Quick Wear: Cannon Fodder

It doesn't cost money, it costs a life.

The world does not belong to Ye Zhiqiu, and the palace does not belong to her. It is a good thing that she does not embezzle some money from the harem expenses. It is simply wishful thinking to want to stop her expenses.

The emperor was the biggest spender in the world. Apart from the expenses of the concubines at all levels in the harem, the imperial mausoleum that had been built a long time ago was the biggest expense. Although the late emperor did not live long, he was not a short-lived emperor. It was unknown why the emperor wanted to build the imperial mausoleum at such a young age.

When the previous emperor was in power, building the imperial mausoleum was not a big deal. However, after the emperor ascended the throne, the country was plagued by disasters, taxes could not be collected from all over the country, and the treasury was empty, so there was no money for large-scale construction.

The Ministry of Revenue had no money to support the various expenses of the court, and the ministers in the court forced the emperor to use the inner treasury. As a result, the emperor did not want to spend his own money, so he turned his attention to the harem. Not only did he require the palace to save money, he also hoped that everyone would take the lead in donating money to the disaster area.

Ye Zhiqiu would be crazy to do this. She would not donate money even if she had it, and she didn't know who would get the money. She did the emperor the most kindness by not leading the rebellion. How could she be willing to help the emperor to keep his throne?

Since someone was the first to speak out, everyone in the harem was happy to refuse to cooperate with the emperor's plan to cut spending and donate money.

Whether it was concubines, maids, or eunuchs, they all entered the palace to live a better life. But after a few days of good life, they were forced to suffer. Not to mention the concubines whose husbands had died, even Queen Liu was not happy.

The empress did not support him, nor did his stepmother. The emperor turned to his biological mother for help, but Empress Dowager Li did not treat her son well. She became the empress dowager for wealth and glory, but the emperor's son did not support her enjoyment and even asked her to pay for it. She would rather not have such a son.

The emperor was extremely angry, and he could not do anything about his own mother, so he could only vent his anger on other people. The concubines in the harem were the first to feel the emperor's anger. Under the pretext of being busy with government affairs, the emperor simply refused to enter the harem.

The concubines had no choice. Let alone the emperor not entering the harem for a month, even if he didn't enter the harem for half a year, they could only worry. Even the empress couldn't come out to persuade them, let alone them.

A group of people did not dare to step forward on their own, so they worked together to go to the Empress Dowager's palace, hoping that the two Empress Dowagers could use their status as elders to persuade the emperor to take care of his health. No matter how important government affairs are, having children is the top priority. There are quite a few concubines in the harem, let alone princes and princesses, even the good news of pregnancy has never been reported.

The emperor was not anxious, but the people in the harem were anxious. No one wanted to get nothing. If the emperor really couldn't have children, the princes of the royal family would not just sit there and watch. Even if there was a princess, it would let everyone know that the emperor could have children.

Empress Liu agreed in her heart, but pretended to be calm on the surface, saying that she would listen to the Empress Dowager's advice in everything, which made Empress Dowager Li very angry. She certainly knew the difference between her son being the emperor and her nephew or nephew's grandson being the emperor. Not to mention the royal family, even for a landlord who could collect an extra bushel of grain every year, the difference between having a son as the head of the family was huge.

But she didn't want to come forward to persuade the emperor. She didn't want to take the lead in something that didn't benefit her. Her son was still young and she could wait. Everyone in the harem kept scolding her in their hearts, but they had to continue to please her on the surface. They didn't have the confidence to dare the emperor to not give face to his own mother. The name of being unfilial could control them.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Li's way was blocked, everyone turned to Ye Zhiqiu for help. Unfortunately, this time it was even more difficult. They were stopped by Banxia before they could even enter the door.

Ye Zhiqiu clearly didn't care about the matter. The concubines just couldn't see the emperor, but the dowager concubines had a harder time. She didn't even care about the dowager concubines, so how could she care about the lives of the concubines in the harem? If she had the ability, she could go to the emperor herself, otherwise she could just accept it.

The emperor had no way to deal with the harem, so he could only keep an eye on the ministers of the previous dynasty, hoping that they would take the lead in donating money.

The emperor had a good idea, but he didn't know that this was like stirring up a hornet's nest. A group of scholars cried poor in front of the civil and military officials at the morning court, saying that they had no money. The Ministry of Revenue still owed everyone's salary, and their lives were already difficult, so where would the money come from to help the victims?

A group of military generals and nobles did not expect that civil officials also had a shameless side. If scholars could cry about being poor, they could cry even more. Not only did they cry about being poor, they also cried about the founding emperor of their dynasty, saying that the emperor had violated the rules of their ancestors.

When the country was founded, it was promised that we would share the world with everyone. However, after so many years, the noble families have fallen into decline. They can tolerate not having real power, but they absolutely cannot live without money.

The emperor glared at the Minister of Revenue. It was his fault that the treasury was empty. How could such an incompetent person hold the position of Minister of Revenue? He had to replace him with a capable official who could make money. However, after a quick look, the whole court could not find anyone who had the ability to make money.

The Minister of Revenue has no idea that his position is about to be lost, and he is still urging the Emperor to find a way to raise money. The situation in the disaster area is getting worse and worse, and the hungry victims will not understand the court's difficulties.

There are so many hungry people, and if things go wrong someone might start a rebellion. We will die anyway, so we might as well give it a try.

There are many records of such things in history books, and the emperor knew it, but he was very reluctant to take money from the inner treasury. He said that it was of no use to the victims of the disaster, and what would it matter if a few of them starved to death?

The disaster area is thousands of miles away from the capital. If there is a rebellion, as long as they cannot reach the capital, it will not affect his position as emperor. However, this idea can only be thought of in his mind. No matter how stupid the emperor is, he knows that he cannot say this, not to mention saying it in the previous dynasty, even to a rootless person like An Dahai. He dare not leave his name in the history books.

The previous dynasty quarreled for more than half a month, and finally the emperor had no choice but to take money from the inner treasury for disaster relief. For this, An Dahai was scolded a lot, but in the eyes of outsiders, this was a manifestation of the emperor's trust in him, and he had a lot of grievances.

Ye Zhiqiu watched the emperor commit suicide with cold eyes. If she had known this, she would have taken the silver earlier. If it had been delayed until now, the situation would have been bad. She did not have clairvoyance, but the system had reported the news. The rebellion was temporary, but the victims gathered together to become refugees, killing the rich and stealing food. Later, they even committed murder and arson.

This is all thanks to the emperor, but the common people feel sorry for them.

She had no choice but to send a message to the Ye family, asking them to help if they could. The border was not short of land, but rather people. However, many disaster victims were unwilling to leave their homes and wanted to return to their roots even when they died.

Seeing that Ye Zhiqiu was in a bad mood, Banxia advised in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there are too many injustices in the world, and the ministers of the previous dynasty will take care of them. Don't worry about it. It's useless to worry about it. No one wants to see you in charge."

Ye Zhiqiu nodded: "You are right, it is useless for me to get anxious and angry here. Well, what do you say, how about we leave the palace?"

"Leave the palace? Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Banxia didn't dare to say the answer to her guess. She was afraid that if she said it out, it would affect her master. Although her master was the queen mother, the real master of the palace was the emperor. Even if the master became strong, it was only to protect herself. It was difficult to be the real master of the palace.