What kind of person is this loyal king?
In the East Treasury of the Nei Si, a group of officials, big and small, looked at Zhao Mengqi who had occupied the main seat of the main hall, and each one of them was thinking with apprehension.
"Tell me, when will the expenses of the new Zongxue be allocated?" Zhao Mengqi asked casually while playing with the ironwood paperweight.
The Imperial Internal Affairs Bureau is the full name of the Internal Affairs Bureau, which is in charge of the East Treasury, South Library, West Library, North Library, Qingqi Kiln, Bazuosi, and Jiaoyue Institute. The government office is located in the East Library.
The eunuch in charge of the internal affairs was named Zheng. He was Dong Songchen's best confidant. He was in his forties, fair and fat, with a fat head and big ears, and his eyes were squeezed into two small slits.
A few days ago, the order regarding this expenditure had been issued to him. At the same time, Dong Songchen also gave him a task. Don't let King Zhong get the money, at least one or two moon.
At that time, he thought this matter would be easy to handle and fully agreed, but now it seems that he is starting to feel a little unsure.
Generally speaking, when it comes to asking for money, a person with status will not come by himself. He will send his subordinates to come. Zheng Gouguan just found a few excuses and just excused himself. He was used to it on weekdays.
Anyone who can come here to withdraw money and goods will naturally have edicts and official documents in his hands, but the money is in his hands, whether to give it to him and when to give it to him. To a certain extent, he has the final say.
Those who are sensible will automatically pay tribute according to the unspoken rules. If there is an occasional fool, Zheng Gouguan will naturally find ways to make things difficult.
But the loyal king actually came to the door in person, and he couldn't use any of the difficult tricks. Moreover, he was not asking for anything, but asking for it instead of asking for it!
Zheng Gouguan weighed it for a while and asked tentatively, "Your Highness, the amount of this expenditure is not stated in the decree. I wonder how much your Highness plans to withdraw?"
"My father said that if it doesn't exceed 200,000 guan, I can withdraw it at will. So let's pay 200,000 guan in the early stage."
Zhao Mengqi spoke very lightly, as if he was talking about twenty poems.
But Zheng Gouguan was frightened, "Why do we need so many to build a school?"
"This is nothing you should worry about. Just give me the money."
In fact, Zhao Mengqi was not a big talker. You should know that if he really bought the Qian family's land, it would cost only one or two million yuan, but he had no intention of paying it in the first place.
Zheng Gouguan grimaced, "If it's tens of thousands, it's easy to say, but 200,000 is really not available."
"How is that possible? As far as I know, there should be more than a million coins in the inner treasury!" Zhao Mengqi had already prepared, so there was no way he could be fooled.
"Your Highness, the inner treasurer is only part of the inner treasury. Most of the items stored there do not contain gold or silver. It is only for the convenience of distributing to the outer dynasty that some Min coins and Chu coins are placed here. At the beginning of the year, there were almost thirty coins. It’s a million dollars, but most of it has been spent.”
Min coins are copper coins, a string of one thousand coins, and Chu coins are paper money, so named because they are made of Chu leather paper.
Zheng Gouguan actually allocated various expenses in advance just to deal with Zhao Mengqi, and in order to make him believe it, he even showed him the account book.
"Haha, what a coincidence. More than 200,000 yuan was spent within these five days."
Zhao Mengqi flipped through the account books and understood immediately, looking at Zheng Gouguan coldly.
Zheng Gouguan gritted his teeth, thinking that since there was no money in the treasury, the loyal king couldn't use him to extract oil, so he spread his hands, looking like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water, "Your Highness, I can't even think of it." It will cost so much money to build a school, and there are more than 10,000 yuan left, you can just take it all."
"Are you sending beggars away? I'm afraid, all these more than ten thousand coins are Chu coins from the old world." Zhao Mengqi exposed Zheng Gouguan's thoughts with one word.
