Thinking of this, Cui Ying and others became more and more excited when they looked at the gold in front of them.
Lu Yu, who was on the side, also saw the expressions of Cui Ying and others, and a trace of disdain flashed deep in his eyes.
Although these people can be regarded as high-ranking court officials, when faced with these yellow and white things, they are still no different from ordinary people.
And the master behind him just took out some gold and silver, which was enough for these officials to use. Therefore, there is nothing that money can't do in this world. If it can't be done, then it is money.
The quantity is not enough.
With a chuckle, Lu Yu looked at Cui Ying and others and said, "Everyone, these golds now belong to your lords. I wonder if your lords are still satisfied?"
After coming back to their senses, Cui Ying and the others couldn't help but look at each other, and then they saw Cui Ying couldn't help but smile at Lu Yu and said: "Liu Yu is so polite. Naturally, we all couldn't be more satisfied. Everyone said
Isn’t that right?”
Several other officials also followed suit, but these people's attention was actually focused on the gold in front of them. It can only be said that gold is too tempting.
When Lu Yu saw the reactions of several people, he was not surprised at all, but said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, everyone, when you return home, Lu will send someone to deliver the gold to your home."
Go up there and keep everything safe."
Lu Yu stood up and said to several people: "Everyone, follow Lu."
At this moment, under the gaze of several people, the smile on Lu Yu's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a look of solemnity.
The beauty of these women is naturally extraordinary. Although they are not stunningly beautiful, they can all be called beauties. In addition, the appearance of several of them together naturally adds a bit of temptation.
At this time, Wang Yangming obviously had a sad look on his face. He looked at the empty emperor's dragon chair and then looked at Li Huan. He couldn't help but whispered to Li Huan: "Does the champion really want to kill you later?"
Even though Wang Yangming did not have a specific figure on how many acres and hectares of land he owned in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, he relied on the large and small government affairs related to people's livelihood that he handled in the cabinet on a daily basis.
A rough number can be inferred.
Li Huan dared to say that if he continued to implement the idea of paying grain to the officials and the gentry on the basis of dividing the land into acres, and returned the money to the public, Li Huan dared to say that some of the officials present would dare to rush up and seek trouble for him.
There was nothing in this hall, it was empty, but looking at Lu Yu's posture, it was clear that something was going on.
But Lu Yu seemed not to see the change in Lu Yu's expression, but glanced at the crowd and said: "Everyone, what happened today, Lu hopes that everyone can keep this matter in their hearts forever, no matter what the future holds,
Lu doesn’t want to hear from other people that this matter has anything to do with Lu.”
Although Li Huan has ordered Jin Yiwei to allocate capable manpower to check those account books, there are too many account books in dozens of big boxes, and the number of capable manpower proficient in magic is quite limited even among Jin Yiwei, so
If you want to really find out the problem from these account books, it will definitely not be possible in three or two days.
Because the emperor has not yet arrived, many officials are gathering in groups in the square and talking in low voices.
In this way, there shouldn't be a big gap in the local statistical data. Even if there is underreporting, it certainly won't be that big.
A colleague from the Ministry of Etiquette next to him saw Cui Ying's rosy face, chuckled and said to Cui Ying.
Not long ago, Li Huan personally visited him and directly told Wang Yangming that the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Household Affairs were wrong. The two of them still had some confidence in the officials and Jin Yiwei they selected to supervise the local areas. They asked themselves whether these people would be arrested.
Even if they are bribed, it is impossible to be bribed in large numbers.
Both Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao could tell at a glance that something was wrong with the data, not to mention Wang Yangming, who had been sitting in the cabinet position for some time.
"Brother Cui has encountered something great!"
Cui Ying's face was red, and she looked like she was in high spirits on a happy occasion.
Some officials also looked at Li Huan with a bit of ridicule, as if they wanted to see Li Huan's joke.
So when these women appeared, they immediately attracted the attention of Cui Ying and others.
