Especially upon learning that Chu Ying had made up his mind to attack Goguryeo—no, to attack the East Island—he was excited to the absolute extreme.
At the same time, a piece of news reached the Capital, shocking all the civil and military officials in the imperial court.
First, Chu Ying issued an imperial decree to the Ministry of Revenue, ordering them to immediately allocate funds for the construction of warships, strictly forbidding anyone from skimming off the top. He decreed that upon discovery, the offender's entire clan would be executed.
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