The emperor kept staring at King Jin and said nothing.

King Jin's face remained as usual and he let him stare.

After a long time, the emperor asked: "You have been discussing with them for so long. In addition to asking for food, what other requests did they make?"

"As long as they have enough to eat, they don't want to cause trouble. They were forced to this point by the Relief Department and Mr. Xiong. The purpose of arresting the Xiong family is just to make Mr. Xiong have some scruples and stop firing indiscriminately and hurting innocent people."

His tone was calm, but there was a hint of sarcasm in his words.

Although the victims of the trouble were concerned about the common people, General Xiong was unscrupulous.

Who are the bandits and who are the soldiers?

The emperor stopped talking again, and neither did the King of Jin.

The monarch and his ministers were silent for a while, and then the emperor said: "I can give them food."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness on behalf of the victims." King Jin paused, "I wonder how much grain your Majesty is willing to give them? Is it coarse grain or fine grain?"

"Prince Jin is really dedicated to serving the people." The emperor sneered.

"Your Majesty, as I receive a salary from the imperial court, I should share your Majesty's worries and do things for the people. Otherwise, I will just sit there and eat nothing." King Jin said seriously.

The emperor chuckled twice, "One hundred shi of coarse grains and fifty shi of fine grains, do you think that is enough for the King of Jin?"

"I will convey your Majesty's wishes." King Jin pretended not to understand the probing meaning in the emperor's words.

"Then I'll ask Prince Jin to go on another trip." The emperor said with a half-smile.

"I retire." King Jin exited the Qinzheng Hall.

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at the direction he was leaving, and said coldly: "You'd better not be behind this He Lianyu matter, otherwise, I will definitely kill you alive."

The King of Jin did not rush to Xizhimen, but went to Hubu.

The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food and wages...

The emperor promised one hundred shi of coarse grain and fifty shi of fine grain. He had to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to get it first.

When the Minister of Household Affairs heard that he wanted so much food, he immediately complained, "Your Majesty, it's not that I won't give you food, but I really don't have that much food."

"I know how many stones there are in the grain reserves in the capital, and how much grain has been used for disaster relief is recorded in the account. How dare you say that you can't get the grain I want?" King Jin was not angry and was proud of himself.

"Your Majesty, the Relief Department is responsible for this matter." The Minister of Household Affairs did not hide anything for Prince Ding.

"King Ding has been imprisoned, how dare the relief department make trouble?" King Jin asked knowingly.

"Your Majesty, King Ding allocated food for disaster relief. He said it was not enough, so he took the money for disaster relief and bought another one million shi of food." said the Minister of Household Affairs.

"As far as I know, there are only 700,000 shi of grain in the two warehouses of the Disaster Relief Department. The grain has only been stored for a few days. Where did the grain go?"

The Minister of Hubu licked his lips and said, "I don't know."

"You are the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and are in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. How do you know about such a trivial matter? Ask the Secretary of the Department of Affairs." King Jin gave sincere advice.

The Minister of Household Affairs had a bitter look on his face, "Your Majesty, you don't need to ask the secretary about this. This was all done by King Ding. King Ding took the grain and sold it at a high price."

"Why didn't Mr. Guan report this to the emperor?" King Jin asked again, knowing full well.

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan..."

"Master Guan, you don't need to explain to me. The matter has reached this point. If you conceal it and don't report it, you will only get a higher degree of guilt. It is better to go to the emperor and explain the matter clearly. Master Guan, don't stupidly take the blame for others."

"What the prince said is true, what the prince said is true." Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance no longer hesitated.

The King of Jin looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who was leaving and smiled meaningfully.

King Ding is in prison now, so take advantage of his illness to kill him.

The emperor's minions must be eliminated one by one.

When the King of Jin left the palace, he did not return to the Prince of Jin's Mansion, but went to the Prince of Huaibei's Mansion.

On the surface, he seemed not to care about how the emperor should deal with the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, how to deal with Prince Ding, and how to deal with General Xiong. In fact, he asked other ministers to submit a petition, asking the emperor to severely punish the three of them.

King He Ding colluded with him, and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, who had been corrupt and bribery, was dismissed from office and his house was confiscated, and all his property was confiscated.

King Ding's title was taken away from him and he was directly demoted to an earl. He is now Uncle Dingping.

Three thousand acres of meritorious farmland were taken back, and only five hundred acres of two thousand acres of farmland were left...

The once-prominent Prince Ding's Mansion, no, the Prince Dingping's Mansion was reduced to the third-rate mansion in the city overnight.

They could not live in Prince Ding's Mansion either, and the emperor ordered them to move out within five days.

In Prince Ding's palace, the cries were loud. Princess Ding didn't want to believe it, and she desperately shook Prince Ding who had just been released from prison. "Your Majesty, how could this happen? How could this happen?"

"Your Majesty, can you think of a way?"

Ding Pingbo was stunned and lost his mind. What else can he do now?

General Xiong was deprived of his military power and was banned from his residence.

It is also easy for generals to recover. If there is a war at the border, General Xiong can put on his uniform again.

Moreover, he has a princess and daughter-in-law at home, so General Xiong is not worried at all about whether he can recover. "Bring me some wine. I have worked hard for so long, and it's time for me to take a rest."

At this time, he had forgotten that his mother, wives and concubines were still locked up in the tower of Xizhimen.

In the middle of the court, Crown Prince De took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the troops are leaderless and we are afraid of trouble. Since Your Majesty has appointed the King of Jin to handle this matter, it is better to hand over the power of troop deployment to the King of Jin. This will also make it easier for the King of Jin to act."

The emperor finally managed to wrest the military power from the King of Jin. How could he return the power to mobilize troops to the King of Jin, even if it was only the military power of the city defense army?

But if we don’t hand over the military power to the King of Jin, who should we hand it over to?

The emperor's eyes swept over the generals, everyone bowed their heads, no one wanted to take this hot potato.

In desperation, the emperor could only hand over the troop deployment power of the city defense army to the King of Jin.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." King Jin had long expected that the military power of the city defense army would fall into his hands.

The newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue handed over the grain in Guangjisi's granary to the King of Jin, who once again went to the Xizhimen tower.

After the food was given to the victims, the leader immediately ordered to "set up a stove to cook porridge" under the city tower.

"Brother, the officers and soldiers are surrounding you at the foot of the tower. I'm afraid no one will dare to serve the porridge."

The leader raised his hand to the King of Jin and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"It's our job," King Jin said with a smile.

The King of Jin ordered all the soldiers to move back five feet, and ordered people to go to the relief shed to tell the victims that they could come to Xizhimen to receive porridge.

While King Jin was busy with these things, Fangju, who was sent out by Jiang Changning to check the accounts, returned home after a long journey.

"My slave, please send your regards to the princess. May the princess be blessed." Fang Ju came in and knelt down to kowtow to Jiang Changning.

"Okay, there's no need to be so polite. Get up. It's been a hard trip this time. It looks like you've lost weight. Xiulan, let Mrs. Cui cook some of her favorite dishes to replenish her weight."

"Thank you, Princess, for the reward." Fang Ju said happily.

After Jiang Changning asked a few more concerned questions, Fang Ju handed over the account book, "This slave has gone to a total of sixteen villages. There are some unclear points in the accounts of each village."

Fangju was very attentive and wrote down all the unclear points.

Jiang Changning took the order, well, all the sixteen village heads had stolen at least a thousand taels of silver.
Chapter completed!