Watching Lord Dan's two servants come down and hand the memorial in Li Xian's hand to the emperor's imperial case, a bunch of ministers still didn't wake up.
In comparison, although Shen Yi also did not expect it, after many years of ups and downs in the court, he was keenly aware that this was a good opportunity to fight back.
Therefore, Shen Shangshu stepped forward decisively and spoke.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, the War at Oala cost the national treasury a lot. Post-war pensions, resettlement of refugees, repairs to the city walls, everything needs money from the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Although I am not sensitive, I dare not fail to do my best in my position."
"For the past few days, I have led a group of people from the household department, working hard day and night, working day and night, racking my brains and energy to overthrow Maguan and rebuild Yinliang."
"Now that we have achieved results, there are villains trying to make false accusations. I don't want to argue about the right and wrong. Please make the decision for me."
The boss of Qiqing is also very good at selling miserably.
He said he didn't want to argue, but the expression on his face could only be written with a big word "injustice".
Zhu Qiyu sat on the throne and put down the memorial presented by the chamberlain. He couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.
This Shen Yi really knows how to cooperate and seize the opportunity!
Zhu Qiyu knew exactly what happened.
On the border pass, Zhu Qiyu insisted on repairing it according to the strongest standards, which meant that more silver taels were needed.
After the War of Oara, the national treasury was already tight, and the Ministry of Household Affairs relied on the peppercorns to reduce the salary to barely maintain the daily operations of the court.
As soon as the amount of silver allocated to the border increased, the originally barely usable amount of silver immediately became stretched.
This is why the Ministry of Household Affairs insists on disbursing the next tranche of money for the reconstruction of Daimaguan after the new year.
Shen Yi was anxious, and Zhu Qiyu was naturally thinking of something.
To say that the richest people in the capital are naturally the Xunqi family.
It just so happened that Duke Chengguo's government wanted to curry favor with the emperor.
So, under the suggestion of a certain commander named Lu, Mr. Li and Mr. Zhu worked together and came up with this method of jointly losing money.
Three hundred thousand taels of silver, converted into grain, can buy millions of stones.
It is enough to solve the urgent needs of the Ministry of Finance.
This amount of money covers more than twenty distinguished relatives.
Among them, the Chengguo Duke's Palace gave out 80,000 taels, and the Fengguo Duke's Palace gave out 50,000 taels. These two families took the majority, and the remaining hundreds of thousands taels were distributed to each family, which is about seven to eight thousand taels. .
A small half of these honorary relatives are from the Jingnan lineage, and the majority are from the Yanwangfu family lineage.
On the Jingnan side, it was Li Xian's face, but on the Yan Prince's side, it was Zhu Yi who ran away.
So actually, it can be seen from this.
The influence of the Chengguo Duke's Mansion among the relatives is still very great.
Although, for the rich Xunqiu, ten thousand taels of silver is not a big deal, but it is definitely not something he is willing to take out casually.
Zhu Yi didn't even have any confidence that after taking out this silver, he would be able to restore his title.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, these honorable relatives were still willing to help, and the thoughts of these honorable relatives were evident.
That is, as long as there is a way to help Chengguo Duke's government survive the crisis, even if the chance is slim, they are willing to try it.
As for what Li Xian said, it is a common practice for the Ministry of Household Affairs to publish lists to various yamen.
Whenever the treasury is in difficulty, the Ministry of Revenue will think of such a method.
In any case, the collection was done between various yamen of the imperial court. It was neither asking for money from the people nor officials, so it was not a shameful thing.
However, it has always had little effect, just better than nothing.
Zhu Qiyu's original intention was just to keep the progress of border city construction from stopping, so he did not inform Shen Yi of this matter in advance.
But I never thought that today I would encounter a group of ministers attacking the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Unexpectedly, Shen Yi was also a smart man. What he said was just like beating a snake with a stick, except that this money was the money he had worked so hard to raise.
For the sake of national interests, he even gave up his old face and went to raise money with his relatives, only to be stabbed in the back by his own family.
I’m so wronged!
Shaking his head, Zhu Qiyu turned his attention to the helpless censor in the palace and said.
"Wei Qing, do you have anything to say about what Shen Shangshu said?"
The censor who just jumped out is named Wei An. He was the censor who was just promoted after the Civil War.
Just when Li Xian's memorial was handed over, his face turned pale and he realized that he was too rash.
On the first step, he also impeached the Ministry of Revenue to delay the court's plans, but on the other hand, others solved the matter.
This seems to be that while others are busy with national affairs, he himself is causing trouble for others.
Feeling the gazes from all directions, Mr. Wei's face turned from white to red, he fell to the ground and said in a low voice.
"I made a rash statement without investigation and misunderstood my colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue. Please punish me."
Tsk, spineless...
A group of elderly people in the hall looked disappointed.
They originally thought that this young censor could hold on for a while longer.
After all, the job of the Censor Yanguan is to report rumors.
The so-called impeachment based on rumors literally means participating in impeachment based on rumors.
The Ming Dynasty's rumors and reports were not so casual, but they were not much different.
Specifically, in the operation of court and local government affairs, as long as the officials with supervisory power think something is inappropriate, they can raise questions and request pickets.
This kind of impeachment does not need to be supported by detailed evidence.
After all, if there is evidence, it can be submitted directly to the Justice Department and discussed by the court, and there is no need to picket.
If there are no problems after the picketing, then the matter will be settled. If there are problems after the picketing, then the punishment will be according to the regulations.
In this case, it is normal for officials to make mistakes and impeach them.
Therefore, the imperial censor of the Ming Dynasty was very proud.
You are right. I dare to speak out and remonstrate with my eyes like lightning.
I said it wrong...I won't apologize, and I'll do it next time.
Therefore, it is indeed a bit disappointing that this censor gave up so quickly. I can't help but lament in my heart that today's young people are really inferior to each other...
The melon-eating elders thought this was the end of the matter, but at this moment, the emperor spoke.
"Since Wei Qing admits his mistake, it is said that knowing a mistake can correct it, and there is no greater good. He will be fined one month's salary and shut up for seven days to reflect on his mistakes as a punishment."
At this time, not only Wei An, who was supposed to step forward to receive the order, was stunned, but even the ministers below began to discuss with a "buzz".
After a while, the censor came out and said.
"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. Wei An, as a scholar, has the right to supervise. It is his duty to speak out after hearing rumors. How can he be punished for this?"
"Yes, even if the impeachment is wrong, it is still a common thing. It is really inappropriate to accuse someone of a crime. Your Majesty, please think again."
"His Majesty……"
If just now, the group of ministers below were still watching the show, now, they are all in high spirits.
Unlike the previous impeachment, which was just disgusting at the Ministry of Revenue, this was a matter involving court regulations.
Wei An's punishment was not severe, just one month's salary and seven days in isolation to reflect on his mistakes.
But the problem is that the Ming Dynasty has always been lenient towards the admonishers. Punishing the admonishers because of impeachment errors will be resisted in the Ming Dynasty.
Remonstrators can be punished for disobeying the emperor and acting arrogantly, but being punished for impeachment itself is unacceptable to most courtiers.
This is also the basis for the smooth road of Mingyan.
Although the punishment of the emperor's move was not severe, the hidden meaning in it made the court officials have to pay attention to it.
Facing the admonishments of so many courtiers, Zhu Qiyu remained very calm. He tilted his head and asked Chen Yi, the censor of Zuodu, beside him.
"General Xian thinks there is something wrong with my move?"
