Daxuan's treasury only has two hundred thousand taels of silver left?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Emperor Changle and waited for him to laugh loudly next.
He must be joking!
Daxuan called out a wealthy businessman with some reputation, whose wealth was more than 200,000 taels of silver.
Tomorrow at the court meeting, a minister of rank four or above was randomly picked up and killed, and the property confiscated was more than two hundred thousand taels of silver.
He must be joking.
He was used to teasing.
But Emperor Changle didn't smile.
"Zhiqiong, please return the twenty thousand taels I lent you. I don't want the interest. I'm waiting to use the money.
The victims of the disaster in Fuzhou need to be rescued, and the military salaries in the north should also be given. Last year, my father arrested the Suzaku cultivators, and the food production was reduced a lot. Many prefectures and counties in the north were out of food, and many people in the west were already starving.
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There are too many places to spend money, and I can't open the door. I have sold all the seventeen palaces that my father planned to build, but they may not be sold for a while. I plan to sell the hunting garden and other courtyards as well.
, I also plan to sell several royal gardens, but if it doesn’t work out, I want to sell this palace too!”
He's not joking.
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, please speak more slowly. I don't understand clearly. What happened? There are more than 80 million silver and more than 20 million gold on the books. How can you say that they are gone?
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Emperor Changle shook his head and said: "I don't know, I really don't know, Zhiqiong, do you think I'm a waste? I can't even keep Daxuan's bank account in check!
After becoming the emperor, I have never been to the bank. I think the books are real and the bank is real!
Until two days ago, I planned to spend money to build river embankments, so I went to the bank to take a look. Who knew there were only two hundred thousand silver left in it!
Zhiqiong, I don’t dare to tell anyone about this, I don’t know what to do!”
No wonder he kept putting off dealing with the dike breach.
How could the money in the bank disappear?
Guarding oneself to steal?
"Is the ambassador who is in charge of the bank still there? Are his people still there?"
"Ambassador Ku is here, five deputy ambassadors (deputy foremen of treasury managers) are also here, and sixty Dianshi (treasury administrators) are all here. Their manpower is also large, and they are all locked up by me," Emperor Changle said with a red smile.
Eyes said, "I've been interrogating him for two days and two nights. They really don't know. If they did this, they wouldn't dare to stay in the bank as errands."
"How long has it been since they last checked the treasury silver?"
"I just did an inventory five days ago, and it matches the accounts!"
Was it correct five days ago?
That was lost in the next two days.
Xu Zhiqiong fell into deep thought.
Emperor Changle looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said expectantly: "Zhiqiong, do you have any idea? Why don't you ask Ambassador Ku?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "We are not in a hurry to interrogate him. Let's go to the bank to take a look first!"
The Daxuan Bank is connected to the palace and is guarded by the Forbidden Army. Emperor Changle took Xu Zhiqiong directly to the bank without a chariot or a servant. If he hadn't been wearing a dragon robe and carrying a gold medal, he would have guarded the bank.
The imperial guards really refused to let him in.
In the silver warehouse, there are rows of neat stone steps. These stone steps are not for going upstairs, but for stacking gold and silver.
On each level of stone steps, there are wooden boxes neatly stacked. When you open the wooden box on the first row of stone steps, you will find silver ingots neatly placed in the boxes.
When we reached the second row of stone steps, there was silver in the boxes on the lower third of the floor, while the boxes above were all empty.
There are dozens of rows of stone steps behind, and all the boxes are empty.
The prince looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "These two hundred thousand are the only ones left. I've looked through other boxes several times, but I haven't seen a single silver ingot."
Xu Zhiqiong walked around the bank and slowly smoothed out his thoughts.
Which bastard stole Ku Yin?
There are only two possibilities, one is that it was stolen, the other is that it was taken away openly.
The only person who could take away the treasure in a fair and just manner was Emperor Zhaoxing. He might have found a way to move the treasure out before leaving.
But Ambassador Ku had taken inventory of the treasury's silver five days ago, and it matched the accounts.
