Song Jinning was playing the horse hanging.
Besides her, the other three people present are Li Chengxuan, Queen Mother Song and Li Xiyan.
It's good, the whole family sits together and hits the horse hanging, no matter who wins or loses, it's all fat and water that doesn't flow to outsiders.
However, Song Jinning is obviously a bit out of shape now, so he didn't show the domineering spirit he had when he was fighting with Li Chengxuan last time.
Li Chengxuan glanced at her calmly, then raised his hand and punched out a seven-ball.
Since Song Jinning brutally tortured the horse-diao last time, he ordered Zhou Jing to find him a deck of cards and a person who was proficient in the horse-diao after he returned.
Although I don't say I practice every day, I still think about it from time to time. Up to now, not only can he know what card is in his hand by touching his finger, but he can also count the cards in the hands of other players.
In fact, he was thinking that the next time he played poker with Song Jinning, he would fight back and go back a few times, so as to avenge the 'humiliation' of that day. But seeing the dazed look on Song Jinning's face just now, she didn't know what was going on, so she subconsciously knocked out the seven barrels.
Song Jinning should want these seven tubes...
But I didn't expect that Song Jinning didn't eat his seven-barrel at all, but directly reached out to draw a card, and then gave out a card of 20,000.
"eat!"
It was the elated voice of the Empress Dowager Song.
Then I saw the Empress Dowager Song reaching out to pick up the 20,000 piece on the table and took home a 10,000 piece.
About this card made her feel happy to eat, and she started joking.
"You don't know, that Concubine Fu doesn't know what's going on recently, she can't wait to come to the palace of Ai's family every day. And every time she comes, it takes a long time. Ai's family has hints and expresses, just call someone He swept her out with a broom, but she just lingered and refused to leave as if she had taken root in the palace of Aijia."
"The Ai family is really annoying her. I wanted to scold her several times with a sullen face, but thinking that she is also a relative of the emperor after all, the Ai family should not be too shameless. Thanks to the decree made by the emperor just now, In the end, she won't hang around in front of Ai's house every day. Ai's house will be much cleaner."
But seriously speaking of this matter, it was actually Jiang Wanqiu's own death.
If she hadn't said those smart words, Li Chengxuan wouldn't have made that decree at all.
Firstly, Li Chengxuan basically doesn’t care about the affairs of the harem, and secondly, before the death of the first emperor, he left a decree to let the Queen Mother Song and Li Chengxuan treat Wei Taifei’s mother and children well, so the Queen Mother Song and Li Chengxuan will not do anything to Fu Wangfu for the time being. too ugly.
Li Xiyan was originally a little girl who didn't talk much, and never talked about her behind her back; Song Jinning would not speak ill of the heroine in front of the heroine; as for Li Chengxuan, he didn't put Jiang Wanqiu in the corner of his eyes at all, so The three of them didn't respond to Queen Mother Song's words.
But what Jiang Wanqiu said about appropriating military pay and treasury silver...
Li Chengxuan played a card and went out. After pondering for a while, he raised his head and asked the Empress Dowager Song: "The sons and ministers are useless. Regarding the shortage of treasury and silver, may the empress mother have a good plan?"
The national treasury has not been filled since it was in the hands of the first emperor. However, as an empire with a vast territory and a vast territory, various situations will happen every year, requiring countless money.
Li Chengxuan remembered that during the years when the Empress Dowager Song was in charge of the government, there were major events such as the Sichuan earthquake, the bursting of the Yellow River, and the rebellion in the Northwest, but they were all handled by the Empress Dowager Song. Therefore, she must have experience in the matter of the shortage of library silver.
As for the courtiers in the court, although there are many smart ones, after all, how can the emperor and his courtiers have the same way of thinking when they look at and consider a matter.
So this is why Li Chengxuan came to Shoukang Palace today. Was it originally the idea of learning from the Empress Dowager Song
Empress Dowager Song was holding a card in her hand, when she heard this, she raised her eyes and glanced at Li Chengxuan.
But soon she looked down at the cards in her hand.
"Dongfeng!"
After playing out a discarded card from the family, the Empress Dowager Song said in a calm manner: "The Ai family has now retired to the harem to take care of themselves. The emperor should not come to ask the Ai family about these things, but go to the Ai family. Discuss with your courtiers."
Li Chengxuan thought to himself, how can I agree to those courtiers asking me to use Yaku Yin? Isn't this really desperate, otherwise I wouldn't have said this to you.
Then he continued: "Those courtiers are outsiders after all. How can they be compared to the fact that the mother and the son are a family? When encountering these important events, the first thing that the son thinks of is naturally the mother."
This posture can be said to be very low. However, it is also understandable that in order to let the Queen Mother return to power, he did a lot of manipulation behind the scenes, but now he has something to ask...
Empress Dowager Song still felt quite refreshed.
Little bastard, now you know how difficult it was for Aijia in the past few years, right? Hmph, there are times when you beg me!
After touching Li Xiyan's eight cylinder, the Empress Dowager Song changed hands and played a nine cylinder.
But he didn't answer Li Chengxuan's words directly, but turned his head to look at Song Jinning with a smile, and asked, "What does Ning'er think about this matter?"
Song Jinning, who has always been committed to treating herself as an invisible person, only draws cards and plays cards without making a sound: ...
Labor and management do not want to interfere in politics! ! Boss, don't mess with me! !
But these three eyes stared at her brightly like searchlights...
