The second officials of the prefecture and even the prefecture and county officials were invited to the second hall.

There were more than twenty people, because the chairs in the hall were full and they had no seats to sit, so they stood behind their respective prefects and stood with their hands down.

In the second hall of the Governor's Yamen, the only second official in charge of the mansion sitting was Lin Yanchao.

Because Fu Zhiyuan, the official seal officer of Guide Prefecture, was injured and in custody, Lin Yanchao sat in this hall on behalf of Guide Prefecture. Because his official position was slightly lower, he could only sit in the last seat.

There are now more than fifty officials in the second hall.

Everyone arrived together. Yang Yikui was about to speak, but Ma Yu suddenly said respect and left from the second hall immediately. After a while, he returned to the second hall.

If you don’t leave Gong early, you won’t leave late, but if you don’t leave Gong late, you will be there at this time. All the officials know that Ma Yu is deliberately making a move.

Ma Yu has been in Kaifeng Prefecture for such a humiliation of civil servants in the past month, and even injured the prefect of Guide Prefecture. Everyone agreed that he was like this. Moreover, the governor and the censor were not talking about it.

After Ma Yu took his seat, Yang Yikui asked calmly: "Eunuch Ma, can you start?"

Ma Yu smiled and said, "Of course, but we have to say a few words first, I wonder if it's okay?"

Yang Yikui said: "Of course, let's listen carefully."

Ma Yu nodded and said, "Sir, the great masters of the great ancestors were granted the title of Zongli, and they were allowed to be paid for their own income for generations and not be given offices. They had a strong friendship with relatives..."

Ma Yu was a little stuck when he said this. The officials thought that these words were not ups and downs at all, as if he was following the script. Someone must have scratched his knife for him, otherwise Ma Yu would not be able to say such literary words.

"Then it will always be the ancestral system... the ancestral system will be passed down from generation to generation, so the royal family and the country are the same, the emperor and the royal family are together, and the misfortune and good fortune are shared..."

"Therefore, the affairs of King Lu are the affairs of the emperor. If you neglect the affairs of King Lu, you neglect the emperor. We are talking about these words in front of you. Please consider them carefully and clean them up. Before the meeting, think about your current status and think about your kindness."

The last few words were made by Ma Yu. He was very satisfied and felt that he expressed a faint domineering attitude.

His reaction to the officials was very deserted.

Gu Ming had already seen the cold incident and immediately spoke out: "My father-in-law said it very well. As an official, we should think about what you think and worry about what you worry about. We must be the saint General Lu Wang to do the matter of the vassal."

Ma Yu nodded. Seeing that Yang Yikui and others did not express their opinions, he couldn't help but snorted in his heart. Then he looked at Gong Daqi, who had always been very easy to talk to and asked, "What do you think Gong Fangbo?"

The left governor Gong Daqi nodded and said, "Of course, the emperor is in the temple, the people are in the world, and we officials are in the center."

"The emperor has his own destiny. As officials, we must find a way to do it. If we cannot do it, we must find a way to do it. The people have the same feelings as the people, and we can tolerate it. If we can hide it, it will be impossible. Even if we feel wronged by the people, we cannot feel wronged by the emperor."

Ma Yu was stunned. What Gong Daqi said seemed to be the reason, but it seemed to be not. He couldn't understand it, so he could only smile dryly: "What Gong Fangbo said is interesting."

At this time, Fu Zhiyuan and Lin Yanchao's immediate superiors were divided into Daliang Road and the political party. They spoke in and out, "Eunuch Ma, it's not that we don't do things for the emperor and share our worries for the emperor. But our Henan Province is really poor when we suffer from disasters every year."

"In this period, in order to raise money for the vassal matters, the provinces sought money from the governments. As a result, the provinces sought money from the governments, and the governments sought money from the county, and the county asked money from the people. This ordered that many people's families were destroyed and their children were sold. Some local officials even took away the food and seeds of the people for spring famine, and many people starved to death in the coming year. But even so, the accumulation and owing are still not complete..."

Ma Yu said angrily: "You officials are incompetent. Why do you only ask the poor and not the big ones? This time we go to the local area to buy the big ones, and none of them dare to shirk responsibility."

"It is your officials' responsibility to not raise taxes. They only know how to shirk their responsibilities and let down their grace."

The officials below were angry when they heard this.

At this time, the next official laughed and said, "My father-in-law, you are right. Do you understand what your father-in-law meant? No matter how many people starved to death in Henan, 10,000, 50,000, or 100,000, or hundreds of thousands of people, it doesn't matter if it even triggers civil unrest. In short, the royal palace must be built, and the silver cannot be short of a monday. Haha, are you right? "

Ma Yu was furious. He didn't recognize the official and asked, "Who is talking?"

An official standing beside Lin Yanchao said aloud: "Li Sumin, the magistrate under Xia Zhangde Prefecture."

