Honglouchun

Seeing that there are more and more officials in the clan's mansion around him, Li Yao snorted coldly and said, "You are right, the retribution of the natural law is not good, and those who destroy the family will sooner or later have to deal with it." His own head! This king will see how long you can be rampant!"

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Half an hour later, Jia Qiang returned to the main hall calmly.

Prince Zhongshun took the examination seal document from Li Yao, frowned after looking at it, looked sideways at Jia Qiang, and asked, "You are also a decent great-great-grandson of Ningguo after martial arts. It can’t be that the fifteen arrows didn’t even hit a hair?” After finishing speaking, he angrily threw the examination seal document on the kang table.

Jia Qiang didn't feel ashamed, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "When I go back to the prince, I never thought that I would be a prince, so I have always studied literature, and I have never practiced horseback riding and archery."

Li You, Prince Zhongshun, heard the words, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "It's good to learn literature. It's safer than horseback riding and archery. Among the nobles, in terms of martial arts, who was better than Jia Daishan back then?" ? The 24th prince of Yuanping, the six great princes, Jia Daishan can fight from the beginning to the end with a silver gun, and the result is not a pile of stinky meat? So it is better to study literature, at least live longer."

Although these words were said with a smile, the meaning in the words was not a trace of friendliness.

Obviously, Li You and Jia Daishan probably had an extremely unpleasant past...

Even though Jia Qiang always wanted to break up with Xifu, his surname was Jia. If he allowed others to insult Jia Daishan at this moment, if word got out, he would stop being a human being in the future.

Therefore, Jia Qiang raised her head, looked at King Zhongshun's white hair, and said loudly: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. I am studying literature not to live longer, but to understand reason and know loyalty and filial piety. Although he died young, he died for the sake of the country and the country, for the sake of the Li family! The prince is the royal family, and although his status is precious, he should respect his ancestors. Otherwise, he would throw away his blood and serve the country. Conquering the world, in the end, it is only regarded as a pile of stinky meat by the Tian family, what is the reason for it?!"

Seeing the awe-inspiring and staunch Jia Qiang, Zhongshun Wangcheng's mansion is much deeper than Li Yao's, how could he easily drop the subject, smiled and said: "I believe in Buddhism, Buddhists all pay attention to the theory of stinky skin, I can borrow one or two from you. You idiot , but to set up a crime for this king. Forget it, I will take you into the palace today, and I will ignore you, and we will talk about it later."

After finishing speaking, he got up and got off the kang, and under the service of two servants, he put on the Di Qing Nine Dragons Piercing Cloud Cloak, and went to the palace in a sedan chair.

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Daming Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Emperor Long'an frowned and looked at the 17-year-old young man who was crying poor in the hall, and shouted: "I sent people to go to the medicine storehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get some good medicine and give it to Lin Ruhai, the servant of the household department. What do you want to do? Is Ku Yinzi greedy for ink?"

This young man is Li Xuan, the fifth son of Emperor Long'an, and Li Jing, the eldest son of the emperor, Prince Bao, is also the son of Empress Yin.

It's just that although he is a compatriot from the same mother, Li Jing, the eldest son of the emperor, Prince Bao, has a cruel temperament and is feared by both the government and the public.

But Li Xuan, the fifth son of the emperor, has a completely different personality.

This son is famous for being greedy and stubborn, good for goods, good food, good clothes, good antiques... He is a famous stubborn master in the capital.

Originally, according to Emperor Long'an's temperament, such a rebellious son should be killed.

It's just that among the children, this youngest son is the youngest and has been raised by his side all the time. He is also the only prince who dares to get close to him, so it is inevitable that he favors him a little bit.

Seeing that he was good at collecting money, he handed over the House of Internal Affairs that had been taken back from Prince Ning to him, and asked him to be the acting prince minister of the House of Internal Affairs, but unexpectedly, something went wrong.

No matter how much Emperor Long'an favored him, he would never allow such a thing to happen.

Li Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the words, bluffed half to death, and said with a face full of grievances: "Father, I really want to die unjustly, even if I bump into a guest, I dare not go greedy for your money! This inner treasury I don’t have a lot of silver, and I spend so much in the next year, how can I have money to buy so many medicinal materials. There are still some good medicines in the medicine storehouse, but those medicines are given to the Supreme Emperor, the Empress Dowager, the Emperor Father, The empress dowager and the dowagers and concubines in the palace barely make do with it, there is really nothing more!"

When Emperor Long'an heard the words, his face was a little ugly and he asked, "What about the silver that was sent into the treasury just a year ago?"

