Chapter 74: Temple Battle (2)

Not long after, the ministers on duty each retired, had friends to drink and chat, enjoy flowers and tea, which was nothing wrong. Zai Chuan and Zai Chun were both Zhang Jing, who joined the Military Affairs Office today. After finishing their work, they handed over what they should have to the cabinet, and the court sent it into the sealed bag, and handed it to the internal office. The two brothers bowed and turned and parted ways.

Zaiqi passed on the sedan chair, and was served by the Tingmaster and the eunuch in the mansion, heading straight to the Third Prince's Mansion located at Sanzhuan Bridge. It was strange that the emperor was very kind to his subordinates, but he was always tight to his sons. Among the dozen princes who were gradually growing up, only the eldest prince Zai Li was Beizi. Under the second prince, he didn't even have a false reputation as a Beizi, but he was just a prince.

Although the prince also has monthly payments from the Ministry of Internal Affairs every month, everyone has responsibilities and another monthly salary, unlike the senior officials in the court, their monthly salary is only 1,800 taels - these money are enough to live in the capital, but it is undoubtedly a dream to have a luxurious life!

The children did not dare to complain in front of the emperor, so they could only ask their mothers for help. The mothers felt sorry for the children, and they often saved a portion of their own private money and handed them over to the children.

Later, I don’t know how the emperor knew about this. He actually called Zaiying to the imperial court when he was calling Daqi in the Ganqing Palace, and scolded him very much! "Zaiying! I ask you, how much is the monthly salary and monthly silver? "

"This, my son's monthly input is around 2,200 taels."

"So much money in a month is not enough for you to spend? Don't forget that you princes and the servants in the mansion are all raising them for you. The best swallow wing mat in Beijing is only eleven or two taels of silver. You said, why aren't this money enough for you to spend? You have to make money from your mother? You have to get money from your outside family?"

"This..., this..." Zaiying's mother was Concubine Jia, and her family was the owner of Tiancang, a famous big grain merchant in Rehe. She was always called a wealthy man. After knowing that her grandson was living a tight life, the two elders specifically asked his uncle You Jun to send him 50,000 taels of silver. This is what the emperor said today.

Seeing that he was stuttering, the emperor spat viciously, "Bah! You are a useless thing! A man who is seven feet tall doesn't know that he is relying on his own to support his family and makes money. He stretches out his hands everywhere? I blush for you! Get out, don't let me see you." He scolded the boss, and Zai Ying was also a man who couldn't escape. He also scolded him and sent them all out.

After this incident, the emperor also felt that his manner of being mean for many years was somewhat inappropriate. He was a young man in his twenties and a prince. He always had to maintain the face of the Tian family outside. If he went out, he would be like begging, and he would not look good in terms of his face. Naturally, there were more places to spend money, and with this little money, it would be hard for the children.

But when I thought so, I couldn't let go of my taboos and let them make money. So the princes had to tighten their belts and live some hard life - this was naturally on the surface; I secretly knew that the princes couldn't live their lives, and there were filial piety from various provinces and departments. But everyone knew that he was greedy and did not dare to reach out at all. In the end, one person came up with a solution: increase the number of door bags in the prince's mansion, and 30% of the silver collected was put into bags, and 70% of the money he collected was paid for public service - which became disguised bribery. The emperor knew it in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

He brought the sedan chair to three mansions. This place he often wanted. The listener at the door recognized him long ago and quickly met him. He repelled the minor officials who were waiting for the message to come from somewhere. He went to the sedan chair to pay his respects and landed. His movements were very 'border style', "Please greet the Sixth Master!"

"Is it you?" The little eunuch picked up the curtain of the sedan chair, pressed the rod of the sedan chair, and lowered his head to come out. "Don't pay me a blessing, I don't have any money to pay you."

"Look at what Liu Master said, it is my duty to pay my respects to Mr. Six. How dare I greedy for Mr. Six?" The person laughed and said, "Mr. Six, please leave."

"Is Brother San at home?"

"Here, here! Our master just arrived at the mansion."

The weather outside was too hot, and Zaiqi was unable to withstand the heat. He strode into the mansion gate, walked around the corridor under the door, and went straight into the main hall of the Second Hall. Zaiqi was not there, and the maid and maid knew him, "Sixth Master, please sit down, our master is changing his clothes."

While speaking, Zai Yan turned out from the direction of the flower hall, wearing a small gown with fragrant silk, a vest with black crystal twill on it, and without a hat, revealing her blue and empty scalp, which looked cool and refreshing. "It's still third brother, you are strong, I'm in the Military Affairs Office, but the name sounds good, but in fact, I'm tired!"

Zai Wei smiled deeply, "Come here to serve Liu Master Liu's clothes."

Everyone was wearing clothes and bags as they were used. They waited for Zaiqi to change into casual clothes and returned to the second hall. Zaiqi had already ordered people to brew tea and prepared hand towels, "San brother, today..."

Zai Wei waved his hand and smiled steadily, "Don't be anxious first, wait for the fourth and fifth brothers to come."

Zai Lu knew that although the fifth brother followed the leader of the fifth brother, in fact, the third brother always hit the nail on the head, which was what Zai Lu knew well. Since he said that he would come soon, wait a little longer?

