Gu Jiuxing said: "I heard that he went to the government office."
Emperor Ming Yan nodded and said nothing more.
At this time, several people in the Lin Mansion were discussing something when they heard someone hurriedly report: "Lord, the Prime Minister is here!"
Lin Fujian was stunned: "Which prime minister?"
"It's Lord Ping, His Highness Fu Yan!"
Several people were all stunned and asked, "What is she doing here?"
Lin Fujian didn't know either, so he said, "Everyone, please sit down. I'll go over and take a look."
When he hurried to the hall, Yan Shiyue was sitting leisurely in a chair. Lin Fujian stepped forward to greet him and called him "Prime Minister".
Yan Shiyue stood up and returned the greeting: "It's a presumptuous thing to come here, please don't blame me, Lord."
Lin Fujian said, "I dare not! It is my humble honor to have the Prime Minister visit my humble home."
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"Since the elder said so, I won't be polite." Yan Shiyue said, "I'm a little hungry. Ask your kitchen to make me a bowl of noodles. My people haven't eaten yet, so I'll have a meal here."
Lin Fujian was worthy of being Lin Fujian. He agreed calmly, then told people to prepare and bring snacks. Yan Shiyue washed her hands and slowly took the food to eat.
After a while, the servants brought up the cooked noodles and some side dishes, and Yan Shiyue continued to sit and eat.
Lin Fujian sat beside him with a respectful attitude.
It was not until they had finished their noodles and had tea that Yan Shiyue took out the letter from her sleeve and handed it to Lin Fujian.
Lin Fujian didn't ask any more questions. He took it with both hands and took a closer look.
Yan Shiyue was drinking her tea slowly when she saw Lin Fujian frowning slightly. He glanced at her, then looked at her again carefully.
Seeing the change in his eyes, Yan Shiyue suddenly remembered what Emperor Ming Yan said. He said, "Do you think my subjects are all trash?"
These people are in high positions and are definitely not just good at playing power games. They must all have their own strengths. For example, Lin Fujian, who was born in a poor family and has now become a powerful figure, is definitely not a simple person.
In this matter, many of Lin Fujian's students and old friends were involved, and the two of them were natural allies. She asked for permission to open the "Si Mao" in order to enrich the national treasury, without any selfish motives.
Even if what she "enriched" could not make Emperor Ming Yan forget the huge deficit before, but if it really succeeded, it would obviously reduce Emperor Ming Yan's anger, distract his mind, and the punishment of these people would be relatively lighter.
Even if the house search was changed to debt collection, it would be a surprise and a narrow escape for the Lin party.
So they were her natural allies. If she could get him to do this, these people were all experts, and using their experience and knowledge to promote this matter would be far better than her own efforts.
This should be considered an open conspiracy!
Lin Fujian finished reading it, put his hands back and said, "The Prime Minister's intention..."
Yan Shiyue handed him the article again.
Lin Fujian swallowed it, took it and looked at it, and said, "Trader?"
She nodded, and he lowered his head to take a closer look. This time, he looked at it for a longer time, probably three times, before he slowly folded it and handed it back to her: "May I ask what your Excellency's intention is?"
Yan Shiyue asked: "What do you think?"
Lin Fujian was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "What do you think about the deficit in the national treasury, Prime Minister?"
Yan Shiyue put away the manuscript and the memorial, and answered: "How should I put it? First of all, for the treasury soldiers, it is inevitable that they would want to steal the silver while guarding it. Then, for the treasury doctor and all the officials... No matter when this matter started, Lord Lin, you and I know that no one is clean, because the clean ones are already dead."
Lin Fujian lowered his eyes, showing no emotion on his face.
Yan Shiyue continued, "But, cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. This whole thing, from top to bottom, has become a web. As a princess and a prime minister, I hold the imperial sword, and I did this. Some people killed people in front of me, and even cursed after being detained... You can see how terrible this web is. If you move it a little, the interests of everyone will be affected. Every 'point' on the web will do its best for this, and the sword will go wherever it goes."
"I don't think that all the officials involved are greedy and money-hungry. Maybe some of them are just afraid of death. The only thing they have in common is that they don't have the courage to burn their boats. So day after day, such a huge deficit was caused."
"But this is the national treasury, the foundation of Dayan. Touching the national treasury is equivalent to treason and must be investigated. I think everyone involved deserves to die, but I don't think everyone is unforgivable."
She paused. "But even if we kill all these people, can we make up for the deficit? It's impossible. We can make up 10% or 20% of it, which is good, unless we confiscate their property... But the law cannot punish everyone, I don't think it will go that far. So, who will make up for the difference? As a son, I can't bear to see my father worrying about this."
She looked at him and said, "Mr. Lin, many times, change means unpredictable results, but I can tell you that I am right about trade and commerce, and I will definitely succeed."
She smiled slightly: "Even if I fail, so what? I will bear the blame alone, what loss will it have for Elder Lin? To put it bluntly, this matter will only benefit you, not harm you, right?"
Lin Fujian slowly raised his head and looked at her.
She also looked at him calmly.
Lin Fujian asked, "Why would the Prime Minister help me?"
"You're so funny." Yan Shiyue said directly: "I won't help you, and you don't have to remember my favor. We are just working together temporarily. I just think that this matter is a subversion of the traditional concept. If I tell Aye directly, Aye will definitely be embarrassed, and there may be things he can't think of or understand. So we brainstorm to save time and energy, that's all."
Lin Fujian looked at her, wanting to say something several times, but finally swallowed it back.
He slowly bowed his hands: "Your subordinate will do his best."
"Okay," Yan Shiyue stood up, "Thank you, Elder Lin, for the noodles. They're delicious. See you later!"
Lin Fujian bowed deeply and watched her walk away with her hands behind her back, her steps quite leisurely.
Yan Shiyue entered the palace, and when Emperor Ming Yan saw her, he said, "Don't let me give you a word of warning, you are worried! Don't run around at this time. Those people's wealth is blocked, and there may be evil thoughts in their minds!"
"I know," Yan Shiyue said, "Don't you see that I am always surrounded by people when I go in and out? There are quite a few of them."
"Yes." Emperor Mingyan said, "I will give you another hundred shadow guards. You have too few people and too much to do. I am worried."
Seeing that he was frowning, Yan Shiyue ran up to him and rubbed his temples. Emperor Ming Yan leaned back and let the little girl please him, asking, "You showed up, where are you going now?"
Yan Shiyue said: "I went to Lin Fujian's house."
Emperor Ming Yan was surprised and asked, "Oh? You actually went to his house again?"
"Don't mention it," Yan Shiyue said, "I just went there normally, but his housekeeper looked like I was catching an adulterer. I guess they must be plotting something!"
"If you keep talking nonsense!" Emperor Ming Yan raised his hand and slapped her, and then asked: "What are you going to do?"
She didn't say anything, so Emperor Mingyan asked, "Hmm?"
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