"Do you know how much taels of silver my two imperial concubines receive each month?"
"A few...hundreds of taels..."
According to Qing Dynasty history records, the empress could receive 20 taels of gold and 2,000 taels of silver every year.
If Baili Tang hadn't returned to the palace and learned about this, he really wouldn't have known... He had originally thought that his concubines spent several thousand taels every month. Anyway, that's how it was portrayed in the costume dramas I watched before - a hairpin belonging to the empress was worth hundreds of taels... He had been deceived by the TV series again.
"Then do you know how much a night with Cuiyi Tower's top performer, Miss Chuchu, is worth? It's five hundred taels of gold!" Baili Tang, fearing they wouldn't be able to imagine, added, "You have to carry it on a shoulder pole!"
The Minister of Revenue and other officials of the Ministry of Revenue had already come out and knelt. How could they not know these things?
"My dear ministers, how do you think this matter should be resolved? What is the reason that has enabled these originally pitiful brothel girls to become so arrogant? They actually dared to slander me and the soldiers of Jing State! My dear ministers, is human nature good or evil? Do we need to influence them? Should we close down all the brothels?"
Complete silence!
Just now they were still despising Baili Tang in their hearts, but now they were all speechless.
"Prime Minister Wang, Prime Minister Fan, are you dissatisfied with me? As the most trusted ministers of the court, how come you don't say a word?" The left and right prime ministers were both over fifty years old and were people who were extremely protective of their own protection.
Today, I will drag you into this.
"Old minister!"
"Old minister!"
"It's all up to your Majesty!"
"Then I will follow your advice and close all brothels."
You want to practice Tai Chi, right?
If we close the brothel, the consequences will be so serious. Think about it!
Prime Minister Wang stepped forward. As clever as he was, he seemed to have seen through everything. "Your Majesty, I suggest that taxes on brothels be increased!"
"Has someone finally spoken up for me?" Baili Tang thought. He had this plan back in Qinhe Prefecture. After all this talk, he could have had the final say. But he didn't want to bear this infamy, did he?
"Old Lord, are you trying to increase the national treasury revenue by exploiting these poor brothel girls?"
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