Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king Chapter 66 Chen Xun, are you a lackey of a businessman? Make one million a year and knock out all the civil and military officials! Ambassador Xu is on his way!
Chapter 66 Chen Xun, are you a lackey of a businessman? Make one million a year and knock out all the civil and military officials! Ambassador Xu is on his way!
"Look at my hands? Aren't they serious enough?"
Zhu Qiyu opened his hand to show her.
Tang Guifei was embarrassed: "It must have been taught by that cheap maid Li Xi'er to Your Majesty!"
After saying that, she carefully looked at Zhu Qiyu's expression.
Snap!
Zhu Qiyu patted her gently: "You and I are husband and wife, isn't it appropriate to have fun in the boudoir?"
"Ah!" Tang Guifei exclaimed and wrapped herself in the quilt: "Your Majesty, I am going to sleep. Wait, wait until Your Majesty is healthy, let's..."
"What's the matter?" Zhu Qiyu looked at her with interest.
After getting used to the night, I can see Concubine Tang's face.
Being stared at by Zhu Qiyu's scorching eyes, she blushed and shrank into the quilt.
"Tell me, no matter what?" Zhu Qiyu refused to let her go.
"Have sex again!" Tang Guifei couldn't bear the repeated questioning and called out from under the quilt.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed proudly and patted him across the quilt.
"Ah!"
"I'm so cold. Concubine, please open the quilt and let me in!" Zhu Qiyu wanted to get in.
"Your Majesty sleeps on his own quilt!"
"We're an old married couple, why are you so shy? Quickly lift the quilt, I'll catch a cold!" Zhu Qiyu threatened her.
Tang Guifei obediently exposed a corner of the quilt, and Zhu Qiyu got in.
"Ah..."
Concubine Tang kept screaming in shock.
It's still dark.
"Rise at dawn, all opportunities are waiting for you, work diligently and love the people, and do everything with your hands!" Jin Zhong's voice sounded outside the palace. Used by Tatars
Zhu Qiyu slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath.
"My beloved concubine, when will you undress?" Zhu Qiyu felt the softness, looked down at Concubine Tang who was slowly waking up, and asked in surprise.
"Hmm?"
Concubine Tang slowly opened her eyes, and was surprised to find that she had no hair. She was extremely embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty! You, how could you do this?"
"What's wrong with me? I was just sleeping!" Zhu Qiyu looked innocent.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Get up and go to court early, oh, don't, don't do that..." Concubine Tang blushed with embarrassment.
"We are an old married couple, why are you still so shy?" Zhu Qiyu wondered.
"Your Majesty is never like this!"
Concubine Tang glared at him angrily: "From now on, your majesty should sleep alone, because my concubine's arms are numb from the pillow."
"I'm not used to sleeping too cold." Zhu Qiyu shook his head.
Concubine Tang grabbed his restless hand and said angrily: "Give your Majesty two more layers of quilt! If two layers are not enough, just three layers! Four layers! Humph!"
"The quilt is not as comfortable as my concubine!"
Jin Zhong's voice sounded outside the palace again, but Zhu Qiyu refused to get up.
"Then, Your Majesty, please stop biting me, okay!" Tang Guifei found that it hurt.
"I will rub it for my beloved concubine."
Tang Guifei blocked his claws and angrily said: "I am waiting for your majesty to change clothes. It's time for court early!"
"Early morning, early morning, half of the people in the court didn't come, but I am in need every day. This emperor is not as happy as a rich man."
Zhu Qiyu was pushed to sit up and admire this graceful figure. Sister Yu has a unique charm and understands everything.
"Come in and wait." Zhu Qiyu began to wash up.
After washing and putting on his dragon robe, Zhu Qiyu yawned.
Concubine Tang smoothed the wrinkles on her clothes and knelt on the ground: "I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness to the Tang family."
"Huh?" Zhu Qiyu was surprised. Tang Guifei looked like a novice, but in fact she saw clearly and had a beautiful breast. Well... I realized it.
"I understand His Majesty's love for the Tang family."
Zhu Qiyu helped her up: "My beloved concubine, I will definitely give you a son!"
Concubine Tang's beautiful eyes are pleasantly surprised. A woman in the harem does not have a son by her side and is doomed to live a lonely life. When she is old and frail, her son is her real support.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty! I don't covet the dragon son, I will be satisfied if I have a dragon girl." Tang Guifei was so excited that she knelt down again.
Zhu Qiyu grabbed her and said, "I like my daughter too. I will definitely have more children with my beloved concubine."
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Concubine Tang was overjoyed. She had been worried these days, fearing that her refusal would offend the emperor.
She felt unhappy. Now that the harem was empty, it was a great opportunity for her to ask for a son, but she still rejected the emperor. Because as a noble concubine, she not only had to consider the heirs, but also the emperor's health.
"The female doctor Xuantan is waiting at Qianqing Palace. I have something to ask her."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of something: "Bring Ai Gaofeng there too."
