My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 823: The Difference Between the Imperial Household and the National Treasury

"They rely on their meritorious service to do whatever they want. The empire's treasury is emptied by these people."

"If Your Majesty intends to let this go, I have nothing to say. I am afraid that this will happen again and again."

"People are greedy, they get so much money and still don't think it's enough, they want more in the future."

Zhang Cang said indignantly, "They have been so blatant since the reign of the First Emperor. They simply treat the imperial treasury as their own backyard."

It was late at night and Fusu had planned to have a good sleep.

As soon as the great news of issuing national bonds was released, officials and wealthy businessmen happily deposited their family money into the government treasury.

All departments of the empire had originally given up hope and were only thinking about how they could work day and night to get through the current difficult times. As for the many grand ideals proposed by Qin II, they just smiled silently and did not dare to comment. After all, they had no money and were stretched to do anything.

When they suddenly heard that the emperor had solved this big problem, their eyes lit up and their hearts were bright.

At least judging from the fact that the emperor got the money, he was still very pragmatic.

As the saying goes, whoever gives you milk is your mother.

When the emperor had no money, when he mentioned the new policy, everyone was complacent and continued to eat and wait for death. When the emperor had money, everyone began to be complacent and continued to eat and wait for death.

All the major institutions of the empire wrote memorials and documents overnight, asking the emperor to release money.

Anyway, everyone was very clear and made huge demands.

Although the emperor was young, facing these sons who were old enough to be his grandfathers, although it seemed really heartless, he still responded and approved them one by one.

The empire is finally emerging from its state of disrepair and is showing some signs of full recovery.

So the emperor, who had just ascended the throne for a year and had this huge sum of money, was thinking of holding a celebration banquet, but he didn't invite Zhang Cang, but only a few close ministers.

Otherwise, his life in the palace would be too miserable. Even children know that they have to change into new clothes during the Chinese New Year, but he is an emperor, and he can't not even have new clothes to wear during the Chinese New Year.

This banquet was really a way to spice up the boring and monotonous court life.

For the ministers, governing the country is like this. The emperor is only responsible for issuing orders, but the ministers have many things to consider.

Anyway, they had no sympathy for the emperor's difficulties.

The ministers only need to consider asking for money, while the emperor is responsible for how to get the money, how much, how long such a large cash flow can be maintained, how to spend the money in the future, and what effect will be shown after spending it.

Listening to the so-called reports from the ministers, it is nothing more than that they dare not do this thing and need authorization from the emperor; there are people behind that thing and they dare not do it and need the emperor's approval.

The emperor's energy was spent on these messy things every day.

The treasury had just been filled, and the emperor himself was happier than any of his subjects.

His Great Qin was finally no longer poor. Not only was the deficit left by his old father filled, but he also made a huge sum of money himself.

The so-called emperor is at his happiest when he is at his best. The treasury is full of money, and he has the confidence to do anything.

When the family has money, children will have confidence, self-esteem and a future.

The same is true for a country. When there is a lot of money in the national treasury, everyone in the country will be excited and sleep well.

If the people of a country can live and work in peace and contentment, then there will be no enemies of the emperor in this world.

It is conceivable that Fusu, who received this huge sum of money, slept well every night and was in good spirits every day.

It was originally planned that the factory would start construction in the early spring of next year. By then, high wages would be paid, along with subsidies for soldiers, and the economy of the entire empire would begin to activate.

Then there are the economic policies.

The key right now is to open up the channels for currency circulation, which is the most urgent situation that needs to be changed for the people.

Once the money is in hand, the spring of the empire will come, and the Qin economy will be revived from its previous stagnant state.

As a result, this kind of thing happened. It was like a group of chefs worked hard to prepare a banquet for themselves, but after the banquet started, before the host even started eating or gave a word, a few mice came onto the table and took a few bites of the food.

Now that the rat has been on the table, can the banquet still be the one that everyone wants to eat?
The emperor was also a very particular person, so this matter was not very decent.

But he knew very well that talking about this kind of thing would only expose his own weaknesses.

Most of the backbones around him were the team left behind by Qin Shihuang. Although a group of them were taken away through fiefdoms, the remaining jackals were not easy to deal with either.

