Grand Minister of Agriculture in Great Qin: The World's Biggest Cheapskate

Your Majesty, you want to build Epang Palace? Sorry, there's no money in the treasury!

Your Majesty, you want to sail overseas in search of medicine? Sorry, there's no budget for that in the treasury!

Your Majesty, you want to build the Great Wall? That can be done, but the treasury isn't exactly flush with cash either. You'll have to figure it out yourself!

Wang Jian: "Your Majesty, I went to ask for funds. I saw with my own eyes that there are so many copper coins in the treasury they're rusting, yet Li Chengang says there's not a single coin to spare. This puts me in a very difficult position..." Zhao Gao: "Your Majesty, the eight newly built treasuries are piled high with gold ingots and copper coins, all covered in a thick layer of dust. Yet Li Chengang won't even allocate a penny for food to the palace. The kitchens haven't seen a scrap of meat in three months. He's deceiving the throne! I request that he be executed..."

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