The note in the emperor's hand was unfolded, and he saw the book written above, "Qian Huichun has committed suicide on July 28, 69 years to apologize, near the lower reaches of Hangtianfu on the Tianyan River, there are signs of water leakage on the river embankment." It is hoped that the imperial court will allocate silver for repairs as soon as possible, and distribute two taels of silver for disaster relief. ”

The emperor's heart sank, and when he looked down again, it was really Hu Maoshen.

Judging from the date signed on the note, this matter was news several days ago, but Gu Chengyu's news arrived a day earlier than Hu Maoshen.

It seems that Gu Chengyu has other ways to deliver news, which is faster than ordinary flying pigeon transmission.

However, at this moment, the emperor didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, and his whole attention was on the leakage of the river embankments in Hangtianfu and Yingnanfu.

In this way, the matter of mobilizing grain from other prefectures and cities will have to be reconsidered.

If there were floods in other state capitals, and their food was seconded to the victims of Changtianfu, what would happen to the victims in other state capitals?

It's unpredictable, and you have to prepare for the worst. After all, the treasury is empty, and there will be no more disaster relief money to come out at that time.

The emperor pondered for a moment, squeezed the note tightly in his hand, and then said: "The prefect of Changtianfu has committed suicide to apologize, and the embankment of Hangtianfu is leaking, and I must allocate silver to repair the embankment and rescue the victims." Shen Aiqing, the household department allocated 80,000 taels of silver, of which 50,000 taels were used to resettle the victims. The remaining 30,000 taels were used to repair the leakage of the river embankment. ”

The emperor rubbed his eyebrows, silver, silver is needed everywhere. The emperor suddenly thought of raising taxes, but after a moment, he shook his head and put this thought aside for the time being.

Even if taxes are to be raised, it is not for the common people, but for the rich businessmen.

This dynasty is not strict with commercial taxes, and compared to ordinary people, merchants are simply immortals.

Shinong industry and commerce, merchants are ranked last, and their status is low, so they should have done their part for the imperial court.

Besides, the common people live on this little bit of land, but the merchants have hundreds of thousands of silver in their hands every day, and their silver is like flowing water, and they eat and drink spicy food every day, and they are richer than the emperor of him.

However, now is obviously not a good time to propose the reform of commercial taxation, and the obstacles to the reform of commercial taxation will not be small. Once it is implemented, there will be another turmoil in the imperial court.

Even if the reform of commercial taxation can be effective, the effect is too slow to come, and far water cannot save the near fire!

The emperor couldn't help but sigh again, and then set his eyes on Xia Qing. Last time, I squeezed out a million taels of silver from Xia Qing, and it seems that Xia's oil and water are quite abundant!

The emperor's eyes were slight, and he looked at Xia Qing like a wolf, revealing a trace of greed and cunning.

Seeing the emperor's demeanor, Xia Qing couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

He is familiar with such eyes, the emperor should not want to beat him again, right? Last time, the clan came out with a million taels, and it almost broke its muscles and bones.

If this happens again, it will be strange if those old guys in the clan don't make a big fuss.

After a while, Xia Qing quickly glanced up and found that the emperor was staring at him thoughtfully. Xia Qing was horrified in his heart, and his expression changed slightly.

Over the years, with his support, the clan has indeed made a lot of money.

And his ancestral land happens to be Yingnan Mansion, if the emperor really beats his idea, and Gu Chengyu happens to be in Jiangnan, then he is really beyond his reach!

Yin Kun's brows were almost tied into a dead knot, only 80,000 taels of silver, how could this be enough?

Not to mention that 30,000 taels of them are still used to repair the river embankment, and only 50,000 taels are left to resettle these victims?

Yin Kun knew that although the silver was small, the treasury really couldn't take it out anymore.

Even if he objected, it would be useless, because the emperor couldn't make money.

"Your Majesty, if 80,000 taels are distributed to Jiangnan, then there will only be more than 20,000 taels in the treasury, how can this be done? Aside from the expenses of the imperial court, if there was an urgent need for money, the treasury would not be able to get it. ”

Shen Shikang was in a hurry, now the treasury has been emptied, if there is really any emergency that urgently needs silver, then where will he come up with silver?

The emperor didn't even leave the corner of his eye to Shen Shikang, but set his eyes on Xia Qing.

"Xia Aiqing, I appointed your disciple Min Feng to patrol the imperial history of the river and go to the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the river embankment. He has been in Jiangnan for a long time, why hasn't there been any news? Is there no problem with the river embankment in the south of the Yangtze River? How to explain the bursting of the embankment of Changtianfu? ”

The emperor was very dissatisfied with Min Feng, and it had been several days since he arrived in Jiangnan, why didn't he send the news over? Could it be that Min Feng went to Jiangnan to enjoy the mountains and rivers?

Xia Qing was suddenly shocked, here! Is the emperor going to use the little disciple as an excuse to attack him?

"Your Majesty! Min Feng has just arrived in Jiangnan, he must first pass through Yingnan Mansion, and then Hangtianfu, the trip has to be delayed for several days, and the emperor will not wait any longer! Min Feng is not the kind of person who doesn't know the priorities of things, and asks the emperor to give a few more days. ”

At this moment, Xia Qing also secretly cursed in his heart, this little disciple was really disappointed in him.

When you go to Jiangnan, the first thing you should inspect is Changtianfu and Hangtianfu, because these two state capitals are the closest to the lower reaches of the Tianya River.

Before Min Feng set off, he also told him that he must obey Hu Maoshen's arrangement, and asked Min Feng to bring his staff He Zhongkuan.

He Zhongkuan is very strategic and very steady. He Zhongkuan reminded him beside him, Xia Qing was still relieved.

It's just that Min Feng has been gone for several days, and he has also urged a letter in the middle, but there has been no reply until now, which is really worrying.

"How many days is the grace period? I received a secret letter from Hang Tianfu, and the above recorded Min Feng's itinerary in great detail. ”

The emperor swept over with a cold eye at Xia Qing, Xia Qing had always wanted to fight for Min Feng for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but in his opinion, this son was just mud and couldn't support the wall.

I'm afraid of comparing everything, compared to Min Feng and Gu Chengyu, it's just a difference between cloud and mud.

Xia Qing's face was pale, he was still too anxious, Min Feng had not been in the officialdom for three years, so he was in a hurry to let Min Feng go down to practice, which was really inappropriate.

Young people are impetuous, and they are very susceptible to temptation.

In addition, Min Feng was born poor and had limited knowledge. Xia Qing really regretted it at this time, he knew that this was the case, he had to push this errand no matter what.

It's hard to help the seedlings grow!

Xia Qing was full of emotion in his heart, but he couldn't help but think of Gu Chengyu. But for a moment, he shook his head and sighed.

There are not many people in the whole world who are such demons. Liang Zhirui He De He can, accepted this person as a disciple.

The most correct thing Liang Zhirui did in his life was to choose Gu Chengyu as a disciple.

The two apprentices were compared together, and Xia Qing had to envy Liang Zhirui's good fortune.

However, since he chose Min Feng, Xia Qing did not regret it.

Whoever has just stepped into the officialdom does not turn a few heels, and when he suffers a loss, he will be able to remember it for a long time.