"Father-in-law, where are you talking about, this palace just heard about it."

Qi smiled wryly.

But the cold sweat that inadvertently appeared on her forehead still betrayed her heart at the moment.

I'm in a hurry, and I've really crossed the line.

Fortunately, at this moment, she asked Wang Lishi, not Zhao Chongyuan, otherwise, with this sentence, Zhao Chongyuan would be able to cure her of the crime of interfering in politics in the harem.

"Princess, the slave knows your mind and understands your thoughts, but there are some things that sometimes must be in life, and there is no time in life to force it.

That's all for the slave and maid, as for how to be the crown princess, you can grasp it yourself. ”

Wang Lishi glanced at Qi Shi meaningfully, and after leaving this sentence, he waved the floating dust in his hand and walked in the direction of the palace with the little eunuch behind him.

Wang Lishi's words didn't seem to say anything, but in fact, the words were already obvious.

And he has been by Zhao Chongyuan's side for many years.

Many times, what Wang Lishi said already represents Zhao Chongyuan's meaning.

"There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't want it."

Looking at Wang Lishi's distant back, Qi stood in place and muttered to himself, repeating the sentence that Wang Lishi had just dropped.

The look in his eyes did not show the slightest repentance, but revealed a cold chill from the bones.

What does it mean that there are times in life that must be there, and there are times in life when there is no time to force it.

This is clearly warning her that the emperor's order cannot be violated, and the emperor in that position will give it to whoever he wants, especially Prince Yiwen has passed away, don't jump, otherwise it will be easy to provoke murder!

"Hmph, a dog minion, a thing that does not enter the ancestral grave after death, has also come to warn the palace, no one can take away the things of my Qi family!"

Qi snorted coldly, muttering to himself in a voice that only he could hear.

The voice fell, and he turned around and walked in the opposite direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace: "Go back to the palace!" ”

But after taking two steps, he stopped and shouted, "Xu Nan." ”

"The slave is here."

As Qi's words fell, among the eunuchs and palace maids behind him, a little eunuch with a white face and beard walked out.

Qi glanced at him, and while no one was paying attention to him, he reached out and took out a jade talisman from his sleeve and handed it to the little eunuch named Xu Nan, "Send this out of the palace and send it to Changnan Houfu." ”

Seeing this jade talisman appear, the little eunuch was startled, but he quickly took it and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Then he walked in the direction of the palace gate.

"Lu Hu."

Qi shouted again.

"The slave is here."

As Lu's words fell, among the eunuchs behind him, a burly eunuch suddenly walked out.

Qi didn't speak, glanced at the palace maids and the little eunuchs behind him, and said lightly: "Kill the staff." ”

"Slave, obey."

The eunuch named Lu Hu laughed fiercely, and then stretched out his hand, and several eunuchs hiding next to the aisle suddenly walked out and pounced towards the eunuchs and palace maids like hungry tigers pounced on sheep.

Terrible screams rang out in the corridors.

Qi Shi still walked quietly ahead, and the soft smile on his face once again appeared, as if he had not heard the screams and begging for mercy behind him.

……

Half an hour later.

In the Shang Study.

Decrees were promulgated swiftly.

But another problem arose in the ensuing district.

The treasury is out of money!

That's right, it's the treasury of the big cadres who has no money.

Although a few years ago, Zhao Chongyuan swept away the four major families of Qingzhou and Yizhou with a thunderous force, and the treasury was ruthlessly enriched.

However, dry water disaster relief costs money, and it also costs money to resettle people, strengthen river embankments, and widen river channels.

The expansion of the Guozijian also took a lot of money.

Then there is the confrontation between the armies of the two countries in Youzhou, and the next preparations to deal with Dayu, which also cost a lot of money.

There is also the equipment renewal program that has been going on in secret, which is also very expensive.

The accumulation of such a few things suddenly made the originally rich treasury dry up again in an instant.

"Alas, it's hard for a good woman to cook without rice."

After watching Yang Fu, Ye Liancheng and several officials from the Ministry of Household and Industry leave, Zhao Chongyuan looked into the distance and sighed.

The big cadres are corrupt and it is difficult to collect taxes.

Originally, he took advantage of the internal turmoil in Nanchen to copy the property of Chen, Li, Sun, and Qian, and filled the treasury well, thinking that he could live a prosperous life for a while.

Unexpectedly, it has only been less than a year, and the broken silver of the treasury has bottomed out again.

There are still months left before the new tax goes into the treasury.

Of course, the reason why it took so fast, and how much ink greed there was, he knew it in his heart.

It's just that it's not time to move those people yet.

"Lux

Zhao Chongyuan shouted.

"The slave is here."

Wang Lishi immediately replied respectfully.

"How much silver do we have in the inner treasury?"

Zhao Chongyuan asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, plus the things you brought back from Youzhou before, after they were sold, there were a total of four and a half million taels."

Wang Lishi thought for a while, and then immediately replied.

"Leave 500,000 taels, and take out all the rest, and hand it over to the household department."

Zhao Chongyuan nodded slightly when he heard this, muttered for a long time, and then commanded.

"Huh?"

Wang Lishi was stunned for a moment.

The emperor's inner treasury is the emperor's private money, to put it bluntly, it belongs to the emperor's private property, which not only maintains the daily expenses of the imperial family, but also most of the emperor's rewards to his courtiers come from here.

Once all the money in the inner treasury is taken out.

Then the entire royal family will have to cut back on food and clothing in addition to the annual salary.

"Let you take it, what so much nonsense."

Seeing that Wang Lishi was a little speechless, Zhao Chongyuan frowned coldly, and said directly.

"Slave and maid, let's do it."

Wang Lishi's head shrank, and he quickly replied respectfully.

After speaking, he hurriedly ran towards the outside of the Shang study, but before he could take two steps, Zhao Chongyuan's voice sounded again: "You don't have to go, let the people below do it, you clean up and go out for a walk with me." ”

Hearing this, Wang Lishi was stunned again.

But after all, he quickly nodded respectfully and replied.

It didn't take long.

Outside the Royal Palace.

An inconspicuous carriage slowly walked towards the outside of the palace gate.

"Your Majesty, where are we going?"

Looking at the palace gate farther and farther away behind him, inside the carriage, Wang Lishi couldn't help but ask.

"Go to King Yan and have a look."

Zhao Chongyuan's eyebrows widened slightly, and he said with a smile.

"Yes."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Lishi hurriedly nodded respectfully.

However, just as Wang Lishi finished speaking, Zhao Chongyuan's voice sounded again: "I heard that the crown princess just came?" ”