Chapter 373 Rewards
"It's done? Did the auction really succeed?"
When the Prince Palace received the news about the auction venue, he couldn't help laughing wildly in the hall.
He doesn't care who will fall into the hands of these mining resources, as long as they can be exchanged for money.
Besides, with the help of auctioning mine resources, he can also attack the second and third princes. There is nothing more happy than this.
“How much was the auction?”
"According to statistics, about 160 million taels of silver were auctioned."
"Oh, I get it!"
When the prince heard this, he was a little surprised, but then calmed down again.
Li Changxian told him that 160 million silver was 160 million before the auction began. Although the conservative count of 150 million taels of silver was not much different from the actual auction amount.
160 million taels of silver? What should I do?
"Where is Li Yunhe recruiting troops?"
"When you go back to your highness, Lord Li has recruited more than 60,000 soldiers, but it still needs to be trained and assessed. It is said that it should be reduced to about 50,000 as much as possible."
"Fifty thousand people?"
The prince thought for a moment, and then told the official of the Ministry of War who was kneeling in His Highness, "Go back and tell Li Yunhe that 50,000 elite soldiers are not enough, and this palace needs him to train 100,000 elite soldiers!"
"Ah, Your Highness, training 50,000 elite soldiers is already the limit of Lord Li and the others. If it is 100,000 elite soldiers, you still need..."
"Isn't it just silver? This palace has some silver. If the training elite soldiers lack silver, you can pay it at any time. You just need to train the elite soldiers well!"
"This... I will remember!"
The official of the Ministry of War kneeling on the ground saw that he could not convince the prince's palace, so he had to obey the prince's will. He only needed to spread the words of the prince's palace. As for whether he could train 100,000 elite soldiers, it depends on the ability of Li Yunhe and others.
After the officials of the Ministry of War retreated, the prince looked at several loyal ministers beside him.
"How should I reward Li Changxian for making such a great contribution this time?"
When Mao Zheng heard this, he suddenly became nervous. Li Changxian is now a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Revenue. If he is promoted again, he should abdicate and give way to the virtuous.
"Your Highness, Li Changxian has just been promoted. If he is promoted again, I'm afraid many people in the court will complain!"
"Resentment? What are the complaints? If someone can help me solve my worries and difficulties like Li Changxian, what's the harm in how many levels I will be promoted to him?"
When Mao Zheng heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Li Changxian's official position could not be promoted. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Li Changxian's superior could not suppress Li Changxian. If Li Changxian was promoted a few levels, he might not be able to become Li Changxian's younger brother in a long time.
Thinking of this, Mao Zheng winked at several of his friends and asked them to say a few words to him.
Li Changxian's second uncle Li Yunkai had to stand up when he saw Mao Zheng so embarrassed.
"Your Highness, I think it is inappropriate to promote Li Changxian's official position. As a minister, he will help the king solve his worries and problems. Moreover, all this is followed by the palace's instructions and the auction was held."
"Yes, the credit is not Li Changxian alone, and it is also inseparable from the support of the Dianzi and the dispatch of Lord Mao."
The Prince Palace looked at everyone and felt that they were talking lies with their eyes open, but he had no way to defend himself.
Without his consent, Li Changxian would not have been able to successfully hold the auction and would not have received so much money.
In addition, although Mao Zheng had a lot of complaints about Li Changxian holding an auction, there were no obstacles in building the auction venue and providing Li Changxian with information on the Ministry of Revenue. It is reasonable to say that the success of the auction was due to Mao Zheng.
"Then Li Changxian's reward..."
In fact, the rewards of Li Changxian were originally a small matter, and it was not a special situation where the rewards were unrewarded. If the ministers made too much contribution, then the rewards of the real goods such as promotion, title of wife and son, and fiefdom rewards would not be enough.
But Li Changxian is an exception. The fifth-rank official position is still far from being rewarded. It’s just that some people don’t want to see Li Changxian’s promotion so quickly.
Since he doesn't want him to be promoted so quickly, he will be rewarded with his wife and son, and his fiefdom rewards.
The ministers in the hall looked at each other and immediately thought about it.
"Your Highness, it's not that my ministers and others are hindering Li Changxian's promotion, but that the court is just looking down on Li Changxian's identity as a supervisor. If Li Changxian's identity is raised and he is promoted in the future, no one will worry about this matter then."
The prince thought it was the same. When Li Changxian was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue as a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, many officials had already attacked this point. If Li Changxian was promoted, someone would probably bring up the old things again.
"How to raise Li Changxian's identity?"
"Your Highness, isn't this going to be in the autumn examination soon? Why don't you let Li Changxian take the autumn examination? Then the prince's palace will follow the flow and take the lead as a Jinshi."
"Your Highness, this matter is inappropriate. It would be fine if you were a Jinshi candidate, but don't mention it if you asked Li Changxian to take the autumn examination!"
This is what Li Changxian’s second uncle Li Yunkai said. He firmly opposed Li Changxian’s participation in the autumn examination. It was not a matter of whether he could pass it, but was afraid that Li Changxian would participate in the autumn examination. If the examination results were not optimistic, it would probably bring humiliation to the Li family.
Others don’t know how Li Changxian’s literary talent is? But he knows that Li Changxian had never studied hard when he was a child, and his status as a scholar and qualification for supervising students were all won by the Li family for him.
Li Changxian has been an official for seven or eight years since he was in Beijing. I guess even Li Changxian doesn’t know whether he can still remember the contents of the book.
"Okay, after the Qiu Examination is completed, the candidate Li Changxian will be the first to be a Jinshi!"
As for whether Li Changxian should participate in the autumn examination, His Royal Highness also thinks that there is no need to mention it.
There is still some time before Qiushi. His Royal Highness believes that it is still necessary to reward Li Changxian now, but what is the best reward?
"Your Highness, as far as I know, both of Li Changxian's wives are pregnant, so it is better to reward his two wives, Yin and his unborn children."
“Great kindness!”
His Highness the Crown Prince also agreed with the ministers' suggestions to grant Li Changxian a wife and a cute son.
Li Changxian was unaware of this. Even if he knew it, he would not take it seriously. His wife, cute son and Jinshi were both famous, but what he wanted was real gold and silver.
If these gold and silver that can be exchanged for false names, Li Changxian would definitely exchange them. Can the Li family use these false names? How could he, Li Changxian, give these false names?
Chapter completed!