Cao Shangshu understood Wang Jinling's words. In fact, Cao Shangshu had also considered the issue of resignation. Before the Nine Emperors Uncle left the capital, he also reminded him and asked him to take the opportunity to return the household department to the emperor. The emperor's tolerance for him had reached
reached the limit, just...
"Since the late emperor's time, I have been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the past few years, the imperial court has been fighting for years, which has cost a lot of money. Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the tax revenue is not abundant. Floods in the south of the Yangtze River are controlled every year. Which department is the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of War?
They all need money. Over the years, the treasury has been empty and there is not much silver left. Some time ago, the emperor had the idea of fighting again. The emperor and I and the Ministry of Revenue did not have the money to support the war, but the emperor thought that I was blocking him from achieving hegemony."
Cao Shangshu's eyes were reddish, with crystal tears shining in his turbid eyes: "Everyone knows that this is a peaceful and prosperous age, but who knows how poor the court was in the prosperous times. I am not attached to the power and wealth of the Minister of Hubu, I just
Can’t let it go.”
I can't let go of the household department I have managed for many years, I can't let go of the people in the world, and I can't let go of my own responsibilities.
In the end, the tears in Cao Shangshu's eyes could not be stopped, and they fell one by one.
Pity……
Wang Jinling shook his head, a flash of regret flashed in his eyes, it was fleeting and too fast for anyone to catch.
Uncle Jiuhuang started the matter in the capital, but how to end this situation? Uncle Jiuhuang is far away in Shandong and cannot guarantee that things will develop exactly as he wants.
Wang Jinling knew what the Nine Emperors Uncle was planning, and saw that everything was as expected by the Nine Emperors Uncle, so he did not intervene. He just watched the show with a cold eye, seeing that His Highness Prince Luo failed to check the accounts, and was embarrassed.
Everything was as expected, until Cao Shangshu insisted on his own opinion and repeatedly failed the emperor. When the situation developed beyond their expectations, Wang Jinling came out. The result...
Cao Shangshu does not give face to anyone. Cao Shangshu is not attached to power and does not care about the wealth. He just wants to be an official who benefits the people.
Wang Jinling knew that his persuasion was useless. After Cao Shangshu calmed down, Wang Jinling went back to business. After chatting with Cao Shangshu for a long time, he said goodbye and left.
As soon as he returned home, Wang Jinling wrote a secret letter, telling Uncle Nine Emperors about the current situation in the capital and seeing what Uncle Nine Emperors had planned. After all, Uncle Nine Emperors could see the twists and turns in the imperial city more accurately than he did.
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At the same time as Wang Jinling's letter, there was also a letter from Xiling Tianyu. Uncle Nine Emperors disappeared at sea for a while, and Xiling Tianyu couldn't contact him at all. Hearing that Uncle Nine Emperors had arrived in Shandong, he sent someone to secretly deliver the letter.
In addition to the situation in the capital, Wang Jinling's letter also mentioned the emperor's arrangements for the students in this scientific examination.
Most of the young masters from aristocratic families like Wang Xie found a good job in the capital. As for the students from poor families who worked for the Nine Emperors, they were all thrown into the impoverished counties and served as ninth-grade officials.
The emperor's favored students from poor families and the princes from the emperor's close ministers' families were placed in relatively noble departments, and they were destined to be reused at a glance.
The emperor's move is not only to cultivate talents for himself, but also to tell everyone that anyone who is his enemy will not end well. Even if the people under the Nine Emperors Uncle's sect are admitted, they will never have the opportunity to display their ambitions.
Although the emperor's approach seemed a bit arrogant, it was indeed effective. Uncle Nine Emperor's eyes showed a cold light and he sneered in his heart.
He was worried that there were no available people in the local area, and the emperor just gave him an opportunity. What about poor counties? The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Without the emperor to watch, it is not too difficult for these people to be promoted.
The Nine Emperors Uncle came back with a pen and asked Wang Jinling not to make any more arrangements and let the emperor transfer his people. As for Cao Shangshu's matter, the Nine Emperors Uncle was in a bit of a dilemma.
He still respected this veteran official from two dynasties very much. Although Cao Shangshu was attracted to him, he was always strict in official matters.
