Eight cold dishes, four meat and four vegetables, this one replaces the original plate.
Li Er said to the cabinet master: "Wulang likes to be practical in his work, and he has changed a lot of the rules of the palace. He said that reading the market was originally a ritual, but Wulang said that it was edible or not. It was not interesting, so he changed it.
It has become an edible cold dish, and the people like it. The Ministry of Rites had a quarrel over this matter, but now they agree."
The cabinet master nodded slightly.
"Erlang is talking about trivial matters, and the matters between Wulang and the Ministry of Rites are just trivial matters. In just two years, Wulang actually reduced my number by almost 13,000 people in this palace. Sometimes I still think about it.
, is this Wulang trying to save the money for the palace?" Li Yuan appeared just then, shouting from a distance.
Li Yuan returned to Chang'an first and showed up now. He didn't know what he was busy with.
When I came to the venue, I heard someone talking from a distance, so I picked up the topic.
Li Yuanxing did not explain. Anyway, the matter has been done, and it may be changed again.
Li Yuan sat down, picked up a glass of wine and drank it. Empress Changsun smiled and said: "Actually, Wu Lang did the right thing. He first reduced the number of palace maids by three thousand, and then found an excuse to reduce the number of palace maids by another three thousand. Most of these people
Entering the weaving workshop. What really makes the Supreme Emperor have objections is not the reduction of manpower in the palace."
"Why is that?" The cabinet master was more curious.
Queen Changsun explained: "Wu Lang came back from Lingnan and disbanded four of the six bureaus in the palace. Among them were those responsible for the production of palace clothes, the production of palace jewelry, the jade bureau, the one responsible for building houses, and the imperial hospital. Regardless of
Be it eunuchs, maids, or officials with official duties, all come out of the palace!"
This is very powerful. The people in the palace can say that it is more than 70% missing.
Li Er also had some minor opinions, but the president, Queen Sun, was talking, so Li Er chose to listen.
"Wu Lang has retained two. One is called the Internal Affairs Bureau, which has one senior female officer. The name of the job, the Ministry of Etiquette, has not yet been determined. Then this bureau is divided into several small jobs, each with one person for the palace. They are procurement,
Kitchen, garden, building repairs, maintenance and upkeep of utensils. Then there is the Secretary of Internal Affairs, who is in charge of the chores and personnel in the palace."
When Empress Changsun explained it like this, the cabinet master understood.
Li Yuanxing removed all the workers in the palace who were originally responsible for processing.
Those left behind are all maintenance personnel.
"Actually!" Li Yuanxing finally explained. Li Er also immediately said: "Brother, I would like to hear what you have to say about Wu Lang. Your wife-in-law supported you at the beginning, but I also heard you say
reason!"
"The craftsmen in the palace are all top-notch craftsmen. How much money can there be in the palace? If you use more, you will need more craftsmen. If you use less, it will be a waste for the craftsmen to be idle. So these people, no matter how much they use, they will need more craftsmen.
Whether they are responsible for making clothes, making jewelry, or making jade, this is a waste of manpower."
"What about the cost of the palace?" Li Er asked.
"Let them open shops and workshops outside the palace. In fact, because these people are not idle, their income will be good. The most important point is that I did not let them only open one shop. In the jade section, there are several top-notch
Jade craftsmen, they may not be convinced by each other, so I, the Prince of Qin, supported me and opened four shops in total. If the emperor uses jade in the future, the four shops will definitely compete for this business, and they will naturally be more attentive and their skills will improve.
, the goods will be more sophisticated.”
"That's it, that's it!" Li Yuan heard the answer.
But Li Yuan was the first to object, and he would not support it now. He would not let Li Yuanxing finish explaining the truth. He would lose face by then. So he interrupted the conversation: "Anyway, that's what happened.
Wulang, the Nine Dragon Cup set you mentioned must be sorted out. If it is worse than the original one in the palace, I will settle the score with you again!"
Li Yuanxing also knew what Li Yuan meant, smiled and said no more.
In fact, Li Yuanxing is full of confidence, because only competition can make progress.
"The musicians and dancers in the palace. These are the ones who will leave the palace next. Brother Emperor, don't be angry, because your musicians are really not very good. They work behind closed doors. How can they compete with the musicians in Chang'an City every day?
In comparison, in today’s first performance, the emperor will listen to the singer who is known as the number one singer in Chang’an…”
As Li Yuanxing was speaking, Li Er interrupted Li Yuanxing.
"Wu Lang, you said you were number one in Chang'an. The number one in your eyes is different from mine."
Queen Changsun just laughed when she heard this.
Who is the best singer in Chang'an? This issue has actually been quarreling for a while when Li Yuanxing was fighting everywhere. Even Li Yuan and Li Er did not agree on the same opinions.
The cold dishes have basically been served, and the wine has been put on the table.
There are more than 300 people, divided into four camps, which are from the four major pavilions in Chang'an. They are the Taxue Pavilion in Lemin Garden, which was promoted by Li Yuanxing, the Xianyin Pavilion that set up its own business in the imperial palace, and the Tianle Pavilion.
There is another one that was originally a brothel, with Jiaosi Fang as the backstage, Yihonglou, and now it has been renamed Feiyanlou.
