Zhao Huan thought about it and thought, Should I go and meet this Li Shishi sometime? Although he had no special interest in this woman, she was a famous person in history after all. It was not a big deal to take a look at her.”
After looking at the name list for a while, Zhao Huan dismissed Cao Jie and let him do his own thing.
Then, Zhao Huan looked at the name list that Xu Hui had presented.
This register recorded the detailed information of all the important officials in Tokyo, including their property details and their daily activities.
Even Zong Ze, Liu Qi, and the others had been investigated in detail.
He browsed through the name list.
Li Gang, Zhao Ding, and the others had the least amount of assets. In total, they only had tens of thousands of taels of silver.
Although Zong Ze, Liu Qi and the others had been generals for many years, they did not have much wealth.
In short, among the eight ministers in the cabinet, the wealthiest one was a teacher. His family property was hundreds of thousands of taels, not including some other industries.
However, it was not strange that this kind of teaching was accumulated over several generations.
Other than these people, there were only Tang Ke and Zhang Bangchang.
These people's family assets, openly and secretly added up, amounted to tens of millions of taels. This was extremely inconsistent with their official income. It could be seen that they had received a lot of bribes in the past few years as officials and had secretly bought a lot of properties.
Putting down the name list in his hand, Zhao Huan said coldly,""Let's see how much these people can donate tomorrow. If they donate too little, hmph, then don't blame me for being impolite!”
After reading through the memorials for a while, it was already late. Zhao Huan returned to the Funing Hall and prepared to sleep.
"Your Majesty, ChenQie will help you undress!”
After returning to the Funing Palace Hall, Zhang Yitong personally prepared hot water for Zhao Huan. She then undressed Zhao Huan and washed him up.
Zhao Huan had just sat down by the bed when Zhang Yitong walked over with a box in her arms.
"Your Majesty, this is ChenQie's savings over the years. ChenQie will take these out to enrich the national treasury and do her best!”
Zhao Huan was stunned." Consort Jing, what do you mean?”
"Your Majesty, when I left Chuigong Palace today, I saw that Your Majesty sent Cao Jie out of the palace to collect donations. I thought that the national treasury was empty, and I was in the palace and could not spend much money.”
After Zhang Yitong finished speaking, she carefully opened the box in her arms. There were some gold and silver jewelry, pearls, and other accessories inside.
Zhao Huan roughly estimated that it should be worth a few hundred taels of silver.
Zhao Huan was also surprised by Zhang Yitong's actions.
From Zhang Yitong's expression, it could be seen that these should be valuable items that she had accumulated for a long time. It was not easy for her to be willing to take them out.
Zhao Huan smiled and took Zhang Yitong's box. He closed it and held Zhang Yitong's hand,"
"Consort Jing, it's enough that you have this heart. It's true that the national treasury lacks silver, but it doesn't lack Consort Jing's little bit of silver. Moreover, zhen can't bear to use your savings to fill the national treasury.”
" But Your Majesty…" Zhang Yitong wanted to insist but was stopped by Zhao Huan."Alright, you don't have to insist anymore. Go and keep it!”
Under Zhao Huan's insistence, Zhang Yitong finally kept the box.
A night passed.
The next morning, in the court.
"Gentlemen, have you thought about the amount of donations I asked you to think of yesterday?" Zhao Huan asked calmly.”
The ministers below spoke in unison.
"We've already thought it through. We're willing to do our best for the Imperial Court and serve the Great Song!”
Zhao Huan nodded his head." I'm very glad that all of you are so thoughtful. Since that's the case, Cao Jie, go get a booklet and count the amount of silver that all of you are donating!”
"Yes!"
An hour later, the figures of the ministers 'donations were all recorded in the booklet.
Zhao Huan picked up the booklet and took a look. His expression turned ugly.
Li Gang and the others had donated quite a lot, which was basically 40% to 50% of their family assets. For people who did not have much family assets to come, it was already very generous.
Zhong Shidao donated a little more. After all, he had a lot of assets, about sixty to seventy thousand taels.
Even Wei Xu, who was relatively poor, donated ten thousand taels of silver.
The eight ministers in the cabinet all donated quite a bit.
When Zhao Huan saw Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke, Wu Min, Zhao Ye, and Wang Xiaodi, he had the urge to beat them up.
Zhang Bangchang donated five thousand taels, and Tang Ke donated four thousand taels.
Wu Min, Zhao Ye, and the others only had two to three thousand taels of silver.
Zhao Huan suppressed the anger in his heart and put down the book in his hand.
"Yesterday, I sent Cao Jie to the city to collect money on behalf of me. The harvest was quite good, and I obtained more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.”
The ministers did not speak and listened quietly.
"Lady Mo Qin from the Pleasant Red Brothel donated 3,700 taels of silver. This amount of silver was originally used to redeem her freedom. At that time, Cao Jie advised her to donate less and use it to redeem her freedom. However, she said that no eggs are intact when the nest is overturned.”
"There are also some small vendors who do Weibo business and donate a lot. Seeing these people's actions, I am very comforted. At least there are loyal people in Great Song who know how to do their best for Great Song and contribute to the court when it is in trouble!”
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he stood up and slammed the dragon table. He shouted,
"However, looking at the donations of some of you, I feel ashamed for you. My loyal subjects, important officials of the court, and pillars of the Song Dynasty, you are really not even comparable to a woman. I feel ashamed for you, I feel ashamed for you!”
Zhao Huan's words caused some of the civil officials 'faces to turn green and white.
They were all prideful people, but in the end, they were defeated by a prostitute from a brothel. Who could stand it?
Xu Bingzhe, the Grand Secretary of the Political Advisor Hall, stood up and said confidently,"
"Your Majesty, Mencius said: The monarch regards his subjects as his hands and feet, and the subjects regard the monarch as their confidants. The monarch treats his subjects like dogs and horses, and the subjects treat the monarch like their countrymen. The monarch treats the minister like dirt, and the minister treats the monarch like an enemy. Your Majesty likens the minister to a woman in the Red Chamber, which is contrary to the instructions of the emperor. It is not what a wise monarch said. I hope Your Majesty will examine it.”
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