Inside Wuying Hall.

Jia Yun quickly walked around the screen and entered the side hall. He immediately knelt down and knelt down and said, "General Jia Yun pays homage to Your Majesty. May you pay your respects."

Emperor Chongming on the imperial desk responded softly and said calmly: "Get up!"

When Jia Yun heard this, he stood up and saw Prince Zhongshun on the side. Jia Yun said respectfully, "I have met Prince Zhongshun."

King Zhongshun, Jia Yun has also met him before. As the chief minister of the Imperial Guard, Jia Yun, the official of the court, knows everything about him.

In Jia Yun's past life memory, when Jia's family was finally ransacked, he had a close relationship with King Zhongshun, so he naturally paid more attention to it.

King Zhongshun nodded and gave Jia Yun face, which was regarded as saying hello.

At this time, Emperor Chongming said: "Jia Yun, I have ordered King Zhongshun to be the imperial envoy to go to a place in the south of the Yangtze River to raise funds. You should stay with King Zhongshun and wait for the mission."

"Fundraising?" Jia Yun was confused, but thinking about Huang Fu, Jia Yun suddenly understood. As for sending Jia Yun to be dispatched, he was probably trying to get Jia Yun to protect King Zhongshun. You must know that in flood-prone areas, order is weak and dangerous.

Sex was very strong. Emperor Chongming and King Zhongshun were brothers from the same mother, so they naturally cared about them very much.

So Jia Yun immediately responded: "I obey the order.

Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will risk my life to protect Prince Zhongshun, and nothing will go wrong."

Emperor Chongming nodded with satisfaction. Regarding Jia Yun, based on recent observations, he served the emperor loyally and neither interacted with the court officials nor the nobles in the capital, but he was deeply favored by Emperor Chongming.

Recalling that Jia Yun seemed to have certain opinions on political affairs, Emperor Chongming picked up the memorials on several cases and said casually: "Jia Yun, take a look and tell me what you think."

King Zhongshun paused holding the tea, ignored it, and continued to drink the tea. He had long known that his royal brother seemed to be very special to this Jia Yun.

Jia Yun bowed forward, took it with both hands, and immediately looked at it carefully. When he saw that this disaster affected millions of victims, he was really shocked. The suffering of Huang disaster occurs every year, but this

This disaster really affected a wide range of people. If it is not handled properly, many people will really starve to death...

After thinking for a moment, Jia Yun asked respectfully: "I am brave. May I ask how your majesty plans to deal with it?"

In response to Jia Yun's boldness, Emperor Chongming said casually: "I have ordered the treasury to allocate 400,000 taels of silver to the Zhili area to buy grain from wealthy households and transport it to the disaster-stricken areas to meet the urgent needs. The remaining shortcomings will be handed over to

King Zhongshun went to the south of the Yangtze River to raise funds, buy food locally, and provide relief to the victims."

It was only 400,000 taels. Even if Jia Yun was not familiar with political affairs, he knew that it was not enough. Although he knew that the national treasury did not have much money, it would not be in such a miserable situation!

It seems that imperial taxation is a huge problem.

After thinking for a moment, Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, why don't you adjust grains in neighboring provinces?"

Each province has grain in stock. If the imperial court issues an order to mobilize it, there is no need to spend money or transport grain all the way. This is the most convenient way.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongming nodded with satisfaction and said: "To be able to say these words, it seems that he is not slacking off and knows how to make progress."

After complimenting him, Emperor Chongming then said coldly: "If I had food, I wouldn't have to abandon the near and seek the far."

As soon as Emperor Chongming said this, Jia Yun understood that there was no food in the neighboring provinces. Although he didn't know why there was no food, there was nothing you could do if there was no food.

After a pause, Jia Yun continued: "Your Majesty, there is no silver in the national treasury. There should be some money in the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

"Snapped......"

King Zhongshun was drinking tea. When he heard Jia Yun's words, he suddenly couldn't hold the teacup in his hand and dropped it directly on the carpet.

When he was disrespectful in front of the Holy Emperor, King Zhongshun quickly apologized and said, "My brother is disrespectful. Please don't blame me, brother."

Emperor Chongming also had a dark look on his face at this time. After waving his hand to signal King Zhongshun not to care, he looked at Jia Yun dissatisfied and said coldly: "Are you saying that the people are in trouble and I can't even bear to give out my own money?"

Generally speaking, "Everything in the world is the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, it is the ministers of the king." The whole world belongs to the emperor, so how can we talk about personal wealth?

In fact, there is a difference between the national treasury and an individual's private treasury. Therefore, emperors of all dynasties had private money. This was true for the internal funds of the Ming Dynasty and the sealed treasury of the Song Dynasty.

The House of Internal Affairs was the private treasury of Emperor Daqian, responsible for the royal family's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and of course the emperor's private money.

The income of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the money and grain paid by the emperor's "self-operated" manor, the "self-operated" bank, the grain bank, the money paid by the bank's annual profit, the annual tax collected by the grain bank, and the feudal officials at all levels. Tributes from officials and vassal states, part of the salt tax revenue, etc.

Generally speaking, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' annual income is quite large.

The private money of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is used for daily expenses of the royal family. In special periods, it can also be used for court expenses. This is all decided by the emperor himself.

"I don't dare," Jia Yun replied, kneeling on one knee.

The truth can easily offend people, especially when facing the Nine-Fifth Emperor, but Jia Yun knew that Emperor Chongming would not punish Jia Yun for this matter, so he naturally told the truth.

