Chapter 101: Donations from all officials
What kind of danger will Abao fall into again?
Extreme pampering is a double-edged sword!
There are pros and cons.
Concubine De wants Abao to keep a low profile. The seven kingdoms have been fighting all these years. She is really worried that Abao will fall into terrible conspiracy dangers because of some rumors.
She has to be on guard.
"My dear, don't be afraid. Baby will be a good boy in the future."
[Mother must be worried about me]
[Mother is really angry this time]
[Mother really hurts when she hits me. Alas, it's my fault for making mother angry]
[I have to apologize to mother. Poor parents in the world]
Abao is a small ball, hugging Concubine De's thigh and looking up at her with his little head tilted up.
De Fei held A Bao in her arms, leaned on her shoulder, and wiped her tears.
[Did mother cry?]
[Wuwuwu, I am such a damn bastard, I made mother cry.]
"A Bao, I'm sorry, did it hurt when I hit you just now?" De Fei apologized, looking at A Bao's slightly red palm, she felt extremely distressed.
"Cool kiss, huhu, huhu, it hurts." A Bao stretched out her little hand.
De Fei blew on it.
A Bao took the opportunity to give De Fei a kiss on the face.
[I'm sorry, mother, next time A Bao will never make you cry again, wuwuwu]
[It was A Bao who was disobedient.]
"My little A Bao is the most obedient, it was mother who was a little too nervous." De Fei pinched A Bao's little nose and took A Bao into the room.
She had already prepared breakfast for A Bao, including A Bao's favorite minced meat and egg custard.
...
A Bao, who was taking a nap, heard the sound coming from outside the study.
"Your Majesty, it is now deep winter, and the situation in the epidemic area of Lingnan is worrying. In two months, it will be the end of the year. If the epidemic is not resolved at this time, I am afraid that Lingnan will become a purgatory on earth." The Minister of Revenue said.
"Your Majesty, our Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the national treasury. According to the situation in the past three years, the national treasury is now very empty, as you know." The Minister of
Revenue could not bear to continue and sighed heavily.
The great tyrant flipped through the memorials in his hand, with a look of fatigue between his eyebrows. The national situation of the Tiansheng Dynasty has been unstable in the past three years. Epidemics, floods, and natural disasters all require silver.
In addition, occasional wars on the border also require silver.
The national treasury is getting poorer day by day.
Now it is even poorer.
"I have ordered the harem to reduce clothing and food, reduce extravagance and waste, and not to hold lavish banquets, but the money saved by just relying on these is far from enough." The great tyrant closed the memorial.
The treasury is almost unable to take out the money to treat the epidemic area, not to mention that other places also need money.
"Your Majesty, I have a way, I wonder if it is feasible?" said the Minister of Finance.
"Speak frankly."
The Minister of Revenue: "There are many officials in the court who have been in office for many years and are quite wealthy. I suggest that all officials raise funds. It is not enough to ask the harem to tighten their belts and reduce food. As citizens of the Tiansheng Dynasty, we should also do our part."
The tyrant's eyes lit up, "Officials raise funds? This is a good idea! I didn't expect that Minister Chen, who is so old, still has such a good idea." The Minister
of Revenue chuckled, "Your Majesty, to be honest, this idea was proposed by Lin Xuanzhi."
"Lin Xuanzhi?" The tyrant had a deep memory of this man. Wasn't he the Lin Xuanzhi he sent to control the plague in Lingnan.
"It's the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Lord Lin! Although he is only a fourth-rank official, Lord Lin has always had unique insights. There was a riot in the Lingnan epidemic area before, and after Lord Lin went there, he worked with the Crown Prince to try his best to quell it.
But in winter, the epidemic developed rapidly, and Lord Lin did not have a skilled doctor to use, so he was unable to resolve the issue in the epidemic area."
"It seems that you have a good relationship with Lin Xuanzhi on weekdays?"
"Oh, Your Majesty, you are joking. We only had dealings with Lord Lin before he went to the epidemic area."
The great tyrant was very pleased. He almost chopped off Lin Xuanzhi's head because of a momentary difference.
To be honest, such a loyal minister was able to stay because of Abao's voice.
The news of the fundraising by hundreds of officials soon spread in the court.
The ministers were trembling, reluctant, and saying all kinds of things.
The next day, more than half of the officials took sick leave.
They simply did not go to court.
The huge Golden Palace was mostly empty.
The tyrant slammed the table and stood up, "How can this be? When they have nothing to do on weekdays, they plead for the people every day, saying that it is taken from the people and used for the people.
Now it is really a critical moment, when they are needed, they all become turtles."
Many bureaucrats have developed their own industries at home, but they are so stingy when they are asked to donate some money.
It really makes the tyrant very angry.
The officials who did not take sick leave were trembling.
They have it too hard.
If they had known earlier, they would have taken sick leave as well, so that they would not have to bear the emperor's wrath.
They were afraid that the emperor would be furious and affect them, but even their heads were not enough.
"Will you donate?" The tyrant was so angry that he asked immediately.
All the ministers knelt down and said, "If the emperor needs it, if the Tiansheng Dynasty needs it, I will do my best to serve the country and the king, and I will do my best until my death."
Then, they donated silver.
One hundred taels here, one hundred taels there.
The tyrant looked at the white silver, and he was neither angry nor not angry.
There were a total of several thousand taels, what could they do? It
was not even enough for the funds in Lingnan!
And it was also to fill the national treasury.
"Dismiss the court!"
The ministers left in a hurry as if they were granted amnesty.
The tyrant sat on the dragon chair and sighed, "It's so hard.
Life has been so hard these days.
" A Bao patted the tyrant's legs, "Daddy, this watermelon."
A Bao held a small piece of watermelon in her hand.
The little girl is really not afraid of the cold in winter. Others eat watermelons in summer, but she eats watermelons in winter.
[Officials raise funds, it's actually very easy]
The tyrant, who was extremely depressed:?
His eyes lit up.
He held A Bao on his lap and chuckled, "I heard that A Bao not only went to the observatory yesterday, but also went to the right prime minister's mansion?"
This was naturally told to him by the kid Emperor Zi'an.
A Bao nodded his head.
[I'm going, I'm going.]
[The business of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is not finished yet, I have to go today, but I can't find a reason to leave the palace.]
[My mother was angry yesterday and beat Abao and the seventh brother. Well, you'd better stay in the palace and don't make my mother angry again.]
"Father."
The father and daughter were taking a rest when Di Zian came in.
The big tyrant naturally knew why Di Zian came at this time.
Of course, it was to find Abao to go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
He didn't understand why the seventh brother had to bring his sister with him when he was looking for a wife.
The big tyrant had no idea how important Abao played in the middle. Without Abao, Di Zian would really have no wife. When
Di Zian saw the big tyrant holding Abao, he immediately became hysterical.
It's over.
Since I stole my sister out of the palace yesterday, I can't steal her in front of my mother.
But I can't steal her in front of my father.
My father is much smarter than my mother.
"What are you doing here?" The tyrant pretended not to know.
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