"By the way, if the prince is asked to go to Qianqing Palace again, I will examine his performance."
Didn’t Chen Xun protect Zhu Jianshe? Let me take a look at what the prince thinks?
After boarding the imperial chariot, Zhu Qiyu told Jin Zhong: "Jin Zhong, you can't go to the capital camp for the time being. Go and supervise the Jin Yiwei. I have cleared out most of the Jin Yiwei. As long as you place your own people, you can quickly control the Jin Yiwei." "There is also the Jin Yiwei Wang Xi. I sent people to arrest him. Why is there no news yet? You, the admiral of the Jin Yiwei, will investigate carefully."
"I don't care what method you use, within three days, you must master a force of your own, even if there are only dozens of people."
"You must be loyal and reliable, you only have three days!" Zhu Qiyu repeatedly warned.
"I obey the order, but the emperor has no one he likes to serve me. I'm worried." Jin Zhongwei said.
"It doesn't matter. We just need to organize the people from the Qianqing Palace into two groups and send people to keep an eye on them. I have some senses waiting around me, so I'm safe and sound. I shouldn't die."
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flashed: "The Taiyuan Hospital, Shangshan Supervisor, and Shangshi Bureau have stopped recruiting, and those who have been recruited are not allowed to enter the palace! Each palace must prepare its own food, and no fires are allowed!"
"All the excess eunuchs and maids in each palace will be sent out for the time being. Well...only the ones who serve as personal servants will be left. Each palace is only allowed to keep four palace attendants, and the rest will be sent out!"
"I don't have time to screen them one by one. I have temporarily sent out a batch of those from Qianqing Palace. You can take care of it as you see fit."
"The death of Concubine Xian is a thorn in my heart. I have faced too many things. I am afraid I will never be able to help her find out the truth. I owe her..."
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Jin Zhong, do it yourself, I only believe in you!"
"The rest of the registration list will be sent to me. Then the list and portrait will be sent to the guards. When the guards are patrolling, if they find any sneaky palace people, they will be killed directly! No need to report!"
"I give the Yu Lin avant-garde and other five guards the greatest power. Anyone in the palace can be killed without retribution to me! If any palace servant found to be not on the list is found, he will be killed immediately! There is no need to interrogate!"
He didn't have time to check one by one. As long as Yu Qian left Beijing, Chen Xun would immediately retaliate. He must have the strength to protect himself during the few days he is in Beijing.
Leaving the capital from Beijing is both a danger and an opportunity for him.
Chen Xun seems to be terrifying, but he is far inferior to Yu Qian who has the capital camp in hand. As long as Yu Qian is away from the capital and kills Chen Xun, he can regain the imperial power. Si Li Jian, Jin Yiwei, Dongchang, and Tiqi can be captured In hand.
You can even get the military power of 50,000 Beijing troops and the hearts of the imperial guards!
If Yu Qian was in Beijing, he would never get military power!
"Your Majesty, how long will this situation last?" Jin Zhong asked cautiously.
Zhu Qiyu took a deep look at him: "It depends on when you can control Jin Yiwei? It depends on when Lu Zhong can form Tiqi? It depends on when Shu Liang can control Dongchang? My safety will always be in your hands. !"
Jin Zhong's face changed slightly and he quickly expressed his loyalty.
He breathed a sigh of relief: "It will be fine once the Wala are defeated and the Beijing camp returns to the capital."
"My slave obeys the order!" Jin Zhong kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu asked him to get up: "Is Shu Liang awake?"
"Eunuch Shu slept peacefully. As soon as the palace door opened this morning, he went to clean up the East Factory." Jin Zhong reported.
"Shu Liang has grown up and knows what to do." Zhu Qiyu was very pleased.
Last night, Shu Liang stayed at Xinuang Pavilion and didn't come out despite all the commotion. It wasn't that Shu Liang was unfaithful, but that he knew exactly what he should do. The emperor asked him to rest, so he rested. The emperor asked him to come out and kill people.
He kills people. He is the sword in the hands of the emperor and should not have his own thoughts.
"Go and do some work." Zhu Qiyu waved his hand.
"Slave, please obey!"
Entering the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Qiyu sat on the dragon chair.
Xuanzhen's petition for help was sent again. After Zhu Qiyu read it, he slapped the emperor's case: "What do the soldiers of Xuanzhen do for food? When the Oara attacks, they don't dare to open the city to fight? Seeing the Oara people plundering the border residents! So!
What’s the use of keeping the army!”
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Xuanzang's troops are limited and it is the right choice to avoid a head-on battle." Yu Qian stood up and said.
Zhu Qiyu was stunned: "Young Master, do you think I don't know anything about military affairs? There are 120,000 border troops in Xuanzhen, and the battle report states that 20,000 to 30,000 people from Wala attacked and harassed them. Why can't we fight?"
