In the early morning, the morning sun is shining, and the red sun shines on the body, warm.

In the palace Chengtian Palace, the new king sits on the dragon chair, and the ministers below bow.

After seeing the ceremony, Qin Hao asked lightly, "Zhong Aiqing, do you have something to start?"

"Your Majesty, the minister has a play"

A finance official immediately stepped out of the crowd.

"Speak"

Qin Hao said lightly.

"Last night, the minister received an urgent report from the lord of Lishan City, Lishan has been in a severe drought for three months, there is no grain harvest, hundreds of people are displaced, starvation is everywhere, and even many families have changed their children and eaten, and asked His Majesty to send materials to help Lishan City and the surrounding 380 villages with a total of 1.3 million people."

As he spoke, the financial official fell to his knees, his eyes full of tears, and he looked like a loyal minister and a righteous man.

"What, such a catastrophe happened in Lishan City?"

Qin Hao was shocked when he heard this, there was a great drought in March, there was no harvest of grains, hunger was everywhere, and every word was extremely terrifying for the people.

Then he was furious.

"I received news of such a serious matter yesterday, why did you say it today?"

"Also, the disaster secrets from all over the country should appear directly on the king's desk, when do you need a financial official to collect them on behalf of the king?"

"Someone, pull out this chaotic minister and thief to this king and behead him for public display."

Qin Hao first pointed at the courtier and scolded angrily, and then directly ordered.

"What?

The financial official who was kneeling on the ground burst into tears, trying his best to behave, and suddenly heard Qin Hao's words and was directly stunned in place.

"It's not the same as saying yes!"

He was still comparing the script he had rehearsed last night, but his body had been grabbed and dragged out by two guards.

"Ahh

Then, a terrified howl came.

"Tell me, how should this matter be handled?"

After confirming that the official had been beheaded, Qin Hao continued to ask.

"It's... This..."

Except for Bai Qi and the newly joined blood jade face of the court, the ministers all looked at Qin Hao with a shocked expression.

"Zhang Yuande was killed like this?"

The ministers only felt that their heads were dazed.

"What? Don't you have anything to say?"

Seeing that the ministers were silent, Qin Hao's face was slightly cold.

"No, the king is going to be angry"

The ministers suddenly woke up when they heard this, and Bai Qingyu, the current director of the Department of Rites, said, "Your Majesty, Lishan City has suffered such a great disaster, and the imperial court should relieve itself, and in the opinion of the ministers, the treasury should be opened, and silver money, grain and other things should be allocated to solve the urgent need."

"Minister's Reconsideration"

The other ministers also spoke.

That's what they're for.

Qin Hao bowed slightly, "Zhong Aiqing thinks how much silver is appropriate?"

"The minister thinks that three million taels of silver is enough," Bai Qingyu bowed and said.

"Then allocate three million taels."

Qin Hao waved his hand, three million taels of silver was only three million taels of silver, and it was three hundred in exchange for spirit stones, and he didn't care about it at all.

"Obey"

Beside Bai Qingyu, Wen Xiuwen, the new secretary of finance, bowed down to receive the order.

"In addition," Qin Hao continued, "the Finance Department will allocate another 10 million taels of silver to General Xueyuyan for the purpose of establishing the Chiyun Army."

"This..."

Wen Xiuwen's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he lowered his head and did not speak.

"What's the problem?"

Qin Hao frowned slightly, and asked with a calm face.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness" Wen Xiuwen even knelt on the ground, and said in sincere fear, "Now that the treasury is empty, all the spirit stones, gold and silver, elixirs, etc., add up to less than eight million taels of silver, and it is really impossible to mobilize ten million taels of silver."

"Less than eight million taels of silver?" Qin Hao looked at him with an ugly face, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "The day before yesterday, the Mo clan was destroyed, and General Bai Qi personally put all the wealth searched from the Mo clan into the treasury, and the list clearly stated that it was worth thirty-five million taels of silver, and now you actually say that there are only less than eight million in the treasury."

Qin Hao's face became more and more cold, "If you don't list the ins and outs of all the money to this king today, there is no need for your Wen clan to exist."

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged" Wen Xiuwen's face turned pale, and he even took out a book and presented it with both hands, "This is the treasury transfer account, please look at it."

