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Chapter 10 Grand Master Wen Zhong

the next day.

Zhou Chen was reading the memorial about the severe drought in the four northern continents, when a young eunuch bowed and walked in.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Grand Master would like to see you." the young eunuch reported.

"Please come in, Grand Master."

The young eunuch retreated, and within a few minutes the grand master Wen Zhong walked in.

"Old minister, I have met the emperor." Grand Master Wen Zhongbi said respectfully.

"Master, no need to be too polite, just give me a seat."

Zhou Chen closed the memorial and raised his head to look at Grand Master Wen Zhong: "Master, what's the matter with coming to see me? I wonder how the preparations for disaster relief and counterinsurgency are going?

"Back to the emperor, this is exactly why I came here today."

Grand Master Wen Zhong took out a memorial: "This is the specific amount of silver that I need for disaster relief. The Ministry of Revenue told me that there is no money, so I can only come to the emperor."

The household department has no money?

Zhou Chen frowned, took the memorial handed over by the chamberlain next to him, and glanced at it.

Five million taels?

The first batch of needed disaster relief money.

This is not too much!

Zhou Chen raised his eyebrows and looked at Taishi Wen Zhong: "It's impossible that the Ministry of Revenue can't even get out this mere five million taels!"

You know, Da Zhou’s annual tax revenue is tens of millions of taels.

Although five million taels is a lot, it should not be a problem for the Ministry of Revenue.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue told the old minister that the Imperial Tutor had already taken away 3 million taels of silver for disaster relief. Currently, the Ministry of Revenue only has less than 3 million taels of silver left, which is still reserved for emergency use." Grand Master Wen Zhong said.

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What?

Less than three million taels of silver?

Zhou Chen was shocked.

For ordinary people, less than three million taels of silver may be an astronomical amount of wealth that cannot be imagined in a lifetime.

But this is the treasury of the Household Department of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

What's the difference between having less than three million taels of silver and having hundreds of copper coins in an ordinary person's home?

Even if you add in the three million taels that the Tutor took away before, it's still a pitiful amount.

After all, the Hubu treasury gathered all the wealth of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou Chen's face looked extremely ugly.

He did not expect that the household treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty would be so empty.

It seems that a group of rats have been fattened.

"Your Majesty, the most important thing right now is to provide disaster relief and quell the chaos. We can take care of other things later." Grand Master Wen Zhong noticed Zhou Chen's ugly expression and reminded him in a low voice.

He was afraid that the emperor would become hot-headed and go straight to the household department without caring about anything.

This is something that affects the whole body.

This is not a good time when there is severe drought and civil unrest.

If you are not careful, it will cause internal and external turmoil.

"I understand."

Zhou Chen nodded and suppressed the anger in his heart.

I am afraid that only the Grand Master, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, dared to remind him of the emperor so bluntly.

"Grand Master, the disaster relief fund will be taken from my internal treasury in advance, and the other two million taels will be taken from the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will approve it for you immediately."

Zhou Chen thought for a moment and said.

Relief from disasters is like putting out fires. This task cannot be delayed.

Even one second late may cause immeasurable consequences.

Zhou Chen immediately approved the imperial master's memorial of disaster relief money and stamped a big seal on it.

With this big seal, Grand Master Wen Zhong could directly go to the inner treasury and the household department to withdraw money.

"Do you have any other questions?" Zhou Chen returned the approved disaster relief memorial to Grand Master Wen Zhong and asked again.

Grand Master Wen Zhong hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, I will leave for the four northwest prefectures as soon as the disaster relief money arrives, but the two princes seem unwilling to go."

"Don't want to go?" Zhou Chen smiled coldly; "Don't worry, Grand Master, I will handle this matter. They will go to the Grand Master later."

These two princes were acting so unscrupulously just because he, the emperor, did not dare to do anything to them.

But when they knew that the emperor no longer had the same attitude as before, they knew what to do.

"The grand master wants to go to the four northwest prefectures in person?"

Then, Zhou Chen frowned.

At first he thought that Taishi Wen Zhong sent other ministers to go, but he didn't expect that he went there himself.

This actually surprised Zhou Chen.

"I don't feel at ease if other people go there, so it's better for me to go in person."

Grand Master Wen Zhong said bluntly.

In the past, disaster relief was ineffective because the people sent by the central government were ineffective.

He won't make the same mistake this time.

After hearing this, Zhou Chen nodded, "That's good. I can rest assured that the Grand Master will go there in person."

You must know that Grand Master Wen Zhong was a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the most prestigious and senior among the four ministers of the auxiliary state. He was in charge of the Beiying Sixth Guards of the Twelve Shenwu Guards of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and was the only pillar of respect for heaven in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It can be said that half of the reason why Zhou Dynasty is still able to survive even when the sun sets is because of this Grand Master, a veteran of three dynasties.

Zhou Chen was extremely relieved to have this Grand Master personally go to the Four Prefectures in the Northwest.

Later, Zhou Chen specially gave Grand Master Wen Zhong a secret order to act expediently.

After all, although Grand Master Wen Zhong was a veteran of the Three Dynasties and had great power, he still needed the will of the imperial court to have full control over the place.

After Grand Master Wen Zhong left, Zhou Chen began to think deeply.

The treasury of the Household Department of the mighty Zhou Dynasty actually had less than six million taels of silver.

Where did the money go?

This is probably not as good as the family property of a high official in the imperial court!

It is ridiculous that the treasury of a country is not as large as the wealth of a single court official.

Zhou Chen's eyes flashed with coldness.

First, the internal guard existed in name only, and someone even had a hand in it.

Now the national treasury is so empty that it is not even comparable to the wealth of a court official.

It seemed that the situation he was facing was worse than imagined.

"Fengxian."

Zhou Chen shouted.

"The end will be here."

Lu Bu walked in quietly.

"Take someone with you to convey the order to the two princes and ask them to prepare to assist the Grand Master in disaster relief."

"If they dare to resist the decree and disrespect it, I don't need to teach you how to do it!"

Zhou Chen looked at Lu Bu with cold eyes.

Maybe others will be wary of the identities of the two princes.

But Lu Bu would never do that.

As a strong half-step celestial being, Lu Bu only had Zhou Chen's orders in his eyes, what Zhou Chen said and what he did.

This is also the reason why Zhou Chen sent Lu Bu to deliver the order.

"You will eventually understand."

Lu Bu nodded expressionlessly.

"Go for it!"

Zhou Chen waved his hand.

"I will finally retire."

After Lu Bu left, Zhou Chen remembered that he had not signed in today.

I wonder what I can get out of signing in today?

"system."

"Start signing in."

Zhou Chen immediately thought silently in his heart.

【Ding…….】

【Sign in successfully.】

[Congratulations to the host for gaining the allegiance of twenty Bingzhou Wolf Riders.]

Twenty Bingzhou Wolf Riders?

Zhou Chen shook his head in disappointment.

Although the Bingzhou Wolf Riders are good, their number is too small.

The first time before, a hundred people could sign in, but this time, only twenty people could sign in.

It seems that with this normal daily sign-in, it is difficult to sign in the desired characters.

(End of chapter)