different devil life

This one is obviously not as good as Luo Ming. He only knows how to eat, drink and play. One day, an upright official suddenly reported that someone was taking bribes. The emperor had a whim, so he ordered a strict investigation.

Who would have known that as soon as the order was issued, he was found dead in the imperial study the next day.

In the end, it was found out that a court lady had poisoned her, but after she was found out, the court lady committed suicide after taking the poison, so the matter was left alone.

The third emperor also had a brain, and started to investigate secretly, but it was a pity that he endured for several years. After arresting two officials, he went out to meet an assassin and was stabbed to death.

These three emperors were all dead, and the ministers discussed that according to the order, Luo Zhao should be the emperor.

In this way, Luo Zhao came to power in a daze at the age of 19.

Because he only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun, and he lives a peaceful life. Anyway, for the ministers, you play your game, and we get our oil and water.

As long as you don't check us, then let you be the emperor all the time.

"It seems that I have been emptied!"

Chapter 614 The Empty Emperor

"It seems that I have been emptied!"

Sitting on the dragon chair, Wang Zhong felt a bit of a headache, the beginning was difficult.

Any fool can see that the previous emperors lived a long life by eating, drinking, and having fun. If anyone is smarter and wants to check something, I'm sorry, I will mess with you.

Nowadays, only the eunuchs in the palace and the harem are more obedient in the court, and the officials outside are obedient.

Apart from the current dangerous situation, Wang Zhong also learned that this world is similar to a martial arts world.

There is no aura here, but everyone has internal skills, such as the eunuch He Taigao, who is a martial arts master with powerful internal skills.

"Your Majesty, this old slave has brought the treasury account book."

At this time, He Taigao shouted at the door.

"come in."

"According to the order!"

He Taigao came in with a bent waist, a thick account book was neatly placed on Wang Zhong's desk.

"I ask you, when you went to get the account books, did the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs make things difficult for you?"

According to the situation in the palace, Wang Zhong did not believe that no one in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was corrupt and broke the law, so He Taigao suddenly went to get the account books, the Ministry of Internal Affairs would not be so cooperative.

"If you go back to the emperor, no one made things difficult for me when the old slave went to the House of Internal Affairs."

"Oh?"

This made Wang Zhong quite strange.

Opening the account book, although the original owner Luo Zhao is a foolish emperor, he still knows the characters.

"Silver taels 35 taels, gold and silver...silk and satin...food..."

On the account books, many things were clearly recorded, but what made Wang Zhong frown was that the national treasury was so empty.

In the state treasury of the entire country, there are only more than 30 taels of silver left.

You know, when he was a eunuch in the Great Dragon Dynasty, he remembered that the national treasury must be at least tens of millions of taels to maintain the operation of the entire country.

Because there are too many places to spend money in the whole country, the military salary is a large piece, and then there is disaster relief and the salaries of officials.

Wang Zhong really didn't understand how the more than 30 taels kept the country running.

"It's no wonder that he will be burned to death in three years. It's no wonder that it's just such a small amount of silver."

"Big companion." Wang Zhong shouted.

"The old slave is here."

"I, can I trust you?"

He Taigao panicked and quickly knelt down: "This old slave is terrified."

"Get up and talk."

"According to the order."

"You have been by my side for some years, and you can be regarded as the person I trust the most."

He Taigao was very excited when he heard this, and quickly expressed his opinion: "This old slave is the emperor's dog slave, and a dog slave must not only know how to do things, but more importantly, be loyal."

This is He Taigao's heartfelt words, no matter how powerful an eunuch is, if there is no emperor, no one can look down on eunuchs.

Of course, Wang Zhong was different at that time. At that time, he used means to control the emperor.

Wang Zhong smiled, and was very satisfied with He Taigao's statement, but he still wanted to beat and beat, and said, "I suddenly have a feeling today. I feel that if I continue to have fun, the country will change hands sooner or later. By then, I will definitely not survive. As the person I trust the most, I'm afraid you can't escape the relationship, so I decided not to have fun like this anymore, buddy, are you willing to help me?"

"The old slave must go through fire and water."

"Very well, you should understand that if I lose power, it will be difficult for you, and if I regain power, I will definitely not let you down."

"Thank you, the emperor, for your gift."

With that said, He Taigao wanted to kneel down again.

"You don't need to kneel, I spare you the ceremony of kneeling."

It is a great honor to skip the ceremony of kneeling, which means that you only need to bend down and bow your head when you see the emperor in the future.

Wang Zhong can't give much benefit now, he can only win people's hearts like this.

Of course, judging from past memories, there must be nothing wrong with He Taigao's loyalty. What he said just now, Wang Zhong also hoped that he would work harder and be more loyal.

"In the future, the words of the two of us cannot be told to the third person, do you understand?"

"The old slave knows the pros and cons, even if the old slave is put into the frying pan, the old slave must keep his mouth shut."

"very good."

Satisfied, Wang Zhong threw the account book back, "Send the account book back, and say that you have misheard my will. What I want is erotic pictures, not the account book."

"Ah?" He Taigao didn't understand why Wang Zhong did this.

Wang Zhong explained: "The contents of this account book must be true, but the expenditure of the silver tael must have been faked, and it is useless to ask for it."

Now Wang Zhong deliberately didn't mention this matter, and he didn't want people to know that he wanted to investigate. After all, there are not many people in the palace that he can trust, and he doesn't want himself to be killed for no reason.

"This gang of villains dare to deceive the emperor, my lord, this old slave will immediately call the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come over."

"No need, this matter can't be acted rashly, first do as I said, go."

"According to the order."

He Taigao obediently went on.

