Chapter 213: Worrying about the Country and the People
Yang Kai was weak due to poisoning and was mentally depressed. He did not talk to him for a long time. After a brief conversation, he left his room. When he went out, he happened to meet Datou who came back, "You stay with Yang Kai, I will go see Yu Yi."
, after you catch the medicine, you go to Yu Yi’s room and call me, I have to see for myself the medicine that the policeman caught.”
The big head nodded yes.
I had transferred Yu Yi from Dali Temple before. I have been very busy these days and I haven't had time to go over and meet Yu Yi.
Yushitai is divided into five areas: east, west, south, north and middle. Each area has many houses and courtyards. People live in the middle area of the backyard. Yu Yi lives in the east of the backyard. At this time, women generally do not serve as officials. It seems that
There are even fewer women in yamen like Yushitai, which is in charge of criminal law, so Yu Yi only lives in the courtyard by herself.
Like Taoists, monks have to perform morning and evening classes. This time should be the time for evening classes. I was originally worried that it would disturb Yu Yi's meditation and chanting, but I didn't want to arrive when Yu Yi was eating in the room. The cook knew
Both Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming were people he valued, so he specially made a vegetarian meal for them. Unexpectedly, Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming did not abide by the Buddhist rules and regulations. In addition to vegetarian food, there was also a pack of braised food and
A jug of wine.
"Sir, why are you here?" Yu Yiyi gave way and asked to come in.
"Let's see you." He walked straight to the table, pulled out the wooden chair on the east side of the table and sat down. ??
Yu Yi closed the door, sat back on the seat on the west side, and continued eating, "Have you had dinner, sir?"
"I haven't eaten, but you don't have enough food." He smiled and picked up a piece of braised pork. When he was about to eat it, he realized it was beef, so he put it back, replaced it with a piece of pickled bamboo shoots and stuffed it into his mouth.
When she came, she knocked on the door first. Yu Yi had enough time to put away the food and wine, but she did not do so. This showed that she had no intention of hiding anything, so even if she sat across from her, she should
If you eat meat, you should drink wine.
"Are you still used to it here?" he asked casually.
"It's okay." Yu nodded.
He is a Taoist priest who does not eat beef, but he does not dislike others eating it. He pointed to the package of braised meat with a smile and asked, "You
This is what wine and meat have passed through. Will it remain in the heart of the Buddha?"
"Haha, no, no," Yu Yi said with a smile, "In fact, Buddhism does not abstain from eating meat, not to mention that I am a martial arts practitioner. If I don't eat meat, how can I have the strength to practice martial arts?"
"There's one thing I never understand. Why did you take the risk to save me in the first place?" Q&A.
"Sir, do you want to hear the truth?" Yu Yi ate and drank by himself.
Smiling and nodding, "The truth is always right."
Yu Yi was not polite when he ate, and while chewing, he said, "What you have done is very satisfying. A place like Pingkangfang that hides dirt and evil should not be left. There are also those imperial officials, prostitutes and prostitutes, that's all."
If you insist on bullying the weak and humiliating a chaste woman, you will be punished and you will die unjustly."
After I finished speaking, I nodded with a smile and then said, "I didn't just transfer you here to repay your kindness for protecting me that day."
"I know," Yu Yi said, "Our styles of behavior are quite similar. Your Excellency likes subordinates who hate evil and kill decisively."
He smiled and asked, "You are a monk. Shouldn't you be a monk? Why do you want to become an official?"
Yu Yi poured himself a drink, then put down his glass and said, "Monks pray to the Buddha and chant sutras every day, and receive offerings from others. But today, there is great chaos, and people are suffering. We receive offerings from others, and eat their rice. We cannot stand idly by at critical moments.
Just do nothing."
If you want to reuse Yu Yi, whether you are making friends or reusing subordinates, you must have the same ideas about how to behave. Hearing Yu Yi say this, he was very satisfied, and then asked, "What do you think about the current situation?"
"I don't have any opinion," Yu Yi shook his head, "I know how much I weigh. I can arrest people and solve cases, but I can't strategize. Sir, you don't need to say more. Although you are young, I admire you, no matter you are a person.
I admire you both for your character and your courage and resourcefulness. Thanks to you for thinking highly of me, I am willing to follow you.
You don't want to be a high-ranking official, but you just want to kill a few more corrupt officials and live for a few more suffering people."