Li Xuan stretched his hand to his waist, and actually took out an abacus with a gold frame and jade beads the size of a palm. His belongings, including antiques, land deeds, door shops, etc., are not counted, and those things cannot be realized for a while. Just talking about silver, there are a total of 480 million taels. Because the household department is in a severe deficit, the emperor's father ordered 280 million taels to be paid back. 200 million taels. But last year, in order to relieve the victims of the severe drought in Shandong, my father emptied the internal treasury, and borrowed a total of 120 million taels from the emperor's grandfather, emperor's grandmother, Yin family, and Mei family. After I got the new silver, I immediately paid back the owed silver. The remaining 80 taels, but after a year, not only will there be rewards everywhere in the palace, but also silver and winter clothes for the [-]th regiment stationed in Beijing... … After doing the math, it’s empty again!”

In fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a lot of income, and the Ministry of Households allocates more than 60 taels of silver every year.

The rest, such as Huangzhuang, Guanwai Gold Mine, Northeast Antler and Ginseng, Jiangning Weaving, Jingdezhen Porcelain Organ Kiln, Shanhaiguan Customs, Guangzhou Customs, Jimo Customs and other customs silver, are all put into the internal warehouse.

But there are more places for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to spend money.

In such a huge imperial city, not to mention the members of the royal family, there are also concubines, maids, eunuchs, guards, etc. in the palace, which add up to more than ten thousand people.

The food, clothing, housing and transportation of these people depend entirely on the expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It would be naive to think that there are only people.

In addition to the more than 1 most exquisite people in the world, there are countless rare and exotic beasts in the Shangsi Courtyard, which represent all kinds of auspicious imperial beasts, which is another huge expense.

In addition, there are Guangchu Division, Duyu Division, Master Ceremony Division, Accounting Division, Construction Division, Qingfeng Division...

All together, there are "seven departments and three courtyards", all of which serve the palace, and every place is a bottomless pit that swallows gold without blinking an eye.

Those magnificence, those etiquettes that show the wealth and honor of the heavenly family, which part does not require a handful of silver to create?

It is said that the emperor is rich all over the world, but in the past dynasties, there are only a handful of people who have really lived affluent.

When Emperor Long'an was having a headache about the shortage of silver in the internal treasury, a man from the Yellow Gate came to Tong Bing:

"Prince Zhongshun Li You and Jia Qiang came to have an audience."

Emperor Long'an raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and said, "Xuan."

Let Li Xuan get up again and stand aside.

Not long after, Li You, the Prince of Zhongshun, led a handsome young man in.

After the two bowed to the emperor and ministers, Emperor Long'an first called King Zhongshun and asked, "How is the examination?"

Li You took out the official document, and Emperor Long'an motioned for Li Xuan, the fifth son of the emperor, to take it and present it.

After Li Xuan took over, she looked down subconsciously, and then burst out laughing.

But under Emperor Long'an's knife-like gaze, he quickly shut up, and presented classmate Jia Qiang's test report card with a strange expression.

After Emperor Long'an took over, he glanced at Jia Qiang, frowned, and stared fiercely at Jia Qiang. On the document, Tibi changed the riding shot from [-] hits to [-] hits, and the foot shot from [-] hits to zero, changing it to [-] hits. The passing line of five in twelve.

The rest of the test scores of Art of War, Military Strategy, etc. were also changed from zero to general pass...

Finally put down the Zhubi, and said with a cold snort: "Since you have become a Martial Lord in the future, practice your ancestor's abilities more. If you don't ask you to honor your ancestors, don't be ashamed and show your eyes too much!"

What else can Jia Qiang say, follow the rules, and listen to Emperor Long'an's words again: "Enfeng the third-class mighty general, and award him the title of Thousand Households of the Embroidered Clothes Guard... The soldiers and horses of the five cities are commanded by Dongcheng, kneel down."

Jia Qiang: "..."

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Chapter 248

Embroidered Yiwei with the title of Qianhu, commanded by the five-city soldier Ma Si Dongcheng.

What is the concept of these two official names?

If it is a thousand households of the Embroidery Guards, it is actually quite a big deal. Although the thousand households of the Embroidery Guards are only of the fifth rank, there are only four thousand households of the Embroidery Guards in total.

To be ranked first is also considered to hold a lot of power.

However, adding the word "title" immediately reduced the gold content by more than ten times.

In other words, with only such a name, he might be able to receive a monthly salary of ten taels of silver, but he has no real power at all.