"This is all we have in the treasury. There is nothing we can do about it." Zheng Gouguan plans to stay single to the end. Even if he is a prince, he has to be reasonable.
Are you just going to suffer a loss like this?
Zhao Mengqi was angry, and while thinking of a solution, he flipped through the account books at will, and suddenly made a discovery, "Hey, isn't there still 150,000 yuan?"
Zheng Gouguan's heart skipped a beat, "Your Highness is joking, how can there be any money left?"
"This expenditure of 150,000 guan is recorded as having been appropriated, but there is no delivery procedure and no record of leaving the treasury. That means the money is still in the treasury! I want this money!"
Zhao Mengqi pointed at the account book with a smile on his face.
"Your Highness, this is impossible! This money is used to repair Yousheng Temple. This is the official decree. It's just that the planning has not been completed yet. This money is temporarily left in the treasury. Strictly speaking, it no longer belongs to the treasury. Money!”
Zheng Gouguan was anxious. The reason why the money was not taken out of the treasury was firstly because Dong Songchen had not paid attention to it in the past few days. Secondly, he thought that Dongtangtreasure of the Nei Si was his own territory and was not in a hurry to take it away. Unexpectedly, He was actually targeted by the unruly King Zhong.
Zhao Mengqi didn't care who he was giving the money to, "It is an imperial edict to repair Yousheng Temple. Isn't it an imperial edict to build a new religion!? It is said that the edict of Yousheng Temple is still coming, and everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis. This money , I’m determined! Moreover, you must try to raise two hundred thousand for me, and if I’m short of a penny, I’ll use your pig’s head to make up the amount!”
After saying that, Zhao Mengqi had a serious look on his face.
Reasonable? Does the superior need to be reasonable?
In line with his words, Zeng Ba, who was standing beside him, pressed the knife with his hand, and his eyes roamed between Zheng Gouguan's thick neck.
Zheng Gouguan's scalp tightened and he felt chills all over his body. He said with difficulty, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, the purpose of repairing Yousheng Temple is to pray for Concubine Yan and the young prince. This is the most important thing for the officials at the moment. If you want to use this money, Aren’t you afraid of the official’s thunderous wrath?”
Unable to withstand the pressure, he could only bring the official family out in an attempt to make King Zhong feel afraid.
"You should worry about yourself." But how could Zhao Mengqi do this? He showed his white teeth and smiled, "I know that you are Dong Songchen's people, but don't forget, you eunuchs are not like the Tian family." You're just a slave. I don't even need a reason to kill you. I'll give you half an hour, otherwise..."
For the sake of his own life, Zheng Gouguan did not dare to bet whether King Zhong was really unruly, so he had to give in temporarily and hurriedly led his subordinates to make arrangements.
Half an hour later, a list was handed to Zhao Mengqi's hand, "One hundred and fifty thousand yuan, the fifteenth Chu coin is discounted to three thousand guan, the 30th ultimatum is discounted to 30,000 guan, the official silk paper and frankincense are discounted. Two thousand guan, silk and silk can be converted into 15,000 guan, totaling 200,000 guan."
Zheng Gouguan really had to piece it all together.
"Sure enough, people are forced out." Zhao Mengqi looked at Zheng Gouguan who was sweating all over.
Two hundred thousand dollars doesn't sound like much, but it actually takes a lot of time to ship it.
A copper coin is about six kilograms, a hundred and fifty thousand copper coins is nine hundred thousand kilograms, and there are more than ten thousand pieces of silk. Ignoring the other items, this is almost five hundred tons.
This was also thanks to Zheng Gouguan. In order to please Dong Songchen, he specially prepared all copper coins. If they were iron coins, the weight would be doubled.
With the transportation capacity at this time, the transportation could not be completed in two or three days. Zhao Mengqi naturally did not have time to waste here, so he asked Chang Geng to transfer two hundred soldiers from the front department to be responsible for supervising the security and keeping all the money and goods. Transported to Qian's farm for storage.
