Zhao Kun cupped his hands and reported, "Your Majesty, although our country has a vast territory, the annual tax revenue is merely 20 million taels of silver. Chu Junyi has just been promoted to a first-grade official position, yet he actually earned nearly 2 million taels of silver. This is truly shocking."

"Yes, Your Majesty, how did he obtain so many taels of silver? Silver can't be blown out of thin air anyhow. I don't know how many civilians were looted and fell into hunger ...