mtl008 Chapter 32: The silver in the national treasury has never reached this amount
Chapter 32: The silver in the national treasury has never reached this amount
Yuan family of Mingzhou City.
Yuan Jinnan hadn't seen Sister Aman for more than a month, so he led a group of followers to find Grandma Liu.
"Grandma, where is my sister? Why hasn't she come back in so long?"
Grandma Liu was not very clear about Yuanman’s whereabouts, so she could only tell them with a smile that her sister was out doing business to make money.
During these years, food was the most expensive, but the food they ate during this period was better than they had ever eaten in their dreams. How could they eat if they didn’t make money?
After hearing this, Yuan Jinnan frowned tightly.
Xiao Yaer didn’t think too much about it, she just knew that she missed her sister.
I haven’t had the energy to practice martial arts these past few days, and I can’t even remember the words I learned.
"Grandma, my sister is back. I will take care of her from now on." The three-year-old little Yanbei said in a baby voice.
Granny Liu laughed when she heard this, "Haha, great, when Yanbei grows up, I'll raise Sister Aman."
"Be good, go study. I will come to see you when I come back."
"Okay, grandma, when my sister comes back, you must inform us as soon as possible." Xiao Yaer nodded obediently.
Several people walked out hand in hand, and when they saw Butler Li coming in, they all shouted, "Grandpa Butler."
"Hey, are the young masters and ladies here to see the young master?"
When he asked this, the little ones immediately came back to their senses, "Yes, we haven't seen Yuanbao*baby yet."
Yuan Jinnan remembered it, but before he could say anything, Xiaoyaer pulled it out.
"It's okay. You can come back to see me in the evening. Go to class now. The teacher is already here."
As soon as he finished speaking, several children rushed out one after another.
Butler Li watched them walk away before walking in, "Grandma, the eldest young master of the Gu family is here, and he said he wants to see his wife."
A foreign man directly said that he wanted to find his wife, and he immediately came in and told Grandma Liu.
Granny Liu also frowned after hearing this and said, "I'll go out and take a look."
When they arrived at the front hall, they saw Gu Chen sitting down drinking tea, with a cold and handsome man standing behind him.
Granny Liu stepped forward, bowed, and said with a smile, "Master Gu is polite. I wonder what Master Gu wants to see our wife for?"
When Gu Chen returned to Mingzhou City, he didn't even have time to rest. He just changed his clothes and went to Yuan's house.
I thought I could meet that lady, but unexpectedly it was Granny Liu who came.
"Excuse me, is Madam Yuan at home?"
"I don't mean anything else. I just have something to discuss with Madam Yuan."
Granny Liu's eyebrows moved slightly, and she smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, Master Gu, the mistress is away on a trip and is not at home."
"She's not here either?" Gu Chen frowned slightly.
"Did she say when she would be back?"
Granny Liu shook her head, "I don't know, the Madam didn't leave any message."
But what I was thinking about was Gu Chen's words that she was not here either.
Then I remembered that Aman went out wearing men's clothes.
And she usually wears women's clothes at home, so it's easy for people to think that there is a master and a mistress at home.
"Then do you know where they went? Did they go out together?" Gu Chen asked again without giving up.
Granny Liu figured it out and naturally understood what he meant. She smiled and said, "A-Man has always been out early and back late. Sometimes he only comes back once every ten days or half a month."
"It's the same for the child's mother. After all, she has a whole family to support."
Anyway, there was no mention of being together, nor was there any mention of the two of them separating or anything like that.
Gu Chen sighed inwardly, thinking that he had not checked the almanac. Why was everything so unlucky?
Then how could he help Cheng Yuan pass the message? Thinking of this, he inexplicably felt relieved.
Seeing the child in Grandma Liu’s arms, he went over.
The child was looking at him at this moment. He was fair and tender, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that he looked like Chengyuan.
After returning to Gu Mansion, he immediately sent a letter to Hui Chengyuan telling him everything that happened in Rongcheng and Yuan Mansion.
The prince received Yuan Yi's message before the emperor.
After reading the letter, the prince immediately called all the adults who were responsible for supervising the river, told them some precautions, and left Lingkong Lingfeng to supervise on his behalf, then hurried back to Kyoto.
Five million taels.
As Marquis Leshan said, if the money had gone into the national treasury, why would Anguo be in such a situation?
After reading the letter half a day late, the emperor immediately summoned the prime minister and personnel from the six ministries and showed them Yuan Yi's letter directly.
"Tell me about it."
After reading the letter, the Prime Minister's eyes widened in surprise. "Your Majesty, I remember that the Yongxing Marquis said that he had wiped out the bandits. For this, Your Majesty rewarded him with a lot of things and appointed him as the commander of the Western School Division."
"Yes, at that time he only handed over 500,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 kilograms of grain." The new Minister of Revenue echoed.
The emperor sat on the dragon throne and closed his eyes. "Investigate strictly."
"I have ordered that the Marquis of Yongxing be imprisoned for corruption and abuse of power. No one is allowed to visit him. The Marquis of Yongxing's mansion has been raided, and his family members are not allowed to come and go. I want to see whether he ate the four million taels or gave them to others."
Four million taels of silver! The national treasury has never had this much silver before.
There was a chance to achieve it, but the wicked man was greedy.
The emperor's fingers began to tremble as he thought about it.
At this time, the prince walked in, "Father."
"Xiao'er." The emperor saw his exhausted appearance and realized that he had also received the letter.
"Xiao'er, do you have other ideas about this matter?"
The prince shook his head and said, "In the letter from Marquis Leshan, it was mentioned that Marquis Yongxing had signed an agreement with the village chief. In order to prevent the person behind the scenes from killing people to exonerate Marquis Yongxing, I want to go to Guicheng first and get the agreement."
The Prime Minister nodded in agreement, "What the Crown Prince said is absolutely right."
"However, in order to prevent the other party from taking desperate measures, it would be better for Your Highness to send someone there."
People from the remaining six departments seconded the motion.
The emperor also felt that what the prime minister said made sense, "Xiao'er, I'll send someone to get it. It's too dangerous for you to go."
The prince thought differently. He was not worried about someone coming to assassinate him, but rather worried that no one would come.
"Father, I really need to go there for this matter, otherwise I'm afraid the fish won't take the bait."
"I will leave in a moment. After I leave, you can issue an order to confiscate the property."
The emperor thought for a moment, dismissed the prime minister and the six ministers, looked at the prince and said: "Xiao'er, you know your importance, you can't put yourself in danger."
"I know, so I want to borrow two people from you." The prince looked directly at the emperor without any reservations.
In other royal families, if the prince asked the emperor to borrow secret guards, there would be suspicion. But not in An Guo's case, because the emperor only had this one son.
The emperor sighed and said, "I can lend you the people, but they will only protect your safety."
"Yes, I know." The prince naturally knew.
The emperor's secret guards will only obey the emperor. If they want to obey him, the emperor must give them these secret guards.
But now, it is impossible.
"Okay, they will protect you secretly, and you must put your own safety first." It's not that the emperor doesn't want to lend his secret guards to the prince, but he only has eight secret guards left.
After the prince left, the emperor frowned, thought for a while, then got up and went to the harem.