Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 56
As Wei Zhongxian said, two more young eunuchs came in carrying wooden boxes, and then they backed out.

Now there are only two masters and servants left in the huge political hall.

Afterwards, Wei Zhongxian took out the small cloth bag that He Shen stuffed for him and handed it in: "Please look at it, Your Majesty."

"Red envelope?"

Li Gan was a little speechless. He didn't expect this tradition to exist now.

"What's in it?"

"The maidservant hasn't opened it yet..."

"Then open it and have a look."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wei Zhongxian opened the tightly wrapped red cloth bag layer by layer, revealing a...thin meeting ticket inside.

The paper of this meeting ticket is a bit thicker than ordinary plain bamboo paper. It is painted with complicated patterns of vermilion and blue, as well as the Xinfu number, holding this as a photo, paying on demand, and the secret note of the bank and many more.

But the most striking thing is the three big characters "Wuqianliang" in the center.

Wei Zhongxian's hands trembled, and he almost threw out the meeting ticket and the packet.

Turtle, and adults are too generous!The shot is 5000 taels silver!
"what is this?"

Seeing Wei Zhongxian's reaction, Li Qian also looked over curiously.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly handed him the meeting ticket.

"5000 taels silver?"

Li Gan was also taken aback, and then he felt that he had made the right choice to treat He Shen kindly.

This guy has a big business, so he left him for a meal, and he actually gave 5000 taels of silver later!
This riding horse is too generous! 5000 taels ah!Is it worth one-eighth of domestic money?
"Mate, how much money do I have in my internal funds? I remember when I was enthroned, there were only 40,000 taels left?"

Wei Zhongxian's expression tightened: "Your Majesty, in fact, there are only 4000 taels of silver..."

"what?"

Li Gan frowned, stood up and frowned and asked, "Can the money shrink in the money?"

"It's not shrinking."

Wei Zhongxian explained: "Since your Majesty has been enthroned for the past few days, the meals for the ladies and you have all been paid out of internal funds..."

"Isn't Guanglu Temple responsible for my meals? Why do they still ask for money from the internal money?" Li Gan frowned.

"Your Majesty, when you were in Qianyang Palace on the first day, what you ate was the food from Guanglu Temple..." Wei Zhongxian reminded.

After what he said, Li Gan suddenly remembered the meal that day.

The salty soup, the grilled fish with fish scales and full of fishy smell...

"Then why was it different later?"

Li Gan frowned. Can the chefs of Guanglu Temple improve so quickly?
"The food at Guanglu Temple is difficult for His Majesty and the ladies to eat, so the later meals were prepared by the cooks hired by the slaves for Your Majesty and the ladies..."

Li Gan was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such a relationship. He frowned and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Guanglu Temple takes money like this and doesn't work? I remember that they are in charge of the palace's food, but they pay a sum from the national treasury every year." Silver?"

"The servants don't know about the state treasury."

Wei Zhongxian replied cautiously: "However, Your Majesty, Guanglu Temple is also responsible for the lunch meals of many adults in the court, but the adults also think that the food of Guanglu Temple is unpalatable, and they have long stopped eating the meals they provided. Change it to meet up for dinner every day at noon."

"What a Guanglu Temple!"

Li Gan frowned tightly, and there was some anger hidden in his heart.

But after walking back and forth for a few steps, he gradually calmed down a bit.

For things to exist, there must be a reason for their existence.

Guanglu Temple made Manchu officials unable to eat official meals, and there were a lot of offended people.

But even so, they can maintain the status quo so far, and it is absolutely unreasonable that there is nothing tricky in it.

"Ah~"

Li Ganchang sighed, heartbroken.

The money in the treasury is also money! !

My money!
"Big Companion, how much money did I and the concubines spend on food and clothing these few days?"

Wei Zhongxian's voice was a little soft: "140 taels..."

"what?"

Li Gan didn't hear clearly, and stared at him with wide eyes: "How much?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I spent a total of 140 taels of silver!" Wei Zhongxian hastily raised his voice.

Li Gan frowned and looked at him, something was wrong, very wrong!
Not too much, but too little!
He himself and those concubines, 51 people, spent a total of more than 100 taels of silver in the past few days?
In the previous life, I heard that if the emperor eats an egg, the palace dares to give five taels of silver?

The meals that Wei Zhongxian served these days are not cheap at all, they can be said to be full of color, fragrance and taste.

Wei Zhongxian explained: "Your Majesty, almost all the maidens come from official families, and when they enter the palace, they are accompanied by a lot of dowry, so there is no need for servants to cook for the maidens."

Li Gan touched his nose, and it turned out that his wives had more money than him.

"So the 140 taels of silver are all used by His Majesty alone, and 60 taels of them are paid to several chefs on a monthly basis. Only the remaining 80 taels are used for meals by His Majesty... ..."

"I see……"

Li Gan couldn't help giving Wei Zhongxian a high look. In the past few days, he only ate 80 taels of silver, which is about a dozen taels a day?

This food is quite conscientious!

Is Wei Zhongxian a rare eunuch with a conscience? ?
But... If you calculate it like this, the rest doesn't seem to match up!

"Brother, didn't you have 40,000 taels before?"

Wei Zhongxian immediately reported like a few treasures: "Return to Your Majesty, when you ascended the throne, you returned 220 taels of silver from your internal funds, and now you have 100 taels of silver left."

"Among them, the servants paid a total of 120 taels for His Majesty's food and clothing, and Tang Guogong paid 5000 taels."

"Duke Tang!"

Li Gan gritted his teeth: "I knew it was him!!"

How can a duke draw money from the emperor's internal funds?That doesn't make sense at all!
But in the current big business, this is reasonable.

In the final analysis, it was Li Gan's father who made the crime, and he gave Li Yuan the money.

Although the first emperor ignored government affairs, he spent money!Practicing Taoism, accepting concubines, repairing palaces...

The money in the internal money was not enough for him to make, and the officials asked the treasury for money, but they insisted on not agreeing.At this moment, Tang Guogong came into his sight.

I'm also a member of the royal family, brother, it's okay for you to support me, right?

If someone else was entangled with such a thing, they would definitely complain, but the smart Li Yuan found an opportunity in it.

He generously said no problem, but there is a condition.

Li Yuan said that the reason why the internal funds are often in a hurry is not because your majesty is extravagant, but because there are villains who embezzle from it.

It is only right and proper for the younger brother to give money to His Majesty, but the younger brother is unwilling to use his own money to support those corrupt villains.Therefore, please also ask your Majesty to hand over the internal money to your younger brother for a period of time, and return it to your majesty after the younger brother has eliminated the villains among them.

(End of this chapter)