The emperor was very happy, the inventory of the land was a major move, without the cooperation of Shang Shutai, it would have been difficult, and now Shang Shutai finally agreed, especially the consent of the five auxiliary ministers, which was very important.

According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, the auxiliary ministers had great power and could veto the orders of the Yellow Emperor, and in serious cases, the auxiliary ministers could unite with the empress dowager to depose him.

The emperor knew very well the purpose of the first emperor's actions, but no, he couldn't watch the world rot and watch his people wail in misery!

The gate lord clan has become a cancer on the mountains of the Great Jin Dynasty!

Qiu Yun was not as excited as the emperor, and he knew very well what it meant to take stock of the land.

Inventory of land is tantamount to declaring war on all the noble classes, and if one is not good, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the world.

Qiu Yun was very aware of the power possessed by these scholar gate valves, and for hundreds of years, several turmoil in the world was the result of these gate valves manipulating behind their backs.

"Your Majesty, the situation will be very complicated in the land inventory in Chen Kingdom," Qiu Yun pondered the words and said slowly: "In order to ensure the success of the land inventory, it is better to prepare well in advance. ”

The emperor nodded, he understood Qiu Yun's words, raised his head and said to Peng Zhu, "Peng Aiqing, do you hear it! ”

"Chen understands!" Peng Zhu replied solemnly without a hint of ambiguity.

The emperor looked at Pan Ji again: "Pan Aiqing, transfer 3,000 elite soldiers to Pengzhu from the camp in Pishan and let him take them to Chen State." ”

Pan Ji hesitated, looked at the emperor, then at Pengzhu, and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the camp of Bishan is responsible for defending the imperial capital, and it is easy to transfer troops. ”

The emperor didn't speak, and Peng Zhu replied first: "Lord Taiwei is right, if you transfer troops now, I'm afraid it will cause a shock, and it will be unfavorable for the inventory of the land. ”

"That's good. The emperor didn't insist anymore, he was still very excited, and looked at the gradually drooping sky: "I know that it is difficult to check the land, the power of the gate lord clan is intertwined, and the whole body is involved, I know this, why? Because it is not possible, the treasury is empty, the victims cannot be relieved, the border soldiers are poor, and the soldiers of the border army are hungry, why, all this is because the money that should have belonged to the imperial court has been taken away, if there is a war on the border at this time, what should the imperial court do? ”

The ministers were silent, no one knew what to say, the emperor took a deep breath and stood with his head held high: "For the sake of the world, for the sake of the ancestors, I must solve this problem, you assist me, this is also what you have to do." ”

Pan Lian took the lead in bowing down and said: "The minister must do his best, and he will not give up!"

"The ministers are all in the ground!" the ministers said in unison.

"Okay," the emperor was satisfied, and then said, "Taishi, Prime Minister Gan, you think about it again, and think about how to clean up the salt and iron." ”

Qiu Yun's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh again, the emperor was really in a hurry, the land had not yet begun to clear, and he had begun to prepare salt and iron again.

Gan Tang and Pan Lian exchanged glances, the two of them didn't seem to react, hesitated slightly, Pan Lian asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this salt and iron? Isn't last year's salt and iron improved?"

The emperor snorted contemptuously: "Prime Minister Gan, come and talk about it." ”

Gan Tang had no choice but to cheer up, clear his throat and say: "Last year, the revenue from the salt tax reached 2.94 million taels of silver, which was half a percent increase compared with the year before, and the income was okay... ”

"Okay?!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the emperor, and the emperor sneered twice: "In the twelfth year of Taiding, the salt tax revenue was six million taels, how many years has it been, and even half of it has gone, and all this money has gone there? There are also silk and tea in the south of the Yangtze River, compared with the first year of Taiding, the tax is only half left, and I am rich in the world, but the treasury is empty, and the money goes there? I don't understand, so I want to check it." ”

No one answered, in fact, all the ministers understood that where the money went, it was in the treasury of the noble clan.

But no one dared to say it, and once it was spread, it would be the public enemy of the world's gate lords.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first emperor entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, you go down and think about it, and see how to check this salt tax. ”

At this point, the ministers also knew that it was time to leave, so they retired one after another under the leadership of Pan Lian, and the emperor left Pengzhu behind.

When Gonggong Cheng saw that the minister came out, he hurriedly went in, looked at it, and asked the little eunuch to bring tea, replaced the residual tea on the emperor's desk, and quietly reminded the emperor that when it was time to eat, the emperor felt not hungry, and ordered to make two small dishes at will.

