Chapter 198 [The source of pay and silver]
When leaving the Yanjing Prefecture Office, Liu Qingyuan personally sent it to the office office. It was extremely kind. In his eyes, Han Mo, a child of a noble family, is a rare good person among the nobles. It is a blessing to be able to make friends today...
Leading the horse, Han Mo and Shuang'er walked side by side on the street without saying a word.
Walking all the way to the big locust tree on the street, Han Mo finally smiled and said, "Shuang'er, are you hungry?"
Shuang'er looked up at Han Mo and nodded, "I'm hungry, do you want to take me to eat?"
Han Mo pointed to the small noodle restaurant next to him and said, "Do you want to eat noodles?"
The noodle shop was very simple, with only three or four small tables inside. Even so, there were not many customers. Such a noodle shop was too common.
Shuang'er showed joy and nodded, "Oh, okay, let's eat noodles."
The hot noodles were served, and each bowl was filled with a poached egg and chopped green onion. Although the noodles were simple, the noodles made were fragrant.
Shuang'er seemed to be really hungry. She was an innocent little girl, so she didn't take the so-called "reservedness" seriously. She picked up the chopsticks and rolled the noodles on the chopsticks, and ate them interestingly.
The fragrance of poached eggs also allowed Shuang'er to quickly eliminate his poached eggs.
She looks petite, but she doesn't eat politely, she has a pure and unrestrained style.
Han Mo picked up his poached egg and put it in her bowl. Seeing her delicious food, he couldn't help but smile and asked softly: "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you. If you like it, you can eat enough!"
Shuang'er raised her head and smiled sweetly, "I've wanted to eat like this for a long time, but they always care about me... Brother Mo, it's great to be with you. You don't care about me, and you are willing to take me to play..."
Han Mo smiled and said, "You are so cute, there will be many people who are willing to play with you."
Shuang'er shook her head sadly and said, "No, they are not happy to play with me."
"Who are they?" Han Mo said curiously: "Who always cares about you?"
Shuang'er looked up at Han Mo, wanted to speak but stopped, and suddenly smiled and said, "I'm hungry again, I want to eat noodles!" He grabbed the chopsticks and ate the remaining noodles in the bowl quickly.
"Do you still want it?" Han Mo said: "Another bowl?"
Shuang'er shook her head quickly and laughed: "My stomach is so full that I can't eat anymore."
"Okay, if you like it, we'll come here to eat next time." Han Mo smiled.
"You...Brother Mo, are you saying you will take me to play?" Shuang'er showed joy and her little face flushed, "You are not allowed to lie!"
Han Mo shook his head and said, "I won't lie to you."
"Then..." Shuang'er put her fingers on the corner of her mouth, rolled her eyes, and finally said, "Those three days later, will I be waiting for you here at this time?"
Han Mo thought for a while, looked at Shuang'er and said, "I don't know if there was anything at that time. So... so I can't guarantee that I will come." Seeing that Shuang'er's face showed disappointment, he said warmly: "But even if I can't come, I will send someone to tell you... I will try my best to come!"
Shuang'er then smiled and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you. Brother Mo, I have to go back. If they don't go back, they will be anxious."
"Yeah!" Han Mo stood up and said, "I'll take you back?"
Shuang'er waved her hand quickly and said, "No, no, I will get home soon." She waved her hand and said, "Brother Mo, I'm leaving..." She walked out of the noodle shop, turned around, smiled sweetly, and said, "I'm really leaving!"
Han Mo smiled and nodded, "Be careful!"
"Remember!" Shuang'er waved: "Three days later, at this time, I'll be waiting for you here!"
When Shuang'er's figure disappeared in the crowd, Han Mo sighed, not knowing where this mysterious little girl came from. The elf-like little girl came suddenly and went freely...!
After paying the bill, he had to get on the horse before going out. Han Mo finally met Xue Hongxiu again.
Xue Hongxiu was still wearing a hat, not far from the big locust tree. He was looking at Han Mo, who frowned, but finally said nothing, turned over and went back home.
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At night.
In Han Xuandao's study, Han Mo was standing in front of Han Xuandao's desk, listening respectfully to Han Xuandao's explanation: "Your Xihua Hall's salary has never been pulled out of the Ministry of Revenue."
Han Mo looked at Han Xuan in confusion.
Han Xuandao said slowly: "The West Flower Hall is the same as the East Flower Hall. The department director is directly managed by the Supreme Lord and belongs to the Sun. The yamen that allocated silver from the Ministry of Revenue, in a sense, are all managed by the cabinet, and the cabinet has the right to inquire about the affairs of each yamen. However, the two flower halls are different."
"I would like to ask my uncle for advice!" Han Mo said sincerely.
Han Xuandao smiled and pointed to the chair next to him and said, "You sit down!"
Han Mo was not restrained, and saluted and sat down on the chair next to him.
"The salary in your West Flower Hall is like the East Flower Hall, allocated from the inner treasury." Han Xuandao said solemnly: "In other words, the emperor took his own money to pay the salary to two places, and the emperor was raising two places...!"
"The West Flower Hall has not paid any money for three years." Han Mo immediately said: "For three years, the West Flower Hall has been supporting itself!"
