Today's morning meeting, the main content is the reward for Wang Lin.
When Wang Chen sat on the dragon chair and announced that he would divide the land in the north to Wang Lin as a fief, the surrounding ministers started talking for a while.
Most of them had already expected this.
Wang Lin went on an expedition and made great achievements, so he was bound to be rewarded.
It's just that the ministers didn't expect that the emperor would be so generous and divide the entire northern region into Wang Lin's fiefdom!
A minister immediately walked out of the queue, raised his hands to Wang Chen in front of him and said:
"This matter is indeed the result of Prince Lin's meritorious deeds, but His Majesty has given the entire Northern Territory to Prince Lin. Is this reward too valuable?"
Wang Lin didn't need to speak, Wang Chen himself frowned slightly.
"This time Prince Lin went to the Northern Territory to help, and he already has a very high prestige among the local subjects in the Northern Territory. Wouldn't this make it easier for me to manage the territory of Daxia?"
"There is no need to discuss this matter further, I have made a decision!"
In one sentence, the surrounding ministers were surprised and delighted.
What is surprising is that the emperor has obviously been in a bad mood for the past two days, but today the emperor can actually speak such strong words.
It can be seen that the emperor is restoring his rule over the court.
The happy thing is that no matter how big the fiefdom is, Prince Lin will eventually go to the fiefdom and become a vassal.
If nothing else happened, the emperor would lose his right-hand man in the capital. Therefore, their next life should not be as difficult as before.
Wang Lin couldn't tell whether he was happy or unhappy. After all, he left the capital, but what he got in exchange was temporary freedom.
But looking at Wang Chen's eyes on the dragon throne, he could never leave the capital before agreeing to borrow the seed.
Wang Lin couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that people in the feudal period worshiped blood, just because he was of royal blood, and the blood of the royal family flowed in his body.
In order to continue the orthodoxy, his imperial brother did not hesitate to let his wife, Wang Lin's sister-in-law, do such things with Wang Lin.
At this moment, something unexpected happened.
An official in red robes stood up and bowed his hands to Wang Chen.
"Your Highness, I have a secret report to report!"
Wang Chen's expression froze slightly. He had just announced Wang Lin's appointment when someone jumped out.
It can be seen from this that there are many people in this court who have their own agendas.
But Wang Chen still took a deep breath and said, "Speak."
The speaker was Liu Ming, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. Although he saw Wang Chen's uncertain tone in front of him, he still spoke.
"Your Highness, I believe that the most important thing today is not to reward Prince Lin for his merits. There has been a severe drought in the south for many years, and most of the local officials have written to the imperial court, requesting the imperial court to allocate funds for disaster relief."
"If you want me to speak frankly, Prince Lin's reward is the next best thing. The most important thing is to make sure that my people in the dawn of Great Xia will not be hungry or cold, and have a bright sky, sun and moon!!"
After saying this, there was a buzzing sound among the ministers. They naturally knew what Liu Ming was doing now.
Logically speaking, the reward for Wang Lin has now been completed.
The next thing to be announced is some substantial rewards such as gold and silver.
But now Liu Ming has said this openly. The people in the south have been affected by the disaster. If they want to reward Prince Lin with gold and silver now, it will seem that the court ignores the people's livelihood and only rewards the emperor's relatives.
Wang Chen's face turned dark, and the officials around him did not dare to say a word.
Now that Mr. Li Ge has fallen in the imperial court, a signal is being released. That is, people like Li Zhang who want to use their power to influence the rule of Daxia will definitely die miserably like Li Zhang.
"Then according to what Liu Shangshu said, what should we do?"
There was no expression on Wang Chen's face, but it made the ministers around him even more silent.
However, Liu Ming still handed over his hand: "Back to Your Highness, as long as Your Highness can use the money given to Prince Lin last time for disaster relief. I think the people in the south will definitely be grateful to Your Highness!"
Wang Chen looked at Liu Ming and sneered in his heart.
People in the south?
He knew clearly in his heart that officials like Liu Ming had never pretended to be ordinary people in their hearts.
It's just that the royal family is about to strengthen its control over the northern border and is preparing to interfere with it.
So, Wang Chen looked directly at the Gonggun princes under the court and spoke.
"So in that case, which one of you wants to go to the south to provide relief?"
Wang Chen's voice was like the sound of a bell, echoing throughout the entire hall.
However, what greeted Wang Chen was only silence.
Even Liu Ming, who had just asked the court to send money and food for relief, pretended not to hear the question at this time. He looked straight ahead and didn't respond.
He knew in his heart that the current Daxia, especially the current capital city, could not do without him.
If there is one less Minister of Household Affairs in the imperial court, it will never be replaced so quickly.
"Why, in my huge court, I can't find anyone willing to ask for help?"
Seeing that Wang Chen's eyes were getting colder and colder, some of the officials were already looking at Liu Ming with complaints.
When Wang Lin saw this, he seemed to have thought of something and took a step forward.
"Brother Imperial, I am willing to give it a try!"
"My brother has just put down the rebellion of the barbarians in the north. It should have proved that I have my own ability. Now I'm asking for your orders. Please let me go to the south to control the drought!"
Wang Lin said this, naturally not because he really wanted to provide disaster relief.
It's because the recent affairs between his imperial brother and his wife have really made him a little overwhelmed.
If you can't afford to offend, you can't afford to hide.
If Wang Lin accepts this order, he can rush to the south immediately.
Although the conditions will definitely not be as good as those in the capital, at least they will be free in exchange.
And Wang Chen, who was sitting on the throne, naturally saw this.
He did not choose to answer Wang Lin's words, but frowned and continued to speak.
"There is a war in the north, and I, the emperor's younger brother, asked for orders to go and quell the rebellion. Now there is a drought in the south, and you still want me, the emperor's brother, to take the lead."
"Why, is there really no one in my court in Daxia?"
"All the salary I give you on weekdays is given to dogs?!"
For a moment, Wang Chen was really angry.
In the main hall, which had been lifeless for a long time, Wang Chen was scolding.
Some old ministers with some experience chose to protect themselves wisely at this time. As for the younger ones, although they still have some enthusiasm, they are still standing there coldly at this time.
No one dared to speak.
