The emperor and many princes, princesses and concubines are served by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of the Palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of serving inside, going in and out of the palace, and publicizing orders. There are Yeting Bureau, Gongwei Bureau, Xiguan Bureau, Neifu Bureau and Neifu Bureau under it; Dianzhong Province is Shangshi, Shangyao, Shangyi, Shangshe, Shangcheng and Shangren Bureau.
These two provinces are managed by internal officials, who are either internal servants or female officials, and few foreign ministers are in charge.
However, there is still a chief executive in these two provinces. The current chief executive is Mr. Luo. He is in charge of the royal family, or the private property of the emperor alone.
However, he only brought his subordinates to take care of external affairs, such as the operation of Huangzhuang and the emperor's shops, mines, etc., and he was extremely busy. Basically, the two provinces belonged to autonomy.
The officials who have served as chief administrators are very self-aware and dare not get too involved in the affairs of the two provinces. After all, they are all the emperor's family affairs.
Moreover, the chief executive is not only the courtier of the emperor, but also the queen's subordinate.
That's right, besides taking orders from the emperor, Mr. Luo also has to take orders from the empress, who also has the power to appoint and dismiss the chief manager of the internal treasury and handle matters related to the internal treasury.
So Lord Luo has been conscientiously taking care of these properties of the emperor and empress since he took office, occasionally taking some things home, and communicating with the two provinces is nothing more than asking for money and goods, and he will give money and goods after the approval is OK.
Of course, he didn't have to do such things by himself, most of the chores were left to Xin Chun.
Because the emperor and the prince's children often go to the Huangzhuang near the capital, Master Luo handed over the two Huangzhuang in the capital to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
I didn't expect that the matter of convenience for you, me and him would end up like this.
Master Luo is still kneeling in the palace until now.
Gu Zhong came in with a cup of tea, carefully placed it by the emperor's hand, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, how about you try today's tea?"
The emperor picked it up and took a sip of the tea. After taking a sip of tea, the breath in his chest became much smoother. Then he looked at Master Luo who was still kneeling beside him, and said with a cold snort, "Get up."
Master Luo breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and stood with his head bowed.
The emperor said: "I have always believed in you, so I entrusted you with everything. The household department complained that it was a deficit, and the internal treasury also complained that it was a deficit. In the end, it was not I who was deficient, but you!"
The emperor became angry when he mentioned this, and couldn't help but put the teacup on the table heavily.
Master Luo knelt down again and quickly confessed.
The emperor sneered, and said: "Liu Hui is normal in other things, but he is good at calculating accounts. You go and hand over all the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Dianzhong to him. The quick calculation of your internal treasury and the Ministry of Accounts will be done together. I would like to see how my internal treasury is getting poorer day by day."
Master Luo respectfully responded, then got up and slowly retreated.
The emperor looked at Gu Zhong, "You go with me, if the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Dianzhong are disobedient, you can beat them."
Gu Zhong responded with a smile, bowed and retreated.
Lord Luo stood outside waiting for him, and the two of them walked out together, and when they were far away, Lord Luo let out the breath in his chest.
Unlike foreign ministers like Wei Zhi, Lord Luo often dealt with Gu Zhong, and the two of them were very familiar, so he glanced over and said coldly: "I heard that before His Majesty lost his temper, only Gu's servant was by his side?"
Gu Zhong sighed and said: "Master Luo, this matter is indeed my fault, and I did not expect His Majesty to be so angry."
Lord Luo frowned, "What did you really say to His Majesty?"
Gu Zhong hurriedly said: "Lord Luo, listen to our family's explanation first, I am not complaining, ouch, it is too late to say this now, I am also very panicked and feel guilty."
Master Luo just listened to these words, who knows if he is really guilty
It is not uncommon for these servants to die, how much conscience can they have
Now Lord Luo just wants to know why the emperor is so angry.
Gu Zhong said softly: "I'm also talking too much. Your Majesty is in a good mood this morning. The booklets have been arranged early. If you have nothing to do, Your Majesty just wants to go out for a stroll."
"It's just that Lord Luo also knows that because Lord Wei has impeached Zhen Beast Garden, His Majesty dare not go there, but the wind is strong outside, and when the cold spring wind blows, it is more serious than the cold winter wind. It's only been two days since I caught the cold, how dare I let him go out?"
Master Luo: "Let's get to the point."
Gu Zhong said with a guilty face: "In order not to let His Majesty go out to blow the wind, I will tell His Majesty some interesting things outside. Isn't this about the little imperial doctor Zhou?"
Master Luo: "Master Zhou?"
"Exactly."
Master Luo: "What does this have to do with her?"
"It doesn't matter," Gu Zhong said with a gloomy face, "It's just that your majesty likes Mr. Zhou, so I will find some interesting things about Mr. Zhou to tell your majesty. I remember Mr. Zhou mentioned before that she knows how to run a business since she was a child, so the little At a young age, the Zhou family and the Bai family vacated a small village for her to take care of together with Bai County son-in-law, and the village not only grew wheat and rice, but also raised many chickens and ducks."
"The chickens laid so many eggs that the price of two eggs in the county town was reduced to one penny per egg, and later it was two pennies and three eggs. I heard that now the price of eggs in their county town has dropped to one penny and two eggs." It’s an egg.” Gu Zhong sighed and said, “Who would have known such a coincidence, at that time there was a letter requesting for appropriation from the Xiao Yuan of the Imperial Hospital on His Majesty’s desk, and I heard that the first sum allocated to them by the Ministry of Households and the Internal Treasury The money is spent quickly, and many people will enter Huangzhuang later, spending even more, so... "
Gu Zhong raised his head and looked at Lord Luo sympathetically, "Your Excellency should have known why His Majesty was angry, right? Not only did the prices of the things purchased by Huangzhuang to the Imperial Medical Office be inflated, but also the things bought into the palace..."
Master Luo moved his mouth and said after a while: "Of course I know that the hands and feet of the people under my hands are not very clean, but when the water is clear, there will be no fish. The things in the palace are all the best, and it is normal for the price to be higher than outside. "
Master Luo had a headache and said, "Just these chickens, ducks, eggs, meat and vegetables, even if the price is doubled, how much more can I get?"
Gu Zhong said with a smile: "It's not just twice as high, it's three times as much. I heard that the eggs on the market outside are only two yuan a piece, but the eggs bought by the purchasing manager are all six yuan a piece. How many eggs does the entire palace consume every day? There is a lot of money accumulated every day."
He said: "If they hadn't gone too far, His Majesty wouldn't have been so violent."
Master Luo frowned, "I don't want to interfere with the purchases in the palace. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has always been doing it, and the internal treasury only allocates money..."
Gu Zhong said indifferently: "But Mr. Xin under Mr. Luo has been doing this. I heard that Mr. Xin has been in charge of the purchase since Tong Neishi fell ill."
When Master Luo heard this, he immediately stopped talking. It is taboo to meddle in the affairs of the imperial palace, even he, the justifiable head of the internal treasury, has to avoid it. Where did Xin Chun have the courage to intervene