The accounts were calculated for a full half day, and the Wende Hall beads kept ringing. Under Yuan Shaopei's recalculation and arrangement, the accounts of each case were in order, and were forwarded to this article by Dong Tongying.
Jinshang lowered his head and looked at the general ledger, flipped through two pages at random, looked at Dong Tongying with a gloomy look, and then moved his gaze from Dong Tongying to Prince Jin.
When he looked at Dong Tongying, his eyes were just gloomy, but when he looked at King Jin, his eyes were already sinister.
"Which of you had the idea to bring this abacus and accounts to me today?"
Dong Tongying knew in his heart that King Jin would be in trouble if he took on the role of the instigator in front of Jin Shang, but he did it anyway, not knowing what King Jin was feeling at this time.
He glanced at King Jin from the corner of his eye, and saw King Jin standing there with his head lowered and a gentle look on his face - King Jin had been standing dryly in the Wende Hall for a whole morning, and even Yuan Shaopei got an embroidered pier.
A cup of hot tea, but King Jin kept standing like this.
It's a pity that the emperor's family has no sons and no fathers, and the king is not a wise king. Even as a minister, the king of Jin has to be questioned.
He couldn't bear the embarrassment to the King of Jin, so he raised his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, I made a rough calculation yesterday and invited the King of Jin to discuss the matter of repairing the palace."
Before he finished speaking, Jinshang interrupted him with a sneer: "I know you don't have the guts."
Now he looked at King Jin: "Boss, you are very lenient in your management. You can also call on the three divisions. It seems that I can't control you anymore."
King Jin lowered his head and said respectfully: "I don't dare."
Jin Shang sneered again and again and his laughter was harsh, which made all the people in the three divisions in the main hall sweat for King Jin after they had finished their calculations. However, King Jin did not move at all and did not kneel down to beg for mercy.
Now, looking at him standing majestically in the main hall, he seemed to see the figures of the two women from the Pei family overlapping on his body.
The Pei family are all such tough-minded people.
The older one dared to draw his sword against the courtiers, the one in the middle palace could not even be poisoned by poison, and the younger one was now hardened and refused to talk about the relationship between father and son. The younger one controlled most of the large court.
It is very difficult for him to touch King Jin now.
The saliva of courtiers, remonstrances, and scholars all over the world can drown him. If he wants to suppress the King of Jin, he has to find another way.
Today, while weighing, he lowered his head and looked through the account book: "Xiang Dong, please tell me about the expenditures of various sectors. Which expenditures are large, or is it because the tax revenue is too low, which makes the national treasury so difficult?"
Dong Tongying quickly replied: "Compared with previous years, the tax revenue is slightly surplus. After the field tax and fish scale registration were clarified, the number of refugees was greatly reduced, and the people were able to live and work in peace and contentment. This all depends on your Majesty's wisdom. However, Dingzhou has been suffering from drought for many years and the war has been tense. As soon as it is applied
Dudu has to be allocated from the treasury, which is the largest expenditure. There are also frequent earthquakes in Shu and floods on the two lakes and roads, which are all large expenditures. Your Majesty wants to repair the palace, and the ministers should give full support, but they really have no intention.
It’s so powerless.”
Everyone in the Third Division knows that Dong Tongying speaks tactfully.
In fact, there was corruption at all levels in the court, and the Liangguang Road Yamen personally opened the way for Qingbai Salt, which caused the salt tax to drop sharply. If it were not for the increase in land tax, the national treasury would not only be in difficulty, but would have already been in deficit.
However, today they want Jinshang to give up repairing the palace, which has already made Jinshang very angry. It is okay not to say these things that the court does not understand.
Everyone was silent, waiting for Jinshang's reaction.
Dong Tongying saw that he was speechless, so he immediately said: "Relying on your majesty's wisdom, now Yongzhou and Mozhou have been recovered. In time, we will be able to recover all the land in front of and behind the mountains. With your majesty's achievements, when the time comes, Liao and Xia will pay tribute.
