readytorunbook Chapter 309: The Sorrow of Emperor Xia
Chapter 309: The Sorrow of Emperor Xia
"Your Majesty, rest assured. With this anti-counterfeiting technology, the coins will definitely not be imitated!"
Are you kidding? How could the ancients today fully understand the subject of chemistry?
With the smelting technology of later generations, it is not a problem to turn the color of copper into gold, but these ancient people did not have such knowledge at that time!
Emperor Xia simply nodded and said, "Since that's the case, please transport the gold and silver to the palace and I'll keep them for now!"
The emperor also has his own private treasury. Since this money is not intended for other purposes, it cannot be easily put into the national treasury, otherwise it will belong to the national treasury.
If those ministers try to take the money away by making up excuses, it will be very troublesome!
Why not just drag him to the palace? That way, no matter how much they worry about him, they won’t be targeting the emperor’s secret treasury, right?
Gu Jingzhi agreed immediately after hearing this. The emperor then sent someone outside the palace to find Lin Feng to help deal with this matter. Emperor Xia saw that it was getting late and said, "I originally wanted you to accompany me for a drink, but I didn't expect that we would have to talk about this until this hour!"
"Well, I won't keep you this time. We can talk about it another day when we have time!"
"I have troubled Your Majesty for half a day, and now it is time for me to take my leave..."
Upon hearing this, Gu Jingzhi immediately plucked off the Great Xia Dragon Bird and held it up with both hands: "I have been ordered to inspect the northwest and take charge of the government affairs of Ningzhou. Now that my mission has been completed, I would like to report to Your Majesty!"
Upon seeing this, Emperor Xia was about to take back the Great Xia Dragon Bird, but then something clicked in his mind. He smiled and said, "Reforming the currency is even more difficult than your previous assignment. You can keep the Great Xia Dragon Bird for now, and return it to me once this assignment is complete!"
Uh……
Gu Jing was taken aback for a moment, then he put away the Emperor's Sword and said, "Then I will take my leave!"
"Go! Go back and rest for two days, and think carefully about how to proceed with this matter. Also, regarding your currency reform... find some time to sort it out and submit a copy to me. I'll have to study it carefully!"
As an emperor, he was suddenly exposed to new knowledge. Although he felt it was novel, he was also a little scared about the unknown things.
After all, he never thought that the economics mentioned by Gu Jingzhi alone... could cause such great turmoil.
what is this?
This is an unstable factor for the dynasty, but it is unavoidable, so the best way is to find a way to understand it thoroughly. Even if you can't fully understand it, you have to understand it, right?
After Gu Jingzhi left, Emperor Xia suddenly burst into a violent coughing fit, and a blush appeared on his face.
The attendant immediately ran over to support Emperor Xia, "Your Majesty, your health... Imperial Physician Xia said you can't work so hard any longer. Besides, you just had a drink with Marquis Gu. This..."
"Do you think I'm no longer capable?"
Emperor Xia greedily took two breaths of fresh air, forced a smile and asked **?
** immediately said in panic: "Your Majesty, the destiny is clear. Even if your dragon body is temporarily ill, you will be blessed by heaven and live a long life! But for now, let's ask the imperial physician to come and take a look!"
"Ah……"
Emperor Xia just laughed. Seeing this, ** immediately helped Emperor Xia to the couch, then ran out of the imperial study, asked someone to call the imperial physician, and then he returned to Emperor Xia.
Emperor Xia's face was still pale. Seeing the ** approaching, he forced a smile and said, "I thought I was the founding monarch, the emperor of the world, and I thought everything was under control, but I didn't expect this body..."
"His Majesty!"
** said with a distressed look on his face, "Now that the Crown Prince has returned, why not leave all this to His Royal Highness? You'd better take good care of yourself!"
"Rest? How can I rest?"
Emperor Xia coughed twice and said, "Even I, the ruler of a country, have been plotted against. If those who are hiding behind this are not uncovered, the day the crown prince ascends the throne will be the day when our Great Xia will be in chaos!"
Emperor Xia sighed softly.
"I underestimated them! I originally thought that setting a three-year deadline would give them some buffer time, so that they wouldn't keep thinking about how to persecute my brother, but I didn't expect them to even let me go!"
"They want to eliminate me at the source, so the Crown Prince can do nothing about it!"
"Your Majesty has acted uprightly, but has been misled by the scoundrels. This is why..."
** spoke cautiously. Seeing that Emperor Xia had no other expression on his face, he immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, even though you are the Emperor, there are still villains who dare to plot against you. Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is weak, Your Majesty needs to take action!"
"I will take action?"
Emperor Xia chuckled. "How should I proceed? Capture and kill the second and third brothers? And then take down the aristocratic families and the Empress behind them?"
"Heh... do you think this is feasible?"
**silent.
Of course this wouldn't work, otherwise Emperor Xia wouldn't have to conspire with Gu Jingzhi on how to further weaken the aristocratic families. He could just kill and chop them down directly!
He just said this out of a momentary anger.
Emperor Xia said quietly, "There are rules for court disputes. As the emperor, I cannot take the lead in breaking the rules and set a bad example for future rulers!"
"What's more, it's my son and the Queen who broke the rules. Ultimately, this is a family matter. The noble families may have been involved, but they weren't directly involved. Who do you want me to settle?"
"Where's the evidence?"
Emperor Xia asked several questions in a row, which made ** confused.
Seeing him like this, Emperor Xia's expression softened a little. He said, "You have followed me for twenty years. I know your feelings. But I am already in this state. Instead of venting my hatred, I would rather pave the way for the prince!"
"His Majesty……"
**Tears streaming down my face!
Emperor Xia, however, kept to himself, saying, "I was brave and resourceful from a young age, daring to fight and fight. I had hoped to become a famous general, but fate played a trick on me, allowing me to establish the Great Xia State!"
"I conquered the world when I was young, but I only learned the art of governance when I was middle-aged. By then, I was already completely schemed against by the aristocratic families!"
"I don't have much talent for politics. Surrounded by wolves, I can only manage to get things done by relying on the authority of the founding monarch!"
"The Crown Prince's talent isn't high, but he's more sensible than his brothers, so I can only protect him!"
"God has mercy on my Great Xia. In my old age, I have encountered a genius like Gu Jingzhi. He has given me hope of ridding the imperial court of the aristocratic families. I hesitated and doubted at the time... After Song Pu's fall, would Gu Jingzhi become the next Song Pu?"
"However, in the past two years, I have finally come to understand that although Gu Jingzhi also loves power, compared to those aristocratic families, he can be said to have no selfish desires at all!"
"Even if such a talent becomes a powerful official in the future, he will never overthrow our Great Xia Empire!"
** heard this and asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, all his cousins have been assigned to the army. Why do you think he won't? Perhaps he's grateful for Your Majesty's kindness now, but what about in the future?"
"Ha ha……"
Hearing ** ask this, Xia Di laughed loudly...