noffsinger Chapter 931 People are panicked
Chapter 931 People are panicked
The Wei Wang faction was uprooted one by one by Emperor Ping Zhao, and houses were searched everywhere in the capital city. There were cries and wails, and the sky at the end of July was shrouded in a haze.
The officials who had never taken sides stood up straight, without fear or any gloating.
They are only loyal to the emperor and they only serve the country.
The princelings have transformed themselves, and after all the hard work they have endured, their bright future is within reach.
He and the other princes' party were trembling in secret, not sure whether Emperor Ping Zhao would take any measures against them after dealing with the Third Prince's party.
Even if there is no confiscation of property or exile, demotion or assignment to another place is not impossible.
All officials believed that the emperor was kind, just as he was twenty years ago, and even after returning, he was still kind-hearted.
But this drastic house seizure made those officials who were secretly rejoicing in the end unable to even cry.
The new emperor did not give any signal to deal with them, so it was impossible for them to take the initiative to apologize and accept punishment. But if they did not take the initiative, if they were investigated again, it would be too late to apologize.
Every day was extremely tormenting.
Officials in Kyoto were like being roasted on the fire, but various problems caused by the drought had already emerged, and many refugees had gathered outside Kyoto.
Before their own sufferings were alleviated, the new emperor proposed that the government open its granaries to provide alms and that refugees should not be allowed to enter the city or allowed to starve.
If these people are willing, they can also receive a certain amount of travel expenses and return to their hometowns.
Not to mention how much silver is needed to return home, even the rice consumed for distributing porridge every day is not a small amount. As time goes on, the number of refugees increases, and the government's stored grain is not enough, so it is only a matter of time before the refugees break in.
Whether giving silver or providing porridge, silver is needed.
Where does the money come from?
Emperor Ping Zhao then thought of having officials take the lead in donations.
When Jiang Hao heard the news, he shook his head. This method of pacifying Emperor Zhao would not work because he could not raise any money at all.
As expected, at the end of the day, the civil and military officials had only collected a few hundred taels of silver.
On ordinary days, these people enriched themselves greedily, but when it came to donations, each of them gave only a few taels of silver, which could be said to be like giving alms to beggars.
Emperor Ping Zhao sneered, these are all good officials for the people!
Honest officials really don’t have money, but corrupt officials dare not donate more money.
Jiang Hao took a silver note of 10,000 taels from the Ji Mansion's public account, wrote a letter, sealed it, and asked Cao Dongyang to go to the palace in person to hand it over to Emperor Ping Zhao.
"Why don't you go?"
Cao Dongyang looked confused.
Jiang Hao said: "You are the head of the Ministry of Revenue. You go to the palace to help the emperor. What should I do?"
Cao Dongyang looked at the envelope with an embarrassed look on his face: "No, the emperor cousin will not believe that what you wrote was my idea. He knows exactly what he knows."
"Can you be of some use?"
Jiang Hao was really amused by Cao Dongyang’s “self-knowledge”. Why was he so naive?
Cao Dongyang shook his head: "Being able to work in the Ministry of Revenue is already the greatest achievement for this prince."
Everything else is beyond the scope!
But Jiang Hao wanted him to take this step, and urged him: "You promised your uncle the emperor that you would be a good official. Now the opportunity has come. What you have in your hand is the ticket to becoming a good official. Go quickly."
"younger sister....."
"Just trust me and leave it to the emperor. Then if the emperor asks you, just tell him what I teach you."
Cao Dongyang couldn't refuse, so he went into the palace holding the letter.
Jiang Hao rubbed his head and thought, if only he were a man, why would he be so afraid of everything and think so many things!