Assuming that Ambassador Ku did not lie, it proves that the second statement is not valid, and Ku Yin’s disappearance has nothing to do with Emperor Zhaoxing.
In other words, it was stolen.
There are imperial guards guarding the outside of the warehouse. Even if thieves sneak into the warehouse, they cannot easily take out the silver coins.
Use a magic circle?
"Your Majesty, is there a Qi Mixing Wheel in the bank?" The Qi Mixing Wheel is a magic weapon that can restrain Yin and Yang. It can forcibly mix Yin and Yang and basically dissolve Yin and Yang. There are many Qi Mixing Wheels in the palace.
, so in many places in the palace, Yin and Yang techniques were restricted.
Emperor Changle said: "Of course there is a Qi Mixing Wheel. In addition to the Qi Mixing Wheel, there are many mechanisms. The magic circle will definitely not be used."
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "Can't we use the Chaos Array?"
"It will definitely not be used!" Emperor Changle was very confident. "The bank was built by Kuji Hanxing, the first master of the Kuxiu Workshop. Ye Ansheng told me that no magic circle can be used here, and there are restrictions on Mohist construction methods.
, even characters like Taibu and Zhong Shen can’t break in!”
Ye Ansheng.
Die loyal to Emperor Zhaoxing.
Xu Zhiqiong will never forget the palace in the Hunting Garden.
The moment the roof fell, more than two thousand lives were turned into a mass of flesh and blood, and turned into several bloody trees.
Xu Zhiqiong would never believe Ye Ansheng's words. He scraped a few pieces of wood from the wooden box, put them into his arms, and said to Emperor Changle: "I have newly learned the art of divination. Let's find a place to calculate first."
Previous hexagram."
Emperor Changle shook his head and said: "Brother, stop playing around, I can't afford to play around with you!"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "Don't worry, you won't miss the main business. We can solve the hexagram in at most an hour. Let's talk about it later. Find me a quiet place first!"
Emperor Changle took Xu Zhiqiong back to the palace. The East Palace was still empty, and he found an attic where Xu Zhiqiong could perform divination.
Xu Zhiqiong used the yin and yang magic circle to seal the attic, and took a few pieces of wood into the small dark room.
He first grasped the wood and imagined the scene in the box, and the picture soon appeared.
It was pitch dark inside the box at first. Xu Zhiqiong used his imagination to imagine the moment when the box was opened.
Soon, he saw a glimmer of light and saw the prince opening the box.
There was nothing in the box, no money.
The prince was surprised for a moment, then left. After a while, he closed the box again.
The scene returned to darkness. Xu Zhiqiong injected more power of imagery into the wood in his hand and continued to move forward.
There was another glimmer of light before his eyes, and the box was opened. Ambassador Ku took a deputy envoy and two officials to count the amount of silver.
There is silver in the box, neatly arranged, and they are all silver ingots.
The so-called inventory is to count the silver ingots, and there is no need to weigh them one by one. After counting, close the box and your vision will return to darkness.
According to past experience, the closer something happens, the clearer the picture and the less power of imagery consumed.
The picture in front of me is very clear and consumes very little power of imagery. This is obviously the most recent inventory, which was five days ago.
There was money in the box at that time, which proved that Ambassador Ku was not lying. The money was lost in the intervening two days.
Xu Zhiqiong repeatedly adjusted the amount of the power of imagery, and fumbled back and forth for a long time during the two days, but found that nothing was missing. The visible line of sight was always dark, and the box had not been opened.
How can it be?
The bank built by Ku Jihanxing himself has strict restrictions on various magic circles and Mohist construction methods. Under heavy protection, the silver is moved away and the boxes are left behind. There is no need to open the boxes. There is no trace of the whole thing.
Change will make the money inside disappear out of thin air?
What if he only stole one box, but also stole more than 80 million silver and more than 20 million gold?
Taibu and Zhongshen really can't do this kind of thing, and even Li Shabai, who has reached the third level of Yin Yang and Mohism, can't do it.
There is another mystery here. Xu Zhiqiong increased the power of his imagery and continued to pursue it. He just wanted to see a glimmer of light when the box was opened.