After hearing what Yu Yi said from the bottom of his heart, he nodded seriously, "That's what I want from you. The imperial court asked me to take charge of the household department and also serve as the censor's office. You should also know what the emperor wants me to do. Next, let's deal with the affairs of Chang'an first.
After finishing the work, I have to send you to inspect the place. I have already sent some censors to check the situation first, but these guys worked against the will and sneaked back a lot. After all, they are not our own people, so they are not easy to use.
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"Your Majesty, what you did is right," Yu nodded and said, "In order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first calm down the internal affairs. It is urgent to rectify the administration of officials. The people's lives are already difficult. If these corrupt officials who plunder the people's wealth are not punished, the people's moral support will be completely dispersed.
Already."
Just as he was about to answer the call, he heard footsteps coming from outside the house. He was familiar with Big Tou's footsteps and knew that Big Tou was coming, so he stood up and said, "I have something else to do. I'll talk to you again when I have time."
Yu Yiyi nodded in agreement and stood up to see him off.
As Da Tou returned to the east courtyard, he carefully inspected the medicine that the guards had captured, and only after confirming that it was correct did Da Tou take it and cook it. Yang Kai had already been plotted once before, and the reason why the other party plotted against Yang Kai was
It's because Yang Kai's Zhoutian Divine Art can absorb and transfer spiritual energy, and can replenish spiritual energy for him at critical moments. His Hunyuan Divine Art is already very overbearing, and with the help of Yang Kai's Zhoutian Divine Art, it is like adding wings to a tiger.
I was in a very low mood. After finishing the trivial matters, I wanted to go back to the house to rest, but after pondering, I changed my mind and left the Yushitai and walked to the household department.
The imperial court wanted to attack the Ni family, but he quickly sent away everyone in the Ni family before the imperial court took action. This move would definitely arouse the emperor's dissatisfaction. He had to go to him tomorrow morning to see what the attitude of the emperor and the civil and military officials were.
And you can't go to court with just two ears. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you have to report things. You can leave other things aside for the time being, but you must report the stolen money from a corrupt official's property. This is what the Emperor cares about the most. Your Majesty.
There are many reasons for wanting to attack the Ni family, but one of them must be the consideration of filling the national treasury. If enough silver is obtained this time, the emperor will
The resentment and dissatisfaction in my heart can also be reduced.
The Household Department is in charge of finance and people's livelihood. It is the largest government office in the imperial court. Even at night, there are officials on duty. They live in the middle hall and then order people to call the officials on duty in each department for questioning. On his desk, there are a large number of things presented below.
While waiting for everyone to arrive, he casually looked through the official documents on his desk.
There are clear regulations for states, prefectures and counties to report official affairs to the imperial court. Except for the feudal officials of the third rank or above, middle and low-level officials are not qualified to report directly to the emperor. Different official affairs must be reported to different yamen and the Ministry of Household Affairs.
It is in charge of finance and people's livelihood, so the official documents sent below are all related to money, food and people's livelihood.
Nine out of ten of these official documents are asking for money or food from the court. There is an idiom called "green and yellow". "green and yellow" refers to the period from the beginning of the year to the summer harvest. During this period, the people are the most sad. Last year's food has been eaten up. This year's food will be exhausted.
The food has not been harvested yet.
As the saying goes, there is no egg left after the nest is overturned. Except for some prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River, most of the country is under the shroud of famine. Local government offices have asked for food relief. The direct consequence of failure to provide relief is death. The official document states:
He knows very well how many people will starve to death every day in his jurisdiction.
In addition to requests for disaster relief, there were also requests for money. Most of these official documents asking for money were forwarded by the Ministry of War. Although most of the armies of the Tang Dynasty were under the control of the Jiedu envoys from various places, these armies were still nominally members of the imperial court.
The army needs the imperial court to allocate military pay.
The more I read, the angrier I became. What is this? The court couldn't mobilize these armies at all, and had to support them. Isn't this just like raising tigers?
What made him most angry was that he couldn't do it without raising it. These Jiedushi soldiers were self-respecting and arrogant in their words. They only said that if the military pay was stopped, it would be "difficult to stabilize the morale of the army and fear of mutiny." This was not a blatant intimidation or coercion.
What.
In addition to being angry, he is also more worried. It is not without reason that Ni Zhuo is pessimistic about the Tang Dynasty. The reason why Ni Zhuo is pessimistic is because Ni Zhuo understands the current situation of the Tang Dynasty better than he does. The Tang Dynasty was once at its peak, and all the nations came to visit the Tang Dynasty.