Chapter 304 Advanced Techniques for Applying Eye Medicine
Chapter 304 Advanced techniques for applying eye drops
However, although this is true, where does the money come from?
Li Chen frowned and suddenly had the urge to find trouble with a few important officials in the court and ransack a few homes.
But this thought just passed by in a flash.
It's fun to raid homes, and it's always fun to raid homes, but there must be a limit.
Since the supervision of the country this year, he has killed many high-ranking officials and confiscated their mansions. If he goes on a killing spree now, it will really force everyone in the court to go to Zhao Xuanji.
This is not in Li Chen's political interests.
"What day is it today?" Li Chen asked.
"It's already the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month." Xu Changqing replied.
"That means there are five days left?"
Li Chen snorted coldly: "In five days, how can you ask me to conjure up seven to eight hundred thousand taels of silver for you?"
Xu Changqing took out a report from his arms like a magic trick and said: "Your Highness, this is the construction budget of Prince Zhao's Mansion. Please take a look at it."
Li Chen was stunned for a moment and motioned to Wan Jiaojiao to bring up the memorial.
After receiving the report, Li Chen sneered at Xu Changqing and said: "Xu Changqing, you, a thick-browed man with big eyes, can also play tricks with me?"
First, he said that the court was short of money, and it was in urgent need, and then he immediately took out the construction budget of Prince Zhao's Mansion. Isn't this an obvious attempt to give King Zhao Li Yinhu some eye drops?
Li Chen was as good at watching fire as he could see through Xu Changqing's little thoughts at a glance.
Xu Changqing understood it and knew that His Highness was not angry because it was politically correct to deal with King Zhao in front of His Highness.
With a smile, Xu Changqing said: "Your Highness, this budget is indeed a bit high, and it is against the rules anyway."
Li Chen didn't say anything, he opened the memorial and took a look.
He didn't look at the detailed items, but only looked at the final amount.
"Oh, a prince's palace requires a full one million taels of silver to build."
Li Chen sneered and said: "What, King Zhao wants to build a palace?"
This is naturally an exaggeration.
Not to mention the imperial palace, the entire construction cost of his East Palace was no less than 8 million taels, and the specifications were definitely not comparable to that of Prince Zhao's Mansion. However, this sentence was just to express Li Chen's dissatisfaction.
"It's Zhao Tailai who brought together wealthy merchants in Beijing to jointly donate funds for the construction. I asked him to raise money for it, but who allowed him to go to those merchants to raise money?"
Li Chen took up the pen and changed the total budget amount from 1.1 million taels to 300,000 taels, and then threw the memorial to Xu Changqing.
"Batch according to this number."
Xu Changqing took the report and looked at it, his eyes widened.
"Three to three hundred thousand taels?"
Xu Changqing swallowed his saliva and felt that His Highness was still the most ruthless. With this sword strike, there would be nothing left of Prince Zhao's Mansion except a frame.
"enough."
Li Chen said calmly: "Right now, there are refugees and disaster victims everywhere. Their wages are cheap. Most of them can work with just one mouthful of food. How much can be saved in just wages. The court is nervous now. If it spends too much money to build a palace,
How do the people view the imperial court and King Zhao? This is for the sake of King Zhao."
"Have Zhao Tailai send the extra money directly to the treasury, and you will personally take inventory and put it into the treasury."
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Li Chen said: "You should handle this matter yourself."
Xu Changqing asked subconsciously: "But if King Zhao and Zhao Tailai come over there..."
"If you have any opinions, ask them to come to the East Palace to raise them."
Xu Changqing bowed deeply and said: "Weak minister, I obey..."