Your Majesty, you don’t know why you are asking, 120,000 is just the strength on paper.
Let’s take the Beijing camp as an example. Its paper strength is 200,000. I’m afraid even the commanders of each regiment and camp don’t know how many troops they really have.
The capital camp is like this, let alone the border army. Thank God if it can get one-third of the actual amount.
"Your Majesty, the top priority is for the Beijing camp to provide support as soon as possible." Chen Xun said loudly.
This old man, after being tortured like that last night, is still in good spirits this morning, the scars on his face have faded, and he still looks like a human being when he puts on his official robe.
"What the Chief Assistant said makes sense, but it's just that the expedition is not a day's work. When the Supreme Emperor went to conquer Oara in the north, he gave him ten days to reorganize his troops and horses before the Tumu Fort was defeated. I don't dare to repeat the same mistake!" Zhu Qiyu glanced at him
At a glance, it’s a beautiful thought. When the Beijing camp goes to war, will your world be yours?
"But I wonder how long Xuanzhen can resist?" Chen Xun sighed.
"We can send out the vanguard first. Young Master, who do you think can be the vanguard?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian.
Yu Qian's first choice is Zhu Yi or Zhu Yong. These two people have deep-rooted influence in the Beijing camp and can be taken directly to the expedition without reorganization, just like armies. However, these two people are despised by His Majesty and will not give them the opportunity to lead the army alone.
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Wang Ji and Luo Tong are not good either. The emperor hates them. Moreover, the vanguard has to fight a tough battle. These two are too poor and will easily fall apart.
If Chen Mao were alive, he could fight this tough battle, but what the hell.
"I think Dingxi Marquis Jiang Wan and Xing'an Marquis Xu Heng can take on this important task!" The two recommended by Yu Qian are both neutral.
Jiang Wan is only 24 years old. He has no outstanding achievements and his reputation among the nobles is not prominent.
But Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up. This was the embryo of a famous general. Once he was trained, another one of his grandfather, Jiang Gui, would inevitably come out!
"I heard that Marquis Xing'an was seriously ill a few years ago? Is this possible?" Zhu Qiyu asked Yu Qian.
But at this moment, a man with a pale face and a cane slowly left work and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty Xu Heng, you can still serve the country!"
"Give me a seat for the Marquis of Xing'an." Zhu Qiyu didn't want to work for him. Xu Heng was one of the few veterans who didn't get involved in the struggle for imperial power, but his life was not long.
"I can go to war!" Xu Heng couldn't stop breathing even after saying a word.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "The Marquis of Xing'an will stay in the capital to frighten Xiaoxiao for me!"
Xu Heng slowly lowered his head and kowtowed: "I know that my destiny is not long, and I will serve as a general for the rest of my life, but I am not willing to die of illness on my bed. I am willing to be wrapped in horse leather and die on the battlefield!"
"My only son, Xu Xian, is determined to serve the country. In this battle, I am willing to take Xu Xian to the battlefield in person and tell him how to be loyal to the country!"
"After the death of the minister, Xu Xian continued to replace the minister and guard the Ming Dynasty in place of the Xu family!"
"I invite your Majesty, and I accept your request! I thank your Majesty for your kindness!"
It was extremely difficult for Xu Heng to speak, his face was extremely pale, and his voice was very low, but filled with emotion.
After saying these words, the court was moved.
"My dear, please get up!"
Zhu Qiyu looked sad: "I agree!"
"The decree was passed, and the Marquis of Xing'an was granted the title of Duke of Xingguo, and was given a world certificate."
Unexpectedly, Xu Heng actually refused: "Your Majesty has pity for his ministers, and his heart is happy, but he dare not accept his title. Taizu has said that no one can be knighted without military merit."
"I am willing to win back a duke on the battlefield! But I don't want to live out my life in the court and sell my pity in exchange for a duke! If my heart is uneasy, my father's spirit in heaven will also be uneasy!"
"Your Majesty, please have mercy on me for my warlike heart, and allow me and my minister Xu Xian to go to the battlefield to earn the title of Duke!"
Xu Heng's words moved Zhu Qiyu.
He stood up and said loudly: "Okay! I still have a general in the Ming Dynasty! Why be afraid of Wala!"
"Hurry up, Marquis Xing'an, and I agree to your request! When the general returns, I will personally pour wine for him, and then I will grant him the title Duke Xing Guo! Live up to the general's expectations!"
"Wala is by no means a serious problem for the Ming Dynasty! I have this general and 270,000 elite soldiers, why should I be afraid of Wala?"
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"Then the Marquis of Dingxi, Jiang Wan, and the Marquis of Xing'an, Xu Heng, served as vanguards and immediately led their troops to aid Xuanzang!"
These words made my blood boil.
The atmosphere in the court was stirred up, and everyone looked happy.
"I accept the decree!"
Dingxi Marquis Jiang Wan stood out from the last row and knelt on the ground. He was wearing a Confucian shirt, like a scholar.
