This made the emperor very satisfied.

The emperor thought that he had set an example by cutting down on expenses, and these people should spit out more even if they did not want to lose face.

But when the emperor saw the donation booklet presented by the Ministry of Revenue the next day, his face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"My dear friends, you really have a breath of fresh air in your sleeves!"

The emperor threw the book recording the amount of donations on the Jinluan Palace and became furious, "I see that when you go in and out of the tavern on weekdays, you spend a lot of money at every turn. This is the country's turn when it is in trouble and we need you to donate a small amount of money. You are all the same."

These penniless paupers?!"

The ministers were trained to the point where they had nothing to say, and they only dared to say nothing.

Who dares to actually hand over a large amount of gold and silver?

How much is the imperial salary? Add in the expenses of a large family, and you are in need of money inside and out.

Even if you try to gain face in front of the emperor now, how will you answer when the emperor comes to his senses afterwards and asks you where you got so much money?

Corruption? Taking bribes? Or violating laws and regulations and using officialdom for business purposes?

That one is a serious matter, ranging from being demoted from an official to being executed from the whole family!

Who dares to bet?

Only a family like Mr. Xu, who has been in business for a hundred years and has been rewarded by several emperors, can really come up with considerable wealth.

In that book, the donation from Mr. Xu alone was worth the sum of the donations from everyone else.

But so what?

As for the bits written in the booklet, they were just leaked from the cracks in people's fingers.

The only ones who really vacated their homes were Xu Kaida and Wang Weitao.

They were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. They really didn't have much money, so they were not afraid of the emperor's investigation.

But it was different for the rest of the people. If too much money was taken out, which aroused the emperor's suspicion, wouldn't it mean that he would lose his wife and lose his troops in the end?

It is better to donate less, pretend to be poor, pretend that you are really poor, and get scolded, which is better than losing your official title and losing your head later.

Besides, for the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, each one donated a little bit, a little bit less, and the amount was still considerable, so it was okay to barely save the day.

When they made donations, they carefully compared the two guys, Xu Kaida and Wang Weitao, who had drained their wealth, and carefully weighed and calculated them.

In this way, it will not be so low that the emperor cannot accept it, but it will definitely not be so outstanding that it will cause the emperor to "look at it differently".

The emperor was naturally clear about the thoughts of these courtiers, so he was angry but had no choice.

After getting angry, I finally gave up.

This money is definitely not enough to support the front line.

The losses on the road alone are a huge expense. When we get to the front line, we don’t know how much will be left.

This can only be used as a pension to compensate the family of Marquis Dingyuan of Daliang.

As for the front line...

Judging from the battle report, Yan Qing did not ask him for food and salary, so he probably had his own methods.

After all, we have been fighting for so many years, and the rich have fought in different ways, and the poor have fought in poor ways.

She didn't ask for it, which meant that frontline food and salary were not so tight that it required emergency transportation.

The emperor knew these things, and so did the ministers below.

So they were not panic at all.

Anyway, the emperor just wanted to find an excuse to get some money from them to fill the deficit in the treasury.

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They give a little appropriately, and that's enough, so as not to make everyone look ugly.

The attitude of the ministers who were not afraid of boiling water made the emperor angry, but at the same time he was helpless.

After getting angry, the emperor had no choice but to give up, and expressed his peace with a worried tone, telling these misers to get out of their own way and stop hanging around in front of his eyes.

An Ning received the emperor's impatient gaze and immediately shouted at the top of her voice: "If there is something to do, we will start, if there is nothing to do, we will retreat!"

"Your Majesty, I have a report that I want to report."

As soon as An Ning finished speaking, a familiar voice rang out again, once again stopping a group of courtiers who were preparing to go to court.

The ministers looked at Xiao Lu with resentment, and their hearts murmured loudly.

Day by day, just this thing is causing a lot of things!

The emperor glanced at the expressionless Xiao Lu impatiently: "What do you have to say?"

"The humble minister has the courage to advise the sage not to ignore Yan Qing's faults just because of his great achievements."

Xiao Lu brings up old things again.

The emperor and officials all frowned.

Why doesn’t this unfortunate thing have a long memory?

Are you really jealous like this after staring at this little girl day after day?

Not only did the key person have nothing to do with him, but he also saved the lives of his family members. What was he doing?

The emperor was too lazy to pay attention to Xiao Lu, so he waved his hand and planned to let people go down, but he didn't expect that Xiao Lu would come prepared this time.

"Your Majesty!"

Xiao Lu knelt down and shouted, "Since ancient times, the merits have not been equal to the merits. This Yan Qing is indeed courageous, courageous and resourceful, but it is true that he violated the law and military orders, and the impact of mobilizing troops without permission is extremely bad. If because of this

If you don't punish your merits, you might be imitated by others and cause even greater disasters!"

The emperor frowned and asked: "What bigger disaster?"

"As a woman, Yan Qing will find it difficult to achieve even if she is ambitious. But not all people who hold heavy troops are like Yan Qing, who is unable to achieve anything."

Xiao Lu's words made the emperor's face even more gloomy.

He was telling himself that if he didn't deal with Yan Qing, Guo Youning would feel that he was a soft persimmon, and he would dare to privately deploy troops to various frontiers in the future.

The emperor stared at Xiao Lu who was lying on the ground, and suddenly remembered that this Xiao Lu was recommended to the late emperor by Guo Youning's father.

Therefore, Guo Youning was dissatisfied with the division of troops in the three northern areas of Jingmo to Yan Qing, and wanted to give himself a warning and let him personally deal with Yan Qing, or even cancel Yan Qing's power to command the soldiers in the three northern areas of Jingmo?

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What a grand gesture!

The emperor was angry, but Xiao Lu's words really made him fearful.

Now the Yan Qing people are in the Qiang country, Meng Shulan is seriously injured, Bai Shu leads the soldiers and horses of Western Xinjiang to confront Gesangoro, the troops in Western Xinjiang are depleted, and some of the troops in Eastern Xinjiang have been transferred to support Southern Xinjiang. Northern Xinjiang is now considered the dominant Xinjiang.

At this time, if you offend Guo Youning and make him become the second Li Dingshan, with Kangdu's current military strength, it will not be easy to get favors from Guo Youning!

But if he wants to deal with Yan Qing personally, it will not only allow him to slap himself in the face, but also make it easier for the emperor and his ministers to create rifts.

I sent Yan Qing to Northern Xinjiang to check and balance Guo Youning, not to add a strong general to him!

The emperor lowered his eyelashes and thought for a moment, and finally his eyes fell on Xu Xiangfeng, who was hanging his head and falling asleep, with a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.

"How does the Prime Minister think Yan Qing should be dealt with?"

The emperor calmly asked the question to Xu Xiangfeng.
Chapter completed!