It's impossible to consolidate military power for Emperor Qianning, but debt, they can reclaim a bit.
Thus, Feng Xiu tossed Emperor Qianning a promissory note stamped with the Jade Seal, debt owed by his grandfather; he didn't ask for much, just call it five million taels.
Emperor Qianning's face changed, but repaying was impossible. He brushed it off with a line about the empty national treasury and no available silver, acting like a chronic debtor!
However, when Feng Xiu comes to collect debts, does he discuss it?
Impossible, as being a debtor here is something beyond consideration.
Feng Xiu didn't bother with the national treasury, he silently emptied Emperor Qianning's private vault, a whole five million taels worth of reality equivalents, swept clean.
The eunuch guarding the private vault stumbled over to deliver the news just as Emperor Qianning lost his composure, glaring intensely at Feng Xiu.