She could only say vaguely: "I have no idea."
The Empress Dowager Song did not give up, and continued to ask: "Then what does Ning'er think about the method of saving money in the harem that Princess Fu said just now?"
It's not that the Empress Dowager Song wants to drag Song Jinning into politics, she is not so stupid yet. It's just that although this matter of saving the harem's expenses is just a drop in the bucket in terms of disaster funds and military pay, it is not very useful at all, but the meaning of these words is different from Jiang Wanqiu and Song Jinning's mouths.
For Jiang Wanqiu, she was breaking the rules, but for Song Jinning, it was because she had a heart of loving the people.
Hearing that the people are suffering and the borders are unstable, the queen, as the mother of a country, proposes to save the harem expenses and set an example. Can the subjects of the world say that the queen is benevolent? It would be better to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to buy another batch of summer clothes and send them to the border later, saying that they were made overnight by the queen and her family members. Not only would Song Jinning's fame spread to the border, but the morale of the soldiers would also rise Is it
The Empress Dowager Song planned very well in her heart, but she did not expect that her niece would not play cards according to common sense at all.
"What's the use of the little money that's just saved on the harem's expenses? It's better to ask someone to check the officials in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Maybe there will be surprises."
Song Jinning said that she had no choice but to be forced.
Didn't you see that Jiang Wanqiu was reprimanded by Li Chengxuan just after she said that opinion? Is she still rushing to say that the idea is good, that idea is brilliant, that idea is awesome
She didn't think about making Li Chengxuan have a good impression of her, but there is no need to rush to find scolding like self-torture.
As for what she said just now, she thinks it should be okay.
Originally, what are you doing with the little palace expenses? Those in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have a lot of oil and water in their hands.
In the past, when watching TV dramas or unofficial history, I often saw the arrogance of those in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Relying on the fact that the emperor and others are in the palace all day long and don't know the prices outside, how dare you believe that an egg can be quoted as tens of taels of silver? Can you believe that it will cost dozens of taels of silver to patch any clothes
Then the expenses of a single imperial dining room can be reported as hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels of silver every year. Not to mention that there are other clothing bureaus, medicine bureaus, and house bureaus in the palace. All the things that are needed need to be purchased by the servants. How much oil and water are there
Anyway, it's right to check those people.
Li Chengxuan was also slightly startled when he heard the words.
He never thought of such a way to make money before.
Moreover, this person is really smart, and he is especially good at drawing inferences from one instance and drawing inferences from another.
Because after a few days, Song Jinning heard that several ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had convincing evidence of corruption of ink, and they had already been sent to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and all the assets obtained from the ransacking of their homes were turned over to the national treasury.
At the same time, Li Chengxuan also issued an order to eliminate the administration of officials from top to bottom.
In short, it is to investigate corrupt officials. Anyone who is found will be sent to prison, and all property will be turned over to the state treasury.
Of course, this investigation of corrupt officials is also a selective investigation.
One is the official with the most money. Such as in charge of the salt administration, the iron administration and the like.
The second is that the screwdriver in the corpse position vegetarian meal usually doesn't work hard at all and only knows to make money, even if he is punished on the spot now, it won't have any impact.
As for those screwdrivers who made money but also did practical things, they were inseparable from their positions for the time being, or those big names, who could affect their whole body by pulling a hair, did not move for the time being.
Just like raising pigs, raise them again, and kill them when the time is right.
Of course, if there are corrupt officials who do not do practical things, they will endanger the gentry in the village. They will be investigated together, and all their property will be turned over to the state treasury.
Moreover, Li Chengxuan seems to have learned to diverge his thinking, and thought of other more powerful ways to make money.
For example, after those wealthy businessmen have a lot of property in their hands, what they hope most is to have an official in their family so that they can glorify their families.
That being the case, if you find a courtier to instruct him to open a mouth for selling officials and nobles, there will naturally be rich businessmen who are willing to pay for it, no matter how high the price is.
After all, with money, the next one is yearning for power. According to the rules of this dynasty, businessmen and their descendants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
Of course Li Chengxuan is not stupid, on the contrary he is very shrewd. The official positions given to those wealthy businessmen or wealthy merchants are idle positions, and they cannot hold real power. Naturally, they cannot do harm to the fish and meat villagers.
He even thought about the way out.
If in the future, the government and the people are fighting against the matter of selling officials and nobles, he will pull that courtier out and deal with it to block the mouths of Youyou.
At that time, the fault was all the fault of that courtier. On the contrary, he became a wise king in everyone's mind because of his discernment and disposal of that courtier without hesitation.
After Li Chengxuan's various means, the national treasury was filled for a while. The disaster relief funds and military pay that had caused him quite a headache before were all solved.
The courtiers were very surprised by this, and praised His Majesty for his sageness (they didn't know about selling officials and nobles).
A few courtiers who understand also admire Li Chengxuan very much.
If you can come up with these tricks, you must be no ordinary person.
As for Li Chengxuan, he has tasted the joy and excitement of making money, and he likes to go to Song Jinning even more.
At least the courtiers in the court would never think of Song Jinning's original idea.
Because they are empresses and those people are courtiers, the two sides originally represent different interest groups, so when they look at the same issue, their perspectives are fundamentally different.
How did Song Jinning think that she could open the door to a new world for Li Chengxuan with just a casual remark, but she became a little impatient because this master came to hang around in her palace from time to time.