Dressed as a farmer's little blessing, the road to escape the deserted

For a moment, only the emperor and Lord Hou were left in the room, and the emperor immediately asked, "Cousin, tell me, is there any good way to bleed these aristocratic families!"

Hou Ye smiled, and replied, "I didn't have any idea at first, but I just heard something on the way here, which gave me a little inspiration."

"What's the matter? Cousin, tell me quickly!" The emperor pressed on, not even caring about eating the melon.

Hou Ye said, "Your Majesty, have you heard that the eldest son of Duke Zhen's mansion was jealous in the brothel the day before yesterday, and killed a wealthy businessman for a nobleman?"

The emperor nodded, "I heard that, but the Duke of Zhen's mansion launched a long follower to take the blame."

Lord Hou smiled, "Your Majesty, the state owns the state's laws, and the family has its own rules. How can you let the Duke's mansion have the final say on who killed someone? Even if Duke Zheng has only one son, he must be sent to Jingzhao Yin for investigation.

"If Zhen Guogong is really distressed, I will come to the palace to ask you to intercede. If you understand Zhen Guogong's love for his son, Zhen Guogong will naturally also understand that it is not easy for you, the Tianwu family, right?"

The emperor blinked his eyes twice, and immediately understood.

This is grabbing the tail of Zhen Guogong's only son and robbing Zhen Guogong's mansion openly.

The Duke of Zhen has been hereditary for four generations. Although the population is not prosperous, relying on the achievements of his ancestors in the past, coupled with the ancestral property and family business accumulated over the years, he is still very rich.

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

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

He coughed twice and said, "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. The only son of the Zhenguo government's mansion committed a crime, so he must be punished. But if this is the case, will the aristocratic family die and the fox will be sad, causing turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"No," Lord Hou shook his head, "The Duke's Mansion shares the concerns of the Emperor, and the Emperor's pardon is reasonable. In addition, I heard that the son of the Duke's Mansion likes the daughter of the second wife of the Marquis of Jiangning, to the point of obsession. Your Majesty If it can issue a decree to bestow a marriage, I am afraid that the Duke's Mansion will only be more grateful to the emperor."

The daughter of the second room of the Jiangning Hou Mansion?

The emperor didn't react for a while, and he waited to figure it out, really dumbfounded.

"It turns out my cousin is waiting for me here! The empress really wants to marry this cousin to you, but you have drawn a red line for her!"

Lord Hou raised his hand to pour tea, concealed the coldness in his eyes, and replied, "I said before that if the barbarians are not wiped out, and half the country is not recovered, I will never have a family. Therefore, it is not good to drag other girls until they grow old. What's more, I have a daughter! Fu Niuer is filial, I am not married and have children, but Fu Niuer will take care of me until the end of my life."

The emperor didn't like the Wu family at all, and he was unwilling to go against his cousin's wishes, just to make the queen and the Wu family happy.

What's more, the daughter of the Wu family bestowed a marriage to the prince of the Duke's Mansion, in exchange for a large sum of money for the treasury, which can also solve the problem of pensions.

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

It's a pity that Lord Hou wanted to achieve something far more than that. He asked again, "Is the emperor satisfied? You don't need to raise money for repairing the river?"

The emperor was startled at the time, and asked, "Cousin, don't you still want to squeeze money from the Duke's mansion?"

Hou Ye shook his head and said with a smile, "Of course not, even if you cut the meat, you can't keep cutting it from a pig!"

The emperor looked weird when he heard that, my cousin used to be such a serious person, but now he speaks... so down-to-earth!

Could it be that you have lived in Suijintan for a long time?

Hou Ye didn't know what he was thinking, and took out a soldier booklet from his arms, and said, "This time, there will be a lot of casualties, so we must replenish soldiers.

"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 is unreasonable to let the common people send their children and grandchildren to kill barbarians, but the rich and powerful 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 a son. In this way, each family will be more concerned about regaining the mountains and rivers, and will be more concerned about the war. Difficulty is more experienced.”

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

This……

In the court yesterday, civil and military officials and aristocratic families watched the pension issue from the sidelines.

He, the emperor, looked chilled and angry, not to mention his cousin, he must be very angry.

But he didn't expect that his cousin wanted to set up and roast all Tianwu's courtiers and dignitaries.

Drain from the bottom of the pot!

The snake hits seven inches!

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

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

"This... I'm afraid I will offend the public. Is my cousin really going to be a lonely minister in the future?" The emperor objected, "Cousin can't do this! Let's think of another way!"

Hou Ye smiled indifferently, "Don't worry, the emperor, it is not necessary for those children from the aristocratic families to enlist in the army. If they follow the example of Lord Zhen, and understand the emperor's worries about the emptiness of the treasury, then it is good to send only one enlistment.

"As for them wanting to be angry, they should be angry! When I vowed to recover the mountains and rivers and exterminate the barbarians, I put everything aside. Whether it's the courtiers or the dignitaries, it doesn't make any difference whether they hate me or respect me. As long as the emperor trusts me, I will have nothing to fear!"

"Cousin, I don't trust anyone, I will trust you too..." The emperor's heart was burning hot, he wanted to say too much, but his throat was blocked.

As an emperor, there must be no warmth in the world.

Because even his wife and children couldn't guarantee that one day they would kill him because of the chair under his buttocks.

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

When he was too weak to fight against everyone, his cousin brought his dark guards and walked on the verge of life and death all the time, collecting information for him, and handling some invisible things for him.

Now that he is in charge, he has the capital to fight against some people, and his cousin has started to lead troops to fight for him to recover half of the fallen country.

Now it is even for him to solve the problem of the emptiness of the national treasury, and with his own strength, he is hard-pressed to carry all the nobles of the aristocratic family!

Seeing the emperor's red eyes, Lord Hou sighed, and laughed in a low voice, "Why are you still the same as when you were a child? I don't have pine nuts to coax you."

The emperor also smiled, and there was a bit of nostalgia in his smile.

When he was young, his mother and concubine died early. At that time, the favored concubine and the empress both had princes. Naturally, the former emperor didn't care about this poor little man. He wished that the court ladies and eunuchs could bully him at will.

At that time, my cousin's parents and relatives all died of the epidemic, leaving only my cousin.

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

My cousin can go out of the palace once every two weeks, and will secretly bring him pine nut candies.

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

He eats candy, and his cousin practices martial arts.

Even after so long, everything seems to be still in sight...

In the past few years, he has been in charge of the government, and some people have started to stand in line and use it for him.

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

Occasionally, he would also doubt whether his cousin was also hiding his selfish intentions, whether he was also like those courtiers, asking and hiding something from him...

But at this moment, he was suddenly extremely ashamed!

Cousin is still that cousin, but he is already a "qualified" emperor!

The emperor took a deep breath and said, "Cousin, you don't have to do this. I am the emperor of Tianwu, and I should do this kind of thing! Just like you said, Tianwu is my Tianwu, the people's Tianwu, and the people's Tianwu. The courtiers and Tianwu from the rich and powerful family, there is no reason for them to sit on the sidelines!"