Han Shizu

Chapter 1489 The warehouse is full of gold and jade, piled up like a mountain

Emperor Liu's order was issued, and the palace was shaken, especially those stakeholders involved, those palace people and officials who relied on imperial power and parasitized the palace.

Emperor Liu's original intention was only known to him, but he could not prevent the speculation and interpretation of the people below. Those who had ghosts in their hearts were even more caught off guard. Suddenly, the Han Palace began to be shrouded in a dignified atmosphere. When there is a flood, it is even more depressing.

Of course, Emperor Liu's attention was not on the swarms and dogs inside the palace. After seven consecutive days of careful inventory and inspection, the internal funds, treasury reserves, and royal properties managed by the Shaofu finally came to a rough result.

The results of the inventory are gratifying and astonishing. In terms of money, it is indeed less than 7 million, but if other wealth is exposed, it will definitely be staggering.

The gold lying in the palace treasury alone amounts to 11 catties. If it is only used to make gold ornaments and gold objects, with the current digestion capacity of the palace, it will not be used up in 50 years;

There is less silver, which can barely maintain the daily consumption of the palace. In the past, there were also more than [-] catties, but due to the reform of the money system, they were all lent to the court to mint silver coins;

There are also more than [-] pieces of fine silk from Sichuan, Sichuan and the southeast. It takes a lot of effort to turn and arrange every year. In this investigation, it was even found that many were rotten and damaged due to improper maintenance;

In the warehouses controlled by the imperial city and the Shaofu, there are millions of stones of food materials such as rice and millet, which can be regarded as the last strategic reserves of the royal family and the imperial court;

The above is only a part of the royal family's property, which can be directly converted and used.As for other real estate, the amount is astonishingly large.

And as Yantuo described, those jewels, jewellery, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, and curios, not only piled up like mountains, but also piled up in several warehouses. Emperor Liu went to see them in person. Even Emperor Liu, who has seen the world, couldn't help being surprised.

If you really want to value the wealth owned by the royal family, according to the current market conditions in the big man market, it is not difficult to break through [-] million.

Such a huge amount of wealth gave Emperor Liu a sensational feeling, and what is even more absurd is that Emperor Liu himself did not have much awareness before. After all, the world belongs to him, so how could he care about these yellow and white things? .

However, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, but when wealth has accumulated to this level, with Emperor Liu's current mentality, ripples can't help but appear.

It took more than 20 years to accumulate such a large amount of wealth. If it is spread out evenly, it doesn't seem so amazing, but we must consider the overall situation of the Han Kingdom during these more than 20 years.

It's not that he didn't look too ugly to steal, oppress and exploit, Emperor Liu didn't bother to do it.However, under the imperial system, at the pinnacle of power in this world, things like wealth are all consciously run to the imperial city and the warehouse of the Shaofu. This is almost a principle.
Of course, a man is not rich without windfall, and a horse is not fat without night grass. Among them, there are also contributions from a large number of enemies and subjects.Take gold as an example. Li Jing, the leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty, provided no less than 11 gold to Emperor Liu in order to make peace with the great Han.As Meng Chang did, after breaking Panyu, the Nanyue palace also gained a huge harvest. Coupled with the excavation and smelting of gold mines all over the country, [-] catties is still a small amount. After all, the imperial court also divided a large piece of meat.

It can be said that most of the huge wealth owned by the royal family today is due to the contributions of the separatist regimes in Jiangnan, Houshu, and Nanyue.

At the beginning when Chengdu was broken, the Han army plundered and plundered, and even caused the Shu people to rebel and surrender repeatedly.The notoriety was given by the arrogant soldiers, but in fact, Emperor Liu and the imperial court were the ones who ate the meat. The wealth of the Shu Palace has completely enriched the Han regime in Tokyo.

The same is true for Southern Guangdong. In terms of looting and exploitation, Liu Yu and his shamans are all experts, and Guangdong and Guangxi are indeed treasures that can produce rare treasures.After Pan Mei entered Panyu, she was seized from it, and it took hundreds of boats to complete the transportation.

Not to mention Jinling. In terms of wealth, there is no one like it in the world, with a collection of more than [-] volumes of books, not to mention other wealth.

Even for Wu Yue, before Qian Hongchu surrendered, Emperor Liu mercifully allowed the Qian family to leave a considerable amount of wealth, but the rest should not be underestimated.

