Blackstone Code

The palace fell into a dead silence. His Majesty the Emperor looked at these ministers with wide eyes. No one spoke.

No one was even breathing.

Everything was quiet.

No one can give the emperor an answer at this time, even if someone among them knows the answer!

Even His Majesty the Emperor knows the answer, but he cannot tell the answer himself!

At this time, a minister stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, the problem is money."

"With money, any problem is not a problem. The federal people will not and cannot exchange numbers with us. They cannot afford such consumption."

"It is difficult for us to fight against the federal offensive now. After all, we still have some shortages in funds."

The Finance Minister also stood up, "Your Majesty, our economic situation has been very bad since the federal people refused to join the Austrian dollar as an international settlement currency."

"The war almost wiped out our wealth and also shrunk the market to its limit."

"The biggest problem restricting our counterattack now is, as the minister said, money."

“Money is vulgar, but for us it’s everything!”

This war has lasted for more than three years. During these three years, the Pengeo Empire's foreign trade has rapidly declined.

At the same time, they also encountered two very difficult problems.

The first question is that Pengjiao's copper output is large and the overall demand pressure is not great. However, the copper content in export commodities is getting higher and higher.

They did not discover this problem before. Later, after someone discovered the problem, they have temporarily stopped exporting copper products overseas.

This also cut off Pengeo's last export category.

While there was no export, Aoyuan was proposed as an international settlement currency. If they wanted to import some urgently needed domestic materials from abroad, there was no currency that could be used.

Having defeated Gefra before, a large amount of gold solved this problem.

But the gold will always be used up. For a country at war, more than half of the gold will be consumed in less than three months.

The rest won't last until autumn!

The second problem is internal economic collapse.

Previously, some fraudulent companies appeared within Pengeo, which quickly plundered a large amount of wealth from society through high compound interest.

There are more or less connections behind these people. Not to mention the current situation of these people, the people who were defrauded are also having a very difficult life now.

Most people have had their entire life savings defrauded, and these people have become potential security risks.

Behind those fraudulent companies, there are more or less the shadows of nobles.

Some people said that this was the nobles harvesting the wealth of the common people. This rumor was later discovered, but people may not all believe this!

These people who have nothing left have lost the ability to live under today's current situation and can only rely on government relief to survive.

Government relief to civilians has become the second largest expenditure after war and military expenditures.

There is no income, everything is paid. In addition, during the war, the empire took over various regions and implemented the rationing system. The market has completely collapsed. It is basically impossible to increase the revenue of the treasury from society through taxation and other methods!

This was the real reason that crushed the Pengjiao Empire. They could only keep giving and had no income. No matter how powerful the Pengjiao Empire was, it could not sustain such consumption.

His Majesty the Emperor obviously understands this truth. The war situation makes people have no confidence in the future, which is tantamount to rapidly consuming national power.

He stared at the Chancellor of Finance, "Do you have any good suggestions that can solve our current problems?"

The two looked at each other, and His Majesty the Emperor's eyes seemed to be able to speak. After the two looked at each other for a moment, the Finance Minister looked away.

The emperor was a little sullen. He glared at the finance minister for a while, "Where can we get money to meet the needs of the war now?"

The Finance Minister even closed his eyes now, and every minister seemed to have become blind and deaf, turning a blind eye to His Majesty the Emperor's hints.

There is no way, they dare not accept the move!

Now if we want to talk about who still has money in his pocket, and this money can support Pengeo to continue fighting for a long time, then there is no doubt that the imperial nobles have money in their pockets, a lot of money!

Thousands of years of empire, thousands of years of noble families, these nobles have accumulated huge amounts of wealth just like the nobles of Gefra!

They are even richer than the nobles of Gefra!

Because in addition to harvesting and plundering the wealth of the common people, Pengeo's nobles also plunder wealth from the outside world!

Every time a country is conquered, more than half of the country's wealth will be divided up by the royal family and nobles. They have destroyed so many national forces, and every family is extremely rich!

But no one dared to say this, no matter who said it, for what purpose, or whether someone was forcing it.

As long as you say it, you will stand on the opposite side of all the nobles!

In fact, His Majesty the Emperor's meaning has been expressed very clearly a long time ago. Whoever opens this mouth will have the money.

Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed!

But no one dared to speak, even if there was royal endorsement behind them.

It is impossible for the royal family to kill all the nobles, that is impossible, but it is very easy for all the nobles to kill a specific person.

Calmness returned to the silent room, and His Majesty the Emperor became increasingly irritable. This was an extremely rare situation for him!

Most of the time he is very calm and may even give people the illusion of being "slow to react".

It's not that he reacts slowly, it's just that it's hard to touch him with ordinary things.

He looks like a different person now!

For a long time, no one spoke. Everyone knew each other's thoughts, but no one was willing to stand up!

After a few more minutes, the blush on His Majesty's face gradually faded, and his eyelids drooped. "In a few days, the royal family will hold a fundraising dance. At that time, I will take the lead in donating money for the war and notify all nobles that they must come!"

These people seem to be unwilling to be bad guys, but the war will continue, and His Majesty the Emperor can only dig out a piece of flesh from himself.

If someone couldn't see the situation clearly, he wouldn't mind raising the butcher's knife to let these people understand what cruelty means!

The ministers acted as if they didn't understand and agreed expressionlessly.

When leaving the palace, the finance minister frowned and got into the carriage.

The Pengeo Empire even has airplanes, so naturally it also has cars.

But most nobles still prefer carriages, especially the older ones.

The carriage entrusts the glory of the nobility, and the ceremony of the carriage is larger and more luxurious!

After sitting in the carriage, the carriage moved almost without any feeling, and the finance minister's brows tightened and never relaxed.

There is a long way from the palace to his manor, which is different from the nobles of Gefra.

The nobles of Penteo were not willing to live near the palace.

When he got home, the housekeeper and servants, including his two children, had already come out to welcome him.

The higher the title, the higher the status and the more rules.

"master……"

The finance minister nodded, handed his belongings to the butler, greeted the children, and entered the study.

There were already people waiting for him in the study. As soon as he entered the study, his calm and slightly dissatisfied expression calmed down.

Everything is shown to others, whether anyone notices it or not, he must show it.

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is targeting nobles?"

There was another person in the room who was not a noble. He had nothing on him that could prove that he was a noble.

But the temperament he displayed didn't look like an ordinary businessman.

The finance minister sat next to the sofa, "Those people are really damned. Such a top-secret matter was revealed like this!"

The visitor laughed, "You can't blame them. After all, not everyone wants the war to continue and people have to live."

"War, it's time to end!"

Some people in the Pengeo Empire have become disgusted with the war, and behind some of these people, there are still shadows of the Federation.

This visitor had contacted the Chancellor of Finance before and talked about peace talks, and the first negotiation was also facilitated under their organization.

This time, they came to the door again.

The finance minister picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of scented tea. He picked it up, smelled it, took a sip, looked at the ripples of noodle soup in the cup, and fell into deep thought.

】

When the visitor saw that the Chancellor of Finance did not speak, he began to actively lobby.

"Even if you donated money this time, what about next time?"

“How many times can you donate?”

"We all know him well. Once someone cannot donate, he will find a reason to attack the nobles who are unwilling to donate."

"If we don't stop him now, once he goes crazy, there's nothing we can do to stop him."

"This is a rare opportunity, my lord!"

The Chancellor's heart beat fiercely. He glanced sideways at the visitor sitting on the left. He knew exactly what this "opportunity" was!

The First Guards Corps has left the Imperial Capital, and the Imperial Capital's defenses are empty. If a sudden attack is launched on the Imperial Palace at this time, it is very likely that they can enter the Imperial Palace!

But there is a problem here. In about four days, the Second Guards Corps, which is guarding the periphery of the imperial capital, will arrive in the imperial capital to take over the city defense.

At that time, the defense will become tight again, and it may not be easy to take action again!

The finance minister swallowed. If he was asked to persuade the emperor to restart peace negotiations, he might try harder.

But let them prevent the assassination of the emperor...

Isn't this too scary?

The fear of the royal family among the nobles has always existed in their bones.

The royal family and this country's continuous conquest of other forces have made them full of awe of this country's ruler from the bottom of their hearts. Even if they lose to the Federation, many people just think that this is only a matter of time.

He had many ideas, but he never thought about attacking the palace!

82 Chinese website