Two minutes at the hour of Yin!

Outside the Meridian Gate, the cold wind whistled.

The officials of the Beijing people took horse-drawn carriages one after another, arrived at the palace, and then walked to the Meridian Gate.

The howling cold wind was like a steel knife, swaying the lanterns hanging on the city tower and the stone lamps on the roadside, and the torches in the guards' hands swayed violently.

The officials and men are wrapped in thick cloaks and windproof hats. Careful people can find that no matter the grade or power, everyone wears simple clothes.

The cloak is made of wool and the hat is made of rat skin.

People who are slightly more wealthy in the capital can also wear this outfit.

The attitude of Beijing officials is very obvious. Everyone is poor, and they live in food and clothing. Where can they get the money donation?

At this time, there was still half an hour before the meeting. The officials gathered together in groups of three or three and discussed in a low voice.

The censor of the regulatory order turned a blind eye to this.

"Everyday Chaohui, Your Majesty is determined to mess with us."

"Yes, otherwise, donate some money, it wouldn't be much."

"Mr. Yang is confused. He said that he only asked us to donate our salary for three months, but it was actually His Majesty's plan to shoot him. I will only ask you, at that time, the King of Shoufu will take the initiative to donate his salary for one year. Will the Duke respond or not? Do you really think this donation is enough? You just pry open your mouth first."

"This... Lord Zhu's words are reasonable, and Yang understands it."

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"You must not let go of this matter, just as we discussed yesterday. As long as you follow the steps of the Lords, and do not let go or surrender, your Majesty will beg us for a few more days."

"Oh, I am honest and my house I live in is still rented. The capital has begun to lack food. I will donate my salary again. How can I live?"

"Like Lord Zhao, we are all scholars with clean arms."

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"Several sirs, it's cold and the officials are so uncomfortable that they can't stand it anymore. Why don't you donate as your Majesty wishes?"

This is an official who is in a wait-and-see state and is in a favorable state of donation.

The officials around him immediately showed anger: "Mr. Li is too confused. There are constant snow disasters everywhere, and there is a shortage of food, charcoal and silver. With our meager salary, how can we fill the treasury?"

"Mr. Li only saw in front of him, but he didn't think further. The reason why the dukes gritted their teeth was really a precedent. There were one orders and two orders and three orders. After a while, His Majesty is short of money, and I will donate again. Will we drink the northwest wind?"

"That's why Shujishi Xu Xinnian can't understand such a simple truth."

"It's not that I can't understand it, it's clearly pretending to be deaf and dumb, to please His Majesty."

"This boy is self-righteous and looks down on his cousin's majesty. Recently, he has become a little fluttering with the Prime Minister."

"Hey, don't be a son."

An official spat hard.

On the other side, Zhang Xingying, who was promoted to the right censor, stepped slowly towards Liu Hong and sighed in a low voice:

"Your Highness has a good idea. If you can call on the literati and officials to donate money, then the local governments call on the gentry to donate money. With money and food, it can greatly alleviate the disaster and curb refugees.

"As long as you survive this winter, the people will not make trouble everywhere after seeing the hope of spring plowing.

"It's a pity that Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, has insufficient reputation and is unstable. Duke Wei has passed away again, otherwise he would be able to join forces with the King of Kings to promote donations.

"Now...ah, there are also dissatisfied people under our command."

His Highness Huaiqing instigated Xu Erlang to submit a memorial, but the former Wei party was not aware of it at first.

Afterwards, several key personnel discussed and always believed that this plan was difficult to achieve and would encounter great obstacles.

First of all, it is extremely difficult to get out of the pockets of civil and military officials. Everyone is from the time of Emperor Jing of Yuan Dynasty. How can we not know each other’s virtues?

Eat and get a lot of money, and make money.

The national strength of Dafeng has been weakened to this day. Is it really the last emperor's fault? The last emperor's fault is not right, and the people below follow him.

It is too late to make money in normal times. I hope to pull a handful of wool from these old gluttons. You can imagine how much resistance is.

Secondly, this "cold disaster" that almost crushed the last straw of the camel. Who knows when it will end? It's only been a month since winter begins, and it hasn't come when it's even colder.

At that time, the court still has no money. What should His Majesty do? Another call for donations?

In the end, this is essentially a court game.

