already reported to the emperor that the emperor praised Lord Chu in front of the civil and military ministers for not only being brave and resourceful, but also being filial. Before Lord Chu came back, he had already given the reward to Lord Chu first."

Lang Wuxu smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, I told you just now that there is still a great thing waiting for you."

Ma Hong took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and said solemnly: "Chu Huan received the edict!"

Chu Huan and Lang Wuxu hurriedly knelt down, and Ma Hong then said, "In accordance with the will of heaven, the emperor ordered: Chu Huan, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, went to Xiliang to be envoyed, both wise and brave, and greatly promoted the prestige of the country. He was the pillar of the Qin Dynasty. Chu Huan was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and was good at encouraging him, and admired him!"

Chu Huan was stunned. Ma Hong had already smiled and stepped forward to help Chu Huan up: "Come on, Mr. Chu, the emperor's kindness is so great. He is very kind to Lord Chu!"

Chu Huan took the imperial edict and said, "The emperor is grateful, but the emperor cannot repay his death!"

Ma Hong laughed and asked someone to come to tea, which made Lang Wuxu and Chu Huan sit in the hall. Then he said to Chu Huan: "Mr. Chu, you had just entered Beijing today and should have a good rest for two days, but there was a major event, but I had to ask you to discuss it together."

Chu Huanqi said, "But I don't know what a big deal?"

Ma Hong glanced at Lang Wuxu, and Lang Wuxu understood it and immediately said, "Mr. Chu, you just came back from the northwest not long ago. You should know better than us about the situation in the northwest. This matter is about the northwest."

Chu Huan's heart tightened and asked, "The problem of the northwest?"

Ma Hong took a thick stack of notes from the table next to him and handed them to Chu Huan. Chu Huan took them with both hands. He first looked through them casually, then looked at the signature and found that most of the notes were presented by officials in the northwest. Zhu Lingyue, the governor of Tianshan Road, was suddenly included in it.

The hall was solemn and quiet. Chu Huan first looked at Zhu Lingyue's memorials, and then looked through several other memorials.

In summary, these notes, except for Zhu Lingyue, the other officials' notes are still in trouble. The people are short of clothing and food, and bandits are rampant, and refugees are likely to rise at any time. Several of them are even more bluntly stated that if the northwest cannot resume production as soon as possible, there is no sufficient food and salary, the army may even have problems.

In short, the comments of the officials in the northwest were first exaggerated by the situation in the northwest, but it seemed that the situation in the northwest is even worse than when the people of Xiliang occupied it.

After a while, he begged the court to provide assistance to the northwest immediately. Almost every note mentioned the words of restoring production and requiring a large amount of grain to plant tillers.

"These are all memorials of officials in the northwest." Ma Hong said lightly, pointing to another stack of memorials on the table, "This is a memorial for the Beijing officials. These memorials were originally presented to the emperor, and then transferred to the Secretariat. Just the day before yesterday, the Secretariat threw these memorials here. This is only a small part of them, but the meaning is similar. The officials in the northwest cried and asked the people in the north to ask for food, ploughing utensils, and silver. Some of the Beijing officials gave the emperor a memorial to the Ministry of Revenue to allocate grain, but more of them mentioned what self-built in the northwest and people in the northwest can resume production by themselves."

Chu Huan laughed silently and said, "The people in the Northwest resume their production on their own? If they have that ability, it would be impossible."

"How can I have free lunch in the world?" Ma Hong leaned on the chair. "I just looked at the first few notes, but I haven't figured out what happened. After reading a few more notes, I realized that someone in the northwest is going to take advantage of the situation!"

"ah?"

Ma Hong sneered: "The three northwest roads were divided into several countries before the founding of the country. When General Feng defeated the northwest countries, those pseudo-emperors died and fled, but local tyrants of various countries could not be killed. The strongest country in the northwest was the Yue Kingdom of Xiguan Road. The capital of Yue Kingdom was in Yuezhou. At that time, the northwest countries also fought a lot of wars. Although they belonged to the northwest, they still had some hatred between them. However, at that time, Yue Kingdom was strong and the wealthy families of Yue Kingdom were for a while. Now the wealthy families of Xiguan Road were mostly the wealthy families left by Yue Kingdom. This time, the wealthy families of Xiguan Road suffered a catastrophe and were greatly damaged. The wealthy families of Tianshan and Beishan found an opportunity, and they were preparing to kill the wealthy families of Xiguan Road!"

Chu Huan frowned and said, "What is the adult saying that it is to occupy land with grain?"

"Mr. Chu naturally knew about this when he came back from the northwest." Ma Hong sighed: "You are right. The self-built northwest of the letter mentioned in the letter is to let the two wealthy families in the North Mountains of Tianshan take out their grain to Xiguan to farm. Most of the officials who presented these letters were from Beishan and Tianshan. They were originally from these two wealthy families. According to their statement, the two wealthy families were willing to take out grain, but they had to rent as much grain, and they also required a exemption of tax for three years... Not to mention the exemption of tax for the time being, but the land rented for the grain was obviously used to occupy land, which was killed for the wealthy families in Xiguan."

Chu Huan asked calmly: "What does the court mean?"

"The emperor issued an order, and the northwest cannot be disturbed, so the Secretariat will come up with a solution." Ma Hong frowned and said, "The Secretariat threw these notes to our Ministry of Revenue, so that our Ministry of Revenue would find a way." He spread his hands and said helplessly: "As the saying goes, it is good, it is hard to cook without rice. This position of the Minister of Revenue, this official has now felt that his butt is hot. Tell me, our four major granaries, is empty, and Ji Ping Cang maintains the Northeast.

There is not much grain, we can't move, and the Xiaoling Warehouse has not much grain. Now the remnants of the Qingtian King of Hebei are starting to move again. Han Santong sent people to guard the Xiaoling Warehouse, but our Ministry of Revenue can't move. However, there is a Jinling Warehouse left. When I took over the previous one, I heard that the Jinling Warehouse has sufficient inventory and was still happy. I sent someone to the Jinling Warehouse to check the grain a while ago. If I didn't check it, I almost got angry after I checked it...!"—
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