Chapter 560： A plan to draw fire from under the cauldron

Chapter 560: A plan to remove the firepower from the bottom of the cauldron

The emperor and the marquis were the only ones left in the room for a while. The emperor immediately asked, "Cousin, tell me, is there any good way to bleed these wealthy families?"

The Marquis smiled and replied, "I didn't have much idea at first, but I heard something on the way here, which gave me some inspiration."

"What's the matter? Cousin, tell me quickly!" the emperor asked, not even bothering to eat the melon.

The Marquis asked, "Have you heard, Your Majesty, that the eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo was jealous in a brothel the day before yesterday and beat a wealthy businessman to death for a poor man?"

The emperor nodded, "I heard about it, but the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has a long-term follower to take the blame."

The Marquis smiled and said, "Your Majesty, the country has national laws and the family has family rules. Who killed the person? How can we let the Duke's office have the final say? Even if Zheng Guogong only has an only son, he must be sent to Jing Zhaoyin for a clear investigation.

“If Duke Zhen is really distressed, he will come to the palace to ask for your mercy. If you understand Duke Zhen’s love for his son, Duke Zhen will naturally also understand how difficult it is for you, Tianwu, to be a family member, right?”

The emperor blinked his eyes twice and understood immediately.

This is to seize the tail of the Duke of Zhen's only son and rob the Duke of Zhen's mansion in an open and honest manner.

The Duke of Zhen Guo has been hereditary for four generations. Although the population is not prosperous, he is still very rich thanks to his ancestors' service as a dragon and the ancestral property accumulated over many years.

Let alone tens of thousands of taels of silver, hundreds of thousands of taels are not a problem.

The emperor already has thousands of consents in his heart, but as an emperor, he must still have the face he deserves.

He coughed twice and said, "When a prince breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people. When the only son of the prince commits a crime, he must be punished. But if this is the case, will the wealthy family be in mourning and cause turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"No," the Marquis shook his head, "The Duke of Guo's Mansion shares the emperor's worries, and it is reasonable for the Emperor to grant him a pardon. In addition, I heard that the eldest son of the Duke of Guo's Mansion likes the legitimate daughter of the second wife of the Marquis of Jiangning, even to the point of obsession. Your Majesty If the marriage can be granted by decree, I am afraid that the Duke's Palace will be even more grateful to the Emperor."

The legitimate daughter of the second wife of Jiangning Hou Mansion?

The emperor didn't react for a moment, and he really didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he had to wait to figure it out.

“It turns out that my cousin is waiting for me here! The Queen has always wanted to marry this cousin to you, but you have held the red string for me!”

The Marquis raised his hand to pour the tea, hid the coldness in his eyes, and replied, "I said that until the barbarians are exterminated and half the country is recovered, I will never have a family. Therefore, it is not good to drag other girls to wait until they are old. What's more, I have a daughter! Fu Niu'er is filial, and even if I don't have a biological child, Fu Niu'er will take care of me until I die."

The emperor had no good impression of the Wu family, and he was unwilling to go against his cousin's wishes, just to make the queen and the Wu family happy.

What's more, if the daughter of the Wu family is given a marriage to the prince of the Duke of Guo, a large amount of money can be exchanged for the national treasury, which can also solve the pension problem.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "This is not bad. It not only solves the emptiness of the national treasury, but also solves the problem of the Wu family's daughter's desire to marry. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

Unfortunately, what the Marquis wanted to achieve was far more than that. He asked again, "Is the emperor satisfied now? No money is needed to repair the river?"

The emperor was shocked at that time and asked, "Cousin, are you still trying to squeeze money from the Duke's mansion?"

Mr. Hou shook his head and said with a smile, "Of course not. Even if you cut meat, you can't always cut it from a pig!"

The emperor looked strange when he heard this. My cousin used to be such an unsmiling person, but now he speaks so...so down-to-earth!

Have you lived in Broken Gold Beach for a long time?

The Marquis didn't know what he was thinking, so he took out a soldier's booklet from his arms and said, "This expedition has caused heavy casualties, so we must replenish our troops.