This is a change.
There are already very obvious music houses and opera houses in Chang'an City. These high-end consumption places are obviously different from brothels. The old brothels are also undergoing transformation.
Li Yuan supported a little palace maid in the original palace. Who would have thought that after following Yue Fang out of the palace, her beautiful voice and the etiquette education in the palace would make her become a celebrity in Chang'an City.
A little star.
The person Li Er supported was one of the Taxuelou members, who was famous for her bright voice. In modern times, she would be a soprano.
"Why don't you vote?" Wu Zhao suggested.
"How to cast?" Li Er and Li Yuan asked at the same time.
"Each person is limited to ten votes for each category, and each vote is one hundred coins. The proceeds are used for the Chang'an City Good Medical Center!"
Wu Zhao's proposal was quickly accepted. Not only Li Yuan and Li Er, but also many nobles of the Tang Dynasty also agreed. Originally, these four families had the intention of competing. They competed not only in singing, but also in dancing. This
It is the earliest opera in the Tang Dynasty, integrating plot, singing and dancing.
To be able to perform in the palace, there is naturally a competition.
My original thought was that if the nobles here had seen it, they would be able to compete with each other.
But this time, voting was used, and the one with the first number of votes would naturally be the first in Chang'an. They absolutely could not give up, and the four families secretly made up their minds.
Li Yuanxing was not very interested in these.
Suddenly, Li Yuan's chief eunuch took out a pair of mahjong, and Li Yuan said cheerfully: "Wu Lang, I'll give you a chance to make a copy. This is specially customized, made of fine pine wood and oil.
It was soaked and finally a coat of paint was added.”
Li Yuanxing said in his heart that Li Yuan returned to Chang'an early just for this pair of mahjong.
Li Yuanxing is really bad at playing mahjong. He has never considered himself a master. He turned around and said, "Grandpa and Lanshan are here to play. I'm not interested in this thing!"
"Hahaha!" Li Yuan laughed heartily: "It's false to be uninterested, but it's true that you can't win, Wulang!"
Wulang shrugged his shoulders and did not respond at all. Wu Zhao rushed to say, "My father and I are enemies." After that, he stared at Li Lanshan, as if he wanted to compete even in mahjong.
Li Yuanxing smiled, took the wine bottle and prepared to go to the square.
Li Yuanxing liked the style of banquets in the Tang Dynasty. Only during banquets, there were not so many rules. You can dance if you want, you can sing if you want. Once the banquet starts, those levels will seem to be forgotten.
I remember that during the New Year in the second year of Zhenguan, Old Cheng was so drunk that he dared to put his arm on the shoulders of Li Er, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty who was also drunk.
The Ministry of Rites did not propose impeachment for such behavior.
In the square, in addition to the performances taking turns on the fourth floor, there are also many small stages in the corners.
Among them are cross talk, magic, acrobatics, etc.
In a garden at the eastern end of the square, someone actually set up a table for gambling.
When Li Yuanxing walked over, Lao Cheng was playing the banker and shouted from a distance: "Wu Lang, why don't you take out all those stones, so that I can have fun gambling."
There are still rough stones, but not many were mined originally, but now there must be about three to five tons.
"Okay, this is a big bet." Li Yuanxing put down a silver coin on the table with a smile: "Bet big!"
Li Yuanxing doesn't care whether he wins or loses, he just wants to have fun.
When Cui Junsu saw Li Yuanxing here, he also came over: "Your Highness, King Qin, today is a grand gathering. The famous craftsmen of Chang'an City are all present. It seems that someone is challenging the Golden Tooth Seven. Many people have gathered around, waiting to see the result.
Woolen cloth."
Li Yuanxing laughed: "General Cheng is planning to bet on stones."
"This is good, but it can't be now. That should be the fun finale." Cui Junsu walked to the side while talking. Li Yuanxing realized that he might have something to say, so he also walked to the side.
The two of them chatted until no one was around, and Cui Junsu whispered: "Today's expenditure, should it come from the Ministry of Revenue or from the Prince of Qin's Palace?"
Li Yuanxing did not expect that Cui Junsu would say this to him, and it was just at the beginning of the banquet. However, this was business, so Li Yuanxing asked: "According to Cui Shangshu's opinion, where should it come from!"
"This banquet is a state affair, so it should be hosted by the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, my opinion is that it should be hosted by the Prince of Qin's Palace. The reason is that it is reasonable to define this banquet as a royal family banquet. Another argument is that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, even if
Even the New Year celebrations are not as expensive as this one, and the censor will have some say in the future!"
Cui Junsu's reasons are reasonable.
Cui Junsu added: "Actually, the Ministry of Household Affairs is now under a budget system. It's not that the money cannot be obtained, but the accounts are a bit troublesome."
"Then let's go to Prince Qin's Mansion."
Li Yuanxing happily agreed.
After that, Li Yuanxing said again: "It's better to find a reason to establish a rule. When spending money in the harem, there must always be a limit. It is inevitable that there will be uncontrolled spending in the future!"
Cui Junsu didn't dare to answer, but he knew what Li Yuanxing was alluding to. For example, Yang Guang went on patrol! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)