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In the Liu Mansion, the donation was completed. According to statistics from the Minister of Honglu Temple and the Minister of Household Affairs, a total of 723,000 taels of silver and 58,000 taels of gold were collected.
This huge sum of money will be filled into the national treasury and used as military pay, food, grass, soldiers and horses, disaster relief funds, etc.
Many ministers got drunk and got rid of the shackles and discomfort in their hearts. They paid tribute to Zhao Wujiang one after another. Some admired Zhao Wujiang, while others complimented Zhao Wujiang and wanted to seek power...
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, the banquet was completely over at the end of Shenshi.
During the three hours, some ministers fell drunk or left for business. Until the last hour, only a few people were left in the banquet hall.
Zhao Wujiang, Liu Zhe, Dugu Yihe, Li Chenxu...
Zhao Wujiang asked about the death of the late emperor, Liu Zhe smiled and said nothing, Dugu Yihe's face darkened, and Li Chenxu hesitated.
Obviously they all had speculations in their minds, but because there was no evidence, they kept silent, and they also advised Zhao Wujiang not to get involved in this matter.
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In the imperial city, in the imperial study, the empress has just sat down.
Just now, news came from the palace, and the Minister of Household Affairs submitted an urgent memorial for her to review.
She looked at the memorial in front of her, suspicion arose in her heart, and she had a vague premonition of something.
The empress opened the memorial submitted by Liu Wanshan, which was densely packed with small characters.
[Your Majesty, Holy An, veteran minister Liu Wanshan is harassing you.
Today, Zhongshu ordered Mr. Liu to hold a banquet in his house, and Mr. Zhao, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, asked his colleagues to donate money to replenish the national treasury.
Colleagues were deeply touched by His Majesty's kindness and donated their money one after another. As the Minister of Household Affairs, the old minister recorded everything in the book and asked Your Majesty to take a look at it.
Zhongshu ordered Liu Zhe to give him one hundred thousand taels of silver.
Among the servants, there is a lonely crane with one hundred thousand taels of silver.
There are many books in the official department, such as the sea, and there are 40,000 taels of silver.
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Taichang Shaoqing Su Quji has twenty thousand taels of gold.
Liu Wanshan, the Minister of Household Affairs, has fifty thousand taels of silver.
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Zhao Wujiang, a member of the household department and secretary, had ten thousand taels of gold.
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Li Jingshi, the head of the Ministry of Rites, has three thousand taels of silver.
The total amount was 723,000 taels of silver and 58,000 taels of gold.
Today, during the Youshi period, the money from various ministries has been put into the treasury. Your Majesty, please take a look at it and approve it. 】
After the empress finished reading the memorial, she collapsed on the huanghuali wooden chair. Her face was filled with disbelief and her heart was filled with horror.
He clearly called on the ministers to raise donations, but they all declined. Why did Zhao Wujiang say something and these ministers responded one after another?
What happened? How did Zhao Wujiang do it?
The empress' hand that was holding the memorial was trembling. She was so shocked that she read the memorial carefully and finally confirmed that the matter was true.
Her chest rose and fell, and she was extremely happy. Now that the treasury was filled, it was a great thing.
Zhao Wujiang has merit, and all the ministers have merit, and I want to reward them... The empress bit her red lips lightly, and was suddenly stunned, exclaiming in her heart that it was terrible.
She thought of the bet she made with Zhao Wujiang, the bet that changed her hands into words, like Liu Qingqing and others leaning over to mouth Tian Xian.
She swallowed, her cheeks turning red for a moment.
She was an emperor and she kept her word, but when she thought about it, she felt extremely embarrassed.
Every time the concubine went to bed, she was always excited and expecting Zhao Wujiang to do everything. She was very confused and puzzled. What was so exciting about this kind of thing?
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What's so exciting about this? Zhao Wujiang was slightly drunk and returned to the palace of Yangxin Hall. He sat on a chair and found that the empress was missing. At this moment, he was actually a little excited and looking forward to it.
At the beginning of Youshi, Youshi is right, at the end of Youshi, Xushi.
An entire hour passed, the light outside the house faded away, the evening star was about to come out, but the empress still had not returned to the palace.
She was wandering outside the Yangxin Hall at the moment. She guessed that Zhao Wujiang was waiting for her. The shame was tormenting her heart. She regretted why she made such a bet with Zhao Wujiang.
But if it was going to be dark today, where could she hide?
Even if she escapes tonight, what about the future? If you can escape the first grade of junior high school, you can't escape the fifteenth grade!
After a long time, the empress let out a long breath and strode towards the Yangxin Hall.
