"Your Majesty, a total of forty-seven prefectures and counties are in financial crisis. They have rushed to report to the capital."
"The troops stationed in Chongzhou also started to make trouble, saying that military pay had not been paid for a long time, and there were also problems with taxes!" Guo Ziyun's face was solemn.
Qin Yun looked at the memorial and saw that the real situation was worse than what Guo Ziyun said.
"You bastard, Wang Wei is deliberately going against me. He just reported illness this morning and is recuperating at home. In the afternoon, all the memorials from the various states were submitted together!"
"These bastards, who obeyed Wang Wei and ignored my existence, should all be killed!"
Qin Yun got angry and threw the memorial to the ground!
Guo Ziyun, Zhao Heng, Huang Yanqing and others were all shocked.
"Your Majesty, after Wang Wei reported that he was ill at home, most of the household department stopped functioning, and many of the imperial court's financial expenditures could not be implemented."
"There are also big problems with tax collection, account book handover, etc. in various places. If things continue like this, there may be trouble."
Qin Yun's face was cold and he snorted: "This old thief wants to use this to make me regress, but I just won't regress!"
"Guo Ziyun, I order you to go to Chongzhou immediately to investigate secretly the deduction of food and salary for the army, as well as the financial shortage. There must be something wrong when everything goes well and suddenly turns like this!"
"This Wang Wei is playing with fire. If you catch him, I will kill him immediately!"
Guo Ziyun cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
He turned to leave, but Qin Yun stopped him again: "Wait a minute, I will send a team of forbidden troops to protect you along the way. You must act according to my imperial decree to avoid encountering obstacles."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Ziyun said.
After Guo Ziyun left, Qin Yun quickly transferred some experts from the Bachelor's Office, the Ministry of Industry and other departments to take over this mess.
First of all, it is to deal with the urgent financial problems of dozens of states and counties. We will allocate funds where appropriate and punish severely where necessary.
As long as there is a problem, Qin Yun will not tolerate these troublemaking household ministers at all.
The first person to be knocked off his horse was the Minister of Tobe!
Yuan Mansion.
The imperial army sealed the place and used thunderous means to arrest the minister of household affairs, Yuan Feixiang.
"What do you want to do? What crime have I committed, and how dare you arrest me!" Yuan Feixiang, a disheveled man, struggled and yelled one after another.
"Bang!" The Forbidden Army punched him on the head, and the old guy suddenly became honest.
Tao Yang is here to supervise and supervise personally.
He yelled at the entire Yuan Mansion: "Yuan Fei rebelled against his superiors and rebelled against his will. He deducted food, wages and official salaries from Cang County and other thirteen places!"
"According to His Majesty's imperial decree, I will be thrown into the sky prison and await your fate!"
The Yuan family was crying and crying.
At the entrance of the mansion, the common people pointed and watched with fear as the imperial army escorted the carriage away.
"This is the Minister of Household Affairs. I'll arrest you no matter what. His Majesty has been too bloodthirsty recently!"
"Who's to blame for this? Didn't you hear that the Minister of Household Affairs deducted financial appropriations from other small places? If not, who will do it?"
"Huh, high-sounding reasons, do you still need to be justified in killing people today? How many people have these been killed this month?"
"Go to Dongshi and have a look. More than a dozen people from the imperial household department have had their homes confiscated. It's so tragic. Their wives, children, and children are all living on the streets. What a tyrant these days!"
"..."
The arrest operation continued into the night.
The entire imperial capital was trembling with wind.
No one knew that they would be the next ones to be arrested, especially the Wang Wei Group.
Prince's Mansion.
"Dad, this dog emperor has gone crazy. More than a dozen officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Treasury have been arrested. What should we do? Things are not going in the direction we imagined!" Wang Ming frowned.
Wang Wei was dressed in a gray robe, sitting and drinking tea like a rich man.
"Who says it's not the direction we envisioned?"
"Look at the imperial capital. There are complaints everywhere, and officials are in trouble. Over time, the reputation of the little emperor will become more and more bad. Not only the people, but also all the officials will not be able to stand it."
"It looks like he has the upper hand, but in fact he is digging his own grave!"
Wang Ming frowned and said dissatisfied: "But the emperor continues to investigate like this and arrests people regardless of the consequences. In the end, we will suffer a lot."
Wang Wei looked at his son with some disappointment. He was more brave than wise.
His eyes were deep and he said: "I let the Ministry of Revenue be in chaos just because I asked him to arrest people. This is called cutting off a strong man's wrist! Just wait and see, when the country's tax and financial affairs are completely in chaos, the emperor will regret it."
"And in the long run, ruining the emperor's reputation will be of great use if things really change in the future."
Wang Ming seemed to understand but nodded.
He frowned slightly and said again: "Guo Ziyun went to Chongzhou."
"Chongzhou?" Wang Wei raised his eyebrows and sneered: "Let him go. Anyway, nothing will be found. By the time he finds anything, the court will be in chaos."
The palace and the royal study are brightly lit.
More than a dozen scholar-bureaucrats were deployed here to deal with the mess in the Ministry of Revenue urgently.
"Your Majesty, I have something that I don't know whether I should say or not?" Qi Yong, the Minister of Punishment, came from outside the palace and asked hesitantly.
"Say it." Qin Yun said while approving the memorial.
Qi Yong frowned: "Your Majesty, now the civil and military officials are quite critical of your uncontrolled arrests and questioning."
"Also outside the palace, people in the streets are slandering His Majesty as cruel and murderous. They also say that Concubine Shu is a demon queen and is harming the country."
"Even the children made up children's songs for you."
"Today, the Ministry of Revenue and other officials were arrested, and the opposition to you has reached a climax. I am wondering if Your Majesty can stop for a while and relax a little, otherwise something big will happen over time."
Qin Yun frowned and put down the memorial: "This is Wang Wei's plan, deliberately adding fuel to the flames, don't pay attention to it."
"Your Majesty..." Qi Yong wanted to persuade him again.
Qin Yun looked deeply and said slowly: "Qi Aiqing, I know you are loyal, but as of now, there is no room for relaxation."
"What I want is to withstand the pressure, find evidence, and then eradicate Wang Wei. But Wang Wei put all kinds of pressure on him and incited officials and people to protect him."
"If I regress, he will win, and my reputation will also become bad. This is a game that has already begun. From now on, it's just a matter of who has the last laugh."
When Qi Yong heard this, he had no choice but to give up.
He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, since you have a plan, I will say no more."
Qin Yun nodded and suddenly asked: "In the imperial capital, are there capable people who coexist with both civility and reputation, and whose family background is clean?"
Qi Yong was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Yes!"
"Who?" Qin Yundao said.
"The eldest son of the Li family in Henan..."
"For another one, I don't want the children of these powerful ministers."
Qi Yong frowned and thought for a long time: "Yangchun Academy, Gu Chuntang."
"What's the origin?" Qin Yundao said.
"He comes from a poor family, but his grandfather has been a scholar for three generations. This son has extremely high literary attainments. Almost all the Confucian scholars in the Manchu Dynasty have read his articles. Moreover, this man is upright and upright, and has a very good character. Even Wei Zheng, the grand master, is very fond of him.
Praise." Qi Yong said.
Qin Yun raised his eyebrows, did Wei Zheng praise him?
"Okay, I understand. You go down and investigate his relationship background. If you have no problem, tell me."
Qi Yong nodded and left.
Shortly after.
Eunuch Xi came to report: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine has asked to see you. She said she has something she wants to tell you."