Zhenwu Tianxia: Summon Yuwen Chengdu at the beginning

Chapter 52
"Meet Your Royal Highness!"

At this time, Wang An came to worship.

Qin Wei nodded slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, do you have something to do with me?"

"The old slave did not complete what His Royal Highness ordered the old slave to do, so please punish him!" Wang An bowed his head.

Qin Wei was taken aback, and asked, "What did this king order you to come?"

He didn't remember what he told Wang An before, but he just asked Wang An to be in charge of contacting the Imperial City Secretary.

"It's about looking for Xuanhuang, the ancient sword gate." Wang Andao.

Qin Wei slapped his head and suddenly remembered this matter.

It's no wonder that he has a bad memory. At that time, he just wanted to meet Xuan Huang and learn about the ancient sword gate on a whim, so he ordered Wang An to find Xuan Huang.

Afterwards, because of the affairs of Cheng Guogong's mansion, he left it behind.

If Wang Anlai hadn't reminded him, he would have almost forgotten about Xuan Huang.

"Has he left the capital?" Qin Wei asked.

"Well, the people from the Huangcheng Division found their whereabouts yesterday, but they knocked out the people from the Huangcheng Division and ran away!" Wang An explained.

After seeing what happened to Duke Cheng's mansion, Ding Ruoheng and Xuan Huang were like frightened birds. They wished they could fly out of the capital immediately, and they didn't want to see anyone again.

So after they saw the people from Huangcheng Division, they ran away without saying a word, and they didn't give the people from Huangcheng Division a chance to speak at all.

"Are the people from the Imperial City Division all right?"

"It's okay, the other party didn't hit hard." Wang Andao.

Qin Wei nodded thoughtfully.

"The monks can't run away from the temple if they can run away. They can run away, but Gu Jianmen can't run away!"

"Forget it, wait for this first, you go to the Imperial City Division to borrow the dossier of the Tianzhou Zongmen."

Zhen Wusi will go to Tianzhou next, but before going to Tianzhou, Qin Wei must first find out the situation of the sect forces in Tianzhou.

As for Xuan Huang and Gu Jianmen, since they met once, they might get close in the future.

That's right, Qin Wei wanted to get close to Gu Jianmen, but it didn't matter whether Gu Jianmen was willing or not.

……

Time flies!

The ransacking operation of the Chengguo government lasted for half a month.

And when the wealth of Cheng Guogong's mansion was exposed to everyone's vision, everyone was shocked.

Tens of millions of taels of silver, 10 taels of gold, and countless other jewels, emeralds, and antique calligraphy and paintings.

It might be an exaggeration to say that the Duke of Cheng's mansion is as rich as an enemy country, but Lihuang's internal treasury can't afford tens of millions of taels of silver, which shows how rich the Duke of Cheng's mansion is.

In addition to these, Cheng Guogong's mansion also has millions of acres of fertile land and hundreds of shops, involving all aspects of the industry.

In the Imperial City, in the Royal Study Room.

Li Huang looked at the memorial sent by the Ministry of Punishment.

There is no emotion on the wrinkled face.

"The government of the four major kingdoms shocked me!"

"Lu Sheng, do you think it will be the same for the other three dukes' mansions?"

When Eunuch Lu heard the words, he trembled all over.

"I don't know either, but the Jingguo mansion should be far inferior to the Chengguo mansion."

"Oh! Really?" Li Huang said.

Eunuch Lu bowed his head and said, "Prince Jingguo's private property is only a million!"

Li Huang raised his head, Gu Jing Wubo looked at him, then nodded, and asked: "Where are the palaces?"

Eunuch Lu's head lowered, "Ping Wang's Mansion and An Wang's Mansion should not be worse than Cheng Guogong's Mansion!"

"Where's the East Palace?"

"The East Palace has its own treasurer!" Eunuch Lu said in a deep voice.

Li Huang nodded slightly.

The East Palace has its own treasury and officials appointed by the court, so there will not be a lot of private property, but the chief historians of Prince Ping's Mansion and Prince An's Mansion have become retainers of the two princes, so naturally there will be a lot of private property.

"The Imperial City Secretary's ability is still a bit weak!"

Eunuch Lu swayed slightly, kneeled on the ground with a thud, and said in a low voice: "This old slave is incompetent, please punish him by Your Majesty."

The Imperial City Secretary is Li Huang's eyes and ears, not only responsible for helping Li Huang inquire about folk news, but also responsible for monitoring court officials.

Cheng Guogong's mansion has so many private properties, and the Imperial City Secretary has never mentioned it before.

"Get up, they are all half-buried, how can I chop you up!" Li Huang waved his hands casually.

