Quick Transmigration: A money-loving man meets a boy who gives away money!

Chapter 297: Greedy and Corrupt Prime Minister vs. Tyrannical Emperor (8)

While thinking, Yu Ci came outside the pavilion and saw Li Xuan Ge who had already been sitting in the pavilion with two memorials on the table. She had now removed the crown that was on the throne.

Half of her hair was tied up with a jade crown and a jade hairpin was inserted horizontally into her hair. A small part of her long hair hung down behind her. She had changed out of her coat long ago and put on a more casual black dress. She looked less majestic and more gentle.

But that tenderness is like the broken ice floating on the surface, which cannot cover up the deep ocean.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

Yu Ci followed the etiquette and did not need to shout "Long live the emperor" in private. As she was the prime minister, she did not need to kneel down.

Yu Ci still bent down, pretending to kneel down. Halfway through, she heard a sound.

"Prince Yu, please excuse yourself and stand up."

Li Xuange seemed to have just seen Yu Ci. He put down the memorial in his hand and said with a smile, "Come, sit down quickly."

Yu Ci curled her lips and stood up straight. She knew that the other party would not let her kneel down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." She was too lazy to be shy. She had been standing for a long time and just wanted to sit down.

She found a seat opposite Li Xuange and sat down. When sitting with the emperor, she could not sit directly facing him, but had to sit sideways.

Fortunately, she bought the etiquette encyclopedia, and she secretly gave herself a thumbs up.

"I wonder why Your Majesty summoned me?" She looked at the strange emperor. This was the second time they met, a strange boss and her strange subordinate.

Li Xuange held the memorial in his hand forward with a gentle smile, shocking Yu Ci...

The Complete Book of Etiquette doesn't mention that the emperor can send memorials. Can I read it?

She raised her eyes to look at Li Xuange, and the two looked at each other. Li Xuange said calmly: "I trust you, my dear, but you don't mind watching."

Yu Ci then took it tremblingly, opened it and took a look. It turned out that due to the military chaos in the north, there was no harvest this year. The areas that had just settled down now had no money and no food, and there was a hunger gap of nearly 100,000 people.

It is already autumn, and it is not easy to survive the new year. Judging from the fact that the memorial was not mentioned in the hall at first, it should have been delivered to him urgently just now.

What a coincidence...

"Your Majesty, I have finished reading it."

Yu Ci put the hot potato in her hand back on the table. It felt a little heavy for a moment, as that was the food gap for nearly 100,000 people.

Ever since Li Xuan Ge came to power, I don’t know if it’s metaphysics, but disasters have never stopped in the world. In the past three years, there have been droughts and floods, the weather is unbearably hot, and the people have not had a good life.

If it were a prosperous time, there would be no worries. If a population of 100,000 people were to starve, the risk would be spread out. But that is not the case now...

"I wonder what your opinion is?" Li Xuange asked casually, but his eyes fell on Yu Ci's brows, giving him the illusion that he had made an unplanned move.

She originally wanted to deal with the Yu family slowly, train her own people well, and select a suitable prime minister.

But something happened in the north, and she couldn't just ignore it. The fat pig that she had originally planned to kill later might as well be killed now to solve the urgent problem.

She had evidence of Yu Hong's extortion and estimated that there were 800,000 taels, which was enough...

However, I still want to give this interesting young Yu Xiang a chance, even though I don't have much hope.

Yu Ci raised her eyes and met Li Xuange's gaze. The king, who was rumored to be a mad critic, had cold eyes, a dignified expression, and spoke in a measured tone, which was different from when they first met.

Perhaps this is her true character. After all, how could an empress who could ascend the throne and hold on to her country be a completely brainless tyrant?

After she thought about it, she roughly knew what she wanted to do, to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

Kill this chicken of the Yu family to warn all the ministers who are like monkeys.

Now is giving her a chance.

Yu Ci stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I have a plan."

"The land south of the Yangtze River is a rich place. Although the harvest in recent years is average, it is still incomparable to other places. The rice grains imported from the south are still the highest in the world. Now that the north is in trouble, we can transfer the grains from the south to the north to get through the season."

Li Xuange gently put down the cup in his hand and said in an ambiguous tone: "Then the silver money..."

Yu Ci gritted his teeth and said, "I understand that the national treasury is empty. The affairs of the world are the affairs of the state. I am a minister of the state. I am willing to donate 100,000 taels to be a leader, to set an example, and to urge all ministers to donate together to tide over the difficulties."

Li Xuange's eyes darkened.

One hundred thousand taels... Her young Prime Minister Yu really dared to say that. Not to mention the wealth that the Yu Mansion had amassed over the years, even the recent death had brought in far more than ten thousand taels.

He only wanted to take 100,000 taels to send her away. And which minister would dare to say that he had 100,000 taels of silver? Wouldn't it be exposing his corruption as soon as he opened his mouth?

Even if most people wanted to donate silver for redemption to the court, they would make up excuses.

It seems that her little Yu Xiang is a little stupid.

But a stupid person is better than a wicked person.

Li Xuange thought about it and felt that it would be good if he could collect money evenly from his subordinates. It would be better to have a steady stream of income than to slaughter all the pigs at once.

She said, "Okay."

"Then I will give Xiao Yuxiang half a month to complete it during the time of welcoming the envoy. Is that okay?"

Yu Ci lowered her head and rolled her eyes and accepted it. Not only did the emperor want money, he also blackmailed his subjects!

"I have received the order and I will not fail in my mission!" Make money if you can, or just run away if you can't.

After receiving the imperial edict, Yu Ci sat down again with a sweat on her face. Looking at the three plates of cakes and a cup of tea in front of her, she felt that they were too expensive!

It’s too damn expensive!

This Hongmen Banquet cost her 100,000 taels.

To make money, she must find a way to make money!

She picked up a piece of pea cake with trembling hands and almost choked when it went down her throat. She quickly picked up the teacup and drank it down before she could finish it.

This damn pastry is so disgusting!

Yu Ci held the cup angrily, glanced at Li Xuange who was reading a book, and finally put it down gently.

Forget it, don't argue with her.

After all, it is a practical thing for the people. Even if Li Xuange didn't say it, she would not ignore it if she saw it.

She didn't know that the emperor sitting opposite her had been looking at her, and when he saw her childish behavior, a smile flashed across his eyes.

The North can still support Xiaoyue, giving Xiao Yuxiang time to collect money. If he can't, it won't be too late to confiscate his property.

Even if the time comes, it is not impossible to save her life. After all, she is just a poor lady chosen by her.

Yu Ci felt very uneasy, and finally after a quarter of an hour of silence, she asked to leave and left the suffocating environment.

When she returned home and saw her three stupid brothers coming towards her looking for a fight, Yu Ci rolled her eyes and ignored their chattering.

She had to think about making money and also about how to welcome the envoys from the Kingdom of Qing.

"System, give me the background of Qing Kingdom."

Relying purely on brain power, she doesn't think she is that smart, but she can cheat!

Yu Ci was in the study, doing horse stance while sorting out the relations between the two countries, and by the way, he got the list of visitors this time.

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