Chapter 591

He raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his cuff. He stood up with some trepidation and said, "I'm also discussing with the cabinet members recently. In fact, in the past two years, the south of the Yangtze River has been in good weather, so we should also raise the taxes that have been lowered before."

Jiang Yi looked at Min Chong meaningfully and didn't speak.

Min Chong's heart also a clap Deng, also don't know oneself just this words in the end have close empress dowager's mind.

In fact, in the past two years, there have been a lot of big and small disasters all over the country, but the noise is not as big as that of a few years ago, so it just looks peaceful, but it is far from restoring the scene of Dao Jianwu years.

But the words had already been uttered, and he had to finish them, even if he had to harden his head.

So he gritted his teeth and said: "according to the minister, the harvest of Lianghuai and Liangguang was very good last year. Emperor Xiaozong was benevolent in governing the people, which he had no choice but to do at the beginning. Such benevolent government could not be carried out forever..."

Jiang Yi listened and nodded slightly.

Min Chong, who always pays attention to Jiang Yi, knows that he is right. As soon as the tension in his heart is relaxed, he will open up the courage to talk about it.

Jiang Yi listened to min Chong, who had fully understood his own meaning, and he said with a smile: "this is thanks to min Shoufu."

With that, she called minchong to have a meal.

But what appetite does min Chong have at this time? But after a few mouthfuls, he found an excuse to quit.

When min Chong walked out of the palace, he felt that his feet were a little weak. He was so calm that he didn't show fear in front of a group of maids.

The palace in June is very sultry.

For fear of someone hiding in the tree, there were almost no tall trees in the whole palace.

Therefore, during the day, the whole palace is exposed to the sun. At night, both the walls and the ground are constantly emitting heat. It feels like being in an oven.

However, with such a little effort, min Chong only felt that he was already sweating

I want to get out of the palace as soon as possible to take off this layer of official clothes.

But before he left the palace, he was stopped.

Min Chong looked back.

Wang Quanyou, the eunuch of Li Jian, was standing in front of a palace with a lantern, waiting for him.

Although he is now the chief assistant of the cabinet, he does not dare to offend a eunuch like Wang Quanyou at all. So he greets him with a flattering smile and says, "Duke Wang ~!"

Wang Quanyou is a man who serves people all the year round. Although he has become a eunuch, his humble appearance seems to have been engraved into his bone marrow.

Seeing that Min Chong was so polite to himself, he bowed himself and said with a smile: "Min Shoufu is really managing everything every day. At this time, he is still in the palace."

Min Chong also said with a smile: "this is not because the Empress Dowager summoned you."

Wang Quanyou gave him a tacit smile, and then talked about his own business: "it's reasonable to say that Min Shoufu shouldn't be bothered at this time. It's just that our family has encountered a very difficult matter now. It's really hard for us to make up our mind, so we just want to ask your opinion." With that, Wang Quanyou told min Chong about the memorials in the southwest and northwest.

Min Chong knew these two things for a long time. After all, the memorials of the whole country had to be handed over by their cabinet. He still remembered that these two memorials were written by the prince, and the votes on them were written by him.

"I think min Shoufu also knows that it's about the southwest and northwest princes, and it's not easy for us to make up our mind at will, so we handed over the fold. Unexpectedly, today the Empress Dowager asked us to handle it at our discretion. We couldn't make up our mind for a moment, so we wanted to ask min Shoufu for advice."

Although the southwest and northwest Zhezi seem to say two different things, they actually say the same thing, that is, asking for money!

It's just that other people don't know about the state treasury, but min Chong, who is the leader and assistant, is very clear.

He also suddenly realized the purpose that the Empress Dowager called him into the palace tonight.

To put it bluntly, it's money!

Now Wang Quanyou comes to discuss with him. Isn't his opinion written on the ticket? Now he comes to ask himself, is it because the palace does not agree with the handling opinion he put forward?

At the thought of this, min Chong became more cautious.

He originally suggested that the imperial court should give more or less meaning to appease and take care of the two places, but now it seems that it can't do so.

He also said to Wang Quan, "Duke Wang, the people of Ming Dynasty don't talk in secret. You and I all know what the State Treasury looks like now. However, one of the northwest and southwest is king Jin and the other is king Rong. It's really hard for us to be their master. I think we can discuss this with king an."

As soon as min Chong's words came out, Wang Quanyou's eyes lit up.

Yes, how did he forget king an.

If King an is the master of these things, nothing will happen to them in the future.

Just at this time, it must be inappropriate for him to go to discuss this matter with his royal highness. So Wang Quanyou looked at it and min Chong said, "this matter is very serious. Why don't you ask min Shoufu to go to the palace with us?"

Min Chong also scolded Wang Quanyou in the heart an old fox.

It's just that I don't want to take responsibility.

But when he thought of what the Empress Dowager had just said to him, if he wanted to start with taxation, he would at least have to tell Wang An.

Since this incident was caused by the memorials of the two princes, he might as well take advantage of the memorials to talk with Wang an about the tax increase in advance and see what Wang An said about it.

After making up his mind, min Chong said to Wang Quan with a smile, "I'm happy to serve your father-in-law."

Wang Quanyou naturally wants to be polite to min Chong for a while. Then they take two carriages to Xiao Tongqing's residence in the capital.

Xiao Tongqing was very interested in this point

Some strange, but still met two people in the study outside.

Min Chong didn't exchange greetings with Xiao Tongqing, but directly handed the two princes' folding to Xiao Tongqing.

Xiao Tongqing swept two memorials, and Zheng himself fell into meditation.

At the beginning, the imperial edict left by Xiao RUIZHAO let the three princes supervise the country together. Now, one of them is fighting against Baiyue, and the other is busy with the pacification and reconstruction after the fiefdom earthquake. To put it bluntly, these two things are likely to bring down each other. At this time, if the imperial court helps them, they will be able to tide over the difficulties.

But that is not what Xiao Tongqing wants to see.