Han You understood a truth in his last life. If people want to live well, they can't live in peace. Only people who live well care about face. If people who live poorly care about face, they will never live well. It's not just about being a human being. This is also how you should do things.
The shameless Han You didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning. He rubbed his waist and hummed a tune and left the Han Mansion, taking Wang Hai to the palace.
When he arrived outside the palace, Han You said he wanted to meet the emperor, and the guards guarding the gate let him in without informing him, but Wang Hai had to wait outside.
It is worth mentioning that even officials, as long as they are not third-grade or above, need to apply for permission to enter the palace. Han You was able to enter directly precisely because of the civil and military instructions.
After Han You left the palace last time, Wen and Wu told these guards that as long as it was not late at night, they could just let him in if Han You entered the palace.
It was almost ten o'clock in the morning, and the morning court was not over yet. Han You was too busy to wait outside the Jingzhi Palace. Instead, he went to take a stroll outside the Taiqian Palace where the emperor and his ministers went to court, wondering what would happen this morning. How did you get there?
There were hundreds of officials standing under the steps of Taiqian Hall, all of whom were from the Six Ministries and Nine Temples, most of whom were chief ministers and chief ministers.
These low-level officials are not qualified to enter the palace. Those who enter the palace are called to go to the court, and those who do not enter the palace are called to wait for the court. That is to say, they stand outside the Taiqian Hall. If the superior officials encounter any problems and don't know what to do, they can summon them at any time.
Many low-level officials who had been in the dynasty for decades never entered the Taiqian Palace until their death.
When Han You arrived, more than a hundred people, including low-level officials from the Ministry of War, were huddled under the makeshift awning outside the main hall. They were all as hot as their third grandson and covered in sweat.
The imperial guards guarding outside the palace saw the sneaky Han You, who was not wearing an official robe but a Confucian robe, and walked over quickly.
Seeing the guards coming over, Han You waved and saw an acquaintance. The guard leading the team was none other than Lu Baichuan, who had ridden with him twice.
"Master Han entered the palace to meet His Majesty?"
Lu Baichuan waved his hand and asked his men to go back and continue to guard outside the palace. He whispered: "You must abide by the rules in the palace. If you want to see His Majesty, you need to go to the Internal Affairs Supervisor to wait."
"I don't know the way either."
"Did His Majesty summon you?"
"No." Han You chuckled: "The errand is done. His Majesty said before that when it is done, he will take the initiative to deliver it to his door... No, take the initiative to report to his old man."
"I see."
While Han You was chatting, he stood on tiptoes and looked curiously into the Taiqian Palace.
"What's going on in there?"
"State affairs."
The two of them chatted one after another, but there was a different scene in Taiqian Palace.
Zhou Ke, the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, was sitting on the dragon chair, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and a jade crown. Patient officials from the six ministries went out to work, sometimes holding their breath and concentrating, sometimes frowning slightly.
The emperor's servant Wen Wu stood beside the emperor with his head bowed, as motionless as if he were dead.
The one who was doing the work was the right minister of the Ministry of Industry.
It has been raining recently, and many official roads in the lower county are old and in disrepair. The Ministry of Works wants to ask the Ministry of Household Affairs for some money, and then mobilize some people to go over and repair the roads.
After forcing everyone to get through, an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs stood up and said, "If you don't have money, don't fix it. If you want to fix it, ask your mother to fix it."
If you didn't say anything, just complain. The only left servant from the Ministry of Industry who had some fighting ability came out, shaking his head and yelling. The Ministry of Households was not used to it, and sent two generals, one was a doctor and the other was a Zuo, and the two were equally divided.
Someone from Taipu Temple also came out and said that it really should be repaired. The horses raised at the horse guard ranch in Bingbeitun in the lower county can now be ridden. If the official roads are not repaired, they will not be able to be transported as soon as possible.
As soon as he heard that there was a horse, the military department stood up and started to criticize the household department.
Suddenly, the court hall was noisy.
After arguing for a long time, no one could win. Later, everyone started to criticize Jingzhao Mansion in unison, saying that the civilian workers mobilized by Jingzhao Mansion to build roads in the past two years were lazy and failed to repair the road. It was all Jingzhao Mansion's fault anyway.