Cao Shangshu is a capable man. He has managed the Dongling treasury very well over the years. If it weren't for him, the Dongling treasury would be even more empty. He knew that the emperor was dissatisfied with Cao Shangshu, so he took this opportunity to let Cao Shangshu mess up the six departments.
, and retreat by the way.
For this move, Nine Emperors Uncle and Cao Shangshu had been preparing for ten years, but they did not expect that Cao Shangshu would be so stubborn after the incident broke out. Originally, according to their plan, as long as Nine Emperors Uncles arrived safely in Shandong, Cao Shangshu would retire.
Return the household department to the emperor.
But when things got to this point, Cao Shangshu couldn't let go. He was afraid that after he left, Dongling's treasury would be even more empty, and officials from the Ministry of Revenue would use the money to fight the emperor's war, regardless of the lives and deaths of the people. In this case...
"Then keep his heart for the people and take good care of his family." Uncle Nine Emperors replied to Wang Jinling.
In fact, after Wang Jinling heard Cao Shangshu's words, he anticipated Cao Shangshu's fate. It was not that Uncle Nine Emperors did not protect him, but that he wanted to die.
Although Uncle Nine Emperors is thousands of miles away in Shandong, because Wang Jinling and Prince Su are here together, although the affairs in the imperial city cannot be all under his control, major events will not go astray. On the contrary, it is the matter of Xiling.
It greatly exceeded Uncle Nine Emperors' expectations.
Somehow, Xiling Tianlei managed to regain the favor of the Xiling Emperor, and he also got the support of the royal family, and now he is acting against the eldest princess.
The eldest princess originally would not target Xiling Tianlei like this, but after knowing that her unborn son is expected to become emperor, Xiling Tianlei has become the eldest princess's biggest enemy and biggest stumbling block. What the eldest princess wants to do most now is to take Xiling
Tianlei's roadblock has been removed.
The eldest princess had the merit of rescuing him, and with the secret support of the military, she was able to overpower Xiling Tianlei in every possible way. However, this advantage soon disappeared. The civil servants headed by Zuo Xiang suddenly turned to Xiling Tianlei, and they were at odds with the eldest princess.
Dealt with it.
Zuo Xiang is the eldest princess's old friend. The two people were originally half partners and half lovers. Zuo Xiang has always secretly supported the eldest princess in the court.
But now that the eldest princess is pregnant with someone else's child, and this child may still become emperor, how can the left prime minister still support the eldest princess? It is better not to go to Xiling Tianlei's side.
Therefore, the Zuo Prime Minister maintained neutrality and became his powerful minister. However, Xiling Tianyu did not intend to let the Zuo Prime Minister take care of himself and had to drag the Zuo Prime Minister into the water.
Xiling Tianyu used a group of chess pieces buried next to the eldest princess to kill the legitimate son that Zuo Xiang had carefully cultivated, and successfully framed the blame on the eldest princess, so...
The prime minister Zuo and the eldest princess, who had been best friends for more than 20 years, had a complete falling out. After the prime minister Zuo experienced the pain of losing his son, he quickly turned to Xiling Tianlei and targeted the eldest princess everywhere.
The people who know you best are not only enemies but also old friends and leftist ministers. The eldest princess was suppressed for a while and was unable to fight back.
The Prime Minister is familiar with the eldest princess, and the eldest princess also knows the Prime Minister Zuo. The eldest princess of Xiling has never been a boudoir daughter. Sister Wen Wan, she is a capable, capable, and cold-blooded female politician. After some planning, the eldest princess succeeded
Forced the left prime minister to resign.
The Zuo Prime Minister has been in the officialdom of Xiling for more than ten years. He climbed from a student to the position of the leader of hundreds of officials. In the end, he was defeated at the hands of the eldest princess and was forced to leave sadly by the eldest princess. It is really sad, and what is even more sad is that
Still behind.
The person who succeeded Zuo Xiang as Prime Minister was actually the eldest princess’s nominal husband—Mr. Yinli.
So new and old loves, husbands and lovers gather together. To paraphrase Feng Qingchen’s words, Xiling officialdom is a bloody drama of the eldest princess...