After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 80 The Former Emperor's Private Treasury

It was the hour of Hai when we left Taiji Hall.

General Qi and his men left first, and Nie Youren personally escorted Qi Wushuang back to Prince Qi's Mansion with the imperial guards.

Qi Wushuang looked at the sky outside and asked Nie Youren, "How's the move to Zhaohua Palace going?"

"Thanks to Minister Ye's idea, Empress Zhuang and Consort Yuwen have already left Zhaohua Palace today, leaving only the palace maids to pack their belongings."

"In the next few days, you should work harder to clear out Zhaohua Palace as soon as possible."

Nie Youren agreed.

Qi Wushuang said to Ye Wuwei again:

"The court will announce the list of officials tomorrow. Please pay more attention to the affairs of the new district in the west of the city."

Nie Youren also said, "I'm still waiting to bring my family to Chamdo, so I'll have to ask Minister Ye to take care of it."

Ye Wuwei also knew that the construction of the West City New District was not only about housing, but also related to the welfare of Qi Wushuang's generals. He said:

"Don't worry, I'll take people from the Ministry of Works to the west of the city and the suburbs tomorrow to conduct field surveys, and I'll strive to produce a simplified draft plan for the new suburban area within five days.

After I have the plan sketch, I can go and talk to the people in the west of the city about the demolition.

However, Your Majesty needs you to write me an imperial edict and announce the construction of a new suburban district at an appropriate time."

"No problem, just tell me when the time comes."

"Also, I need the help of the Guards."

"Okay, didn't I give you Prince Qi's badge? Take that badge and go to the Imperial Guard to mobilize troops."

After Qi Wushuang finished speaking, he instructed Nie Youren: "Give orders to everyone. When Wuwei needs to mobilize troops, let everyone listen to him."

Nie Youren quickly agreed.

With the badge of King Qi, who dares to disobey?

Ye Wuwei added: "The construction of the two new districts requires a lot of money."

"Don't worry about that. I'll figure out the money."

Nie Youren looked at the people around him, only Qi Wushuang, Chu Fuchi, Ye Wuwei, Qi Cheng and Qi Wu, and said:

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"You said."

"The former emperor's private treasury contained much more silver than the national treasury."

Qi Wushuang stopped and asked: "How many are there?"

Nie Youren made a gesture.

Chu Fuchi asked, "Five hundred thousand taels of gold?"

"Ten times."

Chu Fuchi was shocked: "So many?"

Ye Wuwei was also surprised: "Five million taels of gold?"

"This is my preliminary estimate. The actual number will be much higher. There are also various kinds of jewelry, jade, and rare treasures."

In modern times, five million taels of gold is worth more than 30 billion yuan.

"We can't let the three princes get away with it. It would be good to use the money to build a new district."

Although everyone thought so, only Ye Wuwei dared to say it directly.

Chu Fuchi asked nervously, "Who else knows about the private vault?"

"Yesterday, His Majesty ordered that the pensions for the injured and dead Imperial Guards be paid from the former Emperor's private treasury. I went into the treasury today to take a look.

But I was more cautious at the time and went in alone."

"Who is managing the private treasury on behalf of the former emperor?"

"The private vault has three doors, and I found the key to the innermost door in the former emperor's bedroom.

The five million taels of gold are all placed inside the innermost door."

Chu Fuchi: "So, the private treasury was managed by the former emperor himself? Have you found any account books?"

"Inside the second door, I did find an account book, but I don't quite understand it. I wonder if it records the five million taels of gold?"

Qi Wushuang thought for a moment and said, "Fu Chi, Wu Wei, you two should go with Commander Nie into the private vault and take a look."

Ye Wuwei and Chu Fuchi agreed.

The reason why Nie Youren said this in front of Chu Fuchi and Ye Wuwei was because he knew that Qi Wushuang would eventually hand over the task of checking the private vault to them.

And only Ye Wuwei dared to directly encourage Qi Wushuang to take the gold in the private vault for public ownership.

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