Chapter 85

Chapter 85

Xiao Yunzhou looked at the dazed Minister of Revenue Jiang Li in front of him, and lightly cleared his throat.

He glanced towards the direction of the warm chamber of Chonghua Palace, where his beloved daughter had already been carried away by her nursemaid to be breastfed and lulled to sleep.

Xiao Yunzhou could now begin his act!

He scanned the three officials from the Revenue Ministry and the four senior ministers of the Grand Secretariat, and then closed his eyes.

"Jiang Li, are you the Minister of Revenue, or am I the Emperor?"

Xiao Yunzhou now gave these ministers a major test every ten days and a lecture every five days.

He had become addicted to it, no, he was doing it for the national strength of Jing Country, to whip these ministers into shape!

"When I ask you about matters of the Revenue Ministry, why are you staring at me in a daze?"

Minister of Revenue Jiang Li felt like he had been wronged. "Your Majesty, you said... matters of the Revenue Ministry?"

He had never heard of those terms before!

What cash flow, what return on investment?

What were those?

He had been in the Revenue Ministry for twenty years, having just been promoted to Minister three years ago. This was the first time he had heard of such things!

"Hmph!" Xiao Yunzhou wanted to slam the table again, but this time he restrained himself, looking towards the Grand Secretariat ministers, especially Prime Minister Fucha.

"Why am I even the Emperor? I might as well be the Minister of Works and the Minister of Revenue myself!"

"..." The officials in the study room twitched their mouths.

"I'll take care of the Ministry of Works' matters myself."

"I'll take care of flood control and epidemic matters myself."

"And now, even the Revenue Ministry's accounting matters, I have to handle personally!"

"Jiang Li, can you sleep at night?"

Minister of Revenue Jiang Li opened his mouth, then closed it again, his face reddening as he suddenly knelt down. "It is my incompetence, I humbly request Your Majesty to enlighten me, what is cash flow..."

Xiao Yunzhou sighed, "I have to manage everything, with countless matters of state, and still have to teach you all."

"What a sin, being this kind of Emperor..."

"..."

Jiang Li, Prime Minister Fucha, and the other senior ministers all felt their temples throbbing.

The Emperor was becoming more and more arrogant by the day, what was going on!

Just a few days ago, he was quite happy when eating the roasted duck.

But now, after such a short time, he had another outburst.

And yet, no one could stop him.

Because the Emperor now... had some capabilities!

"Ahem, Your Majesty, this old minister has also never heard of the terms you just mentioned," Prime Minister Fucha decisively cut off the Emperor's arrogance, urging him not to beat around the bush anymore. "If it is beneficial to the Revenue Ministry, the common people will likely have a good year next year."

"Mmm," Xiao Yunzhou followed the flow and felt relieved, nodding as he turned to Jiang Li. "Wei Zheng, read to Minister Jiang what I've written."

Saying that, Xiao Yunzhou returned to his desk and sat down, picking up his tea cup and sipping it slowly.

Jiang Li's brows twitched.

Wei Zheng had already begun reciting, "Cash flow refers to the outflow and inflow of silver from the national treasury."

"It reflects our country Jing's ability to circulate silver in the treasury."

At first, Jiang Li felt a little resentful, thinking the Emperor had been lecturing them to assert his authority for no good reason.

But after Wei Zheng's first sentence, Jiang Li's neck stiffened.

The ability to circulate silver?

That phrase was really fresh, but it hit the nail on the head!

What was the Revenue Ministry's current problem? It was the lack of available silver!

"Then there won't be so many people deceiving me and the people."

Jiang Li let out an "ah" sound.

The other two Vice Ministers of Revenue also had increasingly bright looks in their eyes.

So the Revenue Ministry had such an important role!

"Your Majesty is truly... wise!" The three Revenue Ministry officials were convinced and sincere. "This minister is not as wise as Your Majesty."

Xiao Yunzhou waved his hand, it was nothing.

I only have an intelligence of eighty-eight.

Ah, I don't know how much more sheep's milk and eggs I need to consume to gain two more points of intelligence like the Fifth Prince.

Little Princess said those accounting knowledge bits, but he only barely understood a small part of them.

"Alas, we lack capable people."

"With just my effort alone, I can only come up with one or two methods, but cannot devise a complete strategy."

Xiao Yunzhou sighed, "You can't all just rely on me."

The three ministers from the Revenue Department blushed.

The four senior officials in the Cabinet also fell silent.

Especially Fucha, the senior official, he felt that every time he woke up from a sleep recently, the emperor had changed.

Now, he could hardly even recognize the once naive crown prince student of his!

"By the way, Your Majesty, how did you come up with these ideas?" Jiang Li asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, could you please share with me, so that I can strive to improve myself in that direction and keep up with Your Majesty's pace!"

"..."

Emperor Xiao Yunzhou's motion of raising the teacup slowed down for a beat.

He coughed heavily with reddened ears, "It's nothing, just that I have the people in my heart!"

The three Revenue ministers and four Cabinet officials were all taken aback.

Xiao Yunzhou blushed and glanced at the warm chamber where his beloved daughter was napping, gesturing for them to keep quiet.

"Enough, stop flattering me."

"I don't buy that nonsense."

"..."

"Now, I want to talk about how to address the shortage of silver in the national treasury in the short term."

Jiang Li abruptly lifted his head, there's really a solution?!

Xiao Yunzhou looked at the seven officials in the study mysteriously and lowered his voice.

"I want to borrow money from the people."

"I want to establish the Jing Country Bank."

The Revenue and Cabinet ministers simultaneously looked up!

[Meow, how long have I slept, so comfortable~]

Xiao Chuchu woke up in the warm chamber's rocking bed, mewling as she stretched her little lazy body.

She had haphazardly used her system points to purchase the live stream of Emperor Xiao Yunzhou's study.

[Let me take a look at what the emperor father is up to...]

[I want to go back to mother's side~ It's so boring here~]

But as soon as she saw Xiao Yunzhou's current scene, Xiao Chuchu was stunned.

[Wow, modern banking has been conceived?]

[Who came up with this? Awesome!]

Xiao Yunzhou, who was about to expound in the study, suddenly froze.