"Marquis Dingxi, please rise! When Marquis Dingxi returns from victory, I will personally pour wine for the two generals! I wish the generals a victory in advance!"
Zhu Qiyu wants to win over Jiang Wan.
Today's Jiang Wan is inconspicuous among the nobles, but he has the style of a Confucian general and should be relied upon as a confidant.
"I would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"
Xu Heng and Jiang Wan kowtowed, and the atmosphere in the court became lively. Many nobles who went on the expedition were infected by Xu Heng's heroic spirit. They straightened their backs one by one, and their hearts flew to the battlefield.
The emperor's purchase of horse bones for a large sum of money, the noble nobles saw in their eyes, and an idea came to their mind, this emperor is not bad.
However, Chen Xun said coldly: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first before food and grass are used. Now there is a huge gap in the household account, and the money from the internal funds has not arrived. I am very worried that the food and grass will be unsustainable, which will make the army..." He didn't dare to speak anymore.
The morale in Fengtian Hall was originally high, but Chen Xun poured cold water on them and told them not to get excited, or they would be defeated.
Zhu Qiyu's whole face turned dark. Chen Xun, Chen Xun, you didn't give me any chance to establish my prestige!
"Excuse me, Your Majesty, when will the money from the internal funds arrive? It's not that I'm urging Your Majesty, but that the army needs to be spent urgently, and I can't do anything about it." Chen Xun asked, he was undermining the emperor's prestige.
He is also telling the ministers not to have unrealistic illusions. The emperor has no money and is just an empty frame. If he rewards you as a duke, what reward will he get?
Zhu Qiyu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. This Chen Xun must be killed!
"Shou Fu, how can you be so philistine? Like a debt collector?"
Zhu Qiyu joked: "I have already contributed my internal funds, and the palace has also been suspended for renovation. Look at the Fengtian Palace, it is in such a dilapidated state, and I have no money to repair it. I really have no money."
"Selling an imperial manor was planned by a businessman, and all the money gained was sent to the Ministry of Household Affairs. If there is still insufficient money, I will have no choice but to sell the palace maids and eunuchs."
The emperor's tone was relaxed, and the dark clouds no longer loomed over the Fengtian Palace, and the atmosphere was lively.
Chen Xun was speechless, the emperor looked like a scoundrel.
"I am planning for the army..."
Zhu Qiyu interrupted his explanation: "Okay, Chief Minister, I will come to Xinuang Pavilion to collect your debt. I promise that I will never kick you out."
The minister couldn't help but laugh, has the emperor changed his gender? Instead of acting in tragic dramas, he will act in comedies?
Chen Xun took a deep look at the emperor. The emperor actually learned to make jokes and avoid his sharp edges.
"The chief assistant is collecting debts for the country, which reminds me of Du Shangshu, who was nicknamed "Yanmei"."
"Jiaguan first flies back in a hurry, and the news of spring blooms in the snow. Who knows that Shang Ding and soup are real, but they come from the cold flowers and loneliness."
Zhu Qiyu read a poem: "How is the old minister doing now?"
Chen Xun was startled, this poem was written by Du Ning.
This Du Ning was the person he recommended, and he was regarded as his. After Tumu Fortress, together with Yu Qian, he tried his best to admonish King Yan to supervise the country, and was known as the "Optimus Prime Stone".
In the first year of Jingtai, he was the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing. He was quite strategic. He later moved to Fujian to participate in politics. Now he is at home.
The emperor wants to transfer him to Beijing!
Chen Xun's expression changed slightly. Whose advice did the emperor get? He wanted to destroy the foundation of Chen's party!
Du Ning, nicknamed "Salt Plum", is an official of the Qing Dynasty. If he sees through his ambition, he will definitely choose to betray and become the emperor's minion!
Wait!
The emperor changed his gender today to show Chen Dang!
It is to make Party Chen relax his vigilance and start internal strife!
Chen Xun took a breath, the emperor must have received advice from an expert before he changed the route!
"Your Majesty, Du Shangshu was friends with Hanmei, and was a matchmaker with Bai Xue. He lived a life of leisurely clouds and wild cranes. Years ago, Shang corresponded with his ministers, persuaded his ministers to return to their hometowns, and cooked wine and discussed poems with him." Chen Xun would never allow Du Ning to enter the capital.
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It worked!
The corners of Zhu Qiyu's lips raised: "The old minister and I have a close relationship. There are also winter plums in my palace. Now is the season when the winter plum blossoms are in full bloom. I would like to invite the old minister to come to Beijing and enjoy the plum blossoms with me. If I don't do anything else, just reward them.
Plum!"
"I remember that the late Emperor was particularly fond of Lao Shangshu's poems. He said, 'Tao is enough for the world, wisdom is enough to understand the meaning of the incomprehensible, and writing is enough to express the emotions that are difficult to understand.' I have not cultivated my literary talent, so I cannot understand the meaning of Lao Shangshu's poems.