These old men under him have nothing to do on weekdays and live all day long, and have the greatest ability to speak without saying anything. From Sushun’s newly obtained snuff bottles to antiques, and also to Bingjing, the case of this year.

As the season begins July, Bingjing sent by the governors of each province has already arrived at the prefecture. There are many names and different numbers of ice and charcoal in each province. It depends on the strength, identity, and friendship of each person. Generally speaking, it is around 1,000 taels, but this year's situation is a bit special. The minimum number of Bingjing received by the prefecture is 1,350 taels, and the maximum number is 2,200 taels. "San brother, you have read a lot and have a good mind. Tell me, why are you so many more this year?"

Zai-hyun was thinking about his own thoughts, but he didn't hear him clearly, "What did you say?"

Zaiqi asked again, Zaiqi smiled, "Do you think you have too much money?"

"It's not that I think it's too much, it's better to have more!" Zaiqi smiled, "I just don't understand."

"Who is the most common one?"

"Peng Yulin, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu," Zaiqi chased after him before he could ask, "Two thousand two hundred taels."

Zai Wei sneered in his heart. Shaanxi and Gansu suffered a drought last year. The court's relief silver totaled 8 million taels, and there was less than 2 million taels of remaining funds for the Ministry of Revenue. He never sent it out. No need to ask, Peng Yulin made his mind to Lao Liu. He has been working as a servant in the Ministry of Revenue for many years and has his own account in his mind. After careful calculation, he also got Peng Yulin's nearly 3,000 taels of silver in his mansion. Hey! Peng Xueqin has invested a lot of money? "You don't need to ask about this matter, you will know in the future."

Zaiqin said nothing more, and the two brothers started to laugh.

After a while, Zai Wei and Zai Wei and the two brothers arrived. After waiting for a while, Zai Wei's sedan chair also arrived in front of the mansion. They changed their clothes and sat in the deep and quiet flower hall. Seeing the red sun setting in the west, the cool breeze brings coolness, making the jade skin cool. Zai Wei ordered his servant to prepare supper, and turned to Zai Wei and said, "Lao Liu, do you tell me?"

"Yes." Zaiqi agreed and said the process of the discussion in the Military Affairs Office. Halfway through the conversation, the dinner was prepared, and the brothers came to the table. After hearing him, Guan Zi picked up the chopsticks and ate it, he was amused.

"Fourth brother, what do you think about military rations?" asked the seventh prince Zaiju.

"It's natural that it's not enough to rely on the supply of the court like this. What the sixth uncle said is that if there are Japanese, there must be Chinese!" Zai-chin said the first, "If you don't give it, just grab it! Let's see if they dare not give it?" He turned around and looked, "Third brother, Lao Wu, what do you think?"

Zaiqian and Zaiban looked at each other and smiled bitterly, "What if they can't get it? Will they kill someone?"

"How could it not be taken?" Zai-hyun shook his head disapprovingly, "No, can the Japanese stop eating?"

"Of course the Japanese have to eat, but if they give it to you, they will have nothing to eat. Not to mention that there are all big-bellied men in the army. One person has to eat the amount of three or five people per person. How much food can Hegang Mansion have in stock, enough for them to eat like this?"

"Then go somewhere else, there are 100 million people in Japan!"

Zai Shing smiled and ignored him, "Lao Wu, how did you think about this?"

"I think it's not common to say that it's a matter of relying on military ships to transport soldiers for food..."

"You listen? Lao Wu also said the same thing as I said?"

"Shut up!" Zaiqi shouted, and Zaiqi immediately closed his mouth obediently.

Zai Luan continued with a smile as if he hadn't heard the two brothers' fighting mouths, "But if he really enlisted troops to grab grain and harm one side, it would probably arouse the grievances of Japanese officials and the people. The final result would be to kill the death and no one could get it."

"Well," the carriage picked up a piece of fish and put it in his own bowl. "Then, do you think, is there a solution?"

"It depends on what the Emperor Ama is thinking." Zai Lan said quietly, "It depends on what the Emperor Ama has in Japan to make a move."

"oh?"

"You think, if we really fight this battle, we will withdraw all of our people, so we will naturally not have to worry about it. The Japanese on both sides will not be able to swim across the sea to seek revenge on us. It is okay to leave a mess for the Japanese on both sides. If this is the case, we might as well let the soldiers act willfully. They can fill their stomachs and fight."

"This is certainly reasonable, but I think Emperor Ama will never come out of this."

"I think so too, so I have to follow the previous dynasty's method of garrisoning and reclaiming troops in Xinjiang and solve the problem of eating in Japan."

"What do you say about this matter with the second brother?"

"I don't know. I asked him, but he didn't say much." Zai Lan said, "I think he either didn't think about it or he didn't say much even when he thought about it."

"It must be the second type." Zaihe, who had already eaten, put down his chopsticks and said loudly, "The second brother is the most sensible!"

Zai Fen burst into laughter and ignored his younger brother, "I think he may not have thought it was mostly done. Lao Wu, your words are reasonable, but now no one knows what Emperor Ama is thinking in his heart, so he can only ask Senior Yu?"

Zai Chun grinned his teeth. Although he was not as handsome as Zai Ying, his skin was fair. When he smiled, he had another feminine beauty. He could guess who the third prince said was, "Let's go together?"

"Let's have a meal first, and then go together after using it."

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Chapter completed!