Cheng Gonggong hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to fetch it, and in a blink of an eye, Peng Zhu sat opposite the emperor, this action surprised Cheng Gonggong, who had served in front of Emperor Taiding for so many years, and had never seen a minister so presumptuous.

But the emperor was not surprised at all, but ordered Cheng Gonggong to serve tea to Pengzhu, Cheng Gonggong agreed, and shook his head in his heart, this Pengzhu is too arrogant, and it is not necessarily a good thing for the emperor to hand over such an important matter to him.

Of course, he won't say it, and no one in the palace will say it in this situation, not to mention that the new monarch has just succeeded to the throne, and they, the old men in front of Emperor Taiding, are not familiar with his temperament, and everyone is still observing.

The situation in the palace is the same as that of the outer courts, each position is fixed, when the new monarch is the prince, there is a chief eunuch in the palace, and after the prince ascends the throne, the chief eunuch of the palace does not immediately go to the emperor to serve, but step by step, promoted to the next level, and becomes the steward eunuch in the palace.

Of course, their future is bright, and it is only a matter of time before they enter the middle book supervisor or the imperial study, and old people like Cheng Gonggong and them have to be careful to serve, if they make the new monarch unhappy, they will be deposed immediately.

"After you go down, the main thing is to confiscate Shi Fan and Li Si's family," the emperor didn't have time to control Cheng's father-in-law's thoughts, he didn't even glance at Cheng's father-in-law, but said to Pengzhu: "These four families occupy seventy percent of the land of Chen State, and they must clear the land they occupied." ”

"I understand. Peng Zhu nodded and replied, this time I went to Chen Guo to inspect, and I gained a lot, and I have generally investigated the situation of Chen Guo, which is also the main reason for choosing Chen Guo.

The emperor looked at Peng Zhu and shook his head slightly, Peng Zhu was a little surprised, and the emperor said solemnly: "You don't understand, this is a battle that can only be won and not defeated, if you lose, I will take your head." ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty," Peng Zhu said solemnly: "If the minister is defeated, there is no need for Your Majesty to take the head of the minister, the minister himself will take off the head and throw it into the Yellow River, such a useless head, what use do you want!"

The emperor nodded slightly: "It's very good that you have this confidence, after you go, you must be bold and cautious, these four families can be described as intertwined in the Chen country, the county guard is from the Fan family, the county commanders are mostly from the four families, the county commander is from the Shijiamen, and the four families have a total of four or five thousand private soldiers, including many outlaws in the rivers and lakes, well, in this way, the Taiwei is also reasonable, I will give you a warrant, you can mobilize the county soldiers at any time, in addition, I will give you another hundred tiger guards," slightly condensed, and added: " If necessary, I can transfer the court offerings to you as well. ”

Peng Zhu's eyes widened, and the court worshippers came forward to protect him! This is an unprecedented honor, when Xianbei invaded on a large scale, the palace worshippers did not come forward, and Peng Zhu was grateful.

"Your Majesty treats the ministers with great grace from heaven, and the ministers have nothing to repay, so they can only bow down and die!"

"Don't be like this, let's join hands to clean up this country. The emperor sighed, all said that Taiding Zhongxing, but in fact, the first emperor left a mess, in addition to the empty treasury, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, all over the court, once powerful, conquered Xianbei The Great Jin army is also corrupt, the border army has become empty, and the country is full of holes, he must cheer up, and he must clean up the country with an iron fist.

After a pause, the emperor looked out the window and said thoughtfully: "Do you say that Shangshutai should bring in some new people." ”

Peng Zhu was a little surprised, and after thinking about it, the emperor felt that the people of Shangshutai were old and had no courage to do things.

After understanding, Peng Zhu immediately nodded: "The emperor's move is very good, it's good to touch them." ”

"Do you have any recommendations?" asked the Emperor casually, at this point their conversation was much more casual, not as polite as before.

Cheng Gonggong came in with two little eunuchs, carrying a food box, and looked at the table in front of the emperor, which was full of folds, and Cheng Gonggong wanted to ask if he wanted to clean it up, and the emperor had already instructed him to put the food on another table on the side.

"At present, the right candidate, minister, no," Peng Zhu said: "However, the minister thinks that Gu Wei, the white-clothed son of the Taishi Mansion, can consider it." ”

"Gu Wei?" The emperor hesitated: "This person is talented and learned, but there are already two people in the Pan family in Shangshutai... ”

Peng Zhu also felt embarrassed, he knew what the emperor meant, if the candidate in the emperor's mind was not from the gate lord clan, but the Manchu Dynasty was the protégé of the gate lord clan, it was really difficult to pick such a person.