Ah."
Chen Xun's heart sank.
The emperor transferred Du Ning to Beijing on the pretext of appreciating plum blossoms. What a trick.
"When Your Majesty and Du Shangshu are admiring the plum blossoms, please bring your ministers with you." Chen Xun smiled and stepped back, but gave Xu Bin a wink.
"Haha, it's rare for the first assistant to be in a good mood, so I am naturally happy. I will invite the first assistant to enjoy the plum blossoms together." Zhu Qiyu laughed.
The atmosphere in the court hall was relaxed. After discussing military affairs, Xu Bin stood up and said before leaving the court: "I have my own story to tell!"
"Your Majesty, there was a businessman's complaint yesterday. Dongchang took the opportunity to make money among the people. Many merchants did not bother them, but the officials in Beijing did not dare to interfere, so they found me here. I want to sue Shu Liang, the admiral of Dongchang.
Compete with the people for profit and make money wantonly!"
Xu Bin is the minister of Taichang Temple, and Taichang Temple is in charge of sacrifices.
This kind of thing is not his business, and the fact that he came out shows that Chen Xun is anxious.
"How to make money? How to make money?" Zhu Qiyu was not surprised at all changes.
"The merchant said it was a protection gift, so I wrote a memorial for your majesty to read!" Xu Bin came prepared.
In the memorial, Shu Liang and Wang Zhen are listed together.
"I asked Dongchang to collect the protection gift." Zhu Qiyu had to step up. Shu Liang's small body could not bear such a big charge.
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in Fengtian Palace.
"Your Majesty, you are the common ruler of the world, how can you compete with the people for profit?"
Chen Xun was the first to kneel down and said loudly: "Those who start well will end well but few will end well. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have treated our people favorably. This is a national policy. How can your Majesty give up the people's support for temporary gains?" p>
"You are pampered and held in a high position, your family is warm and you have good food and salary, and you take advantage of the wealth and power to compete with the people for the benefit of the lower class, and the people are safe and able to do so!"
"I ask your Majesty to suspend the protection tax!"
Chen Dang knelt down one after another, begging Zhu Qiyu to remove the protection authority.
"First Assistant, please rise. I know very well the First Assistant's worries."
"But can the people be the same?"
"What I collect is taxes from merchants! They are all extremely wealthy, and their family wealth is more than my internal funds!"
"Besides, I don't just charge money..."
Before Zhu Qiyu could finish speaking, Chen Xun interrupted loudly: "Your Majesty, please do not have such dangerous thoughts!"
"Businessmen are also citizens. How can your Majesty take advantage of merchants just because their families are wealthy?"
"Your Majesty is the king and father of all people in the world. He is the king's father of both the poor and the rich. How can a father treat his son differently?"
"Moreover, if His Majesty takes advantage of the merchants' wealth because he sees them, wouldn't it make the merchants tremble and be frightened every day? Wouldn't the world be in trouble from the merchants to the court?"
"Because His Majesty is so easy to gain, he always thinks about robbing businessmen's assets every day. Isn't it like being a general and not a country? When the country is in crisis, how can a businessman who cares about the Ming Dynasty turn his heart to the Ming Dynasty?"
Chen Xun rambled on and on.
"Enough!"
Zhu Qiyu tore off his mask and shouted angrily: "Are you, Chen Xun, my chief assistant! Or the businessman's chief assistant? Why do you always make excuses for the businessman?"
"National calamity, national calamity! When there is a real national calamity, can I point to a businessman?"
"Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, when did scholars start to defend businessmen? Are you a lackey of businessmen?"
"Open your dog eyes and take a look. Do those merchants have Da Ming in their hearts? How does Da Gao stipulate merchants? Which of them have they complied with?"
"If Taizu were around, I would kill them all! It's not an exaggeration!"
"I have been very kind!"
"Chen Xun!"
"You have seen the difficulties for businessmen! Why can't you see the difficulties for the country?"
"I collect the protection tax for my own enjoyment?"
"Snatching and plundering?"
"When did I take advantage of others?"
"Have you seen the charter? Just talk about taking advantage of others by taking advantage of others!"
"Just with one mouth? Are you talking nonsense? Put a big label on me! Do you want to prove that you are a pure person and I am a fool?"
"Xu Bin!"
"Who handed you the rhetoric in this memorial! Who is that businessman?"
"Send him to Fengtian Palace! I will ask him personally! Did he make up these nonsense by himself? Or is it written in the protection gift?"
Zhu Qiyu was furious.
The originally harmonious atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was suddenly filled with dark clouds, and everyone knelt down to apologize.
"Xu Bin! Get out!"
I didn’t kill you last time, but I knocked you down this time. You’re really looking for death!
"Your Majesty." Xu Bin trembled.
"Go and pass it on!"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly looked back at Jin Zhong: "Where is my Emperor's Sword? Kill him!"
