Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne to review the memorials. He was so angry that he opened the memorials and glanced at it, and threw them on the other side of the dragon case and changed another one.

Several memorials all talk about the same thing, and the emperor asked the emperor to pay military salaries.

The emperor became more and more angry as he looked at it, thinking that the emperor didn’t want to pay military salaries?!

The treasury must have this money!

A sudden disaster occurred in the southwest and allocated the military pay she had originally paid for disaster relief. As a result, 80% of them were greedy and 90% of them were suddenly greedy. In the end, 30,000 people were starved to death in the southwest and owed the military pay to the soldiers.

The case in the southwest did not make any progress. The Minister of Justice was assassinated and recovered from the post station. Duke Yu asked for a report and sent Ji Huaishan to the place. After all, the Minister of Justice had a few words to send him back to Beijing. As soon as Ji Huaishan left Beijing, he did not even have a letter of letter to Ping'an. No one knew whether Ji Huaishan was assassinated before.

While asking for military pay, some ministers asked the emperor to reduce military spending. These days, the emperor was quarreled with each other.

It was not enough to quarrel at him in the Political Affairs Hall, and he had to send memorials to bother him. Half of the two stacks of memorials were for these two things!

The emperor became more and more irritable as he watched.

These ministers only know that they want the court to allocate money, so why don’t they want to make the treasury rich?!

Let them find a way, in addition to increasing taxes or increasing taxes, can they solve the problem by increasing taxes? Is it still necessary for them to think of ways?!

Eunuch Li was afraid that the emperor would be angry, so he quickly poured tea for the emperor to relieve his anger and reduce his anger. Just as he was about to deliver it to the emperor, a young master ran in and went forward and said, "Your Majesty, there is a great joy!"

Can there be happy events?

The emperor was not happy at all. The happy event in his father-in-law's eyes may not be for him.

Seeing that the emperor had no reaction, the young master was stunned for a moment, and Eunuch Li said, "Why don't you say it quickly, are you going to be beaten?!"

Why are they so blind? Are you almost angry when you didn’t see the emperor?

The young master replied in a frightened manner, "The Duke Xingguo Mansion donated 10,000 taels to the southwest, and Sun Zhanshi Mansion donated 5,000 taels. After other ministers found out, they also donated money to the southwest."

"The Prince Jing'an Mansion donated 10,000 taels, the Prince Shun Mansion, the Duke of Maoguo Mansion, and the Marquis of Jinlin Mansion donated 10,000 taels, the Prince Dongping Mansion donated 8,000 taels, the Marquis of Yunyang and the Boss of Suning donated 7,000 taels, the Old Master Zhang donated 6,000 taels, the Old Master Zhang donated 6,000 taels, and the Secretary of State donated 7,000 taels..."

The young master reported a series of names in one breath. At first, Eunuch Li could calculate how much money he donated, but his mind was not enough later.

The emperor was stunned when he heard this. Eunuch Li interrupted the young master who was reporting the donation and said, "Just tell me how much you donated in total."

The young master took a deep breath and said, "When I first found out, I had already donated almost 250,000 taels, and many ministers had not donated..."

The court ministers donated money like this, and no one took the lead in donating it, not one or two taels.

But once there is the first one who takes the lead, there will be a second one, there will be a third one, and there will be three, there will be seventy or eighty or ninety, and then there will be a large area, and one is counted as one.

The young master continued, "The queen finds out, and she takes 10,000 taels of body, and Concubine Xiao donates 8,000 taels, and the other concubines donate them..."

"There are also the eldest prince donated 10,000 taels, the second prince donated 9,000 taels, the fourth prince donated 8,000 taels, and the fifth prince..."

emperor,"……."

Eunuch Li, “….”

The emperor was in a good mood and brilliant mood. "These beloved ministers usually cried with me poorly, but I didn't expect to be so generous to the southwest. I feel no comfort."

Eunuch Li was happy for the emperor, but he also wanted to ask, "Who donated first?"

The young master was stunned for a moment. He had just said it, well, he said it, but he had too many people. Eunuch Li couldn't hear it. How could he remember who donated the money first? The young master reported again, "It's the Duke Xingguo Mansion and Sun Zhanshi Mansion."

It turned out to be the Duke of Xingguo Mansion.

Did Duke Xingguo take the wrong medicine?

Although taking the lead in doing this would make the emperor happy, how many ministers he offended this time? He wanted to light two candles for Duke Xingguo for the series of donations.

The emperor thought about it and donated according to this situation. Not to mention the vacancy of military pay, the vacancy of military pay can be made up, at least half of it.

Only Duke Xingguo is like sharing your worries.

The emperor is preparing to praise Duke Xingguo in the morning court tomorrow.

Besides, in the harem, the story of the eldest prince, the second prince and the fourth prince donating silver reached Concubine Xiao, and Concubine Xiao began to miss her son again. If her son was in the palace, the donation would definitely be a copy of her son.

Although the third prince was not here, the one he should donate must not be missing. Concubine Xiao asked someone to donate nine thousand taels in the name of the third prince.

Let’s talk about the academy, Duke Xingguo took the lead, and the news that civil and military officials in the court donated money for the southwest reached the academy and Zhao Yuan’s ears. As a prince, all other princes donated, so he was naturally indispensable.

He asked Li Xin to take Zhang Wanliang silver notes and donate them. Li Xin said, "The eldest prince has only donated 10,000 taels. Are you sure you want to donate the same amount as him?"

There is a consensus on donating things, that is, you cannot surpass those who are more noble than your own identity, you cannot show off your wealth and attract hatred, but you cannot lose your identity and get someone else's words. It is safest to behave in a normal way.

Even the second prince donated 1,000 taels less than the eldest prince. This is why the amount of donations this time is so large and fast. Because Sun Zhanshi is a third-rank official, and the third-rank official donated 5,000 taels. No one with the second-rank, first-rank, and titles must be missing.

Zhao Yuan said, "Then donate 9,000 taels."

Well, neither he nor Concubine Xiao had thought that each other would donate money, because Zhao Yuan knew that he was in Sihai Academy, Concubine Xiao had known that his mother would do it for him, and Concubine Xiao had never thought that his son would live in a different courtyard for a long time and would still be in charge of these trivial matters.

Without thinking about this, I donated a double copy of 18,000 taels, becoming the person with the most donations.

Donations are either the ones who take the lead in donating are remembered, or the ones who donate the most are remembered.

The third prince, a sick son, actually donated 18,000 taels, and the eldest prince, who was the legitimate prince, only donated 10,000 taels.

When he heard the news, the eldest prince couldn't hold his face anymore and slapped the table and said, "He is a sick man and wants to compete with me for the leader?! Donate another 10,000 taels to me!"

The eldest prince donated another group, how can the second prince not follow?

The second prince also sent someone to send 9,000 taels, and then the fourth prince and the fifth prince...

For the eldest prince and the second prince, they were more angry, but for the fourth prince and the fifth prince, they were very miserable. They were poor princes. They had donated 8,000 taels and felt ache in their hearts, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys. If they doubled, they would have to tighten their belts and live.

But if you don’t follow me, you are afraid that the emperor will be unhappy, because the prince who starts this will inevitably be remembered by the emperor. Anyone who has the idea of ​​fighting for the crown prince will dare to show his image of being poor and stingy in front of the emperor.
Chapter completed!