"Zhang Qing is here..." As soon as the emperor saw Zhang Yue, he reflexively remembered yesterday's ginseng soup. The delicious soup and its excellent effect made him miss it.

Therefore, when he saw Zhang Yue, he became very happy.

"Give me a seat..." the emperor smiled, and then he saw the box that Zhang Yue brought and asked, "You bring a box to see me, what's wrong?"

Zhang Yue bowed and said, "Your Majesty... These are the gifts given by some nobles and nobles that I received this evening. I was disrespectful and had to accept them..."

Zhang Yue opened the box and revealed the jewel spirit inside.

Firewashing cloth, coral, gold, silverware, of course, the most eye-catching thing is the huge wall glass.

The emperor could hardly move his eyes away when he looked at it.

No one doesn't like treasures.

Especially valuable treasures!

Even the emperor is a noble emperor, he will be bribed by these golden Adu things.

There is no way, in this world, having money can really do whatever you want.

Just like the years of Yuanguang, Yuanding, and Yuanshou.

The national treasury was full and the social wealth exploded, so that even the ropes of money in the treasury rotted, and no one cared about it. So the grain in the official warehouse was piled up together. Often, the old grain had not had time to consume it, and the new grain came in thousands, so that the country needed to continuously build granaries to meet the needs of storing grain. However, construction could not keep up with production, so a large number of grains became moldy in the official warehouse.

So, the Han army fought whatever they wanted.

Economic issues never need to be considered.

He, the emperor, can do whatever he wants, and he doesn't need to consider the cost issue at all.

Tour the world, Fengshan Mountain, and beat the Huns to attack Nanyue.

With sufficient financial support, the Han Empire moved from one victory to another.

Unfortunately, that glorious prosperity has become a thing of the past.

Now, even the emperor, he needs to make careful calculations to maintain the world and maintain the hegemony of the Han Dynasty.

And all this requires money.

He listened to Zhang Yue's admiration and said, "I just thought, as a minister, how can I accept other people's property privately on my back? This is not in line with my original intention, so I specially brought it to you, please let Your Majesty say..."

After hearing this, the smile on his face was about to bloom.

He looked at the boxes of treasures, and felt very satisfied.

It was the first time that a minister had taken someone else's gift after taking someone else's gift, but brought it to him.

This is simply...

A great loyal minister!

I have no favors!

Of course, as a king, he was still very reserved, so he said against his will: "Since it was given to you by the ministers, then you should accept it... lest others say that I am stingy and cannot make the ministers rich..."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he immediately bowed: "How dare I do this? Thunder, rain and dew are all kindnesses of the king, not the king's gift. They are still pity for the ministers. Even if they starve to death, they will not use it privately. Moreover, Your Majesty has given me a lot of money! Confucius said: A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way! Therefore, the ministers dare not hide it privately, but only wish to offer it to the king..."

When the emperor heard this, he looked at the huge glass of glass in his eyes, and finally stopped insisting, saying, "Since my dear, I will accept it..."

While speaking, his eyes couldn't help but aim at the glass wall.

Zhang Yue took the opportunity to take out the list of gifts that had been sorted out from his arms and said, "Your Majesty, this is a list of various treasures. Please check it out..."

After the emperor ordered Guo Rang to take it, he opened it and looked at it. He was immediately dazzled by the dense list of various treasures on the silk book.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart: "The traitor! The traitor! There are so many treasures, I don't know how to dedicate them to me to help the country! Hateful! Hateful!"

But he had already known what the nobles, wealthy merchants, nobles and ministers of the Han Dynasty had.

These scoundrels are basically willing to die with gold than to take out a wealthy slave!

Back then, he was kind-hearted and issued an edict to hope that all the scholars, officials, wealthy merchants and ministers could actively contribute funds to help the country overcome the financial difficulties caused by the war.

but……

There are very few responders in the whole world.

Those great merchants who were rich enough to rival the country and the noble marquis and nobles held their own gold and five-bah money and turned a deaf ear to his call.

This made him angry and almost unbearable.

If you don’t want toast, you will be punished for wine!

Therefore, Yang Ke was appointed to preside over the surrender, and the nobles of the marquis were dismissed one by one by one on the pretext of insufficient quality of gold!

Let the world see his ruthlessness and dominance.

However, these slags did not learn from the lessons that time.

Of course, maybe it has been absorbed.

However, what they did later made him even more annoyed!

These people began to use more resources and wealth to win over court officials and court nobles.

No one of them is willing to invest in him.

The martial arts master he designed was almost useless after working hard and thoughtful. In twenty or thirty years, only a hundred people invested in buying Jue.

It made his face feel hot.

Therefore, he could imagine the eyes of the wealthy businessmen, landlords, nobles and marquis.

Basically, in his eyes, these trash are just New Year pigs.

I won't slaughter now, just because I don't need it yet.

As long as the country is in trouble, his first idea is to kill fat pigs for the New Year.

Just like not long ago, he cleared the Ziqian merchants in Huai City with lightning speed.

Facts have proved that this policy is really good.

Using these people, he gained a way to quickly accumulate wealth in a short period of time.

Moreover, there is no need to do anything bad or dirty things by yourself, and there is no need to increase taxes for money like in the past, which has caused a lot of discussion among the people, and he is almost described as Jie and Zhou.

Even every time he slaughtered a fat pig, he could passively get a lot of cheers and support.

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

"If...I..." Then, he shook his head and wanted to reject it: "No, I have no limit on doing this..."

But soon, the remaining reserve was shattered by the possibility of gaining benefits.

So, the emperor raised his head and looked at Zhang Yue with a smile and asked, "Are these gifts from you given by those people?"

"????" Zhang Yue looked at the Majesty with a confused look on his face. He didn't quite understand what was the reason for his question?

Even Wang Mang on the other side frowned.

To be honest, Zhang Zizhong had already made a taboo when he played like this.

But the emperor still wants to ask the most about it?

Do you think Zhang Zizhong didn’t die fast enough?

But the next second, Wang Mang almost became unstable.

He listened to the emperor and said, "I have no other intentions. I just think that these gift-giving people have a good taste. Perhaps someone can serve the country..."

He asked with a smile: "It just so happens that the thief Gongsun He and his son are in a simple position. The state affairs are so bad that the court urgently needs talents!"

Zhang Yue finally reacted!

This Majesty actually had such an idea?

I want to make myself a white glove for him!!!

If you think about it carefully, it seems that this Majesty does have this need!

After all, bribery became popular in the Han court, and even in the palace, they used money to do things without any deception.

Power and money transactions and insider transactions are being staged in Chang'an City every moment.

Even those great and upright figures in history are the same.

For example, Zhang Anshi, like Huo Guang, like Jin Ribao.

Even Wang Mang!

This is also the characteristic of the Han Dynasty!

After all, there is nothing that the Han family cannot sell.

Even official titles and human lives can be exchanged for money. How much is it worth?

Back then, Zhang Tang, the chief censor, secretly leaked national policies to his young businessman Tian Jia, who had made the Tian family rely on insider information to be one step ahead and make a fortune.

And to the present, the entire Han officialdom has a terrible atmosphere of money.

Corruption can be said to be everywhere.
To be continued...