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The next day, on the Morning Meeting, Tang Yin was completely refreshed, he sat on the throne, looked at the ministers below, and said: If there's anything, start early, if there's nothing else, we can leave the imperial court.

"This humble subject has something to attend to!" Shangguan Yuanji walked out of the group and paid his respects to Tang Yin.

"What does Yuanji want to say?" Tang Yin asked.

Shangguan Yuanji said in a serious tone, "Great King, the flood in Ling Dong Prefecture is becoming more and more severe. It has now affected Ling Nan Prefecture."

Tang Yin frowned, in his impression, hadn't this matter already been resolved? He asked, "Did you have another request from the imperial government for the payment of silver taels for disaster relief?"

"Yes, my lord!"

"Didn't you say to let the affected counties think of a solution themselves?"

Shangguan Yuanji laughed bitterly, Tang Yin wanted to collect money from the big families in the counties that were affected to help the refugees, but those big families were also affected, even if their families had some savings, they would not take it all out. Shangguan Yuanji said: "Ling Dong and Ling Nan have not collected much money, and a cup of water with a barrel of water in it, it is far from enough. Also, the food in these two counties already has a confession, if this goes on, I am afraid that it will cause a huge mess."

Tang Yin sighed, he muttered to himself for a moment and said: "Zhang Zhe!"

"This official is here!" Zhang Zhe anxiously walked out.

Tang Yin asked: "How much silver is still available in the National Treasury?"

Zhang Zhe swallowed his saliva, shook his head, and said: "There isn't much left."

Tang Yin rolled his eyes and asked: "So what if I don't have a lot?"

Zhang Zhe said in a low voice, "Not even a million."

"What?" "Less than a million?" Tang Yin almost could not believe his ears when he heard this. When he was in the County Head, there were millions of silver taels in the treasury, yet the majestic treasury did not even have a million silver taels? He stood beside the table and paced back and forth. After walking for a while, he asked, "Where's the money?" What about the silver in the treasury? "

Tang Yin normally did not care about anything important, especially government affairs, as long as he had less contact with government affairs, he would handle things that Shangguan Yuanji could do, and would not give any more to Tang Yin. He did not really care about the treasury, and now that he heard that there was not even a million silver in the treasury, Tang Yin became a little anxious.

"Your Majesty, in the last two years, our country's imperial government has changed, our monarchs have changed, and wars have broken out. The country's treasury has long since been exhausted of its silver taels. "When this subject was serving as the Censors, the treasury did not even have a hundred thousand taels of silver …" As he said till here, Zhang Zhe paused, and started to speak.

Tang Yin said distractedly: "If you have anything to say, please say it out loud. Don't hesitate to say it."

Zhang Zhe no longer hesitated and continued to speak, "The King's reinforcements require money, the purchase and manufacture of armaments, military assets and war horses require money. Also, the Masters and the Generals have just received bestowment from the King, so everyone has to build an official residence and a house. As he spoke, he took a deep breath, shot Shangguan Yuanji a glance from the corner of his eye, and continued, "Just the Right Prime Minister Palace construction alone costs more than three hundred thousand silver."

Hearing that, Tang Yin was secretly shocked, that's right, what Zhang Zhe had said was true, but, the lords and generals under his command could be considered to be part of the founding families, and all of them had made great contributions, it was normal for them to want to build an official residence as soon as they became the Minister of Imperial Court, and he himself could not reject that!

Actually, if this was a prosperous founding era, then the founding fathers would have had no big deal in building an official's residence, and the Feng Country that Tang Yin had taken over was a mess filled with holes. He would have to increase his troops at this time, and also have to spend a huge amount of money to build his house, which was no longer possible for the treasury to support.

Zhang Zhe had never brought up this matter, in his opinion, there was nothing wrong with Tang Yin's actions, moreover, it was a display of kindness and righteousness. A Monarch who treated his subjects well, he should try his best to help Tang Yin to bear the burden, but right now, two counties of Feng Country were in turmoil, and there were countless refugees who were displaced. Furthermore, there was a possibility that a flood would turn into a large-scale famine, and the situation was extremely serious.

After Zhang Zhe finished speaking, the entire hall was completely silent, many people slowly drooped their heads, this time Shangguan Yuan was not going to comply, he strode forward and roared at Zhang Zhe: "Zhang Zhe, there are so many people building this official's residence, why are you blaming my big brother for this, what is your intention?"

Zhang Zhe's expression turned serious, and said: "This one is only discussing the matter, I have no intention of going against anyone!"

Shangguan Yuan was about to say more, but Shangguan Yuanji coughed lightly, interrupting him, and said solemnly: "You cannot be disrespectful to Master Zhang, Shangguan Yuan!" With that, he turned and bowed deeply towards Tang Yin, and said: "My King, right now, our nation's power is empty, and is not a time for us to be building a new house. This humble one has quite a bit of savings, to be able to buy a house in the capital city is not a problem, I beg my king to retract her order and build a Right Prime Minister Palace, we can discuss this again in the future!"

