Liu Yushan hurried in and reported, "Mr. Yu, the Li family is selling their property, and the entire Anqi County town has caused a sensation. It is said that the adults forced the Li family to sell their property and pay back the money, and it is a cruel official."

Yu Zhijie was shocked. He had been an official for many years and naturally knew the importance of the official voice. If someone called him a cruel official, his future would be worrying. Li Mingde gave himself such a secret move.

After thinking for a while, Yu Zhijie said: "Yushan, change your clothes, let's take a look."

There are three horizontal and three vertical streets in Anqi County, and six streets are divided into sixteen areas. Wenchang Street is the most prosperous area for the county town.

Before Yu Zhijie stepped into Wenchang Street, he heard the crowds of people, "It's so bullying that the old man of the Li family fell ill." "I heard that it's almost 70 years old, and I'm anxious to get angry. This disease is probably not going to happen." "The Li family is a charitable man. That year, the flood was caused. If the Li family had not taken out food to provide disaster relief to the government, my family would probably not have survived." "Good people are not rewarded, why don't God open his eyes? Send such cruel officials."

Some people also spoke for the Qing Zhanyi Office, but they were drowned in a crowd of shouts and scolds as soon as they opened their mouths.

There are many shops on both sides of the street that post the words "sell at a loss". Many people excitedly scramble to buy one and that one, and then give a few auspicious words about the Li family's benevolence and righteousness to the frowning shop. In the distance, many people who received news flocked to them.

Yu Zhijie did not squeeze into the crowd and picked up a teahouse nearby to drink tea to see the situation. The next table was also whispering, and the words came from all the way to the Li family. The tea was bitter and hard to swallow when it was drunk.

Of course, Yu Zhijie was not a good-looking lamp. He quickly came up with a solution to deal with it. He whispered to Liu Yushan beside him, and Liu Yushan took the order out.

The skill was not great, and a team of yamen runners appeared on Wenchang Street. When everyone was in a turmoil, they began to look for a way out.

The yamen runners did not arrest people, but instead drove the crowd to an empty yard. A sting official boarded a stool, cleared his throat, and spoke: "Friends, don't quarrel, listen to me. Everyone knows about the court filing the fields. The Qing Dynasty warrants Lord Yu was stationed in our county. Lord Yu came under the order of the emperor, not to make things difficult for the Li family. The people of Anqi County, our family's good deeds benefited, but it is not a false alarm for the Li family to sign a secret contract. The yamen has received more than 2,000 hectares of land from the Li family, and there are still 2,000 hectares in the future. How much is this?"

"I know some people will say that the money is not mine anyway, so it's wrong to think about it this way. The money is handed over to the treasury, but what does the treasury use this money to do? Disaster relief, military support, road repair and bridge repair are actually closely related to everyone. In the first six years, the floods were caused, and the court did not send people to provide special disaster relief?"

The sly official was able to speak with sensibility. The crowd was moved by him, and some people nodded frequently.

"Everyone knows that the emperor has ascended the throne for eight years. The palace has been ruined and the treasury has not been repaired. There is not much silver in the treasury. Where does the treasury come from? It is not from taxes. If the taxes are all in private pockets, a few people are rich but the country is poor. Once something happens, what do you think the country uses to recruit soldiers? Maybe everyone will have to spread it out."

The matter involved everyone's interests, and the crowd's tone changed immediately. Someone shouted loudly, "Let the Li family pay all the taxes owed to the country, and his family has money." "I have been to Lizhuang, which is larger than the county town. The copper coins accumulated by the Li family have rusted over the years." "Li family is so rich, so sell their property at a low price, pretending to be poor and fighting for sympathy."

The people's hearts are fickle and easy to manipulate.

Yu Zhijie listened to the cry outside, and a smug smile appeared on his face. The bitter tea gradually returned to its sweetness and was full of flavor. Yu Zhijie greeted Dr. Tea with loudly: "I will add another pot of water to me."

The atmosphere in the imperial study room was depressing, and the urgent news from the border was pressing heavily on everyone's hearts like a stone.

Shi Fangzhen was wearing a yellow silk robe, and her whole body was trapped in the fur of the seat, frowned and said nothing, listening to Liu Xinming reporting on the situation of the Ministry of Revenue.

"...There is less than 16 million taels of silver in the treasury. I have written to collect taxes from all over the country. It is expected that I will receive 10 million taels by March next year."

It was only 26 million taels, Shi Fang really smiled bitterly. If the war broke out before June next year, the renovation of the border city wall would cost 134 million taels. In addition, the renovation of city defense, newly issued repairs of weapons, farmers' service, military pay, food and salary, rewards and pensions for the war, etc., would cost at least 50 million taels. It would be a drop in the bucket. If you don't fight this battle, you would be inconvenient.

Liu Xinming made the most of the injury and said: "This year, the weather is cold and the snow is heavy in the north. It is estimated that many people will be affected. Several states in the south have reported floods. The court needs to reserve eight million yuan in disaster relief silver. It has been the third year since the river embankment on both sides of the lower reaches of the Yuanhua River. Five million taels of silver per year must not be less."

With a hard expenditure of 13 million, there were still 13 million taels left. Shi Fangzhen said weakly: "The palace I originally planned to repair will be stopped. It can save three million taels. The cost in the palace will be squeezed out, so save another one million taels."

The emperor was so frugal that the six ministers present felt like they were sitting on pins and needles. It seems that if anyone wants to eat two more good dishes this year, he will be reported by the Dragon Guard, which made the emperor secretly remember it.

Wei Yi said in a deep voice: "Long live, don't worry too much. The cost of the palace was originally compact, so you must not save any more. I am willing to reduce my salary by half to solve my urgent needs."

