This is the brilliance of Qin Hui.

Everyone thought he was the main militant.

But in fact he may be a peacemaker.

Even if some people guessed that Qin Hui was the peace advocate, they didn't know that half of the reasons why Qin Hui advocated peace were intentional hints from the Zhao Guan family.

But it's just a hint.

Politics is actually very simple. On the table, all parties compete for power and interests.

But politics is extremely complicated because people's hearts are very complicated.

There are many things that cannot be said directly on the table.

For example, now Zhao Ning wants to continue to maintain peace with the Kingdom of Jin officially, and privately draw a knife to bleed the Kingdom of Jin. However, due to the competition and weighing of the interests of all parties, he will not express his position directly when the time is not available.

Qin Hui guessed what Zhao Guan's family wanted and actively promoted some things, but in order to cater to Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and other powerful people, he did not express his position on the surface, but secretly hinted that some people would come to play and test.

As for other low-level people, whether in the court or at the local level, they are just taking sides.

Those who cannot see through this and like to take the lead may basically become cannon fodder in the end.

In other words, those who have seen through it but make the wrong move in the face of the huge temptation of interests will end up in a miserable situation.

By the time Qin Hui finished speaking, the trial between all parties had initially come to an end.

But it didn't end there.

Shao Pu, the Minister of Household Affairs, came out again and said: "Your Majesty, there are feedbacks from all walks of life on the summer tax this year. Among them, Huaidong, Jiangdong, Liangzhe, Beijingbei, Jingnan, Lizhou, and Chengdu Prefecture reported that the summer tax may be higher than in previous years.

A little less."

Zhao Ning asked calmly: "How much less?"

Shao Pu lowered his head slightly, swallowed his throat, and said, "Half is missing."

As soon as he said this, people started talking again.

Mei Zhili rushed out and said: "Your Majesty..."

"Mei Qing, you have to wait for others to finish speaking. It is very impolite to interrupt others."

"Your Majesty, I have something to say..." Mei Zhili obviously couldn't bear it anymore. It was about summer taxes and the national treasury.

"Step back first and let Shao Qing finish what he said."

Mei Zhili held it in so hard that he seemed to be vomiting blood, and finally said: "Yes!"

"Shao Qing, why is half of it missing?"

Shao Pu said: "The transshipment envoys from all walks of life have reported that this year's harvest is not very good and the people's lives are difficult."

Zhao Ning said: "Oh, I remembered that two months ago, various local transshipment envoys sent me letters, hoping that the court could reduce or reduce certain taxes."

"Yes, that's the reason." Shao Pu said immediately.

Zhao Guanjia changed the subject and asked: "Xiangong Zhao, the transfer envoy of South Beijing Road, have you appointed the Criminal and Prison Department and the Changping Department?"

Zhao Ding came out and said: "They have all taken office. They are Chen Qiudao, Feng Changning and Fan Zhicai. These three people have made outstanding achievements in the past."

"Okay, just make the appointment." Zhao Guan's eyes turned to Shao Pu again, "Shao Pu, do you know why I killed people in the south of Beijing?"

Shao Pu's heart was moved, and he answered cautiously: "It's because of illegal private lending, and I was about to talk about it..."

Zhao Ning interrupted him: "Let's figure it out one by one. You just said that the summer tax in these places has been reduced by half because of the suffering of the people?"

"yes!"

"So, you agree with what they said?"

Shao Pu hesitated for a moment, then said bravely: "I agree, the war in the north in recent years has mobilized a lot of food from the south, and it will be affected to some extent."

Zhao Ning simply stood up and walked down, holding the hilt of the sword with his right hand as usual.

With a faint smile on his face, he looked at Shao Pu and said, "How much suffering are there among the people? Come and tell me about it?"

The ministers on one side did not speak.

Shao Pu hesitated for a moment and said: "The people are struggling to survive by borrowing money, which fully illustrates the suffering of the people."

"Well, that makes sense. People live by borrowing money, and they are being loaned out at three times the interest rate!" Zhao Guanjia's face suddenly turned cold, "If I hadn't gone down to see with my own eyes, I would have been frightened by Li Zhaoyan, the transfer envoy to southern Jingnan.

!I was deceived by you Shao Pu!"

Shao Pu was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, how dare I deceive you? I reported the truth truthfully. This is fully proved by the people's loans. Otherwise, who would be willing to borrow money?"

"Yes, most people would not be willing to borrow money unless forced by life. They just want to farm and make a living! Why do they still drink their blood and eat their flesh!"

Zhao Guan's voice echoed in Chui Gong Hall.

"Why!" Zhao Ning's sharp eyes were fixed on Shao Pu, "Raise your head and look at me!"

Shao Pu was trembling with fright, and he regretted standing up and saying this just now.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Zhao Guan's house.

"Tell me, why? Don't you know the sufferings of the people?"

"I...I also reported to various documents, I..."

"Submit various documents? Don't you verify them? Why do the Ministry of Household Affairs have so many different documents? The one Mei Zhili gave me is different from what you said!"

"I...I am also doing it for your majesty's wisdom. The people are suffering. If your majesty can reduce taxes, the people will naturally be grateful to you. As for..."

Zhao Guanjia interrupted him again: "As for local government households and ordinary households not paying taxes, you don't dare to mention one more, right? The sufferings of the people? You dare to talk about the sufferings of the people in front of me! Relieve the sufferings of the people.

Is suffering a matter of tax relief?”

No one spoke in the hall at this time.

"This time I am in Xiangyang Mansion and I am looking for a Guo family to buy grain. How much grain do you think he has? He can easily sell it to me for one hundred thousand shi!"

"Guess where the food for Changping Division comes from?"

"This is what Guo sells!"

"I went south from Nanyang and entered Xiangyang Prefecture. Along the way, I saw endless wheat fields, golden wheat waves, and the fragrance of wheat. Farmers were working in the fields. What a wonderful scene. Is this a good harvest? Is this a prosperous age? This is

Doesn’t it mean that the people will have enough food and clothing?”

"This is a bumper harvest! This is a sign that the people will have enough food and clothing! However, what I saw was the skinny people standing in line to borrow three times the usury! Then they bought grain for two dollars and one stone! Where did the harvest food go?"

"Li Zhaoyan's house was ransacked, and 80,000 shi of grain was confiscated!"

"Zhou Hong was confiscated and confiscated 70,000 shi of grain!"

"The Guo family was confiscated with 150,000 shi (18 million catties) of grain, which was piled up like a mountain! It can feed 100,000 people for half a year!"

"Come! Shao Qing, please explain to me what the sufferings of the people are! What is two dollars and one stone to buy food, and what the fuck is 150,000 stones of food!"

It was dead quiet, no one spoke.

Shao Pu knelt there and whispered: "I was negligent for a moment, and I was also misled by their documents."

Zhao Ning touched Shao Pu's official hat and said, "Qin Hui."

"I'm here."

"You said that such an important matter can be misled, how to deal with it?"

"Your Majesty, no one can make mistakes without being a sage. Everyone will make mistakes. Mr. Yu Zhang also said that small mistakes can be tolerated to show your majesty's benevolence and appease people's hearts. However, big mistakes must not be tolerated, otherwise people

If everyone makes big mistakes, wouldn’t the country be in danger?”

"I asked you how to deal with it?"
Chapter completed!