Even Jiangling provided a lot of spoils.The only one that didn’t gain anything was Jingnan. When the imperial court regained Changsha, it was dilapidated and impoverished. After all, it was plowed three feet by the Tang army in the early years. However, after going around, Jiangnan surrendered and entered the Han Palace. It is also difficult to tell how much of the property was looted from Changsha by the Tang army.

As opposed to wealth, there are beauties. Li Jing, Li Yu and his son, as well as Meng Chang, are all romantic. The many palaces in southern Guangdong are also full of beauties. Among the tens of thousands of palace ladies and beauties, Emperor Liu certainly did not take all of them. The essential part has indeed been collected a lot, otherwise, why would there be such a dense population in the Han Palace.

Liugong Fendai, Three Thousand Beauties, are no longer adjectives, but there are really so many people.
These innumerable wealth and treasures can be said to be the spoils of Emperor Liu's pacification of the world and the conquest of the heroes, and they can be occupied and enjoyed with peace of mind.

However, every piece of gold brick, every pearl, behind that yellow and orange, glittering and colorful, is there no people's heart and people's ointment?
Emperor Liu didn't bother with these things in the past, and he didn't have so much mercy of the Sacred Heart. After all, the sins were committed by others. He just reaped the fruits as a conqueror and winner, even if this beautiful There is too much power and exploitation in the fruit of the world.

However, when Emperor Liu faced these gains and those soul-stirring wealth and treasures again, his mentality could not help being shaken.

Not confused by these foreign things, but inexplicably a little apprehensive, a little unreliable, not in the wealth itself, but in the meaning that these wealth represent.

However, Emperor Liu is Emperor Liu after all, no matter how much wealth belongs to him, it can be discarded. What can really make him intoxicated and corrupted has to be power.

In the vertical arch hall, a young official stood respectfully and respectfully. He was dressed in green clothes and looked very humble.This is Lu Mengzheng, Enke champion last year. He was originally in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and his performance was outstanding. This time, Emperor Liu specially dispatched several personnel from the Ministry of Household Affairs to participate in the investigation of the royal family's property. Lu Mengzheng was one of them.

The number one scholar is always something special, and he also got the opportunity to report the details to Emperor Liu.Standing not far from Lu Mengzheng was Ze Yantuo. At this moment, the eunuch buried his head very low, and could already feel the unusual atmosphere in the palace.

Lu Mengzheng, who was not familiar with Emperor Liu, also felt this strangeness, and a feeling of fear grew in his heart, and this fear obviously came from Emperor Liu who was standing on a high level.

"I really don't know if I don't check it. I was shocked when I checked it. Today, I have opened my eyes again and am amazed!" Emperor Liu calmly sighed in a cold tone: "He who holds tea and wine enjoys tribute tea. Royal wine; those in charge of the kitchen, enjoy the royal meal; those in charge of medicinal materials, eat ginseng and antler as usual;

What Emperor Liu said was naturally that some people and things were incidentally exposed in the process of checking the assets this time. Although it was not the main point, it inevitably aroused Emperor Liu's idea and ordered a thorough investigation.

"Okay! In Ziwei City, there are so many thieves and thieves, and there are so many thefts?" Emperor Liu raised his voice unnaturally, as if he was going to smash the palace, and his tone was very penetrating. : "I said how could the palace expenses be so huge. It turns out that it's not just me spending! It turns out that the people who serve me are also enjoying it for me! Huh?"

"Your Majesty, calm down!" Lu Mengzheng now possessed the basic qualities of a courtier, and seeing Long Yan furious, he almost instinctively bowed to ask.

"Calm your anger? I am so angry that I am soaring into the sky! Tell me how to calm it down!" Emperor Liu immediately snapped back.

This kind of reaction caught Lu Mengzheng, a rookie in the officialdom, completely by surprise. The status of the number one scholar did not give him more confidence when facing the enraged Emperor Liu.

"Report to the officials, all the perpetrators have been arrested and are waiting to be dealt with?" Seeing this, Yan Tuo took a step forward and said.

"Do you still have to wait for my instructions?" Emperor Liu replied coldly: "One of these people counts as one. If they are really enlightened, they still need to wait for the magic sword to strengthen their necks?"

"I always thought that there were many corrupt officials and officials in the imperial court who needed to be rectified, but now it seems that the inner court of the imperial palace should also be thoroughly cleaned up!" Emperor Liu's eyes fell on Yan Tuo with no emotion. He felt a chill in his neck.

"The officials are right"

(End of this chapter)