"This ...... If you can only do what Your Majesty wants to do, can you still realize your ideals? ”

Xu Jie's face was stagnant.

Cabinet in another room. Gao Gong sat there with his eyes fixed on the empty teacup, as if it was blooming. After a long sigh of half-sound, Gao Gong whispered:

"I didn't expect that Xu Jie would be so crazy that he would ignore the homeless. Wait two months for the homeless.

The state capitals put grain?

With such a big disaster, I am only thinking about releasing grain now, and it is only the state capitals that release grain on their own. Do you think there is a lot of grain in the treasury of the state capitals? Hehe......"

"You Xu Jie, don't know? For those who are greedy for ink in the state capitals, it would be good to have thirty percent of the grain in the treasury. Some state capitals may not even have a single percent. If you let them release food, this is clearly shirking responsibility. When the time came, it was said that those local officials were greedy for ink, which caused the displaced people to flock to the capital.

How many homeless people will die here?

How many officials' heads will fall to the ground?

I can't wait two months, I want to push this matter, and the sooner it breaks out, there will be fewer deaths of civilians and fewer deaths of officials. ”

Gao Gong stood up, walking back and forth on the ground. His expression had been hesitating, as if something had not been decided, until dusk, when the time had already passed, and Gao Gong's face was firm.

"No, I want to talk to Xu Jie. If too many people die and too many officials die, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos. Even if I lose my official position and interests, I have to talk to Xu Jie. ”

Gao Gong packed up, left the cabinet, bought four gifts on the street, and then rode in a sedan chair to Gao Gong's mansion.

Came to the door of the high mansion, got down from the sedan chair, the gatehouse saw the high arch, someone asked the high arch to enter the door, and some people ran quickly to report to Xu Jie.

Soon, Xu Jie took Xu Luqing out quickly. After the three of them smiled and saluted, they came to the flower hall together and sat down as guests. Xu Jie said with a smile:

"Master Gao hasn't eaten yet, has he?"

"yes!" Gao Gong was not polite, and said with a smile: "I'm here to disturb Lord Xu." ”

"Don't bother, you can't ask for it, hehe......"

Xu Jie immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare the meal, and it was already time to eat, so the wine and food were quickly put on the table, and the three of them sat around, and after the three rounds of wine, Gao Gong said solemnly:

"Lord Xu, I have something to ask for today."

"We are ministers in the same palace, what we talk about, we will discuss." Xu Jie said with a smile.

"Presumably your adult is aware of the disasters that are happening in various places?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie's face was solemn and said, "I have already notified the state capitals and asked them to open warehouses and release grain." ”

Gao Gong's face turned red, and An Nai said angrily in his heart: "My lord, don't you allocate food and silver in the court? ”

Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "I want to too." But there is no money in the DPRK and China! ”

"How can there be no money?"

Xu Jie hurriedly waved his hand to stop Gao Gong and said: "But it doesn't matter, as long as it takes two months, after two months, the City Ship Division will send silver to Beijing, and at that time, all problems are not a problem." ”

"Nothing is a problem?" Gao Gong couldn't help but raise his voice: "Two months!" Adults should know what two months mean for those who are hungry and cold, and that means death. They are all my people, and you just watch them die like this? ”

Xu Jie's face immediately sank: "What do you mean by me watching them die?" Didn't I order the state capitals to release grain? ”

"Grain in various state capitals? You have been in the cabinet longer than me, and you have experienced more natural and man-made disasters than I have during this period, don't you know that the grain in the treasury of the state capital is only 30% at most? You ask the state capitals to hold on for these two months, can they hold out for twenty days? ”

Xu Jie was silent.

"Do you know how many people will die once the outcasts become outcasts?

Over the years, Daming has experienced the ravages of the grassland tartars, experienced the burning and plundering of the Japanese invaders, and finally had two years of peaceful days, Daming's vitality is far from recovering, and Daming can't stand the toss. ”

Xu Jie's face turned dark and said, "You mean I'm tossing Da Ming?" ”

"Isn't it?" Gao Gong glared and said, "Now things are very clear. Although Yuxi Palace is burning, does His Majesty have no place to live?

Well, even if it is to rebuild the Yuxi Palace, I agree. But why can't you wait two months? Wouldn't it be okay to send the silver money for disaster relief first, and then repair the Yuxi Palace after two months? ”

Xu Jie was silent, and the green tendons on his head jumped wildly. Seeing that Xu Jie still didn't spit out in agreement, Gao Gong was anxious.

"Lord Xu, what are you afraid of? Are you afraid of losing your grace? Are you afraid of losing your position as head of the cabinet? Why aren't you afraid of being drowned by every spitt of the people of the world? ”

"In front of Your Majesty, you even dare to promise to continue to build the Yuxi Palace? He also assured His Majesty that nothing would happen to Da Ming.

Is it really not going to happen?

You and I both know in our hearts that something will happen.

But Lord Xu, you have already thought of a way out, because you have already issued an order for the state capitals to open warehouses and release grain. And if there is no food in the state capitals, that is the greed of the state capitals, and you can push it all away when the time comes.

But do you know how many people will die like this?

How many officials will die in this way? ”

"If they don't be greedy for ink, the coffers of the state capitals will be full, enough for two months of disaster relief."

"They brought it on themselves? Hehe......" Gao Gong sneered twice and said: "When I first entered the cabinet, I proposed to you to thoroughly investigate the greedy people in the state capitals. But, what do you say?

You said that this is too much to do, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty are ten and nine greedy, and once the investigation is thorough, the Ming Dynasty will have no officials available. The government of the Ming Dynasty will be paralyzed, and it must be slowly planned.

Why don't you think about it now? ”

"Presumptuous!" Xu Jie slapped the table and said, "You have the ability to arch high, you go and tell Your Majesty to stop building the Yuxi Palace." ”

"Fart!" Gao Gong was also on fire: "If I can see Your Majesty, will I still use it for you?" And you traitor......"

"Who do you say is a traitor?" Xu Jie's eyes breathed fire.

"I'm talking about you, Xu Jie! If you hadn't proposed to rebuild the Yuxi Palace, would you have had what you are doing now?

Invite pets and flattery, regardless of the life and death of the people. Isn't this a traitor? ”

"You...... You get out of here, you are not welcome in the Xu Mansion. ”

"I'm not too thin to stay still, I smell of traitors."

Gao arched and flicked the sleeves of his robe and strode away.

"What a son of man!" Xu Jie was so angry that he trembled.

Gao Gong also walked out of the gate of Xu's Mansion in anger, and sat in the sedan chair, still trembling.

"Xu Jie, I won't let you act so arbitrarily."

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