The emperor and the officials actually belong to two opposing camps. The new emperor took office and made such a move, which made the civil servants smell a little bad.

Whether it is from a standpoint or from a love for money, instinctive resistance or resistance.

Not to mention Emperor Yongxing, Emperor Jing of Yuan would still encounter resistance when he was in power.

Liu Hong glanced at the officials who were gathering together and whispering to each other:

"Maybe, at this time, His Highness Huaiqing was watching coldly. Who agreed with the donation; who agreed with the heart but did not dare to offend the public; who were so stingy that he refused to vomit a penny."

Zhang Xingying suddenly said, "She knows this plan is not feasible?"

He frowned: "Wouldn't this hurt Xu Cijiu?"

Liu Hong smiled and said, "Not that he has support from the King of Shou Guard, at most he will be on the bench for a few years."

Zhang Xingying nodded and sighed:

"I still hope to make this happen. The treasury is really out of money. Now the refugees are in chaos everywhere and there are signs of chaos. If they are not extinguished as soon as possible, they will be in chaos sooner or later."

Liu Hong showed a meaningful smile, and at this time, a commotion in the distance attracted the two of them.

Liu Hong and Zhang Xingying narrowed their eyes and looked over. They saw a young official in a green robe standing in front of Xu Xinnian, who was also wearing green robe, screaming and spitting everywhere.

Liu Hong's eyes were not very good. After looking at it for a long time, he asked:

"Who is that?"

Zhang Xingying smiled and said, "Jin Ke Tanhua, Qian Mu."

Liu Hong also laughed:

"It's those young men who wrote memorials to sue the Minister of Personnel for corruption and bribery, and led to the officials of the Ministry of Personnel?

"It seems that I have been sitting on the bench for a long time and my butt can't stand the coldness. I came here to express my reputation."

Zhang Xingying shook his head: "It will be a gun for someone to be a gun. There will be benefits in a short period of time. In the long run, haha, it angered Your Majesty. What else do he want to have to eat?"

Liu Hong smiled and said, "It's okay. Once you make a letter of surrender and join the Qing Party, you can still become an official. As long as you keep a low profile in the future, can Your Majesty still keep his eyes on him?"

There are laughter and laughter on the other side, but there are tensions on the other side.

Qian Mu pointed at Xu Xinnian and said aggressively:

"In the coldest year, the honest people in the court lacked rice and charcoal. Not everyone is like Xu Tanhua, and their family has a wealth of money and a wealth of food and food.

"With three months' salary, how can you let those clean colleagues spend this winter?"

Before Xu New Year could speak, he sneered and said sarcastically:

"In order to please Your Majesty, you came up with such a ridiculous plan. I am a villain. I am also dull in the same period as you."

Officials watching from the side agreed.

Xu Xinnian said with a blank expression: "I am here to serve the people and have a clear conscience."

"What a clear conscience!"

Qian Mu laughed three times and said loudly: "I am willing to disperse all my family property, fill the treasury, and provide relief to the victims. Xu Tanhua, since you have a clear conscience and are the people, how dare you donate all your family property like me?"

After saying this, there were cheers everywhere:

"Mr. Qian is noble and generous."

"Mr. Qian is righteous."

A series of narrow eyes looked at Xu Xinnian.

Xu Xinnian frowned. Qian Mu's words were really rogue. The Xu family had a number of shops, fertile fields, and the chicken essence left by the elder brother to pay dividends. What did the other party have?

Although I am not penniless, after sitting on the bench for so long, I am afraid that there are only a few buckets of rice and a few taels of silver at home.

But he was unable to reason, because neither Qian Mu, the people behind him, nor the officials around him were justified.

They are here to find fault.

If you ignore it, he may have another "hypocrite" in the New Year after the court meeting.

At this moment, Shoufu Wang came over, without saying a word, but just glanced at the officials around him coldly.

The officials immediately fell silent.

Qian Mu smiled. Regardless of whether Xu Xinnian should respond or not, what he wanted to express had been conveyed.

There was no movement after that, until the hour of Mao came, the drum sounded.

All civil and military officials remained silent, crossed the Meridian Gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and lined up in sequence from the level of the level.

Only that small group of people can enter the Golden Palace.

As one of the core figures of this storm, Xu Xinnian was also allowed to enter the hall, but had to stand at the entrance of the hall.
To be continued...