Chapter 69: All members of the Ministry of Revenue fall
On this list, almost all the officials including the left and right assistant ministers of the Ministry of Revenue, the deputy ministers, the ministers, the directors of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Granaries fell.
Perhaps it should be said that except for himself, everyone else is basically on the list.
Jiang Xun knelt down tremblingly and pleaded guilty: "I am guilty, please punish me, Your Majesty."
The emperor was very angry at this time and shouted angrily:
"You are guilty. I handed over the entire Ministry of Revenue to you, the country's purse to you, and this is how you repay me?
The entire Ministry of Revenue is corrupt. Look at that list, from top to bottom, almost everyone is caught in it."
"I failed to control my subordinates effectively, and I shall be punished by death."
The emperor was furious and furious: "You are guilty of a capital crime. Someone..."
Seeing this, Li Yueyao hurried forward to support the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, don't be angry."
After being interrupted by Li Yueyao, the emperor sat down on the dragon throne angrily, supporting his forehead with his hand, and seemed to be very angry.
Li Yueyao patted the emperor on the back to calm him down, saying:
"Jiang Xun, His Majesty originally handed over a good Ministry of Revenue to you, and now you've left a mess behind and are just thinking about dying. This is too easy for you.
You should keep your life and manage the new Ministry of Revenue back to its original state, and then we can talk about whether you live or die."
After hearing this, the emperor stared at Jiang Xun without saying a word.
Song Yinian, who was standing next to him, said, "Your Majesty, last year we needed to compile history books, so a group of new Jinshi graduates from last year were in the History Museum.
This group of people can now be temporarily transferred to the User Department."
The emperor nodded and said, "Alright."
Gao Hongchen then added, "The Ministry of Revenue deals with finances and grain. These people are busy compiling history. I'm afraid they're not up to the task, are they?"
Song Yinian laughed and said, "Prime Minister Gao, you're worrying too much. You forgot that arithmetic was added to the imperial examination last year."
Gao Hongchen really forgot about this.
Feng Shenyu, who was sitting at the top, heard this and curled the corners of his mouth.
I started setting up this scheme since the imperial examination last year, all for today. Do you think you can break it with just a few words?
Innocent!
After the morning court session ended, the other five ministries and nine officials all came out of the palace with weak legs and feet.
Within the morning, almost all the officials in the Ministry of Revenue were imprisoned.
In the afternoon, the group of newly-minted scholars who were compiling history came directly to the Ministry of Revenue to take up their posts, making a seamless transition.
They even performed their duties according to the instructions of the Minister of Revenue Jiang Xun and arranged the matters at hand in an orderly manner.
In the afternoon, someone discovered that the treasury was empty.
At the next morning court session, the emperor was furious and wanted to execute Jiang Xun in court.
Li Yueyao finally managed to save Jiang Xun's life after much persuasion and let him go home to wait for the ginseng.
The emperor appointed the right prime minister Feng Shenyu to assist the Ministry of Revenue and temporarily take over the position of Minister of Revenue.
Gao Hongchen immediately jumped out and said that Feng Shenyu was young and inexperienced and wanted to take over himself, but His Majesty disagreed.
At this time, someone suddenly jumped out and recommended the King of Qin and the King of Jin.
Li Yueyao sat at the top and frowned as she watched the Minister of Rites who recommended the King of Qin and the Minister of Works who recommended the King of Jin.
Then the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites also came out to support and selected two princes to temporarily take over the position of Minister of Revenue.
Li Yueyao and Feng Shenyu looked at each other without saying anything.
The emperor thought for a moment and said, "Come here, summon the King of Jin and the King of Qin to the palace."
The two princes came to the palace with confused looks on their faces.
After Li Yueyao told the two of them about the situation in the court, they immediately said that they would follow the emperor's arrangements.
After hearing this, the emperor appointed Prince Jin. After all, it was well known that Prince Jin was good at mathematics.
Li Yueyao did not stop the emperor when she saw this, because she did not understand the current political situation very well.
After the morning court session, Li Yueyao and the emperor discussed the matter in a side hall of the Taiji Palace. When Feng Shenyu came, they both looked at him at the same time.
