As for the aristocratic family, Emperor An knew that they had money, but so what?
With the family's background, they could easily ease the current difficulties and allow the household department to turn around, but the key was that he had shown no mercy when he wanted to eradicate the family earlier.
When he summoned Liang Guangyi two days ago, he originally wanted to "reconcile" with him and the family and join forces to deal with the prince and Xiao Yan first, but Liang Guangyi refused directly with a defensive look on his face.
The old guy was extremely shrewd. He only mentioned one sentence to him to attack Yin Bao and the others, and he blocked up his next words with a few words.
Under such circumstances, how could they agree to ask him and several others to provide money to repair the holes in the court?
Seeing Qian Baokun and the others looking at him, Emperor An clasped his hands and felt a little angry: "How can you, a dignified household minister, borrow money from others and spread the word so that people will think of the imperial court?"
Qian Baokun frowned: "Then what are your Majesty's plans?"
"Marquis Wenxin and others are still waiting for money, food and military supplies to move troops south. Yan Shilang of the Ministry of War also led people to block in front of the household department. The counter-rebellion army will set off in two days. If they can't even get the supplies, how can they still calm down? Rebel?"
"you……"
An Di wanted to scold Qian Baokun for being incompetent, but Qian Baokun kowtowed before he could say anything.
"It's because of the incompetence of the humble minister that he failed to manage the household department well and reminded His Majesty to be frugal as soon as possible. Please punish him."
An Di: "..."
All the curses were blocked in his throat, and An Di's face was filled with wonderful colors.
He wanted to angrily scold Qian Baokun for being presumptuous, but his expression was respectful and unoffensive. He wanted to scold him for being incompetent, but Qian Baokun didn't shirk the blame even if he apologized first.
Looking at the left and right servants of the Ministry of Finance who were kowtowing behind Qian Baokun and listening to them saying "Your Majesty will punish you for your incompetence", Emperor An felt that if he cursed a few more words, he would be in trouble before his eyes. The three of them could just quit and leave the household mess to him.
The account books on the table were wrinkled, and Emperor An's head started to hurt. He turned around and said to Feng Lai: "Go and summon the prince..."
The Minister Yuan asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to leave this matter to the Crown Prince?"
An Di frowned: "Why, it can't be done?"
Yuan Shilang hesitated: "It's not impossible, it's just that the prince seems to have ordered someone to go to Shezhou."
"Before, the palace rewarded Jiuyunxiang one after another, and many people in the capital also sent congratulatory gifts to Duke Ding. However, I heard that Duke Ding had found all those gifts and the things rewarded by the palace. The money was exchanged for silver, and together with the silver reward given by His Majesty, it was sent to Shezhou in the name of the He family."
Andy's expression suddenly changed: "When did it happen?!"
Yuan Shilang was startled and whispered: "It should have been some time."
"During that time, people came and went in Jiuyun Lane, and many people talked about Duke Ding using the palace coup to exercise his personal power, saying that he took this opportunity to make a lot of money. Wei Chen also believed the rumors at the time, but it wasn't until I just heard someone say two days ago that Duke Dingguo had already sent all of them to Shezhou."
"It is said that in those days, if anything entered Jiuyun Lane, it would be sent out the next day. There were dozens of carriages escorting money out of the city from Jiuyun Lane."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the royal family was ashamed of the people of Shezhou, and he also contributed part of the money, and sent it to Shantang and Yugutang in Shezhou and Raozhou together with the money of Duke Dingguo. He said that he was responsible for the events of that year on behalf of His Majesty. Make up for it..."
"presumptuous!!"
Emperor An slammed the table, frightening Yuan Shilang's words.
Emperor An was trembling with anger.
He had previously deliberately rewarded Xiao Yan and stirred up rumors in order to ruin Xiao Yan's reputation. However, he never expected that Xiao Yan didn't keep any of those things and actually sent them all to Shezhou. Even the prince wanted to step on that evil obstacle. Use him to promote yourself? !
If it were suddenly reported at this time that the Ministry of Finance was out of money and the government could not come up with pension money, he would be ridiculed as an emperor who boasted about Haikou's inability to fulfill his promises, but the prince and Xiao Yan would be able to win people's hearts by stepping on him.
They have such vicious thoughts!
Qian Baokun whispered: "Your Majesty, you ordered Marquis Wenxin and others to send out troops in five days. It is now the third day. If there is insufficient food and grass..."
Emperor An interrupted sharply: "I understand. I will find a solution regarding the money. You go back first."
Minister Yuan and the others hesitated upon hearing this and wanted to say something, but when they saw Qian Baokun in front of him, he bowed his head and accepted the order without asking any more questions, so they could only follow behind and answer.
"I obey the order."
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After Qian Baokun and the others left, An Di grabbed the booklet on the table and smashed it out. His face no longer looked calm as before, and his chest heaved with anger.
"Xiao Yan, it's Xiao Yan again!!"
Although the prince's rebellious son had some thoughts, he simply couldn't think of what happened in Nandi. Only Xiao Yan, the rebellious one, had the scheming skills and knew early on that the treasury was too short to cope with the things he promised to go out. Put on the condom and let him drill inside.
No wonder Xiao Yan looked so strange that day when he talked about subsidizing the people in Rongjiang. No wonder Xiao Yan didn't send anyone to stop him when he asked people to spread rumors outside during this period.
He has been waiting here for a long time!
The more An Di thought about it, the angrier he became. He violently knocked over the incense burner on the table with his hand, and the copper burner fell to the ground with a clanking sound.
Feng Lai hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, be careful of the injury on your hand..."
He quickly took the handkerchief and swept away the ashes on Andi's bandaged hand. He looked carefully again and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the wound had not been touched:
"The injury on your hand is not healed yet, but you must not touch it with dirt. Fortunately, it didn't touch the wound."
After saying that, he let go of An Di:
"Your Majesty, why should you be angry with Duke Ding? You have known for a long time that he is treacherous and cunning, but I didn't expect that the prince could completely ignore the relationship between father and son, and actually colluded with Duke Ding to harm your majesty like this."
"If Shilang Yuan and the others hadn't accidentally found out, and King Pingshan had rebelled, and they didn't realize it until after something happened in the south, your majesty would..."
Feng Lai was full of worry: "It's such a big matter, why doesn't anyone report back to Your Majesty?"
Emperor An's face was extremely gloomy, and he suddenly thought of the useless Liu Tongen.
He was already angry at Liu Tongen's incompetence in doing things several times, but he thought he was still loyal so he didn't want to do anything. But he didn't expect that now he was not even aware of such an obvious setup by Xiao Yan and the prince, and that others accidentally mentioned it. Just let him know.
He asked Liu Tongen before. He clearly said that he sent people to keep an eye on Xiao Yan and the prince. Is this what he called surveillance? !
Incompetent trash!
Emperor An's face was filled with frost: "Feng Lai."
"His Majesty?"
"Go and send Liu Tongen over and ask Yu Yanfeng to wait outside. I will summon him later." After a pause, Emperor An said again: "Go and sort out the account books of my private treasury and hand them over to me later. "
If he wants to repair a hole in the household department, he must have a reason.
No matter who asks, the money comes from private treasury and has no other source!
Feng Lai's eyes flashed slightly: "I'll go right away."
