Liu Wan laughed after reading the memorial, "I thought it was something, but it turned out to be it. In this way, I can explain it to a few adults."
Jia Ke saw Liu Wan's unhurried look at the side, and knew that there might be a secret that he didn't know about, and maybe this matter was directed at him.
Liu Yu, the official secretary, hurriedly stepped forward and said to Liu Wan: "Deyan (Liu Wan's word), this matter is not trivial. Please don't talk nonsense." After speaking, Liu Yu kept blinking at him. After all, Liu Wan
Yu knew the scale of this matter. Whether the last 3 million taels were embezzled by the Ministry of Revenue or withheld by the local government, it was a major case. Anyone who got even a little bit involved would not be able to escape in the end.
Liu Wan said nonchalantly: "This is a business matter, and there is nothing I can't tell others. There is no reason for me to say nonsense."
Jia Ke looked at him with a gloomy face and said, "Just tell me why this year's tax revenue is short of three million taels."
Liu Wan looked at the room full of military ministers. On the surface, he didn't care at all, with a smile on his face. In fact, he had already begun to beat the drum in his heart. Only he and the emperor knew the secret of this matter. If one of them could not handle it well,
, he is the scapegoat introduced by the emperor.
It turns out that although the emperor is now in charge of the secret guard, and all the ministers are leaning towards him, because the secret guard is really expensive, the Supreme Emperor, whether accidentally or intentionally, did not hand over the financial power of the royal family to him. This
All of a sudden, his already relatively abundant finances were stretched. In addition, the emperor had some other calculations, and wanted to give Jia Ke some color to see how he could maintain the operation of the court this year without money. What's more?
Without food and salary, let’s see how those arrogant and powerful generals can support Jia Ke.
That's why Liu Wan was asked to seize some silver and send it to the emperor's inner treasury. Liu Wan didn't want to agree at first, but faced the emperor's imperial edict but had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to the emperor. He has not had a good year this year.
I have been thinking about how to deal with the review by the Military Aircraft Department later this year at home.
Today, when he was sitting on pins and needles at the Ministry of Household Affairs, a young eunuch suddenly came to him and ordered him to go to the military aircraft office to reply. He knew that something had happened, so he could only force himself to stay calm and follow the young eunuch to the military aircraft office.
Liu Wan looked at the room full of military and aircraft ministers, and waited for him to reply. He could only bite the bullet and said with a smile: "This year's tax revenue should not be like this, but when transporting it to the north, several ships carrying tax silver capsized.
Yes, I sent people to salvage up and down but found no trace of the ship, so we lost a few million."
This is a method that Liu Wan came up with after thinking about it throughout the Spring Festival. Although this method seems a bit stupid, it is more suitable now because there is really no evidence. Even if the Military Aircraft Department and others want to conduct a thorough investigation, there is no way, because it is really
There was no ship for them to check.
Jia Ke, you almost laughed out loud when you heard this. Not even a child can be deceived by this, let alone a room full of people. When did there be such a big storm on the Grand Canal? There are millions of taels in it.
The tax ship of silver can be capsized.
Jia Ke has now become silent. Jia Ke has a strong premonition that this incident is directed at him. Now that he has not figured out the cause and effect of the matter and the emperor's purpose, he should not say more, otherwise he will say the wrong thing.
Let them grab the handle, and it will be difficult for you to explain yourself in the end.
Although Jia Ke didn't say anything, the fiery old Meng Ming couldn't help it. Regardless of the occasion, he walked directly in front of Liu Wan and grabbed his chest, "Who are you kidding?
I think I am old and confused. This money is not trivial. If you take it without conscience, our court will be in big trouble this year."
Tian Ye, the censor of Zuodu, had been standing aside without saying a word. Now his mind had turned. Liu Wan did not have the courage to manipulate so much tax money. I am afraid that the emperor played a role in it. Tian Ye
Ye felt chilled when he thought of this. In order to fight for power, the emperor even ignored the safety of the world.
Although Jia Ke threatens the emperor's power, he has not done anything extraordinary so far. He looks like a loyal minister and a good general. What needs to be done at this time is to stabilize him and gradually stabilize him over a period of several years or even more than ten years.
Weaken him instead of disregarding the country and the country just to fight with Jia Ke.
At this time, Liu Wan quickly explained to Lao Mengming, "Old sir, I really don't know where the tax money has gone. There is still a lot of money left. Let's stick to it this year and tide over the difficulties together. It will be better when the autumn tax comes down."
Already."
But Lao Mengming didn't take Liu Wan's words seriously. He still grabbed him by the collar and shouted loudly: "There are still a hundred and eighty thousand miles left after the autumn tax. How can the money left now be enough? What if?"
The Tatars invaded again this year, and there is no military reward. How can you ask those soldiers to work for you?"
Old Meng Ming's words reminded Jia Ke, and Jia Ke also understood what the emperor was trying to do this time. The emperor wanted to severely deduct the military pay of his direct troops, but he could not find a reason. He only had no money.
