Chapter 535: The Truth
"Gongsun Gongzi, you have someone who loves you very much. β
Looking at Gongsun Jin, the emperor smiled shallowly, and when he looked at Annuo, he smiled shallowly: "You are the first person who does not shy away from his slave and maid and is so blatantly in love with his master, but ...... I'm still curious, since you've been together for so many years, what ...... Why didn't he marry you. β
Looking at Anno, the emperor's eyes became fierce again, Anno smiled softly and said: "The emperor really knows everything, the reason why he hasn't married me yet, as the emperor said, I am a slave, although I am so calm in front of the emperor, but in the face of his master, Anno has always had a distinction between dignity and humility in his heart, so over the years, Anno has always had a knot in his heart, and this knot is not untied, and Anno is uneasy." β
"Oh? β
Looking at Anno, the emperor nodded and said with a smile: "But is this kind of reason too far-fetched?"
"Your Majesty, this matter is all my fault, it was my hesitation that made Anno have a knot in his heart back then, Anno liked me back then, but I had just divorced my wife at that time and did not accept Anno, so over the years, Anno has misunderstood me in his heart, and I hope the emperor will see it. β
Seeing that Gongsun Jin hurriedly defended Annuo, the emperor smiled and said: "Okay, since that's the case, then I will give you a marriage today, and the third of next month will be your big day, what do you two think?"
Listening to the emperor's words, Anno and Gongsun Jin were shocked at the same time, Gongsun Jin looked at Annuo, and then knelt on the ground happily: "Thank you to the emperor for your success." β
Anno reacted, and also kowtowed directly on the ground and said, "Thank you to the emperor for your success." β
The emperor nodded with satisfaction, looked at Gongsun Jin and said, "Actually, I came here today, and there is one more thing I hope Gongsun Gongzi can solve my doubts." β
"Gongsun Gongzi doesn't have to be nervous, let's sit down first. β
Hearing the emperor say this, Gongsun Jin slowly sat down, knowing that this was entering the topic, after speaking, the emperor asked the prince next to him to give Gongsun Jin the fold, when Gongsun Jin read this fold, Gongsun Jin smiled softly and said: "These people are really going to beat a rake." β
Hearing Gongsun Jin say this, the emperor looked at Gongsun Jin and asked, "Why did Gongsun Gongzi say this?"
Gongsun Jin smiled lightly, and did not directly answer the emperor's words, but called: "Butler, bring over the account books we have given to the Northwest soldiers these days." β
"Yes, Childe. β
But in a moment, a housekeeper in a gray robe brought in a thick stack of ledgers, the emperor looked at these ledgers, a little puzzled, Gongsun Jin took the ledger, turned out the ledger, handed it to the emperor and said: " Your Majesty, please see, these are the contributions of the Gongsun family to the soldiers in the northwest during this time, don't hide it from the emperor, the reason why my Gongsun family can become the richest man in Yasukuni is that every town has a unique money village and industry belonging to our Gongsun family, so how many of these things we give to the soldiers, how much is the quantity, we are clear in our hearts, we have given the soldiers a lot of silver tickets and a small amount of materials, of course, we sometimes can't buy these silver tickets, the Minister of Finance can buy them, and the money is mainly used to buy weapons and equipmentγ β
"Yes. The emperor nodded.
"But your Majesty, this money must be enough to buy weapons for the soldiers in the Northwest according to reason, and I don't believe that there is such a thing as tariffs for the things needed for the war, so these things can be sent to the Northwest in their entirety, but now, ...... The ministers told me that these things could only buy ordinary goods, and that there was not enough money left. β
When the emperor heard this, the whole person's face was not very good, the country is now so tight, I didn't expect that there are still people who want to make war money and fill their own pockets, if it is changed to weekdays, as long as there is no big fault, it can still be forgiven, but the emperor did not expect that in this extraordinary period, there are still people who do this, this is simply a slap in the face of the emperor.
I came to inquire about this matter today, in fact, I also wanted to figure it out, and by the way, I wanted the Gongsun family to send supplies to the soldiers in the northwest again.
"Your Majesty, my Gongsun family has been doing business for so many years, and we all know how many things we can buy with this money, so from the last time the Minister of Finance came to ask us for things, we said no, and I clearly told the Minister of Finance that from now on, all the logistics materials needed for the war in the northwest will be directly transported to the northwest by our Gongsun family, without going through the hands of any officials. β
When he heard the practice of the Gongsun family, the emperor became more and more satisfied when he looked at Gongsun Jin, and others were not unwilling to give, but they were using their own way to give these things to the Northwest soldiers.
With some such words, the emperor also understood, nodded at Gongsun Jin and said: "Gongsun Gongzi is really a large number of adults, I will definitely deal with this matter seriously, I don't know if Gongsun Gongzi can give me the account book in your hand, I can also investigate it clearly." β
Gongsun Jin nodded and said, "Of course." β
After finishing speaking, Gongsun Jin did not shy away from handing these things to the emperor, and the emperor smiled lightly: "Since what should be done today, then I will not bother, in the afternoon I will ask the prince to send you a holy decree, and on the third day of the third month of the next month, you will be married, and there will be ...... From now on, all the material transportation of the soldiers in the northwest will be handled by your Gongsun family, and anyone who dares to stop you at any pass will be killed. β
When he said the last sentence, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in the emperor's eyes, Gongsun Jin nodded, bowed slightly, and sent the emperor off, and the emperor came out of Gongsun Mansion, looking at the account book in his hand, hand-written tightly, obviously angry and not light.
At this time, the Minister of Finance had just rushed over from his own mansion, and as soon as he came over, he saw the emperor's ugly expression, and hurriedly ran to the emperor's side and knelt down.
"Weichen see the emperor. β
The emperor nodded, looked at the Chancellor of Finance and said, "Aiqing, go back to the palace with me, there are some things, I need to ask you to see what you think." β
Listening to the words of the emperor, the Minister of Finance didn't know that the emperor already knew these things, so he could only say respectfully: "Yes, the emperor." β
Following the emperor's dragon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer walked all the way, a trace of cold sweat was soaked in his back, looking at the gate of the Gongsun family behind him, the Chancellor of the Exchequer only felt that he might really not be able to keep the black gauze hat this time.