The Chronicle of the Rebirth of the First Daughter

Chapter 309

Yuechan looked at the account book for a while, then put it down, picked up the gift list and began to draw up.

The end of the year is approaching, and the gifts that should be given by each government and courtyard must be drawn up in advance, in case of any sudden situation, some can be added or subtracted, and a few maids are also waiting by the side, waiting for Yuechan to think about something for a while. Get up, so that they can answer on the sidelines.

"The annual gifts sent to the palace will be done according to the rules of previous years." Yuechan made a note, raised her head and said to the green clothes: "I remember that there are still a few tender lotus root from the Yu family in the warehouse, and the prince Add some fruits of various colors brought by the caravan in the south, and send them to the palace, so that the emperor can try something new."

Lvyi smiled and said: "It's still the princess's good memory, she can even memorize the lotus root so clearly, that's right, it's cold winter and the palace doesn't have fresh things in the palace, so she should show some filial piety to the emperor."

Yuechan picked up another gift list and said, "For each prince's mansion, the things in the princess' mansion will not change, let's use it as in previous years, there is nothing wrong with it."

The girls quickly responded, and Huang Ying said beside her, "Princess, the day after tomorrow is the full moon day for the little brother of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, what gift do we want to send to the manor?"

Cheng Tao full moon?

Yuechan was a little busy and confused, and Huang Ying only remembered it when she reminded her. After thinking about it, she was still a little uncertain.

If it is given according to the Three Princes' Mansion, Yuechan is still a little reluctant. The fifth prince and Gao Zixuan have made such a mess, which can be said to have almost torn his face. How could Yuechan be willing to give him a generous gift? No matter what people say, they don't look good.

"A pair of golden locks, plus two bolts of red satin, and two sets of small things for children to play with."

After pondering for a while, Yuechan drew up the gift list.

Huang Ying agreed, thinking about going to the storeroom to complete all these items, so that she wouldn't have to be caught blind in the future.

After writing a few more lists, Yuechan was a little tired, she stood up and stretched her waist, and stretched her wrists again, Huang Ying had a wink, and hurried forward to rub Yuechan's shoulders and back.

He was busy, Gao Zixuan came in, saw a table of gold-spread clay paper, knew that Yuechan was busy, smiled, let the girls go down, knocked on Yuechan's arm himself and said: "Just came back from the palace, the father sent the third brother I was transferred to the household department to be in charge of money and food, and then I was transferred to the military department, and besides, my father-in-law is going to be promoted soon."

Yuechanyuan listened, and understood Emperor Tianchen's intentions, the third prince was in charge of money and food, grasped the economic lifeline of the world, Gao Zixuan was in charge of the military department, these two brothers were holding money with one hand and military power with the other, weren't they just paving the way for these two people? , I'm afraid this is the last step.

Later, when Gao Zixuan said that Meng Zhiwen was going to be promoted, Yuechan was overjoyed, and she showed it on her face: "What is father going to be promoted? Could it be Shangshu?"

Meng Zhiwen is now Zuo Shilang, and if he is promoted, he will be Shangshu.

Gao Zixuan nodded: "It's the Shangshu, but it's not from the Ministry of Agriculture, it's from the Ministry of Punishment."

Ministry of punishment?

Yuechan was a little stunned, Meng Zhiwen was going to be in charge of the world's prisons, this...

"Why did my father suddenly take charge of the Criminal Department?" She was a little confused: "Father is too upright and easy to offend people. It's better to be in Qingshui Yamen like the Ministry of Agriculture. Merit comes, but the Ministry of Punishment..."

Gao Zixuan smiled: "Don't worry, the emperor transferred him to the Ministry of Punishment because he liked his integrity."

What's going on here?
Yuechan looked at Gao Zixuan puzzled.

"Just now, there was an incident of beheading white ducks in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The emperor was furious and demoted many officials. The Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is one of them. There is no one in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In addition, the officials in the Ministry are seriously corrupt. There is an urgent need for an upright person. Management, father-in-law liked the integrity of his father-in-law, so he wanted to transfer him there." Gao Zixuan explained to Yuechan, and then said: "Actually, everyone knows in their hearts that the Ministry of punishment has always been the territory of the fifth brother. What about beheading white ducks? Yes, if he disagrees, those officials will not cause any trouble. The people below are all trying to make money for him. They are really shameless and greedy for petty gains. All these thousands of miles of land belong to our Gao clan He didn't say that he was strict with the people under him, but instead encouraged them to take bribes. It was like destroying the Great Wall. No wonder the emperor didn't like his actions all the time. The death of the country is not far away."

It turned out to be the case.

Yuechan nodded, beheading the white duck or something, she also understands what is going on, when a rich family breaks the law, they will spend money to buy a double to give more money, so that others will die for their own people.

Dazhao's death penalty is mostly beheading, this double is called a white duck, and the act of paying for a double is called beheading a white duck, in Yuechan's view, it is extremely immoral.

If they all use money to buy people to die for themselves, then what are the rich and powerful people afraid of, and they will not know how to break the law. In the long run, the Jokhang Law will be like a vacancy for the rich and powerful, which is not good.

The Five Princes and his group really can do anything, even think of such a way for the sake of money, it's no wonder that Emperor Tianchen is so angry.

