Daji also guessed something.
She said to Hu Ximei, "It seems that His Majesty is going to take advantage of the Queen Mother's birthday to blackmail the dignitaries who sent her birthday gifts."
The latter sighed and said, "Your Majesty is truly wise. He actually thought of this method to enrich the national treasury."
As they were talking, a eunuch came into the hall and bowed to Daji, saying, "The Empress, the Father-in-law has entered the palace."
Hearing this, Daji's face lit up with joy and she said, "I understand. Please leave first."
Afterwards, she and Hu Ximei went to Xuan Zheng Hall.
Although the Su family is not one of the five major families, it is second only to the five major families.
In fact, in terms of certain background, the Su family is not inferior to the five major families.
Therefore, as the eldest daughter of the Su family, Daji had a very high status at that time.
She is even catching up with princesses and duchesses.
Su Daji's father was named Su Hu. He was not only the head of the Su family, but also the Marquis of Jizhou in the imperial court.
Of course, this marquis was conferred by the previous emperor and has no real power.
But precisely because of this marquis, the status of the Su family's patriarch is no less important than that of the patriarchs of the five great families.
Now, Su Hu has arrived at Xuan Zheng Hall.
For Daji's sake, Ying Yuan had a friendly meeting with his cheap father-in-law.
"Your Majesty, may your Majesty live forever."
After seeing Ying Yuan, Su Hu clasped his fists and said.
The former shook his head and said, "You are too polite, father-in-law. Please get up quickly. Jizhou is a long way from Xianyang, and the journey must be arduous."
"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Su Hu bowed quickly.
Recently, he has heard a lot about Ying Yuan's deeds.
Many officials in the court were also his good friends.
Therefore, we have a relatively new and clear understanding of the emperor at this moment.
The tyrant king he once considered was actually hiding his own shortcomings. When he first learned about this, he was also somewhat shocked.
"We are all family, so let's not talk behind each other's backs. I heard that the father-in-law brought many rare treasures with him."
This matter was reported to Ying Yuan by the East Factory.
Su Hu was shocked and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, some of those rare treasures were given to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, and the vast majority were given to Your Majesty by me.
In addition, I have brought 30 million taels of silver, hoping to provide a small contribution to the soldiers fighting bravely on the front lines."
Thirty million taels?
Ying Yuan was a little surprised.
If I don't want this money, I will inevitably feel sad.
If I want it, how should I spend it?
It's really a dilemma.
As military expenses?
Oh.
That's impossible.
Even if this money is allowed to mold, it cannot be used as military expenses.
Ying Yuan smiled and ordered someone to bring a chair, inviting Su Hu to sit down, and said, "The father-in-law is really thoughtful. I..."
Before she could finish her words, a voice rang out from outside the palace, "Your Majesty, since this is a kind gesture from my father, please accept it with a smile.
After all, the country is currently short of money."
The owner of this voice is naturally Daji.
Ying Yuan thought about it and thought to himself, 30 million taels should be easy to spend, right?
But he didn't know yet that, not counting the silver sent by Su Hu, the current silver reserves in the national treasury had already exceeded 30 million taels.
Moreover, the whereabouts of a huge sum of money have already been revealed.
That is to send it to the front line.
This matter was the result of a unanimous decision after consultation among the six ministries.
Therefore, even if Ying Yuan did not want to use the silver in the national treasury and the inner treasury as military expenses, it was already too late.
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