The heavens start from the red building

Chapter 43 Doubt
The two factions quarreled fiercely. Although those who asked for debt collection had the support of the emperor, those who owed debts were also very confident.

You must know that it is not only the ministers who have borrowed money from the treasury, many relatives of the emperor have borrowed money.

The emperor had only circled his own brothers some time ago, and if he did anything to other members of the royal family at this time, it would definitely cause the royal family to panic.

Besides, these people think that the Supreme Emperor is still there, and they borrowed money with the approval of the Supreme Emperor, and the emperor dare not do anything to them.

The two factions quarreled for a long time, but in the end the emperor couldn't see it anymore, so he went into a rage, scolded everyone, told them to go down as soon as possible to find a way, and then walked away.

Back in the imperial study, the emperor was still in a bad mood. A little eunuch came up to serve tea, but he thought the tea was too hot, so he kicked him out.

The emperor walked up and down there, still unable to let go of his anger, hating those who refused to pay back the money.

Just when the emperor was thinking that he would simply kill anyone who refused to pay back the money, a young eunuch came to pass the decree, saying that the emperor wanted to see him.

Only then did the emperor calm down a little bit, and went to see the Supreme Emperor in a good mood.

The Supreme Emperor really didn't want to be a director, his eyes were crooked, his mouth was crooked, he couldn't walk easily, and he still only wanted to live a few more years.

But he still knows his son well. At the beginning, he devoted himself to cultivating the prince, and the other sons were all freed up.

Unexpectedly, the prince was forced to rebel against him in the end. There is no way, the remaining sons all have their own shortcomings.

He was the tallest among the dwarfs. Although the emperor was small-minded and held grudges, he was still better than the others.

Although the Supreme Emperor doesn't care about political affairs, today's matter is indeed too serious. His other sons are afraid that the emperor will really be cruel to collect debts.

So I rushed to the Supreme Emperor to intercede. These princes have no big pursuits, and they eat, drink and play all day long.

They have all borrowed a lot of money from the treasury, and they can actually pay it back now, but they certainly don't want to pay that much money.

So I went to the Supreme Emperor and cried. They wanted to come, they were also the sons of the Supreme Emperor, and besides, they had always been honest, and it was nothing to owe some money.

When the emperor came, he saw these younger brothers kneeling in front of the Supreme Emperor, all looking pitiful.

The Supreme Emperor saw the emperor and asked him vaguely, "Emperor, is the treasury really so nervous?"

The emperor glanced at his younger brothers and was very angry. Before he went to trouble them, they dared to complain first!
The emperor suppressed his anger, "Father, the national treasury is really out of money. Now the Tartars are besieging Guangning with heavy troops, and Jiangnan is overturned. Money is needed everywhere. If my son really has no choice, it will not be like this."

The Supreme Emperor was old, and the prince died in rebellion, so he felt sorry for the remaining sons a lot.

So when these sons came to him to cry and complain, he softened his heart and thought of calling the emperor to plead with his sons.

But when the emperor said that the situation was so serious, the Supreme Emperor also became serious. Although he felt sorry for his son, he was more worried about his family's country.

"If that's the case, Emperor, you can do whatever you want, but your younger brothers are really in trouble, I think they will be exempted from their money!"

The emperor smiled wryly. The Supreme Emperor said it lightly. If these princes were spared the money, would the others be reconciled?
But the Supreme Emperor had already spoken, so the emperor could only agree, thinking about finding a way to deal with these bastards in the future.

After talking for so long, the Supreme Emperor was tired, so he sent them all away and prepared to rest.

Not long after falling asleep, the Supreme Emperor opened his eyes again. Although he was old now, he had been the emperor for so many years. He sighed inwardly thinking about the emperor's performance just now.

"Come here!" He called his personal eunuch and told him to open his own private treasury, withdraw money from it, and send the money owed to the treasury by his other sons to the emperor.

The Supreme Emperor remembered that the emperor he had chosen had always been very narrow-minded. His younger brothers wanted not to pay back the money. Now that he is still alive, he will not say anything. If he turns over the old scores after his death, no one can protect them up.

The Emperor Taishang originally thought that he would pay the money to settle the account, and the emperor felt relieved, but he didn't expect the emperor to be even more angry after receiving the money.

Originally, the private treasury of successive emperors would be handed over directly to the next emperor, but when the emperor ascended the throne, the Supreme Emperor was still there and directly moved all the private treasury.

The emperor was not favored when he was a prince, and Concubine Xian has always been partial to the Zhongli County King.

Although the emperor inherited all of Concubine Hua's inheritance, he spent a lot of money in these years. It can be said that he is the poorest emperor since the founding of the country.

In his opinion, the Taishanghuang's private treasury is his property, and it's fine if the Taishanghuang spends it, but now it's actually used to pay off the debts of his younger brothers.

And he knew that although these younger brothers were crying poor, they were actually richer than the other.

Furthermore, the Supreme Emperor asked the eunuch to send money, and the inside and outside words revealed that he asked the emperor to be more tolerant of his younger brothers, and the emperor became even more angry.

I think it's because the Supreme Emperor doesn't trust me, and I think he doesn't think of brotherhood. It seems that the Supreme Emperor supports him in the matter of encircling Lao Jiu, but he still has a lump in his heart.

Although the emperor was angry, he didn't show it, but after the eunuch who gave the money left, Dai Quan found that the emperor's face was even darker.

However, with the money from the Supreme Emperor, the emperor opened up the situation. Seeing that the Supreme Emperor paid back the money for several princes, those ministers also understood what the Supreme Emperor meant.

Then the emperor's harem and concubines also sent word to their families, and these relatives of the emperor also took the lead in paying back the money.

In just a few days, the treasury recovered several million taels of silver owed. Although there were still many people who had not paid back the money, the emperor couldn't care about them anymore.

He quickly allocated money to send people to Jiangnan to relieve the disaster, and also sent troops from Zhili Province to prepare for Guangning to relieve the siege.

But not long after the troops set off, the emperor received a secret report from the Xiuyiwei, telling the emperor everything that happened in Guangning recently.

Although Xiuyiwei is not so reused by the emperor now, but the previous foundation is still there, so this time he received the news before the Imperial City Secretary.

The emperor was ecstatic when he got the battle report. Ever since he knew that the Tartars had besieged Guangning, the emperor was always worried. If the city of Guangning was destroyed, he would be ridiculed by later generations even if he took it back.

It's better now, I didn't expect Jia She to give him such a big surprise, but the emperor is a suspicious creature.

Looking back, when he was assassinated, Jia Amnesty came forward to save him. Except for being stronger, he didn't show any signs of superior force. Could it be that he deliberately lied to himself back then.

Thinking of this, the emperor was not happy, but after all, he still had a good impression of Jia She. After thinking about it, he called Dai Quan to find out what happened to Jia She.

(End of this chapter)