"My dear friends, don't be nervous. Yuncheng Aiqing is just acting as prime minister now, equivalent to Taifu Shaobao and others."
As soon as Bai Yutian said these words, everyone became quite quiet.
After all, as long as they are not the real prime minister, the problem is not big. At least, they still have the means to contain Yun Cheng and the Yun family.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty. I will do my best and am willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty, no matter what. If another minister gets sick, I will personally bring the Shiquan Dabu Decoction and visit him."
This sentence immediately frightened many people, and their hearts had already cast a shadow on Shiquan Dabu Decoction.
"Moreover, I also plan to let Qiao Aiqing serve as the acting minister of the Prime Minister's office to assist in exercising the Prime Minister's power." Bai Yutian continued.
Although they were dissatisfied with the promotion of Yuncheng, at least it was reasonable, but the promotion of Qiao Che puzzled them.
Qiao Che is also from Gu Taizhong's camp. Why does Your Majesty also want to promote Qiao Che?
The other five ministers looked at Qiao Che differently. In addition to scrutiny, there was also jealousy.
Only Gu Taizhong's eyes moved, as if he understood something.
Gu Taizhong knew almost immediately that Qiao Che was summoned into the palace by Bai Yutian at night and had a secret meeting.
The look in Gu Taizhong's eyes made Qiao Che very uneasy. Even he himself was very confused as to why Bai Yutian promoted him.
If it happened yesterday, after all, he was from the Gu family before, and he was not on Bai Yutian's side at all. Why should Bai Yutian promote him?
The announcement was completed and the morning court finally officially began.
Almost at the same time, several ministers looked at each other and understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's disaster relief funds have bottomed out, but the drought in Longxi is still serious, and there are still many places in need of disaster relief."
"Your Majesty, thieves are rampant in the mountainous areas of the eastern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty and have damaged a lot of finances. The current expenditures from the treasury are completely insufficient for these expenses."
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has no remaining funds to build major palaces, and construction has been suspended."
"..."
For a time, almost all the ministers stood up and said that the treasury was empty. Without money, it was difficult to move forward.
Even if they were ordered by the royal family, there was no way to continue.
The total amount of money these things add up is not a small amount, it must be at least tens of millions of taels of silver.
Not to mention now, even for the former Zhou royal family, it was still a lot of money.
At present, the money that the national treasury can mobilize is almost less than 10,000 taels, and it is simply not enough to spend on some minor matters.
However, facing these problems, Bai Yutian was not worried, but looked relaxed.
He chuckled and said: "Dear ladies, I suddenly remembered that you all went to court today and I don't know how your condition is."
"Uh." All the ministers looked at each other, wondering what Bai Yutian had in mind.
Now that Bai Yutian is very powerful, they don't believe that Bai Yutian really cares about them.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Although I have not fully recovered, I can at least go to court."
"Yes, as soon as I was able to move, I came to court non-stop, wanting to share your majesty's worries."
Sharing worries! I think it's better to share worries, Bai Yutian sneered inwardly.
"It seems that the Shiquan Dabu Decoction I made myself is very effective." Bai Yutian continued.
Although Shiquan Dabu Decoction is hard to swallow, I have to say that this medicinal decoction is indeed very tonic, and although it cannot cure all diseases, it can also strengthen the body.
It's just that the physiques of these ministers are basically average and cannot sustain the nourishment of Shiquan Dabu Decoction.
"The medicine is very effective. Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Li Rangqiang said with a smile.
"Very good." Bai Yutian waved his sleeves and said, "Send the account book over."
Ledger? Gu Taizhong's heart skipped a beat, and he always felt a bad feeling in his heart.
The treasury account books have always been kept by oneself, so where does this account book that Bai Yutian is talking about belong to.
Soon, a young eunuch who looked like a teenager walked in from outside Zhou Tian's main hall. He came to the main hall with a ledger and presented it to Bai Yutian.
Bai Yutian unfolded the account book and slowly walked among the ministers, "This is the expenditure on medicinal materials for Shiquan Dabu Decoction these days. Dear friends, you also know that there are not many medicinal materials left in the imperial doctor's office, and the national treasury is empty, but I
For the sake of my beloved's condition, I chose to buy the medicinal materials on credit."
"However, if the royal court owes people money, it would make people laugh if word spread about it, so I plan to discuss with all my dear friends to repay these debts together."
As soon as these words came out, the ministers were immediately shocked. Pay back the money! Let them take the money from their own pockets.
"And this Shiquan Dabu Decoction is quite effective. I plan to buy more medicinal materials. If any minister gets sick in the future, please apply directly to me and I will send Shiquan Dabu Decoction for free."
It was naked blackmail. Although the sick ministers were only part of it, Bai Yutian's target was all the ministers in the Gu family's camp.
As for some of the marginalized veteran ministers, Bai Yutian was too lazy to blackmail them. Firstly, they were not ministers in the Gu family camp. Secondly, their lives were relatively poor because they had very little power and did not even have the opportunity to be corrupt.
"Well, Your Majesty, I feel a little refreshed. I feel that the cold is completely gone. I guess I don't need the following medicinal materials." Li Rang hesitated for a moment and said first.
"Well, I understand Li Aiqing's intention. What a noble spirit this is. I know that the court is short of money and has limited purchase of medicinal materials, so I plan to give the medicinal materials to those in need."
"Don't worry, Li Aiqing, you only need to give tens of thousands taels, and I will naturally leave some medicinal materials for you." Bai Yutian patted Li Rang on the shoulder without giving Li Rang a chance to refute.
Li Rang had a cold sweat on his face. He had embezzled so much in the past few years. These tens of thousands of taels were almost one-third of his family property.
"Your Majesty, I really can't come up with these tens of thousands taels," Li Rang said bitterly.
At this moment, Yuncheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to spend fifty thousand taels to pay off the debt and purchase medicinal materials."
Fifty thousand taels are almost all the assets of the Yun family, and they even have to use some properties. However, Yuncheng knows what is more important. Now is the time when money is needed. Since he plans to support Bai Yutian, he cannot be vague.
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"Look, Yun Aiqing has just become Acting Prime Minister, but she has made a good start. I am really happy. If all the Aiqings have Yun Aiqing's dedication, why won't Great Zhou be happy?"
In fact, most people can take out tens of thousands of taels, but not everyone wants to take it. After all, they have embezzled the money through hard work. How can they be so happy to give it back to the royal family now?
However, now everyone is riding a tiger and can't get off, and they can't help themselves.