The wives of the concubines are empresses

Mu Xiang saw her master sighing anxiously: "Your Majesty..."

"Why is the emperor sighing?" Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai asked what they wanted to ask.

Shangguan Wanjun turned around, gently raised her head and stared at the other person.

"My dear, don't you think it's hard to dry this long hair?"

Baipin Jiang Ruobai was stunned, then nodded helplessly.

"It seems I have to think of something that can dry my hair quickly." I wonder if a hair dryer can be invented.

After making up her mind, Shangguan Wanjun smiled.

"Let Concubine De go to the Imperial Study tomorrow. I have to ask the Ministry of Works to make some new things."

Lianhua, Muxiang and Ouhe were all happy, but the emperor was about to start making trouble again.

Shangguan Wanjun, who was lying on the inside, glanced at the young man on the outside.

"How about you read some poems and songs to me?" With this hypnosis, maybe she could fall asleep quickly.

Baipin Jiang Ruobai was puzzled, but she still took out a book of poetry and songs to read aloud.

After a quarter of an hour, Shangguan Wanjun finally fell asleep while listening to hypnotic poetry and songs.

There was a slight snoring sound coming from the side. Baipin Jiang Ruobai turned around and saw the girl sleeping quietly, seemingly sleeping very soundly.

She has a gentle and bright face, and at this moment, without any makeup on, she has a kind of gentle and peaceful beauty.

Seeing Lianhua, Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai signaled her to blow out the oil lamp.

Lianhua understood, nodded slightly and walked forward, first lowered the bed curtains, and then blew out the three oil lamps, leaving only one lit.

As the sky brightened, Mu Xiang's voice rang out.

"Your Majesty, it's time for you to get up and attend the morning court."

At this time, Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai had also woken up and turned to look at the girl who still had her eyes closed.

"emperor……"

Shangguan Wanjun pouted slightly to express her dissatisfaction.

Mu Xiang sighed and walked forward to coax her gently.

"Your Majesty, be good. Let's get up quickly."

Hearing the other party's coaxing tone, Baipin Jiang Ruobai was surprised.

The next moment, what shocked him even more was that the emperor actually sat up, but still with his eyes closed.

During the entire process of washing and changing clothes, the emperor was in a semi-asleep state, and Concubine Bai Jiang Ruobai watched the whole process in amazement.

The atmosphere at this morning's court was gloomy.

Shangguan Wanjun looked at the Minister of Revenue and asked, "How much money is there in the treasury?"

The Minister of Revenue bowed and said, "Currently, there are 100,000 taels."

Shangguan Wanjun waved to Liu Cheng, and Liu Cheng quickly walked to the side, leaned over, and left quickly.

When the ministers saw Liu Cheng again, they saw Lianhua and Ouhe following him, each holding a rectangular wooden box about two feet long in their hands.

Shangguan Wanjun stood up and walked to the front of the Minister of Revenue, turned around and gave the three of them a look.

Lianhua Muxiang stepped forward, and Liu Cheng opened the box. The glittering gold bars almost blinded the Minister of Revenue's eyes.

"Your Majesty, this is..."

"The income from my private property."

The Minister of Revenue was shocked when he heard this. It turned out that this was the income from the emperor's private property, but why did the emperor take it out so openly?

He saw a stack of banknotes on top, which must have been quite a lot if added together.

Concubine Wu Chuanfafeng, Concubine De Mu Wennian and others were shocked. Does the emperor still have money?

"Minister of Revenue, please count."

The Minister of Revenue counted the gold bars with trembling hands. There were a total of two hundred gold bars.

One tael of gold can be exchanged for eight to eleven taels of silver, so two hundred gold bars is a lot of money.

Seeing him trembling, Shangguan Wanjun chuckled.

“Winning votes without counting?”

The Minister of Revenue quickly picked up the silver notes, totaling one hundred silver notes, each worth one hundred taels, a total of ten thousand taels.

"Your Majesty, I have finished the count."

"Now that you have this silver, what are you going to do?" She had to see if this man could take on the position of Minister of Revenue, after all, he was the person in charge of the country's silver and money.

The Minister of Revenue was sweating profusely. He looked up at the emperor and found that he was looking at him with a smile.

"I want to do some calculations on paper."

Seeing that the emperor did not object, Liu Cheng gave instructions to the eunuch standing by the wall of the palace.

"Prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

The ministers watched the Minister of Revenue writing non-stop, and finally saw him put down the red brush with a slightly relaxed look.

"I have calculated that these gold bars would be worth approximately 11,000 taels of silver, and with the silver notes, a total of 21,000 taels."

One gold stick weighs about five taels, about fifty-five taels, and two hundred gold sticks weigh about eleven thousand taels.

"But the officials' salaries have arrived, and there are many other places where we need money..."

When Concubine Wu heard this, she bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there is no rush to distribute my monthly salary. Let's give priority to the soldiers at the border."

De Fei Mu Wennian also stepped out and bowed, "Your Majesty, I am not in a hurry. I will focus on the border first."

A small number of ministers understood the situation and came forward to second the motion, totaling more than a dozen officials.

Shangguan Wanjun was slightly satisfied in her heart, and she still had some sense in her head, but she didn't show it on her face at all.

"Minister of Revenue, what do you think?"

A strong sense of oppression came over him, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on the face of the Minister of Revenue.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to. There are so many officials and servants across the country. If their salaries aren't paid promptly, it could cause panic. In serious cases, I'm afraid they'll exploit the people, deceive their superiors, or even... cause a rebellion."

The ministers were shocked, this was not possible.

General Xuanwei bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the border is the first line of defense for the Yuan Dynasty. We must not hurt the soldiers' hearts."

As soon as General Xuanwei was born, many military generals came forward to give him advice.

There were two factions in the court, one supporting preferential military pay and the other supporting the payment of salaries to officials across the country.

Listening to the discussions, Shangguan Wanjun felt a headache.

"Shut up."

The whole place fell into silence.

"You all are right, but the border is indeed the Yuan Dynasty's first line of defense. If the soldiers are starving and the enemy seizes the opportunity to invade, tens of thousands will die. Do you think you will survive then?"

The ministers were shocked. What did the emperor mean by this?

Are you trying to hit them?

Before anyone could react, the person on the dragon throne spoke slowly.

"If a person doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. But if he works too much for himself, that's excessive and he deserves to be punished by heaven and earth. What do you think, my dear ministers?"

The ministers were all shocked, the emperor was definitely giving them a warning.

Some ministers understood and immediately bowed their heads to express their loyalty.

"Your Majesty, I second General Xuanwei's words."

"I second the proposal."

"I second the proposal."

……

More than ten ministers seconded the motion, and Shangguan Wanjun smiled.

Taifu Yun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should allocate a portion of the military pay to the border. The court has constant expenses both internally and externally, so why not allocate half as military pay and then find some food and fodder to prepare for the border crossing? Winter is not far away, so we can also bring some cloth."

The Minister of Works immediately seconded the motion: "Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor's words are reasonable. I ask Your Majesty to make a swift decision to protect our Yuan Dynasty."

Immediately, several other officials agreed. Shangguan Wanjun pondered for a moment, then looked at the Minister of Revenue and spoke.

"I will send 50,000 taels out of the 100,000 taels. I have already had some food, fodder, and cloth prepared. Please go find Concubine Wu after the court session.

Minister of Revenue and Minister of Works, you two should also make some preparations."

The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of War bowed and said, "I obey your command."