Seeing that he was a magistrate, Ma Yu was too lazy to talk to him. He said to Yang Yikui: "It seems that today's discussion is difficult to continue, so it is better to discuss it again another day. We are not afraid of spending time, but we are afraid that the emperor can't afford to wait."

Yang Yikui was silent. He looked at Lin Yanchao intentionally or unintentionally.

Many officials also secretly looked at Lin Yanchao. Lin Yanchao had offended the emperor and King Lu when he first committed a remark, so he had offended the emperor and Wang Lu. So if he was present, he would be afraid of being involved and dared to speak out in a straightforward manner. Lin Yanchao had the courage.

If Lin Yanchao didn't stand out, any other official would dare to stand out. If he spoke out, the officials would definitely stand on his side.

But from the beginning to the end, Lin Yanchao just sat down, except occasionally picking up a teacup and drinking tea, without saying a word.

When the officials saw this, they thought to themselves, could Lin Yanchao be just a name for himself? Or is it true that Lin Yanchao had a handle and grabbed Ma Yu's hands as the rumors said.

Now the pressure has come to Yang Yikui, he is not like Lin Yanchao. Lin Yanchao is just a secondary official, and his voice is just a personal opinion, and it doesn't matter no matter how you say it. But if Yang Yikui or other officials oppose it and are the rank of officials, then it means that it will represent a province in Henan to fight against the holy will.

Of course, Lin Yanchao had no choice but to not speak. He could protect himself. After being demoted to Henan, he might have been smoothed out.

Yang Yikui said immediately: "My colleagues, I know the difficulties of you. Eunuch Ma, the provincial officials, are not shirking the responsibility, but just want King Lu to be a vassal. This is a big deal. With the power of Henan Province, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it. Should I report to the emperor and let other provinces share some?"

Before Ma Yu could speak, Xiao Shengguang, the left chief of the Lu Prince's Mansion, said: "I don't know what to do when patrolling Taiwan. When Taizu was in charge of the prince, the prince was granted a vassal. Wu Yue did not grant it as a fertile man, and Fujian, Guang, Yunnan, and Jiji, and it was dangerous and far away."

"The only places that can be granted in the world are Henan, Huguang, and several provinces in Shandong. If King Lu is vassalized Henan, Futai will seek help from Huguang and Shandong. So in the future, other princes will seek help from Huguang and Shandong. Can they also seek help from Henan?"

Xiao Shengguang said this, and Ma Yu was overjoyed: "No, not bad, that's exactly what it means."

When Yang Yikui saw a fifth-rank royal palace chief dared to retort him, he said furiously: "This is a discussion in the Sili, a minister of the royal palace, where can you speak."

Facing the aura of the ranks of the chief officials, Xiao Shengguang looked at Ma Yu with help, Gu Mingyi.

Gu Ming had made a smooth move and said, "I heard that the construction of the royal palace was mostly taken from Huguang. Did my father-in-law ask Huguang to waive some of the work and materials? How can we Henan people be grateful to my father-in-law for his great kindness?"

Ma Yu nodded and said, "Our family can report this to the emperor."

Yang Yikui had a step forward and nodded immediately, indicating that the meeting would begin.

Gong Daqi, the governor, spoke out: "The budget for building the Lu Prince's Mansion is 677,800 taels in total, and the vassal treasury can pay 300,000 taels, and there are 377,800 taels in total, and the ministry plans to let the governments evenly spread it."

Yang Yikui said: "People have different lengths of fingers, and each government is also divided into poor and rich. How much does each government plan to do? Should they repay themselves, those who are capable work more, or should the levy be paid by the department?"

The officials below all complained. In order to fill the accumulation of the vassal treasury, they had already been three feet tall in the ground, and now they are here to ask for money again.

Gu Mingyi said: "I reported to Futai, and the officials thought that the number of households in each government should be divided equally according to the number of households in each government. There are a total of 5.19 million households in this province, and there are 1.9 million households in Kaifeng Prefecture."

"Therefore, our government can pay 135,000 taels to share the worries of the king."

After hearing this, the officials cursed in their hearts that Gu Ming seemed fair, but in fact it was very unfair, because Kaifeng Prefecture is not only a major government, but also a place where money and food are saved. All the rich people in the province are in Kaifeng Prefecture. Therefore, it is not difficult for Gu Ming to take out this money, and even let the wealthy people in the prefecture pledge it.

Ma Yuze said happily: "Magistrate Gu is really the best. After our family returns to Beijing, we will definitely show you the merits in front of the Empress Dowager."

All the good people have been done to Gu Ming.

Gu Mingye said very plainly: "Reporting to my father-in-law, it is the duty of my official, and I really dare not take credit for it."

"Damn it," Ma Yu looked at other officials and said, "Since the capital has generously donated money, can other governments have difficulties?"

The magistrates of each prefecture looked ugly, but they thought they could just pass this level first, so they all said, "There is no difficulty."

Ma Yu and Gu Ming were all looking at Lin Yanchao, but when they saw Lin Yanchao, they nodded and did not object.