He is very clear about the impact of the tax reform he wants to carry out on these officials. Although many people have a very bad attitude towards him, this is only the first step of the tax reform, that is, it touches their concerns slightly.
Just profit.
The sound of snapping spread, and Cui Ying and others looked at Lu Yu with some doubts, while Lu Yu had a somewhat mysterious smile on his face.
But this was not a problem for Li Huan.
Lu Yu smiled slightly and said: "This is specially arranged by Mr. Lu for all of you, please enjoy it to your heart's content."
It is precisely because of this that Wang Yangming finally chose to agree to the suggestion that Li Huan had discussed with him not long ago to launch a direct attack on today's imperial meeting and take down all the officials of the Ministry of Household who were responsible for the statistics of fields and households.
Hearing this, Hu Lian raised his brows and looked at Cui Ying and said in a low voice: "I heard that Mr. Cui and his subordinates have been busy compiling statistics about the local acres and Dingkou data submitted by various governments in the past few days. Could it be that there are already
Will the result be successful?”
With a slight smile on her lips, Cui Ying shook her head towards the official and said, "Master Hu was joking. Cui just finished his work in the yamen and felt a lot more relaxed."
Since it can be determined that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue were responsible for it, even if Li Huan wronged these people, there really was a problem in other links, but Li Huan did not believe that the officials of the Ministry of Revenue could not see the statistical data.
something wrong.
Hearing that Li Huan decided the fate of many officials in such an understatement, Wang Yangming couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Cui Ying was naturally quite uncomfortable with being affected by the atmosphere created by Lu Yu. After all, he was also a dignified court official, and even above the court he could be regarded as a powerful official with certain real power.
Already.
When Cui Ying and others heard this, they looked at Lu Yu and then at the beautiful women in front of them. Their eyes suddenly lit up. Cui Ying even nodded slightly to Lu Yu and said, "Liu Yuanwai is really thoughtful!"
It was impossible for Li Huan not to notice these strange looks, but Li Huan didn't take them to heart at all.
Cui Ying was indeed in a good mood these past few days. Not to mention the ten thousand taels of gold that he had received, he and several of his subordinates had enjoyed everything in Lu Yu's mansion these past two days.
Despite her beauty and gentleness, Cui Ying still couldn't help but feel shaken when thinking back to the past two days.
The larger the population, the greater the consumption of salt. This is an eternal truth.
At this time, I was affected by Lu Yu. When I looked at Lu Yu, his expression was naturally a little ugly.
Great court meeting
But soon there was a sound of footsteps, and just by hearing the footsteps, I knew that there were a lot of people coming.
If you were an ordinary person, it would be difficult for you to get angry and target certain people without evidence. After all, without evidence, you would accuse certain officials of deceiving superiors and deceiving subordinates.
If you don't do well, you will be bitten by others.
Hearing what Lu Yu said, Cui Ying and others immediately reacted. Lu Yu wanted to remind them of this matter.
Walking into the hall, Cui Ying and others couldn't help but show a bit of curiosity. In fact, they couldn't figure out why Lu Yu brought them here.
Li Huan said with a chuckle: "If Li can't solve the trouble, does it mean that he can't solve the people who caused trouble for Li? Besides, as long as these people go to the prison, any problems will come to light."
Yet?"
It was just that the two of them looked through the dozens of large boxes of account books brought back by Jin Yiwei from the household department. From the dense data, they really couldn't find where exactly they had been manipulated.
Cui Ying smiled and said: "Fortunately, we fulfilled our mission and finally got the result a few days ago."
Taking a deep breath, Cui Ying looked at Lu Yu and slowly said, "I don't know if Yuan Lu invited a few of us to come here, but what's the matter?"
Glancing at Lu Yu lightly, Cui Ying said with a smile: "Young member Lu, you can rest assured that we have done a perfect job in this matter. Even if it does happen, we still have ways to deal with it, even if it's because of the gold."
The big guys above will not involve Yuan Lu."
