Chapter 20: Autumn Moon in Han Palace (Part 2)

I was a kind-hearted person, and I didn't want to kill the Empress Dowager's maid. And the Empress Dowager repeatedly promised that she was her confidant, so I gave up.

After returning to Yangzhai, I looked at my watch and it was already past twelve o'clock. So I sat cross-legged on the kang and practiced my qi cultivation skills. I accumulated my internal strength and regulated my nerves.

As soon as the sport was completed, it was almost dawn. The girls were all back to their residences, and they were worried that they would not wash themselves, right? They didn’t expect that Lan'er and Xing'er had already arrived at Yang'er Zhai early, and according to their habits, they helped me wash and dress. I couldn’t help but feel a little moved in my heart. They were the best for me. As the saying goes, plainness is the truth.

After the morning court was held today, Liu Zhenming was the first to come out to report the matter. I glanced at him with a squinted eye, but I saw this guy looking loyal and honest. I really couldn't guess which side he was standing in his heart?

However, the things he handed over were something that really made me happy. A clean amount table was all silver coins paid by officials to the Ministry of Revenue.

I opened the first page and the first one to donate honest money was Liu Zhenming, who looked at the amount he donated, which was as high as one million taels. I was quite pleased that the silver he donated was almost the same as the ones investigated by the Jinyiwei. It seemed that he did not hide it.

Many of the other officials donated a lot honestly. Of course, there were also many officials who were lucky enough to pay, some of whom did not pay, and some of whom paid less. According to the information Xiao Qi gave me, I could tell who was cheating by comparing it.

More than 100 officials donated about 8 million taels of silver. It was indeed a huge fortune. I announced on the spot that this amount would exist as a maintenance fund, and I would conduct an investment plan and implement it by the Ministry of Revenue. 50% of the surplus silver was included in the original fund accumulation. 50% of the money was drawn and rewarded to the clean government officials.

I immediately painted a prospect for everyone in words. With my investment strategy, the amount of funds doubled in a year, which is almost more than enough. In this way, four million taels of silver can be given to the ministers in the court in the first year. Even if it is averaged, everyone can get 40,000 taels of silver. Then every year it will increase at a rate of 50%.

When I said this, almost all the officials showed a happy look. On average, 40,000 taels, and this is all the money that comes out openly, so you don’t have to hide it, for fear of being known. Moreover, these 40,000 taels increase by 50% every year. Many ministers are thinking about how much money they can get if they don’t keep their integrity before they retire. The final amount shocked the ministers. Some guys, who borrowed some courage, did not dare to embezzle such huge property. However, if they don’t embezzle, they can get up to several times more than corruption, which makes them unhappy.

They were happy, and some of their thoughts were hidden from me, but they were unhappy. They looked at me with their eyes rolling, at a loss.

"I promise that if the profit in a year is less than twice, I will take it out of the treasury and make up for it." At the same time, I also glanced at the group of ministers who did not pay the money and said lightly: "I will give some of my dear ministers one last chance. Don't think that I don't know that you are hiding it and lie and conceal it. Before this evening, I will still count. If this evening is over, I will be unpolite."

After dealing with this matter, he continued to start the government affairs. Mr. Li, the old fox, tried every means to put some people into my new army. Naturally, I would not agree to him. He refused him firmly.

Nowadays, many ministers in the court have a bright future, and naturally their hearts have begun to tilt towards me. Of course, I am not a fool, and the increase of fifty percent every year, the huge number in the end is enough to make me collapse. I must give it to the first two years, but the further I go, my throne will become more and more stable. Even if I set my eyes on the clue and secretly deduct it, no one dares to rebel against me. Anyway, the ship will naturally go straight to the bridge. If they get a hundred thousand yuan in support of the money every year, it will be great.

With the support of many court officials, the momentum of the opposition led by Taishi Li naturally subsided a lot. I see that several court officials who supported Taishi Li also began to waver. Supporting Taishi Li is nothing more than money and power. Comparing money, Taishi Li can't play with me, and the emperor himself is the largest person in the country. If we compare power, although Taishi Li has the support of the Ministry of War, no one can move the tens of thousands of troops of the Ministry of War without my tiger talisman. Furthermore, although becoming sworn brothers with Yue Chao were suspected of self-deprecating, he could firmly grasp a mountain, not afraid of rebellion or wars with foreign countries. Why not do it?

