After the rebirth, the queen took the Meiqiang tragedy script

Chapter 198
These three points that Chen Yuansi said extinguished Ye Qinghuai's anger.

Whether or not to hold the Wanshou Festival banquet, what to do, and how much it will cost are not as simple as she thought.

It is related to the opinions of ministers and people near and far towards the imperial court, determines whether the official hats on the heads of thousands of ministers and workers in the Ministry of Rites can be worn securely, and even affects the situation of battles thousands of miles away.

Especially the last point he said.

At present, the war is going on. The last thing Ye Qinghuai wants to see is a large-scale change among the six departments and hundreds of officials, which will cause confusion and confusion.

After being silent for a long time, Ye Qinghuai reached out and picked up the book she had thrown away. She looked through the various regulations and expenses densely listed on it, and finally said: "Put it here first. I will give it to you after reading it." You answer.”

After everyone dispersed, Ye Qinghuai sat alone in the Qinxian Hall for half an hour looking at the folding book.

She didn't believe in any nonsense that showed the power of God to scare neighboring countries.

She is a person who has died once. Which festival in the palace in her previous life was not a grand event?Not only the New Year's Day and Longevity Festival are held in a big way, but also the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lantern Festival, and Spring Festival are held in a big way. Even the Queen's death anniversary and Princess Shuyao's birthday are much grander than in this life.

The results of it?Has it deterred the enemy?
There is no less battle to fight.

When Lu Yanchen raised his troops, letters of war between Jinchuan and Northern Qi were also sent to the palace one after another.

If the money spent on organizing festivals can be used to build more cannons and raise more troops, it will definitely be more useful than spending on expensive ingredients and dances.

What made her hesitate was not the question of whether the Wanshou Festival feast could deter neighboring countries.

They were ministers of the Ministry of Rites and servants of the inner court.

These were the people who served her and the royal family.

They didn't do anything wrong. It can even be said that they took good care of Ye Qinghuai and the concubines and princesses in the harem, but Ye Qinghuai wanted to take away their jobs.

Ye Qinghuai was in trouble.

Normally at this time, she would consult with her teacher Lu Yanchen.

But now that he was far away in Yunzhou, he obviously couldn't solve her confusion immediately.

Ye Qinghuai thought for a moment and then told Li Baoquan who was waiting at the door: "Li Baoquan, go to Taiqing Pavilion and ask Lin Yuxiu to come see me."
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Lin Yuxiu has not changed much.

His thin body is wrapped in an indigo official uniform, his spine is straight, his long eyelashes reveal a pair of lonely eyes, and his thin lips are tightly closed like a judge's sword.

Ye Qinghuai and Lin Yuxiu exchanged greetings.

After Du Jing's case was concluded, the Ministry of Punishment was busy reviewing and approving the list of autumn judgments and case files sent from various places every autumn. Gu Shihai gave the matter to another Minister of Punishment with full authority on the grounds that Lin Yuxiu did not know enough about these old cases not long after joining the Ministry of Punishment. Lin Yuxiu only needs to watch and learn.

Most of these cases were cases that had been previously reported to the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The main issues in Qiu Jue were whether the trial process was in compliance and whether the materials were complete. Lin Yuxiu really couldn't get involved.

He was at ease for a moment.

As a result, Lin Yuxiu spent more time in Taiqing Pavilion.

He had previously mentioned during the imperial examination that most of the information about the imperial court in his articles were based on a book called "Shunping Memorial Collection". After the imperial examination, the cabinet discussed that some of the contents in this book involved imperial secrets, so the publication was stopped and The previously published book was withdrawn and requested to be re-edited and published again.

This matter fell on Taiqing Pavilion.

Lin Yuxiu has been actively promoting this matter recently.It can be seen that he is happier working in Taiqing Pavilion than in the Criminal Department.Not only did his energy level improve a lot, but according to his own words, he also made many like-minded people.

Ye Qinghuai nodded happily.

In the past, she had always worried that Lin Yuxiu's high-profile entry into office, coupled with his outspoken temperament, would make him too many enemies in the officialdom and make it difficult for him to gain a foothold.

Now it seems that Lin Yuxiu's emotional intelligence is better than she imagined.

"Lin Qing, I called you here today because I'm not sure about something and I want to hear your opinion." Ye Qinghuai got to the point.

She showed Lin Yuxiu the plan to raise money for the Longevity Festival, and then relayed to Lin Yuxiu the opinions and suggestions that had been discussed at the cabinet meeting today.

Lin Yuxiu's originally bright eyes gradually turned cold.

After listening to Ye Qinghuai's narration, Lin Yuxiu was silent and asked, "What are your Majesty's plans?"

"I originally thought that this year's Wanshou Festival would be like the Mid-Autumn Festival, with a family banquet in the palace, and it would be a simple one. But after the cabinet said this, I also felt that maybe we should continue to use the old system and retain the Chao He and the Foreign Minister's Palace. After the banquet, the number of state officials entering the capital can be streamlined. With so many people coming to the capital, travel expenses, food and accommodation are very expensive," Ye Qinghuai said.

After saying that, she looked up at Lin Yuxiu, as if waiting for his opinion.

Lin Yuxiu put the booklet Ye Qinghuai handed him back on the desk, stepped back a few steps, and looked down at the booklet without looking at Ye Qinghuai.

But Ye Qinghuai felt that his eyes were colder and his lips were pursed tighter, like a blade unsheathed.

"Your Majesty, when I was sorting out the "Shun Ping Memorial Collection" recently, I saw a memorial written by the Minister of Punishment about Yang Bocheng. Does your Majesty know about Yang Bocheng's case?" Lin Yuxiu asked.

"I know."

The Yang Bocheng case was the largest corruption case during the Shunping period.

This man can be said to be a legend.

During Yang Bocheng's three years as the magistrate of Yuezhou, the amount of embezzlement reached 800 million taels of silver, which shocked the government and the public at the time.You know, Yuezhou is a remote state and county, and there are miasma forests everywhere, with only one hundredth of the cultivated land area.

However, in such a poor state where the annual tax revenue was only 200 million taels of silver, Yang Bocheng actually embezzled 800 million taels in three years.

After his fall, the Jingzhao officials sent to Yuezhou to search his house looked at the countless precious utensils and silks and satins found in his house. Everyone was dumbfounded.

Even in the homes of Beijing officials, it is rare to see so many treasures.

It was later discovered that Yang Bocheng was embezzling the money allocated by Beijing for relief to the state government, while at the same time privately increasing taxes on the people.All the treasuries of the Yuezhou capital were moved into his mansion in the first year of his taking office.Whenever he came to Yuezhou from Beijing to inspect, he would borrow money from the squires who usually collaborated with him to make up for the shortfall of the official bank.After the capital official left, he used the excuse to say that the money was used to honor the capital official, but in the end he only returned a small part to the squires.

From the court to the squire and then to the common people, he drank it all.After three years of this, in the entire Yuezhou combined, no one in the Yang family was richer than him.

"After Yang Bocheng committed suicide, his account books were confiscated by the Ministry of Punishment. Does your Majesty know what his largest annual expense is?" Lin Yuxiu asked.

Ye Qinghuai shook his head.

"They go to Beijing to pay tribute on various festivals. The Ministry of Punishment has verified the amount. This expenditure alone accounts for [-] to [-]% of the total annual expenditure."

(End of this chapter)