There was silence in the room.

Zhao Shou wanted to speak but stopped.

He did not dare to tell Liu Mingqi's suggestions to several prime ministers.

Otherwise, even if this suggestion is very good, the prime ministers would be furious that Taizu had strict orders and eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics. Do you want to die?

The final result was either he went directly to the cold palace to do things or to guard the tomb of the late emperor.

Zhao Shou was reluctant to leave the emperor who had been hit hard recently, so he held back and said nothing.

However, Cao Yi saw his weirdness.

After thinking about it, Cao Yi asked, "Eunuch Zhao, what's wrong with you?"

After Zhao Shou was stunned, he quickly shook his head, "No, no."

"Then... do you have something to say?" Cao Yi asked.

He thought that Emperor Jinghe had something to say to Zhao Shou, and then Emperor Jinghe himself was not easy to say, so he asked Zhao Shou to convey it.

Zhao Shou looked at the emperor, but the emperor didn't speak or looked at him.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Shou gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that I have something to say, but that when Prince Yu entered the palace, he chatted for a few words."

"oh?"

Several prime ministers were not interested.

"You tell me!" Cao Yi immediately said, "Don't worry, this is not your words, but Prince Yu's!"

Zhao Shou made up his mind and replied directly to Liu Mingqi's words.

After hearing this, Ma Haoqiu snorted coldly: "Isn't this showing weakness to those scholars? No!"

Zhong Chang had a different opinion: "I think it's OK. After all, it's not just the scholars. How should the people in the world keep their mouths closed? Isn't it just to divert attention and let them downplay this matter?"

Seeing Ma Haoqiu wanting to refute, Zhong Chang said directly: "Does Ma Xiang think we should give up on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Ma Haoqiu shut up immediately.

You can't say this nonsense!

Emperor Jing He said, "Whenever I have another choice, I must severely punish this bastard Mingyu!"

How could a group of prime ministers dare to answer such words?

Cao Yi could only say embarrassedly: "Your Majesty calmed down. The prince was still young and he was not at that level... Besides, most of the money was not used randomly! Isn't the money to compensate the people over the years reaching millions of taels of silver? Then he often funded the poor nobles and royal families, which was also a considerable expense!"

Cao Yi is a talking person.

When he saw the use of money, the emperor's anger dissipated a lot.

This is true!

Everyone was wondering before that the prince seemed to have endless money, but where did he come from?

I originally thought he was doing business, but now I understand that the origin is not right.

Jing Hedi smiled self-deprecatingly, "I thought he was Liu Mingqi, there was a way to turn stones into gold!"

"From this point, Prince Yu is the best in the world." Nangong Ji laughed at the supporting role, "or the Ministry of Revenue issues later, he can have some solutions."

"Yeah, let's talk about it later!"

Emperor Jing He waved his hand, "Cao Xiang, do you think Liu Mingqi's method is feasible?"

"feasible!"

Cao Yi nodded seriously, "I will go out now, explain it to them clearly, and then take them to prison and kill a corrupt official. Their first goal has been achieved initially. After a fire is released, they will naturally no longer be so impulsive."

When he heard that he was going to kill someone, Jing Hedi frowned slightly: "Who do you want to kill?"

"Guan Haixing, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue." Cao Yi said without hesitation.

Jing Hedi twitched his mouth and asked dryly: "Is it... it must be him?"

"The first time I came to a big guy, so that they wouldn't think we were lying." Cao Yi said calmly: "This is not a show, but a show for the people of the world. The determination of our court! No matter who it is, we will not let go!"

Nangong Ji slapped the same mouth.

Because the prince suddenly happened, I haven't had time to talk about him these days.

Although it happened that the prince was involved, it was even more impossible to be executed, Nangong Ji understood that his family property would not be able to be kept.

But Nangong Ji was also very grateful.

Fortunately, I was not involved in the case of the Ministry of Revenue, otherwise the biggest example would probably be him.

Even if it is not dead, the whole family will be exiled directly to a wild place like Hainan.

His family is spoiled, how can he stand such a harsh environment?

When Nangong Jishen was traveling overseas, Emperor Jing He here considered it and finally nodded: "Just him!"

Although Yang Tao, another minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the boss of the Granary Storage Department, is more suitable to be a typical example, there are still many things that he needs to prove and clarify one by one, so he cannot kill him for the time being.

But this is already the bottom line of Jinghedi.

No matter how high the officials were, they were all his old ministers. Emperor Jing He hoped that even if they were raided or exiled, they would have to leave them with superficial dignity.

...

Liu Mingqi stood on the wall of the Meridian Gate and watched the lively scene.

Amid the shocking cheers, Prime Minister Cao Yi walked towards Caishikou with a prison carriage.

A group of scholars followed happily, as if they were having a festive New Year.

The banners they threw away had to be cleaned up by Qianniuwei.

This is the passionate young man from ancient times to the present!

The boy shook his head.

After all, the old foxes will lead the pace. How could these young people want so much?

Although the solution was created by Liu Mingqi, these ideas were actually created by the old fox, and they have been tried and tested.

The problem is that it is okay to fool these passionate young people, but the most troublesome thing is how to deal with the current dilemma inside and outside the court.

Outside, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River flooded, and millions of victims were displaced.

There is such a big corruption in the reselling of grain, involving thousands of officials of all sizes, and the time span exceeds ten years, which is simply sensational!

Fortunately, I am not the emperor!

Fortunately, the royal family of the Dakang Dynasty did not have to share any pressure.

Liu Mingqi felt at this time that Emperor Taizu had considered this long ago, so all the sufferings were endured by the emperor?

Less gossip.

After Cao Yi went out, Emperor Jinghe was not idle.

He asked about disaster relief matters that were more important than catching corrupt officials.

During this period, Nangong Ji, who had nothing to do with him, was the one who wanted to avoid the Ministry of Revenue cases, and was the most familiar with disaster relief.

He received all the reports and progress as soon as possible.

"So far, there is nothing to be nervous about in the east." Nangong Ji said, "With Liu Renhuai in charge of command, Wu Yu and Li Nanyuan to control Shandong and Jiangsu, there is no possibility of chaos."

"Um."

The emperor also believed in this.

Jiangnan's background, coupled with a super capable minister like Liu Renhuai, not only saved the empire from chaos, but also made him a great blessing!

The most important thing is that it is actually several provinces in the central and southern regions.

Especially Hubei and Hunan, which the emperor didn't want to mention.

Nangong Ji continued: "When the prince was in Jingzhou, Hubei, he sent a request to ask the court to transport another 20 million stones of grain, plus 15 million taels of silver to help the two provinces build new dams, clear the river channels, and completely solve the flood disaster."

"So much?" Jing Hedi was stunned.

Twenty million stones of grain are easy to deal with. Although the large warehouses in Qiu County and Kao County have suffered heavy losses, this year is already a bumper year. Even if the grain in the warehouse is misappropriated first, it will not cause panic.

Not to mention 20 million stones of grain, at least 16 million stones of bran will be transported. In total, it is only 10 million stones of rice and wheat.

It is always enough to get some around and find food merchants to buy some.

But it is really too much to use 15 million taels of silver in one breath!

yes.

Emperor Jinghe is very rich now.

The income from purchasing titles from the "Geen Order" alone has reached nearly 20 million taels of silver.

Oh, by the way, the "great order" for those nobles in Jiangnan is also useful.

Jiangnan has also received 10 million taels of silver one after another, but hasn’t there been a flood disaster recently?
To be continued...