The people were delighted to see the two evils being eliminated.
He kept praising Zhang Yuanshan as if the nice words were free.
Zhang Yuanshan was sitting on the high platform, listening to the speech with great joy. He didn't want to leave yet, and wanted to listen to these good words for a while longer to heal his depressed mood.
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In the capital, the imperial study.
The emperor was discussing important matters with several ministers.
The ministers below lowered their heads and tucked their hands into their wide sleeves, staying alert at all times, and secretly raising their eyebrows from time to time to peek at the emperor's face.
Since yesterday morning, the emperor's mood has miraculously improved.
I don't know when it started, it seemed like since the Feng Mansion was confiscated and exiled, the emperor was in a good mood one moment and had a gloomy face the next, as if all the ministers owed him millions of taels.
Moreover, the emperor did not come to court one morning, reportedly because he vomited blood and fainted.
Since then, the emperor has never been in a good mood.
He was originally a tyrant with unpredictable moods, and now he is even more moody.
Every time he attended the morning court, the emperor always had a dark face and looked unhappy. The atmosphere in the palace was extremely solemn. The ministers were all tense, fearing that if one of them displeased the emperor, they would lose their official hats.
During one of the morning court sessions, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple refuted the emperor's ideas, so the emperor found a reason to drag him down and beat him with 30 sticks. To this day, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple is still bedridden at home recovering from his injuries.
Thinking of this, several ministers glanced at the tyrant who was smiling at the top of the table.
Could this, this smile, be a sugar-coated bullet from the enemy meant to confuse them?
Thinking of this, several ministers became more tense and spoke more carefully.
Afraid of provoking this tyrant!
Emperor Ji Wu glanced at the ministers below, his eyes full of disdain. Each of his ministers was not presentable and looked very afraid of things.
"My dear ministers, how should this matter be resolved? Do you have any better ideas?"
Several ministers hurriedly stepped forward and knelt before the emperor. "Your Majesty, I think your suggestion is very good."
"I second the motion!"
"I also think that the emperor's suggestion is very good!"
Several ministers raised their eyes secretly and peeked at Emperor Ji Wu's expression.
The smile on Emperor Ji Wu's lips deepened, and his eyes were full of satisfaction.
They wiped their sweat quietly. As long as the tyrant was satisfied, everything else was not important!
Emperor Ji Wu looked at his ministers. They had been discussing matters from morning to noon and had not yet had lunch. It seemed that he had not invited his ministers to eat in the palace for a long time.
Ever since his treasury was emptied.
In the past, in order to bribe the ministers to work harder for him and give them the illusion of being favored by the emperor, if the matter they were discussing happened to be at mealtime, he would invite the ministers to eat in the palace.
However, he was now so poor that he didn't even have underwear to wear, so how could he have the energy to win over the ministers?
In the past, people lived in luxury, with more than a dozen dishes for each meal. But now, the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation has dropped sharply, and it is good enough to have a white steamed bun for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
In the past, he could reward ministers and concubines from time to time, but now he has nothing left.
He was so angry that he vomited blood, and the medicine he used was exchanged for the ring that the queen had taken off her hand.
Nowadays, it is difficult for the entire palace to collect 100 taels of silver.
He felt that he was definitely the poorest person in the entire imperial city!
Even poorer than the beggars begging on the streets of Beijing!
Emperor Ji Wu was so frustrated!
He suddenly realized and his mind went back to the past few days.
One morning, during a court session, a minister had done a great job and won his heart. He was so happy that he forgot that his treasury had been robbed. In front of all the court officials, he announced that he would reward the minister with 100 taels of gold. He then asked his eunuch Zhao to pass on the message and bring the gold immediately.
Eunuch Zhao behind him kept coughing, and he turned back to look at Eunuch Zhao unhappily. When he saw Eunuch Zhao winking at him, he realized that he had become a pauper.
Let alone 100 taels of gold, he couldn't even come up with one tael of gold.
At that time, Emperor Ji Wu's face turned green and he looked very embarrassed.
All the ministers looked up at Emperor Ji Wu, who was sitting high up on the dragon throne, with a look of confusion on their faces.
Later, Emperor Ji Wu had to bite the bullet, change his words, and reward him with a piece of land in the capital to get away with it.
However, he could never forget the expressions of the ministers in the court at that time.
There are surprises, shocks, doubts, and disapproval...
Their expressions seemed to say, 'You are the ruler of a country, but you don't keep your word!'
Emperor Ji Wu had never been so embarrassed since he was a child.
My old face is burning.
He hurriedly said, "If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"
After saying this, he didn't care about the ministers kneeling below and ran away in a hurry.
Thinking of this, Emperor Ji Wu's old face turned red again.
He was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling when he thought that Zhang Yuanshan and others would bring countless treasures back to Beijing in the evening to pay tribute to him.
Humph, in a few hours, he won’t have to live such a poor life anymore!
Emperor Ji Wu's expression became more and more pleasant. He now liked everything very much.
He lowered his eyes and looked at the court officials below, "In this case, if there is nothing else, you can leave!" Emperor Ji Wu waved his hand.
The ministers below were as if they had been pardoned. They knelt in thanks for the emperor’s grace and hurriedly left.
As they were about to exit the imperial study, they passed by the commander of the imperial guards, Ye Zhao. They took a quick glance and saw Ye Zhao's expression was solemn, as dark as the bottom of a pot, with a letter in his hand.
Judging from Ye Zhao's expression, nothing good is going to happen.
Fortunately, they retreated quickly, otherwise they would have been the ones to suffer.
Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. It is becoming increasingly difficult to receive this salary.
Why!
Sure enough, not long after Ye Zhao entered, the sound of teacups falling to the ground was heard from the imperial study.
The smile of their Emperor was indeed meant to confuse them.
Look, it’s starting to happen again!
Several ministers wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads with their sleeves, looked at each other, and trotted out of the palace at the same time.
Imperial study.
The emperor was delighted when he saw Ye Zhao coming in. "Lord Ye, is there any news from Qingshi County?"
"Yes, your majesty. There's a letter coming over there!"
Emperor Ji Wu was impatient, "Quick, present it quickly."
Eunuch Zhao hurried down and brought a tray to Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao put the letter in his hand on the tray, and Eunuch Zhao hurriedly took the tray and presented it to Emperor Ji Wu.
Emperor Ji Wu couldn't wait, so he grabbed the letter from the tray and opened it.
As he watched, Zhao Gao felt that Emperor Ji Wu's expression was becoming increasingly worse.
He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to serve in the imperial court.
Why.
He wants to run, too. Woohoo—
Emperor Ji Wu was so angry that his eyebrows twitched. He stood up suddenly, picked up the teacup on the imperial desk and threw it to the ground.
"Waste! Waste! All of you are waste!"
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