mtl008 Chapter 220 Concerns
Chapter 220 Concerns
"Mr. Tang, you are unaware of this."
Tang Yu was somewhat puzzled by Ying Zheng's posture.
Could it be that there are secrets hidden within, or perhaps the past?
When Ying Zheng spoke of their situation, his voice was quite heavy.
"I was aware of this before and had even offered some assistance. However, my Qin state has only recently been unified, and both the national treasury and the internal treasury are relatively empty, lacking sufficient resources and capacity."
"I am prepared to wait until Mr. Tang's policies and methods take effect and the national economy is slightly better, then I will definitely let them live a good life."
"The entire Qin state will never forget their contributions, after all, without them there would be no Qin state as it is today."
When Ying Zheng said this, he also appeared to be in pain.
He never expected that his son was such a kind-hearted person, and that he had noticed this in the past few days, which made him very gratified.
Although his son used to talk a lot about knowledge, kindness, love and peace, he had never truly experienced human suffering or seen what the world was really like.
Everything remained at the level of theoretical discussion.
Therefore, Ying Zheng at that time not only harbored prejudice and contempt for Fusu's kindness, but also felt that it did not even qualify as true kindness.
But now, Ying Zheng greatly admires Fusu's benevolence.
After all, Fusu now truly knows who he should be merciful to and who he should help, which is a huge improvement over the past.
Tang Yu was utterly bewildered by Ying Zheng and Fusu's behavior.
This...this isn't quite like the Zheng Ge he imagined!
Could Brother Zheng really be stumped by a question like this?
Tang Yu scratched his head.
Fusu, however, looked at Ying Zheng with an expression of remorse and said:
“Father, I misunderstood you before. I thought you hadn’t noticed these things, but now it seems I was narrow-minded.”
"Father, rest assured, your son will definitely study hard to be a qualified emperor and share your burdens. In the future, father and son will work together to help those who have contributed to our Qin Kingdom."
Good heavens, good heavens! How can this father and son be so dull?
Tang Yu was so anxious he was jumping up and down.
He originally thought that Fusu was a fool, but at least Zheng Ge could be more decisive.
But now it seems that Brother Zheng is the same way.
He looked at the father and son embracing each other affectionately, and felt reluctant to break the harmonious and warm atmosphere.
"It's about that... Brother Zheng, I have something to say, but I'm not sure if I should."
"Please speak, Mr. Tang. I will listen to everything."
Seeing Zheng Ge's attitude, Tang Yu didn't know what to say.
To say he was respectful to scholars and listened to advice is true. But to say he was truly intelligent, how could he be stumped by such a question?
He looked at Zheng Ge and Fu Su with a somewhat puzzled tone.
"Since our Qin state's treasury and internal treasury are empty, why don't we ask others to borrow some money?"
"Let others help us get rid of these soldiers and solve the problem of the difficult lives of the people of Qin."
"Go ask someone to lend you some money? Who else has money?"
"That's right, teacher. Even the national treasury and the inner treasury of my Qin state are empty. Who in the world has money?"
The words spoken by the father and son nearly made Tang Yu faint!
Tang Yu thought for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty must already be aware of my actions today!"
Hearing Tang Yu's words, Ying Zheng nodded.
"Of course I know. Mr. Tang has made quite a big move today, stirring up the entire city of Xianyang."
Tang Yu then said.
"Yes, and my purpose today is to borrow money, and I think I've borrowed quite a bit today."
Hearing Tang Yu's words, Ying Zheng nodded.
He finally understood why Mr. Tang had gone to see so many officials; Mr. Tang had even visited nobles from six kingdoms.
Oh, so you went there to borrow money!
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng felt another surge of emotion.
I never expected that Mr. Tang, who is clearly not a citizen of Qin, would ask these strangers for money for the sake of Qin's soldiers and for the sake of Qin's affairs.
They are simply my dearest friends and brothers!
While Ying Zheng was indulging in self-pity, Tang Yu paused for a moment before saying:
"And the money I borrowed from them today should be enough to solve these problems, because I borrowed 600 million taels today."
"Mr. Tang, lending six hundred million taels is already quite generous, after all..."
Ying Zheng was speaking when he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Tang Yu, saying in a somewhat frightened tone.
"How much? How much did you borrow? Mr. Tang, how much do you want?"
Tang Yu nodded and said matter-of-factly, "Six hundred million taels, what's wrong, Your Majesty? Is it not feasible?"
"Six hundred million taels! Mr. Tang, how exactly did you manage to borrow that? Did you rob the nobles of those six kingdoms?"
"They robbed it all? That's not entirely wrong."
Tang Yu nodded seriously, then looked at Ying Zheng.
"I also borrowed money from those notorious corrupt officials in our Qin state, as well as other people, totaling six hundred million taels."
Ying Zheng gasped in shock!
"Hiss."
The next moment, they looked at Tang Yu with even greater disbelief.
"But Mr. Tang, even if you sell all these nobles from the six states, they still won't be able to raise 600 million, since their money comes from the treasury of my Qin state."
"Why sell them? They're not worth much. Even if you took them to eat meat, you'd complain that the meat is rotten and there's not enough of it!"
Tang Yu rubbed his nose with disgust and said seriously:
"Your Majesty, they may not be valuable, but their houses are. Such luxurious palaces, such a large area, how could they not sell for tens of millions of taels? At that time, six hundred million taels would be a piece of cake."
Ying Zheng stared wide-eyed at Tang Yu, his voice cracking slightly.
"So, Mr. Tang, you got those nobles to sell their royal palaces?"
In the end, Ying Zheng almost fainted.
He never imagined that Tang Yu could do something so outrageous.
But the next moment he felt it made some sense.
After all, this is Mr. Tang. If Mr. Tang were to act according to common sense or do things in a conventional way, then he wouldn't be Mr. Tang at all.
Tang Yu, however, simply and decisively said:
"Of course! And I don't have to pay back the money I borrowed, so if we want to help those soldiers and the people of Qin, we'll have money right away, won't we?"