For Yang Fengzui's combat effectiveness, the hundred officials have begun to have a certain understanding, this guy's mouth is the same as his kung fu in battle, it is quite good, if you don't believe it, just look at the blue and red face of our Lord Gao Panlong.

Yang Feng turned around, looked at a large number of Donglin Party officials kneeling on the ground and asked the emperor to dispose of him, pointed at them and shouted angrily: "Look at you, one by one, you talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality all day long, and you boast of loyalty and patriotism at every turn, but once the matter comes, you pretend to be deaf and dumb." Today, tens of thousands of people have been killed and injured in the capital, and hundreds of thousands of people are homeless, as parents and officials, you don't want to think about how to help the people, but in this Fengtian Temple, you are forcing Your Majesty to deal with this and that, and your books have been read in the dog's stomach? ”

Listening to Yang Feng's roaring voice, Zhu Youxiao's face was expressionless, but there was a hint of happiness in his eyes, while the civil officials were as disgusting as eating a lump of Xiang.

A young imperial historian stood up and glared at Yang Feng indignantly and said, "Jiang Ningbo, don't be a fool, I'll wait to read the sages and sages......

"Sage fart!"

Yang Feng interrupted him, pointed at his nose and shouted, "Okay, since you said that you have read the books of sages, then you should know that now that the capital has suffered a catastrophe, the people need relief." Then you tell me how to give relief to the people now, you tell me? ”

"I ...... I ...... "I couldn't speak after two sentences of the imperial history, and it took a long time for a sentence to come out: "The relief of the victims was done by the household department and the first assistant, and I am the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, but this kind of civil affairs is not under my control." ”

Yang Feng sneered: "This means that you can only talk and can't do things?" I'll just say it bluntly, a person like you is a waste, the Ming Dynasty is not as useful as raising a pig like you, at least the pig can still be killed and eaten, and you can't do anything! ”

After that, Yang Feng ignored the famous imperial history with a distorted face, turned his head to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Majesty, at this time when the capital is in danger, the minister thinks that the household department should immediately raise food and pay to help the victims, so as to calm the people's hearts and not let the chaos in the capital continue to happen." Fortunately, Lu Xiangsheng, Hu Dawei and Yang Guozhu led 30,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion to the streets to maintain order, and killed those gangsters who liked to have bad intentions, otherwise things would be unimaginable, and I hope Your Majesty will make a decision as soon as possible! ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's originally tense face eased a little, and he turned his head to Gu Bingqian, the first assistant who was standing aside, and said, "Elder Gu Ge, I don't know what regulations the cabinet has for this?" ”

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao didn't pay attention to himself, but asked about the disaster relief by himself, Gao Panlong, who was kneeling on the ground, and a cadre of Donglin Party members couldn't help but look at each other, a little depressed, Gao Panlong even had a feeling that he was like a clown, although he tried his best to perform here, but people didn't look at him at all, as if he regarded himself as air.

Gu Bingqian stood up and said honestly: "Back to Your Majesty, due to the sudden incident, the cabinet did not draw up a charter. However, according to the management, in the event of such natural and man-made disasters, it is nothing more than to ask the household department to allocate a sum of money to build houses in or outside the city, and buy food to give porridge to the victims, and then let the victims return to their homes after the disaster. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Youxiao replied noncommittally, and asked Yang Feng again: "Yang Aiqing, what do you think?" ”

Yang Feng asked with some dissatisfaction: "Elder Gu Ge, Your Majesty wants to ask the cabinet, how much silver can the household department take out for disaster relief?" ”

Gu Bingqian turned his head to look behind him and said in a deep voice: "Lord Guo, you are the head of the household, you can answer this question, Your Majesty." ”

Guo Yunhou walked out of the column with some helplessness and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said: "Your Majesty, now that the autumn grain and taxes have not yet entered Beijing, and the household department has no silver, if it is hard to scrape together, it will be able to make up about 20,000 taels of silver at most." ”

"Twenty thousand taels?"

Zhu Youxiao was almost not angry, "Guo Yunhou, the dignified Ming household department can only make up 20,000 taels of silver to help the victims, how did you become a household secretary?" ”

Guo Yunhou is very aggrieved, he is because his predecessor Li Qiyuan was scolded by Zhu Youxiao and resigned voluntarily, and he has only stayed in this position for more than two months, and this infamy should not fall on his head in a reasonable way.

