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

Each of the three empresses left a legitimate son to Emperor Jiade. It seems that Emperor Jiade is having a hard time choosing the next emperor.

However, this was not a matter of one or two days for Emperor Jiade, who was in his prime and fully capable of controlling the government. In addition to his three legitimate sons, Emperor Jiade had more than a dozen sons, big and small. The young and delicate concubines in the harem were also giving birth to sons for him continuously, so he would always be able to choose a qualified heir in the future.

Emperor Jiade, who thought he was still young and wanted to ask God for another 500 years, was not in a hurry to choose a crown prince now. What he was most worried about now was the word "poverty".

Emperors would also worry about money. The money that could make an emperor worry is definitely not a small amount.

Before the establishment of the Da Chong Dynasty, the Central Plains had experienced decades of war and devastation. The Da Chong Dynasty had only been in existence for a few decades. Even though taxes were reduced and childbirth was encouraged, the country was slowly recovering, but after all, the financial resources were still not rich enough.

Especially when faced with natural disasters or man-made calamities, the silver in the national treasury was often not enough, and the national treasury had to be supplemented from the emperor's private treasury.

Emperor Jiade sometimes felt that his life as an emperor was quite frustrating. He worked hard to save some private money, but when natural disasters or man-made calamities occurred, his wallet would immediately be emptied.

For example, recently, Emperor Jiade, who had just received a report on the disaster of the Yellow River bursting its dike, felt overwhelmed.

Although the Yellow River often bursts its banks, this year's disaster is particularly severe, affecting three provinces, with thousands of acres of land affected, tens of thousands of deaths, and hundreds of thousands of people displaced, without clothes to wear and without food to eat.

The disaster of the Yellow River bursting its dikes has become the most worrying thing for Emperor Jiade recently.

Several important ministers had been summoned a day in advance to urgently discuss countermeasures for the Yellow River bursting its dikes. At the morning court that day, one imperial edict after another on how to deal with the disaster was passed down. Emperor Jiade, with a heavy heart, sat on the throne with a stern face, wondering in his mind where he could get some more money.

Whether it is post-disaster disease prevention, resettlement of disaster victims, rebuilding of homes by disaster victims after the flood recedes, or blocking the breach of the Yellow River dike, all of these are inseparable from the word money.

Emperor Jiade has issued an edict today to cut his own expenses and those of his harem by 30%, and all the money saved will be used for disaster relief.

But even so, it is far from enough. A penny can make a hero fall, and even the emperor will worry about money.

The morning court session that lasted for two hours finally ended. At least a preliminary arrangement was made for dealing with the disaster caused by the Yellow River bursting its dikes. Looking at the ministers standing below, each of them was sweating profusely, even their clothes were soaked. Some old ministers with white hair and beards were trembling and had difficulty even standing. The frowning Emperor Jiade then waved his hand to adjourn the court session.

The huge state organs were operating in an orderly manner, but Li Lianggong, the Minister of Revenue in charge of the world's money and grain, quietly followed the emperor after the court meeting.

Seeing his good friend Li Lianggong following behind him, Emperor Jiade, who was already mentally exhausted, sat in his imperial sedan chair and returned to the imperial study.

After sitting down at the dragon desk in the imperial study, Emperor Jiade, who had not slept most of the night and had worked hard all morning, took a sip of strong tea to refresh himself, and then looked at Li Lianggong who was kneeling obediently on the ground.

"Tell me, what do you want from me?

Is there not enough money in the treasury?"