In the end, everyone's family property was confiscated and converted into 80 million taels of silver, which was the total annual income of the ancient country's imperial court.
Other than the 20 million taels that Rong Mi's family had confiscated for the navy and new recruits, there were still 50 million taels left.
"Your Majesty! Last year's official salary was still short of 1.8 million taels, the imperial clan needed 3 million taels to clear up the rice they owed, the Ministry of Works still needed…the Qing Yuan ordered by the emperor still needed…"
Zhang Dong broke out in a cold sweat. Now, everyone and the departments were trying to get money from him. The country had been poor for several years. The eyes of these hungry wolves had turned green. Some of them even listed the money they needed to spend in three years.
"40 - 60 split! I'll take 60%, you take 40%!"
Wang Guangxu said to Zhang Dong before letting him leave.
Zhang Dong's face darkened. He had wanted to complain, but in the end, he lost 30 million taels.
In fact, the economy of the ancient country was not that bad. Otherwise, they would not have been able to spend 20 to 30 million taels of silver every year to train their troops.
Just as Wang Guangxu had expected, after Zhan You went to the Baijin Refining Bureau, he was like a fish in water. He had the grinding and steel-making skills.
" Your Majesty, those strange skills of the Great Western Alliance cannot be trusted. They should be…"
Weng Tonghe was trying to persuade Wang Guangxu, his white beard trembling.
"Teacher, do you know about the Imperial Roll?"
Right now, he wished he could slap this old man to death, but he would also help this emperor's teacher's reputation.
This time, Weng Tonghe didn't complain. He didn't dislike this kind of thing.
Wang Guangxu's eyes lit up. He had already started to scam people.
Let them go to the Imperial Roll and copy it.
"This subject obeys the decree!"
To Wang Guangxu's surprise, both of them agreed readily.
On the one hand, it was equivalent to writing books and letting the whole world know about their things. This was what scholars liked the most.
On the other hand, the liberals and the obstinators had another way to express their views.
"Stop arguing! Fight! If you can't tell the difference, you'll be able to understand if you listen to both sides, but if you believe in one side, you'll be able to hide it. This way, we'll have one more thing to monitor the liberals."
Wang Guangxu thought.
The Imperial Roll was quickly organized. The stubborn party was, of course, Weng Tonghe's main writer, while the liberal party excluded Zheng Guanying.
The war of words gradually escalated, but none of them expected that the Imperial Roll would soon become a weapon to promote someone's martial arts.
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