The other officials and generals did not dare to hesitate. All of them stepped forward and knelt down towards Tang Yin, and said in unison: "Great King, please retract your order, for the construction of the official residence, we will discuss it again in the future!"

Tang Yin looked at Shangguan Yuanji, then at the others, and could not help but sigh.

He walked down the king level, came to the officials, and helped them up one by one, saying faintly: "All of you have always been fighting alongside me, risking your lives and risking your lives, all of you have perished countless times. Now that I have finally gathered at the imperial court with great difficulty, as the ruler of a nation, I still want to let you live a miserable life, I am useless!"

These words nearly made everyone here cry, and those ministers who were helped up by Tang Yin all kneeled down, with tears in their eyes, and said together: "It's all because of this official's incompetence! This subject is powerless to resolve the king's worries! "

Amongst the voices, there was only one sentence that was incompatible: Zhang Zhe. Zhang Zhe knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and at the same time shouted loudly: "I, Wang Shengming!"

Regardless of whether Tang Yin's words were from the bottom of his heart or just to make the ministers feel touched, they were all willing to stop the construction of their homes and return the money that the treasury had given them back to the treasury. However, this did not mean that there was no grudge in their hearts, so of course, they could not blame Tang Yin, as all of the unhappiness in their hearts had been poured onto Zhang Zhe.

Zhang Zhe did not care about how his comrades thought of him. He only hoped that he could live a peaceful life and do what he thought was right.

With Zhang Zhe's visit, Yan City, which was in the middle of building a new house, had returned to its former tranquility. No matter if it was a civil servant or a military general, if they had money, they would buy their own house. If they did not have money, they would rent a house, but it was already impossible for them to get more money from Zhang Zhe.

On the surface, Tang Yin looked angry and aggrieved, but he secretly nodded in his heart. This would save the officials a lot of money to build the residence. He looked around and saw that everyone was looking depressed. Tang Yin smiled and said: "Our country is filled with mountains and lakes, there are not many fertile lands. Although we are poor, but our neighbors are all very rich!" While speaking, Tang Yin turned around and looked at the Hedong map that was still hanging on the wall. He pointed and said: "That place will be an enormous treasure pot, and as long as we take down the Hedong, the food and treasures there will all be ours. At that time, forget about building a single Right Prime Minister Palace, even building ten or a hundred would be more than enough!"

His words caused everyone's spirits to rise as they all raised their heads and looked at the Hedong map with shining eyes.

Tang Yin said slowly: "What Zhong Tian left us is a poverty-stricken imperial court, so what we want, we need to rely on our own hands to plunder, to be rich and powerful, we need to rely on our own hands to create!"

"Great King, fight Hedong!"

Seeing that everyone was excited, Qiu Zhen and Shangguan Yuanji did not waste this perfect opportunity. The two of them knelt on the ground and shouted.

"Great King!" fighting Hedong — "

"Great King!" fighting Hedong — "

With the Left and Right Prime Minister taking the lead, the hundreds of civil and military officials below also shouted in unison.

Tang Yin was quick thinking and clever. As long as he had the opportunity, he would be able to grab hold of the situation and turn the disadvantage into a benefit for himself. Taking back the ministers' money to build the official residence, not only did it not cause any dissatisfaction or rejection from the ministers, but it also stimulated everyone's motivation to seize Hedong Region.

This was Tang Yin's ability.

After the court dispersed, Tang Yin returned to the study room. Before he even sat down to warm his butt, a guard had reported to him that he was enjoying the day.

Hearing that Le Tian had arrived, Tang Yin's face revealed a joyous expression. Without even thinking, he said: "Quickly let Le Tian come here!"

"Yes, my King!"

The guard replied and hurriedly left.

Not long after, Le Tian walked in from outside. Before he even had the chance to speak, Tang Yin asked impatiently: "Did Wang Fang send any news?"

Le Tian was startled, he even suspected that Tang Yin might have a prediction ability. He nodded, intervening in the greeting, and said: "This general has just received a letter from Master Wang."

"Quick, let me take a look." Wang Fang was a history official who was sent to the Dookie by Tang Yin. His reply was related to the combination of Feng Country and battle, it was extremely important.

Le Tian did not dare delay any longer and quickly took out a folded piece of paper and handed it over to Tang Yin. The letter that Wang Fang sent back was a pigeon sending it, so it was obviously not that big. The contents were written by Le Tian following the pigeon sending it, one, the letter was too small, it looked very strenuous, and many of the contents in the other two were terms found within Sky Eye, which Tang Yin could not understand.

Opening up the letter, Tang Yin read the contents from beginning to end, and then, he laughed out loud. He slammed the letter on the table, and said: "Big deal!"