mtl008 Chapter 265 The Emperor is Ambitious
Chapter 265 The Emperor is Ambitious
When the emperor and his ministers arrived, today's melon-eating activity had already ended.
Lu Xinran had been flipping through too many booklets and was feeling a little dizzy, so he was resting in the room.
A servant came in to pass the message, and everyone hurriedly stood up to welcome the emperor.
Through the crowd, Lu Xinran saw Song Junyan with dark circles under his eyes.
She was quite surprised. This man...why did he look like his body was hollowed out?
Listening to the complaints, Song Junyan almost couldn't help rolling his eyes. Who was responsible for him becoming like this? !
He has been dealing with the chaos in various prefectures in the capital every morning these days, and it is finally coming to an end. After the last two troublesome things are dealt with, he must take a good rest.
Just as he was thinking this, Song Junhua, with a look of gloating in his eyes, suddenly moved towards him and whispered something in his ear.
"Ronghui Garden is particularly busy this morning. I'm afraid my brother will be busy for a while."
Song Junyan: "..."
So what evil did he do?
Why did he feel that the position of Shuntian Prefecture governor was most suitable for him!
When Lu Xinran looked away, she always felt that Song Junyan's eyes were full of accusation and resentment.
They had seldom been in contact during this period, and she hadn't asked him for any help, so... why was he looking at her like that?
Lu Xinlan lowered her head and pursed her lips to smile. These two guys are so funny.
The emperor watched the interaction between the few people with a sidelong glance, and when he thought that he had missed the most exciting part of the day, he felt that handling state affairs was boring.
He should have been more filial and come here with his mother earlier.
By evening, the garden had already been arranged.
Everyone took their seats and the birthday banquet began.
The emperor raised his glass and began to congratulate the empress dowager first. All the officials and their families raised their glasses and congratulated her in unison, wishing her good health and long-lasting happiness.
The Queen Mother smiled from ear to ear. Regardless of whether everyone's congratulations were sincere from the bottom of their hearts, she still felt comfortable and relaxed at that moment.
As the drums and music started and the emperor drank and chatted, he began to look forward to the voice that he had always cared about.
He has been extremely busy these days. There have been constant wars on the border, and he needs food and supplies, which costs money everywhere.
Even if the national treasury had a surplus, it could not withstand such consumption, and the Minister of Finance had already begun to cry poor to him.
He was already considering whether to confiscate a few more mansions to fill the national treasury.
This way of making money quickly with little subsequent impact is really fascinating.
His gaze fell uncontrollably on Lu Xinran again and again, making it impossible for Lu Xinran to pretend not to feel it.
She lowered her head, frowned, and quickly flipped open the emperor's pamphlet.
[The treasury is out of money again? This shouldn't be the case. The Minister of Revenue told people yesterday that their Ministry of Revenue will not have to worry about running out of money this year, and they can live a peaceful and good life for a year or two.]
emperor:"……"
Minister of Revenue: “…”
He is old and it is time for him to retire!
He just wanted to retreat safely and securely, but why was it so difficult?
Not daring to look the emperor in the eye, the Minister of Revenue lowered his head very low.
Anyway, money is not as important as life!
He said the treasury is tight, so it must be tight.
[The emperor wants to kill corrupt officials again and confiscate their property to fill the treasury? This is a good idea. ]
This one sentence made everyone's heart hang in the air. None of the officials in the capital could stand up to the investigation of the so-called system.
Who doesn’t have some dirty stuff under their butt!
They remembered that on this day the year before, the emperor had brought misfortune to many families by helping them with their inner voices.
Everyone was worried. The Queen Mother frowned slightly. Why did she say all this on her birthday?
Just as he was about to say something to ask the emperor to focus his attention, his thoughts suddenly reached everyone's ears.
[However, the various government offices in the capital are intertwined and the most corrupt are the emperor's favorites. Is he really willing to get rid of his most trusted lackey? ]
[When he dealt with the Sun family before, he was heartbroken for a long time, and felt that there was one less person in the world who understood him. ]
[If all those lackeys were dealt with, he would feel that there was nothing in this world worth clinging to.]
The tone was not sarcastic, but it made many people try hard to hold back their laughter.
Especially the Queen next to the Queen Mother, the smile in her eyes was barely concealed.
The emperor was a little annoyed, but he couldn't show it.
This familiar feeling of pain in his testicles is so annoying!
[The emperor was reluctant to touch the money in the national treasury, so he just moved some from his private treasury.]
[All the shops in Beijing with good locations, good business, and whose owners cannot be found are the emperor's private property, and the annual income from these private properties is extremely high.]
[His Dragon Scale Guard has so much money that he can't spend it all, why doesn't he move his private treasury to the national treasury? Da Chu is his anyway, why should he divide it so clearly? ]
The Minister of Revenue instantly raised his head expectantly, his old face filled with desire.
He knew how much silver and treasures were in the emperor's private treasury. If the private treasury could be merged into the national treasury... then the next ten years would be good days for them, the officials of the Ministry of Revenue.
The emperor continued to grit his teeth. He didn't expect that the corrupt official didn't hear a word of what he said, but his own private treasury was in danger.
He glared fiercely at the Minister of Revenue who was looking at him eagerly.
Don't even think about it!
His private vault belongs to him alone. It does not belong to the Great Chu State, but only to him. No one can touch it.
[Well, the emperor is very ambitious! He wants to take the silver from his private vault into the imperial mausoleum! ]
[He is really not afraid of the imperial mausoleum being robbed! ]
[He didn’t think that the Great Chu Dynasty would last forever! ]
[So much silver, tsk, isn't this the salary for the rebel army? ]
[When his tomb is dug up and all the silver is taken away, will they say thank you with a smile, or give him a two-word evaluation of the quintessence of Chinese culture?]
Lu Xinran was already immersed in joyful reverie and didn't notice that the emperor sitting at the top had a dark blue complexion and his eyes were about to spit fire.
The Minister of Revenue was still staring at the emperor with great courage. The younger generation of the Lu family had said so. Could it be that their good emperor still wanted to bring his private treasury into the imperial mausoleum?
There is so much money here, it will attract many people's attention.
The Queen Mother was stunned. She had never expected that things would turn out to be so bizarre.
She waved to the head maid and whispered a few words in her ear. After a moment, the drum music in the background became extremely cheerful.
When Lu Xinran came back to his senses from his reverie, he discovered that everything around him was very quiet. There was no sound of people laughing or talking amid the sound of drums and music.
She secretly pulled Lu Xinlan's sleeve and silently asked what happened.
Lu Xinlan just shook her head silently, then asked Lu Xintong for another note and stuffed it into her hand.
Let’s just eat melons, eating melons is the harmonious way.
If anyone mentions the emperor's grave being dug up again, no one will be able to leave Ronghui Garden today.
Dusk had quietly fallen without Lu Xinran being able to see the words clearly by looking into the firelight.
【Why are there so many melons today? 】
[You are the Qi family from the Honglu Temple, right? Let me see what is going on. ]
[Hey, this is nothing. It's just that his most favored concubine and his servant were childhood sweethearts. They got together after they met again in Qi Mansion. His most precious son now is actually the servant's.]
[Not only did he like being a father, he also happily raised someone else's son. The servant and the concubine laughed at him behind his back and called him an idiot.]