Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

"Huh? What is this?" The emperor looked at the large and small boxes piled up not far away, a little dazed. When did the boxes appear? Why didn't he notice it at all?

The imperial teacher noticed the boxes before the emperor. At the same time as the accumulated virtues disappeared, these boxes appeared out of thin air. Without opening them, one could roughly guess what was inside.

As expected, the emperor and the imperial teacher opened dozens of boxes, almost all of which were filled with gold and silver. They temporarily discovered that one box contained account books. Judging from the records on it, it was the account book of Jing'an Marquis' Mansion.

The emperor called the eunuchs in to continue opening the boxes, classifying and counting them, and then sent people to summon the main officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice into the palace. He had no intention of sleeping tonight. He was a little excited about the sudden receipt of such a large sum of money, and he could not rest in peace unless he handled it properly.

The Imperial Preceptor did not intend to accompany him and offered to take his leave. The Emperor did not stop him and arranged for someone to escort him back to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion.

The officials from the Ministry of Justice were fine, as they were all there tonight to watch Ji De display his divine power. Some of the people from the Ministry of Revenue got up to watch the fun, while others kept silent and went to bed early. Therefore, they were a little grumpy when they were suddenly dug out of bed by the Emperor, but they knew they couldn't vent it, so they could only grit their teeth and digest it themselves.

When the officials from the Ministry of Revenue entered the palace and saw the emperor pointing at the boxes of gold and silver and asking them to deposit them into the accounts, all their grumpiness and resentment disappeared completely, and they were no less excited than the emperor.

You know, over the years, the national treasury has been almost in a state of deficit, and this is the first time that we see surplus grain. Aren’t we happy?

Moreover, the emperor said that this money must be used to improve people's livelihood, so the money that the Ministry of Works had previously applied for to build bridges here and roads there finally had a place to go.

As for supervising the money to prevent embezzlement, even if the emperor did not give the order, no one would dare to take the risk at this critical juncture, otherwise Jing'an Hou and other officials would serve as a lesson for us!

The Ministry of Revenue not only had to record the silver received, but also had to check the account books. These account books were the evidence of the crimes of these corrupt officials. More and more people were recorded in the account books. This time, it could be said that pulling out the radish brought out the mud, and the emperor took the opportunity to clean out a wave of termites.

Those with serious crimes were beheaded, those who could be sentenced had their property confiscated and exiled, and the lightest punishment was demotion and confiscation of property. In short, the emperor followed suit and took the opportunity to extort whatever money he could, and then used the money to benefit the common people.

The people in the Ministry of War were a little dissatisfied when they found out that they had no share of the money donated by Ji De. People's livelihood is important, but aren't they, the soldiers who defend the country, important?

Although the emperor has not withheld military pay at present, there are times when payment is delayed. Their soldiers often have to fight hungry, and military supplies are also in short supply.

However, Ji De pointed out that the money should be used for the people. Military pay did not belong to the category of people's livelihood, but was another expense. The emperor also felt sorry for the soldiers, but he could not go back on his word and clearly rejected the Ministry of War.

Moreover, since people had other sources of money for their livelihood, the saved money could be used for military supplies, and so most of the money seized from the house confiscations was assigned by the emperor to the Ministry of War.

This made the Ministry of War and the soldiers happy.

Suddenly I felt that we could do a few more "donation actions" like this to help others.

The emperor was also secretly delighted, but he did not dare to expect his good deeds to happen a few more times. If it happened a few more times, it would mean that there were more corrupt officials than honest officials under him, and that would be a dereliction of duty for him as the emperor.

The emperor was still delayed in his incognito tour because of the "donation" left by Ji De, but that's a story for another time.