On the second day of the second month of the fifth year of Daxia, the dragon raised its head, and it rained in Chang'an, and it was slightly cool.
Chen Baiqiu, the Minister of Justice of Daxia, was riding in a carriage in the night rain. His brows were furrowed, and he even clenched the hem of his official robe with both hands.
He used to be the Minister of Personnel of the old Liao Kingdom. After Daxia conquered the Liao Dynasty in one fell swoop and turned the Liao Dynasty into Daxia's Far North Road, he worked under Ning Yuchun, the first governor of Far North Road.
Ning Yuchun appreciated his talent and later recommended him to the Emperor of Daxia, Fu Xiaoguan. Therefore, three years ago, he was appointed as the Minister of Justice of Daxia by Fu Xiaoguan.
After changing his profession, he did not disappoint Fu Xiaoguan's expectations. He was familiar with all the laws of Daxia, especially the Criminal Law and the Civil Law.
He knew that as the highest official in the Ministry of Justice, he must ensure that everyone is equal before the sacred law.
In fact, he has indeed achieved this over the years, which is why he has won the favor of Fu Xiaoguan.
But...his strong support has abdicated!
He has become the emperor of Daxia today, and has even gone on a sea expedition!
Today, the emperor summoned him to the imperial study, and the purpose was to release the prisoner Tuoba Changhuan early!
This was of course against the rules of the law, so he did not agree to the emperor's request in the imperial study.
The emperor's face looked extremely ugly, and he was afraid that he was bound to be in trouble.
"Ah..." Chen Baiqiu sighed, opened the front curtain of the carriage, and said to the driver: "Let's go to Prime Minister Yan's house."
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Yan Xiwen's house is quite lively today.
It wasn't that there was anything to celebrate, but Qin Mowen, Ning Yuchun and Nangong Yiyu came over to sit for a while because of the matter of dispatching engineering troops from the two Yueshan roads that had not been completed during the day.
"This matter has been delayed a bit. It needs to be finalized tomorrow. So..."
Yan Xiwen looked at Qin Mowen and said, "The Ministry of Chancellery will take the lead on this matter tomorrow. I will submit the document prepared by the Ministry of Chancellery to the Emperor. Once the Emperor approves it, I will immediately submit it to the Cabinet for discussion."
"Mr. Nangong is here, so please urge the cabinet to make a decision faster. After all, the sooner the roads on the two sides of the mountain are repaired, the sooner it will be more convenient for the people in these two areas to travel."
Nangong Yiyu nodded and said, "I have discussed this matter with Zhuo and his party today. The cabinet will discuss and approve it as soon as possible. However, the Ministry of Revenue needs to make the budget more detailed."
"Okay, I'll have Yun Xiyan review the budget for this special fund tomorrow morning."
The matter was basically settled. Yan Xiwen poured everyone a cup of tea. Nangong Yiyu, stroking his long beard, suddenly said, "The emperor is building a royal villa on Changling Mountain... Have you seen it?"
Yan Xiwen shook his head, giving a wry smile. "Let him do whatever he wants. He hasn't used up any of the national treasury's money. Besides, didn't Mr. Zhuo try to stop him?"
"I went to see it a couple of days ago."
"Oh? How's it going?"
"It's just begun, but the Ministry of Works has recruited 100,000 workers for this purpose. I heard that the original budget has increased significantly. The construction of the Jianlin area has been added to the original design."
"Last night, I went to Li Jindou's house. He said that the emperor had added 50 million taels of silver to the construction costs and wanted to rebuild the entire Jianlin site."
Nangong Yiyu paused, "Do you know how much silver there is in the treasury?"
The money in the treasury was previously managed personally by Concubine Dong Shulan. When Dong Shulan left Chang'an with Fu Xiaoguan, the management rights of the treasury were handed over to Li Jindou, who managed this large sum of money on behalf of the emperor.
Therefore, the ministers in the court did not know how much silver was stored in the treasury. Yan Xiwen and others must know a lot, because the Great Xia Golden Phoenix Group has a huge industry and its sales are very good.
Of course, they also didn't know that the largest sum of money had been allocated by Fu Xiaoguan to Alia City and placed in the Sitong Money House managed by Chen Qingyi.
Fu Xiaoguan left Wu Tianci 130 million taels of silver!
In Fu Xiaoguan's opinion, there was so much silver in the treasury, which was enough for Wu Tianci to reward the meritorious ministers in the court. He believed that Wu Tianci had no place to use such a large sum of money. After all, the imperial palace in Chang'an City was brand new.
But he didn't expect that Wu Tianci would actually build a royal villa!
Of the money earned by the Great Xia Golden Phoenix Group, 10% will go into the treasury and be left to Wu Tianci, and the remaining 90% will be allocated to the Sitong Bank, because in Fu Xiaoguan's design for the Yingtian Continent, a huge amount of money will be invested in the construction of that place.
He would not use the money in the Great Xia treasury. Apart from the gold mountain that Fatty got from under the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Fu Xiaoguan's extra income came from the Great Xia Jinfeng Group.
According to the profits of the Daxia Golden Phoenix Group, even if it is only 10%, it is still more than 20 million taels of silver, so the treasury will never be short of money!
Ning Yuchun asked curiously, "How much silver is there in the treasury?"
"There are 130 million taels of silver in deposit!"
This wasn't a big deal, but Qin Mowen frowned. "That's not right! Wasn't the initial budget 100 million taels? Adding another 50 million taels... wouldn't that exceed the treasury's reserves?"
Nangong Yiyu smiled slightly: "That's right, it's indeed not right. Even Li Jindou doesn't know where the emperor got the additional 50 million taels, because the emperor didn't order him to use the remaining 30 million taels."
This was puzzling. Yan Xiwen and the others looked at each other, wondering if it was possible that Fu Xiaoguan had left another private room for the emperor?
At this moment, the doorman walked in with the Minister of Justice Chen Baiqiu.
Chen Baiqiu took a look and saw that three prime ministers and a cabinet speaker were all here. It would be difficult for him to say this to Prime Minister Yan!
Yan Xiwen was also startled. Chen Baiqiu had been the Minister of Justice for three years, and this was his first time visiting his residence. Seeing Chen Baiqiu's hesitant expression...
"Brother Chen, please sit down!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister Yan!"
Chen Baiqiu sat down and suddenly regretted running here rashly. It was difficult to say this, but he had to have a reason to come to Yan Mansion.
Yan Xiwen smiled slightly and took the initiative to speak, "I think Brother Chen has something important to say. We are not outsiders here, so please speak frankly!"
"This..." Chen Baiqiu bowed and sat next to Yan Xiwen. After pondering for a moment, he decided to speak out what was in his heart:
"The Emperor summoned me today."
"What is it?"
"The Emperor wants me to release Tuoba Wang's son Tuoba Changhuan!"
Everyone was shocked. Chen Baiqiu continued, "The emperor means... this matter is not a big deal. Tuoba Changhuan has been in prison for two years. His father is the governor of the Western Xia Autonomous Region. It is a bit too much to lock up the son of a governor for so long."
Yan Xiwen frowned, "Do you agree?"
"I dare not agree to this! But...but...ah...!"
Yan Xiwen looked at Qin Mowen and the others, raised his head and sighed, with a vague guess in his mind.
Suddenly, a night wind blew into the room. Although it was the beginning of spring, Yan Xiwen felt a biting chill.
"I'm going to the Imperial Study tomorrow. I'm going to talk to the Emperor about this matter."
"Thank you, Prime Minister Yan!"
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