After Guo Feng entered the study, he went into the small lounge inside. There was a secret compartment inside the bed. He took out a box, which was full of account books.
As someone who helped the emperor ascend the throne and was also the emperor's father-in-law, it was natural that many people came to him. What they wanted from him was, of course, his high position and power, but also a gamble on their future.
This is also the reason why he wanted the queen to give birth to a prince. If not, he was afraid that they would leave him sooner or later and choose someone who had a prince.
But how can we win over those people and make plans for the future without money?
So he found a silver mine outside and mined silver secretly, refining it into silver ingots and keeping them in a safe place. These are the accounts of the mine over the past eight years.
To be on the safe side, he planned to burn them all.
Just when he was about to pour it into the copper basin and light it on fire, he suddenly fell to the ground and couldn't move.
It turned out that Bai Zhiyue gave him an anesthetic injection
"Do you think you can just burn these and it will be alright? You are sending me evidence. Let me see what it is.
Wow, silver mine, this matter is far more serious than I thought, Marquis Pingnan, you are so brave.
The profits are really generous. I will accept these accounts without hesitation. Remember to handle the requests and send double the damage compensation. I hope to see it tomorrow morning."
Guo Feng was still conscious at this time. He was so anxious when he saw Bai Zhiyue snatching the things in his hand, but no part of his body was under his control. He couldn't move his tongue and even his eyes didn't move.
"Are you mad at yourself? You've been fooled, right? You want to beat me up and kill me? Ha! You should think about how to explain this to the Emperor! Remember not to miss out on my share, otherwise~"
Bai Zhiyue gestured at his neck with her hand, but she wasn't going to really kill him, just scare him.
After she left, Guo Feng lay on the ground with tears and snot all over his face. He regretted so much that he fell into Bai's trap. Why did he have to provoke her? Why didn't he believe what Lord Wu said and just admit it honestly? Now, not only did he lose his wife and his soldiers, he was afraid that he would even lose his underwear.
It's not a matter of death, but the emperor has to show some mercy to the Marquis's Mansion. He can't help but be glad that he is not mining iron ore, otherwise mercy will be useless.
As long as he offered the silver mine and repaid the revenue of the past few years, the emperor would not impose a serious crime on him. However, he would have to find a way to make up for all the money he had spent over the years, and his family was probably really bankrupt.
I regret it so much
Bai Zhiyue took the account box and went straight to the palace. It was useless for her to keep this thing in her hands, so she decided to consider it as a contribution to the national treasury.
Although it was done by Pingnan Hou.
Showing the gold medal in front of the palace gate was indeed effective, and immediately a palace maid or eunuch led him to the emperor's bedroom.
The emperor has fallen asleep and is still recuperating recently, so he rarely goes into the harem, otherwise he would have to wake up the concubines from their beds.
Qin Minghao let her in wearing a middle shirt and an outer robe, which made him look a little less sharp than usual.
"Why is Madam Bai entering the palace at this time?"
"Send some silver to your treasury!"
"Um?"
Last year was relatively lucky as there were no major disasters, and the grain, taxes and silver were almost collected. A few big holes were just plugged. During this period, a lot of houses were confiscated, and the treasury is not so empty. However, compared with the operation of the entire country, it is still a drop in the bucket.
Bai really came to send silver, that would be great!
Bai Zhiyue handed the account book to the emperor.
"Let's take a look first."
Qin Minghao opened it and flipped through it briefly, his face changed.
"Where did you get it?"
Someone had been stealing silver on his land for eight years without knowing it. Those officials were simply useless and hadn't discovered any clues in all these years.
No, maybe it’s not that they didn’t notice it, but that they went along with it.
"Marquis Pingnan's Mansion! He teamed up with Lord Wu and bribed people in the capital to spread rumors, using the Bai family's affairs to tarnish my reputation. He even sent someone to disguise themselves as a commoner to cause trouble at my mansion tomorrow morning, hoping to displease the Emperor and make me bleed profusely.
They said that everything the Bai family gave me had to be returned, including my dowry and the things Su Chen had just received. I was so angry that I went to their house and took a look around, and that's when I found this."
Qin Minghao's mouth twitched. Anyway, whenever someone wanted to cause trouble, they would just go to the other person's house to find evidence and knock the person down directly, and everything would be solved.
The idea is good, but Marquis Pingnan...this time it has implicated the people in the harem again.
"I know he's your father-in-law and not easy to deal with. His crime isn't punishable by death. I'm giving this to you so you can take back the silver mine and recover your losses.
But they have caused me harm, so I ask him to pay me 100,000 taels as compensation, isn't that too much? If he doesn't send it to me tomorrow, I'll deduct it from this amount. I'll make it clear to you in advance so you don't blame me later."
"Are you short of money?"
"Of course. If you do something wrong, you have to accept the punishment, so it's only right that you ask for some compensation. That way, someone who doesn't like me might try to cause me trouble. I don't have those cunning tricks, but I can still make them suffer."
"You're quite direct. There have been rumors going around for days. I even received information from the Shadow Guards. I was thinking if you didn't have the manpower, I'd help you deal with it. But I didn't expect that if I didn't take action, it would be fine, but once I did, it would cause a huge uproar."
"You've already received the news, which shows how sensational the rumors are. They want to stir up public anger and get people who don't know the truth to make a fuss. How can it be so difficult for me, an orphan and a widow, to live a peaceful life?
When I'm powerless, I'm bullied by them. When I resist, I attract attention. When I try to do more, I'm looked down upon. Just because I refuted them when the King of Chu was plotting a rebellion and made them lose face, they're harming me like this. What do you think I should do, Your Majesty?"
Qin Minghao knew that no matter what he said, she would not back down.
"Do what you want within the scope of the law!"
"So I'm going to compensate you now, and I'm letting you know first, so they don't give me the money and then come back to you and accuse me of blackmail."
The emperor smiled.
"Okay, if you don't give it to me, I'll ask for it for you!"
Speaking of it, Bai had made great contributions in the rebellion of the King of Chu, and should have been rewarded. However, he had just been rewarded with a great title once, and this time he was not rewarded again. He was only rewarded with some imperial gifts, which was already a bit unfair.
As long as she doesn't do anything illegal and doesn't threaten his position, he is willing to help her with some small things as a gift in return.
"Master Wu has so much money?"
"Oh, you don't know enough about ministers. He really doesn't need it, but I only want 50,000 from him. Pingnan Hou asked for it himself, so I doubled it."
Qin Minghao pursed his lips. He was worried every day about the national treasury and the money that needed to be spent everywhere, but look at these ministers, each of them can easily spend tens of thousands. Even Wu Yushi, who he thought was the poorest among the officials above the third rank, gave him 50,000 yuan in compensation without any hesitation.
Could it be that he, the emperor, is the poorest?
Bai Zhiyue didn't shake out the silver in Censor Wu's wall, so there was no need to kill anyone.
If you want to check it out, go ahead and check it out yourself. Anyway, the joke about Censor Wu's family will spread tomorrow, so it's not difficult to find out.
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