Chapter 16: Who am I afraid of (Part 2)

Haha, I slowly stood up from the dragon chaise with my face and walked slowly from the high platform.

I don't know if there is any emperor who has done this like me, but when the ministers saw me, they were as stunned as if they had met an alien.

I sneered repeatedly: "My dear friends, have you all finished speaking? Any comments left? Just mention them."

As soon as I finished speaking, there was a silence in the entire Golden Palace. Everyone was thrusting their heads and dared not say much.

"All my dear ministers are ministers in the court, with prominent status and noble status. Now, I want you to put your face down and borrow money from the people. You are all afraid of being embarrassed and losing your authority, right?" I said gloomyly, slowly walked to the fat minister, smiled and patted his shoulder, and slowly said, "My dear minister, how much money have you been an official for so long?"

The official shivered, his face turned pale, and he defended him in a trembling voice: "Weiwei is honest and self-disciplined, I hope the emperor will be careful."

"Look, hehe, just look at it. Do you think I don't know what I think?" I pretended to be angry and said, "If you want to be stubborn, I will go and check your old story immediately."

"Your Majesty, please spare me." The minister knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "I just sometimes make some reasonable oil and water to subsidize my family."

I snorted coldly, and did not ask him to get up. I walked all the way to the group of officials, and looked at everyone coldly. Only a very small number of people were still calm and composed when facing my gaze. Most of the ministers avoided my eyes slightly.

"Tao Aiqing, tell me, what is your annual salary? And how much extra income can you get in a year?" I stopped in front of Tao Qian and said lightly.

"When I go back to the emperor, the old minister is a second-rank official in the court. His salary is 600 taels of silver, 80 pieces of cloth, and 200 stones of white rice. The additional income is about 10,000 taels, mostly from the filial piety of subordinates and gifts from colleagues, including the conversion of gifts." Tao Qian counted one by one without expression on his face.

"Well, it's very good." I turned around and left with a smile, and said loudly: "I understand that the salary of all my dear friends is really low. However, all my dear friends are all noble people and must not be able to socialize in all kinds of things. The key points must also be shown off. I understand all these."

"A salary of only a few hundred taels is naturally not enough for the family. So, all my dear friends will get some extra benefits to subsidize their family income." As I said, I returned to the dragon throne and waved, "I don't blame you for these."

As soon as I said this, the faces of the ministers obviously relaxed, and they showed a glad expression.

"However, a few of my dear friends are very greedy. There are even hundreds of thousands of taels of extra money a year, and hundreds of thousands of taels." My tone became heavier again: "Does it take so much to subsidize household income?"

"For these dear friends, I will give you a chance." I called my mistress and helped me knead my shoulders.

I glanced at me sideways, and sure enough, many ministers stood up their ears and wanted to hear what I said.

"I give you a bottom line, 100,000 taels." I said slowly: "100,000 taels of silver will be enough for you to spend several lifetimes. Any ill-gotten wealth that exceeds 100,000 taels will be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue."

"From now on, the Ministry of Revenue will set up a new account called Integrity Fund. This amount will be used for investment, and part of the surplus will be owned by the national treasury, and part of it will be paid to the outstanding ministers of diligent work."

"I obey the order." The fat minister of the Ministry of Revenue immediately said respectfully.

I paused for a moment, then glanced at the officials: "My dear friends, please do not use all kinds of means to lie, conceal, or attempt to transfer property. During this period, once I investigate and deal with it, I will immediately dismiss him from his post. In addition, this trip, who is doing things in accordance with my wishes, no matter how much you have been greedy before, I will not care about it."

Everyone was silent, some were expressionless, some were snickered secretly, and some were dejected.

Without waiting for their reaction, I stood up and said, "I will be here this morning. The Ministry of Revenue will hand over the accounts of the integrity funds to my hands within three days." As I said that, I turned my head and walked towards Zhonghe Palace.

"Retreat the court~" the eunuch shouted with all his strength.

Long live my emperor. It rang behind me.

After unloading from Zhonghe Hall, it was already noon, and then I felt hungry. Although I was a little reluctant to go to court early, the pleasure of being awesome is also good.

My original intention is to be a *. However, if the court is unclear, how can we be at ease and carefree? In addition, people's hearts are full of flesh. I can be unscrupulous to ministers, unscrupulous to women, and unscrupulous to the enemy country. But can I be unscrupulous to those poor people who are not full, not warm in clothing, and selling children and daughters? No, I can't kill me, either.

"Your Majesty, should you go to Qianqing Palace for dinner? Or go to Cining Palace for dinner with the Empress Dowager?" The eunuch came to me and asked in a low voice.

"Go to Qianqing Palace." But I thought to myself, if you can drag the Empress Dowager's level, you can drag the back. It is said that both mother and son are in love, so she should not recognize her.

Sitting all the way in the sedan chair, I fell asleep and returned to Qianqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, you are back." After hearing the eunuch's shouts, Kuan Bulian moved to the palace gate to greet me. Not only were her two maids following her, but also Xing'er Lan'er, Lan Chuqing and Ning'er.

I saw that they had become familiar with each other a lot, and knew that it must be the queen's credit. I smiled and said, "The Queen indeed has the style of commanding the harem. She got along with her sisters so quickly?"

"Emperor." The queen was slightly shy and glared at me, held my arm and walked into the palace, and said with concern: "I have been going on for more than three hours today. Are you tired?"

"It's pretty good, not as tired as last night." As I said that, I glanced at her tall chest with a smile.

"Emperor." The queen looked like an emotional child, and she didn't rely on her dear face. Her pretty face was rosy and her almond eyes were scattered.

"I asked the imperial kitchen to prepare your favorite imperial kitchen." As he said that, he turned his head and said to the maid, "Dong'er, go and invite imperial kitchen."

"Yes, Empress." Dong'er took the order and retreated.

The queen suddenly arrived in the inner room and personally brought a bowl of lotus seed soup to me. She said softly: "Your Majesty, this is the wood ear lotus seed soup I made myself. You can put your stomach first." As she said that, she urged me to sit on the chair. After yelling about the cold, she would feed me.

I suddenly felt a warmth. The queen was like a little wife, taking good care of her husband who had just gotten off work.

After drinking a bowl of lotus seed soup, I finally filled it up temporarily.

"Youhong, have their residences arranged properly?" I stood up with a smile, and had a little intimate relationship with the girls one by one.

"I have already arranged it. However, all the sisters have not been formally enthroned and cannot move into the East and West Palace. I arranged them in Jiangxuexuan on the southeast side of the Imperial Garden. Although the place is not big, the environment is elegant and quiet." The queen paused for a moment and said, "Besides, Jiangxuexuan is not far from Kunning Palace, and I and several sisters can also walk around frequently."

"Youhong, thank you for your hard work." I held her little hand and said softly: "It's really my blessing to have a queen who is as sensible and considerate as you."

"Your Majesty, I must not do this. It is my responsibility to serve you." The Queen slowly leaned on my chest and whispered in a low voice: "I, I felt that I was the happiest person in the world last night." As soon as she finished speaking, her cheeks couldn't help but flushed.

I became more interested and reached into her clothes and leaned in, and said with a wicked smile: "Since the Empress is so elegant, I will make you happy forever."

"Ah!? No, there is someone now." The queen was at a loss and became nervous.

"What are you afraid of? I am Qian, you are Kun. The combination of yin and yang is to follow the laws of nature. How can you be shameful?" I bent down and sealed her tender and soft lips.
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