"You are used to eating fine clothes and fine clothes, but you said something like "Why don't you eat minced meat?" I ask you, do you still remember the origin of this sentence?"
The Ninth Prince immediately replied: "Remember, this was hundreds of years ago, when Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty reported the famine in the country and the people had no rice to eat, he asked why he didn't eat minced meat since there was no rice to eat."
"It means...it means that this person does not know the sufferings of the world and lacks knowledge."
"It's a good thing that you didn't study in vain."
Li Chen snorted coldly and said: "Since the shacks built for the victims are just ordinary shacks for shelter from the cold, then there is no need to pay attention to the materials and workmanship. They can just provide shelter from wind and rain. How much money will it cost?"
"You said that the price of food has soared, which is just right. But even if you include this expenditure, it will never be as much as 600,000 taels."
After speaking, Li Chen took up a pen and changed the required amount on the document to one hundred thousand taels, and threw it back to the Ninth Prince.
"The victims could have done their own work in transporting food and building shacks, which would have saved a lot of labor money. At the worst possible outcome, the criminals were taken from the prison of the Ministry of Punishments to work as coolies. There are many ways to do this. I
I’ll give you this number at most.”
Seeing that I wanted 600,000 taels, I was only approved for 100,000 taels.
If she went back with this result, the queen mother would be extremely disappointed in herself.
Thinking of this, the Ninth Prince gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, please show mercy and approve at least three hundred thousand taels, otherwise I will not be able to explain to my mother when I go back."
Li Chen's eyes were cold and he said: "If the queen is dissatisfied, you can ask the queen to come to me and tell me, and then go out."
The Ninth Prince was filled with anger. He raised his head and looked directly at Li Chen and asked: "Does His Highness the Crown Prince not want my brother to handle the disaster relief work well, so that everyone in the world says that my brother is kind, so he deliberately makes things difficult?"
boom!
Li Chen was furious, slapped his palm on the table, and shouted angrily: "Presumptuous!"
The huge sound made the Ninth Prince tremble. When Li Chen's cold gaze full of unparalleled majesty fell on him, the Ninth Prince was shocked and frightened.
Nowadays, Li Chen has been in power for a long time, and his power of speaking one word and ruling the world is getting stronger and stronger.
At this moment, when Li Chen was angry, the entire Xi Zheng Palace was filled with majesty and majesty, as if thunder exploded in a silent place, frightening the Ninth Prince into a trance. He seemed to see the shadow of his father in Li Chen.
With a pop, the Ninth Prince subconsciously knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Your Highness, please calm down. It's my brother who's being arrogant. My brother's being arrogant!"
"If I want to deliberately embarrass you, I will never agree to Zhao Xuanji pushing you out!"
"Both you and Zhao Xuanji think that I compromised due to pressure from the government? But there are four, six, and eight in front of you. You are the youngest, why do you have to come out?"
"Or do you think that because Zhao Xuanji chose you, I have no choice but to agree?"
"What I really value is that you come forward to do this. Zhao Xuanji and other ministers and departments will fully cooperate."
"In order for those victims to live in peace as soon as possible, I can make a compromise, but this kind of compromise has nothing to do with you, Li Mo!"
Keeping a close eye on the Ninth Prince, after Li Chen finished speaking, he scolded him without even looking at the trembling man: "Get out and get the top ten boards yourself!"
The Ninth Prince looked pale, but he did not dare to say a word and slowly withdrew.
A moment later, the sound of a slap on the buttocks and the screams of the Ninth Prince could be heard outside the Xi Zheng Palace.
After a while, the screams ended, and Chen Tong, the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard who was executing the execution, came in and said softly: "The news has reached the Queen's side, and it was the Queen who sent someone to pick up the Ninth Prince."
"Have you played ten games?" Li Chen asked.
Chen Tong's face froze and he whispered: "Only, only seven hits."
"Bastard thing!"
Li Chen kicked Chen Tong over, strode out of the Xi Zheng Palace, and said: "Go and stop this person from me. The King of Heaven is here today, and I have to hit all ten boards!"
