Yinzhen: "So, less than a hundred people? On average, each of you borrowed 50,000 taels of silver. Tell me, what did you do with this silver? And only two of you have repaid it. What's going on? I haven't dared to use the national treasury or my private treasury. On the contrary, I'm constantly putting silver into the national treasury. You're more capable than me. Are you using the national treasury as your private treasury?"
The hundred or so people who hadn't repaid their loans were immediately terrified and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your Majesty, we are terrified and dare not do this. Please, Your Majesty, calm your anger."
Yinzhen: "I see you dare to do this. How can I calm down? I just finished talking about building roads, and you said there was no money in the national treasury. What, isn't that five million taels of silver?"
The former empress's maternal family, the Hesheli clan, had borrowed a lot of money, and seeing that things were not going well, they quickly admitted their mistake.
As the patriarch of the Hesheli clan, Suo'etu immediately said, "Your Majesty, my family has become much better off recently and is planning to repay the silver owed to the national treasury. I will have someone carry the silver to the national treasury as soon as I get back."
Looking at Suo'etu, Yinzhen thought that this man wasn't so stupid. The reason he acted that way in his previous life was probably because he was blinded by the halo of the crown prince.
Without the capital to be arrogant, he has indeed become much smarter and can now assess the situation. If it were his previous life, let alone repaying the debt, Suo'etu could have borrowed even more money from the national treasury.
Yinzhen liked intelligent people, and since Suo'etu had become much smarter, he naturally had to show his appreciation: "Since Lord Suo'etu has said so, then, Misihan, you should coordinate with Suo'etu."
Seeing that Suo'etu had backed down, everyone could only say that they would return it immediately.
When Yinzhen saw that everyone who owed money said they would repay it, he was pleased and said, "This five million taels of silver will be used for road repairs, and the rest will come from my private treasury."
The court officials said in unison, "Your Majesty is wise."
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