"If we can't stop this trend in time, it will cause endless harm in the future."

Zhang Cang's attitude was very firm.

He talked endlessly about the many harms, and compared with Cao Shen, who was sad and helpless, he completely put himself in the shoes of the poorest and lowest-ranking people in the world.

Every word Zhang Cang said seemed to be stained with blood as he roared like thunder, but the others maintained their respective positions.

First of all, Fusu did not think the same as Zhang Cang. He exposed the matter and told everyone that Zhang Han had taken a sum of money. Would anyone still serve the food honestly? If the person who was about to sit on the table knew that a rat had been on the table before, would he still feel fair?

Everyone donated money, so why did Zhang Han take some first? He took it all, so how could I not take some?

It’s not that Fusu has a thorough understanding of human nature, but when it comes to politics, you should imagine that everyone is a bad guy, and then you win.

But in the process of handling it, you have to make everyone feel that you are a good person and a good friend of yours.

Hahahaha.

The main thing is that the common people also want fairness, the grassroots officials also want fairness, the businessmen also want fairness, and the emperor also wants fairness.

Fusu had finally earned so much money and was about to invest it in his business. Now if the news got out that the rat was served on the table first, what would the ministers think of him?

The emperor and Zhang Cang’s ideas definitely don’t match.

Zhang Cang had many things to consider, such as bringing justice to the people. The emperor had a simpler consideration, which was to agree or disagree.

Zhang Cang looked at the emperor worriedly.

"Don't make this matter public."

Zhang Cang raised his eyebrows, "Your Majesty intends to protect me?"

"It's not a matter of covering up or not. A general is on his way and doesn't kill flies. Don't you understand this principle? The most urgent task is to take good care of the money in the treasury and ensure that such things don't happen again."

"It's necessary to change people."

The emperor had a sullen face, but he still had to give an explanation to the people.

Zhang Cang listened and finally calmed down.

The emperor was right. At this critical juncture, the important thing is to ensure that no one will take the money in the future.

Moreover, as he went through these steps, Zhang Cang's heart was already full of holes. He had seen everything, and he didn't even find it strange that something like this happened today.

To be honest, Zhang Cang has changed his heart since he was a young scholar. In his eyes, people's moral character has become worthless. Because these things have become the most worthless and the least trustworthy things.

Zhang Cang fell silent, and the Zhangtai Hall also fell into a strange silence.

The emperor thought of something and asked with a dark face, "Who else knows about this?"

"They were all interrogated in the Shaofu Temple, as well as the Chief Justice Xiao He." Cao Shen said in a low voice.

"It's not a big deal. Whoever dares to leak this news will be sent to meet his ancestors. I'm tired of fighting with my ministers over the years. It's exhausting enough."

"Over the years, these officials have taken enough. They have treated the Qin treasury as their own."

"Not only are they not satisfied, they are even more shameless, thinking that they deserve the money. If they don't get it, they feel that they have lost out."

Qin Er Shi fell silent as he was speaking, and the blush on his face slowly faded away. He thought sinisterly.

Neither Cao Shen nor Zhang Cang dared to speak.

"Chen Ping, how do you think we can solve this problem?"

Everyone looked at Chen Ping. After a long time, everyone knew who among these popular figures in front of the emperor was the emperor's confidant.

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In the emperor's mind, Chen Ping was of utmost importance. Whenever the emperor was undecided about something, he would consult Chen Ping first before making a decision.

Chen Ping lived up to everyone's expectations and has never disappointed the emperor so far.

Not only did he charm several young princesses of the Qin Dynasty with his handsome face, he was also well connected in both the black and white worlds.

If God wanted to give you a good life, he would just give you a face that makes men, women, young and old feel very handsome.

Chen Ping bowed and said, Your Majesty, "I have a way to kill two birds with one stone. Not only can it help Your Majesty get back the money you lost, but it can also solve the problem once and for all, so that the people of the Shaofu Temple will never be able to take money from the treasury at will again."

"What method?" The emperor's eyes lit up.

Chen Ping was very calm and said with a smile, "The government treasury will be separated, and a new department will be established to manage the empire's treasury. A Grand Minister of Agriculture will be appointed to be in charge of the empire's economic and monetary affairs."

The emperor's face darkened. "What kind of good idea is this?"

