Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

After Lord Pei left, he felt a little uncomfortable. He was now favored by the emperor, but in the eyes of the officials and the people of the world, he was a treacherous minister.

Now that the emperor told him that he wanted to collect 30% tax, he could only agree. He knew why the emperor did this.

But now, what can he do? If he disagrees, the emperor will be angry and will dislike him. At that time, his fate will not be good.

But if he took the lead in agreeing to this matter, and the news spread, the officials would hate him and the people would also spurn him.

After returning to the conference room, Lord Pei's expression was still somewhat ugly.

The other cabinet ministers were a little surprised to see Lord Pei look so bad. Lord Pei was usually highly regarded by the emperor. Why did Lord Pei look so bad today?

Could it be that something happened that they didn't know about?

Or is it that the emperor is thinking of rebuilding the Zhaixing Tower again?

Several cabinet ministers had discussed this privately a few days ago. If the emperor wanted to build the Zhaixing Tower, they had to find a way to dispel this idea.

The treasury is now empty. If we build the Zhaixing Tower now, it will really make the situation worse. The military pay at the border is still far from enough. Although there are hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain seeds brought by Princess Chaoan, these grain seeds have to be planted in March or April next year, and they will not mature until three or four months later.

These things can only be harvested in August next year. Even if a few million catties are harvested, half of them will be used as grain seeds. The rest of them, the people will sell some and eat some.

In reality, not much money went into the treasury.

On the contrary, the Ministry of Revenue had to spend a large sum of money to purchase these grain seeds.

Thinking of this, the heads of several cabinet ministers began to ache again.

All the officials envy them for being able to enter the cabinet and hold high positions and power, but only they themselves understand how much responsibility they have on their shoulders. There are some things they cannot tell others.

"Master Pei, is it about the Zhaixing Tower?"

An adult asked in a low voice.

They were now afraid that the emperor would bring up the matter of Zhaixing Tower again. But now that the Imperial Master was back, the matter of Zhaixing Tower could not be delayed for long.

Lord Pei shook his head.

"No."

The man wanted to ask again, but Lord Pei spoke in a cold voice.

"I can't talk about this."

After hearing what Lord Pei said, the man didn't dare to ask any more questions.

After Minister Gu got off duty, he was about to get on the carriage when someone stopped him.

"Master Gu, the Imperial Master invites you."

When Minister Gu heard that the Imperial Master was looking for him, he was stunned.

Why did the Imperial Master look for him?

Minister Gu took a carriage to a teahouse.

Seeing that it was the Imperial Preceptor sitting in the room, Minister Gu bowed to him.

"I have seen the Imperial Master."

The Imperial Master looked at Minister Gu with a faint smile on his face.

"Master Gu, please get up."

"Thank you, Imperial Master."

After Minister Gu stood up, he was still confused. Why did the Imperial Master suddenly come to him? Could it be that the Imperial Master also came for the grain seeds?

Seeing Minister Gu's cautious look, the Imperial Master smiled a little more.

"Today I am visiting Master Gu, not to discuss grain."

Upon hearing that the Imperial Master was not here regarding grain seeds, Minister Gu heaved a sigh of relief.

"What do you want, Imperial Master?"

Normally, he and the Imperial Master could barely exchange a few words. Why would the Imperial Master suddenly come to him for something? Could it be because of Gu Zhao's matter? But although he and Gu Zhao were father and daughter before, now, he had to be careful even when speaking in front of Gu Zhao.