Not to mention repairing the palace, just expanding the palace, and the national treasury can support it."
After Jinshang heard about his sage achievements, his solemn expression finally softened a little, and he nodded: "Where is the inner treasury, can you disburse the money?"
Dong Tongying shook his head: "Your Majesty is frugal, and the internal treasury does not spend much. It is just that the cost of repairing the palace is huge, and the internal treasury cannot support it."
The others in Sansi secretly pouted again.
It was not that the inner treasury was unable to support it, but that Concubine Zhang had become more and more favored by her superiors since Zhang Rui's death, and had no one to control her, so she spent extravagantly.
All her clothes must be dazzling and brilliant. The brocade dress she wore on her birthday was embroidered with a whole set of continuous lotus flowers with gold thread. It is still the focus of discussion among women in Kyoto.
After hearing this, I didn't think much about it. I just nodded with regret, gave up on repairing the palace, and ordered everyone in the Third Division to retreat, leaving only King Jin to speak.
Dong Tongying's anxious heart was finally relieved, and the deputy envoys of the three departments also breathed a sigh of relief and followed Dong Tongying out of the palace.
The group of people exited the Wende Hall, and the chamberlain closed the door. Before everyone could walk down the steps, they heard Jin Shang's furious scoldings coming from the hall.
"The traitor!"
Then there was the uncontrollable groan of King Jin, and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground. I don't know if it was a paperweight or an inkstone that hit King Jin, and then rolled to the ground.
Everyone trembled, stopped in their tracks, and looked at each other in fear.
The King of Jin had accepted it on their behalf.
Dong Tongying's face was gloomy and her eyes were condensed. Then she looked at the chamberlain beside her who was following them away. A cold light flashed in her two old eyes and she said to Yuan Shaopei behind him: "Shaopei, I can't walk. Come and stir me up."
I."
Yuan Shaopei hurriedly stepped forward and held Dong Tongying's arm.
Dong Tongying leaned half of her body against him and just walked without saying a word. Until everyone walked out of the palace gate, he whispered to Yuan Shaopei: "Find a way to spread what happened in Wende Hall immediately."
Yuan Shaopei nodded quickly.
Ge Renmei and others were all depressed, waiting for Dong Tongying to speak. Dong Tongying turned around and said: "What are you doing standing here? Go back to the office and go on duty."
So the group of people carried the account books and abacus and returned to the third company's office.
In the Hall of Wende, the charcoal fire was burning extremely brightly, creating a sticky smell of blood. The white jade paperweight rolled to the ground, Prince Jin's hat fell to the ground, a strand of hair was scattered, and scarlet blood flowed from the gap in the hair.
It surged outward and dripped onto the flat gold bricks.
Blood flowed on King Jin's eyelashes, and he thought in a bloody blur: "It's ridiculous."
A tael of gold and a brick, any object used by the emperor, was made by the skilled craftsmen from all over the world, sparing no effort in manpower and financial resources, and all the power of the world was used to support an emperor, but the emperor had no world in his heart, only the word "I".
Extremely ridiculous.
Today, I looked at the King of Jin who was kneeling with a stern look on his face. He saw that King Jin was kneeling with dignity, without any decoration, but with the appearance of a dragon, a phoenix, and a natural nature.
This appearance made him suddenly feel scared.
We can't let King Jin go any further!
He asked sternly: "You stupid thing! You can't even tell the difference between inside and outside! Is your surname Li or Dong? If you don't have money, Dong Tongying should find a way. Otherwise, what else do I want him to do, the Prime Minister? To look good?"
King Jin's prostrate back emboldened him, so he stepped down from the palace, pointed at King Jin's nose and cursed angrily: "Take me as a favor to gain your good reputation, and also called the three ministers to come and plan with me.
, I might as well let you sit on this dragon chair!"
"I don't dare."
"It's okay if you know you don't dare," Jinshang looked at him condescendingly, "Kneel here for two full hours, and reflect on it in the house for three months!"