Emperor Xuanping rested for half a day and recovered slightly. The next day, he summoned important officials to hold a small court meeting.

Empress Liang felt sorry for Emperor Xuanping and wanted to persuade Emperor Xuanping to rest for a few days. Emperor Xuanping, who had always been gentle and considerate to her, did not listen to her and insisted on summoning her ministers to the palace to discuss matters.

Empress Liang was waiting in the side hall, and Cheng Jinrong was the imperial physician and had to wait aside to prepare for the emperor to summon him at any time.

Queen Liang and Cheng Jinrong have been together for three months and are very familiar with each other. She whispered to Cheng Jinrong: "Doctor Cheng, what is the emperor's dragon body?"

Cheng Jinrong skipped the sentence "The longevity of life will be affected" and said the rest truthfully.

With all this, Queen Liang couldn't stand it and her eyes soon turned red: "I advised the emperor to rest more and worry less about the affairs of the government. The emperor always refused to listen. If this continues, how can the emperor bear it?"

He said to Cheng Jinrong again: "Doctor Cheng, the emperor trusts you the most. The emperor is always willing to listen to what you say. You make suggestions to the emperor..."

Cheng Jinrong looked at the young and young Queen Liang and whispered: "The Empress cherishes the Emperor's Dragon Body's mood, and I can understand it. However, the Emperor is the Emperor of Great Chu. The country and the country, and the people, these eight light words are the burden on the Emperor. It is also an important task that the Emperor cannot avoid."

"There are eight counties and counties in Dachu that suffered snow disaster this year. The most serious county has frozen to death and starved to death. Relief and comfort the people is the top priority now. Otherwise, chaos will arise."

"It's not that the emperor is not sure about his health, but that he has more important things to do."

"The Empress Dowager is actually also worried about the Emperor's dragon body. However, the Empress Dowager knows that court affairs are more important. Therefore, he never dissuaded. I think that at this time, what the Empress thought was not to stop the Emperor from going to court to discuss matters. Instead, take care of the Emperor's body more carefully."

Queen Liang: “…”

Queen Liang was silent.

She stared at Cheng Jinrong with a firm look in a daze. After a long time, she whispered: "Doctor Cheng's words are reasonable. It's because I am thinking it apart."

I am so ashamed that she, the Queen of Great Chu, is not as good as the Imperial Doctor Cheng Jinrong, who is thinking clearly and looking at the long-term.

Cheng Jinrong smiled slightly: "The Empress cares about the Emperor, and everything is the emperor first. There is nothing wrong with this. What I said just now is from the perspective of a minister. In fact, I also hope that the Emperor will take more rest and take care of the dragon body in my heart."

Queen Liang pulled the corner of her mouth and stopped talking.

Cheng Jinrong's words hit her head.

Her queen is really not qualified. There are still many things to learn.

...

Emperor Xuanping was full of concern for helping the victims, and he had no time to pay attention to Empress Liang's sighs and thoughts.

Liang Shangshu's sparse hair was almost gone. The wrinkles on the corners of his forehead were getting deeper and deeper. After reporting on the transfer of the Ministry of Revenue to raise grain and rice, he couldn't help but sigh: "... When the late emperor was alive, he fought wars and the national treasury was empty for years. It was common for him to eat grain from the emperor in the Yin Dynasty."

"In the past year, the emperor has implemented administration, reduced and exempted land tax, and banned the practice of recruiting the army. The people can take a breath. However, this is not a one or two-day effort. If you want to achieve real results, it can take at least three to five years, and at most ten to eight years."

"Now the money in the treasury is really unsupported. The old minister and the Ministry of Revenue have calculated the account book and calculated it, which is only enough for the relief of the four counties."

A good wife cannot cook without rice. The national treasury is empty, and Liang Shangshu, the Minister of Revenue, is helpless when his eyes are red and his hair is lost.

The Minister of Personnel and Duke Wei frowned together.

The decree for disaster relief has already left the capital. The Ministry of Personnel has selected officials, the Ministry of War sends soldiers to escort the food, and the Ministry of Revenue has to withdraw officials to be responsible for the relief matter.

Emperor Xuanping was mentally prepared for this, and immediately said after hearing this: "I immediately issued an order to take out all the money that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can allocate."

Shangshu Liang was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately bowed his gratitude: "The emperor is kind and kind, cherishes the people, and the old ministers thanked the emperor for his gratitude on behalf of the people who were affected."

The treasury of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the emperor's private treasury. Once the application level in the palace is all included in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Although the treasury is empty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not lack silver. In the past, when the emergency treasury was insufficient, Emperor Xuanhe also allocated silver from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Shangshu Liang secretly had the idea of ​​the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his heart, and was inconvenient to speak out and deliberately exaggerated his grievances, which really worked.

As soon as Emperor Xuanping opened his mouth, he took out all the treasury silver that could be used by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At least one or two million taels of silver must be obtained, and at least it will be overcome before the difficulties.

...

After the meeting, Emperor Xuanping returned to his bedroom with a tired face.

Empress Liang helped Emperor Xuanping sit down. Cheng Jinrong immediately went forward to take the pulse and applied acupuncture, and then asked the medicine boy to boil nourishing decoction. Emperor Xuanping drank the decoction and rested for an hour. Then he summoned the eunuch, the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to come.

This eunuch, Eunuch Wu, is an old man who serves the emperors of all dynasties, and is more than fifty years old this year.

Emperor Xuanping asked how much money there was to deposit in the Interior Office. Eunuch Wu knew what was going on and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, the Interior Office does have a deposit in the Interior Office. But this year the emperor will hold the throne ceremony, as well as the enthronement ceremony for the Empress, and several other palaces need to be repaired. The monthly expenses for the Concubines every month are zero and there are silver everywhere."

"The emperor took out all the money and gave it to the Ministry of Revenue at this time, and life in the palace this year will be difficult."

"I'm so kind of polite words. The Minister of Revenue cries poor all day long, and it's not a matter of one or two days. The treasury is empty, so the emperor cannot always use private money to subsidize it. It's just the serious thing to increase land taxes..."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Xuanping had already sank his face and glanced coldly: "Eunuch Wu is going to teach me how to deal with state affairs?"

Eunuch Wu's scalp was numb by this glance, and he knelt down with a plop: "I dare not!"

Emperor Xuanping said coldly: "Eunuch Wu is an old man who has served the emperor's grandfather and his father, and he also watched me grow up. In the eyes of Eunuch Wu, I am a young boy with a hair that has not grown enough. Therefore, Eunuch Wu feels that I am not doing well and should remind me to give me some advice, right?"

The big hat of disrespectful emperor was pressed down, and Eunuch Wu could not bear it. His old face turned pale and he kowtowed and begged for mercy: "I dare not! Please calm down your anger!"

Why don't you dare?

The ministers in the court thought that he could be bullied at a young age, and the eunuchs were also the ones who looked at others. When Emperor Xuanhe was alive, he issued an oral order, who would dare to say no? Eunuch Wu, a clever slave!

Emperor Xuanping sneered in his heart, his eyes getting colder: "I'll ask you again, how much money is left in the Interior Office?"
Chapter completed!