The next morning, the court meeting began.
Xia Yuanji stepped out directly, causing thousands of waves with one stone!
"Your Majesty, the disaster in the two provinces is extremely serious. People are drowning and starving every day!"
"Saving the people is like putting out a fire. We must not delay it any longer, Your Majesty!"
"I request the emperor to issue an order immediately to transport the treasury grain and grass to the two provinces and counties to provide disaster relief and help the people!"
Not surprisingly, Xia Yuanji still advocated immediate allocation of funds to provide relief to the victims.
All the courtiers looked at Qi Guogong Qiu Fu, thinking that this military tycoon would jump out and fight Xia Yuanji to the death like he did yesterday.
However, something shocking happened.
Qiu Fu stood there with a gloomy expression, showing no intention of getting out of the queue.
The sharp-eyed courtiers also discovered that Duke Qi had a bruised nose and a swollen face, as if he had been beaten!
This sudden and shocking change made many courtiers feel shocked, wondering what exactly happened.
Qiu Fu actually gave in!
And it was suspected that someone had beaten him!
He has always been arrogant and domineering!
This was really rare and left the officials scratching their heads.
Qiu Fu naturally felt those malicious glances, but he felt miserable at the moment.
Yesterday, His Majesty the Emperor summoned him to the palace, where he was beaten and scolded without explanation. The scolding made Qiu Fu look confused, and the beating made Qiu Fu run away with his head in his arms, and he could hardly find his way to the north.
Finally, His Majesty the Emperor gave him an order to transfer Mei Shunchang to various guard posts in Huguang to inspect the sergeants and train troops to prepare for the frontier. Only then did Qiu Fu finally understand where the problem lay.
It turned out that it was Mei Shunchang who made His Majesty the Emperor dissatisfied with him.
After all, Qiu Fu was a Jingnan veteran. He immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and knelt down to apologize on the spot.
His Majesty the Emperor did not make things difficult for him. After venting his anger with a beating and scolding, everything was fine.
The emperor was always very kind to his old brother.
After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Qiu Fu thought about it and finally figured out what he had done wrong.
Absolutely absolutely wrong, Mei Shunchang should not be transferred to Kaiping, thus offending His Majesty the Emperor and also implicating the second prince Zhu Gaoxu!
After such a beating yesterday, Qiu Fu still dared to show up.
Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me...
Qiu Fu remained silent, and the officials, sensing something fishy, also remained silent.
Seeing this situation, Zhu Di immediately decided on the matter.
"Xia Aiqing's words make sense. I will issue an order to immediately allocate funds to help the victims!"
Hearing this, Xia Yuanji finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Liu Jun, Minister of War, stood up and mentioned the issue of food for border guards.
After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Qiu Fu chose to remain silent for some reason. As the Minister of the Ministry of War, he always has to think about the soldiers on the front line.
Zhu Di did not speak after hearing this, but looked at Xia Yuanji.
Feeling His Majesty the Emperor's gaze, Xia Yuanji sighed inwardly.
Li Hongbi, you are a treacherous little thief, you are really plotting to kill me!
"Xia Aiqing, do you have any good ideas?"
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Di immediately urged him.
Xia Yuanji smiled helplessly when he heard this, and could only cooperate with the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I do have an immature suggestion."
"But it doesn't matter!"
Liu Jun, Minister of War, also looked at Xia Yuanji with some surprise.
The new Minister of Household Affairs is well-known as a talented and capable official.
Does he really have any tricks up his sleeve?
"Your Majesty, all ministers and ministers, at this time when the country is in crisis, we should step forward to serve our country and help the court tide over the difficulties."
"Therefore, I ask the emperor to issue a decree calling on officials and wealthy households to donate money, food and charity to help the victims of the two provinces!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole court was in an uproar.
They didn't expect that Xia Yuanji would come up with such a bad idea!
Yes, this is a bad idea!
The imperial court has no money and the state treasury has no money, so you are targeting us and asking us for money and food. Isn’t this a bad idea?
What does the life and death of those refugees and hungry people have to do with us?
No, no, no, no, you really think that everyone is a saint and gentleman who cares about the country and the people, and is willing to destroy his family to help people in trouble, right?
All civil and military officials in the dynasty remained silent and chose silence in response.
Upon seeing this, Liu Jun, Minister of the Ministry of War, smiled bitterly and shook his head, very disappointed with Xia Yuanji.
Looking at the attitudes of these officials and courtiers, you can know what they think.
If you want these mature old foxes to donate money to charity, you, Natsuhara Yoshimo, are just kidding!
Still too young!
The idea is too idealistic!
Liu Jun smiled helplessly.
However, Xia Yuanji's next words made his pupils shrink suddenly.
"Of course, you will destroy your family to relieve the difficulties and help the court tide over the difficulties."
"The imperial court should also commend it. I ask the emperor to issue an order to commemorate the merits of the monarchs in prosperous places such as the Imperial Capital of Jinling, as well as in the disaster areas after reconstruction. It will be a good story thousands of years later!"
Many courtiers' eyes lit up when they heard Xia Yuanji's words.
You must know that officials, gentry, and gentry all want to have a virtuous name, and they all want to be famous in history and be famous for generations to come.
Hasn’t this opportunity come now?
As long as you donate some symbolic money, you can mark your merits with a stone and have your name...
etc……
Something seems wrong!
Donate some money?
Legging stones to record merit?
Last forever?
What are you thinking about?
That is such a rhythm that will be infamous for thousands of years!
If you donate a small amount, and future generations see it, they won’t be able to stab you in the spine!
Xia Yuanji, this beast, has such vicious methods!
He is forcing everyone to donate, and he cannot donate less!
However, Liu Jun, the Minister of War, brightened up and looked at Xia Yuanji in disbelief.
This guy really has a talent for managing the world!
And for the sake of the people, he openly proposed such a vicious plan without regard for himself, which is quite the style of a national scholar!
"Your Majesty, Master Xia's plan is very clever!"
Liu Jun, Minister of War, was the first to take the lead in expressing his stance.
As soon as he opened his mouth, the other six ministers could not sit still.
Jian Yi, the Minister of Official Affairs, Li Zhigang, the Minister of Rites, Zheng Ci, the Minister of Punishment, and Huang Fu, the Minister of Industry, all four giants also came out to support Xia Yuanji's plan.
There is no way, they have to support, and they dare not not support!
His Majesty the Emperor is already very worried because the treasury is empty and he is worried about money and food.
At this juncture, if Xia Yuanji dared to propose such a sinister plan in the court, it must have been discussed with His Majesty the Emperor in advance and approved by His Majesty the Emperor.
In other words, if they oppose Xia Yuanji now, they are opposing His Majesty the Emperor.
Do they dare?
It is really unnecessary to be hated by His Majesty the Emperor just for some money and food.
The six ministers all expressed their support. The other courtiers were very aggrieved when they saw this, but they could only grit their teeth and support Xia Yuanji against their conscience.
Zhu Di was overjoyed when he saw this.
Regardless of whether these courtiers are willing or not, Zhu Di just wants to see money and food now!
Although this strategy is indeed a bit shameless, it smells very good!
With this amount of money and food, the court was able to tide over the difficulties.
Only Xia Yuanji was filled with bitterness and smiled reluctantly.
Feeling the penetrating gazes behind him, he could only curse Li Hongbi half to death in his heart!
You treacherous little thief, you are not a son of man!
