Soul swap tyrant always wants to have a baby

The news that King Qi was killed by thunder spread very quickly. Almost as soon as An San returned to the palace after delivering King Qi's body to his mansion, the officials and the people knew the whole truth about King Qi's death.

Many people even saw with their own eyes the charcoal-like corpse of the King of Qi.

As soon as the rumor spread in the capital, a notice was posted at the city gates, markets, county government offices and other places with a lot of traffic.

Immediately afterwards, Ji Yechen brought a team of soldiers who were dressed very differently from ordinary officers and soldiers to raid the Prince of Qi's mansion.

With the information network run by the Secret Six Group, all industries, both overt and covert, were investigated.

Zhongli He’s personal assets were directly returned to Anwucheng as state assets, and the partners directly sold their shares.

You won't know until you check it out, and you'll be shocked. The cash assets of an ordinary prince converted into silver are actually more than the previous national treasury.

Leng Qingyi directly made public the list of family property that she had copied and the list of the national treasury before she came.

This shocked the people in the capital who were not familiar with political affairs.

He was shocked by both the financial resources of the King of Qi and the poverty of the national treasury.

At the same time, they were more loyal and admired their Emperor of Dongxia.

The national treasury was so empty, but since he ascended the throne, not only had he not increased taxes, he had also reduced the grain tax by half.

No wonder the high and mighty king of a country would personally go to the minister’s house to collect debts, no wonder the emperor would only bring one or two people with him every time he traveled, and even ordinary officials of the seventh or eighth rank would have to bring a few servants and maids with them when they traveled.

I thought the emperor was unwilling to make a big fuss, but it turned out to be because of poverty.

For a time, the people actually felt sympathy for the emperor, and hated even more the corrupt officials and those who owed money to the national treasury.

The common people were not blind. The illegitimate sons, daughters and concubines of officials wore gold and silver and were followed by a group of people when they went out, while their emperor was so shabby.

Because of this incident, whenever court officials traveled in overly luxurious carriages, had too many servants with them, or wore too luxurious clothes, they would be criticized by the people.

There were also many wealthy businessmen who wanted to donate silver to the country, and Leng Qingyi was naturally happy to see it happen.

She gave plaques written by her own hand to wealthy businessmen who donated silver to the national treasury.

Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants were the lowest class. For them, receiving an imperial plaque written by the emperor himself was a greater surprise than becoming rich overnight.

I originally just wanted to do my bit for the country but I didn't expect to receive such a big surprise.

This led to merchants in the capital city asking each other how much silver they had donated and what plaques they had received whenever they met.

The merchants who received the imperial plaques hung the plaques in their most profitable shops.

Every merchant in the capital was proud to receive a plaque bestowed by the emperor.

The emperor, the people, and the merchants were all extremely satisfied, but the officials were the only ones who were being put on the spot.

Leng Qingyi also made the bill of donated silver public, which made the merchants who donated silver stand up straighter.

Merchants who didn't have much cash on hand were not to be outdone and donated whatever they produced.

Grain shops donated grain, cloth and clothing sellers donated clothes, shoes and socks. Any business in Beijing that did not donate something to the national treasury felt embarrassed to open for business.

Leng Qingyi was even more thoughtful. He saw the merchants hanging plaques in their own shops.

The merchants who donated silver and goods later were so quiet that they just had to tailor a plaque based on the business they were doing.

The words written on the plaque designed by the emperor himself made them very proud.

Besides, no matter how much they donated, their names would be written on the notice.

I don’t know which official took the initiative to donate money to the national treasury.

When the common people saw a notice with only one line of words posted, they came forward to take a look. After reading the content, they became even more dissatisfied with the officials.

These merchants were all contributing to the prosperity of the country, and even the people sent any extra things they had at home to the palace.

However, those officials who receive salaries from the court are so stingy that they can't even hold their heads up when they go out these days, and they hate the one who took the lead even more.

Ji Yechen, the first to speak out, said: "I want to donate my money, it's none of your business."

Donating some silver is not enough to kill them, but there is a science to donating silver.

If you donate too much, people will suspect you of corruption; if you donate too little, you will be embarrassed and criticized.

But they have no choice but to donate, otherwise they will be drowned by the people's spit.

Therefore, except for Ji Yechen who took the lead, everyone else was just watching.

Another important reason is that Ji Yechen, this tiger boy, directly donated 100,000 taels, so how could they follow?

His grandfather was the Duke of Wu, and his family was wealthy enough, so taking out 100,000 taels was nothing, but what about them?

It's impossible for them to donate one hundred or five hundred taels when others donated one hundred thousand taels. How can they afford it?

The hesitant person is still hesitating, but there is more than one tiger child.

Ling Xuan, the tiger boy, also donated 80,000 taels.

The onlookers said: "Okay, okay, one of us has a grandfather who is the Duke of Wu, and the other has a grandfather who is the last general. You are so arrogant and great, but you are roasting us on the fire."

With these two people taking the lead, subsequent officials will donate quickly.

The Duke of Zhenguo donated 50,000 taels; the Minister of Revenue donated 50,000 taels; and the Minister of War donated 50,000 taels.

Even the prime minister, who has always been honest, took out 50,000 taels.

What do they do?

Can’t you get tens of thousands of taels?

But there was no way out. Some officials from humble backgrounds donated several thousand taels.

How could they afford the five hundred taels?

There was a wave of donations in the capital, and Leng Qingyi made a fortune.

Now, let alone the food, fodder and weapons for the soldiers, it would be enough to form an army of tens of thousands.

"An Liu, spread the news from the capital. Spread it throughout Dongxia without making a sound."

"Yes, Master."

Leng Qing curled his lips and said, "Don't even think about running away."

No matter you are rich or poor, you have to skin her alive.

If the emperor has no money, the people below her are not allowed to have money either.

When she becomes rich, she will have their soup to drink.

The officials in the capital had become noticeably tighter financially after being plundered several times. They visited brothels and took concubines less frequently, but their families became much more harmonious.

The families of the officials at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet were obviously not as luxuriously dressed as they were at the last Emperor's Birthday Banquet, but they dared not speak out.

After all, donating money is voluntary, and the emperor never said a word asking officials to donate money.

The officials have been frightened by the emperor's recent actions. They have been playing cowardice these days and dare not make trouble again.

"Your Majesty, are we really going to go to that big mountain behind the camp outside the capital for the autumn hunt in three days?"

"Of course, I am the emperor's word."

"Don't be afraid, my dear. I have already asked General Ling to lead his men to clear out a safe zone. As long as you don't set foot outside the safe zone, there will be no danger."