Chapter 1416 The Foolish Empress 39
Concubine Zhao left happily, but Xining had a straight face: "Kneel down!"
Everyone around was so frightened that they knelt down. The chief steward looked around and found that the empress was looking at him sinisterly, and quickly knelt down.
Xining said with a cold face: "How much benefit did you receive?"
"Your Majesty, how dare you, old slave..." The chief executive screamed. Seeing the empress's appearance, it was obvious that she was not easy to fool around with. He could only raise a finger angrily and smiled with a hint of embarrassment: "Just, just Received one hundred taels of silver.”
"Okay!" Xining was annoyed: "I'm only worth a hundred taels? What crime do you deserve!"
The general manager turned pale with fright and immediately kowtowed: "I'm confused, I'm a bastard, I'm going to..."
He raised his head, dropped the whisk in his hand, and slapped his face hard from left to right.
"Okay!" Xining roared: "Your face is swollen, what do you think if someone sees you, you are still my chief manager."
The chief steward kowtowed again: "Thank you for not killing, your majesty. Thank you for..."
"I just said I won't beat you, but I didn't say I won't kill you!" Xi Ning said gloomily.
"Ah?" The chief steward raised his head, stuttered, and opened his mouth tremblingly: "Kill, kill..."
"But if I kill you and confiscate your home, your family will be pitiful. You have served the late emperor for many years, and you have grown up with me. It is a pity that you have ended up like this, and it makes me sigh." She lamented. It's so rare to see someone so compassionate.
Reminding this old guy who dared to betray her, Xining lowered his head and asked softly: "Li Defu, how much do you think your life is worth?"
He raised his head, put his hands behind his back, and sighed slightly: "The treasury is empty now, what should I do..."
The treasury was empty because we didn't know how to control it before. Now we just don't build Tengxiang Pavilion and renovate the river embankment without spending any money. These two items have saved a lot of money. The treasury is still full!
It seems that the empress is angry and wants to punish him, either by beating or scolding him, but by fines.
He was happy when he received the money, but it would cost him his life to take it out.
The chief manager could only smile bitterly: "In order to share your Majesty's worries, the old slave will just take a thousand taels of silver..."
Xining sighed: "The treasury is empty now, what should I do..."
It can be heard that it is too little. The chief manager made a sad face: "I only received one hundred taels, why did I drop a thousand taels and thought I would be fined ten if I took one..."
I heard the empress talking to herself: "How about confiscation of the homes of a few corrupt officials? It can not only punish corrupt officials, but also fill the national treasury. It will achieve multiple things with one stone."
The chief steward immediately said: "I am willing to spend 50,000 taels to share your Majesty's worries."
"Fifty thousand taels..." Xining seemed to be thinking thoughtfully: "It seems that it is not enough to share my worries."
Not even fifty thousand taels? In order to buy his own life, the chief steward said cruelly: "I am willing to give you one hundred thousand taels to share your Majesty's worries!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Xining agreed with a smile.
Seeing the general manager relax, he wilted like a frosted eggplant. She asked deliberately: "But these are your pension funds, wouldn't it be a good idea to give them to me?"
Everyone said that he was ruthless and greedy, but he could still be a good person even after receiving money. Now I find that the empress is more ruthless, greedy, and more powerful than him. One hundred thousand taels of silver, how many years of benefits will it take to get it?
You must know that you will not accept the five hundred taels of silver from Concubine Zhao. Thinking that Concubine Zhao has a strong background and helped this time to get the Sacred Heart, Concubine Zhao's family will not forget him, but in the end they shot themselves in the foot.
The chief manager could only laugh along with him. The ridiculousness was uglier than the bitterness. It was undoubtedly a pet peeve. But he said: "This is what I am willing to do. Is it the king's land in the world? Not to mention one hundred thousand taels of silver. Everything I have belongs to your majesty."
"Well, that's good, I will just serve you and thank the General Manager on behalf of the people of the world. Get up!" The three "General Manager" spoke slowly and meaningfully, which made the General Manager's heart skip a beat.
That's all, one hundred thousand taels of silver bought me a fortune to eliminate the disaster, no need to ransack the house. You know, if your home is confiscated, it costs more than 100,000 taels, and you don't even have a chance to stand up.
The chief steward sniffed, said thanks, and stood up. Thinking of these one hundred thousand taels of silver, I felt heartbroken.
I heard the empress sigh: "This is your pension money after all, so forget it."
The chief manager broke out in a cold sweat again: "No, no, I am willing to share your Majesty's worries. This is my blessing. I cannot ask for it. Please grant me your loyalty, otherwise I will not be able to sleep well." If you go to bed, you will be too sad to eat.”
It seemed that the empress really couldn't be fooled anymore. She gave her free money and asked her to accept it.
"In order for you to sleep well and eat well, I will accept it without any difficulty." The empress agreed.
The chief manager then breathed a sigh of relief and immediately got up: "Old slave, I will go back and send the money to the treasury."
Xining smiled: "Go, go. It takes time to prepare the money. I will give you three days off."
That is to say, the money must be collected within three days, otherwise the house will be ransacked.
The chief manager was almost crying, but he still tried his best to smile, which made people feel uncomfortable when he looked at it: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your consideration. I will retire for the time being."
"Well, let's go." Xining waited for the frustrated chief manager to retreat, then opened his mouth and laughed.
This guy actually sold her for money. He couldn't do it without giving her some clues.
These eunuchs had no children, and only money gave them a sense of security. Squeezing out the money and paying back such a large amount of money is far more uncomfortable for them than beating them.
Of course, the chief manager is not a fool. If his life is gone, why do he need money?
After death, the money does not belong to the treasury after the house is ransacked. That’s why I honestly took out the money.
After a while, the deputy general manager came and knelt down to say hello.
Xining held the tea and looked up and down: "What a handsome person. How many times have I seen you?"
The deputy general manager is about forty years old, fair and fair, and slightly fatter after gaining weight in middle age. It looked like the whole person was made out of dough.
He looked very lucky with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty is served by Chief Li, and the younger ones are waiting outside. So Your Majesty is unfamiliar with the younger ones."
"Oh, I'm suppressing you, I'm afraid you'll replace him." Xining put the tea bowl in his hand aside, and actually glanced at him secretly: "But Li Defu is getting older year by year, and today I found that he has more wrinkles on his face. A few wrinkles. By the way, how old is he?"
The deputy general manager heard what he meant. The chief general manager's face just now looked like his own mother had died. He must not have the Sacred Heart and he must have been punished miserably.
He immediately replied: "I am already sixty-two this year, Your Majesty."
"Oh~" Xining deliberately prolonged his voice: "No wonder I doze off when I stand there sometimes. I am not as energetic as you young people."
The deputy general manager was overjoyed, but the most taboo thing in the palace was that he could not keep his temper, or maybe the empress was deliberately testing her.
(End of chapter)