The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1529: match
Chapter 1529 Marriage
After all, throughout the dynasties, the one who was best at crying poor was the Minister of Revenue, and Taiwei Lu thought that Wei Bugong was no exception…
Wei Bugong knelt behind the table, shook his head, and put his hands in his sleeves: “Money is not a problem. Soon, Ying Huijun and the Bai family army will escort the first batch of compensation from Dongyi Kingdom back. In the short term, our Great Zhou will not be short of money, but… I think our Great Zhou can take this opportunity to launch more Great Zhou bonds to let the people know that Great Zhou bonds are credible.”
After hearing what Wei Bugong said, General Lu nodded and said, “That’s right! The Great Zhou national bonds are in circulation. If Your Majesty makes any big moves in the future, the Ministry of Revenue will not be embarrassed.”
Bai Qingqi, who was sitting behind the desk, rubbed his fingers. After a while, he looked up at General Lu and Wei Bugong. He looked calm and spoke slowly, “Since your majesty has already gone to Yan State, it can’t be in vain! The people in Yan State’s Da Zhou city should know that your majesty went to Yan State’s Da Zhou city because of the epidemic in Yan State’s Da Zhou city, and shared the joys and sorrows with the people of Da Zhou far away in Yan State. In this way, your majesty can win the hearts of the people of Yan State, and let the people of Da Zhou under the jurisdiction of Yan State understand the goodness of their own emperor!”
Wei Bugong thought this plan was brilliant, and hurriedly added, “As for the Great Zhou bonds, we should also send people to the cities of Yan within the Great Zhou to spread the word! It would be best if merchants who travel around… and have benefited from the Great Zhou bonds could spread the word.”
“I will do this!” Bai Qingqi said calmly, his eyes calm, “I will rely on Lord Wei for the matter entrusted by His Majesty.”
Coming out of the hall, Wei Bugong took the grey cloak from the young eunuch and put it on. He rubbed his hands, stood under the corridor of the magnificent double-eaved palace, looked up at the falling snowflakes that had covered the red-walled and green-tiled imperial palace with a layer of snow. He felt heavy in his heart. The emperor of their Great Zhou was really too bold. The epidemic was raging in the State of Yan, and many people wanted to escape from the State of Yan to the Great Zhou, but their Majesty actually went to the State of Yan.
He looked at the falling snow, and for some reason he felt that the future of the Great Zhou was becoming more and more promising.
Well, Your Majesty has now risked his life and entrusted an important task to him, the Minister of Revenue. He must try to fulfill all of Your Majesty’s orders no matter what. It’s just about delivering herbs, food and silver to the Great Zhou city of Yan State, which is not that difficult.
Just when Wei Bugong had gathered together the silver, medicinal herbs and grain to be sent to the Great Zhou city of Yan State, and just when he could breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that it would at least hold out for a while, Bai Qingyan’s imperial order came back.
Their Majesty approved Qin Shangzhi’s plan to widen the river and ordered Wei Bugong to allocate money according to Qin Shangzhi’s needs.
At the beginning of the morning court, Wei Bugong anxiously stopped Bai Qingyu and Bai Qingqi and said, “King Zheng, King Hu, I have just raised money to send to the city of Yan State, and Your Majesty wants me to raise money to widen the river. This… I am in charge of the Ministry of Revenue of the Great Zhou, but I can’t create money out of thin air with my hands!”
Bai Qingyu looked at Wei Bugong’s embarrassed expression, glanced at his third brother, and said with a smile: “It is said that the person who cries poverty the most in the world is the Minister of Revenue. I have never believed it, but I didn’t expect that today, Lord Wei would let me know what it means to be true.”
Wei Bugong could tell that Bai Qingyu was teasing him, so he simply spread his hands and said, “Prince Zhenguo…you…you are teasing me, but I can’t even conjure up silver!”
“Master Wei, please stop fooling us brothers here!” Bai Qingqi stood with his hands behind his back, still looking calm and solemn, but with a faint smile in his eyes, “His Majesty asked Lord Ying Hui and General Cheng Yuanzhi to lead the Bai family army to escort the compensation to Dongyi Kingdom, and all the money went into the national treasury. Master Wei received it with a big smile on his face, and the money sent to the Great Zhou city of Yan State was paid with Great Zhou bonds.”
Wei Bugong couldn’t help but feel a toothache: “But this will expire in January, and we have to distribute interest to the people who hold the national debt, which also requires silver. If we can’t distribute it, it will be a breach of trust with the people. In the future, the Great Zhou national debt may not be easy to promote! Besides… our national treasury must not be empty. If it is empty, what should we do if there is an extremely urgent matter? King Hu, King Zheng… you two really don’t know how difficult it is to be the Minister of Revenue!”
“Otherwise, how could we let Lord Wei Bgong be the Minister of Revenue!” Bai Qingyu raised his hand and patted Wei Bgong on the shoulder, “As a minister, isn’t it our duty to share the worries of His Majesty? His Majesty has issued the decree… Lord Wei, as the Minister of Revenue and an important official of the Great Zhou, how can you be so embarrassed to choose a position that is only minor and undemanding!”
Bai Qingqi was also amused by Bai Qingyu’s words. He lowered his eyes to hide the smile in his eyes, walked forward with his hands behind his back, and said to Bai Qingyu: “Let’s go…”
“Lord Wei… thank you for your hard work!” Bai Qingyu said neither lightly nor heavily.
“To protect the king!” Wei Bugong knew what Bai Qingyu meant. He wanted him to take on this responsibility. He chased after him for two steps and called out again, “To protect the king!”
But the two brothers of the Bai family walked side by side, and had no intention of turning back to pay attention to him. Wei Bugong put his hands in his sleeves and looked up at the sky in silence…
Wei Bugong was not good at playing the pitiful role at first, but later he found out…his own emperor gave him an order to get silver, as if he could turn it into silver, so he asked Lu Jin for advice.
Lu Jin advised him that the Minister of Revenue… must learn to act pitiful and cry poor in front of the emperor.
When Wei Bugong thought of his previous boss, it seemed to be true!
So, to prevent any mishap, he practiced straightening his clothes in front of a bronze mirror at home. But before he could get it right… the issue of the money fell on his head again.
He thought about it and estimated that it was probably because he was not skilled enough and his appearance was not pitiful enough, so… King Zheng and King Hu did not have the kindness to pity him.
Well… go back and practice some more! Be prepared for the next time.
“Minister Wei…”
Wei Bugong was thinking about Lu Jin when he saw Lu Jin coming out of the hall and walking towards him.
Wei Bugong quickly turned around and saluted towards Lu Jin: “Minister Lu!”
After Lu Jin returned the greeting, he smiled and said, “But this method of crying poor doesn’t work?”
“Ah…” Wei Bugong sighed, “Maybe I’m not good enough at this. I need to study harder when I get back.”
Lü Jin was amused by Wei Bugong. Thinking about the matter entrusted by General Lu, he wanted to go out of the palace with Wei Bugong to find out the truth. He said with a smile, “Master Wei, please. I heard that Master Wei has a daughter. I wonder if she is married?”
Wei Bugong was stunned, looked at Lu Jin, then looked around, and when he saw that no one else was around, he spoke: “Lord Lu, we should just talk straight. You are… making me feel uneasy.”