allonlinenovel Chapter 653: Preparations Here and Arrangements There
Chapter 653: Preparations Here and Arrangements There
The officials whose daughters were in Qingguo Temple at Yunxiang Mountain rushed back to their homes in dejected mood.
As for how they collect the money;
The ladies in the back house make a fuss, cry or complain...
Others will not know about these.
Regarding this matter...the more these officials thought about it, the more upset they became.
This is true!
Not only did I not catch the fox, but I also got myself into trouble!
Not only did he not steal the chicken, he also lost a handful of rice.
That really is... really a huge handful of rice!
They are the ones who do stupid things out of greed, right?
During the two morning court sessions, they jumped up and down and made a lot of noise. The result was:
They made a scene and lost money and lost face;
As for my own daughter, she has no chance to be with Prince Yu’s Palace!
Don't say that my daughter has no chance with His Royal Highness Prince Yu;
Whether the previous imperial decree granting marriage should be annulled;
Will Leng Rongyue's status as the "daughter of a guilty minister" be confirmed?
Should we choose another princess for His Royal Highness Prince Yu?
These things are still uncertain.
What the emperor meant... they still didn't know.
The only thing they know is:
They were cheated out of a large sum of money by the emperor!
No, it's two strokes!
The emperor also extorted a sum of money for the Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain!
It won’t do if you don’t give enough incense money!
They calculated their loneliness;
It's so embarrassing!
But there is no way.
For now, they had no choice but to swallow their anger.
We must raise money quickly.
Submit it to the Ministry of Revenue immediately.
Then, he would quickly send someone to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain with a "decent amount of incense money" proportional to his sincerity to bring his daughter back so that the matter could be settled quickly.
As for wanting to send his daughter to Prince Yu's mansion...
Didn't he send his daughter to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain just to let his daughter find a way to get close to His Royal Highness Prince Yu?
And what about His Royal Highness Prince Yu?
Avoid your own daughter as you would the plague.
Today, His Royal Highness Prince Yu appeared directly at the morning court. With just a few words, his disgust was evident.
Obviously, His Royal Highness Prince Yu was telling them:
I would rather avoid your daughter than not!
do not like!
No!
In this case, the plan to have my daughter enter Prince Yu’s palace can no longer be mentioned for the time being!
Otherwise it would be self-humiliating.
The steps of the Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye when he left the palace seemed as if he was stepping on auspicious clouds and riding the spring breeze, and seemed particularly light.
As for Minister Jian's mood, it was also exceptionally high spirits!
The Minister of Revenue is said to be in charge of a country's money and grain.
However, whenever there was a shortage of silver and grain in the national treasury, the one who suffered the most was him, the Minister of Revenue.
Whenever there was a disaster and the state treasury was needed to provide silver and grain, the treasury was empty... He, the Minister of Revenue, was the one who felt uncomfortable;
There was a war on the border, and they needed military pay and food... but they didn't have any... The one who felt bad was him, the Minister of Revenue;
There is a need for construction and repair here and there... but there is no money... and he, the Minister of Revenue, is also feeling uncomfortable.
When he said there was no silver or grain, it was as if all the silver and grain in the national treasury had been embezzled by him.
He, the Minister of Revenue, is like a sinner!
He also wants the treasury to be full!
He also wants his granaries to be full of grain and his warehouses to be full of silver!
He also hoped that if there was a shortage of silver or grain anywhere, he, as the Minister of Revenue, could just wave his pen and release silver and grain from the warehouse to provide disaster relief.
However, such times are rare.
On the contrary, there are more times when we are stretched to the limit.
It’s difficult!
Now, things are good again. I have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for nothing.
No matter where there is a famine,
It is enough to supply the Ministry of War with the military pay and food needed for a while.
The Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye took the clearly copied list of donors and the amount of silver donated by them from the imperial official Zhu Xun, walked out of the palace, got on the carriage, and urged his entourage to rush to the Ministry of Revenue.
He was going to wait in the Ministry of Revenue, waiting for the officials to hand him sums of silver!
He wanted to see with his own eyes the amount of silver being added to the account book recording the national treasury's silver, and increasing bit by bit!
After returning to the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye arranged his subordinates to prepare for the account registration.
Looking at the time, it was already noon.
The Minister of Revenue, Jian Chengye, had a quick lunch and then heard from his subordinates that officials from various families had delivered sums of silver to the Ministry of Revenue.
The Minister of Revenue Jian Chengye thought to himself: They are quite quick in delivering the silver!
But it's understandable.
If they didn't deliver the silver quickly, how could they bring their daughter back home from Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain as soon as possible?
The longer their daughter stayed in the Qingguo Temple on Yunxiang Mountain, the more she lost face;
The reputation of women in the boudoir will be damaged more seriously.
They cannot and dare not be slow.
At the same time, they had to send the silver to the Ministry of Revenue for registration before they could get the receipt for the donation.
Only after receiving the receipt for the donation did they get the permit to leave Beijing and bring their daughter back.
Otherwise, they would be going against the emperor's will, which is tantamount to disobeying the order.
As soon as these officials delivered the silver to the Ministry of Revenue and received the receipt, they sent people to rush to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain to pick up the people.
Xiao Jingyu returned to Prince Yu's Mansion, had a simple lunch, took a bath in the hot spring pool, changed into a plain brocade robe, sat in the study, and listened to Tayun's report.
"Your Majesty, those officials have already rushed to the Ministry of Revenue to deliver the silver;
Afterwards, people were sent to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain to pick them up.
I think that before this evening, all those girls will be taken back to the capital.
The Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain will be able to regain its purity!"
"Okay, once those people return to Beijing, we will set off and rush back to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain.
We need to be on guard against someone who may target the Anguo Mansion and the little princess tonight.
After we have performed the last Buddhist ceremony tomorrow, we will return to Beijing with the Anguo family."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Jingyu was preparing to rush back to Qingguo Temple in Yunxiang Mountain later;
In the palace of Prince Yi.
Eight men in black were kneeling in front of King Yi Xiao Jingyi, listening to Xiao Jingyi's orders.