After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

"Your Majesty, I am willing to donate my entire fortune to build the dam for the sake of the country and its people."

Shen Qingzhou said it very straightforwardly. When other people heard this, although there was also some interest in watching the show, Lin Ting had so much wealth that it would be truly admirable if he gave it all to the court.

When Xiao Chu and Lu Yi heard Shen Qingzhou's words, they were overjoyed. They knew that Shen Qingzhou had just taken office and would definitely not dare to resist.

Only the emperor raised his eyebrows. Based on his understanding of Shen Qingzhou, Shen Qingzhou would not do as they wished.

Sure enough, Shen Qingzhou spoke.

"Your Majesty, I have accumulated over a thousand taels of silver in savings over the years, and I also own a farm, which brings in several hundred taels of silver annually.

I have roughly calculated that I have about 1,300 taels of silver. I am willing to use all my money to support the construction of the dam."

Since someone wants to drag him into this, Shen Qingzhou will overturn the boat and pay the money. It would be unreasonable for other ministers not to pay some money.

With the silver donated by the officials, their plan took another step forward.

"Your Majesty, I am also willing to use my entire salary to support the construction of Dongxia."

Qu Yuanxun immediately spoke, "Other ministers, look at me and I look at you."

The only one who was dissatisfied was Lu Yi. Lin Ting was so rich, how could Shen Qingzhou only have more than a thousand taels of silver?

"Are you joking, Lord Shen? Your entire fortune is only a little over a thousand taels. Everyone knows that Hua Yan was opened by your wife. What you are saying now is deceiving the emperor."

Shen Qingzhou did not tolerate Lu Yi either. So what if he was the Minister of Revenue? He soon found out who the emperor was going to deal with today.

"Master Lu, please be careful with your words. Everyone knows that Huayan was opened by my wife. Huayan is also under her name, and the land and property are all her dowry.

I will contribute as much as I can to Dongxia. Touching my wife's dowry is a cowardly act."

Shen Qingzhou summed it up in one sentence. In the past few years, Lin Ting has been working hard outside. Every penny she earned was spent on herself, and Shen Qingzhou would help her do ten times the work.

He can use his pocket money for whatever he wants, but he cannot touch Lin Ting's money or business. Lin Ting is his bottom line.

"You gentlemen have all married and had children. Don't you have a shop to sell goods as part of your wife's dowry?

"Will the reputations of the gentlemen be ruined because of their wives' dowries? Or does Minister Lu want to force this lowly official to hand over his wife's dowry?"

A wife's dowry must not be touched. If Lu Yi sets this precedent, everyone's inner chambers will be in chaos.

"me......"

Everyone in the court was talking at once. Lu Yi turned his head left and right, stuttering and unable to speak.

"Well, Shen Xiuzhuan has a righteous heart and is willing to donate to the court. I am very pleased. My dear ministers should learn from this and consider the development of our court."

After the emperor finished speaking, Qu Yuanxun, Cui Taihe and a group of ministers all agreed and were willing to use the money they had to build the dam.

Finally, the emperor offered a position and said, "My dear ministers, the construction of the dam will be completed by the Ministry of Works.

I have already chosen the site for construction, but the construction drawings and procedures are a major project.

Among the six ministries in the court, whoever is able to come up with a good blueprint and design will be awarded the position of Vice Minister of Works. My word is final."

The Minister of Works is already over seventy years old, and the position of Vice Minister of Works is vacant. This is the fastest way to get promoted in the court, and all of a sudden, many officials of lower positions are eager to move.

"Is there such a thing?"

"Your Majesty rarely makes an exception, so I must seize the opportunity."

There are also some people who didn't say it out loud, but their inner thoughts were similar.

God knows how difficult it is for them to get promoted in the court, and the Vice Minister of Works is the position second only to the Minister of Works.

In addition, the Minister of Works is already old and will abdicate in less than two years. He will have the opportunity to become the Minister of Works, which is simply a great honor.

The matter was decided. The emperor's last look fell on Shen Qingzhou. Both of them knew very well that the emperor was giving him a chance.

And if you get promoted so quickly, you must do something.

The people in the court were so excited that they seemed to have forgotten about the Ministry of Revenue.

Even Xiao Chu and Lu Yi thought that the matter was over, but they did not expect that the emperor would let the Ministry of Revenue off so easily.

Everyone was discussing the construction of the dam. The Seventh Prince and Lu Yi retreated to a corner to reduce their presence.

Lu Yi always felt that someone was looking at him. He didn't dare to look up and prayed in his heart that the court would be dismissed quickly.

He will definitely be asked to build the dam. As soon as the court is over, he can ask Concubine Xian to think of a way to fill some of the holes in the Ministry of Revenue first.

However, he always gets the opposite of what he wants, the emperor stared at him and shouted.

"Mr. Lu, you said the Ministry of Revenue has no more money. How come I remember there are still many calligraphy and paintings, as well as gold left over from the previous dynasty, that have not been touched?

I did not give these things to you, and there are account books to record them. The money used to buy food was not used for these products, so the Ministry of Revenue sold them to build the dam."

The emperor's words made Lu Yi tremble all over. When he looked up, he saw that there were account books behind the eunuch. These account books were all records that the emperor had asked his men to secretly keep in the Ministry of Revenue since he ascended the throne.

The emperor knew where Lu Yi spent every penny and who had the gold, silver and jewelry now.

He didn't clean up the Ministry of Revenue before because he was waiting for a suitable opportunity, and now, this opportunity has come.

Seeing this scene, Lu Yi knew that the emperor knew everything he had done, and he completely collapsed.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

The emperor stood up from the dragon throne with a cold face. The eunuch was very tactful and took out an account book from behind and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor randomly opened a page and read out the accounts.

"The Ministry of Revenue has ten boxes of gold forged by the previous dynasty, totaling 80,000 taels. Because of the forging patterns of the previous dynasty, I have not touched them yet.

Lu Qing, take these out, reforge them, and remove the patterns. There are also ten pairs of ice crystal vases, worth ten thousand taels, which are still there, as well as jade and glass..."

The accounts of the previous dynasty were very messy, and these things could be said to be wrong, but Lu Yi did not expect that the emperor would have a backup account book.

If he said that the vase, glass, and jade were all broken, the emperor would definitely ask him to take them out for inspection.

All that gold was given to the seventh prince.

As he listened to the names announced by the emperor, Lu Yi's mouth trembled and he couldn't help but drool.

He turned to look at the Seventh Prince, begging him to protect him.

"Lu Qing...Lu Qing, you heard me. Bring out everything I said!"

Everyone in the court looked at Lu Yi. His reaction was too strange. Only Qu Yuanxun stood upright.

Because the things Your Majesty mentioned are no longer in the national treasury. Some have been sold, and some are in the homes of some ministers.