"money?"
Liu Zheng was stunned for a moment.
Immediately I felt relieved.
Isn't it?
It's Xie Tianyao's birthday soon. Just looking at the atmosphere in the entire Long Yan Dynasty, one can tell that this grand event is likely to cost an unusual amount of money. The whole country, heaven and earth are celebrating together. We have just arrived at Yang'an Pass, and we can see the road, post houses, and teams coming from all over to Xie Tianyao. There is an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages.
Do you think these people all come to worship?
No no no.
According to the long-standing behavior of the Longyan Dynasty, how much these people offered to Xie Tianyao every year. With a wave of his hand, Xie Tianyao would ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare gifts of double value and "give" them back!
As the name suggests, the Celestial Kingdom will not take advantage of these small vassal countries.
atmosphere!
Domineering!
Therefore, even though Xie Tianyao has been in power for nearly forty years and Long Yan's fiscal revenue has been losing money every year, he has never done anything in this regard - otherwise, one million taels of silver would not have been enough to donate to a county. The title of marquis.
This year, even more so.
Everyone probably knows that Xie Tianyao is approaching his end, and this is probably his birthday in the last year.
Whether it involves the battle for the right to inherit the throne, or the future of the dying Long Yan Dynasty, various situations are complicated and intertwined, and this year seems to be a grand event that brings back the past!
An unprecedented event!
There are firecrackers everywhere, and it is no exaggeration to describe it like this.
It is conceivable how much financial resources the Long Yan court will spend just for this grand event. In addition, there will be rewards given to them.
How big is this financial gap?
"Haha, I heard that Ma Zhizhong, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, has been begging grandpa and grandma everywhere recently. No, I just sent a letter to Gu a few days ago, asking us vassal kings to help make preparations... But you want to thank me this time Ling, I almost lost the entire Jiangnan wealth to you..."
King Yong is a close relative of the emperor, so he naturally understands the truth.
"Oh? Is it already so miserable?"
Hearing this, Liu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, slapped his thigh, and laughed loudly: "Not to mention, now Liangzhou is not short of money! Okay, anyway, time is not urgent, I will write a letter immediately and ask someone to prepare a large amount of money. Come on, let's show off our wealth all the way to the capital! Look at the old emperor, he's not willing to kill me!"
King Yong smiled bitterly after hearing this.
…
Jinghua.
The army was defeated like a mountain.
After Xie Ling's death, Queen Zheng Fu was already considered to be alone.
All political opponents took action at the same time.
Prince Xie Fang, who led the Dali Temple people overnight, arrested more than 20 former Xie Ling faction officials overnight in the name of East Palace and in the name of thoroughly investigating "Shengchen Corruption". During this process, his finger had been pointed at Zhu Zhen.
Fortunately, Zhu Zhen cut his wrist decisively to avoid his sharp edge.
As the Minister of Civil Affairs, he did not come forward to protect any of Xie Ling's former subordinates. This is equivalent to the scholar-bureaucrat group losing almost half of its country in an instant.
The hearts of these scholar-bureaucrats are bleeding.
Shangshu Mansion.
at night.
Zhu Zhen sat in the center again.
To the left, right and below are the big guys of the scholar-bureaucrat group.
"Everyone, please think of your own solutions!"
Zhu Zhen threw out an account book in his hand.
Everyone looked at each other and passed it around.
"this……"
"Sir, on this occasion of Your Majesty's birthday, the deficit reached five thousand taels of silver?"
Five thousand taels!
This is the financial income of the Longyan Dynasty for two years!
Zhu Zhen smiled coldly: "This is just a conservative estimate. There are still some vassal states that have come from afar and have not been included in the statistics. If they are like the Qiang Wangting and bring out so many things at once, let us How to pay it back?"
This statement shocked everyone.
"But sir...this is a matter for the Ministry of Etiquette!"
"Yes! What does it have to do with our staff?"
"We don't have any money either..."
Zhu Zhen angrily shouted: "Stupid!"
"The birthday of the Holy Emperor is a major national event! Do you really think that the staff can escape from the problem? Not to mention the staff, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are all helping to raise money this time! Colleagues, we have already lost a battle with the third prince. Well, what if those vassal kings are ahead of us on the issue of funds? Then our right to speak in the court will be less and less! According to what I heard, the Holy One intends to follow the example of Liang after this birthday. State, create a cabinet in the court. Everyone, I believe you all understand what the cabinet is. This is a major change in the Longyan Dynasty for a thousand years! If we lose this time..."
Zhu Zhen's words made everyone fall into deep thought.
The situation is urgent!
Without delay!
Scholar-officials, for the first time in thousands of years, have encountered such a dilemma.
"good!"
"Let's go down and make arrangements right away!"
"If you gather it together, there will still be some."
A group of people also knew that up to now, Prince Xie Fang's family was the dominant one, and Zhu Zhen intended to support the eleventh prince Xie Ming. If they lost again on this issue, they would have completely deviated from the political center of the Longyan Dynasty. .
Minato!
The scholar-bureaucrat group has controlled elites, prominent families, and powerful families from all over the society since ancient times. There are many merchants among them.
If you think of a way, you can always get it together.
…
East Palace.
The prince has been full of energy and sharpness these past few days.
With Xie Ling's downfall, more and more people began to fall towards him.
He led the people from Dali Temple and massacred everyone.
The concubines Shu, Concubine De, and others in the harem have begun to make excuses for the queen in the harem.
Throughout the capital, there was a roar of wind and cranes, and the trees and grass were all in war.
"Hahahaha, so happy, so happy! I have been so happy these past few days!"
Xie Fang took a big sip of wine and laughed wildly.
His think tank was also around to flatter him.
"only……"
Xie Fang suddenly sighed: "Then Liu Zhizhou..."
As soon as these three words came out, the atmosphere in the whole place became depressed.
Liu Zhizhou...
Although these three words may sound ordinary, to the people present, they are a kind of absolute suppression in terms of momentum, spirit and psychology.
The atmosphere of the lively banquet suddenly became strange.
"Hahahaha, he is just a magistrate, what are you afraid of him for?"
A counselor said harshly.
Others also laughed: "Yes, Your Highness, there is no need to worry, he is not dead, he is lucky!"
"Besides, he forced Xie Ling to death, how could the Holy One let him go so easily?"
"However, this Princess Longyang is..."
The white-haired counselor chuckled: "The Queen's faction that has been operating in Beijing for decades will collapse at a moment's notice. What is there to fear about Princess Longyang who has no roots or foundation?"
He cupped his hands and said to the prince: "Your Highness, this time the vassal princes from all over the country are actively responding to the imperial court's call and raising funds everywhere. At this time, they will all be worshiped in the name of the East Palace! This alone is unmatched by anyone. . Your Highness should be able to sit back and relax this time!"
"Congratulations, Your Highness!"
"Congratulations, Your Highness!"
The crowd was in high spirits.
Xie Fang could only laugh after hearing this.
But I don't know why...
Every time he thinks of Liu Zhizhou, he is not dead, and his heart always flutters a few times...