The scene gradually emerged, there was money in the box, and it was Ambassador Ku who came with his men to take stock, but the scene was a bit more detailed and the time was longer.
The picture appeared again, and it was still an inventory, but it was even more vague.
When the picture appeared for the third time, Xu Zhiqiong thought it was time to take stock and discover that the characters in his sight had changed.
It's not Ambassador Ku, it's Emperor Zhaoxing.
Emperor Zhaoxing was looking at this box of silver.
He picked up the silver ingots one by one, put them down one by one, and then closed the box.
What to do?
Have you ever seen money?
Why are you carrying such heavy silver ingots one by one?
You are the richest man in Daxuan, how come you are so friendly when you see money?
Xu Zhiqiong replayed the scene and saw Emperor Zhaoxing quickly move the silver ingot to his chest, hold it for a moment, and then put it down again.
Every piece of silver was like this, until a silver ingot attracted Xu Zhiqiong's attention.
There is a black spot on this piece of silver, which is obviously oxidized.
But when Emperor Zhaoxing put it down, the black spot was gone!
Xu Zhiqiong read it several times and finally saw the reason.
The problem lies in the moment when Emperor Zhaoxing held the silver on his chest. During that moment, the shape of the silver became distorted.
Xu Zhiqiong focused the power of imagery on his eyes, slowed down the picture, watched it repeatedly, and finally saw the clues.
The silver first melted into silver water on Emperor Zhaoxing's chest, and was then sucked into Emperor Zhaoxing's chest.
Emperor Zhaoxing has a mouth on his chest because he has the remnant soul of Taotie in his body.
Next, he spit out another silver ingot from his chest very quickly, and Emperor Zhaoxing put the silver ingot back into the box.
Did he exchange the silver for it?
Just exchange them one by one?
impossible!
How could it be possible to exchange all the more than 80 million taels of silver?
A silver ingot is fifty taels, how many ingots are more than 80 million silver?
That’s 1.6 million ingots!
Impossible, Emperor Zhaoxing did not do this alone.
Even if this old dog is exhausted, it is impossible for him to lift all 1.6 million ingots of silver in one day!
What is the reason?
Xu Zhiqiong felt a throbbing pain in the center of his eyebrows, and quickly jumped out of the small dark room, and said to Emperor Changle: "I want to interrogate Ambassador Ku!"
Emperor Changle took Xu Zhiqiong to the prison. Ambassador Ku huddled in the cage. When he saw Emperor Changle, he howled loudly and cried out for injustice.
Emperor Changle said to Ambassador Ku: "I know you have been wronged. Marquis Yun has a few questions to ask you. Answering them honestly will save your life."
Ambassador Ku repeatedly said yes, and Xu Zhiqiong asked Ambassador Ku: "Did the late king often go to the bank when he was still alive?"
Ambassador Ku blinked, as if he didn't want to say anything.
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Since you don't want to live, then I can't help you."
Emperor Changle and Xu Zhiqiong were about to leave when Ambassador Ku shouted: "When the late king was alive, he would come to order money once every two days, and he would stay for half a day each time."
"You have to come once in two days?" Xu Zhiqiong and the prince were both shocked.
Ambassador Ku nodded and said: "The late king has told us that treasury silver is the foundation of the country, so we must be careful. He comes to visit every other day, and each time he has to stay for two or three hours, personally counting 50,000 to 60,000 silver, and sometimes even
A plate of ten thousand or twenty thousand gold!"
Five or sixty thousand taels?
One ingot of silver was fifty taels, and he lifted more than a thousand ingots of silver one by one. It was really a waste of his strength.
Looking at it this way, this is also a "diligent" emperor.
Xu Zhiqiong asked again: "When did he start coming to the bank to plate silver?"
Ambassador Ku thought for a moment and said: "Since I was a Dianshi, the late king has been coming to pay for money from time to time. If I remember correctly, it should have been ten years!"
Ten years!
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his eyebrows.
It was really Emperor Zhaoxing who did this alone!
Day after day, year after year, you old dog is so perseverant!