Chapter 609: Take a concubine if you don’t have money

Because of the inaccessibility of people, the roads around Chengjin Mountain are usually not easy to walk, but now the temperature has risen suddenly, the water on the ground has evaporated, and the land has become solid, which makes it easier for Shen Qingqian and the others to go up the mountain.

But this situation was limited to outside the mountain. Shen Qingqian felt an inexplicable chill as soon as he entered the mountain.

"It's really two different worlds here and outside." She couldn't help but sigh.

Shengze nodded, "I heard my master say that about six hundred years ago, the entire northern Hubei was a bitter cold land, and Chengjin Mountain was still a snow mountain at that time."

"Six hundred years?" Shen Qingqian was surprised. This time is actually not that long.

From this point of view, doesn’t it mean that the geographical environment in northern Hubei is still in an unstable stage? No wonder the weather is so weird.

But what Shen Qingqian didn't know was that the entire Jin Dynasty, and even the entire continent, was already showing signs of drought.

In Da Jin's court, another quarrel was taking place over whether to prepare for disaster relief in advance.

"Now Jizhou, Chengzhou, Yuzhou, Wanzhou and other places are rushing to send drought requests. If we don't make plans early, who will be responsible for unrest when it happens?"

"Master Liu said it quite easily. What plan do you want us to make? There is no money in the accounts of the household department for a long time. The reason why we can barely pay you the salary is the result of the emperor's mercy and the empress's supplement! Come on, Master Liu, Tell me how to plan?"

"What's so difficult about this? Follow Emperor Taizu's example and raid the homes of corrupt officials! Why, Master Zhang is afraid that you will be found out?"

"Don't slander anyone! I, Zhang Zhong, am doing the right thing..."

The two of them were arguing with each other, and Sheng Zhan was sitting on the dragon chair looking ugly.

Money is needed everywhere in the imperial court, but in recent years, God has not given enough food, and the treasury is not rich. Even because of the battle with King Zhao last year, the treasury of the imperial court was directly in deficit!

Sheng Zhan felt extremely aggrieved when he thought that he had to pay the officials' salaries out of his own pocket.

Because he had no money, he had to bring concubines into the palace one after another. Without exception, these concubines had little assets in their families.

Of course, Sheng Zhan himself did not admit that he kept taking concubines because he was short of money.

But any official in the court who has eyes can see that no one is a fool after all.

For example, last month, Sheng Zhan brought the legitimate daughter of a branch of the Li family into the palace.

This branch of the Li family is the Li Hezhou family. He also has a thirteen-year-old girl who is not engaged, but last month Sheng Zhan directly brought her into the palace with an imperial edict.

However, Li Hezhou has not received news about this matter yet.

Just when the quarrel was getting louder in the court, a young eunuch hurriedly came to the back of Jinluan Hall to find the chief eunuch.

"Master, Princess Min is clamoring for the emperor to let her out of the palace again. She said that if the emperor doesn't agree, she will burn down the Yuliu Palace!"

The head eunuch frowned, but thinking of the benefits that the princess had brought to the emperor, he quickly came to Sheng Zhan and whispered the matter into his ear.

Sheng Zhan glanced at the officials who were still arguing below, stood up and said, "It has been less than half a month since the weather has been abnormal. We will discuss this matter later and withdraw from the court."

After saying that, he threw up his sleeves and left, leaving a group of ministers looking at each other in shock.

The few people who had been making a fuss just now suddenly stopped talking, as if there were no more spectators.

Some officials with clear heads looked at Sheng Zhan's back and shook their heads, sighing in their hearts. How could such an emperor compare with King Zhao or the rumored highness still in northern Hubei?