The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1007 Shocking Chang'an
While the ritual officer was singing the salute, the outside team poured into the princess mansion, and the huge courtyard in front suddenly seemed crowded.

Boxes of betrothal gifts were stacked directly in the yard, occupying a small amount of space. Silk cloths and the like were piled on the ground as if they were free of money. There were also some treasures and antiques, jade ornaments, placed in wooden trays, and placed on the ground. on the ground.

Compared to other families who asked for millions of dollars to marry a daughter, Xuan Shijing directly gave away a million guan. Just in this point, it was a thousand times more extravagant than those aristocratic families.

Xuan Shijing was sending money to her father-in-law in a disguised form, and the dowry went to the House of Internal Affairs in the end, while the dowry on Jinyang's side was either placed in the princess's mansion, or went directly to the Xuan family's mansion library.

Anyway, husband and wife are one, Xuan Shijing won't care about these things, even if this time he took out all the copper coins that have been stored in the warehouse for more than ten years, after a long time, he still has to earn it back, and lie in the warehouse instead of spending it , that's just a pile of scrap copper.

And the amount of betrothal gifts that Xuan Shijing sent to Princess Jinyang's mansion finally alarmed those bigwigs in the court.

The officials of Yushitai ran back, one by one faster than the other, and immediately picked up a pen and ink to write an excerpt, impeaching Xuan Shijing.

This Chang'an City has been quiet for some time, and the matter of Xuan Shijing's dowry completely exploded the entire Chang'an City.

The papers were sent to His Majesty Li Er very quickly, and after finishing writing in the afternoon, His Majesty Li Er saw the papers on the impeachment of Xuan Shijing by the officials of Yushitai on his desk in the evening.

"Your Majesty, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have copied a list of the dowry gift from the Marquis of Dongshan." As he spoke, Deyi found out the copy of the Ministry of Rites on the desk and placed it in front of His Majesty Li Er.

His Majesty Li Er opened the booklet and looked at it. Apart from some messy and huge items, the most eye-catching one was the one: a million copper coins.

Millions?
Looking at the list of betrothal gifts, His Majesty Li Er felt as if marrying a girl would make him rich overnight. No wonder the Shandong gentry and the aristocratic families in the Guanzhou all sold their marriages. Today, His Majesty Li Er was forced to experience this "marriage selling" "The taste.

Look at the excerpts of Yushitai again.

"Deyi, today Yushitai sent me another notebook, just throw it out for me!" His Majesty Li Er said in a deep voice.

"No." Deyi responded.

The Marquis of Dongshan betrothed Princess Jinyang, and the dowry was neither stolen nor robbed, so what is impeachment.

But this time, Yu Shitai not only impeached Xuan Shijing, but also insinuated to offend a large number of big shots in the court. Most of the ministers in the court came from aristocratic families. There are many officials.

And this extravagance of wealth and marriage is precisely the result of the prosperity of these two factions. This censor is talking about the matter with the imperial edict issued by His Majesty Li Er in the 16th year of Zhenguan. Isn't this talking about all these powerful families? ?
His Majesty Li Er would not pay attention to such an anecdote, and if Yu Shitai refused to let it go, and there was an argument in the court, most of the ministers would also side with Xuan Shijing.

Just a joke, if the people from Yushitai get the limelight this time, it's not digging a hole for him to jump in. After his family's wedding and funeral, he will cut off his family's financial resources.

Xuan Shijing's dowry caused a sensation in Chang'an, and it was not until dark that the princess mansion in Daozhengfang packed the dowry from Zhuangzi into the warehouse. Come here and collect these betrothal gifts into the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Before dark, Li Chengqian took Jin Yang back to the palace, a carriage left Daozhengfang, drove towards the imperial city, and disappeared before people's eyes.

Li Chengqian was sitting on the shaft of the car, with the eunuch driving beside him. Seeing the dowry gifts from Xuan Shijing today, Li Chengqian felt a little hopeless in his heart. A slap in the face.

Xuan Shijing's custom-made diamond ring was not delivered, but he planned to bring it to Jinyang on the day of his marriage.

Knowing that Xuan Shijing's betrothal gift was aroused in Chang'an City, although Li Tai didn't go to the scene, he still packed up the dowry he had prepared for Jinyang in his mansion.

Now that the betrothal gift has been given and the marriage certificates of the two parties have been exchanged, they are waiting for the day when the two get married in mid-November.

At noon the next day, Chang'an City sent news that His Majesty Li Er was going to summon Xuan Shijing. Xuan Shijing didn't even dare to eat lunch, so he hurried to Chang'an City on horseback, entered the palace, and rushed to the palace. Manna Hall.

Walking in the palace, Xuan Shijing couldn't help thinking in his heart whether His Majesty Li Er saw him this time because of the dowry.

After waiting outside the Ganlu Hall for a while, the little eunuch came out and invited Xuan Shijing into the Ganlu Hall.

Deyi was not in the Ganlu Hall, and after the little eunuch retired, only His Majesty Li Er and Xuan Shijing were left in the Ganlu Palace.

"I see Your Majesty." Xuan Shijing cupped his hands and saluted.

"Forget it." His Majesty Li Er said bluntly: "The matter of giving the betrothal gift yesterday caused a lot of commotion in Chang'an City. All the papers from Yushitai have been sent to my desk."

"Uh..." Regarding this, Xuan Shijing really didn't know what to say.

There is really no black and white law in the Tang Dynasty that clearly stipulates that the dowry gift should not exceed how much, and there are so many rich and married families in the Tang Dynasty, why did Yushitai focus on him?

"Don't worry, I wouldn't have summoned you all the way to the palace for such a trivial matter. I came to you today to tell you about King Jin." His Majesty Li Er said.

"Prince Jin?" Xuan Shijing was taken aback. Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, he heard from Li Chengqian that His Majesty Li Er intended to transfer Li Zhi away from Minzhou. Half a month later, there was no movement at all. Gong, for Li Zhi's business?
"Young slaves' actions in Minzhou are getting bigger and bigger. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, you said that your family's caravan was detained by the government in Minzhou, and I have a plan in my heart. My Baiqisi just broke up yesterday. Come back from Minzhou." His Majesty Li Er said.

Now that Baiqisi has returned, it means that the affairs of Minzhou are completely under the control of His Majesty Li Er. Poor Li Zhi still doesn't know it.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"

The matter in Minzhou was watched by the Shenhou Mansion earlier, but later it was replaced by the Baiqisi. Now that His Majesty knows about this kind of thing, the Shenhou Mansion can no longer interfere.

After all, Shenhou Mansion is just a yamen with nearly a hundred people, and Minzhou has tens of thousands of Tibetan soldiers, Shenhou Mansion can't handle it.

(End of this chapter)