After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

On Xizhi Street, at the Mansion of Duke Yue, Duke Yue Tong Guoan was staring at the yellowed IOUs in front of him in a daze.

At the morning court meeting yesterday, it seemed that the iron-headed censor Chai Liangji's words that he had a report to the public had pulled back the fig leaf of officials of all ranks who had borrowed money from the national treasury and had not repaid it.

However, everyone knows that the Iron-Headed Censor Chai Liangji must have the support of the emperor behind this.

He also ordered the court officials to go up one by one to receive the IOUs. Even the Grand Secretary who pretended to faint was forced to retire and return home. This was just a trick to scare the monkeys, so that all the ministers in the court could see with their own eyes that this time Emperor Jiade had made up his mind.

Should I pay back the money now or not?

The Grand Tutor whom the foolish late Emperor had specially found for the princes was of noble birth and had extraordinary talents, but he was of a very aloof character. He regarded money as dirt and was ignorant of worldly things. Sometimes he really had no food to eat after the previous one.

The late emperor felt sorry for the Grand Tutor, who was as thin as a willow twig, and ordered him to borrow money from the national treasury to support his life.

This set a precedent. We were all colleagues serving in the same court. Why could you borrow money from the national treasury with just an IOU, but others couldn't?

Could it be that one is nobler than the other?

Apart from his noble character, what makes the poor Taifu superior to other adults?

Since a precedent has been set, naturally, no one cares if more people borrow money from the national treasury.

As a result, there were many men in the court who cried poor every day, had no food to eat, and the clothes under their official robes were all patched up. It was a sad story.

The late emperor, who could not bear such a situation, had to be taken advantage of again and again. Gradually, the silver in the national treasury became less and less, but the IOUs increased.

During this period, seeing that things were not going well, the eldest princess suggested that those adults who had borrowed money from the national treasury should pay back the money, but her own father was very soft-hearted. As long as others were crying, he would feel embarrassed to pursue the matter further.

Moreover, the law does not hold everyone responsible. If you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you're a bastard. Others have borrowed money, so why can't I?

As things evolved, regardless of whether the ministers in the court were really in financial difficulties and lived in poverty, almost all the royal aristocrats and ministers in the court of the Da Chong Dynasty borrowed money from the national treasury. If anyone did not borrow, he would be questioned by his colleagues and even ostracized.

The maternal relative of Emperor Jiade, the emperor's uncle Tong Guoan was of course no exception. He happily borrowed 20 taels of silver from the national treasury.

Why should I pay back the money I borrowed based on my ability?

The money was spent long ago after it was in hand. It's easy to put the money in your pocket, but the thought of taking it out makes you feel heartbroken.

20 taels of silver is not a small amount, especially since the Yue Mansion had already shed a huge amount of money at the auction a few days ago.

That auction almost emptied out all the cash in Duke Yue's mansion. Anyway, there were only a few tens of thousands of taels of silver left, which was not enough to make up the number.

Otherwise, he could observe and see what other people did. If everyone paid back, Tong Guoan would have to find a way to get the money back, even if it meant selling everything he had. But if many people didn't pay back...

The law does not hold everyone responsible, the law does not hold everyone responsible...

No matter how powerful the emperor is, he can't dismiss most of the officials in the court, not to mention that he is the emperor's uncle.