Only then can he justifiably not pay or pay less. When the time comes, Jia Ke's men will have no military pay, and they will probably disperse. This can lead to subjugation without fighting.
When the time comes, Jia Ke will rebel immediately. He has no money in his hands, and these leading soldiers may not necessarily follow him. As long as Jia Ke is controlled in the capital, the world will probably be at peace.
It seems that the emperor has arranged many of his own men in the original three battalions of the capital, as well as the infantry commander's office and the imperial army. However, Jia Ke did not take this seriously at all. Now more than a hundred officials in these armies are Jia Ke.
Having been personally trained in training classes, he can rest assured of the loyalty of these people.
The chief generals of each camp were also single-handedly promoted by Jia Ke and controlled secretly. These people are even less likely to rebel. Then the rest are the middle-level figures. These people are probably the ones the emperor wants to win over, and they are also the most likely to rebel.
However, these people do not directly control the army. If they want to use the army, they must go through the hundreds of thousands of households under them. And then they will find that once they betray, they will not be able to mobilize a single soldier at all.
Jia Ke then decided to wait and see what happens. He wanted to see what the emperor could do and what he would do to the country in the end. The harder the emperor tried, the faster the country would decline, and the harder it would be for him to seize power in the end.
The smaller the meeting, the greater the support of the people will be. Why not do this?
What's more important is that the emperor really regards these generals as soft persimmons. If these Qiu Ba people make trouble for pay, it is not a joke. If the persecution is too much, it will be seen how the emperor will end up.
Lei Ying, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was also a little angry at this time. The Ministry of War is a big spender of money every year. Now that there is so much money missing, I am afraid that most of it will be deducted from the Ministry of War. In this way, Qiu Ba from all over the country will not fall out.
, if this one is not good, it will be everywhere.
Lei Ying has worked in the Ministry of War for a long time, so he naturally knows the thoughts of the soldiers and generals below. If they are not given sufficient food and salary, these people will immediately rebel, let alone be transferred.
At this time, Lei Ying no longer cared about being the same emperor as Liu Wan. He strode forward and said to Liu Wan: "I don't care what method you use, you must make up this part of the money for me. Otherwise I will let you
Life is worse than death." After Lei Ying said this, he stared at Liu Wan with red faces. Everyone looked at him as if he was joking. It seemed that he was really driven to panic.
At this time, Liu Wan also regretted why he agreed to the emperor in the first place. If he had known this, it would be better to resign and return to his hometown. But now he could not testify against the emperor, so he could only stand there without saying a word.
While they were making noise here, they heard a sharp and thin voice outside the military aircraft office saying: "My lords, what is this noise about? Even the emperor knows about it in Dongnuan Pavilion."
The voice was very familiar to everyone. It was the voice of the emperor's trusted eunuch Xia Shouzhong. Now Xia Shouzhong has fully taken over Dai Quan's work and serves as the eunuch of the Sixth Palace. He can already be called the internal minister.
As soon as Liu Wan heard his voice, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and shouted out quickly: "Eunuch Xia, it's me Liu Wan. Now the adults in the Military Aircraft Department are questioning me about the shortage of tax money."
Xia Shouzhong, who was standing outside, didn't want to go in. He was still a little afraid of Jia Ke, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department. Last time, he was almost beaten to death by the Supreme Emperor because of Jia Ke. Now, although the Supreme Emperor has broken up with Jia Ke, this makes him even more worried.
He was afraid. He was a close confidant of the emperor and knew everything about the affairs of the court. He knew that Jia Ke's power was no less powerful than that of the current emperor.
But Liu Wan was a close confidant of the emperor after all, and he knew what he had done on this occasion. If he didn't go in to rescue him, I'm afraid he would sue the emperor and he wouldn't be able to explain himself.
So Xia Shouzhong reluctantly asked the young eunuch to open the door curtain and enter the military aircraft office.
As soon as Xia Shouzhong entered the military base, he saw old Meng Ming and Lei Ying grabbing Liu Wan and looking like they were about to fight in a group. But the person they wanted to plot, Jia Ke, was sitting on the main seat, looking like it had nothing to do with him.
own appearance.
Xia Shouzhong was shocked when he saw this situation. Jia Ke didn't see the reason, or he had a way to deal with it, so he didn't panic. If it was the latter, the emperor might have to lose his wife and lose money this time.
Soldiers.
When Liu Wan saw Xia Shouzhong come in, he stood at the door and did not come to save him. He quickly said: "Eunuch Xia, please pull them apart quickly. How can such pulling and pulling be appropriate?"
Only then did Xia Shouzhong react. He hurried forward and said to Lao Meng Ming and Lei Ying: "You two adults, take action quickly. How can we be so reckless if we are our own people?"
When the two men saw Xia Shouzhong breaking up the fight, they were afraid that he was a close confidant of the emperor and could only give him face, so they both let go of Liu Wan.
Although Lei Ying and others let go of Liu Wan, they were still extremely angry, especially Lei Ying. Now he was staring at Liu Wan with red eyes, wanting to bite him a few times.