"Actually, this principle is very simple." Han Xuandao said calmly: "Although the inner treasury is the private treasury of the sage, the one who controls the inner treasury is not the sage, but Princess Xiu."
"Princess Show?"
Han Xuandao nodded and said, "Do you know what Princess Xiu is?"
"Royal Princess!"
"She is the priest's sister, and she was born from a mother. She has a very good relationship since childhood." Han Xuandao's pupils flashed with a cold breath: "In addition, she is Xiao Huaiyu's junior sister, and has been to Dahuang Mountain with Xiao Huaiyu!" After a pause, she said word by word: "Of course, her most important identity is the head of the inner warehouse, and the other is the director of the East Flower Hall!"
"Ah!" Han Mo exclaimed. Even though he was calm and calm when he encountered problems, he had to be extremely shocked at this time.
He hadn't thought that the director of the East Flower Hall would be a woman, and it was even more impossible for him to think that this woman would be a princess.
Han Xuandao whispered: "Not many people know about this. Princess Xiu has a special identity. Few people know that she has so many identities alone."
"Since she is the head of the inner warehouse, isn't that what she said is that the salary from our Xihua Hall will also be distributed?" Han Mo frowned.
Although they belong to the flower hall, there is no doubt that in a sense, there is a hostile relationship between the West Flower Hall and the East Flower Hall. After all, the East Flower Hall has pried out the corner of the West Flower Hall, and the people in the West Flower Hall have absolutely no good impression of the East Flower Hall.
The East Flower Hall is a rising star. In addition to being disdainful of the withered West Flower Hall, it is naturally a little wary of it.
In any case, any development of the West Flower Hall is not conducive to the East Flower Hall.
Han Xuandao nodded and said, "Yes, your Xihua Hall pays money, naturally, is handled by Princess Xiu." After a pause, he said slowly: "Actually, you should understand that it is easy to find Princess Xiu to find excuses not to pay money, and the Xihua Hall does not have the right to argue with Princess Xiu... As the director of the East Flower Hall, Princess Xiu does not want the Xihua Hall to exist!"
"The two flower halls are the trump cards of the emperor, and there is no precedent for the children of aristocratic families to serve as directors before!" Han Mo said calmly: "Why did the emperor ask me to serve as director of the West Flower Hall this time?"
Han Xuandao pondered, he picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and then said, "Actually, this is not difficult to explain."
"Please give me advice!"
"Princess Xiu's identity has made her power stronger. From a certain perspective, the power controlled by Princess Xiu has even surpassed the emperor... You should understand this, right?" Han Xuandao stared at Han Mo and asked lightly.
Han Mo nodded: "The Master will be worried that he will not be able to control Princess Xiu!"
"Actually everyone knows that Princess Xiu has had a very good relationship with the Master since she was a child. Princess Xiu is also the person she trusts the most. Many people even say that the Master’s trust in Princess Xiu is more than her trust in the princess. It is also because of this that the Master set up the East Flower Hall six years ago and handed this responsibility to Princess Xiu. Princess Xiu does not disappoint the Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy Holy
"Opinion?"
"Princess Xiu is different from Xue Gongyan." Han Xuandao leaned on the chair and said, "Xue Gongyan has been fair in her life. He is loyal to this country and to the late emperor, it is also a loyal soul. However, the current emperor is not at ease with the Director Xue who was left by the late emperor, so that Princess Xiu, whom he trusts the most, emerged from the sudden rise of the army. In terms of talent, Princess Xiu may not be inferior to Xue Gongyan, but... But our princess is a little undecisive in her private life. Such a woman always has the heart to go with the time.
The transition from time to time has changed. Over the past six years, Princess Xiu has indeed done a lot of things for the Emperor and Yan State, but sometimes, Princess Xiu's noble temper always makes the Emperor feel a little uncomfortable. In addition, Princess Xiu is now holding the inner trunk and the East Flower Hall with one hand, which makes the Emperor always feel a little worried!" He stared at Han Mo and said, "Of course, all this will not be revealed in the eyes of outsiders. People in the world think that Princess Xiu is the most loyal emperor girl of the Emperor, and the Emperor is also convinced of this emperor girl..."
"Actually, they already had conflicts." Han Mo's eyes also lit up: "So the emperor asked me to serve as the director of the West Flower Hall, not to really want the West Flower Hall to do something, but to use the West Flower Hall to restrain the East Flower Hall!"
Han Xuandao looked solemn and said lightly: "The Master's feelings for Princess Xiu are very complicated. He trusts Princess Xiu, but...forget it, I tell you these things, just to make you clearer about your situation. Everyone thought that the West Flower Hall was already a pool of mud, but they didn't think about it. It would not be difficult for the Master to really want to help the West Flower Hall up." After a pause, he continued: "We can't completely guess what the Master is thinking, but... since you have to be the director, there is always some reason!"
Han Mo frowned and said, "Uncle, I can't understand why the emperor asked me to serve as the director. If it was to restrict the East Flower Hall, he could choose his trusted official to take this position. As a child of a noble family, would he not care about it? Aren't he worried that our Han family will really strengthen the West Flower Hall and then use the West Flower Hall as his own, so as to break away from his control?"
This was originally a remark, but at this time, only the uncle and nephew talked secretly, so there was no such thing as taking it into consideration.
Chapter completed!