Is the prince infertile?The lady was so happy!

Chapter 1219
Tang Qing said: "I want to build a palace, you can figure out how much money I need."

The Minister of the Household Department suddenly turned his head and turned his head into three, and couldn't help wiping his sweat with his sleeve: "Your Majesty, the current financial shortage, can you delay the construction of the palace?"

"No."

Tang Qing said, "I plan to take the Empress Dowager back to the palace and build a palace for the Empress Dowager to live in. Don't all the lovers want to fulfill my filial piety?"

"Your Majesty's filial piety moves the heavens and the earth. This palace should be repaired!"

Since the emperor ascended the throne, the queen mother has been recuperating in Sanhua Nunnery. The court has criticized this, and every now and then, a censor official will write a letter, asking her majesty to take the queen mother back to the palace.

Now the emperor offered to take the queen mother back to the palace.

The ministers could not refuse the emperor's request to build a palace.

"Five or six million taels of silver may be enough." The Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs pondered, "I will do the math when I go back, and see where I can get this sum of money."

The minister of the Ministry of Industry was sweating anxiously, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, it is more important to open the canal and build the dam! This is related to the lives and wealth of thousands of people! Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Have I ever said that the canal cannot be opened and the dam built?" Tang Qing's cold eyes fell on him, "Master Wen, it seems that in your eyes, I am a fool who doesn't care about the life and death of the people?"

"No, I dare not!"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs has no money, so let the cabinet find ways to make money."

"Yes, I will do my best!"

"That's all." The emperor suddenly said, "The Ministry of Households should give the money to the Ministry of Works. It is time to open the canals and build embankments. Don't ask people to poke my spine and say that I only care about the relationship between the mother and the child of the Tian family. Regardless of the life and death of the people."

The minister of the Ministry of Industry was so moved that he burst into tears, wishing he could sell himself on the spot, exchange for hundreds of thousands of silver, and come back to repair the palace for His Majesty as a filial piety.

After the ministers all went out, Li Cheng stepped forward, held up a piece of paper, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this is the situation of ore mining all over the country. If the supervisor of ceremonies is directly asked to collect taxes, the account will not be paid." It needs to go through the Ministry of Households and directly supply His Majesty's needs."

The emperor glanced at the list, and said calmly: "Then do it. Li Cheng, send someone you trust to do it. If the annual tax payment is less than 50 taels, use your head to make up for it."

"The slave obeys the order!"

Li Cheng went out immediately and became the ancestor of the eunuchs. He scattered all his confidantes and sent them to various places to collect mining taxes.

Although there are many farmers farming, they already have a heavy burden. Taxes are paid through Zhili in the north and south, and cannot reach the emperor's pocket.

Mining taxes are different.

Regardless of whether it is a large mine or a small mine, even if an individual digs a stone on the mountain at the gate, a mining tax must be collected.

But even if it is a large mine, after collecting taxes, the burden finally falls on the people who do the specific work.

If things go on like this, a lot of money will flow into the emperor's private treasury through the Rites Supervisor, but there will inevitably be complaints and public grievances from all over the place.

Tang Qing knew the consequences, but didn't care.

He asked Li Cheng: "Has the queen summoned the concubines today?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the empress has seen the concubines. The empress is in good spirits and seems to be in a good mood. Even the concubines who made mistakes were not punished."

"Who made the mistake?"

"It's Mrs. Ma." Li Cheng told the story, "Although Mrs. Ma's status is low, she is close to Ouyang Jieyu, and she uses Ouyang Jieyu's influence to bully Luo Bin, who is higher than her. , the empress can’t suppress it either.”

"The empress can't suppress a mere lady?" The emperor said lightly, "The empress is deferring the matter to me to deal with it. If that's the case... Li Cheng, tell the respect room to call Concubine Luo to bed tonight."

(End of this chapter)