Chapter 2679

The emperor is a person with good face, especially it is not only his face, but also the face of the country.

Although the National Treasury is not rich, it does not need to oppress the officials and workers to donate money. This is what the late emperors of the former dynasty did when they were desperate.

Of course, the last Emperor didn't ask the ministers to donate money, but directly raised his hand and asked people to copy the ministers' homes and rob money directly.

But no matter which kind it is, it is a matter of great disgrace and disgrace to the court.

This step has come out. Is the next step to sell the barons?

This is the phase of subjugation. The emperor angrily returned to the harem and filled himself with two cups of tea before asking the queen, "yesterday, the Crown Princess and their officials asked for money?"

The queen smiled and said, "it's what my concubine and they want."

Emperor: "... Queen, don't take responsibility for them."

The queen shook her head and said, "it's really my mouth."

She sighed, "it's my concubine who doesn't think carefully. I also know that this will undermine the dignity of the country, but the lives of the soldiers are also important. There have been disasters all over the country this year. Your majesty is unwilling to increase taxes and has reduced taxes in some areas. The Treasury is really not rich. I heard that the Ministry of household is only willing to allocate five million yuan to the imperial medical department. "

She said, "not counting the cost of medicine for your majesty and your ministers, it's all divided equally. Based on the number of soldiers your majesty sends out now, one person will get 40 Wen of medicine money."

The queen said, "a bottle of golden sore medicine is more than this price, not to mention other medicinal materials for hemostasis and blood tonic."

"What did Zhou man tell you?" It's also about 40 Wen for one person. If Zhou man hadn't said it, he wouldn't believe the queen would know.

The queen did not deny it, sighed, and reached out to hold the emperor's hand. "Your Majesty, this is not a big deal. It is also the kindness of the officials and their families. If they want to ask for merit, they will not lose the face of the imperial court."

The emperor couldn't help humming: "what you think is too simple. Those ladies have little knowledge and believe your words, but the rulers in the court are not stupid. Just now they were sarcastic about me."

The queen was unhappy and took back her hand on his paw. "Who says husbands are short-sighted?"

She said, "it's just the ladies who give us face. Your majesty really thinks that they donate military funds to worship Zhou man and achieve what they want? But it's true to accumulate merit. After all, it's kind-hearted. You can show your face before us. "

Even if the atmosphere was just right last night and everyone believed it at that time, it was time to wake up after going out of the palace and sleeping all night.

I dare not say all. At least most people can figure out that the Crown Princess and Zhou man are trying to raise money for medicine, but today they are still willing to send money to the palace, which shows their attitude.

Really think they are fools. Do you really want to worship Zhou man?

The emperor rubbed his forehead, "but the princes..."

"Don't worry, your majesty," said the queen quietly, "there are ministers and concubines. They won't mention it again in the future."

The emperor thought, the money has been sent in, and it's not like returning it. On the contrary, it will be more humiliating, so he said, "OK, but this kind of thing can't be done again, which is not good for the country."

"My concubine knows that this time I don't think well. I won't do it in the future."

The emperor sighed and rubbed his forehead.

When the queen saw it, she got up and rubbed it for him. She asked softly, "when will your majesty leave?"

"The emperor is counting the days. Today it has been announced to the world. It should not be long before the soldiers are fast. The soldiers and horses dispatched from all over the country have set off, and they will reach Liaodong and Dengzhou in a few days."

The emperor remembered something, took her hand and asked curiously, "how much did they donate in total?"

The queen smiled and said, "there are still people giving silver at the palace gate. I didn't count it for a while. I'll tell you when I count it."

The emperor nodded.

The effect of fund-raising was more than the empress thought. I thought it would be almost as good as one or two million money. Who knew that so many people sent it.

In some families, the wife in charge wanted to donate twenty Liang. Who knows, the daughter-in-law at the bottom didn't know whether it was to please her mother-in-law or the Empress Dowager or the crown princess.

I dare not exceed my wife, but the big room donated ten Liang, so I donated eight Liang, and the third room donated eight Liang

One family may donate five or sixty-two.

In addition to silver, some people directly took out a ingot of gold. These gold and silver were directly converted into copper money, which totaled more than six million.

It's almost the same as the two donations they received two days ago.

Zhou man was called into the palace after he came out of the household department meeting. When he came out, he had an account book with a total of 13.28 million yuan.

Man Bao turned directly to the imperial medical department to find Xiao Yuanzheng and others. They held another meeting, avoided the Ministry of war and the Ministry of household, and used the donation to buy a large number of medicinal materials, linen, gauze, needles and threads.

At the same time, the imperial medical department suspended classes, and all students participated in the preparation. Some of the medicinal materials bought back should be processed, and then kept. After making a book, they should be handed over to the Ministry of war for escort;

The linen and gauze bought back should also be cut according to the standard, and then collected in batches and transported to various places;

There is also catgut. They need to make a large number of catgut, including blood transfusion devices, and several more sets.

These were all done by the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital with the students of the imperial medical department. Zhou Liru was also urgently recalled and directly lived in the imperial medical department to work overtime.

Man Bao was so busy that he basically didn't stop.

Bai Shan is also busy. The imperial supervisor has calculated the time. August 21 is a good day. The emperor will drive in person on that day.

He finally got the quota for the enlistment, so there were many things to deal with. He also had to check the official documents reported by the post stations to make sure that the communication was smooth and the information from Liaodong to the capital was smooth.

It can be said that everyone in Dajin is busy now.

The people in Honglu temple were also busy. Some envoys of vassal states had to leave after attending the Palace Banquet. They prepared gifts and sent them away. Some envoys needed to stay as long as possible and give them gifts for a month or two.

For example, the envoys of Tubo.

Liu Huan is also on the list of expeditions. He is the person stuffed in by the Ministry of industry. He is mainly responsible for the accounting and escort of armaments. He needs to cooperate with the Ministry of war.

Bai Erlang followed, but he would be called up. It was not the Imperial Academy that needed to follow the army, but the emperor appointed him. He asked him to accumulate some credit.

The emperor felt that it would be difficult to get promoted in Bai Erlang's current state, so if you have the opportunity, you can take credit for it. After staying in the Imperial Academy for a year or two, you can get a raise, and then you can continue to stay in the Imperial Academy without losing Mingda's face.

Everything was ready. Early in the morning on August 21, the emperor set out to fight.