Nowadays, the government has gradually begun to lean towards my hands. Of course, I don’t want to be a labor-intensive emperor. After catching the power, I will gradually transfer some power to court officials who are worthy of my trust. Otherwise, if I have to deal with everything alone, wouldn’t I be exhausted? The two parties of Taishi Li and Taifu Zhao were in charge of the government, which was because the guy I had been too weak and incompetent before. Otherwise, with the power of the emperor, how could a group of villains be allowed to control the government? If you don’t feel good about it, just chop it up.

Of course, I can't do this at the moment. After all, I have just been on the throne for a few days, and everything has to be done step by step.

With the support of the court officials, I was approved almost without much success in the decree. Mr. Li and his party could only stare blankly and feel sulky.

Especially the matter of the new army is the top priority. I immediately went to the Ministry of Revenue to broadcast the silver broadcast. I told Zhang Huang not to go to court recently and train quickly. I believe he will definitely do it well, because I plagiarized the set of training special forces in previous TV series after a little modification. Haha, in fact, sometimes watching TV series is of some use. I blamed me for wronging them before.

After leaving the court, I returned to Yangzhai. The queen prepared lunch early and waited for me to enjoy. During the meal, everyone sat around, which was a joy of family.

The queen quietly leaned into my ear and said, "Your Majesty, wasn't it very lonely to sleep alone last night?"

I laughed secretly in my heart, lonely? Haha, I had been happy for a night. Of course, this must be hidden from the queen, otherwise she would definitely not be able to accept it with her traditional philosophy.

"It seems that the emperor is quite enjoying sleeping alone." The queen glanced at me with pretty eyes and said resentfully: "Or why don't you take all the sisters to Jiangxuexuan tonight."

While enjoying the imperial meal, I nodded and said, "It's good."

"Hmph." Seeing that I was indifferent, the queen suddenly became furious and moved some away from the stool that was originally leaning against me.

Haha, the queen can also act like a little surname. I pretended to ignore it, but my eyes floated towards her from time to time. I saw that she was sulking, and she was quite cute, pouting her little mouth, looking angrily.

However, after lunch, the queen came over to talk to me: "Your Majesty, let's go to the Empress Dowager's place together in the afternoon."

"Yeah, okay." I burped and lay down on the Grand Master's chair, tasted the big red robe that Lan'er brewed, looking leisurely and contented.

"Oh, I'll go by myself." The queen was just used to asking her surname, but she didn't expect that I would suddenly agree. As soon as I came to my senses, she covered her mouth and said disbelief: "Your Majesty, did you hear it wrong just now. Emperor, the emperor is willing to accompany me to the Empress Dowager's place to pay tribute."

"Well, it's not a big deal at noon. Let's go to the Queen Mother's place." I stretched and said, "Anyway, I haven't paid any attention to the Queen Mother for a long time."

The queen was naturally happy and didn't care even the crime of neglecting her just now. She hurriedly announced the dragon's car, and the two of them rode together to Cining Palace in a sedan chair.

After walking for a stick of incense, we finally arrived at Cining Palace. It is worthy of being called the Widow's Palace, and it is so remote and far away now.

"The emperor is here, the empress is here." The eunuch who accompanied him shouted with all his might.

I was lazy and walked forward, while the Empress followed me with a calm look. Eunuchs and palace maids knelt all over the floor.

After entering the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager was already waiting for us in the main hall.

"My son bowed to my mother, I wish her mother would be forever young and live forever." I leaned over to her and knelt down.

"Get up." The Queen Mother said with a trembling voice. Since I was quite close to her, she could clearly feel it. When I shouted out the word "女官网", she began to tremble unconsciously.

While she was about to help me, my fingertips secretly slid across her breasts, and she almost moaned sensitively. This shows that my yu girl's heart sutra is very useful, and now her touch to any situation will cause an extremely sensitive reaction.

And I also felt a trace of inexplicable pleasure. This was probably because the queen was present.

"Youhong meets the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is thousands of years old and thousands of years old." The Empress came forward obediently to pay her respects.

"It is rare that the queen is so filial. I pay my respects to the Ai family every day. Get up quickly." The queen mother just woke up from the afterglow of my harassment and gracefully helped the queen up. However, when I looked at her looking at the queen, a look of jealousness seemed to pass through her eyes.

"Empress Dowager, the hall is cold and I help you go back to the inner hall to rest." I smiled slightly and helped her walk inside. Others couldn't see anything, but the empress dowager himself knew that one of my hands happened to be on the sensitive part under her ribs.

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