Chapter 444 Do you want to interrogate him?
"What if I promise them silver?"
When the emperor heard this, he said, "Do I have to pay them money?!"
He is very stingy.
He had always felt that the treasury left to him by the retired emperor after his death was not very full, and they had been quite extravagant over the years. In addition, in the past two years, those small vassal states, including the Helian tribe, had been harboring thoughts of resistance, the most obvious manifestation of which was the reduction in tribute.
In the past few years, he was holding his breath and wanted to do something to show the emperor, so he spent a lot of money to achieve some political achievements, such as building official roads and river embankments in various places, and invested huge sums of money.
He wanted to show the retired emperor and those old ministers and princes who had not supported him at the beginning how good of an emperor he was.
But later on, he was accused by the old ministers of acting recklessly, depleting the national treasury, and having no foresight.
He was so angry that he was half dead.
Anyway, the national treasury is now empty, very empty.
How is it possible for him to transfer more money?
"Otherwise, we can ask the local rich and powerful officials to donate some money." Censor An added, "With silver, local governments will be more generous in allocating grain."
The emperor's heart moved.
"Are the wealthy people in various places willing?" he asked tentatively.
"Let's start with the capital? Even though it's far away, the list of people raising funds can be sent out first. Under the emperor's nose, I think no one would dare to forge it." Someone said.
As soon as these words were spoken, they were met with disdainful looks from several of his fellow ministers.
Some people have already started cursing in their hearts.
Damn it, if you want to donate, just do it yourself. Why are you pulling them down?
There are also some people who are already stingy, and the thought of taking money out of their own pockets is as painful as cutting flesh.
"Are you willing to donate, my dear ministers?" The emperor glanced at them.
Many people immediately lowered their heads to avoid his gaze.
Nonsense, who is willing to donate?
This kind of thing often involves a huge amount of money. It's not just a few taels of silver. It may be several hundred taels of silver.
Asking any of them to take out a few hundred taels would be like cutting off a piece of meat.
"Your Majesty," the father-in-law stood up at this moment, "How about asking Prince Jun?"
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The emperor was in high spirits, "Can Prince Jun find a solution?"
The father-in-law looks like he has aged ten years during this period.
Some people were shocked when they saw him yesterday. It seemed that he had suffered a serious blow. He looked old and frail, as if he had completely lost his energy.
Some people heard that the father-in-law's son was seriously ill and seemed to be terminally ill. Even Doctor Li could not cure him.
So the Queen didn't look very well last night, and they all guessed that the Queen's brother might be dying.
But no one dared to ask about this matter. As long as the father-in-law and the emperor didn't say anything, everyone would pretend not to know, so as not to offend their taboos, which would be difficult to deal with.
The father-in-law is now able to come out and discuss state affairs, and they are wondering, has the father-in-law already come out?
But when the topic of Prince Jun was mentioned, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, feeling a little uneasy.
"Your Majesty, didn't Prince Jun go out this time to get something given to him by the retired emperor? He has been gone for nearly half a year. Could it be a treasure? Could it be a mine?" said the father-in-law.
"Treasure? Mine?"
Everyone started talking at once.
In fact, ever since Prince Jun returned to Beijing, everyone has been eager to know what the retired emperor left for him.
However, if the emperor doesn’t ask, who else would dare to ask?
But now that the father-in-law has brought it up, it just so happens that the emperor has a way out and an excuse to ask Prince Jun?
No wonder the emperor looked so happy, the father-in-law asked the right question.
"It seems that the father-in-law and the ministers are very curious and want to know what the emperor left for Prince Jun. In this case, when Prince Jun comes later, I and the ministers will ask him together."
The emperor said this quite easily.
However, all the ministers were thinking in their hearts, this was too shameless, as if this was what they wanted to know and what they wanted to ask.
He even said that he accompanied them in asking, as if he himself didn't want to know.
But he was the emperor, what could they say? Of course, they could only agree with him.
An Nian glanced at the emperor and felt that the emperor was eager to try and find out some secrets from Prince Jun.
"Prince Jun has arrived!"
The emperor perked up and sat up straighter. "Announce!"
All the civil and military officials in the court stood up, waiting for Prince Jun to enter the palace.
Over the years, Prince Jun's attendance at court was so few and so rare.
Prince Jun was still carried into the palace.
"Quick, help Prince Jun over here and let him take a seat." The emperor seemed a little too enthusiastic.
Everyone watched as Prince Jun was carried to the front, helped down, and sat on the chair.
The father-in-law was standing not far away. He stared at Prince Jun's legs when Prince Jun was helped down from the sedan chair.
When he saw that Prince Jun just stood up for a moment with a little help and then sat down on the chair, as if his legs were really unable to stand, hatred welled up in his eyes.
Gui Xiaozhuang was destroyed, and his son was seriously injured and is now only breathing his last breath. This happened after they sent people to capture Fu Zhaoning.
Therefore, this must have been done by Prince Jun.
He and Prince Jun are sworn enemies.
It seems that Prince Jun's legs are about to be disabled, right? Really, it would be best if they could be completely disabled! He hoped that Prince Jun's legs would be completely disabled, and he would be a disabled person for a while, and die after suffering all the torture.
When he was thinking this viciously in his heart, Xiao Lanyuan glanced at him with a slight smile on his face.
"Father-in-law, why are you staring at me with such murderous eyes? How have I offended you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, many people looked at the father-in-law of the emperor. Several ministers nearby, including the emperor above, happened to catch the father-in-law's eyes and were all shocked.
The others who didn't see the father-in-law's eyes were also a little surprised.
Because it is impossible for Prince Jun to suddenly say such a thing to the father-in-law, right? That should be true?
The father-in-law suddenly came to his senses and concealed his gaze.
He felt a little annoyed. It was all because Prince Jun was so annoying that he couldn't control himself when he saw him.
"Prince Jun, you are mistaken. I am worried about your leg. Does it look like it is broken?"
After the father-in-law said this, he felt a little regretful.
I was thinking that he should control himself, but as soon as he opened his mouth he said something harsh. Now no one can believe that he is really okay.
Sure enough, when they heard what the father-in-law said, all the officials present were shocked.
Is the father-in-law so brave? He directly asked Prince Jun if his leg was broken? It sounds like he was gloating?
The emperor was afraid that Prince Jun would make trouble at this time and he would not have the chance to ask about the real matter later, so he quickly spoke up to help.
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