"This..."
Emperor Chongming frowned. "How could there be so little silver in the National Treasury?"
It was laughable that the National Treasury, which was supposed to be grand and magnificent, had only about 300,000 taels of silver left.
He intuitively felt that this group of civil and military officials had embezzled the funds.
"The Imperial Court is in great difficulty."
"But bandits must be eradicated."
"I will donate 100,000 taels of silver from my private treasury, another 100,000 taels from the National Treasury, and then the remaining civil and military officials can raise some more money..."
Emperor Chongming sighed and announced his decree.
The officials were silent once again.
The private treasury was the Emperor's personal stash, while the National Treasury belonged to the Imperial Court.
"Retainer Ouyang, as the Zaifu..."
"Let's start with your donation."