"I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, and now, these silver, I really want each ingot to be broken into two petals to flower, I don't believe you can go to the harem to see, including me, including those concubines, in order to save money, all from three meals a day to two meals a day."

"Most of the weekday meals are mainly vegetarian, and as for meat and vegetables, I am reluctant to eat them, and I dare not eat them......"

Yang Guang said as he spoke, and then showed a sad look: "Even I, the emperor, can shrink my clothes and diet like this for the sake of the country, ladies and gentlemen, are you still embarrassed to ask me for money?" ”

"If you want to have even a trace of respect for the emperor in your heart, let's wait for this matter to mention later!"

As soon as Yang Guang said this, the ministers suddenly became anxious.

Even Lai Hu'er and Sima Dejia, their faces have changed, because they are too clean and generous to their subordinates, their trouser pockets are often cleaner than their faces, Yang Guang's delay in making money has hurt them a lot, this is no longer a simple question of respecting the emperor, but a question of whether they can live well.

"Your Majesty, the silver can be borrowed again, but Yulu must be distributed!"

"If you really don't want to make a fortune, then even if we borrow it from the imperial court, how about it?"

"That's right, if we don't have money to support our families, we people will have to starve to death, when the time comes, how can we help Your Majesty deal with the government?"

The civil and military officials were in high spirits.

As I spoke, I felt the urge to cry.

Throughout the dynasties, how many of the officials in the court can be as poor as them?

Seeing them so miserable, no matter how hard-hearted Yang Guang was, he couldn't help but feel compassion, gritted his teeth, and said with a painful face: "Okay, since everyone Aiqing has said this, it would be too much to say if I didn't have anything to say." ”

"In this way, according to what you said, the court will lend you a sum of silver for the time being, and after the next court, you will go to the household department to ask for it, but there are too many officials, so you can't borrow too much, and everyone can borrow a maximum of three months."

"Besides, since it's a loan, it must charge some interest, right? After the maturity, you can repay it at 10% interest. ”

Three months, 10% interest?

Many officials almost fainted, is this the legendary usury?

Some people wanted to argue with Yang Guang, but the officials around them stopped them very nervously.

Yang Guang's thick skin is comparable to the city wall, and it is already very good to let him borrow some silver from everyone, if Yang Guang changes his mind because of the argument, then after they go home empty-handed, what will they eat and drink?

Let's get it done, let's get through the difficulties in front of us first......

"Oh yes, I almost forgot something."

At this time, Yang Guang's eyes fell on Xu Maogong, Qin Shubao and others: "Wagangzhai has just come to Dasui, so he must have gotten a lot of silver from Wang Shichong, right?" ”

"We do have some surplus silver on us, what's wrong?" Xu Maogong didn't come back for a while.

When Yang Guang heard this, he immediately grinned: "That relationship is good, it means that I don't need to borrow silver from Wagangzhai." ”

“……”

Everyone in Wagangzhai was black.

This Emperor Yang of Sui is too picky, right?

At this moment, they couldn't help but begin to sympathize with those veteran officials of the Great Sui, it was really not easy for them to persist until now......

"Your Majesty, I don't care about others, but if I don't have silver, I definitely can't!"

In the crowd, Cheng Biting Jin stood up and jumped to his feet in a hurry: "Everyone knows that Cheng Biting Jin is famous for being able to eat, I have to eat at least one bucket of rice every day, ten roast chickens, the little silver given by Wang Shichong has already been spent, and I am in urgent need of Yulu." ”

"Oh, okay."

Yang Guang nodded, and said extremely generously: "Considering your special situation, from today onwards, I will allow you to enter the palace for dinner, and you will go straight to the imperial dining room, then what you have, you will eat, I dare to pack a ticket, you will definitely be able to eat more and full, within three years and five years, you will be raised for nothing and fat, and you will envy others." ”

"Lest others call you Cheng Heizi."

Cheng Yanjin almost choked to death with a mouthful of saliva, looking at Yang Guang, his eyes widened, it was hard to imagine that such words came from the mouth of an emperor.

He was honest and honest, his head turned slowly, and under Yang Guang's powerful verbal offensive, he really agreed to this. But it wasn't until the retreat that he reacted.

"Running to the imperial dining room every day, am I embarrassed? I don't want to be a joke in Da Sui! ”

As for the other people in Wagangzhai, they looked at Cheng Biting Jin who wanted to cry without tears with pity.

"Xu Maogong, what kind of play do you think this Emperor Yang of Sui is singing? How can there be such a ruler, I haven't seen it anyway. Shan Xiongxin approached Xu Maogong's side and asked in a low voice.

Xu Maogong smiled bitterly: "The way of governing the country can be called a treacherous way, although I can't figure it out for a while, but since I came to Jiangdu, under the leadership of Emperor Yang of Sui, whether it is Wang Shichong of Luoyang or Li Yuan of Chang'an, I can't do anything about the Great Sui...... It should have its own reason. ”

Qin Shubao, who was not far away, nodded secretly in his heart when he heard this.

He once had contact with Li Shimin, and heard from Li Shimin that the latter had a high evaluation of Emperor Yang of Sui, and was extremely good at using some extremely tricky strategies, so that even Li Shimin, a military wizard, was defeated by Yang Guang several times.

Wagangzhai has just come to Jiangdu, and it has not yet completely gained a firm foothold, at this time, it is best not to rush to express your opinions, you can watch the fire from the other side, as for how far Da Sui can go in the end, you will soon know.

Many people in Wagangzhai know that the current Dasui is in a state of calm, and it seems that there will be no twists and turns for the time being.

But in fact, Li Yuan and Wang Shichong are eyeing the Great Sui, maybe today, maybe tomorrow, they may send troops at any time, at that time, whether Yang Guang is a real dragon or a pseudo-dragon will be extremely real in the eyes of the world.

At this time, in the harem.

Yang Guang chatted with Empress Xiao about some interesting things that happened at the court meeting.

When she knew that the civil and military officials were now lining up to ask the household department to borrow money, Empress Xiao finally couldn't help but sneer, she couldn't be happy.

"Your Majesty, you have so many ghost ideas, not only can you temporarily solve the problem of Yulu, but you can even earn a sum of money from the hands of civil and military officials, it's a pity that you don't go into business."

"Well, it's not a glorious thing." Yang Guang said with a faint gaze.