This method has been used by people in all dynasties, and it has been used since the Qin Shihuang period.

Setting up a new official position and transferring power to another place is an extremely old-fashioned method that is not at all innovative.

It might be understandable if other ministers proposed this idea, but he is Chen Ping.

The emperor was naturally dissatisfied with this.

Chen Ping smiled again, "That's just one of the reasons. Second, Your Majesty must keep the Shaofu Treasury for the needs of Your Majesty's palace. The independent officials will be responsible for the allocation of funds to various organizations in the empire."

Fusu laughed, "Okay, that's a good idea."

The magic of this plan is something that most people naturally cannot detect for a while.

But Chen Ping's plan was naturally vicious.

The emperor retained the power over the Shaofu treasury, which meant that the future emperor would eat from the same bowl with Shaofu Zhang Han.

Naturally, Zhang Han was responsible for finding food, and the emperor was responsible for eating. Only when the emperor was full could Zhang Han eat.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand here, you will understand it slowly later.

When it comes to making trouble for people, Chen Ping is quite good at it.

He was no ordinary person as he could make a wise and intelligent emperor become hated by everyone in just half a year.

The other ministers all looked at the emperor who was very happy and Chen Ping who looked like he had bad intentions, not knowing what was going on.

They couldn't understand why the emperor was secretly happy about this method, as if the person he hated most was about to suffer misfortune.

Zhang Cang was too lazy to think about the thoughts between the emperor and Chen Ping. He was very interested in Chen Ping's strategy of dividing the inner court and the national treasury.

Because this corresponds to the super serious problem mentioned earlier.

That is, the Qin Empire went through the process of transforming from a vassal state to the most powerful country in the world. On the outside, it put on an arrogant appearance of being the most powerful country in the world, but at heart it was still a small vassal state.

Why do I say this? Because the Qin Dynasty's bureaucratic system was not complete and its institutional system was not perfect.

The Qin Dynasty's treasury had no distinction between internal and external. It was correct to say that it was the emperor's personal treasury, it was also correct to say that it was the hub of the empire's economic circulation, and it was also correct to say that it was the Qin Dynasty's state-owned bank.

The mistake is that these three are actually one.

The emperor's private treasury was actually the Qin Bank. The money of ordinary people across the country was kept here, and Qin Shihuang was such a spendthrift.

This is like putting rats and rice in the same jar, which is simply causing chaos in the world.

This incident is so horrible, but for so long, no one has dared to speak out publicly.

Qin Shi Huang was the biggest corrupt official.

When it came to Qin II, he was honest and did not take money himself. It might be that there was no money left in the treasury.

No one suggested dividing the treasury.

So far, only Chen Ping has taken this opportunity to bring up this important matter.

Everyone admired Chen Pingsheng.

But Qin II did not have such a good impression of Chen Ping.

These days, Lü Zhi was helping to manage the harem, which was against Xiong Rou. Many palace servants and eunuchs who were offended by Xiong Rou's bad temper reported to Lü Zhi every day.

Anyway, there is no impenetrable wall in this palace. After a long time, all the news will be revealed.

The emperor did not expect Chen Ping to be so powerful, so powerful that he could infiltrate every aspect of the Qin Empire.

"Chen Ping, I heard that you bought five million in debt from the empire. You are richer than me."

Chen Ping's eyes flickered, and he looked at Qin II timidly, then he lowered his brows calmly and said, "These were all given by the retired emperor. I have kept them at home and never used them. I have always wanted to take them out when they are useful."

"After all, I feel guilty about accepting this money, so I have kept it sealed and have never touched it."

Chen Ping thought of something and bowed, saying, "I am willing to donate all this money."

Qin II laughed loudly, "Not at all, not at all. You are all meritorious officials of the empire. How can I let you donate money for nothing? If it were me, I would be heartbroken to death in the middle of the night if you donated so much money for nothing."

Chen Ping's mind was spinning like a wheel. "No, Your Majesty. My money is Your Majesty's money. I am just returning Your Majesty's money. How can I say that I feel bad about it?"

The emperor looked at Chen Ping and said, "Well, I know you always understand right from wrong. I don't need to say more. You can handle it cleanly by yourself."

(End of this chapter)