Chapter 769: It's a good smash

On the straight central axis from Zhengdemen to Wenjing Pavilion, the remaining snow on the imperial road paved with bluestone bricks has been cleaned up, and the ground is still a little wet, and the red palace walls block the cold wind. Only by looking into the distance can you see that there is still snow on the golden glazed tiles of the palace.

Chen Ao was wearing a python robe, and the jade belt just made the wide purple robe around his waist tightly, making his figure even more straight. In fact, Chen Ao was not tall, only as tall as ordinary people, but when he walked, he looked straight at him with his chest, which made people feel taller.

At least compared to the eunuch who was hunching along the way, it was really majestic.

A Shangfang sword hanging around his waist, carrying the sword into the palace was a taboo in the palace. However, this is a sword, which is a gift from His Majesty. It is a unique part of the world, and of course it is extraordinary. In contrast to this sword, Chen Ao's left rib, he had an oil umbrella embroidered with lotus flowers on his arm. This is the benefit of having a wife. In this weather, as long as it is on the street, most men with umbrellas have wives. Only women are so careful and willing to tell you to bring an umbrella out no matter what.

Chen Ao thought to himself: "If it were a rough man, it would rain when it would rain, and he would definitely be soaked into a chicken." Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing. At this time, he really wanted the sky to quickly cover the dark clouds, and a heavy rain would make him hold an oil umbrella and walk in the garden to see many people covering their heads and pouring into a chicken.

It’s a pity that the weather is not good. After a snowfall, the sky became clearer and clearer, with no clouds and the wind was refreshing, which made people feel regretful.

When he walked through the straight imperial road and arrived at a small white marble bridge, Chen Ao couldn't help but stop and look at the stream under the bridge. The stream had become frost, and he could no longer see the rippling stream of water. Chen Ao was greatly relieved, shook his head and said slowly: "I wonder if the fish raised in this stream have frozen to death. It's a pity, it's a pity that I like the fat fish."

As he was speaking, Yang Jian came over and said angrily: "Your Majesty just heard the news and said that you were going to meet him. Who knew that he had been waiting for a long time but had not seen you over. I sent me to urge him, why are you still looking around here?"

Chen Ao smiled faintly: "No hurry, no hurry."

Yang Jian was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter if you don't hurry?"

"Don't rush to see Your Majesty. Of course, you have to walk more and see more. Isn't there a saying that says, the scenery in the mountains is beautiful, so I comfort my wandering heart."

Yang Jian couldn't help but shake his head and had to drag him away: "There is no Cenhe here, but His Majesty. Your Majesty can wait too much. At that time, you will have to pick your fault."

When he arrived outside Wenjing Pavilion, he had saved even the notice. Yang Jian rushed to pull Chen Ao in. The two were still entangled and crossed the threshold together. Chen Ao saw Zhao Ji and smiled embarrassedly: "Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time."

Zhao Ji drank two cups of hot tea before waiting for this guy. He felt a little unhappy and said calmly: "I entered the palace, but I came late and I am punished!"

At the exit of the word "Punishment", Zhao Ji said calmly: "Leave the oil umbrella under your armpit."

The geese plucked their hair...

Chen Ao smiled, "Your Majesty likes to take it away."

Zhao Ji was so angry that he said, "You still have the heart to laugh? I heard that you smashed the Duke of Zheng's mansion. As an important minister of the court and a relative of the Tian family, what kind of tradition do you think you are a thug on the street? Besides, the Zheng family is Zheng's mother's family, and you don't look at monks and Buddha's faces. Zheng is your elder. Are you what your nephew should do?"

Chen Ao smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, you smashed the Zheng Mansion. Although it is suspected of venting personal anger, the empress do this for His Majesty."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but feel funny: "So I asked you to smash the Zheng Mansion?"

Chen Ao said seriously: "Do you know why the empress is late?"

Seeing that he was very serious, Zhao Ji couldn't help but sit down and said, "I want to listen to your explanation."

Chen Ao said slowly: "I brought people there at that time, but I just wanted to get the tent back. Your Majesty also knows that it is not easy for me to raise a chicken. In my heart, this chicken is simply a good teacher and friend of me. Every morning, it crowses and calls me to get up, so that I can hear the chicken and dance, read books and paint, and cultivate myself and manage my family."

A chicken actually rose to this height, and Zhao Ji's facial muscles had already twitched.

Chen Ao continued: "If I hadn't urgently needed money, I wouldn't have sold such a good chicken to Zheng Shuang. However, when Zheng Shuang took the chicken, she thought she was a relative of the foreigner, and actually bullied her. She thought she was not willing to speak out and did not dare to ask for any account. What would happen if His Majesty met such a person?"

Zhao Ji couldn't help but say, "You keep talking."

He understood his intentions, but if it were him, he would have to come to the door, but this sentence was hard to say.

Chen Ao sighed and said, "Weichen originally just wanted to find Zheng Shuang to settle the score, but who knew that he changed his mind when he got there?"

