"What did you say?"
"His Majesty went to Lingyin House today. Not only did he seize the oiran, but he even opened his own brothel?"
Yuan Mansion,
After hearing the report from my servant,
Yuan Kang thought for the first time that his ears had heard it wrong.
The main thing is this, it's too ridiculous.
The majestic king of a country went to a brothel to seize the oiran.
They even have to run their own business and open brothels and casinos.
If something like this were spread, wouldn't it make other countries laugh out loud?
Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.
The status of businessmen is almost at the bottom of society.
Almost every country is promoting agriculture and suppressing commerce.
Among them, Qin is the worst.
Since Emperor Xiao of Qin's reform, people in the entire Qin Kingdom can only have two professions.
One is a farmer who plows the fields at home.
The other type is soldiers, fighting for the country.
The entire country has become a war machine.
All the people of Qin must give everything for the operation of this machine.
This is also the reason why Qin State can become strong and prosperous.
nowadays,
Countries have also followed suit.
Yuan Kang never expected that his emperor just didn't care about government affairs and was obsessed with beauty, and now he was so ridiculous that he opened a brothel.
"It seems that I am worrying too much."
"This little emperor is just an ignorant boy who is greedy for pleasure."
"But this is fine. The more stupid you are, the more benefits our Yuan family will get. When the Yuan family takes complete control of the court, they may not be able to get their hands on the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Master in the future."
Yuan Kang stood with his hands behind his hands, standing in front of the window and staring in the direction of the palace, with a sneer flashing at the corner of his mouth.
That night.
The farce in Lingyin Tower ended with Han Lin's departure.
As for Liu Shishi, she was naturally brought into the palace by Han Lin.
After returning, Han Lin sent Eunuch Wei to convey an order to come to court early tomorrow morning!
.......
"Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
"Flat body."
As all civil and military officials finished their ceremonies,
Han Lin said calmly: "My dear friends, I plan to build ten entertainment venues in the city, including brothels, casinos, bathing centers, dance halls, etc."
"The specific plan has been told to the Minister of Household Affairs. If it is completed, it will be a source of wealth in the future. It is initially estimated that it will cost about 250,000 taels of silver, of which I will contribute 50,000, and you can calculate the remaining 200,000 by yourself. Everyone joins in."
"Don't think that I am robbing money. My purpose is to make money together for everyone, and I will never let you dear ones suffer."
As Han Lin finished speaking,
The entire hall was silent and you could hear a pin drop.
Many of the ministers already knew what Han Lin had done yesterday.
For example, going to a brothel and grabbing an oiran.
Planning to open a brothel, casino, etc.
But they really didn't expect that His Majesty would ask them for money if he wanted to drive this thing.
If you let yourself pay, isn't it costing your own life?
for a time,
Many ministers lowered their heads silently.
Saw this scene.
Han Lin smiled.
I really think he doesn't know how much these people have.
Last night, Jin Yiwei put the results of the investigation in front of him.
When Han Lin saw the result, he laughed out loud.
Each one of them was exactly what he thought, a complete replica of the ministers in the late Ming Dynasty.
No matter how much money they need to raise military pay, they can't even get a cent out of it.
She cried and complained about how poor her family was.
The results of it,
When Li Zicheng entered the city, he directly copied out more than 70 million taels of silver.
The annual tax of the Ming Dynasty was only four million taels. You can imagine how much those people embezzled.
No,
Before Han Lin said a few words, many ministers had already started crying.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to contribute, it's just that I'm powerless."
"Your Majesty, my monthly salary is only 120 taels of silver, but there are more than 80 people in my family, so there is no balance at all."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am an honest official and I really can't spare any extra money."
"Weichen has many family members and many servants. Now he has to live in a pinch every day. But since His Majesty has spoken, Weichen is willing to contribute 20 taels of silver to support His Majesty."
"Your Majesty, I am willing to contribute 30 taels of silver. This is already Wei Chen's entire family property."
All the ministers in the palace were crying and crying about how difficult it was for them.
In short, one is poorer than the other.
With their acting skills as if they were movie kings, those who didn't know would really think that they were all upright officials with clean sleeves.
Han Lin sat on the dragon chair,
I watched them perform for a long time.
Finally, he said indifferently: "20 taels? 30 taels? You are so good at acting, should I award you a statuette?"
"Since all my beloved ministers say that I am an honest official, I will ask the Jin Yiwei to go to your beloved ministers' homes to see if everything is true."
"If it is true as you all said, all salaries will be tripled in the future. But if the property discovered exceeds the monthly salary, then don't blame me for being rude."
quiet!
As Han Lin's words fell,
The main hall, which had been filled with cries and shouts just now, suddenly became extremely silent.
All officials were dumbfounded.
They never expected that Han Lin could pull off such a trick.
What bullshit honest officials, they all know how much assets their families have.
There were hundreds of people in the entire court, but only a few could withstand the investigation.
If Jin Yiwei is really asked to investigate, I'm afraid there will be a lot of heads.
for a time,
The faces of the ministers in the DPRK became extremely ugly, and many people even had cold sweat on their foreheads.
Han Lin's tone was a bit playful: "Why did it suddenly become quiet? Is it possible that there is something wrong in your heart and you are worried that I will find out?!"
"bump!"
Han Lin slapped Long An.
Then he took out a book and smashed it on the ground.
Cold eyes swept over everyone's body.
"See for yourself, don't think that I don't know what you are doing behind your back."
The nearest Minister of Rites picked up the book.
After opening it,
Looking at the content above, I broke into a cold sweat.
I saw that it clearly recorded the family assets of various officials.
For example, how many acres of fertile land there are, how many houses there are, and how many carriages there are.
How many people are there in the family, where are the gold, silver and jewelry hidden, and how many are there.
When the Minister of Rites saw his name on it, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Several people around picked up the booklet out of curiosity.
After seeing the content, their expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly knelt down to beg for mercy.
for a time,
The whole court was begging for mercy.
