It is said that killing people and setting fires will earn you a gold belt. But these days, what business can make money faster than confiscating property and exterminating families? Lu Chen has really broadened his horizons.
In less than a week, he managed to get 7 million silver coins for the court. What a concept.
The entire imperial court's annual tax revenue was only 30 million taels, and that was in a good year.
Last year's tax revenue was less than 14 million taels, and this time the confiscation of property is equivalent to half a year's tax revenue for the entire country. Not only did Li Zhuo's eyes turn red, but the CPUs of the six ministers were also about to smoke. Now each of them was like a rooster ready to fight, with the main goal of not letting anyone stop them from asking for money.
Look, now the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War are fighting each other, a fight in the real physical sense.
Just now, Wei Yong went up to stop the fight and was almost hit by an electric cannon from Cui Shanzhan.
When we had no money before, everyone tightened their belts and persevered, after all, life was not easy for everyone.
But now that they have money, the united six departments fell apart in an instant.
"Why can his Ministry of War receive one million taels, while my Ministry of Works only receives eighty? How are we inferior to the Ministry of War? Don't local water conservancy projects need to be built? Don't the roads need to be repaired? At least let me pay everyone the salaries I owe them first."
"That's right, our Ministry of Personnel has also been in arrears of wages for a while now, and everyone is having a hard time. Those are officials from all over the country. If we don't feed these officials, who will help our Majesty to herd the people?"
"Stop talking nonsense. I've shed blood for the court and suffered for His Majesty. Today is the day. The funds for the event must be paid in full. Otherwise, how will the Six Gates handle affairs in the local areas in the future?"
"The imperial mausoleum needs to be renovated. Also, the Xixia envoys are arriving in a couple of days, so we should prepare a reception banquet. Most importantly, we have to offer sacrifices to heaven. We finally won a victory, but the last one was too small. Your Majesty, would you consider doing it again? We can't fool our ancestors!"
"I finally understand. This little money isn't enough to feed you corrupt officials. Stop talking and show us your weapons!"
"Bah! You shameless old bastard who drinks the blood of soldiers, take this!"
"Ahem, my dear ministers, please be patient. Listen to me. My garden hasn't been repaired in a long time. Now that the national treasury has money, why don't you pay me back first?"
"Impossible!" The six ministers said in unison.
Li Zhuo touched his nose awkwardly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I just said it casually. My dear ministers, please continue arguing."
Li Zhuo sighed. This was the helplessness of being an emperor.
This world belongs to you, the emperor. What's wrong with asking you to take some money from the treasury to subsidize the country?
Similarly, since the country is yours, why do you still care about the money? What is the difference between putting it in the national treasury and putting it in the private treasury?
It was really difficult to earn even a fraction of the seven million in a short period of time, so the matter had to be postponed. As the envoys from Western Xia were about to arrive, everyone still had to discuss the specifications of the banquet.
After the court meeting was over, the six ministers refused to leave. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that they were planning to go to Li Zhuo's study to continue arguing.
The officials from the six ministries were all in high spirits and ready to cheer for their boss.
Instead, Wei Yong and a group of censors came out. Many of the censors looked at the people from the six ministries, and in their eyes there was not only contempt but also envy and jealousy.
The Censorate didn't need much funds for its activities, and Wei Yong had no way of finding an excuse to ask for more, so they were destined to have no chance of getting the money.
So the censors said that they were arguing over some money-making stuff, which simply disgraced their status as scholars, but in fact they were very envious of the six ministries that could pay out money again.
Lu Chen did not stay here to continue watching the show. This time the house search was carried out by the Jinyiwei. If there were any good things, the Jinyiwei would naturally get a share.
After leaving the hall, the old man Wei Yong actually approached him and said, "Master Lu is truly brilliant. With just one simple move, he helped the court solve its financial problems. I admire you. But the method you used was too insidious. Don't you fear divine punishment, Master Lu?"
I helped you solve the problems that you couldn't handle on your own, and while you happily divided the money, you didn't forget to condemn my methods. This is a bit too much.
"A bunch of traitorous maggots deserve to die. Even if there really is a justice of heaven, then God will surely only praise me for doing the right thing!"
Wei Yong looked at Lu Chen seriously, and after a long while he sighed and said, "Master Lu's Dao heart is indeed stable."
Lu Chen raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Wei, you rushed over here just to talk to me about this?"
Wei Yong's expression instantly turned unnatural. After a long while, he finally spoke: "Cai'er is not feeling well again. If you have time, go and see her again."
With that, Wei Yong ran away like flying. Everyone knew that Wei Cai'er was not feeling well. It was really hard for this old guy to come and deliver the message in person.
"I really can't believe that Lord Wei is such a daughter slave."
Thinking about it carefully, he hadn't seen Wei Caier for a while. He guessed that this girl was going crazy missing him.
Touching the hairpin in his arms, Lu Chen nodded with satisfaction.
As expected, as a mature Aquaman, he must always carry one or two small gifts with him so that he can please the girls at any time.
After leaving the palace, Lu Chen whipped his horse and soon arrived at Wei Yong's mansion.
After the announcement, Lu Chen, led by the maid, crossed the moon gate and came to the backyard.
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