Chapter 158
"Six million three hundred thousand taels? Only six million three hundred thousand taels?"
After getting the accurate figures, the Tang Emperor who had gone to court early in the Jinluan Palace was furious.
Who would have thought that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty only spit out 6.3 million taels of silver overnight. Adding the only 800,000 taels of silver in the national treasury, the current total of silver is only 7.1 million taels, which is less than 10 million taels of silver. , still short of 2.9 million taels.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Seeing Emperor Tang's anger, all civil and military officials in the court knelt down.
"Old Xu is really amazing, his guess is absolutely correct!" Tang Yu was secretly shocked.
Xu Shize suggested: "Your Majesty, although six million and three hundred thousand taels is not much, it is not too little. How about we join together?"
"How?" Tang Huang asked coldly.
The next second, Xu Shize looked at Tang Yu.
"Old Xu, what do you think I'm doing?" Tang Yu said angrily.
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Xu Shize chuckled: "Why don't you, Your Highness, set an example first?"
"I set an example? I set an example for Mao! I didn't embezzle a single tael of money from the court!" Tang Yu was quite speechless.
Xu Shize continued: "But as the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, and His Highness is in charge of the battle, if you don't set an example, you can't be justified, right?"
"Definitely, Lao Xu, you know how to trick me!" Tang Yu was speechless.
Of course, Tang Yu also knew what Xu Shize meant. The main reason Xu Shize asked him to set an example was to ask the princes to pay.
The eldest prince Tang Long and the third prince Tang Shuheng must have committed corruption over the years, especially Tang Shuheng, who was in the household department. In order to win over Xu Shize, Tang Shuheng directly sent one million taels of silver, which shows how wealthy Tang Shuheng is.
In order to collect the silver, Tang Yu stepped forward and said: "Father, you previously rewarded the child with 20,000 taels of gold, which is equivalent to 200,000 taels of silver. The child is willing to donate all of it!"
"Very good!" Tang Huang nodded with satisfaction.
Immediately, Tang Yu looked at Tang Shuheng and said, "Third brother, as the ninth old man, I have already set an example. How about you come first, third brother?"
"Ninth brother, don't talk nonsense. My eldest brother has not set an example. It's not appropriate for me to set an example!" Tang Shuheng waved his hand quickly.
But Tang Yu was convinced by Tang Shuheng, and he joked: "Who doesn't know that in this court, you are the only one who is so fat, third brother?"
"Ninth brother, you are talking nonsense again!" Tang Shuheng's face suddenly darkened.
He could see that Tang Yu was taking the opportunity to blackmail him, but he didn't accept this trick at all.
Seeing this, Tang Yu directly enlarged his moves, and said with a harmless look on his face: "Oh? Third brother, I am sure I am talking nonsense? I heard the Prime Minister said that you gave him a lot of money in order to win over him... .”
"Ninth brother, you..."
Seeing that Tang Yu was about to reveal in front of Emperor Tang that he had offered one million taels of silver to win over Prime Minister Xu Shize, Tang Shuheng's expression suddenly changed wildly.