"At the beginning of the year, didn't I just allocate two million taels of silver from the treasury to the household department, why did I run out of money so quickly? Say...... Are you greedy for it? ”

As soon as he heard this, Guo Yunhou was also anxious, he couldn't carry this pot, he raised his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty, after Weichen took over as the head of the household department, there are only more than 600,000 taels of silver left in the household department." And in the past few months, the imperial court has spent more than 300,000 taels one after another, and now there are less than 200,000 taels of silver left in the treasury of the household department, and the officials will spend 180,000 taels of silver, and now the silver that can be used is less than 30,000 taels, where do you let Weichen get the silver? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression became even more ugly. Thinking that Yang Feng confiscated eight salt merchants from Yangzhou and got tens of millions of taels of silver, which provoked the civil officials to scold Yang Feng for tyranny, and some people even privately said that he appointed ministers, but these people spent money without feeling embarrassed at all, just two million taels of silver were almost spent by them in a few months, and the thickness of these people's cheekiness and shamelessness can be called the peak.

Thinking that these things were all good things that Li Qiyuan did when he was in office, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be a little angry, and he always felt that he had made him so easy to get rid of him.

Looking at Zhu Youxiao with a black face, all the ministers were silent, and even the imperial historians and officials who loved to pick bones in eggs were also looking at their noses and noses one by one, they would not care about this kind of thing, scolding, quarreling, and picking bones in eggs is their job, and things like raising silver are still left to Zhu Youxiao to have a headache, who made him the emperor.

After a long time, Zhu Youxiao's faint voice sounded in the hall: "Now that there is no silver in the household, what do you think?" ”

There was still silence.

Zhu Youxiao's voice suddenly raised an octave: "What...... Wasn't it quite noisy just now, why is it not loud now? Gao Panlong, just now you have the loudest voice, and besides, you are the imperial history of Zuodu, let's talk about it! ”

Gao Panlong didn't shirk when he saw Zhu Youxiao asking him, and after bowing down again, he said loudly: "Your Majesty asks Your Majesty to open the internal money to help the victims." ”

"Exactly, please let Your Majesty open up the money to help the victims!"

A group of officials, officials from the Imperial History, and the Donglin Party also chimed in.

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was so angry that his nose was crooked, this is really a little bit of money in the house, but Yang Feng finally got it after he confiscated eight salt merchants in Yangzhou, these days Zhu Youxiao has invested no more than one million taels in Daojing, plus the two million taels allocated to the household department and the amount in the womb these days, now the silver in Zhu Youxiao's hand is only more than five million taels, it is easy for him to save some silver, these people can't see that he has silver in his hand?

Shaking the root of his teeth, Zhu Youxiao turned his head and tried not to look at the faces of the ministers below, and asked Yang Feng instead: "Jiang Ningbo, what do you think?" ”

Yang Feng stood up and said lightly: "Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't have a high opinion, but there is one, that is, the civil and military officials will take the lead in donating money to help the victims, and Weichen estimates that it is enough to raise about 500,000 taels of silver." As an example, Wechen is willing to donate 100,000 taels of silver on behalf of the Royal Commercial House. ”

"Good! Yang Aiqing's move is very good, I am very relieved, I don't know how much silver Aiqing is willing to donate to the victims? Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately clapped his hands and cheered.

And the ministers in the main hall don't mention how boring it is, if they can't see that this pair of monarchs and ministers are acting in front of them, it is simply insulting their IQ, but this matter has something to do with them? This time, there was an explosion in the gunpowder magazine of Wang Gong's factory, and many of their homes were also destroyed, but I didn't see anyone to give them relief, so why let them donate?

An imperial historian stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this matter, right?" The people of the capital suffered a disaster, and the ministers were saddened by it, but all of you live on your income, and your family does not have much money to spare, so how can you force your lordships to donate? ”

Zhu Youxiao's eyes froze, staring at this imperial historian and sneering: "Oh...... Really? This Aiqing looked familiar, but I couldn't remember the name, Wei Zhongxian...... Tell me about him! ”

"Whoa!"

