food queen

Chapter 451
The news spread, and several parties gathered together quickly.

Under Luan Tangfeng's suggestion, everyone did not meet in any mansion, but went to a Fengyuechang called Zhuyue Xiaozhuang in the suburbs of Beijing.Then, by a very coincidence, these people met Shao Junwen, Princess Jiaying's son-in-law here.

Less than half an hour after these people got together, Han Qian received the news in Fengzhang Hall.

"A few of them want to pool money to hold a birthday banquet for the emperor?" Han Qian asked Apple in surprise.

Apple laughed and said, "That's right."

"Does Your Majesty know about this?" Han Qian asked with a smile.

"Understood!" Pingguo'er leaned close to Han Qian's ear and whispered, "It was the news sent back by His Majesty's eyeliner, how could it have passed His Majesty?"

Han Qian shook his head amusedly.

Lu Haoran proposed that everyone contribute money to the emperor to hold the Longevity Festival, but no one agreed except Princess Jialan.

There are no daughters of the right age in Dingbei Hou's mansion to send to the palace, and even if there are, they dare not take any more risks.

There are still two daughters in the Luan family, and the girl who was selected into the palace last time did not compete with a little maid in the family. Now she is still waiting at home, but that incident also made their family lose face. It took less than a year for those four beauties to die, marry and marry, and even the girls of the Gu family were not able to stay, so I was a little timid for a while.

"Lord Lu, your majesty is celebrating his birthday, how can we get the turn to contribute money? We, Dayun Dynasty, are really down to this point?" Luan Tangfeng looked at Lu Haoran with a funny face.

"The Ministry of Households can't even pay the salaries of officials, and the Ministry of War is also owed military salaries!" Lu Haoran said in a difficult way.

"Where's the emperor's internal treasury?" Princess Jialan asked.

"The inner treasury is under the control of the empress, do you want me to ask the empress for money?" Lu Haoran asked with a stinky face.

"Isn't it easy? You just list the things for the Longevity Festival one by one, and hand in the list to the empress, and ask her to make a decision? She said yes, and she will naturally give you money to let you go. If she can’t do it, she will revise your order and then give you money to do it. After all, the Longevity Day is the emperor’s private matter, so the money should be paid by the inner treasury.” Princess Jialan said.

"However, according to the old system, His Majesty's birthday is always paid out by the public." Lu Haoran said, "Your Majesty has not celebrated the Longevity Day in the 12 years since he took the throne, have you all forgotten this old rule?"

"Isn't there no money in the public office? The Empress is holding onto the money and not celebrating the emperor's birthday, but she wants us to contribute the money. Mr. Lu, it's thanks to you to figure it out." Princess Jialan sneered.

"Do you all think so?" Lu Haoran looked at Dingbeihou and the others.

Everyone bowed their heads in silence.

Luan Tangfeng saw that Lu Haoran's face was so dark that it was the bottom of the pot, and hurriedly poked Shao Juanwen quietly with his hand.

Shao Juanwen sighed, and said: "Master Lu has reached the point where he has spoken. I still have 1 taels of silver here for your lord's emergency." As he spoke, Shao Juanwen reached out and took out a stack of banknotes from his boots and put them on the On the table, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, and said, "I don't ask for 1 taels of silver. I just ask Mr. Lu to leave me a seat at the Wanshou Festival banquet."

Lu Haoran reached out and took the stack of banknotes and counted them. There were a total of ten pieces of 1000 taels each, and 1 taels of silver bills.

"Your Majesty Shao is originally the palace of the imperial court. Your Majesty's Longevity Festival banquet must have a place for you." Lu Haoran had a smile on his face, but he spat hard in his heart. He knew that Shao Xilan was good at collecting money, but he didn't expect this At this time, you can still sell 1 taels, so fucking rich!

"I don't have that much money with me, so I'll ask someone to deliver the money back to your house. I have a niece who is very good at singing and dancing. I hope that I can perform a dance for the emperor and wish His Majesty a birthday." Gao Yanshi said coldly. .

"Master Gao, do you have a niece? Why haven't I heard of it?" Luan Tangfeng asked in surprise.

"It's normal that my nephew doesn't know. My niece has been raised in my hometown, and I just came to the capital a few days ago." Gao Yanshi smiled faintly.

The faint smile on Gao Yanshi's face made the people next to him understand instantly.His so-called daughter is definitely not his own, she is a singing and dancing girl specially trained, she must be as beautiful as a flower, she must be exquisitely thoughtful, she must have been trained since she was a child, and she has a deep understanding of the art of male control...

Marquis Dingbei also expressed his opinion: "I also have a niece from Jiangnan. Lord Lu, please do me a favor with 2 taels of silver."

"Okay." Lu Haoran was only thinking about the 2 taels of silver for a moment, and completely forgot about the character that a scholar should have.

"I'll go back and tell my father to see if I can find a way to raise some money for Mr. Lu. As for which younger sister in my family has a talent, I have to discuss it with my mother." Luan Tangfeng smiled lightly.

In this way, Lu Haoran easily collected enough 10 taels of silver this night, so he was full of confidence to complete the task of giving himself the empress' feet with dignity.

In the East Nuan Pavilion of Fengzhang Hall, Yun Shuo and Han Qian played chess while listening to Qian Xun's complete explanation of Lu Haoran's affairs.

"These people are really rich!" Yun Shuo raised his hand and threw the chess pieces into the pouch, and sighed, "Only I live in poverty."

"2 taels of silver to buy a chance. Not bad! We will do more things like this in the future. If this is the case, the national treasury will definitely not be empty. Even if His Majesty wants to build another golden river, it may not be short of money." Han Qian lightly laughed.

After hearing this, Yun Shuo showed a helpless smile on his face: "Who is going to build a river when they have nothing to do? One of them is enough for me to have a headache."

"It's true." Han Qian sighed leisurely, "Yao Yanyi is sick, the household department has no leader, and the treasury is playing empty plans... What should the river engineering do next?"

"In the past few years of Zhihe, money has been spent like water, and I don't know when it will be the leader." Yun Shuo sighed leisurely, and slowly leaned back on the soft pillow to look at the gorgeous algae well on the roof, " Now that the national treasury is empty, I don’t know what to do if there is a flood or drought somewhere at this juncture. Also... the border is everywhere, if something happens, it will be really troublesome. I really hope This birthday is just too late, and the 10 taels of silver will be paid directly as military pay."

Han Qian frowned as he looked at Yun Shuo's sad face.

She knew that what Yun Shuo said was not an exaggeration at all. To control rivers and rivers, it is all money.

Fortunately, there have been no major disasters in the past few years. Sixty to seventy percent of the country's taxes have been spent on river construction. Nowadays, the salaries of the ministers of the court and the central government cannot be fully paid, and even part of the military's salary is owed. Go on, this country is going to be in trouble.

(End of this chapter)