Luo Yunshan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who was inspecting the payment of wages to the frontier troops, hurriedly changed into his official uniform after returning home and went to the palace to ask for an audience.
After knowing that the emperor has not risen yet.
Luo Yunshan turned to see Queen Luo Xian.
"grandfather."
"Greetings to the empress."
"You all go down." Queen Luo retreated to the left and right.
"Grandpa, please sit down quickly. If you are more like a queen than a queen, Xian'er will go back to handle palace affairs."
Luo Yunshan shook his head helplessly.
He could only sit in the first place at the forced request of his eldest granddaughter.
"Although His Majesty is not here, you should maintain your majesty as a queen at all times."
"Grandpa, no matter how much you tell me, I won't listen. Your Majesty likes me like this."
Luo Xian acted like a scoundrel to her younger daughter, and when Luo Yunshan looked at her with surprise, she interrupted his lecture.
Luo Yunshan was not angry, but looked at her with relief.
"Xian'er has grown up."
"Grandpa just returned to Jinling and changed his clothes and entered the palace?"
"Well, I wanted to see Your Majesty and tell me about the situation of the border troops. The Western Tang army has gathered on the border, so we must be on guard. But who knows, His Majesty hasn't gotten up yet... Alas!
"Your Majesty is doing very well now. He handles government affairs every day."
Empress Luo defended the emperor's ways.
"Yes, at least there is progress. Thanks to Xian'er for fulfilling her duty of admonishing the king. When I faced the infamy of the world and asked the new emperor to appoint you as his queen, I finally paid off my hard work and can be considered worthy of Concubine Ming's spirit in heaven."
"Grandpa, what great favor did your Majesty's biological mother do to the Luo family? You never told your granddaughter."
"The past is like smoke, so don't talk about it."
then.
Queen Luo talked about what happened in Jinling during this period.
Although Luo Yunshan already knew it, the queen was from another perspective, so he still listened very carefully.
"Big victory over Beiyan kid, good! Good, good!"
"After I entered the city, I found that the trend of extravagance and comparison in the city dropped sharply. I was frightened by twenty-three heads rolling around!"
"Grandpa, everyone in the world says that Zhang Dang was stupid in the Yunyin case, but I always feel that His Majesty's shadow is in it."
"But the harem doesn't interfere in politics, so my granddaughter didn't ask."
"You're doing the right thing. Although I can't see through Your Majesty, I always feel that Daliang is developing in a good direction."
"Does Your Majesty have any plans for the money obtained from the big bank case... No, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. I should ask Your Majesty myself about this matter."
After the emperor woke up.
And those who went deep into the valley played a song with the cold beauty.
He ordered the palace servants to help the "servants lift up the frail" Qin Zhaoyi to take a bath. Only then did Zhu Youde hear Wang Zhonghou's report that Luo Shangshu came to the palace to ask for an audience.
"Put yourself in Kunning Palace."
"I see your majesty at Luoyun Mountain, the Western Territory..."
"I understand. I have to ask Luo Shangshu to pay more attention to it. As for the military expansion you mentioned, I need to think about it again."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
It's afternoon.
Feng Baigong, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, who inspected the river, and Zhou Kongfang, who went to Fuzhou to provide disaster relief, also returned to Jinling City.
After briefly freshening up, they went straight to the palace to resume their duties.
We happened to meet him at the palace gate.
"Master Zhou."
"Shilang Feng."
The two are not familiar with each other, but that doesn't prevent them from exchanging business advice.
"This time Master Zhou went to Fuzhou to provide disaster relief. I walked along the Daliang River and often heard from businessmen that there was a Zhou Bodhisattva in Fuzhou..."
Feng Baigong really admired Zhou Kongfang.
Who doesn't admire the God of Wealth who makes four million taels of silver in half a day and donates it all to the court?
"Don't make fun of me, Mr. Feng. You patrol the world's rivers to ensure the peace and tranquility of the people. Although the effect may not be seen for a while, it is a great meritorious deed to ensure the stability of the people for decades!"
Zhou Kongfang also sincerely praised him.
