The First Tyrant of Daxia

The sky was pale as a fish belly, and snowflakes were falling.

In Shengqing Palace, Qin Yun got up early.

He stayed at Zheng Ruyu's place last night. It had been a long time since he last came here, and he actually felt a sense of freshness.

After a night of intense fighting, the bedding was wet.

"Your Majesty, General Xiao and General Kou have returned. The wealth seized last night has been transported to the national treasury. Here is the account book, please take a look." said Old Feng.

Qin Yun picked it up and took a look at it, and couldn't help but gasp.

Then he slammed the account book shut with a snap. "Wow! The Ni'er Society is richer than the imperial court!"

"The silver alone is worth millions of taels. This is all obtained through illegal means. I am so angry. Prepare for the morning court immediately. I have some important announcements!"

Mr. Feng bowed: "Yes, Your Majesty."

It was difficult for Qin Yun to remain calm. Behind such a huge amount of wealth was innocent blood. How serious a sin could Ni'er have committed secretly?

"Your Majesty, it's done. Do you want more clothes?"

Zheng Ruyu asked in a sweet voice with watery eyes. She was very mature and made people feel restless at a glance.

Qin Yun shook his head: "No need, I will accompany you to have dinner before leaving."

"what?"

Zheng Ruyu looked slightly surprised and a little flattered.

She was very happy that His Majesty came to her place, and she never dared to think that His Majesty would accompany her for dinner.

Qin Yun patted her waist and said, "Why, you didn't prepare any food for me?"

Zheng Ruyu's eyebrows were slightly shy, and she said excitedly: "Okay, I'm ready."

"I am just a little flattered. Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will have someone get it."

She trotted off, a look of delight on her face.

Looking at her twisting hips and her dignified and plump back, Qin Yun couldn't help but feel satisfied and sigh.

Is she so happy even if I just have breakfast with her?

Thinking back to Pei Yao, Li Zhimiao and so on, they were all like this, they regarded themselves as the gods and the emperors. The happiness they experienced was really unimaginable for ordinary people.

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Tai Chi Hall.

Qin Yun looked at the ministers below and said calmly, "I'm sure all of you ministers have heard about what happened last night."

"Do you know how much silver we seized from the Ni'er Club last night?"

The ministers looked at each other.

Someone cupped his hands and said, "Nier will do evil things. They have so many people and so much power. The stolen money is probably worth 100,000 taels!"

"No, there are more than 100,000. There should be hundreds of thousands. I have heard about the chaos on the Grand Canal before. Many merchant ships have been robbed."

"Eight hundred thousand taels, at least." Someone made a bold guess, causing others to laugh.

"Master Li, you must be joking. Eight hundred thousand taels is a huge sum of money. Even if a grassroots organization is lawless, it can't get so much money, right?"

"That's right, at most 500,000 taels."

Qin Yun looked at the discussion below calmly and asked suddenly, "Is it funny?"

The ministers quickly fell silent and bowed their heads.

"My dear Xiao, tell them how much stolen money Ni'er has." Qin Yun said.

Xiao Jian stood up and said loudly: "A total of 3.7 million taels of silver, 230,000 taels of gold, thousands of dan of grain, and various rare antiques..."

As soon as the words fell, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked!

hiss……

There were sounds of people gasping for air. Nearly four million taels of silver?

One minister's jaw almost dropped to the ground, and he said in horror: "General Xiao, four million taels, isn't that too much?"

Xiao Jian nodded: "Yes, it is nearly four million taels, not counting other treasures!"

The ministers all looked grim and shocked. It was really too exaggerated.

The hall fell into silence.

Qin Yun smiled wryly: "My court was so poor a few months ago that it had to sell everything it had, but any random organization in the martial arts world could come up with such a huge sum of money."

"My dear ministers, do you think this is ironic?"

"You guys who are in high positions and hold power, do you want to slap someone in the face or not?"

The joking tone made the ministers tremble and lower their heads, especially some ministers from relevant departments, whose faces were burning!

The new ministers were angry and the old ministers blushed.

Qin Yun suppressed everyone's discussion and said seriously: "The Ni'er Club is just the first one. Other illegal organizations will be cleared out one after another."

"I hereby advise you all not to get involved with these people. Once discovered, the whole family will be executed!"

"If there are any colluders, please turn yourself in as soon as possible!"

Bang bang bang!

Ministers knelt one after another, shouting: "I dare not!"

Qin Yun added: "The wealth that Ni'er has confiscated will be added to the national treasury. I plan to use this money to do something practical to revitalize the country."

Gu Chuntang cupped his hands and immediately said, "Your Majesty, may I ask what the actual matter is?"

Qin Yun said loudly: "First, expand the army!"

"Second, reform the navy!"

"I have said before that I would rebuild the Jinwu Guard and the Central Army Camp, but due to the problem of silver, it has never been implemented."

"Then let's implement it this time. Recruit an army of 50,000 people, who will be under my command and named the Shenjiying!"

Upon hearing this, none of the ministers had any objection, nor did they dare to have any.

Minister of War Zhao Heng asked, "Then may I ask Your Majesty, how should we reform the navy?"

Qin Yun glanced at Su Zizai who was trembling in the crowd.

He said calmly: "In the past, the navy made a mess of the Grand Canal, it was full of smoke and miasma, and did nothing, so I decided to demote Su Zizai to deputy admiral."

"As for the admiral, it will be the former captain of the Yunzhou Navy, Zhou Yi."

"Reshuffle the rest of the generals and re-select them!"

"In addition, river offices will be set up on every section of the Grand Canal to protect the safety of ships and crack down on water robbers!"

Upon hearing this, the ministers' faces changed slightly.

They didn't expect such a big overhaul!

A minister raised an objection: "Your Majesty, the military expenditure for establishing the Shenji Camp is an astronomical figure. If we reform the Grand Canal Navy on such a large scale and establish the He Ya, I am afraid there will be no surplus of this money."

The Imperial Censor also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, that's right."

"The navy is just a decoration. It can't fight anyone inside the Great Wall. Keeping it is just a waste of money. The court doesn't need to spend money on the most important things, such as strengthening the border troops and preparing food supplies."

Qin Yun shook his head. As a person who had traveled through time, he knew very well what a great impact a river transport brought to a country.

The navy is the key to protecting river transportation.

When Emperor Gaozu built the Grand Canal, he must have considered the long-term.

"I have made up my mind about this matter. Although the establishment of the He Yamen will cost a lot of money, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, and I can earn back the money."

Earn back?

The ministers were stunned.

Qin Yun continued, "After I have cleaned up all the cancers in the Grand Canal, I will issue an order to collect taxes from merchant ships at all government offices along the Grand Canal."

"The tax money will be used as public funds to maintain the navy so as to protect the people and merchants."

"The money used to reform the navy will naturally come back when the time comes."

Upon hearing this, the ministers were shocked.

Collecting taxes on the river is unheard of!

"Your Majesty, this is not right. How is this different from a robber collecting tolls?" Wei Zheng immediately stood up and objected sternly.