"Why is this?" Zhao Ji held the tea, attracted by Chen Ao's words but stopped. He actually blew the tea and forgot to drink it.

Chen Ao said: "Because Weichen only sees extravagantness and desire to describe it. The Zheng family's house is so gorgeous, so Weichen couldn't help but want to smash it."

Zhao Ji's face turned cold and he said angrily: "What's the reason?"

Chen Ao not only did not be timid, but said with confidence: "Of course it is a reason, not just a reason, but also the greatest truth in the world. The Zheng family is just a relative of the foreign country, at most, it is just a duke. With such a family background, the mansion is more gorgeous than the palace city and more grand than the Jin royal palace. When the Weishi came, he looked at the palace city carefully along the way, and then realized that the palace city was much worse than the Zheng mansion. It would be fine if a small duke had a rich and luxurious dress and food, but it was actually a mansion that could be compared with the inner garden of the palace. As Your Majesty's most loyal minister, Weishi was of course full of righteous indignation and evil arise from the side of courage. Therefore, he changed his mind and beat Zheng Shuang first, and then smashed his mansion. He taught him that a duke should be honest and not surpass his identity."

Chen Ao smacked his lips and said with a bitter taste: "In fact, I am also for the sake of the Zheng family. As a minister, I naturally cannot enjoy what I should not enjoy, and I must not covet what I should not covet. Concubine Zheng is accompanying Your Majesty in the palace. The Zheng family is honored. Once she becomes a relative of the foreigners, she should be more careful and walk on thin ice."

Zhao Ji was stunned. This truth was really high-sounding. If Zhao Ji hadn't known that this guy was full of bad water, he might have asked him to go to the Imperial Academy to preach this truth.

Chen Ao smiled faintly and continued, "Your Majesty, if the empress do not destroy what the Zheng family should not enjoy today, sooner or later, if the Zheng family produces a few unworthy nephews, who think that their family is rich enough to rival the country and cannot even get to the palace, wouldn't they do something more extraordinary? Zheng Shuang dares to bully the prince, dare to rely on me, the regent of the regent of the country, and in the future, Zheng Gou and Zheng Mao dare to ride on Your Majesty's head. It is important to know that money has ruined people's hearts. The Zheng family has too much money. As a minister, we should be sympathetic to Your Majesty's hard work in governing the country and the hardships of the refugees in Taiyuan. Instead of using this money to build a high-rise building, it is better to spend all the money and do some of the right jobs to share your worries and save the world and the people."

This sentence talks about Zhao Ji's heart. Taiyuan collapsed, and Zhao Ji was anxious, but he was always stingy. The money in the treasury was not enough to provide disaster relief. Someone from the outside court had already hit the inner court. The inner treasury is now very rich. Everyone is counting on the emperor to allocate some money to maintain the disaster relief.

However, Zhao Ji always used the money from the inner treasury as a coffin book and asked him to train troops, but he felt more relieved. After all, training troops was to consolidate the country and use it for disaster relief. The money was like flowing water, and it kept going out continuously, making his heart cut. Chen Ao reminded him that he was more thoughtful. The Zheng family was rich enough to rival the country. Why did he keep so much money for me? Why didn’t he share my worries and problems?

Zhao Ji said with a head of his head: "Yes, I didn't expect you to be able to tell this truth. I feel comforted. When I think back at this time, you smashed it well, I have a reward!" Zhao Ji showed a smile like an old fox and laughed: "What reward do you want?"

Chen Ao said seriously: "This time, I need 70 million guan of silver to buy food, cloth, and build new houses. It is good for teaching 100,000 refugees in Taiyuan Prefecture to recreate their karma. If Your Majesty wants to give rewards, it is better to allocate 50 million guan to take it to Weicheng to provide disaster relief."

Zhao Ji's face changed. It was so much 70 million guan... Even the Ministry of Revenue only needed 30 million guan. This guy was so poor that he could say it. He couldn't help but say: "Where do you want so much?"

Chen Ao said: "The settlement of the Ministry of Revenue is 30 million, only for relief. But now winter is coming, and the people are not covered in their bodies and have no body to stand. Taiyuan is also the north, so if they don't build new houses, they will be taught to freeze to death even if they allocate money and grain. Therefore, the money and grain that the poor ministers need is used to build houses and rebuild their homes for the people."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but nodded. It would be fine if he simply used porridge and rice a few months ago. It was cold now, so what's the use of relying on three meals a day? After all, people are not plants and trees, so they always need to shelter from the wind and rain. Moreover, in the spring of the next year, some oxen and farm tools must be provided, and the court cannot provide relief every year.

Zhao Ji said in embarrassment: "The treasury is afraid that it will not be able to pay so much money and grain. It is the 30 million guan planned by the Ministry of Revenue. It has not yet been settled, so how can it take out 70 million guan?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "I heard that the money and grain in the inner treasury are piled up like a mountain..."

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Chapter completed!