Hearing the words, the four people nodded solemnly. No matter Datou, Yang Kai, Yu Yi or Shi Xuanming, they were not stupid people. They all had a foresight in their minds about what they would face when they left.

He quickly left the Yushitai and rushed to the Ministry of Finance alone on horseback. This morning, he had already drawn up a distribution plan for the treasury silver and obtained the emperor's approval. Before leaving, he had to arrange it and let everyone in the Ministry of Finance handle it according to the regulations, so that the disaster relief silver would be distributed as early as possible.

If the distribution continues, the precarious victims will be able to get enough rice as soon as possible.

After the court dismissed today, I ordered the Minister of Household Affairs who was also in the court and the officials of the fifth rank and above to allocate and distribute disaster relief silver coins as soon as possible, but the official seal is on the body, and the distribution and allocation also need final confirmation. If they don't come, they will

They didn't dare to make illegal transfers, but they also didn't dare to go back to rest. They all stayed in the household department to recharge and wait.

When he returned to the Ministry of Household Affairs, he immediately summoned officials from various departments to assign errands. Last night, he had already compiled statistics on the situation of the prefectures, prefectures, and counties that had requested disaster relief. Today, he immediately determined the amount and allocated funds separately. All the yamen of the past dynasties, as the hall,

The top official has absolute power. The official seal is in his hand, and the pen is also in his hand. How much disaster relief money should be allocated to which state, county, and county can be determined by his thoughts.

What everyone in the hall saw was that he was holding great power and swiping his pen, but there was no arbitrary joy and pride in Gan Gang. Instead, they were just worried and helpless. He did not dare to change the amount of funding set last night at will. Because of these

It is all life-saving money for ordinary people. The Ministry of Revenue must distribute it fairly according to the disaster situation. The direct consequence of unfair distribution is starvation. There is nothing we can do to kill people due to natural disasters. But if people starve to death because of the negligence of the Ministry of Revenue, it is a man-made disaster.

As an official in the household department, he is the murderer.

There are many officials in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although the gold seal is carried with him, he does not need to do it himself when stamping the seal. There is a special bookkeeper who does it for him and is only responsible for writing the amount of the appropriation.

After all the official documents requesting disaster relief were processed, the official in charge of distributing the disaster relief money said sternly, "There is very little money in the local treasury. These disaster relief funds must be allocated from the national treasury. They must be released immediately and send people to escort them all the way through the night."

All places. In addition, inform officials in those prefectures, prefectures and counties that these silver coins can only be used to purchase grain and provide disaster relief. No one can use it for other purposes. Anyone who dares to misappropriate money or embezzle money will be personally tried by the Yushitai Council and severely punished.

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When everyone heard this, they hurriedly bowed in response.

The next thing that needs to be distributed is military supplies. In order to buy time for Zhang Shan and others to recruit new troops, and to prevent the feudal town from using the silver issued by the court to recruit troops, the military pay issued to the military governors of various places was deliberately changed to military pay.

Need, to put it bluntly, means providing food but not money.

Even if you are distributing food, you will still be unwilling to do so, because most of the money is used for meat buns to fight dogs, or even to raise tigers. But even if you are unwilling, you still have to continue to distribute it. If you directly withhold it, in case it triggers a mutiny

, he has to take full responsibility. In fact, he is not afraid of taking responsibility, but he does not dare to make extraneous matters, because at this time, the court is in urgent need of recuperation and cannot withstand any changes and impacts in a short period of time.

When delineating the amount of funding for the Qingyang Jiedu Envoy, not only was it not reduced from the established 800,000 taels, but an additional 200,000 taels were added. The purpose of this was to delay the procurement time of the Ministry of Revenue.

Since military supplies were issued instead of military salaries and silver taels, all purchases were handled by the Finance Department and the Warehouse Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs. After signing all official military supplies documents, an order was issued that the military supplies sent to various places must be sufficient.

The amount is sufficient and there must be no shortage. The purpose of this is naturally to delay time.

Do the feudal vassal towns in various parts of the country know that he is stalling for time? The answer is yes, they must know, and this is also expected. However, people are greedy, and this distribution of military supplies is the largest in recent years.

On this occasion, before the food and grass were distributed in place, those Jiedushi would never act rashly and throw away the duck that was about to reach its mouth.

Although the emperor stated at the court that the expenses of the inner court would be reduced from five million taels to three million taels, he did not comply with the order and still allocated five million taels to the palace. Zhang Shan was right, and so was the emperor.

People also have joys, sorrows and joys. The emperor was so hot-headed that he lost two million taels of his expenses. If he had followed the order, he would have been able to eat only six dishes when he should have eaten ten. What the emperor resented was this.

The Ministry of Accounts won't be able to do anything.

The writing of the five million taels is quite confusing. In fact, if someone else is in charge of the household department, he will also give five million taels to the inner court. But his mentality is different from others. To be precise, the original intention is different. Others are trying to please the emperor.

He was promoted to an official position, and he wanted to please the emperor in order to continue to be in charge of the household department, because next he had to raise military salary for Zhang Shan and others. This was a thankless job that others really couldn't do well.

Handling tedious official duties is the most time-consuming. By the time many trivial matters are arranged, it is already time for handover.

Not daring to delay, he immediately returned to the Yushitai. At this time, Datou and others had already changed into

Wear casual clothes, prepare horses and wait for a long time.

Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming were ordered to leave the city from the south gate and the north gate respectively. After leaving the city, they made a short circle and waited on the westbound road.