Seeing this scene, Ma Yu and Gu Ming were both happy and disappointed.

Lin Yanchao's move was obviously a pity. If it weren't for the wiping field being held by them, with Lin Yanchao's courage to advise the emperor, how could he not stand up and speak at this time?

Even Li Sumin, the little magistrate, has spoken. Are you Lin Sanyuan still pretending to be dead?

All scholars would think that when Lin Yanchao was a Hanlin official, he was not a censor, but he dared to give a 6 million wedding to King Lu, and he advised him to oppose the emperor. However, when he was a local official, the people in Henan Province were now brutally exploited and plundered, but when he was responsible, he became a turtle. Isn’t this slap himself in the face?

However, Ma Yu and the others were disappointed that if Lin Yanchao did not stand up and objected at this time, they carefully prepared and waited for the evidence of his corruption, it would be difficult to get on Lin Yanchao's head. This would not be a killing chicken to warn monkeys, what should other officials do if they continue to do this?

The construction of the royal palace was just the beginning. These officials were so noisy. There were salt classes, salt classes, vassal fields, vassal fields, vassal villages, vassal shops, vassal shops, and vassal shops...

This is like chopping bamboo. If the knife is not fast at the beginning, it will not form a momentum like a broken bamboo.

Gu Ming said immediately: "When I asked the official to pay the vassal treasury and the arrears, I told the officials of various prefectures that paying taxes is a matter of duty, and arrears are punishable. I wonder if Lin Sima Ke of Guide Mansion still remembers this sentence?"

What does it mean to give more to the rich, and even the poor will take away the poor.

Some people want to calm down, but the more they are, others will let him go. This will sooner or later be able to strike. Lin Yanchao is in this situation now.

The officials present also knew Ma Yu, and Gu Ming was about to take action against Lin Yanchao.

Everything was carried out as Gu Mingyi and Ma Yu expected, otherwise Fu Zhiyuan would be beaten and quit like that? Didn’t the account book be checked in vain? Isn’t the relationship in the Ministry of Revenue be used in vain?

Avoiding is absolutely impossible.

In front of everyone, Lin Yanchao was pressing his neck, but the reason was nothing else. He felt a little sore after sitting for a long time.

When Gu Ming had already asked him, Lin Yanchao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Yes, yes, what did the Mansion say back then?"

It's like this again! It's like this again! Why is it like this again?

Gu Ming felt like he had eaten a large ball of shit. Not to mention that Lin Yanchao was suspected, he said that officials from various prefectures and officials from all provinces gathered together, and said that King Lu was such a big deal.

You, Lin Yanchao, are actually distracted in such an important discussion.

Gu Ming is already an official who pays great attention to the demeanor of officials. His usual style of appearance is calm and undercurrents inside. Now he is fucked by him.

Gu Ming was very reluctant, but he had to pay attention to your tone and said to Lin Yanchao: "At that time, General Lin Sima had lost all his debts for many years, I really admire him... I admire him. This time, this time, the construction of the royal palace, did Guide Palace produce more? Is it a lot of worries for other governments?"

Gu Ming's move is equivalent to divising the relationship between Lin Yanchao and other prefects.

It’s like you are a rich man. Can you take out some money to help your poor relatives? At least when everyone is having a meal, you can pay the meal for me.

This made Lin Yanchao agree no, and he didn't agree either.

But seeing Lin Yanchao frown, "This is a bit difficult to deal with."

Gu Ming sneered and said, "Why is it difficult to deal with? Is the mansion not rich? Or is it rich, and deliberately said that it has no money?"

"It's not that you have money or no money, but that this matter should be decided by the prefect, and the subordinate officials are not in charge as the second officer."

Ma Yu almost spurted out the tea in his mouth again, and Gu Mingyi's cough broke out again.

Lin Yanchao spread his hands: "Why don't you ask Fu Fu Tai to come and let him speak? The official is really humble and polite."

Ma Yuran said: "Fu Zhiyuan is already in custody. You will temporarily sign the matter of Guide Mansion."

Lin Yanchao said: "But the province did not issue an order to let the official temporarily hold the official's office. I still can't make the decision. This is not the responsibility. I think I should ask Fu Fu Tai to come back and decide. Even if he is in custody, at least he has money or not, it can be known. Instead of asking him, it is better to ask Fu Fu Tai."

Ma Yu said angrily: "Fu Zhiyuan is already injured, how can he come here to speak?"

As soon as Ma Yu finished speaking, Gu Ming couldn't help but scold him for being stupid in his heart.

At this time, Lin Yanchao's eyes suddenly became sharp. He was not the Tongzhi of Guide Mansion who had just played Tai Chi, but the one who had been admonishing Lin Sanyuan in the Golden Palace that year.

The officials in the hall saw Lin Yanchao slamming the table and angrily retorted: "Is Fu Tai injured? How was he injured? Who was injured? Please give an explanation to all the officials present!"
Chapter completed!