Chapter 484 (1/2)

It's new year after Laba.

Suddenly news came from the palace that Princess Xue died suddenly.

Originally because of the coming of the new year and appears jubilant capital, like a ladle of cold water, instant cooling.

Xue Guifei's death reminds everyone of his memory a few months ago. Many people died in the palace change.

Just a Jingxi camp, almost paralyzed.

At that time, it seemed that every family had a funeral to do.

In addition, Pei Meng led the 2000 Sirius army to live in Jingxi camp. I heard that I practiced all day and never slacked off.

When they come to their senses, if the Sirius army does not leave, the palace change will not be finished.

Ouch, can you live this year?

Not a few days later, the capital is bloody again.

”No! The monarch has already been established, and it must not be disordered. Xue Guifei's death is worthy of death. ”

Early in the morning, low-grade officials of the Hubu yamen gathered to chat.

”Of course, Princess Xue died well, but why did the sudden death come from the palace? Is there any other reason? ”

”Who knows! Maybe your majesty didn't want the life of Xue Guifei. As a result, she died

”Cough...”

”My Lord is here.”

”See your honor.”

”What are you doing here? Don't rush to work.”

The Secretary of the Ministry of the Ministry of public affairs has a straight face and is not angry.

There is still time to get together to gossip, it seems that there are too few errands. We have to arrange more errands for them.

The Minister of Hubu has been worried recently.

The emperor's physical condition is getting worse and worse, and he can't get out of bed.

Maybe sometime

The emperor asked the funeral to be carried out wantonly.

The money for mourning should be paid by the Hubu.

However, the Treasury of Hubu is so empty that mice can run away. Where can I find 50.6 million taels to do funeral for the emperor.

Next year's tax money has already been distributed, and there is no money left. The salary of Beijing officials is still in arrears. The new year is almost over. We have to make up for this year's salary. Let's have a less miserable year.

Money, ah, money, he is almost worried to death.

It's all the finance and taxation departments. The Shaofu next door is rich, but the Hubu is very poor.

The master knew that the Minister of Hubu was sad and gave him an idea, ”my Lord, Hubu has no money, but there is a lot of silver outside the south gate. In such a large construction site, millions of taels of silver have been put into it, and only a few hundred thousand taels of silver have been put into it

Hubu Shangshu hummed, ”don't worry about how much money there is outside the south gate. It's not the money of Hubu.”

The master is not rotten. ”Your Excellency asks to set up a county. Before the new year's Eve, you should first set up the county government office. After the new year's opening, you can collect the first money from the gate of Nancheng.

After that, a variety of taxes and fees are collected, which is not a small income. I heard that the bazaar outside the gate of Nancheng is very popular. Businessmen from all over the world go there to do business, and the daily turnover is amazing.

However, because there was no County, the land was still owned by the imperial concubine. The tax Cao had to ask her to collect her share of the tax money, the taxes on the market, and the taxes on the population of the refugees who had registered permanent residence. These are all white silver. ”

Seeing the white silver floating in front of his eyes, he could not collect it. The master was very hurt and his heart was very painful.

The same heartache is the Ministry of Hubu Shangshu.

He asked his teacher, ”is the market outside the South Gate really hot?”

”I don't dare to deceive you. In that market, people are crowded every day and people are rushing to buy low-cost and high-quality goods. Even in the capital, many people prefer to walk more than seven or eight miles to go shopping in the market outside the gate of Nancheng. Many businesses in the capital are complaining that their business has been robbed. ”

The Minister of the Ministry of housing thought for a moment, ”ask people to prepare chariots and horses. I want to go to the gate of Nancheng in person to have a look.”

The master was very happy and asked people to prepare.

After getting on the carriage, the Minister of Hubu went out of the city directly from the south gate.

Out of the city gate, not far away is the shelter area where the refugees gathered.

In the past, the Minister of Hubu came here several times, but at that time they were all for the relief of the victims.

Since Gu Jiu managed the south gate, he never came.

In my memory, the shack area, which was so dirty and so disgusting that I could spit out the whole night's meal, was so clean that I couldn't believe it.

The children who run and jump in the shack area are all wearing thick cotton padded clothes and cotton shoes on their feet.

Compared with the miserable scene of countless refugees who died of cold and starvation every day, it was just a day by day.

He still remembers that when he came here last winter for inspection, there were also children running and jumping on the road.

The child was dressed in single clothes, barefoot, runny nose and dirty all over. Look at people's eyes, are full of hunger eating light, but also with the bone of hatred.