kvmb Chapter 42 Dajing Zoo
Chapter 42 Dajing Zoo
[That's strange. I've reviewed all the videos between Prince Rui and the Minister of Justice, and I haven't seen any conflict or disagreement between them.]
Moreover, the two barely even met.
So how did the Minister of Justice come to dislike Prince Rui?
Shen Zhiyi was flipping through the pages for a while and didn't notice that the old emperor had been scolding Raven for almost half an hour without repeating himself.
The old emperor drank what seemed like the umpteenth cup of tea, moistened his lips, and continued his struggle.
I can't find it at all.
The old emperor couldn't bring himself to curse anymore.
He almost wanted to grab the Minister of Justice and question him directly.
But that old guy is a cunning old fox; he definitely won't tell the truth.
Although I couldn't find any evidence of a feud between Prince Rui and the Minister of Justice, I discovered that Prince Rui's favorite place to visit when he was working at the Ministry of Justice was the prison.
Good heavens, this guy neglects his proper job and spends all his time acting like a cruel official.
This resulted in numerous wrongful convictions stemming from torture, which ultimately required the Minister of Justice to reopen and re-examine each case.
[All the cases that came out of Prince Rui's hands were wrongful convictions, which kept the Minister of Justice extremely busy, and he hadn't been home for several nights in a row.]
Shen Zhiyi felt that she had found the reason for their discord.
The old emperor beckoned the Minister of Justice to come to him and said in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell me about this sooner?"
"never mind."
The Minister of Justice, that old fox, certainly wouldn't openly offend the old emperor.
Regardless, Prince Rui was the son of the old emperor, and his maternal grandfather was the notorious Duke Yongguo, known for his eccentricities.
The Minister of Justice, having been busy for some time, felt uneasy and considered having his subordinates report the matter to the old emperor. However, he knew that such a potentially offensive task was something no one else wanted to do either.
The Minister of Justice gritted his teeth, finally realizing why there had been no action for so long—it turned out they had only given him a perfunctory agreement.
After learning the result, the old emperor became even more determined to prevent Prince Rui from interfering in state affairs in the future.
If a prince with mental problems were to gain greater real power, it would be a disaster for the people and for the Great Ye.
When Prince Rui noticed the old emperor's disappointed look, he panicked completely.
"Father, what about my beast farm?"
“It’s been demolished.”
"No, Father, you can't do this!"
Prince Rui excitedly stepped forward and hugged the old emperor's leg, bursting into tears.
"These are all my precious treasures. If you take them all apart, I won't be able to live."
[Of course it's a treasure! That's dozens of times the profit of ten thousand taels of gold a year! One ten thousand taels of gold is roughly two hundred million. These dozens of two hundred million... wow, that's a lot of money! And this guy hasn't even paid taxes yet; it's pure profit, all going into Prince Rui's pocket.]
In a fit of anger, the old emperor kicked his son.
WTF?
Hundreds of thousands of taels of gold a year!
Damn it, they still haven't paid their taxes!
The Minister of Revenue's eyes lit up as he stepped forward and said.
"Your Majesty, I believe that forcibly demolishing this beast farm is somewhat hasty. It would be better to renovate it and continue its operation, and then take it over as state-owned assets."
In this way, what is needed is not tax money, but a complete profit.
[Oh my, no wonder she's in charge of the money; she's really shrewd and calculating, not letting a single penny from this beast farm go to waste.]
The Minister of Revenue was in a difficult position.
With the national treasury empty, he wouldn't let go of even the smallest piece of meat.
The old emperor found it increasingly appealing, and stroked his beard, saying, "Granted."
Prince Rui: No, this is his beast farm, why hasn't anyone come to ask for his opinion?
"Father, Father Emperor?"
"What? Overjoyed? You don't need to demolish this animal farm. You can turn it into a wild animal viewing park and make some money for the Zhou family."
Prince Rui was torn in two: "A wild animal...or a viewing garden?"
[What is this? Hahaha, isn't this just an ancient version of a zoo?]
zoo?
Good name.
The old emperor said, "From now on, let's not call it 'Beast Manor' anymore. It sounds rather scary. How about we call it 'Great Capital Zoo'? It sounds more friendly and cute."
【puff! 】
[Old Emperor, are you going to start selling tickets next?]
Tickets?
Is the barrier to entry paying money?
Great idea! Great idea!
The old emperor had a sudden inspiration.
"Here's what we'll do. We'll have the Ministry of Works come over and plan it out properly. We'll turn this estate into a garden, demolish the houses, and keep only what's necessary. Then we'll divide it according to the rarity of the wild animals. The rarer the animals, the more money we'll have to pay to get in. You should understand the rest."
The Minister of Works and the Minister of Revenue: "We understand, we understand perfectly."
Shen Zhiyi felt that she must have been seeing things.
Why did she see the cunning of a merchant in an emperor?
[Given the situation, we might as well just make another ticket.]
ticket?
That's the mark.
The old emperor said to the Minister of Revenue, "Remember, when the park opens, it needs to be stamped. How about this, let's make a small ticket, buy a ticket, and enter the park with the ticket. These different levels of tickets are also a matter of etiquette, you can handle it yourself."
The Minister of Revenue nodded repeatedly: "Yes."
And so, in front of Prince Rui, everyone transformed his despicable beast farm into the perfectly respectable Dajing Zoo.
Prince Rui was heartbroken.
In the end, he was dragged back to Prince Rui's residence.
The old emperor was a man of action; he did what he said he would do.
However, some of the animals in the animal farm are now severely stressed because they did some bad things.
The old emperor originally intended to simply beat him to death with sticks and be done with it.
But upon hearing Shen Zhiyi's mournful voice, he decided to spare her life and even sent a royal physician to treat her.
These animals were temporarily moved to the Royal Predator Park.
The imperial physician, thinking the old emperor was unwell, rushed over, only to be dumbfounded by the sight of a bunch of injured animals.
The imperial physician asked the eunuch beside him, "Where is His Majesty?"
"His Majesty has something to attend to."
"So, you called me here because..."
The eunuch spread his hands and pointed to the animals in the cage.
Here, these are.
The imperial physician swallowed back a torrent of profanities. He was an imperial physician, not a veterinarian! This was outrageous!
[The old emperor is truly amazing! He found the most cowardly and timid imperial physician to treat those animals. Any other physician would rather die than treat those animals.]
[So touching, so incredibly touching! I knew it; the old emperor was a good emperor.]
I've decided not to include the old emperor scratching his butt in the daily records.
The old emperor couldn't stop smugly expressions.
No, Shen Zhiyi, why do you still write this stuff in there every day?!
[Oh dear, I've finally found out who sent the fat pig to the new Minister of Personnel.]
The newly appointed Minister of Personnel, who thought he might have escaped unscathed, felt as if his world had collapsed.
—Shen Zhiyi, why are you still thinking about me!
To be honest, he didn't even know who sent him the big fat pig; it was the first time he'd ever received one.
But receiving any kind of bribe is terrifying, okay?!