Happy Emperor

Hurried back to the palace.

Lin Tian discovered that Batujin had already left, and he immediately felt regretful.

"Damn it, I was in such a hurry to leave that I didn't tell anyone to keep her!"

But it was too late to say anything now.

He had no choice but to go to Concubine An's bedroom with plenty of "ammunition".

......

next day

Lin Tian had just woken up and wanted to take advantage of the morning momentum to do it again.

Eunuch Cao's voice was heard outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Duan Chengming requests an audience."

It's really hard to be an emperor. He is so busy every day.

Lin Tian sighed.

"Tell him to go to the South Study and wait for me."

"..."

An hour later.

Lin Tian felt relaxed and came to the imperial study humming a little tune.

I was shocked when I came in.

Duan Chengming's face was pale, his eyes were red, and he looked like he hadn't woken up yet.

He knelt on the ground the moment he saw Lin Tian.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Tianyi had a lot of questions in his mind. He didn't understand why Duan Chengming did this.

"Your Majesty, you have won the bet. I am at your disposal."

After hearing this, Lin Tian remembered that there was a bet between them.

So he hurriedly said, "Get up, you have made an indelible contribution to the smooth resolution of this matter."

Lin Tian just said that in order to get Duan Chengming to cooperate with him.

I didn't expect Duan Chengming to be so serious.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of great disrespect."

Duan Chengming's face was filled with shame and he did not stand up.

"At first, I always believed that Your Majesty could not solve this matter, and I even arrogantly showed off in front of Your Majesty."

"Now that I think about it, I'm really ashamed. I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

Lin Tian patted his head.

He didn't expect that he could conquer Duan Chengming with just a little trick!

This was really a bit beyond his expectations.

Lin Tian would naturally make use of such a person.

So he pretended to look cold and said, "I punish you to keep an eye on the grain in Shengjing for me."

"this......"

Duan Chengming was no fool, and he could clearly see that Emperor Li did not want to pursue the matter.

And they still trusted him and let him control the grain storage.

In his mind, the former puppet and incompetent emperor had disappeared.

But he was an extremely intelligent holy lord - Emperor Li.

"Are you going to disobey the order?"

Lin Tian saw that Duan Chengming was still hesitant and unwilling to get up.

He asked somewhat displeased.

"My lord, thank you Lord for your kindness."

Duan Chengming kowtowed to express his gratitude, stood up again, and looked at Lin Tian with a sincere expression.

"By the way, all the grain stores in Shengjing are now under my name. Please take care of them for me."

Lin Tian sat down on the chair and saw the title deed and related documents on the table.

Only then did he remember that the Batu and Ji families had transferred all the grain stores to his hands.

"I accept the decree."

Not long after seeing Duan Chengming off, Lin Hua and his group came to the South Study again.

As soon as he entered the door, a Shengjing military statistics was handed to Lin Tian.

"How are the statistics going?"

"All the statistics have been completed." Lin Hua replied in a low voice.

"The Shengjing army can be divided into two parts: the infantry commanding the Yamen army of 42,000 men, and the imperial guards of 8,000 men, for a total of 50,000 men."

"The annual military expenditure is four million taels, and the loss of food, fodder, weapons, etc. is one million taels."

Lin Tian looked at these numbers and felt a pang of pain in his heart.

Yesterday he thought he had become a nouveau riche, but when he looked at the military expenses, he realized that the money he had was only enough to support these people for more than a year.

It seems I have to find a way to make money!

"How much tax does the Ministry of Revenue pay in a year?" Lin Tian asked coldly.

The Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue cautiously stepped forward and replied, "The Ministry of Revenue's annual tax revenue is six million taels of silver..."

"What about the money you embezzled?" Lin Tian asked coldly.

"My lord...my lord."

After what happened yesterday, Minister Zuo is now walking on thin ice in everything he does.

Last night, they were planning to take their families and disguise themselves as civilians to escape from Shengjing.

But as soon as he walked out of the mansion, he was caught by the soldiers waiting at the door, and his entire family was escorted to the sky prison.

He was released by Emperor Li early in the morning, but his family members were still being held in the Heavenly Prison.

"Hurry up and tell me." An Bilie's eyes were wide open and his face was full of anger.

He hated these corrupt officials the most and didn't know why the emperor still wanted to use him.

He would never understand that in Lin Tian's eyes, these people are all "little fat sheep".

"In one year, the officials of Shengjing, big and small, embezzled a total of 6 million taels of tax silver. The tax silver collected for the whole year can be collected to the tune of 12 million taels."

The Left Assistant Minister said the number tremblingly and then knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is guilty!"

"You deserve to die!" Lin Tian said angrily.

He knew that these guys were corrupt officials, but he didn't expect that they would take away half of the tax silver.

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me. Your Majesty, spare my life." The Left Assistant Minister kowtowed like pounding garlic.

The reason why he dared to empty the national treasury was entirely because Ji Feng was in control of the government at that time, so he was so fearless.

"Give me mercy? Where can I get the mercy I need?"

"Your Majesty, I, your servant, am willing to hand over all my property to the state."

To save his own life, the Left Assistant Minister no longer cared about that and said, "I will also report those who stole money from the national treasury."

Lin Tian smiled secretly in his heart. This was exactly what he was waiting for.

Ever since Wang Shoucai’s house was raided last time, it goes without saying that these officials would definitely not keep the money at home.

Lin Tian had no time to take care of these things for some time, so he could only let their family's money be transferred out of Shengjing.

However, he was also cautious and sent someone to secretly watch the Minister of Revenue. As long as this guy was there, he would probably have an idea of ​​the amount of money that was transferred out.

As long as those corrupt officials cannot leave, I don’t believe they will not hand over the money obediently.

"An Bilie, watch as the Left Assistant Minister writes out a list of corrupt officials, and you arrest them according to the list."

"According to the order."

An Bilie didn't waste any words and directly pushed the Left Minister out.

"Your Majesty, with this amount of silver, how many troops do we plan to expand?"

Lin Hua saw the recruitment information on the imperial edict early in the morning, and naturally knew that the emperor wanted to expand the army.

"Fifty thousand, but I want soldiers who can fight."

"Lin Hua, select some generals from the Ministry of War to train the new recruits in the training camp."

"I accept the decree!"

"By the way, I have a good feeling about Huang Tianba. Give him to me."

"this....."

When Lin Hua heard that the emperor would use Huang Tianba, he was shocked and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, do you think you should change someone?"

"You are reluctant?"

"No, this person is a bit rogue, and I'm afraid of offending Your Majesty." Lin Hua told the truth.

"It's okay. He will be transferred to the palace tomorrow."

Lin Tian waved his hand, indicating that Lin Hua could leave.

Just as Lin Hua walked out of the room, Ji Qiang hurried back.