Not long after.
A secret edict was passed down and spread to the north and south of the river.
His Majesty had issued a secret decree, and the two big shots of the court had personally supervised its implementation, assisted by the Minister of Revenue. The local governments implemented the 'private treasury system' and most of them went smoothly. However, there were also some places where they did not receive any materials. The local governments were not popular, could not be trusted, and no one was willing to believe them. After a careful investigation, it caused a wave of heads.
For a time, it caused panic among the people. Many corrupt officials thought of ways to gather silver to a certain amount to deal with this private treasury. Even the boldest corrupt officials would not dare to tamper with the money in this strict period of time.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
Capital City.
The head of the civil officials, Wang Shoufu, and the head of the inspectors, who were in charge of the Six Fan School of the East and West Factories, two powerful and hostile figures in the imperial court, had gathered together.
The Minister of Revenue was also accompanying him.
"This method is wonderful." Chief Wang stroked his beard and said with a smile,""The current predicament in the court no longer exists.”
His evaluation was extremely high.
"It's a blessing for the people of the world." Wei Ge was dressed in green, and his facial features were calm as if the sky was falling. At this moment, his calm voice sounded,"I didn't expect the Imperial Academy to have such a talent. The East and West Factories and Six Fan School need such talents.。”
If Mu Yu was here, he would probably be smiling and cursing in his heart.
Forget about Six Fan School, but East and West Factory?
"If there were more of these talents in the court, instead of some people whose corpses were covered in white, why would they be so worried about the northwest and the people suffer?”When Wei Ge said this, he looked at Wang Shoufu calmly.
The latter was thick-skinned and did not mind at all. A smile appeared on his old face and he said,"The scholar is a member of the royal court, so why is his corpse covered in white? Such a person is more suitable to stay in the royal court. Duke Wei, please stop being so calculative. I will personally meet him.”
The two of them did not fight anymore. In fact, they knew very well that the world was in chaos today because the empress was obsessed with alchemy and cultivation. She had implemented the Imperial Arts in the court, causing the officials to split into factions and fight endlessly. They were not in the mood to do things for the people of the world. Even the chief and assistant of the Wei Pavilion King had been plotting against each other all year round.
This was what she needed. Otherwise, if the imperial technique failed, the two of them might lose their status.
If it wasn't for the large amount of energy involved, he wouldn't be at a loss when facing the natural disaster in the northwest. The current situation in the world would at least be two to three times better than it was now.
When the two of them thought of this, they both sighed in their hearts and lost the interest to talk. However, she couldn't help but think of a person, Mu Yu.
"I wonder if his words can wake someone up.”Wei Ge said.
Chief Wang understood Wei Ge's meaning. He didn't know if Mu Yu could scold the Emperor and talk about the Emperor's affairs. This was a big deal. He remembered it and prepared to find a suitable opportunity to give him a copy.
Although the two of them cooperated, Chief Wang didn't like Wei Ge.
One was the supervisor of all officials, while the other was the head of all officials. They were naturally not on good terms.
" Sir, sir…" Suddenly, an official from the Ministry of Revenue wearing official robes ran in in a panic.
The three big shots of the court looked over and saw that it was Zhou Shilang, one of the two attendants of the Ministry of Revenue.
"What's the matter? How can you be so flustered?”Minister of Revenue Qin said, but his heart sank.
Wang Shoufu and Wei Ge did not say anything. The two big shots of the dynasty focused their eyes on Zhou Shilang.
"Mr. Qin, Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent someone to take five million taels of silver from the national treasury.”Zhou Shilang said with an ugly expression.
"What?" Minister Qin, Wei Ge, and Chief Wang's faces darkened.
"Didn't I say that no matter who comes, no one can mention it? It will all go through the hands of me, the Duke of Wei, and the chief assistant of the king.”The Minister of Revenue said angrily.
"Sir, this subordinate did, but His Majesty's personal army was too powerful. They directly detained us and took away the silver.”
" This..." Minister Qin's breath was stuck in his chest. He didn't know what to say.
His gaze fell on Wei Ge and Chief Wang.
The two big shots of the current dynasty were silent for a moment before saying,"Previously, when Mu Shi introduced this policy, he asked Governor Yang to report to us that he should be careful of His Majesty's diversion. The two of us used countermeasures, but we didn't expect His Majesty to really divert it and be so decisive.”
"Then what should we do? These were all silver taels for disaster relief. They had to keep some for revolving use to prevent the private treasury system that had just been established from collapsing. However, now that the Emperor had taken so much, how much was left for disaster relief?”Minister Qin said with heartache.
The private treasury was to save money for the people. When the people needed it, they would withdraw the money and give some preferential interest to keep the money for the people.
There were commoners who saved and commoners who took. That was why they could accumulate some of the money that had not been taken. However, this money could not be spent. Otherwise, if the commoners could not take the money, the private treasury would be finished. At that time, the reputation of the private treasury would collapse. The emperor and the government would also collapse. This was a major event that would shake the foundation of the country.
"Mr. Qin, I've checked again before I came. This time, the private treasury has taken out a total of ten million taels of silver for disaster relief. The private treasuries of the various places have also kept revolving funds. Although His Majesty has taken away five million taels of silver, it won't shake the foundation, but if His Majesty continues to mention it, it will happen sooner or later.”
" Hu…" Minister Qin heaved a sigh of relief."Five million is five million taels. Disaster relief is a big deal, but the operation of the private treasury is even more important. This is a crime of beheading.”
At this point, Minister Qin looked at Wei Ge and said,""Please help me, Duke Wei."
"Four Heavenly Arresters and eight gold-medal arresters from the Six Fan School will go to the national treasury to help guard it.”Wei Ge said lightly.
"Thank you, Duke Wei." Minister Qin heaved a sigh of relief.
Chief Wang and Wei Ge were calm. No one could guess their thoughts.
After a while, Wei Ge said,"Please tell this to the lecturers."”
"Awesome." Wang Shoufu and Wei Ge stood on the same side on this matter.
On that day, they heard an unreliable piece of news from a secret source.
The scholar, who was recuperating, rushed to the palace after receiving the news. He pointed at the empress and gave her a good scolding. The empress didn't say a word. In the end, the scholar left the palace in a huff. No one dared to stop him.
The empress had suffered a lot of anger, but she could only endure it.
The two old foxes laughed.
His Majesty has gone too far this time!
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