Meng Xiuyi laughed angrily: "Pei Boan's house has been confiscated, and you still want to rely on him. Let me tell you, if you don't tell the reason today, this stupid and incompetent official will stop doing it. This fate Don't ask for it either!

There are clearly 600 million taels of silver on the treasury books, but in reality it is less than a million, and the remaining 500 million taels have disappeared. If old man Ji hadn’t learned about it by accident, Meng Xiuyi would still be in the dark .The dignified son of heaven, let your servants go around and tell her how not to get angry!

Lin Tai was terrified, his arms were trembling uncontrollably, and the cold sweat on his forehead fell on the bright gold bricks.Although the emperor was young, he kept his promises, and since he was a princess, he can say what he can do.She said that if she wanted his life, her life was hanging by a thread.

To say or not to say?

It is said that he is deceiving the emperor, and the whole family is implicated. Don't talk about it, where can he go to find and make up for the huge deficit?

This is a dilemma.

Your Majesty, the disappearance of such a huge amount of silver from the national treasury is truly a miracle that has never been heard of in ancient times. I ask Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly.The old man Ji who had been silent all this time said.

Lin Tai's hesitation had already exhausted Meng Xiuyi's patience, she glanced at him coldly, like black clouds billowing, and the mountain rain was about to come.

come!

The two guards entered in response, and their movements were neat and unanimous: Your Majesty!

Take him down, and let him spit out everything he knows before tomorrow morning!Meng Xiuyi said lightly.

Lin Tai's face turned pale, and the two guards responded in unison, grabbed his shoulders and dragged him out.

Ministers who lost their morality were interrogated by the Criminal Department of Dali Temple, and never made the guards break their bones.The old man Ji's slightly white brows trembled, just as he was about to make a distinction, he looked up and saw the gloomy expression of the emperor, and swallowed his words silently. His majesty is in a fit of anger, so he won't listen to advice. I'll talk about this matter later. for proper.

Meng Xiuyi glanced at him, and said: "The roads are being repaired everywhere, the dams in the south of the Yangtze River are stable, and the military equipment needs to be improved. Everything needs money. The treasury is suddenly empty, and it will be overwhelmed. Qing quickly took people to the Ministry of Households to investigate the matter thoroughly."

Ji Ang immediately bowed down: yes.

The national treasury has already planned for this year's expenditure. It was quite sufficient at first, but now it is stretched.

Ji An straightened up, and said: Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, when the year is good, the annual tax revenue is 600 million taels, but in bad years it is only 300 million taels.Jiangsu and Zhejiang accounted for one-third of the total. Last year, Zhejiang was hit by floods, and taxes were reduced. There were also large and small natural disasters in other places, and the national treasury was in short supply.Since Lin Tai was stubborn and refused to tell the truth, the 500 million taels of silver should have been completely spent and could not be recovered.Your Majesty, filling the shortfall is the top priority.

Meng Xiuyi said coldly: I know.

Seeing this, Ji Ang gave a salute and said respectfully, "I will take my leave."

When Ji An retreated, Meng Xiuyi bent his straight back, closed his eyes tiredly, raised his hand and frowned.

Mai Rongen hurriedly stepped forward to massage his shoulders.

Sitting in front of the case for a long time to deal with political affairs made her shoulders stiff and uncomfortable, and this massage was sore and unbearable.Meng Xiuyi gritted his teeth, one after another urgently needed to be done in his mind, and now he added a state treasury deficit.

Other things have to be suppressed, and filling the shortfall is the top priority.

Meng Xiuyi felt very aggrieved when she was asked to take care of the disaster caused by a sycophantic minister, and she wished that all these corrupt officials who didn't care about serving the country and the people, but only knew how to enrich themselves were sent to prison for interrogation cut.

Your Majesty, Doctor Li is asking for a safe pulse.The little eunuch came in to report.

Meng Xiuyi opened his eyes and said, "Xuan come in."

McConnell stepped aside.

In a few breaths, a middle-aged woman walked in from the outside, dressed in a scarlet official robe, carrying a medical kit, with her eyes slightly closed, she cupped her hands and bowed down: See Your Majesty.

Meng Xiuyi looked at her for a moment and said, "Excuse me."

Dr. Li is not long in his practice as a doctor, and this is the first time he asks the emperor for his pulse, so he is naturally nervous.Fortunately, at her age, she is quite experienced, even if she is nervous, she can restrain herself and not let it out.

Doctor Li stepped forward steadily and took out the pulse pillow from the medical box. Meng Xiuyi stretched out his hand and put his wrist on the pulse pillow, and Doctor Li's fingertips touched it.

Meng Xiuyi closed his eyes with a calm expression.

After a while, Doctor Li held back his hand and said: Your Majesty seems to be overly worried.She paused, then continued: Thinking too much hurts the spleen.The spleen governs the flesh, and overthinking tends to cause weight loss. The spleen belongs to earth, and the heart belongs to fire.I hope that Your Majesty will cherish yourself and combine work with rest.

After she finished speaking, she paused for a few breaths, but did not hear the emperor's response, and paused for a while, but still did not hear a sound.Doctor Li was worried, and looked up cautiously, only to see that the emperor's eyes were closed, and his breathing was extremely long, more than twice as long as that of ordinary people.She is a doctor, so she knows that His Majesty is not asleep, and most people will take this deep breath when they are calm.

She hesitated for a moment, and called out: Your Majesty?

Meng Xiuyi suddenly opened his eyes, frowned slightly, and said calmly: I understand, let's step back.

This step was wrong, Doctor Li was about to say the treatment method before he saw Mai Rongen winking at her, which meant to tell her not to talk too much.I think His Majesty is not going well today.Doctor Li packed up the medicine box and retreated.

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