Start by scolding the empress

Chapter 11 The Wisdom and Demon Empress

What the hell? ?
The empress threatened to marry herself by force? ? !
Chen Yi almost thought that there was something wrong with his ears.

But when he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Xu Wanjun beside him and the expressions of the other ministers who were relatively close, he realized that he had heard correctly...

Thinking of the fact that since the empress ascended the throne for several years, there had never been any "male sex" scandals, and there was no such thing as "a concubine after standing up", Chen Yi panicked for no reason.

"absurd!"

Chen Yi frowned and scolded angrily, staring closely at the empress on the dragon chair.

"You really deserve to be a generation of foolish kings!
Since ancient times, has any emperor threatened courtiers like this? ! "

Wang Chengping, who was not far in front of Chen Yi, trembled slightly, suddenly turned his head and glanced at Chen Yi.

"Chen Zishang, don't you want to help the millions of disaster victims in Longxi?"

With that said, Wang Chengping glanced at Xu Wanjun again.

"And you, Xu Wanjun, have you forgotten your original intention when you came to Beijing to be an official?!"

Wang Chengping did not deliberately suppress his voice this time, so in the silent Golden Luan Hall, all of a sudden, his old and angry voice was heard.

The empress' face changed slightly, she squinted her eyes and took a deep look at Wang Chengping, then, looking at Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun, she suddenly smiled.

"Zhen Quan pretends that you were all messing around before, so I'll ask again. Regarding the disaster relief in Longxi, are you two going or not?"

For the first time, an extremely tough female emperor took the initiative to give Chen and Yi a step up? !

Standing on both sides of the court hall, some smart people who sensed this signal looked sideways at Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun.

"Empire Bank..."

Xu Wanjun bravely glanced at Wang Chengping, then bit the bullet and looked at the empress.

The empress squinted her eyes, interrupted him with a wave, and said coldly.

"The money allocated to you by the Imperial Bank this time is only the first batch. There will be more follow-ups of course! Don't ask any more questions about the rest!"

Will there be any money left in the future?

Chen Yi sneered when he heard this.

Unless the empress can conjure money out of thin air!
As if aware of Chen Yi's attitude, the empress turned to Chen Yi again.

"Chen Shilang, I have a few things to review about the discount you paid on the commercial tax. Wait a moment, take it back and have a look. I hope you can complete it before you come back from Longxi."

Chen Yi frowned suddenly.

My own commercial and tax regulations are still being drafted, where have I submitted a memorial? !

"And you, old Shoufu, it's still cold now, so you should wear your crown."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Wang Chengping's face froze, and he slowly leaned over.

After the empress said the last sentence, she immediately looked at the female officer in front of her.

"Your Majesty feels a little unwell today, but if there is anything to do, we will discuss it later. Retire!"

The female officer immediately understood, and after a promise, she immediately followed the empress and turned to the apse.

The ministers who were about to use the empress's embezzlement of money from the bank to speak out and admonish them did not expect that this matter would be lightly exposed by the empress.

Even Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun were at a loss as you looked at me and I looked at you.

"Your Majesty, as expected, you are still the majesty who is so wise and close to a demon..."

When the two of them were confused, Wang Chengping, who had put on his headband again, smiled bitterly and patted the two of them on the shoulders.

"Go back, get ready and go to Longxi for disaster relief."

Chen Yi, who was in a fog, didn't know how he got home, but when he got home, Chen Yi found that, at some point, there was already a servant waiting for him at home.

And this servant who came out of the palace, after giving himself a secret letter from the empress, said goodbye and left.

With a sullen face, Chen Yi sat behind the desk and opened the secret decree.

But after sweeping his eyes twice, he was suddenly stunned.

On the secret decree, it turned out to be a superficial regulation on business and tax written in small script!
Imperial banks are being laid out batch by batch across the country...

Set up tax bureaus at city gates, water villages, and traffic arteries to collect a certain amount of business tax from merchants...

The tax-heavy land of Jiangnan Road exempts the people from paying taxes and encourages the construction of commerce and handicrafts...

"hiss!"

Seeing the end, Chen Yi couldn't help but gasped.

This empress has completely seen through that the ultimate purpose of setting up the imperial bank is to revitalize business? !
Moreover, so many practical steps have been added without a teacher? !
No wonder, she has the confidence to embezzle the money in the bank!
Once the news of her misappropriation of money from the bank was blocked by spies such as the Imperial City Secretary, who would know what she was doing to embezzle the money? !
Once other money houses were established and the business plan was fully developed with the help of the money, the money she embezzled was nothing more than a drizzle!

For no reason, Chen Yi suddenly thought of Wang Chengping's evaluation of the Empress—how wise and close to a demon!
But thinking of the empress' desperate pursuit of elixir, Chen Yi frowned.

For such a huge empire, there are so many emperors who are wise and close to demons, but ignore the common people in the world. I really don't know whether it is good or bad...

……

The movements in the palace were extremely fast.

The Secretary of the Imperial City, who urged Chen Yi and Xu Wanjun to go to Longxi for disaster relief, came to the door in the afternoon.

After almost escorting the two of them to Xiaoguan where Xu Wanjun spent a lot of money to buy food and supplies, Huangchengsi immediately returned to the imperial capital.

"Looking at the past dynasties, is there such a foolish king who escorted officials to rescue disasters?!"

As soon as the people from the Imperial City Division left, Xu Wanjun, who was led off by Chen Yi, couldn't help but cursed.

Chen Yi glanced at him, did not speak, and followed the grain transport captain to inspect the grain and grass camp.

"Lord Chen, Governor Xu previously spent 40 taels of silver to purchase food and grass totaling 100 shi and [-] shi, medicinal materials, borax, sulfur, lime and other disaster relief items in [-] carts.

All of them are here, you can click to see if there are any omissions. "

The grain transport captain is a young and strong man who looks quite smart and capable.

After reconciling the accounts with Xu Wanjun's account book, Chen Yi immediately relaxed and led the crowd to escort the food and supplies to Longxi.

During the chat on the westbound road, Chen Yi learned that this miscellaneous captain was actually the grandson of Wang Chengping, the chief assistant of the dynasty.

The captain of the miscellaneous number is called Wang Chizheng, and his character is round.

There was no disaster in Guanzhong on the westbound route. During the boring chat, the relationship between Chen Yi and Wang Chizheng, who were similar in age, quickly drew closer.

After traveling for nearly half a month, Chen Yi and his party finally arrived at the boundary of Longxi.

That night, Chen Yi and others stayed at a pass at the foot of Longshan Mountain.

When Chen Yi used the light of the fire to supplement the business regulations that he had thought about along the way, he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance.

Looking back, Wang Chizheng was walking towards him with a fat roasted rabbit leg, smiling.

(End of this chapter)