Han You, who was pinned to the ground, secretly swore that if anyone brings a banknote into the palace again in this life, he will be treated like a dog. This is not a palace, it is worse than a bandit's den.
The two bundles were opened and the banknotes were scattered on the floor.
Wen Wu, who had subdued Han You, quickly let go of his hand and stepped aside, while Sun Shouting and Situ Yu were dumbfounded.
Even though the two of them were in charge of the account department, the money they saw was just the figures on the books. No one had ever seen a million dollar banknote, forget it, just one, mainly dozens of them, all of large amounts.
"Where did this money come from?"
As soon as Lao Ba and the fishing guy who was released from prison after eight years went out, they saw a wild river and a bunch of spreaders, and even the nests were built.
Han You stood up. If Sun Shouting and Situ Yu hadn't been there, he would have started to curse.
"Picked it up."
"Okay, then I will help you find the owner."
Han You: "..."
"Where did it come from?"
Han You said nothing and glanced at Sun Shouting and Situ Yu. The emperor understood instantly.
"Sun Aiqing, Situ Aiqing, I have something to ask Han You, please step aside first."
The shocked Sun and Situ originally wanted to see the excitement, but they could only bow before leaving.
As soon as the two left, Han You shouted: "Can you act like an emperor? In front of a minister and a minister, you robbed me of money. Is there such an emperor?"
The old man had a flattering smile on his face: "How can we brothers fight over each other? It's called a share, right? It's a share of the stolen goods."
"You can take them all if you want, don't regret it."
"Okay, I have no regrets. Wenwu, hurry up, hurry up, collect all the banknotes."
"What the hell..." Han You said anxiously, "You should ask why you regret it."
"Don't ask, you'll regret it after you ask, Wenwu, hurry up."
Han You surrendered completely. Seeing that both civil and military officials were almost picking up the banknotes, he could only say: "The Zhao family gave it to me."
"Zhao family?" Lao Ba finally regained his serious look: "Zhao Tai, or the Zhao family?"
"Zhao Tai gave 500,000 guan, and Zhao Xiong gave 500,000 guan."
"Why?"
Han You didn't hide anything. He explained everything in detail.
Not only Lao Ba was shocked, but also the civil and military officials were dumbfounded.
"This..." Boss Zhou pinched Yahuazi: "Then Zhao Feiyu has never seen other men?"
"Is it about Zhao Feiyu? Can you hear the key points, Zhao Xiong, Zhu Long?"
"Zhu Long was taken into the palace?"
"yes."
"Did the letter arrive too?"
"yes."
The emperor sat on the steps with a thoughtful expression.
Han You sat aside, waiting for Lao Ba to digest all the information.
Everything was as Han You expected, and Lao Ba didn't care that he revealed to Zhao Xiong in advance that Zhao Tai would be qualified to serve as a servant.
Lao Ba is not a fool. He is hiding something purposefully. Zhao Tai and the Zhao family are fighting within each other. The most he can do is just laugh at it, but there is no way he can make any money.
After a long while, Boss Zhou asked: "This is a million dollars, how much do you want to share with me?"
"Divide..." Han You rubbed his temples: "Divide it into one hundred thousand guans."
"One hundred thousand guan?" Boss Zhou's nose was twisted in anger: "You brought a million guan into the palace, just give me one hundred thousand guan, one hundred thousand guan, one hundred thousand guan, why did you bring one million guan with you?" Penetrating into the palace, you want to piss me off to death!"
"The 900,000 guan will be used to build the road from the capital to Changyuan. It should not be used. We will also build the road between Changyuan and Xun County, and then build it southward."
"I agree with building roads, but now our country needs money everywhere, so why not..."
"Don't be inferior. If you are inferior, then stop practicing."
Boss Zhou asked in confusion: "But we two brothers can't benefit from it."
"The country belongs to you, and building roads is a move that benefits the country and the people. Are you still thinking about the benefits at this time?"
Boss Zhou laughed dryly: "Public is public, private is private, and besides, use your own money to serve the country..."
"It's not my money, but His Majesty's inner treasury. In addition to the 300,000 guan given to the Ministry of Industry, in addition to the 100,000 guan given to you for silence... no, the hush money, there are also 900,000 guan, a total of 120,000 guan. One hundred thousand coins are all allocated from the treasury and used to build roads in the name of His Majesty."
Boss Zhou looked thoughtful again.
There are countless benefits to building roads, and he knows this. In addition to saving the cost of transporting mountains and mines and increasing output, the biggest benefit is the speed of marching.
If Beijing wants to mobilize troops to the south, and only takes the previous official road, it will take 20 days for a hundred thousand troops to reach Pengzhou. If another official road is built, they can arrive in less than eight days.
This was Han You's original idea, just like the exit of a highway. The larger and wider the exit, the fewer vehicles blocked behind it.
The court suffered such a loss during the previous dynasty. It was difficult to travel on official roads. Once the army was mobilized, it was only delayed on the official roads out of the capital.
"I know your good intentions, but you must not waste so much money."
Lao Ba sighed: "Everyone in the outside world knows that I have no money in my internal treasury. I suddenly spent such a large sum of money to build roads. Where did this money come from? This is one, and these two are... But now the imperial court still owes about 200,000 guan in arrears to the army in the north and south. I don’t use the money I have in the army, but use it to build roads. If rumors are spread wantonly by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences will be disastrous."
"It's easy to handle. Tell the truth to the outside world. Say that the money was given by the Zhao family to honor the palace and to flatter the palace. This will make other aristocratic families think that the Zhao family and His Majesty have given in."
"People give you money, and you sell them in the blink of an eye?"
Han You: "Can't you?"
Emperor: "That's great."
"As for your majesty's second worry, it's not a big deal. Just send the money. It's only two hundred thousand guan. Then there's one million guan left. It's enough to build the road."
"No." Lao Ba shook his head repeatedly: "Absolutely no, using the money from the Zhao family's filial piety palace to pay the border army's wages is asking me to make wedding clothes for others. Then the army will only be grateful to the Zhao family."
"Oh, I am responsible for spreading the rumors, saying that the Zhao family wants to flatter me. I heard that His Majesty has a role in Four Seasons Villa, and then he is jealous that I, the emperor's personal soldier, Jian is in the emperor's heart, so I gave one million guan to the palace to let the palace He also built a Four Seasons Villa, but it turned out that His Majesty didn’t care about the money or the so-called members. He only cared about the frontier troops and directly distributed the money to the military. As long as the frontier troops can have enough food and clothing, you, the emperor, don’t say no. I went to make money and have fun, even if I eat chaffy vegetables, it will be delicious."
Wenwu fell silent.
The Zhao family gave me this money. It's so fucking bad. They spent money to get themselves punished.
Lao Ba suddenly said without any clue: "I'm suddenly a little scared."
"What are you afraid of?"
"I remember that before you met Zhou Yan, you met Zhou Tianfeng in a brothel. Zhou Tianfeng even gave you money. If Zhou Tianfeng and you were at that time..."
After a pause, Lao Ba said with emotion: "If you side with Zhou Tianfeng, if I deal with you, I will waste a few hours trying to find a way to kill you."
Han You glanced at Lao Ba. He really wanted to ask, did you get this dragon chair by bragging?