The emperor also realized this, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "There will always be someone, we have a lot of talents in the Great Jin, as long as you pay attention, you can always find it." ”

The emperor beckoned Pengzhu to eat together, Pengzhu was not only not polite, he was simply grabbing food with the emperor, and the emperor was not angry, the two of them were like a whirlwind and clouds, and they ate the plate cleanly after a while.

Putting down the bowl, the emperor looked up and told Gonggong Cheng that when he ate alone in the future, the dish would be halved, and after a pause, he added: "The amount of money in the palace, except for the queen mother's concubine, everyone else's will be reduced, well, cut by thirty." ”

Cheng's father-in-law should come down first, and then asked: "Back to the emperor, Concubine Shu is pregnant, is her use going to be cut?"

"She's gone, today, has the doctor been there?"

"After reading it, the doctor said it might be a boy. There was a bit of joy in Cheng's voice, and the emperor was also very happy.

The emperor's heirs are not prosperous, the queen has only one princess, and the concubines have two children, but these two children have accidents and have not been saved.

was happy, Gonggong Mu asked to see him outside, and the emperor immediately let him in.

"Your Majesty, the internal guard has reported that King Qi is critically ill. ”

The emperor was stunned at first, and sighed casually and calmly, while Peng Zhu smiled without hesitation.

King Qi is the emperor's greatest threat, and if he dies of illness, it will be the best outcome.

"Is it serious?" the Emperor sighed.

"It's very serious, and the palace is asking for medical advice. Mu Gonggong replied, after the King of Qi was forced to take up the domain, he kept holding his breath in his heart, and his health was not good, and he had a bumpy road, and the result was even worse.

"King Qi is virtuous, pass on the decree, let King Qi recuperate with peace of mind, and in addition, see what other good medicine is in the palace and give it to King Qi. Oh, by the way, don't tell the Queen Mother beforehand. The emperor commanded, and Gonggong Mu bowed down to receive the order.

The emperor looked at Gonggong Mu and said: "Peng Aiqing wants to go to Chen State to check the land, this move is related to the rise and fall of the society, and the internal guards have mastered the situation of the four families of Feng Shifan and Li?"

Gonggong Mu's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded slightly: "Back to Your Majesty, the Shi family is very strict in its precautions, and the internal guards have failed to penetrate into the core, and the other three, the Feng family and the Fan family, the internal guards have completely penetrated, and the Li family is also about to die." ”

"Shi family?!hmph," the emperor snorted softly, the Shi family is also a thousand-year-old family, and it is also a supporter of the King of Qi, the last time the emperor inspected the Chen State, he secretly made a lot of stumbling blocks, and earlier, when the emperor was in charge of the country last time, the Shi family was the main opposition.

"I heard that forty percent of the land and mountains of Chen Guo belong to the Shi family, and they also have mastered Chen Guo's ironware workshop, Peng Qing, you go down and investigate. ”

"I understand. ”

Peng Zhu agreed without hesitation, he knew very well what this meant, the Shi family, would be his first target.

"Is the strength of the internal guard enough in Chen Guo?"

Gonggong Mu hesitated before saying: "Your Majesty, the forces of the internal guards have been concentrated in Yanzhou recently, but the problem is that the affairs of Fengyulou and the Cao Gang occupy a lot of our strength. ”

Only then did the emperor remember that he had also ordered this block, and he couldn't help but ask: "To what extent has the matter of the Cao Gang been carried out?"

"Both sides are gathering forces, and the old slave estimates that after the beginning of spring, after the Yellow River thaws, it is possible to start a war. Father-in-law Mu said.

The emperor smiled bitterly in his heart, to be honest, he didn't like the internal guard, and the ministers of the court and Shilin had criticized the internal guard, thinking that relying on the internal guard to investigate secretly was an evil way, and it was not done by a righteous man and a gentleman, and the people should be educated with the way of a saint.

Even this cronie Peng Zhu around him was very dissatisfied with the internal guards, and once suggested that he reduce the internal guards and educate the people with the way of saints.

But now, he had to rely on the organization he hated to achieve his goals.

"Chen Guo's land inventory is the top priority, the Cao Gang, Fengyulou, are all bandits, no matter who they are, they are all hidden dangers in the imperial court," the emperor said after deliberation, and finally decided: "Let them fight by themselves, and the main forces of the internal guards will be concentrated in Chen Guo to ensure the smooth progress of the land inventory." ”

Mu Gonggong sighed in his heart, the emperor's words, the rivers and lakes will be bloody and bloody, the wind and rain building will fight with the Cao Gang, and the biggest honor guard is the support of the internal guard, but now...

Only God knows!