Feng Shenyu replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if the King of Jin has ulterior motives, it won't matter.
I have already had a plan for the Ministry of Revenue issue, and this plan started during the imperial examination last year.
Therefore, no matter who becomes the Minister of Revenue, it will not affect the operation of the Ministry of Revenue."
Li Yueyao heard this and said, "Did you arrange for those people to compile the history books?"
Feng Shenyu nodded.
“When Chunhui Garden was just built three years ago, I discovered the problem. After a thorough investigation, I found that almost the entire Ministry of Revenue was deeply involved.
So last year during the imperial examination, I suggested that Your Majesty add the subject of arithmetic.
Later, when the History Bureau needed to compile historical books, I secretly retained a group of math experts to temporarily employ them."
The emperor glanced at Feng Shenyu and said, "The Right Prime Minister is taking every step carefully, and he has included me in all of it."
Feng Shenyu listened, shrugged and said nothing.
The emperor snorted when he saw this, and then asked:
"What do you think of this King Jin?"
Li Yueyao thought for a moment and said, "He seems to be indifferent to worldly matters."
Feng Shenyu shook his head and said, "Hiding one's strength and biding one's time, one has great ambitions."
Li Yueyao and the emperor turned to look at him and asked, "Oh, why do you think so?"
"The King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Wei, the King of Wu, among these adult princes, he is the most low-key and has the best reputation.
He always did good deeds and never got involved in state affairs.
But this person, today, suddenly a bunch of people in the court recommended him to take on the important position of concurrently acting as Minister of Revenue."
The emperor heard this and said, "Prince Jin has always had this temper. Just because he keeps a low profile and doesn't compete with others doesn't mean there's something wrong with him.
Besides, didn't someone recommend the King of Qin in the court today?"
Li Yueyao glared at the emperor and said, "How can the King of Qin and the King of Jin be the same?
The King of Qin and you share the same mother, and the King of Jin is a concubine's son. And..."
The emperor asked, "And what?"
“Also, I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I feel like the King of Qin is just a runner-up today.
It is well known that the King of Qin was not good at literature, but only at military affairs.
Today we are talking about the Minister of Revenue, not the Minister of War."
Feng Shenyu smiled at Li Yueyao and said, "Your Highness is really perceptive. You noticed this too?
If those people really want to recommend someone, why don’t they recommend the Grand Secretary of the Su family? Isn’t he good at mathematics?
Or he could be Princess Zhaoxiang's consort, Lord Zhen, or at worst, Prince Shou'an.
Everyone is good at mathematics, so why did the King of Qin and the King of Jin have to choose? "
Li Yueyao listened and said, "That's right. Although Xiao Huaiyu is a little off-key sometimes, I heard he's very good at math."
The emperor nodded and asked, "What should we do then?"
Li Yueyao smiled and said, "It's OK. The King of Jin is a low-key person, so you can't tell what he is talking about.
Now, he is in a high position, like a target, and his every move is watched not only by us but also by others.
If he wants to make a rash move, we will be able to see it in time."
Feng Shenyu's smile widened when he heard this.
"Your Highness and I agree on exactly this."
The emperor looked at the smile on Feng Shenyu's face and felt depressed.
Looking at his attitude towards Li Yueyao and his perfunctory treatment of himself just now, the emperor really wanted to kick Fengshenyu out.
But when he turned around again, he saw his 28-year-old unmarried aunt sitting next to him, and thought about the instructions of his father and mother in his dream.
Forget it, for the sake of my aunt's marriage, I will endure it.
After they get married, they will complain to their aunt and ask her to deal with him.
After the emperor prepared himself mentally, he asked:
"So what are you going to do next?"
"All the members of the Ministry of Revenue have been arrested. This means we have become mortal enemies with the Left Prime Minister. They will take many actions against us in the future.
During the next period of time, Your Majesty and Your Highness, you must be extra careful and stay indoors unless necessary. If you do go out, bring more guards with you."
The emperor nodded after listening to this, and suddenly remembered that Concubine Xian had said that Fengshenyu was almost ambushed by someone two days ago.
So he asked, "I heard that the Right Prime Minister was nearly assassinated two days ago when he went out. Was he injured?"
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