Chapter 228 Your Majesty, Understand Them!

Lu Yanshi ordered people to bring up dozens of boxes.

The court officials were all confused. What was the emperor going to do?

Lu Yanshi glanced at Cao Dehai, and Cao Dehai understood and started shouting at the top of his voice.

"Unbox!"

Dozens of young eunuchs opened the boxes and poured out the silver, which piled up into a small mountain.

The ministers were all stunned.

So much silver!

What is the emperor doing?

They looked at Lu Yanshi in confusion.

Lu Yanshi said nothing and handed a booklet to Cao Dehai.

Cao Dehai read it out on the spot.

"During the Battle of Beiyong, the Minister of Rites Song Bingwen donated 50,000 taels of silver."

"Grand Tutor Yu Boshu donated 20,000 taels of silver."

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Cao Dehai read out the amount of silver donated by the ministers when the army attacked Beiyong.

Ministers who donated the most stood their ground straight.

They vaguely guessed what the emperor was going to do.

Those ministers who came from Beiyong and entered the court of Daxia all took a deep breath in their hearts.

Daxia was so united that the court officials were willing to donate so much money to attack them?

No wonder they lost.

Lu Yanshi spoke only after Cao Dehai finished reading the list.

"I am deeply gratified and impressed by your generosity. Your donations are not just gold and silver, but your sincere hearts. I will always remember your deeds."

"Today, I will return all the silver donated by you, my dear ministers."

"I wish to create a prosperous world with you, and let my people of Daxia spread all over the world."

They never thought that the money they donated would come back to them one day.

All the dear ministers were moved to tears.

Your Majesty, understand them!

They want to follow the emperor for the rest of their lives.

"Your Majesty, these silver coins are our patriotic gifts. How can we ask you to return them? These silver coins should be placed in the national treasury and used for the people!" Qu Fufeng stood up.

"I hereby declare that the silver donated by the Qu family will not be taken back."

When the officials heard this, they were immediately furious: Qu Fufeng, this flatterer and traitor, was cheating them again.

If you want to pretend to be noble, can't you just pretend in private? If you say it to their face, how can they get their money back?

If looks could kill, Qu Fufeng would have died more than a dozen times.

Qu Fufeng looked up, not daring to look at the other adults.

He secretly shed tears in his heart. He didn't want to be the first to take action, but he had to cooperate with the emperor.

If you want to hate someone, hate that cunning politician Lu Yanshi.

Those straightforward ministers did not think too much about it. They were already very touched by the emperor's attitude.

They all stood up to agree with Qu Fufeng, saying that there was no need to return the money.

The other adults had no choice but to follow the crowd and said they would not retreat. They donated the money to the Ministry of Works so that they could build large ships that could sail long distances as soon as possible, and also the small "Ninth Princess" that Lord Qu mentioned, to defeat those foreigners.

Create a prosperous era for Daxia and unify the world.

Lu Yanshi nodded with satisfaction, said some nice words, and then rewarded those adults who donated silver with one thousand taels of silver each.

Other officials who were later incorporated into Daxia also received different amounts of silver as rewards.

Lu Yanshi told them that this was a year-end bonus.

Those who do well can get a large sum of money as a bonus every Chinese New Year.

All the court officials were so excited that they couldn't wait to enter the new year and start making great efforts.

After the dinner, Lu Yanshi led the ministers to watch the fireworks.

Today, Lu Yanshi prepared a total of 10,000 fireworks.

He wanted to give the kids a good time.

The queen brought Lu Li to his side and stood side by side with him.

Lu Yanshi took Lu Li and held her in his arms.

Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Min stood behind them, several princesses and princes stood beside them, and the rest of the concubines also stood around them.

With Lu Yanshi's order, the fireworks fuse was lit.

The fireworks shot up into the sky, emitting brilliant light, and everyone was amazed by the beauty of this moment.

"How beautiful..." Everyone murmured subconsciously.

Lu Li clasped her hands together, closed her eyes, and began to make a wish.

[I hope that Daxia will never perish, and that my father will defeat those foreigners as soon as possible. ]

Amid the noisy sound of fireworks, the emperor and the concubines in the harem all heard Lu Li's wish.

[I hope my father, mother, brother, sister, and nephew will all be healthy and live to be 100 years old with me! ]

[Well, I hope my gold locks won’t be stolen. I can receive lots of gold locks every year.]

[Oh, by the way, I hope the old Dragon King won't get drunk again, otherwise it will delay the rain, and the people will suffer. ]

Lu Yanshi couldn't help laughing as he listened to her muttering.

"Xiaojiu, what are you doing?" He reached out and pinched her little face.

Lu Li chuckled and replied, "Making a wish! Master Qu said that if you make a wish towards fireworks, your wish will come true."

"Then what wish did you make?" Lu Yanshi knew it very well, but he wanted to hear it from his daughter in person.

"You can't tell me. Lord Qu has said that it won't work once you tell it out loud." Lu Li shook his head solemnly, then urged.

"Father, Mother, please make a wish! The fireworks are almost finished."

Seeing her anxious look, Lu Yanshi and Xia Shuyi smiled at each other.

"Okay, listen to Xiaojiu, and Father will grant the wish now."

Lu Yanshi looked at the gorgeous fireworks and murmured to himself:

"I wish that the Great Xia will be peaceful, the four seas will be peaceful, and the country will prosper forever."

"I wish for favorable weather, abundant crops, peace and prosperity, and happiness for all people."

"I wish my son good health, happiness and freedom from worries."

It was the first time for court officials and common people to witness such a spectacular scene, and everyone was fascinated by it.

Kang You took his grandson out to watch the fireworks and couldn't help wiping away tears.

"It would be great if His Majesty was here too. His Majesty would definitely like such beautiful fireworks."

"Grandpa, why are you crying?" The grandson noticed that Kang You was in a bad mood and looked at him worriedly.

"Grandpa didn't cry, it was the wind that was too strong and blinded me." He smiled and touched his grandson's head.

"That's good." The little grandson nodded with a bright smile on his face.

"Grandpa, these fireworks are so beautiful. I like them so much. It's great that we came to Daxia."

The child does not understand homesickness, he only knows that you can’t see such beautiful fireworks in southern Xinjiang.

Kang You looked at the gorgeous fireworks and nodded: "Yes, Daxia is really good."

He seemed to understand a little bit about why His Majesty surrendered.

Since it can make people live a better life, what difference does it make whether this country is called Daxia or Southern Xinjiang?

I hope God will bless His Majesty and keep him safe.

That night, people all over the capital were so happy that they couldn't sleep.

Only the Liang Palace was in chaos.

"I told you to keep a low profile when entering the palace, but why did you cause trouble for me!" Helian Ao never thought that his youngest son would be so stupid.

"I was beaten like this, and you don't care about me at all. You just know how to scold me. Are you my real father?" Helian Ji retorted while crying.