Hearing this, Eunuch Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

This time it was indeed the Imperial City Division's dereliction of duty, but this cannot be blamed on the Imperial City Division.

After all, the Four Great Dukes' Mansions have existed for hundreds of years, and they have accumulated countless wealth. Although the Imperial City Secretary is very capable of searching information, it is not easy to find out how much wealth Cheng Guo's Mansion owns.

Besides, Lihuang has never intended to target Duke Cheng's mansion, and Huangcheng Division will naturally not spend a lot of energy on Duke Cheng's mansion.

"Check out Ning Guogong and Rong Guogong, and there are several other big palaces, as well as Xin'an County Wangfu!" Li Huang said softly.

"The old slave leads the order!"

Eunuch Lu responded quickly.

……

Zhen Wusi.

Qin Wei also received news from the Ministry of Punishment.

Since reaching a settlement with Wei Rong, the relationship between the Ministry of Punishment and Zhenwu Division has become much closer.The Zhenwu Division needs the cooperation of the Criminal Department, as long as it is reasonable, the Criminal Department will cooperate.

There is no need for Qin Wei to inquire about such trivial matters as passing news, Wei Rong will take the initiative to send someone to deliver a copy to Qin Wei.

Looking at the letter sent by Wei Rong, the corners of Qin Wei's mouth twitched slightly.

"This Duke Cheng's mansion is really rich enough!"

He couldn't help exclaiming.

Among other things, just the tens of millions of taels of silver and 10 taels of gold made Qin Wei feel unmatched.

His county prince's mansion is also considered wealthy, not only has its own land endowment, but also receives a very generous salary from the clan mansion.

Qin Wei had estimated before that the County King's Mansion could earn 8 to 10 taels of silver every year, and there were some miscellaneous things, anyway, it would not reach [-] taels.

Subtracting the annual expenses of the county palace, as long as Qin Wei doesn't mess around, there should be 3 to [-] taels of silver left.

Of course, Qin Wei can also embezzle. There are nearly 200 million taels of silver in the treasury of Zhenwusi. If Qin Wei wants to, he can take it back to the county prince's mansion.

"It's a pity, if I had known that Duke Cheng's mansion is so rich, I would definitely want to take advantage of it!"

Qin Wei said a little depressed.

Now Zhenwusi is spending money.

As the number of soldiers in Zhenwusi increased, more and more money was consumed.

In addition, Qin Wei plans to go to Tianzhou to establish a branch of Zhenwu Division, which will definitely need a lot of money.

"But it's not like there's no chance now!"

Qin Wei's eyes lit up.

Afterwards, he came to Li Ru's office study.

"Your Highness!" Li Ru, who was busy, saw Qin Wei and hurriedly stood up to salute.

"Forget it, this king needs you to do something." Qin Wei said.

"Your Highness, please order." Li Ru said.

"Write a memorial and ask for some money for Zhenwusi," Qin Wei said.

The silver copied from Cheng Guogong's mansion will definitely go into Lihuang's internal treasury, and will not go into the household department's pocket.

"I want money!" Li Ru was slightly stunned, "Your Highness, we are not short of money right now."

"How can there be no shortage? Now we are recruiting soldiers, and it won't be long before we have [-] soldiers in the Zhenwu Division, plus civil servants, the entire Zhenwu Division has as many as [-] soldiers."

"For 1 people, tens of thousands of taels of silver will be distributed every month, plus other expenses, at least 200 million taels a year."

"Also, this king plans to establish a Zhenwu Division in the thirteen states. How can we build it without money?"

Qin Wei blinked and said.

The salary of ordinary soldiers of Zhenwusi is [-]% higher than that of the soldiers of the [-]th Regiment Battalion, and the [-]th Regiment Battalion itself is the best of the best, and their salary is much higher than that of other soldiers.

The monthly salary of the soldiers of the Zhenwu Division is about five taels of silver, and the salary of more than 8000 soldiers is 4 taels a month.

Coupled with the salaries of other officials, Zhenwusi's monthly salary alone would cost about 5 taels.

There are also horses, crossbowmen armor, grain and grass, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, etc., all of which cost a lot of money.

"Well, the Ministry of Punishment confiscated tens of millions of taels of silver in Cheng Guogong's mansion!"

The previous words are all nonsense, the key is the last sentence.

Li Ru understood Qin Wei's meaning instantly.

"Understood, I will write the memorial now!" Li Ru laughed.

Qin Wei coughed lightly, "Apply for 500 million taels first."

When asking for money, you must also pay attention to strategy. When the lion opens his mouth, he must not be soft.

Applying for 500 million taels is Qin Wei's room for bargaining left by Lihuang.

As long as Li Huang can give half of it, Qin Wei will be satisfied.

(End of this chapter)