"It's just!" Yuechan was still a little worried: "Can you be a father? After all, those people in the Ministry of Punishment are not very good."

Gao Zixuan shook his head: "Don't worry about it. Although my father-in-law is upright, he has been an official for so many years. I don't understand why. He just didn't have the chance to show it. Now that he is given a chance, my father-in-law just wants to thank the emperor for his kindness. I will do my best to take care of the criminal department."

That's true, Meng Zhiwen is not a fool, he has been obsessed with officialdom for so many years, and he understands what he should see and what he should not see, so what should he be afraid of.Now, since Emperor Tianchen intends to promote him, he will definitely not let him go. If Emperor Tianchen asks someone to guide him, he will benefit for life.

"You should also help daddy, I'm afraid daddy's temper is too direct, and he won't be able to make a turn when he entered the punishment department, and he will suffer." Yuechan pushed Gao Zixuan, and Gao Zixuan nodded: "This is natural, don't worry, although The Ministry of Punishment is the territory of the fifth brother, but the third brother is also staffed, and now that the father-in-law has become a minister, the third brother and I will send more people to it, and when the time comes, there will naturally be someone to help the father-in-law."

Only then did Yuechan feel relieved, thinking, now the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Punishment are all in the pockets of the Three Princes, as well as the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Agriculture. However, these four departments are not very important. Only the Ministry of Officials dispatched additional officials, and the department that assessed officials was the top priority. However, the Ministry of Officials had always been in the hands of the crown prince, and it was still somewhat difficult to pull out one's teeth.

Sure enough, Gao Zixuan thought the same way: "Whenever I can hold the Ministry of Officials in my hands, everything will be safe."

Gao Zixuan talked with Yuechan for a while, and the two of them discussed and arranged a few gift lists, and then he went out into the study to deal with official documents, while Yuechan continued to deal with the gifts for the year-end, and asked people to prepare some invitation cards, and put them side by side. There are some houses that need to be visited. In addition, some chores in the house for the New Year have to be handled properly. I really wish I could be divided into eight parts.

The next day, when she got up early, Yuechan had finished tidying up, and looked at Gao Zixuan, who had also finished washing, and changed into a blue robe with silver thread embroidered with a picture of a pine and a crane, and the outside was half covered with blue satin and white fox fur. The cloak seemed to be a different person.

He has always been dressed very gorgeously, either black inlaid with gold or red inlaid with gold, and purple satin clothes, the patterns embroidered on the clothes are not only the dragon pattern, but also the peony pattern. Losing a bit of evil charm, but gaining a bit of freshness, Yuechan looked a little suspicious, wondering why Gao Zixuan suddenly changed his style.

Gao Zixuan took a sip of the porridge, leaned on the chair, raised his eyebrows and smiled as he watched Yuechan get dressed.

Yuechan had to accompany him to change styles, and found a silver-blue robe, which was also embroidered with bamboo orchid patterns in silver thread, and asked Huan'er to pick out a cloak that was the same as Gao Zixuan, but this cloak It is inlaid with silver fox fur.

After changing her clothes, Yuechan also ate half a bowl of porridge, three steamed chestnut cakes, and a few mouthfuls of side dishes.

She straightened her clothes and stood up: "Look, it's getting late, it just snowed yesterday, and the road is slippery, let's go out early, so as not to be late, your brother and sister-in-law have to deal with it again." .”

Gao Zixuan stood up, put the cloak on Yuechan, took her hand and walked out, after a few steps, Heshun hurried over, running too fast, slipped on the ground, fell to the ground with a thud, he He didn't care about screaming for pain, and knelt down directly and said: "My lord, my concubine, a letter has just been sent from the palace, and Concubine Huang Gui has gone..."

Yuechan and Gao Zixuan were stunned at the same time. Concubine Huang Gui... just left?

"Why did you go?" Gao Zixuan asked in surprise: "I went to the palace a few days ago, wasn't she still fine?"

"How did the servant know that the angel came and delivered the letter and left, and the servant hurriedly came to tell the prince." He Shun knelt on the ground, his knees hurt so badly, and his voice became louder.

"Get up!" Yuechan saw that He Shun was not feeling well, and asked Huan'er to help him, "So, we won't be able to go to the Fifth Prince's Mansion today."

She turned around and said, "Huang Ying, spread the word and prepare the horses. Also, put away all the brightly colored things at home, and remember to prepare the plain blue silk for the carriage, and absolutely not the red and purple ones."

Huang Ying obediently responded, and heard Yuechan say: "You guys in green clothes come in and help me change clothes with the prince."

A few girls in green clothes came in and found Yuechan and Gao Zixuan's plain and unembroidered clothes as quickly as possible. Yuechan was dressed in a plain white robe and took a white fox cloak. The simplest bun with two silver hairpins and a white pearl flower.

Gao Zixuan changed into a silver and white robe, and a white silk cloak inlaid with fox fur. He also combed his hair again, tied it up, fastened it with a white jade crown, and fixed it with a white jade hairpin.

The name talismans, sachets and other things were all gone, even the jasper bracelet on Yuechan's wrist was also taken off, and she wore a string of Buddhist beads.

After tidying up, Huan'er quietly handed Yuechan a handkerchief, Yuechan understood and stuffed it into her cuff, and then went out with Gao Zixuan to the palace for the funeral.

(End of this chapter)