Han Bairen didn't come, but Shu Cheng came. He lowered his head and wanted to yawn. He was used to it.
The emperor on the dragon throne sighed silently.
After all, it's all about money.
Since he came to the throne, Zhou Ke can be said to be angry every day, and his back molars never stop hurting, just because he has three words and no money.
Money and food, money and food, only with money can you have food, and with food can you eat enough and work.
The reason why the previous emperor was called a faint emperor was mostly because of his extravagant spending in his later years.
If others squander, at most they will lose all their wealth.
If an emperor squanders money, it will ruin the wealth of millions of people.
For the training palace, a total of 70,000 young people were recruited. It took two and a half years to build it, and finally it made its debut. No, it was finally completed. The house collapsed, a hailstorm smashed it to pieces, the palace was useless, and the treasury was drained of seven Seven or eight.
The emperor visited the south, and the state capitals in various places dug mountains, built roads, and repaired cities. The money and food used for local areas were also plundered.
I am over 60 years old, and my head is set for a draft. The various states select girls of suitable age and send them to Beijing. It is like a military conscription in Ukraine. They just kick down the doors and snatch people from their homes, and the people's hearts are also torn apart. eight.
When Zhou Ke ascended the throne, he thought that the treasury was empty, but the Minister of Revenue told him that this was not the case. How could such a large treasury be empty? It was not empty, it was in debt.
Officials and soldiers were owed more than 4 million yuan in salary, those who deserved rewards, those who had completed projects but were not paid, etc.
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue were quite optimistic. They felt that the emperor had no knowledge and more than four million guan was nothing. Going back more than 80 years, the Dakang Dynasty owed more than 60 million guan at its peak, so why not just hold on to it?
At that time, Zhou Ke was very anxious. When he heard that he still owed more than 4 million yuan, he was so angry that he wanted to rebel. Then he thought about it, oh, I have successfully rebelled.
Later, Zhou Ke thought about this all day long. I rebelled because the army could not pay the military salary. Now that I have ascended the throne, the army still owes the military salary, so isn’t my rebellion in vain? This is not a rebellion, this is a crime!
But it didn't take long for Zhou Ke to stop worrying about this matter, because he discovered that not only could the military pay be paid out, but many places did not even have disaster relief money.
It can be said that if anyone can conjure five million strings out of thin air to solve these problems, he can just give him the title of Supreme Emperor.
Every morning, there was a lot of quarrels, all because of the word money.
Zhou Ke's pupils began to dilate.
He somewhat misses the days when he joined the army. Although it was hard and poor, he could pretend to be a bandit and rob a wealthy family, and he could make money very quickly.
"His Majesty."
A soft call brought Zhou Ke's thoughts back to reality. The Emperor's pupils gathered, and then he saw that the Ministry of Revenue official had finished spraying, and there were two people standing in the hall, an inspector and Wu Yong, the young minister of Honglu Temple.
Looking at Wu Yong, a trace of disgust flashed across Zhou Ke's eyes.
The inspector didn't know what he said and retreated back to the class.
Wu Yong looked like he was upright and not afraid of the shadow, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, just as Mr. Qi said, after hearing that the accounts in Beijing were burned yesterday, many people actually speculated that it was done by Wei Chen. I, I am frightened and uneasy. I look at the Ministry of Punishment , Dali Temple will investigate the matter thoroughly and return the minister to a clean slate."
"Accounts?" The emperor was stunned for a moment and looked at Wen Wu.
The old eunuch whispered: "Your Majesty, Inspector Qi said that the Jingzhao Mansion sent the inspected accounts to the Ministry of Accounts yesterday afternoon. On the way, he encountered a bold thief who burned the accounts completely. The murderers must be two He was a stranger, and his body was later found in the West City."
"What, the account was burned?"
The emperor was furious: "Burn the accounts and kill people's corpses..."
Halfway through speaking in a low voice, the emperor raised his brows, his eyes as sharp as a knife stared at the young minister of Honglu Temple's face, and gritted his teeth: "Wu Yong, you are looking for death!"
The old eunuch nodded repeatedly.
Our family also thinks it was our grandson who did it!
