My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 206 Making Money
Looking at the incompetent and furious Sea Lord in front of him in the sea, Peng Ze had a look of surprise on his face. Obviously, only the quarrying war could make this ancient existence so angry.

"It seems that the emperor has really won an incredible victory——"

Speaking of this, he felt everything seemed like a dream.

But then he burst out laughing.

"It seems that the day of ZTE has really arrived! It's time to use this broken body to wipe out the demons in the world!"

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"Never listen to blame or praise. Right and wrong will always be clear to you. If you trust someone else's words for a while, you will know that someone else's words are unfair."

Peng Ze, Yang Yiqing and others listened respectfully as the emperor above them recited a poem at the banquet held by the city of Nanjing to celebrate the Ming army's victory in Quarry, expressing their happiness after the victory.

"Your Majesty is ridiculous - I was also confused by the barbarian children at the beginning, and I was obsessed with profit for a while. When I came back to my senses, Hami was already destroyed... No wonder the late emperor, it is all my fault!"

After hearing Zhu Houcong's words, Peng Ze quickly stood up to show the humility of a Confucian master.

Zhu Houcong was obviously very satisfied when he heard this answer.

You said this yourself and admitted that you were guilty. It has nothing to do with me.

He raised his glass and said with a smile.

"Then I hope you can work hard to avenge your shame and serve the country."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Peng Ze raised his head, knowing that as long as he tried his best to assist the emperor from now on, the previous matter would be revealed and would never be mentioned again. Overjoyed, a sincere smile couldn't help but appear on his face.

But the most excited person in the venue was not Peng Ze, but the senior officials of Jinling Six Division on the side.

After all, when Zhu Houcong spoke just now, although the meaning of his words was directed at Peng Ze, his vague gaze towards the people in Jinling still hinted that his words just had a hidden meaning.

"Although the soldiers worked together, the army died, and the sharks were severely wounded in the quarry, the armies from all over the world have not rested, and the alien monsters from all over the country are still invading the territory of our Ming Dynasty... As soon as I entered Nanjing, I saw singing and dancing in the city. , the business is prosperous... These are all due to your beloved ministers! When the Sharks are pacified next year, the imperial court will definitely reward you heavily!"

Having said this, Zhu Houcong paused for a moment, and people held their breaths, knowing that the emperor must have something more to ask for later.

"But this year there were two wars in the southwest and the north, and the national treasury is empty... I wonder if you have any ideas to help add some money to the national treasury..."

Hearing Zhu Houcong's words, even Zhu Changning, who was eating and drinking on the side, raised his head in shock, watching his dear old father start to beg for trouble from Jinling City completely shamelessly——

And it's still the kind of thing where you don't have to pay it back, and at most you give some spiritual reward in the end——

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, how can you be more shameless than me?

Zhu Changning's face was full of shock.

At this time, I heard the words of the emperor. Although the bustling Jinling Palace was still filled with the sound of orchestral strings and bamboos, the singers still hugged the pipa and showed off their graceful figures in front of these dignitaries. .

But all the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were invited by the emperor to attend this banquet already felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.The emperor, who was sitting on the golden platform, looked at the people in Jinling in front of him with a very expectant expression, waiting to see these people. After learning about the quarrying victory and the Ming army entering Jinling, his views were shattered and he started to cry. The privy envoys who expressed their undying loyalty to the Ming Dynasty could spend as much money as they could on the court to eliminate disasters.

But obviously, after hearing the emperor's unreasonable request, although the senior officials of Jinling present did not dare to refuse in person, these cold alien creatures did not want to be taken advantage of, so they were dismissed by the emperor with a few good guy cards. All of them looked troubled.

"My dear friends, if you have any difficulties, you might as well tell them in person. All the generals are here today. If there is any problem, we can work together and solve it together."

Hearing what the emperor had said, and thinking of the 10,000+ troops currently stationed outside the city, the Jinling Privy Envoys present could only cry with sadness. Before they could recover from the joy of the emperor's forgiveness, they were about to be killed by the imperial court. He used violence against his neck to bleed Jinling City.

At this time, as the chief financial officer in charge of Nanjing, Zhou Wenyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, could only helplessly stand up in the expectant eyes of many colleagues. He faced the expectant emperor who was waiting for Jinling to get the money in front of him, and suppressed the white flowers in his heart. He said against his will, feeling the pain of the money slipping from his hands.

"Your Majesty led the rebels to drive away the cruel sharks and monsters, so that the people of Jinling City could live and work in peace and contentment. At this time, the country is in crisis, what does a little yellow and white thing mean? I am willing to allocate 500 million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs. , and then call on the gentry from all over the country to raise 500 million taels and donate it to the imperial court to prepare for the war of our great army!"

When he heard that Jinling could come up with 2000 million taels of silver at once, even Zhu Houcong was shocked.

wow!Is this thing so profitable?

Originally, I was hoping to get a little bit of it. Although this battle is not over yet, I have to prepare for the next war in advance.

No amount of money will satisfy the already activated war machine of Mingting.

I thought it would be great if Jinling could come up with a few million taels.

After all, the sharks blocked the sea route, which had a great impact on the southern nobles who relied on sea trade for their livelihood.

But who would have thought that they would suddenly come up with 2000 million taels to supply the needs of the court.

Seeing this, the smile on Zhu Houcong's face became more sincere. He looked around at everyone, especially those officials from various ministries in the capital who were following the imperial army on the expedition.

"Did you hear that? Look at me! The court is in trouble, and 2000 million taels of silver are given to the new generation without blinking an eye. I think it's time for those idiots in the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital to move their positions. This year, the Ministry of War will give 50 taels to the new generation. The Ministry of Household Affairs couldn’t come up with the money to buy winter clothes for the Beijing troops recruited, and they even talked about raising taxes—stupid! Ridiculous!”

Zhu Houcong highly praised the Jinling officials in front of him, although they were heartbroken, but on the surface they still pretended to serve the imperial court without any regrets.

"It is the duty of ministers to share the worries of the king and father——"

Having said this, they couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief subconsciously when they saw the smile on Zhu Houcong's face in front of them.

After witnessing the brutality of the quarry battlefield, these Privy Council envoys were simply frightened to death.

The corpses of huge sea monsters flowed down the river, blocking the river mouth just before entering the sea.

Most of the bodies had already been burned on the quarrying battlefield, but Jinling still mobilized tens of thousands of manpower and material resources to deal with the remaining limbs.

Looking at the remains of the giant beasts at the river mouth and the piles of shark corpses in the shallows, these weaklings in Zhu Houcong's eyes suddenly transformed into loyal servants of the Ming Dynasty.

The previous small thoughts of hoping that after the demise of the Ming Dynasty, they would change their appearance and join another country, they disappeared in an instant.

(End of this chapter)