As expected, Emperor Chongming glared at Jia Yun and said immediately: "The money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs was used to fill the gap in military pay. Plus the corresponding expenses, there is no money now."

Jia Yun was silent when he heard this. He did not say that Emperor Chongming was diligent in his administration, but he used money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to fill the gap in military pay. This is enough to prove that Emperor Chongming was a good emperor.

Throughout the ages, how many emperors have been able to use their own money to replenish the treasury, and it is considered good if they have not used money from the treasury to replenish their own money.

Although there must be some money left in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Emperor Chongming has already supplemented military pay. If it is used to fill the vacancy due to floods, then the money will be used up. What money will the royal family use?

The dignity of the royal family was lost, and the impact was even greater.

Jia Yun pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Your Majesty is a wise king through the ages, and his methods of handling are very clever, which is beyond the reach of my ministers."

Emperor Chongming raised his eyebrows. He dared to ask about loneliness, but in the end, he was flattered...

However, Jia Yun is indeed not good at political affairs, so it is a good thing to say this.

Emperor Chongming didn't quite understand how Jia Yun, who was not good at political affairs, came up with the strategy of "sharing taxes". He also sent people to investigate and found that there was no hermit behind Jia Yun.

Perhaps Jia Yun was well aware of the suffering of the people and came up with such a strategy accidentally. A fool will surely succeed after a lot of thinking.

Emperor Chongming was not impressed by Jia Yun's flattery and ordered: "Follow King Zhongshun and do your job. Millions of victims are waiting for food. If you are late, the people will suffer for a day."

Seeing that Emperor Chongming was worried, Jia Yun stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, please do not worry. From my point of view, what was said in the report is inevitably exaggerated. The governors of various places exaggerated the disaster situation infinitely. The number of people in the prefectures and counties reported was not consistent with the actual situation." Maybe it's quite different."

Emperor Chongming put down the report and said casually: "I have sent the censor to supervise the disaster relief, and the minister of the Ministry of Industry to build the river embankment. You and King Zhongshun only need to raise funds, and you don't need to meddle in other matters."

Hearing this, Jia Yun felt that he was taking too much care, and said respectfully: "I obey my orders."

After thinking for a moment, Jia Yun said: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to say it bluntly, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to raise funds. I would like to ask your Majesty to grant you the right to defend a place in the south of the Yangtze River."

The amount of fundraising is huge, and it is not easy to get money from those gentry. At this time, if you have soldiers, things will be much easier to handle. Although you cannot go too far, and it is true to the population, the deterrent effect is real.

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Emperor Chongming raised his eyes and looked at Jia Yun, thinking about the gains and losses in his mind. The so-called fundraising should be "voluntary". If the conscription was forced, he would inevitably end up with a reputation of violence, break his trust in the world, and be detrimental to the court.

However, Jia Yun proposed it himself, which is nothing more than taking over the matter. If something goes wrong, Jia Yun will be the scapegoat.

If something big goes wrong, even if Emperor Chongming values ​​Jia Yun and thinks about the overall situation, he will have to deal with Jia Yun. At this time, Jia Yun takes the lead. This is not because he is uncomfortable!!!...

Jia Yun naturally knew that, but there were some things that he had to do. In the past, he had a low status and could not control them. Now he has the ability and can cope with his own intentions.

Moreover, Jia Yun would not do anything too outrageous. Based on his understanding of Emperor Chongming, acting with restraint would save his life. In that case, why not do it...

What's more, compared to being punished, the emperor's heart is the most important thing. Jia Yun dared to do this because Emperor Chongming was on the throne. If he changed the emperor, he would really have to weigh it carefully!!

After pondering for a moment, Emperor Chongming tilted his head and said to King Zhongshun: "I will issue an order to order the imperial envoy to control the defense in Jiangnan. My eighth brother will use it with caution."

In order to better raise funds, Emperor Chongming felt that what Jia Yun said was reasonable. However, King Zhongshun still had to make the decision. Jia Yun was young and energetic, so it was inevitable that something would go wrong.

He was very fond of courtiers like Jia Yun who were loyal to the king's affairs.

King Zhongshun responded: "My brother obeys the order."

Then Emperor Chongming waved his hand to Jia Yun and ordered: "Go to the Gongwei Division to select a few good men to escort Prince Zhongshun together. We will meet Prince Zhongshun at the West City Gate at Youshi."

"Yes..." Jia Yun answered with cupped hands, and then exited the side hall to make arrangements for his trip.

After Jia Yun left, Emperor Chongming asked King Zhongshun, "What do you think of this son?"

King Zhongshun pondered for a moment and replied: "Some insight, but also some boldness."

Insightful refers to Jia Yun's analysis of political affairs, which is indeed very valuable for military commanders. As for boldness, even the Ministry of Internal Affairs dared to mention it in front of the Holy Emperor, and also alluded to the corruption of provincial governors, and also wanted to use military power to frighten the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. This is really just words.

No taboos, very bold.

Emperor Chongming chuckled lightly when he heard this and said: "I think it's good. Dare to say these words, which shows that you also care about the people in your heart, which is a hundred times better than those who just eat nothing.

Besides, being a military commander, having a straightforward temper is not a bad thing, but it does have a bit of an innocent heart."

King Zhongshun nodded. With Jia Yun's status, it would be difficult to rest assured if he had a civil servant's mind.

However, from this point of view, Emperor Chongming had a very high opinion of Jia Yun, and even expressed his innocence. It seems that Jia Yun was deeply relied on by his imperial brother.
Chapter completed!