"Oh right, Xu Hui, have you finished calculating Gao Qiu's assets?”
"Your Majesty, the calculations have been completed. After converting all of Gao Qiu's assets and adding in the cash, there is a total of four million taels of silver!”
Zhao Huan nodded his head, feeling extremely pleased.
With this, the national treasury had an additional 30 million taels of silver. It had to be said that it was a huge income.
This was indeed the most convenient way to earn money.
Even though the national treasury had an additional 30 million taels of silver, Zhao Huan was not satisfied. He planned to think of a way to get more silver into the national treasury.
How to get silver?
Zhao Huan already had an idea.
killing corrupt officials and cutting leeks.
Zhao Huan put down the book in his hand and looked at Bai Shizhong below. He asked,""Bai Shizhong, Zhen heard that you once spent 300,000 taels of silver to build a good house outside the city. Is that true?”
When Bai Shizhong heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Some time ago, he had secretly found someone to build a house in a beautiful place outside the city. He planned to retire for the rest of his life.
He didn't expect Tian Zi to know about this.
Didn't he do it very discreetly? Could it be that His Majesty had been secretly monitoring him?
The more Bai Shizhong thought about it, the more afraid he became. He knelt on the ground with a thud.
"Your Majesty, this subject is guilty. This subject knows his mistake. Please punish me, Your Majesty!”
Bai Shizhong did not deny it, nor did he quibble. He admitted his mistake directly.
Zhao Huan coldly asked Bai Shizhong," Bai Shizhong, tell me, how much money have you collected as the prime minister all these years? Tell me honestly, and I will consider sparing your life!"”
Zhao Huan intended to use Bai Shizhong because he was weak, had few opinions, and was easy to control.
As for Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and the others, they were too powerful and upright.
This kind of person could be used to govern the country, but he was not suitable for other things.
Zhao Huan was the emperor, so he had to use people like Li Gang, but he also had to use people like Bai Shizhong.
If Li Gang and the others did not know how to do it, then Bai Shizhong would do it.
Bai Shizhong was already drenched in cold sweat, and his back was cold.
Bai Shizhong did not hide anything and told him the amount of bribes he had received over the years.
The amount was not much different from the amount that Xu Hui had submitted.
After Bai Shizhong finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and trembled. He was very afraid, afraid that Zhao Huan would get angry and wipe him off.
Looking at the trembling Bai Shizhong kneeling on the ground, Zhao Huan said indifferently,"
"Bai Shizhong, this one will give you a chance. Tomorrow morning, in front of all the ministers, donate half of your family property to enrich the national treasury. As for the remaining 50%, this one will not argue with you and keep it for your old age. In the future, if you dare to take bribes and bend the law again, you will know that the knife in this one's hand will see blood!”
Seeing that he didn't need to be beheaded, Bai Shizhong quickly admitted his mistake.""I wouldn't dare to do it again. Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me. Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!”
"Get up, Bai Shizhong. You'll rot in your heart about what happened today. Do you understand what I mean?”
"Understood, this lowly subject understands!"
"You can all leave now. Go and do your own things!" Zhao Huan waved his hand.”|
"Yes!"
After everyone left, Zhao Huan opened the system.
Name: Zhao Huan
[Year: January 1126, Northern Song Dynasty. No year title available.]
[Identity: Emperor of Song]
[EXP: 23000]
[Item: Emperor's Sword]
[Level: First-class Expert]
[Technique: Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique]
[Item: Steel Smelting Technique Blueprint, Firegun Crafting Technique Blueprint, Cannon Crafting Technique Blueprint, Enhanced Paper Making Technique Blueprint]
[National treasury silver: 2 million taels]
[Function: Can spend 1,500,000 taels of silver to raise a designated character's ability to the peak level. Cooldown time: 1 month.]
[Main Mission: Recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, pacify the Western Xia, destroy the Jin Kingdom, suppress the Mongol Empire…]
He browsed through the system attributes.
" It's already a new year," Zhao Huan muttered." I haven't even decided on a new year yet. I have to settle this tomorrow!"”
What year title should he think of?
Zhao Huan thought about it carefully. He definitely wouldn't use the year title of " Jingkang."
Even though this year title had a good meaning, as a transmigrator, Zhao Huan was not interested in this year title.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Huan finally thought of a year name.
"Xingwu!"
"En, let's start the war. Even though this year's title is a bit too common, I want to make it clear to everyone in the world that I have decided to reorganize the Great Song's military and prepare for war!”
Zhao Huan nodded and wrote the year name on a piece of paper.
Of course, he wouldn't announce the year name so soon.
The Ministry of Rites still had to send a few more year names up. If there were any that he liked, it wouldn't be too late to make a decision then.
Zhao Huan was quite excited that he had become a first-rate expert.
Even though he had only learned the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, a technique that did not have any offensive properties.
However, Zhao Huan was very clear about the effects of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique.
"No wonder I was so energetic when I visited Zhang Yitong last night. So that's what happened. It must be the effect of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique.”
At the thought of this, Zhao Huan had another thought."Looks like I have to start a harem. Otherwise, Zhang Yitong won't be able to satisfy me!”
Finally, Zhao Huan's gaze landed on his inventory.
" Tsk, tsk. These are all good stuff. They are all epoch-making technologies. Steel smelting technology, firearms, cannons. With these technologies, it will not be difficult to build an advanced army that surpasses the era!”
Thinking of this, Zhao Huan was looking forward to commanding a 100,000-strong flintlock unit. That kind of scene where they fired all their bullets at the same time was definitely a nightmare for cavalry. It could completely make up for the lack of cavalry in the Great Song.
And these cannons were weapons for attacking cities.
Zhao Huan believed that with these techniques, it would not be difficult to conquer the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and destroy the Jin Kingdom.
Once the art of making paper was popularized, once knowledge about it became widespread, it would become a nightmare for the aristocrats.
"Once the money is in place, we'll cash in these technologies!”
When he thought of the silver, Zhao Huan noticed that function.
"If you can spend 1,500,000 taels of silver to raise a person's strength to its peak state, who can you raise?”
Zhao Huan frowned and thought for a while. Soon, he came to a decision.
"Yu Yunwen, promote this person!”
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