Xiao Chen really doesn’t want to do it anymore. Anyway, you, Li Wanjiang, forced me to do it, but it’s not that I don’t want to do it.
No, I only have three years to live. Don’t you, Li Wanjiang, have any idea?
Now I want to risk my life and do things for you Li Wanjiang as long as I live. Why don't you let me go and do it?
Whoever can do it will do it, and whoever likes it will do it.
I won’t serve you anymore!
Let's take the brothers out to sea to find a small island to have a happy time!
The rise and fall of the world is none of my business!
"Xiao Chen, we are discussing national affairs, don't try to control your anger!" Li Shi said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I'm not controlling my energy, I'm holding it back." Xiao Chen sighed, "I only want to get things done in Yanyun County, but Master Zhou, Master Chen, and Master Xu want to do this."
If you file a lawsuit with me, would you say I feel chilled?"
"Everyone is right, but they are not aimed at you, Xiao Chen. Of course, what you said is also reasonable. The situation in Yanyun County is special. We should not stick to the rules too much when it comes to employing people. I see Liu Congshu, Feng Tianlong, and Wen Chengxu
Three people can use it without exception... It will not be an exception next time." Li Shi expressed his position directly.
Xiao Chen stopped talking.
"Xiao Chen, you have to go to Yanyun County at the moment. Don't even think about being a pick for me. If you have any opinions, you can put forward your opinions. Let's discuss it and don't act like a child." Li Wanjiang said.
"I am too impulsive, but I am also anxious. Yanyun County is full of waste and the people are crying for food. I am worried day and night. I toss and turn just because I can't sleep. I just want to finish the errands of Yanyun County in the fastest and shortest time.
Well, to live up to the emperor's great trust in his ministers, this fiery loyalty has been poured down by snow..."
When Xiao Chen talked about his sadness, he was almost speechless and choked up, almost bursting into tears.
"I know your thoughts very well, but this is a court meeting. Naturally, everyone has to brainstorm and express their own opinions, but they all discuss matters on a case-by-case basis. Everything is for the common good. If everyone is so fussy about it like you, nothing can be discussed!
Let’s not mention the matter of resignation again. We, the monarchs and ministers, will work together to resolve the affairs of Yanyun County as soon as possible.”
Li Wanjiang said so, what else could Xiao Chen say?
Anyway, after all, isn’t this all what your emperor meant? You’ve been asked to say all the nice things, so you can just say it and I won’t say anything, right?
I don’t have to resign, but I can pretend to be sick. If everything goes as I want today, that’s it. Otherwise, I will get sick at any time, I tell you!
You blame me for losing my temper like a child. If I didn't lose my temper, you would all treat me like a child!
"Then just follow what Li Shi said. Let's use the three people mentioned by Xiao Chen in an exception. Then the Ministry of Personnel will draw up official documents to formally appoint them. As for the other candidates... the Ministry of Personnel still has to evaluate them, but we might as well relax a little bit about the merits.
Restrictions, after all, the current situation in Yanyun County is special, so we should handle special matters." Li Wanjiang said.
Xiao Chen still didn't speak, but his expression had softened a lot.
The next step is to discuss mutual trading, and no one objects to this.
In fact, everyone knows that mutual trading is something that benefits both sides of the current Great Zhou Dynasty and Beijiang. However, out of a prudent and self-protective mentality, no one dares to propose it for the sake of the world, for fear that it will cause unnecessary trouble for themselves.
trouble.
But Xiao Chen didn't care and just did it. Everyone had to admire this kid's daring to think and do, and to do what he did.
Next, Li Wanjiang took the initiative to offer food subsidies and relief to Yanyun County. Of course he didn't want to give it, but it would definitely not work if he didn't. Didn't this kid Xiao Chen come back just for money?
Although Li Wanjiang had made it clear in the previous conversation between the two that he would not give him any money, he just said that and it was impossible not to give him any money.
Because Xiao Chen will ask him for it in other names. If you don’t believe it, let’s just wait and see!
So instead of waiting for the lion to open its mouth, it is better to block his mouth first.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is aware of the situation in the Ministry of Household Affairs. A few years ago, he basically collected all the debts owed to the bank. However, due to the war in Minzhou, all was spent again. Now let me just take the money.
It’s also extremely difficult.” As expected, Chen Wenqi immediately started complaining.
"Even so, Aiqing still has to plan a sum of money to subsidize Yanyun County, otherwise Xiao Chen will really be difficult to deal with." Li Wanjiang means that if we don't spend some money, we may not be able to deal with Xiao Chen.
To be honest, we, the monarchs and ministers, owe Xiao Chen a lot in this matter.
When Xiao Chen sent out troops, we had no intention of giving him military pay. He didn't hesitate to offend hundreds of officials in the court and took back the 4 million owed from the bank to use as military pay.
Moreover, he also used his own money to purchase so much grain from Myanmar to subsidize Yanyun's military and civilians...
Of course I know that all this money came from him through corruption and bribery, but among you gentlemen here, who dares to say that he did not embezzle money behind my back?
I'm afraid you are much more greedy than Xiao Chen, but I haven't seen you take out a single penny to confiscate it!
It only cost 4 million taels of silver to pacify Yanyun County in half a year. This is simply a miracle! If someone else was sent there, they would not be able to do it even with 20 million taels of silver!
The problem is that Xiao Chen has also supported the imperial court with tens of thousands of fine war horses. These war horses alone are worth millions of taels of silver. Xiao Chen doesn't care if we ask for one tael of silver... Of course, he will come back this time.
Will want it.
"Your Majesty is still wise!" Sure enough, Xiao Chen spoke coldly, "Mr. Chen, before I complain, you start crying to me about poverty! Your Majesty asked you to give me Yanyun County subsidies, but he didn't ask you to settle accounts.
Since you want to settle accounts, let’s calculate these accounts in detail first!”
The first account is the military salary you owe me. From the beginning to the end, your Ministry of Accounts did not allocate one tael of silver to me! Can you calculate clearly how much the military salary of 10,000 people for half a year is? Don’t tell me about the four hundred
Ten thousand, I spent all those four million to buy food!
That's the second account. I asked you how much of the grain I finally bought from Myanmar was withheld by various places along the way? You don't need to settle this account. I brought you all the IOUs.
, you will understand clearly as soon as you turn the beads on your abacus.
The third account was for the horses, cattle and sheep. I shamelessly took the risk of falling out with several tribal princes in northern Xinjiang and forcibly obtained these on credit!
I had no choice but to do this because I knew that the war in Minzhou was tense and that a large number of war horses were urgently needed.
I have personally promised to repay people's money after the Spring Festival, but the deadline has actually expired. If I can't bring the money back, haha, then I won't be able to go back!
Otherwise, why don't you send someone from the Ministry of Revenue to discuss with them to see if we can delay it for another year or two? It's best for you, Mr. Chen, to go there in person. They will definitely give you this face.
As for military pay, it’s okay if you don’t have money and don’t pay it. I would rather pay it out of my own pocket than pay it to my brothers on time, because they abandoned their families and careers and risked their lives to fight bloody battles for our great Zhou Dynasty. I can’t let them.