Wei Zhongxian, who had been standing at the head of Zhu Youxiao with his hands down, stood up, looked at this imperial historian, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneer: "Your Majesty, this adult's name is Liu Wencai, he is a forty-year jinshi of Wanli, and he is currently the imperial history of the right capital. Lord Liu seemed to be spotless on the surface during his official period, but secretly opened two gambling houses and a jade shop in the capital, and the assets of these three shops alone were not less than 300,000 taels.

"Oh......"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this.

"I didn't expect Liu Aiqing to continue to have a lot of money, and even take concubines so diligently, which is really admirable. Gee...... Admire, admire! ”

Zhu Youxiao was amazed as he spoke, and that Liu Wencai had already become pale, and in his heart he scolded himself for having nothing to do, and so many people who were taller than him didn't speak, why did he jump out and act as a headshot, okay?

"Liu Ai, I don't know if what Wei Zhongxian said just now is right? If it's not right, you can say it on the spot, and I'll call the shots for you! ”

Listening to Zhu Youxiao's business echoing in the hall, Liu Wencai couldn't help but puff down and knelt down and sobbed: "Your Majesty, the minister knows his mistake, and the minister is willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver. ”

"Fifty thousand taels?"

Zhu Youxiao took a deep look at the imperial history who was still clamoring for no money just now, and nodded lightly, "That's it, forget it this time, you can retreat!" ”

"Whew...... Thank you, Your Majesty Hongen. Liu Wencai knew that he had escaped, and he was sweating profusely and hurriedly retreated.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Zhu Youxiao looked at everyone: "Liu Aiqing has donated 50,000 taels, I don't know how much you are willing to donate?" It won't be like Liu Aiqing said, there is no money left at home, right? ”

"Don't dare!"

With Liu Wencai's example, where do everyone dare to be sloppy. They knew that Wei Zhongxian, the commander of the East Factory, was here, and the foundation of these people had already been wiped out by Zhu Youxiao. The reason why they didn't move in the past was because everyone was like this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't do it, everyone should be arrested.

But now it's different, there is such a big thing in the capital, if they don't let go of some blood, I'm afraid Zhu Youxiao will be serious, for a while, everyone donated tens of thousands of dollars, and after most of the hour, the eunuch in charge of counting the number made a report to Zhu Youxiao, including the 100,000 taels of silver donated by Yang Feng, the ministers of the court actually donated 1.08 million taels of silver, which can be said to have exceeded the task.

After seeing the summary number sent by Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing, and couldn't help but say: "It seems that you Aiqing are still very wealthy, compared to me, the emperor, I am much richer, and I have thanked you Aiqing for the people affected by the disaster in the capital." ”

And at this moment, Yang Feng's voice sounded again: "Your Majesty, since you have raised the silver, you must buy food as soon as possible to prepare for the reconstruction of the homes of the victims." Food in particular is a top priority, and once there is no food, no one can predict what the victims will do if there is any more instigation. ”

Guo Yunhou also said: "What Jiang Ningbo said is that grain must be purchased as soon as possible, so why don't you let the household department do it?" ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Guo Yunhou curiously, revealing a meaningful look: "It's rare that Guo Aiqing and Jiang Ningbo agree with each other, it's really rare." ”

Guo Yunhou's old face flushed slightly, "Your Majesty, this matter was originally a matter within the household department, and I dare not have His Majesty Lao's praise." ”

If he hadn't been reminded by Yang Feng before, Zhu Youxiao would have handed over this matter to the household department, but now he has another idea in his heart. I saw him groan slightly before he said: "But whenever there is a catastrophe, there will be profiteers hoarding Juqi to seek huge profits, I can assert that the price of grain will rise rapidly after today, I wonder if Guo Qing's family has a way to buy affordable grain from the grain merchants?" ”

"This ......"

Guo Yunhou was also a little dumbfounded, not to mention whether he could buy parity grain in the hands of grain merchants, even if he could really buy parity grain, he would not do it, otherwise how could the officials below make money, and how could he have any income?

Seeing Guo Yunhou's appearance, Yang Feng on the side sneered disdainfully, only to see him say loudly: "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to make a decree to order the grain merchants in the capital to sell grain at yesterday's grain price from now on, and not to hoard it, so that the price of grain will naturally come down, otherwise the silver we finally raised will be cheaper than those profiteers." ”