No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

The Fourth Master was so angry that he was like a pufferfish, pacing back and forth in the room.

He said something was wrong!

This group of parasites who were just sitting in their positions doing nothing not only borrowed money from the national treasury, but also dared to deceive him!

you do not say!

The court did not provide lunch, but the Ministry of Revenue did have a small kitchen, but the officials had to pool their money to hire someone to cook lunch.

The national treasury has no money, but everyone’s salary has not been reduced. Why do we have to eat cabbage and radish every day?

He was simply deceived by the landlord's idiot!

The Fourth Master exhaled a breath of foul air, and more came out.

One day, he will teach these parasites a lesson!

Lin Mingyan shrank to the side and watched him walking around. She always felt that the Fourth Master was too angry.

Being angry all the time is bad for your health, but there is no way to stop it.

No matter what time, officials obey orders from above.

The money in the national treasury could be borrowed out, of course, because the people above asked for it. Otherwise, the Minister of Revenue would not dare to do so even if he had ten times the courage.

The only person who wants officials to be loyal is... the emperor.

The Fourth Master was not stupid either, and he quickly figured out the key point. The one who did something wrong was not only his father but also the Lord.

Even if he knew it now, there was nothing he could do.

All we can say is that we will recover as much as we can so that we can get this job done.

Otherwise, if the emperor were to lead the troops to fight outside and ran out of food and grass supplies, he would be doomed.

The Fourth Master finally sat down and habitually held Lin Mingyan on his lap, touching her hand from time to time.

Question: "How did Cha Cha know about the Ministry of Revenue?"

If he remembered correctly, Cha Cha came from a humble family, and no one in her family had been an official for three generations.

How did you know about the problems with the Ministry of Revenue officials’ eating and drinking?

Lin Mingyan hesitated for a moment and told the truth: "Because I was deceived by them too..."

That was the winter two years ago. It was extremely cold and the snow was up to her knees.

But she had to go out because Amma's pension had not been paid for three months.

If they run out of food in winter, their family of four will have no way out.

She knew that her power alone was limited, so she took the time to contact more than a dozen households who had not received pensions.

When we arrived at the place, the people there said that we should consult the Ministry of War about this matter.

When he went to the Ministry of War, he said that the Ministry of Revenue had not allocated any money.

But when they arrived at the Ministry of Revenue, they sat quietly in the snow outside and no one paid any attention to them.

"...At lunchtime, a fair-skinned official took pity on me and asked me to eat with him."

"There are so many people outside who have nothing to eat. I won't eat either, I'll just watch. But when they brought out the food, there was only one dish of white radish."

"The Ministry of Revenue said they had no other options. The treasury was completely empty, and many areas had been hit by the snowstorm, so they simply couldn't pay out the compensation."

"I see that officials of all ranks are having a hard time. There's not even a brazier in the lobby of the Ministry of Revenue..."

The Fourth Master frowned, patted Lin Mingyan's back soothingly, and guessed, "And then you took your men away?"

Cha Cha must be too kind. When she heard that they needed money due to the snow disaster, she didn't intend to pursue the matter.

Lin Mingyan looked up at him and said, "Not really. I moved the rice from the small kitchen and gave everyone a portion."

She still remembered the fair-skinned official's surprised look at the empty rice jar, but now she didn't find it funny.

Because they are all liars.

"Later, I specifically asked someone about it," Lin Mingyan pinched her palms, her voice slightly cold, "Even in difficult times, officials' salaries are still paid as usual."

"Even because of the cold weather, the carbon tribute has doubled, and the salary is even higher."

"And the Ministry of Revenue's small kitchen is run by people who pay to cook. It's not the case that the Ministry of Revenue has no money and can only eat radishes."

"If I had searched a little harder that day, I might even have found the meat they hid!"

After hearing this, the Fourth Master lost all his good feelings towards those parasites.

This method of love is so effective. It deceived Cha Cha and now it almost deceived him!

"What happened next? Did your family survive the winter with just this little rice?" The Fourth Master felt a little distressed.

Lin Mingyan curled her lips and said, "How could that be possible? I suggested asking for it, but you backed out at the last minute. How can you still have the nerve to take the rice?"

"I distributed the rice to everyone and persuaded everyone to leave."

The Fourth Master was surprised: "What about you? What will you do?"

He remembered that winter. The weather was unusually cold, many places suffered from snow disasters, and there were even refugees rushing to the capital.

All the masters in the palace reduced their share by half and donated it to the small Buddhist temple to pray for the natural disaster to pass quickly.

"I was cold and hungry, but I heard that there was a noble person giving out porridge at the city gate, so I went over and asked for a bowl," Lin Mingyan said a little embarrassedly.

"After drinking a bowl, I wanted to give some to my mother and brother, but I was kicked out."

It was such a miserable time, she even thought she would die that winter.

My uncle's family has been supporting them for three months and has no more money left.

With nowhere else to go, she squatted on the side of the road, unable to cry.

The Fourth Master had never experienced such a day. He remembered that the Tong family was giving out porridge and he happened to have gone out of the palace to add some silver.

The scene he saw at that time did leave a deep impression on him.

Lin Mingyan looked up, saw the distressed expression on Fourth Master's face, and smiled: "Master, you don't think I'm so unlucky, do you?"

"I was squatting there crying when I met a really nice guy!"

"Such a large ingot of silver was thrown into my arms, and I ran back home without even turning my head!"

She reacted very quickly. I don’t know who gave it to her, but she didn’t see it clearly and just ran away.

I ran home in one breath and found that there were ten taels!

Her father lost his life, and he only received a pension of 500 coins a month, or 6 taels of silver a year.

She got ten taels of silver at once, and her mother burst into tears when she found out.

He would kowtow and burn incense to the noble person he had never met at home every morning and evening.

Very pious!

The Fourth Master never expected that such a painful thing would end up with such a dramatic ending.

"That's good. Fortunately, my Cha Cha didn't starve to death," he thought so sincerely, and hugged her and stroked her twice.

Lin Mingyan was not very happy, "My family is fine, but other families..."

"Forget it, it's all in the past. We were compensated later."

Although the prerequisite for the supplementation was that a family member ran to the Ministry of War and set himself on fire, burning himself to death.

The Ministry of War was afraid that the matter would become a big deal and that they would be held accountable by their superiors, so they quickly resolved the pension issue.

Lin Mingyan was not in a very good mood, and the Fourth Master also felt upset.

Su Peisheng, however, thought for a moment before speaking: "Master, do you still remember?"

"That year, you went to the porridge stall where Master Tongjia was distributing porridge. Seeing the pity for the refugees, you secretly used the silver you brought with you to find someone to reward you."

"I vaguely remember you saw a little girl in blue sitting by the roadside crying pitifully, so you gave her an ingot..."

At that time, there were too many refugees, and they didn't dare to give it away in a big way for fear of causing riots and fighting.

They would quietly walk up to the person, throw the thing into their arms, and then leave immediately.

Could it be that the bond between these two is so deep?