How much can the civil and military officials have half of their salary? Shi Fangzhen smiled and said, "I feel very comforted by the fact that Wei Xiang and all the ministers can care about the country and be with the country."

Liu Xinming had already calculated all night last night and found several major investment items. He said it seriously just now, in order to attract the attention of the emperor and demonstrate his abilities.

"Long live, the old minister has several items of inputs that have not been reported," Liu Xinming said slowly: "First, a new silver mine was discovered last year in the Northwest Coin Prison, which can add 24 million taels of silver in two years; Second, six mutual market houses report that can send 24 million taels of silver; Third, the Qing war envoy sent by Wansui has recovered nearly one million taels of tax evasion. If it is fully launched, it is estimated that 10 million taels of tax will be earned by June next year; and commercial tax has also increased, and there will be about two million in the year-end investment."

After 20 million taels, Shi Fangzhen was energetic and sat upright from the fur chair. Seeing Liu Xinming was also much more pleasing to the eyes, he smiled and said, "In this way, there will be 33 million taels, which can barely be able to deal with it."

Ding Dawei, Minister of War, replied: "Long live, this is the place where the items are in and there are still some branches. On the way, the minister discussed with Mr. Lu and listened to Mr. Lu's talk about the warehouse of the Ministry of Works. There were enough equipment for the 500,000 troops, so that it could save three or four million taels."

Wei Yi smiled deeply and said, "I didn't sleep all night last night and I thought of a few ideas for long live reference. First, the national treasury is insufficient, but in recent years, our Dazheng has generally had good weather and full granaries. There is a shortage of food in the northern desert. You might as well open a temporary ban on grain and allow the sale of grain in the mutual market yards, which not only alleviates the trap of food shortage in the northern desert, but also increases income."

Shi Shouzhen nodded and said, "Absolutely, this time, the responsibility of Wei Xiang and Liu Shangshu will be carried out. After drafting the charter, report it to me."

"The second is to encourage merchants to go north to buy frozen cattle and mutton, meat can be eaten and fur can be made into clothes, and these merchants are allowed to buy grain at the Mushifang and use grain to make things. The third is to send envoys to the Beimo Royal Court to convey our Lord's goodwill and show that our dynasty is willing to help Beimo overcome difficulties. If necessary, you might as well promise a marriage to the Beimo."

When marriage, Shi Shouzhen frowned and looked at Wei Yishen with a profound meaning. Princess Anshou is fourteen years old this year. It is said that she is at the age of getting married, but Wei Yishen has been asking for marriage for her grandson. How could she bear to let Anshou go to marriage?

Wei Yi smiled deeply and said, "Long live, of course, I am not talking about Princess Anshou. I have many princes in Dazheng. I choose a princess as the princess. Is there any other way to say Beimo? And this is just a delay. As long as I delay for two years, or even one year, I, Dazheng, will be able to recover my vitality. By then, the troops are strong and the food is sufficient, so there is no need to be afraid of Beimo invasion."

Shi Fangzhen nodded and smiled in praise: "All the people are loyal to the country, and you, my king and ministers are united, and we will definitely resolve this crisis."

Several imperial edicts were issued from the imperial city, clearly indicating that the Qing Dynasty was fully promoted. The governors of each state served as the Qing Dynasty envoy. The Qing Dynasty envoys who originally piloted the three states went home for the New Year for the New Year. On the 26th of the first lunar month, they went to court to reward them.

At the critical moment of life and death, the resistance of the aristocratic families became smaller. The top ten aristocratic families, including the royal family, Shi family and Wang family of the descendants, returned the embezzled land and paid taxes. Most of the other officials were looking for the shadow of the wind.

Shi Fangzhen looked at the reports of snow coming from all over the country with satisfaction. He added 370,000 hectares of taxable land, and the additional tax arrears of more than 6 million taels. I believe that the tax will exceed 10 million taels after the inventory is over.

If you give it to your peaches and reward it with your pets, Shi Fang really knew that this was a manifestation of the aristocratic family showing weakness to him. In the event of a national crisis, there should be no internal chaos.

The board that was originally raised high fell gently. Taking Renzhou as an example, Li Mingshan, appointed Guoqiang to be dismissed, and never used it; Huang Xinqing's twenty boards were fined 5,000 taels of silver; the Li family paid 120 taels of silver and rewarded him; Zhang Liangkuan praised his loyalty and straightforwardness and conferred his son Wen Linlang, from the ninth rank, his wife Li Niang was awarded the sixth rank An people, and gave him a sunflower ebony scroll, and ordered him to raise his young son...

Master Li died five days before New Year's Eve. When seeing the money, Shi Fangzhen gave the posthumous title "Wenhe". The last of the thirty-three posthumous posthumous posthumous ministers was considered to have saved the face of the Li family and the aristocratic family. This battle between imperial power and the aristocratic family ended quietly with peace due to the arrival of the white disaster in the Beimo.

Jiang Anyi had already taken his younger brother to the return home. After Master Yu's advice, he had already understood the harm of doing so. This time he returned home, he happened to go home with his younger brother to see his mother.

As if nothing happened to the prince of Anyang, Shi Fangdaoxing, had a good meal and drink. He had no extra words except for lyrics, poetry and essays, which made Jiang Anyi secretly grateful. What made Jiang Anyi most relieved was that An Yong seemed to have become a different person, and he was much more steadily. He sat on the horse as steady as Mount Tai, and he did not keep talking about the same "quack" as before.

Looking at his younger brother who was almost equal to him, Jiang Anyong felt that it was right to take his younger brother out this time. He raised his finger and pointed to the empty official road. Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "Anyong, I haven't competed with you for a long time. Is there one in the front of the Ten Li Pavilion?"
Chapter completed!