As Wei Zhongxian said, two more eunuchs came in carrying wooden boxes and then retreated.

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

Then, Wei Zhongxian took out the small cloth bag Heshen gave him and handed it over: "Please see your Majesty."

"Red envelope?"

Li Gan was speechless, but he didn't expect that this tradition would be available now.

"What's in it?"

"I haven't opened it yet..."

"Then open it and take a look."

"Yes, your Majesty."

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

The paper for tickets is a bit thicker than ordinary plain bamboo paper, with complex patterns of vermilion and green color, and Xinfu No. 1. Take this as a photo, pay for the ticket, secret notes of the money shop, etc.

But the most eye-catching thing is the three big characters in the center "5,000 liang".

Wei Zhongxian's hands trembled and almost threw the ticket and the small bag out.

Turtle, and the adults are too generous! It takes five thousand taels of silver to take action!

"What's this?"

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

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly handed him the ticket.

"Five thousand taels of silver?"

Li Gan was also stunned, and then sighed that he had really made the right choice for treating Heshen well.

This guy has a big business and keeps him for a meal. He actually gave him five thousand taels of silver in the future!

This is too generous to step on the horse! Five thousand taels! It’s equal to one-eighth of the treasury?

"Big partner, how much money is left in my treasury? I remember that when I ascended the throne, there were only 40,000 taels left?"

Wei Zhongxian's expression tightened: "Your Majesty, in fact, only 34,000 taels of silver..."

"What?"

Li Gan frowned, stood up and frowned and asked, "Can the silver still be reduced in the treasury?"

"It's not that the water is shrunk."

Wei Zhongxian explained: "In the past few days since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the food for the empresses and yours have been paid from the treasury..."

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

"Your Majesty, when you were in Ganyang Palace on the first day, you were eating the food from Guanglu Temple..." Wei Zhongxian reminded.

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

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

"Why did it different later?"

Li Gan frowned. Can the chefs of Guanglu Temple improve so quickly?

"The food in Guanglu Temple is hard to get into the mouths of His Majesty and the Empresses, so the food later was prepared by the chefs invited by my servants for him, and they were prepared for His Majesty and the Empresses..."

Li Gan was stunned. Unexpectedly, there was another relationship. He frowned and looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Guanglu Temple just takes money and doesn't work? I remember they are in charge of the food in the palace, but they pay a sum of silver from the treasury every year?"

"I don't know about the treasury."

Wei Zhongxian replied carefully: "But Your Majesty, Guanglu Temple is also responsible for lunch for many adults in the court. However, adults also thought that the food in Guanglu Temple was unpalatable, so they stopped eating the rice they offered, but instead made an appointment to go out for lunch every day."

"What a Guanglu Temple!"

Li Gan frowned, and a little anger was hidden in his heart.

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

If things can exist, they must have their own reasons.

Guanglu Temple made all the officials in the court unable to eat official food, and the offended people were gone.

But even so, they can still maintain the status quo so far, and it is absolutely unreasonable to have nothing to do with it.

"Oh~"

Li Gan sighed, heartache.

The money in the treasury is also money!!

My money!

"Big partner, how much money have I spent on food, clothing and expenses for my concubines these days?"

Wei Zhongxian's voice was a little small: "One hundred and forty taels..."

"What?"

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

"Go back to Your Majesty, I have to spend a total of 140 taels of silver!" Wei Zhongxian hurriedly increased his voice.

Li Gan frowned and looked at him. Something was wrong, something was very wrong!

Not too much, but too little!

He added those concubines and fifty-one people, and he only spent more than 100 taels of silver in the past few days?

I heard in my previous life that when the emperor eats an egg, he dares to pay five taels of silver in the palace?

The foods Wei Zhongxian had served these days were not as cheap as anything, and they could be said to be full of color, fragrance and taste.

Wei Zhongxian explained: "Your Majesty, almost all the empresses came from a family of officials. When they entered the palace, they had many dowry to accompany them, so they cooked for the empresses without any slaves."

Li Gan touched his nose and found that his wives had more money than him.

"So these 140 taels of silver are all the expenses of His Majesty alone, and there are 60 taels of them, which are paid to several chefs on a monthly basis. Only eighty taels are left, which is the meal money that His Majesty eats..."

"I see……"

Li Gan couldn't help but look up at Wei Zhongxian. In the past few days, he had only eaten 80 taels of silver, and it was only about ten taels a day after he finished it?

This food is quite conscientious!

Is Wei Zhongxian a rare eunuch with conscience??

But... if you calculate this, the rest seems to be inconsistent!

"Da Pei, didn't there be 40,000 taels before?"

Wei Zhongxian immediately reported as he knew it: "Return to Your Majesty, when you ascend the throne, the treasury returned 39,220 taels of silver, and now the remaining 34,100 taels of silver."

"Among them, I spent 120 taels of food, clothing and expenses for His Majesty, and Duke Tang paid 5,000 taels."

"Duke of Tang!"

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

How can a duke pay money from the emperor's treasury? This is simply unreasonable, okay!

But in the moment, this is reasonable.

In the final analysis, it was the evil committed by Li Gan's father, and the treasury he gave to Li Yuan.

Although the late emperor ignored the government affairs, he spent money! Practice Taoism, take concubines, and build palaces...

The money in the treasury was not enough for him to make, so the ministers asked for money from the treasury and refused to agree. At this time, Duke Tang came into his sight.

As a royal family, brother, you can support me, right?

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

He generously said that there was no problem, but there was a condition.

Li Yuan said that the reason why the treasury is often in a hurry is not that your Majesty you are squandering, but that there are villains in it that are corrupt.

It is natural for me to give your Majesty money, but I am unwilling to use my own money to support those corrupt villains. Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to me for a while, and wait for me to clear the villains and then return them to Your Majesty.
Chapter completed!