Chapter 903 Big Humiliation Shangguan Xiu shook the note in his hand and asked, "The news is reliable."
Changsun Boyuan said seriously: "The news came from the people I installed in the Second Prince's Mansion.
It is absolutely reliable."
Shangguan Xiu nodded, took out the fire folder, burned the note, and reminded: "Conceal his identity and don't let anyone find out the flaws.
The Xin family's informants are all-pervasive."
The eldest grandson Boyuan smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already made comprehensive arrangements.
Even if I find out all eight generations of his ancestors, I can't find any flaws."
"That's good."
"What I'm most worried about right now is that Song Sheng refuses to help my imperial brother."
Shangguanxiu rolled his eyes, smiled leisurely, and said, "Then add more fuel to the fire in Song Sheng's heart."
Fengguo, go to Beijing.
This morning, Tang Ling was sitting on the dragon throne, holding a memorial in his hand.
This memorial was written by Meng Qiuchen.
The general meaning is that the war is imminent, the army is short of money and food, and the national treasury is too empty to allocate large sums of money for food and wages.
Therefore, Meng Qiuchen proposed to court.
The ministers took the lead in donating money.
Fighting a war is actually about fighting for money.
Without enough financial resources to support it, no matter how strong the combat power is, it will not be able to fight.
Tang Ling attached great importance to Meng Qiuchen's memorial.
She read the contents of the memorial in front of everyone, then looked at Cai Xiao and said: "Cai Aiqing" "Wei Chen is here" “Now, how much money can our country’s treasury still have?”
"This" Cai Xiao pondered for a moment, then looked back at Finance Minister Gan Lin who was standing behind him.
Gan Lin hurriedly stepped out of the queue, bowed his hands and saluted: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the treasury can provide up to 18 million taels of silver."
"Only eighteen million taels" Tang Ling frowned.
Gan Lin said seriously: "The replacement of weapons in the army consumes a lot of money.
Some time ago, Ning County was hit by a disaster, and the court spent a large amount of money, as well as the construction of towns in Bei County, the construction of border fortresses, etc.
These all require money, and the national treasury really has no money available now.”
Tang Ling sighed secretly and said: "It seems that the upcoming national war will really need the generosity of all your beloved friends."
After thinking for a moment, she said: "Cai Aiqing, Qiu Aiqing" "I'm here," Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi both bowed and saluted.
"This donation will be organized by my two beloved ministers.
Don't let me down, let alone let the soldiers at the front become too lazy to fight due to lack of money and food."
"I obey the order," Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi bowed again and ordered them to return to the train.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi traveled together.
"Meng Qiuchen's memorial must be the Duke's idea," Cai Xiao said firmly.
Meng Qiuchen was only a Ningnan native.
Even though he was granted the title of Marquis in Feng Kingdom, he was still a Ningnan native.
Without Shangguan Xiu's instruction, how could he dare to submit such a memorial to His Majesty.
Qiu Yi also felt the same, nodded and said, "Yes, this should be His Highness's idea."
Cai Xiao became happy, shook his head and said: "The Duke is currently visiting Ningnan and is in Tianjing, but he will not let us rest."
Qiu Yi smiled and did not answer.
Cai Xiao glanced at him and asked, "Master Qiu, are you willing?"
"What are you willing to do?"
"Donate" "Your Majesty has already issued an order," Qiu Yi reminded.
If you are not willing, what can you do?
Cai Xiao said quietly: "In the war with the Besa Kingdom, we will pay for the money and food needed for the war, but the benefits earned after the war will be enjoyed exclusively by the Duke.
We civil servants will not get anything." , His Highness the Duke is really good at planning."
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Qiu Yi's lips moved, but he still didn't answer.
He didn't feel very happy, or to be more precise, as long as he was asked to pay, he wouldn't feel happy.
Shangguan Xiu proposed a war with Besa, but the money and food had to be collected by the ministers.
There is no such reason.
If you can fight, go and fight.
If you can't afford to fight, just don't fight.
What does this mean now?
Cai Xiao knew Qiu Yi's character very well.
He was a money addict.
Anyone who touched his money would literally touch his lifeblood.
While the two of them were talking, Song Sheng caught up and asked straight to the point: "Two adults, how much are you planning to donate this time?"
Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi looked at each other and asked in unison: "Where are you, Mr.
Song?"
Song Sheng raised the corners of his mouth, sneered, and stretched out five fingers.
Qiu Yi asked curiously: "Fifty thousand taels" Song Sheng shook his head.
"Five hundred thousand taels" Qiu Yi asked with his eyes widened.
Song Sheng still shook his head.
At this time, Qiu Yi's eyes almost popped out.
His voice was sharp and he asked in disbelief: "Five million taels" His Majesty ordered him and Cai Xiao to organize the donation.
If Song Sheng donated five million taels, wouldn't he, the organizer, donate more than five million taels?
Wouldn't this cost his own life?
Song Sheng chuckled and said: "Five thousand taels" "What?"
Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi looked at him like a monster.
"Five thousand taels, even one tael more, I won't donate," Song Sheng said through gritted teeth.
Shangguan Xiu killed his youngest son, and now he wants to donate money to him.
He really thinks that he is a soft persimmon.
"Even if I cause His Majesty's dissatisfaction and punishment this time, I will only donate five thousand taels."
Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
Both of them could understand Song Sheng's mood.
