Since it was Zhao Guan's family who invited us to visit Genyue, why do we still need to collect money now when we say that the emperor and his ministers have fun together?
Moreover, the money to be charged is not a small amount!
Among the officials present, the lowest-ranking ones are all sixth-rank officials, and the highest-ranking ones are first-rank officials!
Today's officials in the Song Dynasty not only have the highest monthly salary among officials of the same level in the past dynasties, but also their gray income is ridiculous. Those who directly embezzle or accept bribes also account for the majority of the officials present.
They all have their own calculations in mind. Even the so-called "poor" among them, if they were asked to give out one-tenth of their family wealth according to the Zhao Guan family's wishes, it would be tens of thousands of dollars!
And if officials like Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Tong Guan, who hold high positions and hold real power, are asked to donate ten percent of their family wealth to the national treasury, each family will have to spend at least hundreds of thousands of dollars! p>
The officials present were in an uproar. They even began to ignore the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and did not care about the long-winged official hats on their heads. They began to whisper among themselves...
Zhao Ji, who was confident, had already thought of a way to deal with the ministers who were reluctant to donate one-tenth of the family wealth. He smiled and watched the monarchs and ministers whispering to each other...
At this time, the young prime minister Wang Fu, who relied on the favor of the officials and was in a high position, was the first to bear the brunt. He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Fu, is going to report to the officials!"
Zhao Ji smiled, as if he saw a big fish swimming towards the erbium hook he dropped, and said softly: "My dear, I have something to say, but there is no harm in saying it."
Wang Fu looked at Zhao Ji's smiling face and felt relieved after confirming that the current emperor was still the frivolous Zhao Guanjia.
After all, in the past few years, Wang Fu has been favored by the Zhao Guan family, the original owner of Zhao Ji's body, and has become very bold and reckless.
In the past, he was summoned to the palace by Zhao Guan's family, drank with the official family, and told them some dirty jokes from the market, which made the official family's subordinates laugh...
When he was drunk, Wang Fu actually dared to take off his robe in front of Zhao Guan's family, and drank with the Zhao family naked. He also made some remarks about scoundrels to irritate Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Guan pretended to be angry and wanted to beat Wang Fu with a stick. The shirtless Wang Fu also pretended to be frightened and quickly climbed up a big tree in the palace yard. Zhao Guan's family watched Wang Fu climb up the tree like a monkey.
The tree looks miserable, but underneath it is leaning forward and back with joy...
Now, Wang Fu is recalling every detail of how he was favored by the Zhao Guan family. He was promoted to the eighth level from Tongyi Dafu, and was appointed as the Young Prime Minister (right prime minister) by the Zhao Guan family. This was unprecedented since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
In addition, the city's west mansion [Zhaodefang] where I currently live was also given by the Zhao Guan family, and a plaque with the four characters "Dexianzhiding" was personally inscribed by the official family!
What an honor!
Who dares to compete?
Everything he needs in his house is obtained from the government, and he is now the most favored person by the Zhao family.
Wang Fu again thought of the frivolity of the Zhao Guan family when he was King Duan. Instead, he felt that this time the Zhao Guan family allowed them and other ministers to travel to the newly built Gen Mountain, and also asked them to give one-tenth of their family wealth as a gift to the national treasury to complete the project.
This is a manifestation of the frivolous character of the Zhao Guan family.
It is even very possible that Zhao Guan's family used this to frighten the officials and gain some pleasure.
Therefore, Wang Fu dared to "admonish" and said: "I, Wang Fu, told the officials that since ancient times, the king has not competed with the people for profit, and has not taken away the wealth of his officials.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have treated scholar-bureaucrats favorably.
However, now that the officials want to take advantage of the scholar-bureaucrats and forcibly expropriate one-tenth of the wealth of our officials, isn’t this what the Mingjun and the Holy Lord do?!”
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Zhao Ji showed an intriguing smile and sneered in his heart: "Wang Fu, you treacherous minister, you jumped out to seek death yourself! You can't blame me!"