"Ah?" Xu Bin went limp and collapsed on the ground, looking at Chen Xun in horror.
Chen Xun, however, was unhurried and raised the corners of his mouth. This kind of emperor is just right. The smiling tiger before was too scary, so it is easier to deal with the straightforward emperor.
"Your Majesty, please keep someone under the sword."
Chen Xun said loudly: "I apologize, but my remonstrance is without substance. Your Majesty is right to scold you. Today's businessmen are really shameless!"
Zhu Qiyu's eyebrows twitched, "Oh no, I've fallen into a trap!"
"Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch through the ages. Naturally, the collection of protection gifts is not for enjoyment. It is because of the narrow-mindedness of the ministers."
"Now that Xuan Town is in a critical situation, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in dire straits and cannot come up with enough money and food, so we just need to use part of the protection endowment."
"And this protection tax is also considered a business tax. It is better to hand it over to the Ministry of Household Affairs instead of causing your Majesty to suffer losses. All the money collected will be allocated to internal funds."
What Chen Xun said was reasonable and well-founded, and all the officials praised the emperor as a benevolent king through the ages.
It’s over!
Fallen into a trap!
Chen Xun deliberately used a flaw to let the emperor kill Xu Bin. In fact, he transferred the protection gift from Dongchang to the treasury.
He is not redressing the grievances of the businessmen at all, but blocking the emperor's financial path!
Originally, Zhu Qiyu had just created a new character, but in order to kill Xu Bin, he was exposed in a rage and suffered heavy losses.
The key point is that Chen Xun is touting the emperor as a benevolent emperor through the ages. This persona was created by the emperor himself. During the dynasty meeting, he killed people and still claimed that he was an emperor through the ages. However, this persona trapped him. Do you still admit it? Zhu Qiyu secretly scolded himself for being stupid and too young.
Chen Xun took the lead, and Chen Dang asked the emperor to transfer the protection tax to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
While others have little interest, how much money does this kind of protection and empowerment cost?
Chen Xunyin said pitifully: "Your Majesty, I heard that you collected hundreds of thousands of taels of silver yesterday..."
Poof!
Even Yu Qian, who has always been wandering around, his eyes widened. He collected hundreds of thousands taels in one day? Is this protection gift a robbery?
"What nonsense!"
Zhu Qiyu was angry. There was a spy around Shu Liang! He was Chen Xun's man!
"Your Majesty, I have calculated according to your articles of association. If all the merchants in Beijing pay the actual amount, it will be a million dollars." Xu Bin got up and reported, and it was confirmed.
Hiss!
The entire Fengtian Temple took a breath of air.
Who dares to say that the emperor is poor?
It is too naive to think that the emperor's money was stolen and the emperor was so poor that he even lost his underwear.
The emperor created a protection gift and made a profit of one million taels!
This is still for one year, and there will be a steady stream of warehouses in the future, just a lot more. This is simply more profitable than stealing from the internal transportation warehouse!
The ministers smacked their lips in envy and hatred.
Just look at Tang Xing's family fortune and you will know. Tang Xing has been greedy for eight years, and his family's assets are only more than 40,000 taels of silver.
They spend money like water and don't save much.
Immediately I realized that the money seemed to come from them? Because the people standing behind the shop in Jingzhong were basically the same people in the court.
The emperor actually dug meat from them? I feel so distressed!
"Your Majesty, the burden on the Ministry of Revenue is too heavy. Since this protection gift is for the country and the people, please hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue. I promise that every copper coin will be used for state affairs!"
Zhang Feng immediately knelt down. He was so greedy for so much money.
Hula, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt on the ground, asking the emperor to hand over the protection gift to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Wool comes from the sheep and must eventually return to the sheep!
Can the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty watch their money flow into the emperor's pocket?
Zhu Qiyu was very happy.
I originally wanted to walk at night in brocade clothes, but my strength doesn’t allow it.
"Everyone, get up." Zhu Qiyu breathed a sigh of relief. These civil and military officials are all common people. They were knocked unconscious by being paid millions of dollars a year.
If you let me confiscate your home and exterminate your clan, I guarantee you a million dollars a month!
The Ming Dynasty did not lack money, but it lacked the means to extract money.
Zhu Qiyu didn't think that deeply. What's the difference between the money entering the household department and returning to their pockets?
"Xu Bin, did I ask you to get up?"
Seeing Xu Bin standing up shamelessly, Zhu Qiyu's face darkened: "Tell me! Which businessman sued me?"
"As a Taichang Qing, you are in charge of sacrifices, but the affairs of merchants are yours to take care of?"
"What does the Metropolitan Procuratorate do for food? How do you know everything that the censor doesn't know?"
"Are you so willing to meddle in other people's business?"
"Okay, Oala troops are marching into the Central Plains. I will send you as an envoy to rebuke Oala and order them to retreat!"
"And compensate Ming Dynasty 100 million taels! I won't agree to anything less than one tael!"
