In the voice of the eunuch's report, Gu Bingqian and the others came to the imperial study.

It is now the eighth year of the Apocalypse, and the situation of the cabinet has changed again, after Huang Liji stepped down, at the beginning of the year, Zhu Youxiao reactivated Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi, two old men who had resigned before.

Han Yi and Zhu Guozhen are also old courtiers, they were brought down a few years ago because they fought too hard with our father-in-law Wei, and now they have been called back by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao's attitude once made Wei Zhongxian feel very unhappy. I finally got these two thorns back to my hometown to eat sweet potatoes, but now my boss has brought them to the cabinet, isn't this a clear way to check and balance myself?

"Wait and greet Your Majesty!"

"Aiqing and the others are all flat!"

Several pavilion elders stood up one after another after saluting.

Zhu You proofread the little eunuch beside him and said, "Someone is coming...... Give a seat to a few elders! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After several people sat down, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Several Aiqing came to me together, could it be that Jiang Ninghou and Tian Ergeng came to investigate those businessmen in Shaoxing?" ”

Several pavilion elders glanced at each other, and Gu Bingqian smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty is like a god, and the ministers and others came here for this matter." ”

When a few people spoke, Wei Zhongxian looked out of the door expressionlessly, as if it was none of his business, in the end, don't look at him in front of outsiders is a majestic nine thousand years old, but in the face of Zhu Youxiao he is just a slave, the emperor has the right to kill and kill these eunuchs, which is also the main reason why the emperors of the Ming Dynasty like to appoint eunuchs, in addition to using eunuchs to balance the civil official group, easy control is also the most important reason.

However, although Wei Zhongxian's face was expressionless, he secretly sneered in his heart: "Don't look at these literati shouting all day long about becoming benevolent and righteous, but in their bones they are a group of people who are greedy for money and good names, 18 million taels of silver in cash and all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, real estate, and shops worth 20 million taels. ”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian looked at the few pavilion elders in scarlet robes sitting in front of the dragon case, and suddenly had a feeling that everyone was drunk and I was sober, and even a trace of sarcasm appeared in his eyes.

I only heard Zhu Youxiao pretending to be surprised and asked: "The matter of Shaoxing Mansion is already very clear, those businessmen actually colluded with the Shaoxing Prefect to kill hundreds of Jinyi guards, such evil deeds are no different from rebellion, do you want to plead for those businessmen?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian almost laughed out loud, he didn't expect that the emperor, who is always serious on weekdays, would also use this way to scare people, and his expression was still so serious, but it could still make people laugh.

Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Gu Bingqian blushed, coughed lightly and turned his head to look at the people beside him, the meaning is obvious, you can't always let me be alone in front, you should say something yourself.

Han Yi (Kuang's fourth voice) arched his hand helplessly: "Your Majesty...... Ministers...... The ministers did come for the affairs of Shaoxing Mansion, but it was not for those merchants who pleaded, those merchants dared to kill the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and ten thousand deaths were not enough to atone for their crimes. ”

"Oh......" Zhu Youxiao pretended to be surprised and said: "Jiang Ninghou did say in the excerpt that he had confiscated 18 million taels of silver, but these silver are still in Shaoxing at the moment, is it too early for you Aiqing to discuss this silver with me now?" ”

Looking at Zhu Youxiao's surprised expression, Gu Bingqian and several ministers were helpless in their hearts, this emperor, who is only twenty-three years old this year, is now becoming more and more mature, whether it is speaking or doing things, he is also becoming more and more mature with the demeanor of a mature emperor, just like this sentence just now, at first glance, Zhu Youxiao is pretending to be crazy and stupid, but in fact, he is laughing at Gu Bingqian and several elders, where is the reserve of a good reader?

was ridiculed by Zhu Youxiao so secretly, Rao is these people are all old fritters in the officialdom, and they can't help but have a hot face, but compared with tens of millions of taels of silver, the little thing of face is a fart, even if you break the dog's brain, you have to fight!

Han Yi continued: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, "The husband who wins the temple without a fight has to be counted as much; The temple is not victorious without a fight, and it is considered to be less. More is better than nothing? Jiang Ninghou confiscated so many merchants in Shaoxing and got tens of millions of taels of silver, which can be described as the world's attention, and these silvers will be handed over to the imperial court sooner or later. ”

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be speechless, he had to admit that he still underestimated the thickness of the civil official's face, and wanted to say something, but found that some things were really inappropriate for him to say, fortunately, Wei Zhongxian on the side saw the difficulties of his boss, and immediately stood up and shouted at Han Yi: "Lord Han, you said you want to give an explanation to the world?" We dare to ask, what do the people of the world want the court to explain to them, could it be that the court owes them? ”

Naturally, Han Yi, the old rival of Wei Zhongxian, was not polite, but he sneered: "Gonggong Wei, how do you say that you are also the eunuch of the celebrant eunuch, don't you know that the people of the world say that the world is about the affairs of the world, Jiang Ninghou made such a big battle in Shaoxing, and copied so much silver from the house, he didn't escort the silver into Beijing, could it be that he still wanted to stay by himself?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was not to be outdone, and sneered: "Since Elder Han Ge has already said so, what should I do with Your Majesty?" A few of you yourself sent an official document to the Marquis of Jiang Ning, and asked him to send someone to escort the silver into Beijing and hand it over to you, so why bother? ”

"I'm grass I, you're my mother, you're a eunuch who didn't have a son!" Han Yi and the others couldn't help but scold in their hearts, who is Yang Feng? He is a dignified Marquis of Jiangning, the governor of the southern capital, with tens of thousands of male soldiers in his hands, and he is notoriously unruly, if the cabinet can mobilize him, it will be a hell.

Taking a deep breath, Han Yi whispered to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, you know the situation of the imperial court now, the silver of the household department is less than 200,000 taels of silver, and Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the household department, has come to the cabinet several times to cry, if there is anything else in the imperial court, the household department really has no silver to transfer." ”

Seeing Han Yi's pitiful appearance, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh lightly. In all fairness, among these people in the cabinet, except for Gu Bingqian's relatively mediocre ability, both Han Yi and Zhu Guozhen are very capable, otherwise he would not have recalled these two people again, and now seeing that Han Yi said it so pitifully, he really didn't care, so he said: "Well, in that case, I will first order Yang Aiqing to escort three million taels of silver into Beijing to fill the household department." ”

"Thank you, Lord Longen!"