And the news that Wang Zhong bestowed Concubine Li to death just spread like wildfire, and the entire harem knew about it.

Wang Zhong was also very bad, he didn't let anyone collect Concubine Li's body immediately, and let her hang around like this, waiting for the next day to collect the body for burial.

For a moment, the concubines were all in danger. They didn't know what the emperor had done, and even bestowed death on the most beloved concubine Li.

In the harem, apart from the emperor, the empress dowager is naturally the biggest, followed by the empress.

However, according to Wang Zhong's memory, although the Queen Mother is his biological mother, she is not a good person. She asked the original owner Luo Zhao to levy taxes and taxes several times to build her Phoenix Palace.

The news of Concubine Li's death reached the Queen Mother Lu Huan. Lu Huan frowned and said indifferently: "You bastard, even if Concubine Li is not good, how can you hang her to death and let her body hang in the house? If it gets out, where will my royal face be?"

Although Concubine Li usually has a temper, she is very good at flattering Lu Huan, so she likes Lu Huan quite a lot.

Now that Concubine Li was given death for no reason, Lu Huan was naturally angry.

"The empress dowager calm down." The palace maid who reported the news said while kneeling.

"Go and call the emperor."

"Yes."

The maid went out.

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"What we need to do now is to renovate the harem, and secondly to earn money. Only with money can we build our own power."

Wang Zhong sat on the dragon chair, thinking.

The art of the emperor lies in the power of money.

With these two things, whoever disobeys will be wiped out.

Someone scolded you?It's okay, I'm a tyrant.

Wang Zhong never cared about reputation. The so-called reputation is only written by literati. History is written by the victors.

According to Wang Zhong's understanding, the harem is controlled by the empress dowager and empress.

The queen mother is his mother, named Lu Huan. Although she is old, she is arrogant and domineering. If the emperor didn't listen to her before, she would definitely teach her a lesson.

In addition to her high position and weight, the reason why Lu Huan has such great power is also because she controls the most important department of eunuchs in the palace, the Twelve Eunuchs.

This department is the yamen that manages the eunuchs in the palace. It has real power. Whoever is disobedient will be arrested by the inner twelve supervisors.

The name of the manager of the Inner Twelve Supervisors is Andeli, who has followed the Queen Mother Lu Huan since he was a child, and obeyed Lu Huan's advice.

The other person in power in the harem is the queen.

The queen's name is Zhao Luan, and she is the daughter of the great general. Thanks to her own family's military power, Zhao Luan's status in the harem is also extraordinary.

It's a pity that the original owner Luo Zhao didn't like Zhao Luan, just because Zhao Luan was too tall, Luo Zhao thought how could Zhao Luan be taller than her husband as a woman, didn't this embarrass him?

Therefore, after Zhao Luan became the queen, Luo Zhao never even touched Zhao Luan.

It was also because of Zhao Luan's father that Zhao Luan became the queen back then.

A year ago, a rebellion broke out on the border, and two cities fell one after another. Luo Zhao was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

As a loyal minister, Zhao Luan's father, Zhao Ou, applied to fight. In order to show his support, Luo Zhao married Zhao Luan at the suggestion of the Queen Mother Lu Huan.

And canonize Zhao Luan as the queen.

In the end, Zhao Ou led the Zhao family army to turn the tide and killed all the rebels.

It's a pity that Zhao Ou was old. After the war, Zhao Ou was seriously ill, and a group of civil officials stood up to ask for credit. The confused emperor Luo Zhao just gave the civil officials the great contribution to solving the rebellion.

Zhao Jiajun was thankless, and Zhao Ou vomited blood and died in a fit of anger.

Once Zhao Ou died, the Zhao family army split up and down, coupled with the suppression of a group of civil servants in the court, the Zhao family army was like this, and the hearts of the people dispersed.

After that, Zhao Luan, who was not liked by Luo Zhao in the first place, was even less taken seriously after his father died.

Especially when Zhao Luan saw that the queen mother was extravagant and wasted, after persuading her once, the queen mother Lu Huan thought that Zhao Luan would not be able to get on the stage, and announced that Zhao Luan's monthly expenses would be halved in the future, and only one maid would be left to serve.

This is tantamount to not taking Zhao Luan seriously.

Wang Zhong felt that if Lu Huan didn't think that the abolition of the empress was too much trouble, she might have abolished the empress directly.

"This mother queen is really a big trouble."

Maybe what Lu Huan did was just for her own enjoyment and face, but she hindered her from reforming the harem.

"Zhao Luan is pretty good. As the daughter of a great general, she knows how to be sympathetic to the people and to share the worries of the widow..."

Not to mention, after Wang Zhong became the emperor, the role entered very quickly, and he was either a widow or a widow when he spoke.

Just thinking about it, a eunuch shouted at the door: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has an order for you to go to Feng Palace to meet her."

I was thinking about how to deal with the Queen Mother, but I didn't expect her to come looking for her.

After thinking about it, Wang Zhong reckoned that it was because of Concubine Li.

Concubine Li is a cunning person, knowing that the Queen Mother is the head of the harem, she usually flatters her a lot.

Now that Concubine Li is bestowed to death by him, the Queen Mother is looking for trouble.

"Empress, empress, do you know that the Luo family will soon cease to be our surname in this world, and you are still embarrassing me for some trivial matters. If this is the case, you can't blame me."

There was a glint of coldness in Wang Zhong's eyes, and he said to the maid: "I will go right away, let the queen mother wait a while."

"According to the order."

The maid went back, Wang Zhong waited for a while, and He Taigao came back.

"Your Majesty, the treasury books have been returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."