"All the generals who participated in the conquest of the Ming Dynasty were sent to Beijing! I will personally kill them!"
"Also! I asked Emperor Wala to come to the capital in person and kowtow to me to apologize!"
"If you can't do it, you don't have to come back!"
Boom!
Xu Bin was dizzy. The emperor was sending him to Wala to die!
These conditions are not negotiations at all, but sending the envoy’s head to Mobei to be chopped off by the Wala people!
The emperor's heart is too poisonous!
He wants a character and doesn’t want to kill anyone, so he wants the Walas to help him kill him!
Wen and Wu who even killed him were convinced!
"Your Majesty! Please spare me!" Xu Bin cried and kowtowed.
"Xu Bin! I have given you the most glorious task! You represent the glory of the Ming Dynasty! You carry the hope of hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty! You go with my imperial edict! You must complete the task!"
Zhu Qiyu looked around at the ministers: "Who else wants to be the deputy envoy? Come forward and let me see!"
The ministers all shrank their heads, who would go to Mobei to die?
Chen Xun twitched his lips, but remained silent.
The emperor's timing was perfect. All the ministers were coveting the millions of silver from Guanfu, so naturally they were unwilling to quarrel with the emperor.
So the emperor took the opportunity to eradicate Xu Bin.
This is destroying the foundation of the party.
What frightened Chen Xun the most was that the emperor no longer killed people with his own hands, but learned to kill people with borrowed swords! He took advantage of the right time, place, and people, and he killed justly!
No matter what, Xu Bin will definitely die.
If he goes to Wala and repeats the emperor's words, he will probably be hacked to death before he finishes speaking.
If he didn't go, his death would be even worse, his reputation would collapse, his official reputation would collapse, and his clan would be affected.
Even if he is lucky and comes back alive from Oara, has he completed the mission assigned by the emperor?
No, or die!
Chen Xun can't save him! No one can save him!
The emperor killed Chen Dang's people in front of him, but left him unable to save them. This was shaking the foundation of Chen Dang.
"My lords, why don't you invite Ambassador Xu to go on your way?" Zhu Qiyu sneered.
"I congratulate Ambassador Xu on his successful victory!" All ministers congratulated him.
Xu Bin burst into tears.
I knew Chen Xun was unreliable, who knew he was so unreliable!
He was so lucky that night at the court meeting that he had escaped a disaster. Who would have thought that he would escape one disaster after another and still not survive.
It’s all thanks to Chen Xun, who said a lot of good things when he was using them and kicked them away when he wasn’t using them.
Dang Chen will definitely have a bad end! Woohoo!
"Gentlemen, look how moved Ambassador Xu is!"
Zhu Qiyu laughed and said: "Ambassador Xu is serving the country as an envoy. I am really relieved that Zhang Qian is still alive! Bring Ambassador Xu's family to the capital and I will personally take care of them!"
"I heard that Ambassador Xu has seven sons and five daughters. When Ambassador Xu goes on the road, I will take care of them as my own children!"
Xu Bin's body softened and he fell to the ground with a thud.
The emperor was afraid that he would defect to Wala and use his family as hostages. If he defected to Wala, his nine tribes would be on the road immediately!
That’s really the road, the road to hell.
How old is he this year? It is impossible for him to have children! The emperor wants to kill his wife!
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!" Xu Bin really didn't want to go.
Originally, going to Wala as an ambassador was not a high-risk political activity, but the emperor's imperial edict was so cruel that he would probably be hacked to death before he finished reading it. It was so irritating that he even sent his head thousands of miles away to Wala. The gift is the head of his ambassador!
"Ambassador Xu, I don't mean to blame you. Going to Wala as an ambassador is a major matter for the country. I put this important responsibility in the world on your shoulders!"
"Okay, don't cry. I know you can't let go of the capital, me, or the chief minister! When you come back, I will personally go out of the city to welcome you!"
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "First Assistant, Xu Bin's mission is entirely up to you."
Chen Xun's eyebrows twitched. The emperor was so cruel that he was asked to personally send Xu Bin off!
"Chief Assistant!" Zhu Qiyu called him.
"I accept the decree!" Chen Xun gritted his teeth and said.
He and Xu Bin looked at each other, and the hatred in Xu Bin's eyes made him shudder.
"Well, there are two deputy envoys to Wala. Ambassador Xu, it's up to you to choose." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile.
With a swish, Chen Xun’s face turned pale!
The emperor is not only vicious, but also so evil that pus appears!
He forced Chen Xun to chop Xu Bin, then handed the knife to Xu Bin and asked Xu Bin to chop him!
Chen Xun inexplicably thought of how the emperor asked him to hold down the eunuch last night in the Xinuan Pavilion, and he came to kill him. Blood splashed all over Chen Xun's face...
The emperor is so good at torturing people!
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Xu Bin gritted his teeth. The opportunity for revenge has come! Chen Xun!
