[I suspect that the person who was able to come up with 30,000 taels of silver must have confiscated the official residence of the Minister of Personnel to get this much.]
The truth is out, my goodness.
[That's not right. The Minister of Personnel has a very rich family background.]
The Minister of Revenue: No matter how rich it is, it cannot support such a big country. That money needs to be spent elsewhere. Apart from other spending places, he has used the rest for disaster relief.
[Why not just confiscate the property?]
As soon as Shen Zhiyi's idea came up, all the ministers present knelt down tremblingly.
No matter which dynasty, there may only be a few completely incorruptible officials every few decades.
In short, there is no one who is not greedy.
It’s the difference between being greedy more or less.
The old emperor looked at his ministers who had all knelt down and was so angry that he smashed the teacup on the table.
[On the 15th day of the 9th month in the 20th year of Emperor Taizong’s reign, the emperor was furious and smashed the cup. He was concerned about the disaster victims in the south of the Yangtze River and thought that his ministers were useless and incompetent.]
My fellow ministers: Who taught you to write your daily diary like this?
The Minister of Revenue snorted coldly and was determined to get back at him.
"Your Majesty, you can call on the whole country to donate money. With everyone working together, we will surely be able to help the people in the disaster area overcome the difficulties."
[This is really wonderful. The people down there are all chewing tree bark. They don’t come to them for money, but you come to them for money. Who will donate? ]
[Not to mention the wealthy merchants, it is good enough that they do not take advantage of the chaos to become profiteers. Daye continues to follow the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, and many of those merchants are very angry. ]
Everyone was silent.
[If you ask me, it would be faster to confiscate the property. ]
[Wow, you, the Minister of Revenue! ]
The Minister of Revenue felt a heavy blow on his forehead and fell heavily to the ground.
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