Born into a poor family, caught in the middle of corruption throughout the dynasty, he relied on his excellent technical skills to become the left minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Mr. Feng has always been recognized as an outstanding figure in the official circles!
Now it is worthy of His Majesty's attention.
The future is limitless!
"Two adults, Your Majesty is in the Yangxin Hall, please come with me."
"Father-in-law, please."
"You two came together. It just so happens that I want to expand the Tongque Palace, and I need you two to take the lead..."
I met three humerus ministers in a row.
He then heard three people talk about the border army, Fuzhou, and Daliang River respectively, which made Zhu Youde feel dizzy.
"I have worked so hard for this beam!"
The sound of the piano is melodious.
The little girl of the Zhou family fed purple jade grapes one by one.
Zhu Youde's mouth was full of juice, and he was deeply immersed in the tenderness of Queen Luo's two groups, sighing like this.
The only topic of discussion this morning.
Twenty-seven million taels of silver obtained from the Yunyin case!
"I want to take 10 million taels to expand the Tongque Palace. What do you think?"
The ministers were still thinking about it.
How to word it, how to sell it hard, what reasons to apply for funds, and give more money to your department.
But he never expected that the little emperor would open his mouth as soon as he came up.
He actually wanted to take half of it!
"I beg you to remonstrate with death!"
"Please tell me and return home..."
Zhu Youde waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, aren't you tired of doing this all the time?"
"My Tongque Palace must be expanded, it's up to you!"
"Zhang Shoufu, please tell me."
No matter what happened, Zhang Shoufu, Zhu Youde felt that he was getting more and more comfortable with this old man taking the blame.
"Of course His Majesty's Tongque Palace must be built!"
Zhang Shoufu wished that the little emperor would indulge in large-scale construction projects, and the more stupid the better.
"But Your Majesty, water transportation is dredged, ordnance is replaced with new ones, banditry along the coast, and the western border is unstable... These are all problems that Daliang needs to solve urgently, and they all require a lot of money."
Zhang Shoufu didn't believe it.
He failed to win the fight for the twenty-third position. Is there any other way the Eunuch can come up with this time that will prevent him from making any money?
"Then how much of the national treasury can be allocated to Tongque Palace according to Chief Assistant Zhang?"
"The veteran believes that a compromise of five million taels is enough for His Majesty to use."
"I object!"
"The beams are riddled with holes, and money is needed to repair them everywhere. Your Majesty should not take any of them, in order to bring peace to the people of the beams!"
"I second the proposal!"
"Your Majesty just wants to build a Bronze Bird Palace, what's wrong, you have no idea!"
"You are a treacherous villain. The beams are so weak that it is hard to recover, and the people are in dire straits. The history books will definitely record you as a treacherous minister!"
It’s so noisy that my brain hurts!
"Shut up, everyone, I have a question for you all to answer.
"You keep talking about the people of Liang! Then tell me what the thirty-one sages of Daliang have learned! How can I believe that you can use all this money on the people of Daliang?"
This is a map cannon.
Of course Zhang Shoufu had to stand up and bear the burden.
"Your Majesty, I just happened to be a villain before. Now, whoever is standing in the palace must be the backbone of the country who has a breeze on his sleeves, who is dedicated to the people, and whose loyalty can be seen in the sun and the moon!"
"I don't believe it!"
"Instead of letting me worry, it's better to build the Tongque Palace for me, so that I won't be overthrown by others!"
Nonsence!
I'll call you a big-headed ghost!
Just now they were wondering, the sun was rising in the west, the little emperor would actually care about the people of Li today!
But as expected, his true nature is hard to change, and his true purpose was revealed in just two sentences.
I still want to raise money to build the Tongque Palace.
But could it be that building the Tongque Palace would be beneficial to the people of Li?
It is better to let them pass by, at least leak some dregs from the fingers to the common people.
Compared with the foolish kings, they indeed deserve the title of sages!
The ministers objected.
Bao Zhiyuan, Minister of Punishment, stood up.
"Your Majesty, if you can ensure that all the money is used for the people, are you willing to agree not to allocate funds from the national treasury to build the Tongque Palace?