The entire court of civil and military officials.
Some only pledged to donate a few taels of silver.
The largest donation could not exceed two hundred taels of silver.
Empress Qian Renxue was so angry that her face turned green.
These guys are all insatiable.
When the imperial court distributed rations and salaries, they all demanded and extorted money and favors.
The imperial court is now in a time of crisis.
But they all acted this way.
"Thank you all for your generosity." Jiang Tian turned around and smiled slightly at the crowd. "You are truly loyal subjects of the Great Xia Dynasty."
Upon hearing this, everyone waved their hands repeatedly, saying, "It is our duty as subjects to contribute our meager strength to the country and His Majesty."
These bastards, they talk a good game but they can't sing.
Just then, a young eunuch quietly approached Jiang Tian and said, "My lord, I have something to say to you."
"Speak your mind." Jiang Tian followed the little eunuch to one side of the main hall.
"My lord, I am a member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard." The young eunuch took out his Embroidered Uniform Guard badge. "My lord, to be honest, not a single civil or military official in the entire court has family assets of less than one million taels of silver."
"Although our Embroidered Uniform Guard has not been in the city for long, we have already thoroughly investigated the assets of all the civil and military officials in the court."
"Could you please write down a list of your personal assets as soon as possible?"
"Sir, this will probably take a day or two."
"OK……"
Jiang Tian left the little eunuch and walked to the main hall of the palace once again.
"Everyone, hurry up and send Ren Juan's money over. Also, now that you're here, don't go back."
These days you've been eating and drinking in the palace; anyone who dares to go home without permission will die.
Empress Qian Renxue angrily flung her sleeves, stood up, and walked away.
Jiang Tian quickly followed.
The two headed straight for the inner palace.
"This new kid named Jiang Tian is pretty good, but he won't get any money from me."
"My money would make a splash even if I threw it into the water, so what use is it to Jiang Tian?"
"That's right. Jiang Tian, that kid, thought the palace was his own when he first arrived. When Zhang Xianzhong's army attacked, he could only run away."
"That's right. Zhang Xianzhong is not comparable to Chen Yongliang or Li Zicheng. Zhang Xianzhong is bloodthirsty and meticulous. Jiang Tian, this young upstart, is no match for him."
"Don't be fooled by Jiang Tian's arrogance. Didn't he spare the Grand Secretary's life today? Everyone, tell me, why did he release the Grand Secretary?" As soon as Zhou Chaoxian said this, several people stopped and surrounded him.
"The Grand Secretary's disciples and former officials are all over the world. To touch the Grand Secretary is to touch the Great Xia Dynasty. Jiang Tian doesn't have that ability."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
These guys are all insatiably greedy.
Getting them to hand over the money is harder than taking their lives.
"Jiang Tian, that greenhorn, won't stay in the capital for long; he'll have to get out of here soon."
…………
The back garden of the royal palace.
Empress Qian Renxue's face was full of sorrow.
Jiang Tian walked behind her and looked at the back garden.
The world is short of water.
The Great Xia Dynasty was short of water.
There are only a few wells in this palace.
The rivers and lakes in the back garden have dried up.
Only a few pine and evergreen trees remained green; the rest had all turned dry.
Empress Qian Renxue's mood was just like this lifeless back garden.
In the Imperial Hospital, the old eunuch Lü Fang regained consciousness.
"Liu Jin, we must let Jiang Tian and His Majesty stay a little longer." Lu Fang gasped for breath before he could finish his sentence.
"Jiang Tian is the hope of our Great Xia Dynasty. If His Majesty can marry Jiang Tian, I would be content even if I were to die now."
“Yes…” Several eunuchs in red robes knelt before Lü Fang’s bed.
"These next few days, arrange for His Majesty and Jiang Tian to spend more time together, alone, and keep the eunuchs and palace maids away from them."
All the eunuchs nodded.
...
"Lord Jiang, I'm sorry you had to see this." Qian Renxue's willow-leaf eyebrows looked exceptionally beautiful.
“I heard from Shangguan Wan’er that you ascended the throne at the age of 12, which is five years ago now.”
Qian Renxue nodded: "These past five years have felt like an eternity. Not a single day of these five years has been a happy one for me."
"As you can see, the court is beset by internal and external troubles, and the people are living in misery. If the palace is like this, so lifeless, I can imagine how miserable the common people must be."
"I am truly powerless and unable to face these one thing after another."
Jiang Tian grabbed Qian Renxue's hand and stared into the girl's eyes.
This young girl is bearing immense pressure that she shouldn't have to bear at her age.
"Nothing special, just a bunch of rebels. Even if he only brought 300,000, or even 3 million, what can he do?"
Qian Renxue tried to pull her hand back, but Jiang Tian's hand was as large and powerful as an iron clamp.
Qian Renxue has been tired over the years.
After all, she was still a young girl, and this young girl also wanted to find a man to rely on.
At crucial moments, the court officials, aside from scheming against each other, could offer her no help whatsoever.
Not only that, people like Pang Hao also wanted to kill her.
The little girl is tired.
"Come on, I'll take you boating." Jiang Tian took Empress Qian Renxue's hand and walked towards the dried-up lake.
The land in the lake is cracked.
The riverbed was covered with only dried-up aquatic plants and reeds.
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