Since Da Tou and Yang Kai would leave the city from the west gate next, there was no rush for them to leave.

Datou knew that he had not eaten all day, so he prepared a meal for him. While he was sitting in the hall and devouring his food, several eunuchs in eunuch costumes appeared outside the court door.

When he saw the eunuch, the eunuch outside the door also saw him. There were three eunuchs coming this time, two young eunuchs following behind, and the one walking in front holding the imperial edict in his hand was a middle-aged eunuch.

The middle-aged eunuch said with a smile on his face, "Oh, Mr. Li, you are so diligent in your work. It's already late, so why don't you have lunch?"

He had not been to court often, so he was unfamiliar with most of the eunuchs in the palace. The sudden appearance of the eunuch with an imperial edict in his hand also surprised him.

Just when he stood up in confusion, the middle-aged eunuch turned around and said sharply to the two young eunuchs behind him, "Wait outside the door."

After drinking down the young eunuch who was accompanying him, the middle-aged eunuch just stepped into the court and said, "Master Li, my surname is Zhou from the Za family. I am here on the orders of the emperor to deliver the edict."

The middle-aged eunuch looked left and right as he spoke. Upon seeing this, Datou hurriedly winked at Yang Kai, and the two quietly stood up and left silently.

After going down to the court, I came to the middle-aged eunuch and said, "Thank you, Eunuch Zhou."

"Master Li is serious, this is a matter within the Zajia family," the middle-aged eunuch said, lowering his hand and lowering the imperial edict he had been holding. "The emperor has an edict. Li Min, the minister of household affairs and the imperial censor, kneels down to receive the edict."

He was still depressed and about to kneel down, but when he heard Eunuch Zhou's words, he was stunned on the spot. Seeing the imperial edict was like the emperor coming in person. It is a common rule for ministers to kneel to receive the edict. However, this time Eunuch Zhou actually ordered him to avoid kneeling to receive the edict. Zhou

The father-in-law is a eunuch who delivers orders, and what he conveys is the emperor's wishes. Why does the emperor want him to receive the order without having to kneel down?

Just when he was secretly wondering, Eunuch Zhou had already unfolded the imperial edict and began to read out, "Under my sect, Mr. Li, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Royal Censor, is loyal to the emperor and the country, and can handle affairs effectively. I will reward you with a horse riding in the imperial city. I will not kneel down when I see you. I admire you."

He was already confused. After hearing the eunuch read the edict, he became even more confused. He had just let go of everyone in the Ni family. Logically speaking, the emperor should be angry. Why did he suddenly issue an edict and reward a horse in the imperial city?

Don’t you kneel down?

He rises

He has only been the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs for a few days, how can he handle the affairs effectively? What kind of song does the emperor sing?

"Congratulations, sir. No one other than an important official of the Zhu Kingdom can enjoy this honor." Eunuch Zhou rolled up the imperial edict and delivered it with both hands.

He took it with both hands, full of doubts.

Just when he was secretly wondering, Eunuch Zhou looked around and then looked directly at him with strange eyes.

Upon seeing this, he immediately guessed that Eunuch Zhou had something to say to him in private. Thinking that he would rush to Qingyang immediately, he immediately turned and walked towards the publican, "I have urgent official business. I wanted to go to the palace to meet the saint. My father-in-law came just in time. I'm sorry to bother you.

I will present my official report to the Emperor."

These words were spoken very loudly. After saying this, he took out the blank paper, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote quickly. The general meaning was that he suddenly got a tip that Yang Fugong, the imperial convict, was hiding in Qingyang Jiedu envoy Yang Shouxin, and he could do so at any time.

There is the possibility of traveling to another place to connect with the adopted son of other commanders. The matter is of great importance and it is extremely urgent. I must immediately take people there to assassinate and hoe the traitors.

While writing the memorial, Eunuch Zhou took the opportunity to take a few steps forward and whispered, "Master Li, the Za family owes much to Duke Ji."

Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Eunuch Zhou. Duke Ji Guo was Ni Tuo's title. Eunuch Zhou meant that he was very close to Ni Tuo.

I had known for a long time that there was Ni Tuo's spy around the emperor. After hearing what Eunuch Zhou said, I immediately guessed that Eunuch Zhou was Ni Tuo's spy.

Eunuch Zhou lowered his voice and said urgently, "Master Li, the emperor felt dizzy and unwell today from the court. After retreating from the court, he was still restless. After a nap, he suddenly woke up and immediately summoned Si Tiantai Baozhang to the palace to see him.

Interpretation of dreams.”

Hearing Eunuch Zhou's words, he frowned. Baozhang was an official in Sitiantai. He was responsible for observing stars and predicting good and bad luck. He was the emperor's royal magician.

Eunuch Zhou continued, "While the emperor was taking a nap, an old man in soap clothes and a black beard fell into his dream. He accused him of blaspheming the gods and disturbing his dignity. Based on what the emperor said, Baozhang asserted that the old man with a black beard was the Mingxing Lord of Nan Dou Si. As for the matter,

The black-bearded old man blasphemed the gods and messed up the concept of superiority and inferiority, so he was judged as neglecting the mortal gods. As it happens, my lord, you are kneeling down to worship today, so the emperor suspected that you are the god that the old man in black said, lest you go to court.

If you kneel down again at that time, you will break the emperor's dragon spirit, so I have hastily issued an edict that you will not kneel before you."
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