Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 228 Emperor Realm
Seeing that both Shang Yang and Yu Wenkai had received money, Lu Bowen, the new left servant of the Ministry of Officials, was a little moved.

Lu Bowen knew that as the left servant of the official department, his seniority was low, and he could not compare with these old guys in the court. Now that everyone wanted money, Lu Bowen immediately thought of a way to improve his reputation.

Following Zhang Jian's tone, Lu Bowen stood up and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, now that the imperial treasury is full, should we consider paying officials salaries?"

"How to say?" Wang Mang raised his eyebrows.

"Since the beginning of this year, although the imperial court has distributed a lot of money to the officials, speaking of it, it is all owed wages in the past. My minister's idea is that since the imperial court has money now, why not distribute this year's salary together, and let the After the officials have food and clothing, they will work harder for the court." Lu Bowen said.

"If you don't send money, everyone will stop working." Wang Yongji taunted again.

"My lord, that's not what I said. Even though we don't give money, everyone will work, but with money, everyone will definitely do a better job." Lu Bowen said.

"Hehe, an excuse!" Wang Yongji cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to give money to officials, I have nothing to say, but if you want to give money to officials, shouldn't the soldiers on the front line be paid enough as well?" Woolen cloth?"

"They're all taking advantage of the chaos here, aren't they?" Li Hong said displeased, "Didn't you just pay out some time ago? What do you need so much money for? Wait a minute, the imperial court won't owe everyone."

"I just want to take advantage of the money, and I can solve it for everyone." Lu Bowen said seriously: "I have no other intentions, Mr. Li, don't think too much."

"You can't do it even if you have other intentions." Li Hong looked up at Wang Mang and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Households currently has a total of 4206 million taels of silver, of which 100 million taels are used by the Ministry of War to pacify the southern rebels, and 70 taels are given to merchants. Your Excellency used it to dig the river, and 80 taels were given to the Ministry of Industry to build straight roads, and now there are still 1706 million taels of silver, please learn from your majesty."

"Yeah." Wang Mang raised his eyebrows, the money was really cheap, but he looked at Lu Bowen, then at Wang Yongji, and thought that other people asked for money, and he agreed to it. These two are also asking for money here. Money, and the reason for asking for it is right, so I have no reason not to give it, so I thought about it and said: "So, give the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials 20 taels of silver each, is it too much?"

Lu Bowen and Wang Yongji looked overjoyed, kowtowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

The two really didn't expect that asking for money would be so smooth. Although the money they asked for was not much, no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat.

Seeing that the one who spoke first was about to get the money, all the ministers in the court immediately showed eager expressions. They all thought that His Majesty seems to be in a good mood today, and it should be easy to ask for money, so they all scrambled to ask for money.

snort!
Just at this time, Wang Mang snorted coldly, then looked at the officials and said, "I know what you are all thinking, but no, the Ministry of Households seems to have a million taels of silver, but at the speed of the court's spending money , to be honest, without spending money, I can only tell the big guys here that there will be money, and it will be gone today!"

The officials immediately showed disappointment, but Wang Mang was not interested in continuing to argue with them. He glanced at Deng Fang who was standing by, and Deng Fang immediately stood up and said loudly: "There is something to play, nothing to retreat to the court!"

Wang Mang put down all his words, even if the officials still had something to do, they would not rush out to speak at this time.

After the court, Li Lan had been waiting at the door for a long time. The first time she saw Wang Mang, she went up to greet him and said, "Your Majesty, there is news from Shangyuan Palace. The Empress Dowager asks Your Majesty to go over and explain."

"The Empress Dowager is looking for me?" Wang Mang frowned, "Do you know why the Empress Dowager is looking for me?"

"I don't know," Li Lan shook her head and said, "The slave asked around and it seems to be a happy event."

"Happy event?" Wang Mang's expression changed, he suddenly thought of something, and led Li Lan and the others to go up to Yuan Palace quickly.

The middle door of Shangyuan Palace was wide open, waiting for Wang Mang in a line like flowers and jade, Wang Mang sighed while watching, and unconsciously remembered the arrogance of Flowers and Jade when he first came to Shangyuan Palace, What's going on now, with the strengthening of my own strength, I have to wait here respectfully.

Sure enough, you need to be hard on your own to strike an iron, and the ancients are honest and not deceived!
Jin Hua stepped forward to support Wang Mang, said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is already waiting inside."

"Well, let's lead the way." Wang Mang nodded, with a calm expression on his face. Now, Ruhuasiyu is no longer in his eyes. In the entire Shangyuan Palace, only Shangguan Wan'er deserves his high regard.

Shangguan Wan'er sat on the soft couch with an elegant expression, greeted Wang Mang, waved her hand, and Bao Si took out a roll of maps from her cuff, presented it to Wang Mang, and said respectfully: "Qi Zuo Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Jardine Harmony was officially completed yesterday!"

Wang Mang's expression changed, he stood up abruptly from his seat, looked at Bao Si's cold face and said, "But it's true?"

"Yes." Bao Si nodded, and said, "With the support of Yinzi, the construction period of Jardine Garden is progressing very fast. In addition, many things have happened in the court now, and no one will stop the construction period. Yesterday, the Garden of Harmony was officially completed, and His Majesty can visit it at any time."

Saying that, Bao Si unfolded the map in his hand, and it was also the first map of Chang'an City that Wang Mang had shown. On the map, a total of 48 buildings were scattered on the map. These buildings originally meant to be independent, but At the geographical center of these buildings, a building that did not exist suddenly appeared, directly connecting these seemingly unconnected buildings together.

Shangguan Wan'er stepped forward, pointed at these dozens of buildings and said proudly: "This is the imperial realm built with the wisdom and financial resources of the two kings of the Great Qin Dynasty!"

The realm of the emperor, this is the eternal foundation that Wang Mang and Shangguan Wan'er said.

The Emperor's Realm is actually a formation. This formation uses the earth energy of the entire Chang'an City as the cornerstone of the formation, and these earth energy are guided through the buildings on these maps. Some of these buildings have been built for a hundred years. , and some were built in the past ten years, but without exception, they all have the effect of absorbing earth energy.

Originally, these buildings absorbed and stored the earth’s energy, and dispersed it without condensing it, but with the completion of the last link of the Yihe Garden, all the earth’s energy can be condensed into one piece, or all of it can be condensed into the Yihe Garden middle.

With the Yihe Garden as the center of the formation, the atmosphere of the entire Chang'an City is directly connected into one body through these 49 buildings, and its power is unpredictable.

Bao Si said from the side: "Chang'an will never be exhausted, the emperor's domain will not be broken, the emperor's domain will not be broken, and Chang'an City will never fall!"

Speaking of this, even if Bao Si's expression was always as calm as snow, she couldn't help showing a hint of excitement. This formation was built by her own hands, and no matter how indifferent she was, she couldn't help but feel excited.

Shangguan Wan'er took out a box from her cuff, handed it to Wang Mang, and said, "This is the control core of the entire Emperor's Domain. If His Majesty controls him, it is equivalent to controlling the entire Emperor's Domain. Please accept it, Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)