Just when Cui Ying and others were confused, they heard the sound of orioles and swallows, and then followed by a faint scent of powder, they saw several graceful women wearing colorful brocade clothes walking in.
into the hall.
Seeing Lu Yu walking toward a hall in the distance, Cui Ying and others, although they were quite reluctant to part with the gold in front of them, still tried hard to look away and walked with Lu Yu.
In this case, none of these officials came forward to report it to the emperor, so don't blame Li Huan for being rude.
As Wang Yangming, who was in charge of the investigation of farmland and Dingkou, naturally, together with Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao, they immediately obtained the data on farmland and Dingkou calculated by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This day is another great court meeting, and all officials gather together
After listening to Wang Yangming's words, Li Huan glanced sideways at Wang Yangming and said: "Not to mention how long it will take to check those account books, and how much time will be lost in the meantime. Anyway, Li can be sure that these people have tampered with it, so why?
We cannot directly capture these people."
Hearing what Cui Ying said, a smile finally broke out on Lu Yu's face and he said, "So Lu can rest assured."
At this time, Li Huan, Wang Yangming, Zhang Lun and others were gathered together.
Gradually, Cui Ying and others felt a pressure from Lu Yu.
While talking, Lu Yu clapped his hands.
At this time, many officials looked at Li Huan with a hint of hatred, giving people the impression that Li Huan had dug up their ancestral graves.
Among the hundreds of officials, Cui Ying, who is a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, is a high-ranking official even if he is placed among the hundred officials. At this moment, there are several officials gathered around him, and at first glance, he is from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Some officials couldn't help but swallowed their saliva, looked at Lu Yu and said: "Executive member Lu, this is..."
After all, Dingkou and the number of acres of land are not directly related to people's livelihood, but they are indirectly related. Not to mention other things, just the consumption of salt is completely closely related to Dingkou.
As long as the officials from the Ministry of Revenue went to the imperial prison, he and Li Huan did not need to send people to check the accounts. The custodians would honestly explain all the tricks one by one.
Hu Lian said with a look of astonishment: "I see. No wonder Master Cui has a glowing face. I think that with such achievements, both the champion and His Majesty will reward Master Cui later on."
During this period, under the auspices of Li Huan and Wang Yangming, tax reform was being implemented step by step. If at the beginning, many officials only verbally opposed the tax reform.
, so now seeing that Li Huan actually started to implement tax reform with the support of the emperor, many officials' opposition to Li Huan was not just verbal.
Cui Ying looked serious and said: "Cui is just fulfilling his duty. This is our job. How can we take credit? I just hope that the champion and His Majesty will not blame us for our negligence."
In this case, the only thing that is questionable is that the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs who are responsible for calculating the data reported by hundreds of prefectural governments in these places have tampered with it.
Although Li Huan's method is really simple and crude, there is one thing Wang Yangming has to admit, that is, Li Huan's method is the most direct and effective in this situation.
Hu Lian couldn't help but be surprised when he heard the words: "Why did Mr. Cui say this? Statistics of so many local data in thirteen provinces and hundreds of prefectures in two capitals is not an easy job. Even if there is no credit, there is still hard work. And
Where is the blame?"
Cui Ying sighed softly, glanced at some officials who were attracted by his conversation with Hu Lian, and said: "As you all know, Champion Hou is really too anxious about this matter, and everyone in my household department has mobilized as much as possible.
Enough people were involved in the statistics, and they were busy for many days. Many people did not leave the office for several days, focusing on this matter. Finally, they lived up to their expectations and integrated all the data. However, in such a hurry, who could
I can’t guarantee whether there are any errors or omissions.”
As he spoke, Cui Ying glanced at a few people and said pointedly: "If there are no mistakes or omissions, it will be lucky. However, if there are any mistakes or omissions, which will ruin the champion's important affairs and delay the tax reform of the imperial court, I will
Wouldn’t it be inevitable to take the blame if you die!”