After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

"Lingchuan." Chu Qinghuang turned to look at Chu Lingchuan, "Is there a problem with the Ling family's accounts for purchasing military equipment?"

Chu Lingchuan nodded: "Falsely reported prices and made false accounts. For a medium war horse worth twenty-five taels of silver, he quoted a price of thirty taels, and for a high-quality war horse worth thirty-two taels, he quoted a price of forty taels. For every 10,000 war horses He was able to eat nearly 80,000 taels of silver from it, and the same was true for other military equipment. The Ling family had been in charge of the military for so many years, and they could embezzle more than 300,000 taels of silver allocated by the court to support the army every year. The total amount of corruption over the years amounted to one million. "Two, I will record all the accounts clearly and submit them to His Highness whenever he wants them."

After a pause, "In addition, the Ling family has great power. In recent years, local officials from various states have secretly given a large amount of gifts. In order to gain access to this supporter, the Yu family and the Feng family in Wannan, Guanbei in Xiqi use Concubine Duan every year. In the name of birthdays, more than 100,000 taels of silver were given. The Ling family's wealth is unimaginable to ordinary people."

After Chu Lingchuan finished speaking, Fucang added: "Master, the fifth prince had previously accepted the filial piety of some wealthy students and promised to let them be on the list this autumn. The amount of silver collected was more than 30,000 taels. In addition, there are Nearly a thousand taels of gold.”

Chu Qinghuang was silent for a moment: "The Ling family is a fat sheep. If I rob the Ling family, do you think the emperor would be more angry or happy?"

The Ling family is actually richer than the former Minister of Household Affairs.

Sure enough, twenty years of pampering had enlarged his appetite and made him more courageous than ordinary people. A general with military power could not completely reassure the king. He even dared to commit corruption. I have to say that the Ling family has great courage. Chia.

"I should be happy." Chu Lingchuan coughed lightly, "Xiqi is too poor, and it is difficult to be the emperor."

Chu Qinghuang said nothing.

The treasury of Xiqi is indeed not very abundant, but because of this, for officials who are extremely greedy, it means that the king's tolerance is extremely low.

The Ling family had done a great job in supporting the emperor, and they had been favored over the years, and the emperor had been extremely benevolent to them. If the Ling family did not respect themselves, know how to hide their power and bide their time, avoid things that the emperor was afraid of, and sincerely regard the princess Chu Qinghuang as their My family is not a chess piece that is eager to win over, and does not touch the emperor's bottom line again and again. I believe that this kind of favor can continue to be maintained.

In the past, when the princes were young and the competition for the throne was not so fierce, the Ling family could still stand still and deal with everything calmly - those who hold military power naturally have confidence.

So it's hard for people to grasp the handle.

However, most of the four princes are now adults, and the fifth prince is eighteen years old. The emperor has no intention of establishing a heir yet. Whether it is the concubines in the palace, the princes outside the palace, or the party ministers behind each prince, it is inevitable that Somewhat anxious.

But when it comes to establishing a crown prince, the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. If you leave a bad impression on the emperor and have a fatal handle, then not to mention being favored, it will be good to save your life.

Chu Qinghuang relaxed and sat on the chair, speaking indifferently: "Xiqi is indeed too poor. It is so poor that the emperor cannot do many things he wants to do. The Ling family dares to tamper with the money to raise soldiers, and their death is doomed."

Chu Lingchuan was silent for a moment: "I have the power to mobilize one million taels of silver. If necessary, Your Highness..."

"No need." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "If I can confiscate the homes of all corrupt officials in Xiqi, the national treasury will have at least 10 million taels of silver."

Hearing this, Chu Lingchuan looked at Chu Qinghuang hesitantly.

Chu Qinghuang raised his eyebrows, "What do you want to say?"

"Ten million taels may not be too much for Xiqi's treasury, but if we want to really make Xiqi rich and have strong soldiers and horses, this amount of money is just a drop in the bucket."

Chu Qinghuang said: "I have no intention of making Xiqi become as powerful as Dongling."

Besides, even if she wanted to, it wouldn't be possible.

Chu Lingchuan still had some questions in his heart, but as a loyal and qualified subordinate, he could not ask too much about his master's thoughts and plans, so he only said: "Your Highness does not need to worry about the Emperor and the King of War, no matter what Your Highness wants to do, Both masters will support it unconditionally.”

"I know." Chu Qinghuang's eyes were slightly warm, "But it's not needed yet."

"yes."

Chu Lingchuan didn't say anything more and quickly left.

Fucang stood aside silently, without any reaction to what the two said. He didn't know whether he understood it or not.

But his eyes always looked towards Chu Qinghuang's hands intentionally or unintentionally.

"What's wrong?" Chu Qinghuang noticed his gaze and glanced up at him, "What's wrong with my hands?"

"No." Fu Cang shook his head and then added in a low voice, "Master's hands are very beautiful."

Very nice?

Chu Qinghuang's eyes turned slightly and couldn't help but look at his own hands. They were well-proportioned and had slender white fingers. They were standard slender hands and did not look like the hands of a martial arts practitioner.

As a princess of the royal family, she usually lives a pampered life and keeps her fingers clean. Even if she doesn't take care of herself, it's normal for her hands to look better. Besides, noble ladies from aristocratic families should have such slender hands.

Is there anything special?