Wei Zhongxian walked down the stairs and took the fold and sent it to Qin Hao.

Opening the fold and looking at every account recorded in detail, Qin Hao's face was even more gloomy and almost dripping.

"Last night, five million taels of silver were allocated for the construction of General Bai Qi's mansion."

"The ministers and ministers have a total of 800 spirit stones, which is 8 million silver"

"12 million taels for military pay transfer"

......

"The treasury is empty, and it is not good for the ministers to do things, but there is really no money," Wen Xiuwen said sadly.

"In that case, what do you think Aiqing should do?" Qin Hao threw the fold on the table.

"Your Majesty," a financial official came out of the crowd, "Now that Your Majesty has just taken over the unification, it is time to grant amnesty to the world, and it is important not to add taxes, and to throttle expenditure in the opinion of ministers is fundamental."

"Oh, then how can you throttle?" Qin Hao became interested.

The official of the finance department looked slightly excited and said, "The so-called throttling is to save expenses, and now that Lishan City is in disaster, we can't ignore it, so I implore Your Majesty to withdraw the order to build the Chiyun Army."

"Remove the order to build the Chiyun Army?" Qin Hao showed a smile on his face, and his eyes moved away from the official and put it on the others, "What about your opinions?"

"I think it should be so"

"Now that there is no war in the country, the establishment of the army is not imminent, please retract your order"

"Solving the disaster of Lishan is the top priority, please Your Majesty put the people of the world first"

......

The ministers bowed down and admonished.

Seeing that except for the blood jade face and Bai Qi, the other courtiers all knelt on the ground like pushing a golden mountain and pouring a jade pillar, and when they were persuaded by righteousness and awe, Qin Hao finally couldn't hold back anymore.

I saw him laugh and say, "Haha, okay, you are really loyal to this king, and everything is considered by this king."

"Matters within the minister's share should not be praised by His Majesty"

The courtiers said one by one, and they were all proud.

What about the monarch? Haven't they forced him to compromise?

Qin Hao seemed to smile, "Wei Zhongxian...".

"Lord!"

Beside Qin Hao, Wei Zhongxian bowed.

"Read what you found out to all the adults present."

"Obey"

Wei Zhongxian turned over his hand and took out a book of excerpts: "On the night of July 14, 13,999 in the Tianwu calendar, a total of 24 people gathered in the residence of former financial secretary Mok Wenjue to discuss how to take advantage of the gap between the abdication of the old king and the accession of the new king to the throne to divide up the treasury...".

As soon as Wei Zhongxian's words came out, the faces of the courtiers immediately changed greatly, and eighteen of them were directly paralyzed to the ground.

In this regard, Wei Zhongxian didn't care about it at all, and continued, "These twenty-four people are Mo Wenjue, Zhao Qian, Philadelphia South, Li Mo'an, and Wang Jiufeng...".

Names spit out from Wei Zhongxian's mouth.

After reading the twenty-four names, Wei Zhongxian handed over a list to Qin Hao, "Your Majesty, this is the detailed account of the twenty-four people dividing up the treasury."

Qin Hao opened the account, "Mo Wenjue has 800 spirit stones and 12 boxes of elixirs. South Philadelphia received 600 spirit stones and four boxes of elixirs. Li Mo'an..."

"That's what you mean by loyalty?"

"Faithful to the point that the king's treasury is as empty as ever?"

"Your Majesty forgives your sins!"

The ministers hurriedly knelt down, their bodies trembling.

"Forgive sins?" Qin Hao's voice became more and more cold, "You tell this king, how to forgive sins?"

“......”

Hearing the fury and killing intent contained in Qin Hao's words, the ministers were terrified, but they didn't dare to speak at all.

"Since you don't say it, then this king will say" Qin Hao's eyes are shining "Among the twenty-four people who divided the treasury, five of them have been killed, and the people are like lights going out, then this king will no longer pursue it, as long as his family returns the finances according to the accounts."

"As for you who are still alive..."

Qin Hao looked at the eighteen officials kneeling on the ground, and said lightly, "Return the things you took back twice, and then kill yourself, this king can promise to spare your family, if not...".

Qin Hao's face was cold, and his eyes were compelling, "Not only do you want to die, but the family behind you will also be destroyed."