He did not dare to hate the emperor because his family was still in the Ming Dynasty. When he left, the emperor had ten thousand ways to harm his family. The only blame was that he had too many wives, concubines and children. It was not enough for the emperor to kill one a day.
Kill for a month!
But Chen Xun is different. I have nothing, and I’m so scared!
Chen Xun felt like he had eaten shit.
He originally had a series of moves, but he can't use them now.
Because the people below are worried about following in Xu Bin’s footsteps.
This is the consequences of Xu Bin being asked to go on the road and Chen Xun being unable to be saved. There are cracks in the Chen Party. I am afraid that when Du Ning comes to Beijing, the Chen Party will inevitably fall apart.
His eyes were gloomy. The emperor grew up too fast. If he was given more time, I'm afraid the world would not know who was in charge.
"Your Majesty understands the great righteousness and is willing to transfer the protection gift to the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will thank you for your compassion for all living beings!" Chen Xun gritted his teeth and said.
Didn’t you use Xu Bin to chop me?
Then I will block your financial path and prevent you from defeating yourself.
With the chief minister taking the lead, the officials followed and shouted long live the mountain.
The level of this crooked building is exactly the same as that of the emperor!
"Everyone is safe!"
Zhu Qiyu didn't care: "I can hand over this protection tax to the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the chief assistant knows that this protection tax is not a business tax, so it will be a problem if it is levied. It is to help merchants settle things. Jin Zhong, put the articles of association I have drawn up
Let me show it to you."
Chen Xun frowned. He had read all the regulations and thought that the Ministry of Revenue was also capable of doing it.
After looking at it, Zhang Feng's eyes darkened: "Here, how is this different from a gang? If the Ministry of Household Affairs acts as a protective umbrella for merchants, how will the merchant tax be collected? Isn't this a self-destruction of money?"
"Your Majesty, I think the articles of association should be changed. Merchants can earn a million dollars a year and give them a little bit. This is for the sake of national loyalty and loyalty. I think the protection tax should be changed to a business tax and levied directly!" Zhang Feng
Advice.
"Humph!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Zhang Shangshu, I ask you, what percentage of business taxes have been collected over the years? How many percentages have actually gone to the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
Zhang Feng's face changed slightly. Shang Fu was full of pitfalls and he didn't dare to say more.
"If you classify the protection gift as a business gift, believe it or not, you won't be able to collect a single copper!"
"These merchants have ten thousand ways not to pay taxes! But they still leave you speechless!"
"But the protection tax is different. Dongchang does not collect money, but serves the merchants! Don't put the cart before the horse. This is not a tax collected by Dongchang, but a voluntary payment by the merchants!"
"I also tell you that this money is not collected from each household in Dongchang, but is sent by the merchants themselves!"
"You have all read the articles of association. I tell you, these articles of association are not lies. Dongchang will act in accordance with the regulations! There will be no deviation at all!"
"If someone accepts money and refuses to do anything, then there is a place to report it. If I know about it, I will punish him first!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Zhang Shangshu, I ask you, if you change to the Ministry of Household Affairs, can you collect it?"
Zhang Feng was a little dumbfounded.
The ministers are confused. These people can write moral articles, but engage in business? They are despicable. If they smell the stench, take it away.
"Can it be done?" Zhu Qiyu asked Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng's face twitched, and Chen Xun and others stared at him, hoping that he would say yes.
However, he gritted his teeth and said: "No!"
"It doesn't matter if you say you can, I will hand over the protection gift to you. If I can't collect it next year, I will want the heads of your nine tribes!"
Zhu Qiyu sneered, took a breath, and added: "I am not a greedy king. I will take 20% of the protection gift and give it to the Ministry of Revenue. It can be regarded as Dongchang serving the country."
All the ministers were surprised, the emperor actually gave in!
"Your Majesty, isn't the 20% a little bit low?" Chen Xun said weakly.
"Insatiable!"
Zhu Qiyu's face turned cold: "Chengdu is gone!"
"I was just joking with your majesty. Don't be angry, for two things make two percent possible." Chen Xun said with a smile.
Zhu Qiyu is spending money to eliminate disasters, and his protective talent has been exposed. It is impossible to make a fortune in silence. Instead of being stared at and jealous, it is better to take the initiative to make a difference.
"Don't look at me like that. The palace is in such a dilapidated state that it needs money to repair it. Now that the Ora Horse has set foot in the Central Plains, the treasury will definitely not be able to come up with the money. It can only come from internal funds. I don't have the money.
Not durable."
"When the renovation of the palace is completed, I will use some more to subsidize the household department. Please rest assured, my internal funds are as good as the household treasury and can be used by all the people!"
Zhu Qiyu complained that he would adopt a gentle persona and try to develop his strength.
He was about to leave the court.
Jin Zhong handed over a piece of paper, and Zhu Qiyu became furious after reading it. He kept his gentle persona, "I want to kill someone!"
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