Now asking Song Sheng to donate a large amount of money to Shangguan Xiu was indeed forcing someone to do something difficult and was too unkind.
The three of them were talking, and Zi Yi Ling happened to walk quickly past the three of them.
Qiu Yi hurriedly raised his hand and shouted: "General Zi" "Ah" Zi Yi Ling was stunned for a moment, stopped, looked at the three of them, bowed his hands and said, "Master Cai, Master Qiu, Master Song" Zi Yi Ling is Shangguan Xiu's confidant, and to a certain extent, his words can represent Shangguan Xiu's thoughts.
Qiu Yi returned the courtesy and asked with a smile: "There is something I would like to ask General Zi for advice."
"Master Qiu, please tell me something."
Qiu Yi looked at Cai Xiao and Song Sheng beside him, rolled his eyes, and asked with a smile: "General Zi, tell me, Mr.
Cai, Mr.
Song, and me, how much silver should be donated this time?"
"this" Just as Zi Yi Ling was about to shake his head, Qiu Yi said with a smile: "We are just talking about this in private, General Zi just says it doesn't matter."
He wanted to get to know Shangguan Xiu's background through Zi Yi Ling's mouth first, so as not to make Shangguan Xiu unhappy if he donated too little, or to donate too much, which would cause his liver to tremble and his body to ache.
Zi Yi Ling pretended to be deep in thought, rubbed her chin, thought for a while, stretched out two fingers, made an eight sign, and whispered: "The general thinks that the three adults are humerus ministers of our Feng Kingdom.
We should set an example and each person should donate 800,000 taels."
Eight hundred thousand taels, for the Cai family and the Song family who opened bank accounts, it was a drop in the bucket, but to Qiu Yi's ears, his facial features almost clenched together, eight hundred thousand taels, that's eight hundred thousand taels. , how long will it take for me to earn back these 800,000 taels?
After speaking, seeing that none of the three court giants said anything, Zi Yi Ling scratched his head, cupped his hands and said: "Three adults, I have important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
After saying this, he turned around and left quickly. go.
When Zi Yi Ling walked away, Qiu Yi looked sad and couldn't help but shook his head repeatedly and sighed: "This time, His Majesty the Duke is really talking like a lion."
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Cai Xiao shrugged indifferently.
Eight hundred thousand taels was nothing to him.
He turned to look at Song Sheng and said with a smile: "Master Song, you heard me.
This time, if you don't want to spend money, I'm afraid it won't happen."
"Hmph."
Song Sheng snorted coldly and said, "Originally, I planned to donate five thousand taels, but Shangguan Xiu bullied others too much.
How could I make him feel better than 800,000 taels?
What a joke this time, I will donate 800 taels.
I want to see what Shangguanxiu can do to me."
Eight hundred taels is not a donation, it is just embarrassing!
Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi looked at each other.
The former raised the corners of his mouth with a smile, while the latter looked worried.
Song Sheng really did what he said this time.
He said he would donate 800 taels, but in the end he only donated 800 taels.
In sharp contrast to him, Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi each donated 800,000 taels.
After Tang Ling read the list of donations, he was also very dissatisfied with Song Sheng's performance.
In the court, he repeatedly insinuated Song Sheng, telling him to put the overall interests of the country first and not let personal grudges get to his head.
In the past, if Tang Ling reminded her slightly, Song Sheng would do what she wanted.
But this time, Song Sheng was a bastard and was determined to confront Shangguan Xiu.
In response to Tang Ling's reminder, he Totally pretending to be confused.
Donation, how much you donate is all voluntary.
Song Sheng insisted on donating 800 taels, and Tang Ling couldn't do anything about it.
Furthermore, Tang Ling also knew where Song Sheng's heart was.
After all, his favorite youngest son was killed by Shangguan Xiu.
Regardless of the reason, a son was killed.
Now he was asked to donate 800,000 taels like Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi.
With Song Sheng's temper and heart, he couldn't do it no matter what.
On the second day after Feng Guo's donation, an explosive news came to the Song Dynasty.
The Yuzhen branch of the Kaiyuan Silver Account was robbed.
The amount of money robbed was no more than 799,200.
Two, if you include the 800 taels of silver donated by Song Sheng before, it is exactly 800,000 taels.
After Song Sheng heard the news, his eyes turned black with anger, and his body shivered suddenly.
Suddenly, his throat felt sweet, and a stream of old blood poured out of his chest.
"Shangguan Xiu bullied me too much."
Before he could finish his words, Song Sheng couldn't help but let out a cry and spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Yuzhen branch is the largest branch of Kaiyuan Bank.
It is a stronghold of bank and has many masters.
Among the top ten masters under the Song family, three of them are in Yuzhen branch.
This shows that Yuzhen branch is heavily defended.
But under the strict supervision of so many experts, the bank can still be robbed.
Who else can do it except Shangguan Xiu?
Moreover, the silver treasury stored in Yuzhen branch is not only 800,000 taels, but probably more than 5 million taels.
But the amount of money that was robbed was 799,200 taels, neither more nor less.
This was obviously done by Shangguan Xiu.
By doing this, he was obviously telling you that you can donate as much as I want you to.
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You have to donate as much as you want to me, but you don’t want to, then I’ll take it myself.
Song Sheng had never been humiliated like this in his life.
He was so angry that he vomited blood
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