"Pah~crash~"
Emperor Tianwu held a thick stack of memorials in his hand and threw them heavily in front of the civil and military officials.
"There's a shortage of silver here and there, all of them are asking me for silver!"
"Can I conjure up silver for nothing?"
"ah!!"
Emperor Tianwu roared at the ministers kneeling on the ground with a dark face.
"If you don't have money, won't you find a way?"
"What's the point of having you, such good-for-nothings like you..."
“…”
Emperor Tianwu was so angry that he started to scold his ministers.
Doesn’t he need money?
The palace wanted to hold a birthday party for the empress dowager, but he couldn't come up with the money or give her anything decent.
His mother was old, and because her private treasury was empty, she was unable to recover for several days.
I'm still lying in bed, holding my head and crying in pain all day long.
He was also very troubled. The jade seal was lost, and he had to ask people from the Ministry of Works to secretly carve a new one for him.
"Your Majesty, please calm down..."
The ministers lowered their heads, glanced at each other, and then knelt down and kowtowed in unison.
Emperor Tianwu glanced at the ministers with a dark face. When he saw Kong Zongli from the Ministry of Revenue, a light bulb suddenly lit up in his head.
It seems like he has several gold and silver mines under mining?
"Dismiss the court!"
Emperor Tianwu snorted coldly, waved his hand and walked towards the imperial study.
Soon, Kong Zongli followed the eunuch Su Gonggong, the chief eunuch beside Emperor Tianwu, and entered the imperial study with a hunched back.
"May the Emperor be well!"
Kong Zongli knelt down nervously and kowtowed to Emperor Tianwu.
He really didn't know why Emperor Tianwu suddenly wanted to see him.
It’s no use going to the Ministry of Revenue if you don’t have money. The Ministry of Revenue is also penniless.
The entire Celestial Empire is suffering from drought, so it would not be a good time to ask cities to increase taxes.
Emperor Wu must have been cursed to death by the people that day.
I hope Emperor Tianwu will not be so foolish as to bring himself to be cursed for sucking the blood of the people.
"Get up!"
Emperor Tianwu glanced at Kong Zongli indifferently.
".....Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!"
Kong Zongli stood up tremblingly, glanced at Emperor Tianwu, and lowered his eyelids.
He would rather kneel down to speak, so as to avoid being frightened and having to suddenly kneel down to apologize.
Then I suddenly knelt down and my knees hurt.
Emperor Tianwu tapped his fingers twice on the table.
"Do you still remember those gold mines in the Santong Mountains?"
"....." Kong Zongli was slightly stunned, his eyes lit up, and he nodded quickly.
"Remember, five years ago someone discovered three gold and silver mines in the very center of the Santong Mountains."
"Three years ago, a gold and silver mine was discovered between the fifth and sixth mountains in the Santong Mountains."
"These gold and silver mines have been mined for three to five years..."
When talking about these gold and silver mines, Kong Zongli was extremely excited.
The Santong Mountains are called the Santong Mountains because this mountain range connects Danyun City, Wenkou City and Baizhang City.
The Santong Mountains are quite large, and most people don't dare to enter the mountains.
Especially after gold and silver mines were discovered in this mountain range, he had people spread rumors that there were ghosts and man-eating beasts in the Santong Mountains.
Therefore, most people don't dare to enter this mountain range.
This is not entirely a rumor. There are naturally many wild animals in such deep mountains.
Keeping people from going into the mountains is also to protect their lives.
Emperor Tianwu raised his eyelids and looked at Kong Zongli.
"Over the years, a lot of gold and silver must have been mined, right?"
Kong Zongli nodded.
"There are enough miners in every gold and silver mine to work it."
"At normal speed, the smaller mines will almost be mined out."
"A gold mine should be able to produce about 400 kilograms of gold a year."
"One of the gold mines has been mined for five years and should have about 2,000 kilograms of gold."
"There is also a gold mine that has been mined for three years and will probably yield 1,200 kilograms of gold."
"The two silver mines were mined for five years and produced about 4,000 kilograms of silver."
"A silver mine can produce about 1,200 kilograms of silver after three years of mining."
The more Kong Zongli spoke, the brighter his eyes became, and the corners of his mouth turned up, almost unable to suppress it.
"So, the total should be 3,200 kilograms of gold and 5,200 kilograms of silver."
Oh my god!
All this gold and silver were transported to the Ministry of Revenue, which would directly alleviate the shortage of silver in various departments.
He was now extremely glad that he had not brought back the gold and silver in advance, otherwise -
The main reason is that the national treasury has been relatively full in recent years and there is no shortage of silver and money, so no one thought about transporting the gold and silver.
Emperor Tianwu felt much better after listening to Kong Zongli's calculations.
"You arrange for people to transport all the gold and silver out."
"Yes!" Kong Zongli agreed happily, "I will arrange for someone to transport it back right away."
Emperor Tianwu nodded and looked at Kong Zongli seriously.
"Bring more people with you, and make sure there are no mistakes!"
If something unexpected happens to this money again, it will be all over.
The only way to do that is to get money from the wealthy businessmen in each city, or to raid the homes of some corrupt officials.
He didn't want to take this step so early.
Those corrupt officials are involved with too many people, and they also receive tributes every year, which is considered their own small treasury. He doesn't want to kill the chicken to get the eggs.
When Kong Zongli walked out of the imperial study, his steps were relaxed.
If so much money were to go to the Ministry of Revenue, he wouldn't have to be so tied down anymore...
.........
"Mom, why do they sleep so soundly?"
Lu Man looked at the little tails sleeping on the ground in confusion.
They went to bed so early yesterday, they wouldn’t have slept till now.
Looking at them, it's like they haven't slept for eight hundred years.
Madam Shen paused slightly while stirring the porridge, and looked up at the group of people.
"Are you exhausted?!"
They were indeed sleeping very deeply. They had been up and moving around for half an hour, but there was no sign of them waking up.
Meng Yunfei walked over and lightly kicked a palace guard.
"You went to steal yesterday. Why are you sleeping so soundly?"
Cheng Suihua frowned and glanced at the imperial guards at Meng Yunfei's feet.
"Could it be that the wild vegetables they ate yesterday were poisoned?"
He was sleeping without making any sound, and looked like he was poisoned.
Ren Xiaoqing sniffed lightly, her eyes turned slightly, and glanced at Chen Yong who was sitting by the fire roasting a pheasant.
She seemed to smell the scent of drugs.
They all drank the antidote given by Chen Yong, so the drug had no effect on them.
She had long discovered that the antidote that Shen Yong gave them could cure all poisons.
The mosquitoes, snakes and ants in the deep mountains all avoided them.
Look at the palace guards, all of them have bite marks all over their faces.
It must have been Chen Yong who drugged these people last night and then went out to do something.
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