klisemfg Chapter 766: Reporting the National Treasury Account to the Emperor
Chapter 766: Reporting the National Treasury Account to the Emperor
To the sound of golden bells and jade drums, court officials filed into the Golden Throne Hall in groups according to their ranks and official positions.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Yu Feng's sharp and high-pitched voice echoed in the hall.
Emperor Hongde walked up to the hall with the gait of a dragon and a tiger and sat high on the dragon throne.
Except for a few elderly princes and ministers like Anguogong Fu Peng who were highly respected and granted the privilege of not kneeling by the emperor, the rest knelt and bowed, "Your Majesty, long live the emperor! Long live the emperor! Long, long live the emperor!"
"Everyone is safe!"
Emperor Hong De's voice carries an inherent majesty.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
All the ministers stood up and retreated to both sides, civil and military.
Emperor Hongde was looking down from a high position and he clearly noticed that many of the ministers had changing expressions on their faces and their eyes flickered... but he didn't know why.
What Emperor Hong De didn’t know was that quite a few people below had just been hit by their own son!
It's just that the blows they suffered were different.
Some of them wanted to send their daughters to Prince Yu's mansion, but they were worried that one day their clan would be exterminated first and their ancestral graves would be dug up later;
There is another group of people who have many wives and concubines at home. They are wondering...whether the plaque of their own mansion will one day...the words on the plaque will change and become "some building" or "some hall"!
Emperor Hong De didn't care much about what they were thinking.
Emperor Hong De still has things to do and things to decide today.
Emperor Hong De also knew that many of his ministers were still plotting against his son and Leng Rongyue!
Emperor Hong De’s guess was correct, but he was quite frightened by Xiao Jingyu’s words.
Of course, there are still some people who are secretly calculating how to avoid the danger of genocide and digging up ancestral graves and achieve their goals perfectly!
There were even some officials with darker thoughts... They knew that their daughters had no hope of entering Prince Yu's palace, even as concubines. After all, they didn't dare to really try it. Would His Royal Highness Prince Yu really wipe out their entire clan?
Will they really dig up their ancestral graves?
They are afraid that they will not be able to bear the consequences of the test.
However, their daughter could not enter Prince Yu's palace, and that Leng Rongyue couldn't enter either.
If you can’t take care of yourself, don’t expect others to be well too!
This dark mentality has now taken root in the hearts of many officials.
They no longer had any hope that their daughter could become the Princess of Prince Yu, or one of the concubines, and they didn't even dare to dream of becoming the concubine of His Royal Highness Prince Yu.
Right now, there is an invisible strange phenomenon in the court... No matter what calculations these people have in their hearts, they all have one goal in common, which is to kill Leng Rongyue first. Leng Rongyue must be killed.
What they meant by killing off did not necessarily mean killing Leng Rongyue.
Killing Leng Rongyue...this is not very realistic.
But for a girl in the boudoir, once she was nailed as the "daughter of a traitor", her life would be over!
To put it another way, even if she was turned from Prince Yu's wife into Prince Yu's concubine, her life would be over!
If His Royal Highness Prince Yu really can't bear to part with Leng Rongyue, then he can take her as a concubine. And the Princess of Prince Yu must be a clean and upright lady from a noble family!
Otherwise... I don't know whether the royal family can accept such humiliation as a prince marrying the daughter of a criminal!
The goal is unified.
These officials did not even get together to discuss, as their ultimate goal coincided with each other, which was to trample Leng Rongyue into the mud and prevent her from ever becoming the Princess of Prince Yu!
It would be best if you could never enter Prince Yu’s Palace!
Leng Rongyue could not become Prince Yu's wife, but at least the position was vacant, and their daughter at least had a chance to compete.
I think so, but who will be the first to take the lead?
Knowing clearly that His Royal Highness Prince Yu had deep feelings for Leng Rongyue, and knowing clearly that the Emperor and the Empress liked Leng Rongyue, he chose to go against their wishes and eliminate the person they liked. This required courage and even more strategy.
He had to achieve the goal of stepping on Leng Rongyue without implicating his own family... It was difficult, but not impossible.
It’s just a matter of who speaks the first word and plays the first book.
Some officials with ulterior motives are involved in lawsuits.
But there were also important matters to be attended to in the court. For example, the Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye had received a large sum of silver into the national treasury the day before yesterday, and he had to report the amount to the emperor.
I had a day off yesterday, so I can only present this chapter today.
On the Dragon Stage, Yu Feng swung his whisk, took a step forward and sang loudly: "If you have a book, play early. If you don't have a book, leave!"
The Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye was waiting for these words!
He took out a memorial from his sleeve, walked out of the writing class, and bowed to Emperor Hongde.
"Your Majesty, I have a report to make!"
Emperor Hongde looked down and said, "Lord Jian, I have something to report to the emperor!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!
Yu Feng walked down the platform, took the memorial from Jian Chengye, and turned back.
Jian Chengye held the ivory tablet in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, many officials in our court promised to donate silver, and they have all delivered the promised amount of silver to the Ministry of Revenue.
I have been registered and the silver has been deposited into the national treasury.
The total amount of silver donated by the gentlemen is 237,000 taels, and I am reporting this to the Emperor!"