 "Tianwu is the Tianwu of the common people, and it is also the Tianwu of the wealthy families and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. It makes no sense, just let the common people send their children and grandchildren to kill the barbarians, but the powerful and wealthy families stand behind and watch the fun.

"So, I propose that the soldiers this time be selected from the young children of each family. Each family must have two children, and there must be legitimate sons. In this way, each family will be more concerned about regaining the mountains and rivers, and will be more dedicated to the battle. Difficulties are more understandable.”

The tea bowl in the emperor's hand tilted and he almost spilled the tea.

this…

Yesterday in the court, all the civil and military officials and wealthy families were watching the pension issue.

He, the emperor, felt chilled and angry just looking at him, let alone his cousin, who must have been furious. But he didn't expect that his cousin actually wanted to grill all the courtiers and dignitaries of Tianwu.

Taking the fire out of the cauldron!

Snake hits seven inches!

This is to grab the necks of all the wealthy families and tie them all to the chariot for the Northern Expedition!

They may not care about the lives of ordinary soldiers, but they cannot ignore the life and death of their own bloodline!

"This... I'm afraid this will offend the public. Will my cousin really want to be a lonely minister in the future?" The emperor objected, "Cousin, you can't do this! You should think of other ways!"

The Marquis smiled nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, we don't necessarily require those children from aristocratic families to enlist in the army. If they learn to act like a duke, and understand that the Emperor is worried about the empty treasury, then it would be better to send only one to enlist."

"As for them being angry, let them be angry! When I vowed to regain the mountains and rivers and exterminate the barbarians, I already put everything aside. Whether it is the courtiers or the powerful, it makes no difference whether they hate me or respect me. As long as the emperor believes in me, I have nothing to fear!"

"Cousin, I don't trust anyone, but I will trust you..." The emperor's heart was burning. There were too many things he wanted to say, but they were all stuck in his throat.

As an emperor, you must not have human tenderness.

Because even his wife and children could not guarantee that one day they would kill him for the chair under his buttocks.

But he was so lucky to have such a cousin who grew up with him.

When he was too weak to fight against everyone, his cousin brought secret guards, always walking on the edge of life and death, collecting intelligence for him and handling some matters that could not be seen in the light.

Now that he has taken charge of the government and has the capital to compete with some people, his cousin has begun to lead troops to fight again to regain half of the fallen country for him.

Now he is solving the problem of the emptiness of the treasury for him, and using his own strength to shoulder all the dignitaries of the aristocratic families!

Seeing the emperor's eyes were red, the Marquis sighed and laughed softly, "Why are you still like you were when you were a child? I don't have any pine nut candies to coax you."

The emperor also smiled, with a hint of nostalgia in his smile.

When he was a child, his mother-in-law died early. At that time, the favored concubine and the queen gave birth to a prince. Naturally, the late emperor did not care about this poor little boy and wished that the palace maids and eunuchs could bully him at will.

At that time, my cousin’s parents and relatives all died from the epidemic, and only my cousin was left.

He deliberately knelt on the road where his father must pass, and asked his father for permission to send his cousin to the palace to be his companion.

My cousin can leave the palace once every half month, so I will secretly bring him pine nut candies.

When he was bullied and was unable to fight back, and was angry and sad, his cousin would secretly take him to a corner to talk.

He eats sweets while his cousin practices martial arts.

Even after so long, it seems like everything is still in front of you...

In the past few years, he has been in charge, and some people have begun to stand up and be used by him.

His cousin is not the only one around him, he even sees his cousin only once every few months.

 Occasionally, he would also doubt whether his cousin had hidden selfish motives, and whether he was like the courtiers who wanted something from him and concealed something...

But at this moment, he suddenly felt extremely ashamed!

The cousin is still the same cousin, but he is already a "qualified" emperor!

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Cousin, you don't have to be like this. I am the emperor of Tianwu, and I should do such things! As you said, Tianwu is my Tianwu, the Tianwu of the people, and the Tianwu of the people. There is no reason for the ministers and the powerful Tianwu to just sit back and watch!"

(End of this chapter)