The emperor's anti-corruption campaign was a matter of speculation, but the impact of this shock lingered for a long time. Concubine Rong came to Yonghe Palace that day and whispered to her: "Shunzhenmen caught the eunuch who had been taken out of the palace privately."
, they turned out to be full of gold, silver and jades. If you follow the clues and check them out, where do you think the eunuch came from and how did he get so many things and take them outside the palace?"
Of course Lan Qi didn't pay attention to this kind of thing, but seeing Concubine Rong so nervous, it couldn't be any concubine. Thinking about who else was in the palace now, she couldn't help but feel shocked, could it be the prince?
"Yuqing Palace is so great now. They have sold all their belongings. Where did the prince spend his money? Even if it is not enough, he needs to exchange things for money?" Concubine Rong said nonchalantly, and the news reached her.
, he was also a fellow countryman whose eunuch served as an errand at Shunzhen Gate. After hearing a few words, he spread the word to Jingyang Palace.
Lan Qi's heart sank. Concubine Rong really had a delicate heart. If she had known about it, she would have been silent and would never tell others easily. But Concubine Rong was different. It was precisely because she knew this was something that she couldn't talk about casually that she didn't want to be alone.
People carried it and came here specifically to tell her that if something happened, the more people who knew about it, the less of a burden and even danger she would be in.
Concubine Rong said to herself: "Is it possible that all the corruption issues have been traced to the prince?"
Lan Qi said nothing, just listened cooperatively, but had other ideas in mind. A few days later, she summoned Lan Ying into the palace and asked her about the turmoil in the capital. Lan Ying sighed: "Aling'a said it depends on the emperor.
His attitude is that he will not wait to settle accounts after returning to Luan Qiu. Many of the arrears that the emperor has recovered this time have delayed the court for three to four years or even longer. Aling'a said that the emperor is really wise. If the emperor is in the capital, he will be less sure.
The old minister ran to try to cheat, but the emperor was thousands of miles away and knocked on the mountain to shock the tiger. Everyone couldn't figure out the situation, but they were all frightened."
"A lot of people are involved, right?" Lan Qi asked.
"Quite a few." Lan Ying nodded and said slightly awkwardly, "It seems that Queen Xiaoyi's family has also been affected. Her brother Longkodo is also looking for help from our uncle. I heard it from Aling'a's sister-in-law."
Lan Qi frowned slightly. The tree in Guojiu's Mansion has deep roots. It is said that the house is made of mountains of gold and silver. Empress Xiaoyi's Chengqian Palace in the past was also magnificent, and all the objects and utensils used were expensive and exquisite. But now Longkodo wants to find it.
Outsiders are asking for help, but I don’t know whether it’s because Tong Guowei doesn’t want to help him, or because the uncle’s palace is no longer what it used to be. The article here is quite profound.
But I heard Lan Ying say again: "Only after entering the door of Aling'a's family, I realized that none of these wealthy families are clean. This time I scared many people, but there are also some who are brave and fat and silent. No matter what, the emperor is making money anyway."
The alms bowl is full."
Lan Qi scolded: "What are you talking about? It's money owed to the court, shouldn't it be returned?"
Lan Ying muttered: "Fortunately, it's the beginning of the year. If it were the end of the year, the current situation of the family would be sad at the end of the year. Sister, you don't know that these big houses are actually empty and hollow. Most of them look respectable, but they close their doors."
It would be good if it can be turned over.”
Lan Qi said: "In this case, you should manage your family well and advise Aling'a not to take any more risks. The emperor will show his true intentions one day. If the six relatives disown him, there is nothing you and I can do. This time is over, what will happen next time?"
What to do? You can take care of your family business with peace of mind. Your family still has fields and forests and income every year. Plus the salary is more than enough to live on. If you don't live well, I will feel uneasy again. "
Lan Ying smiled mischievously: "Are you waiting to take back the money that my sister gave me last time? If you don't want it, just treat it as a reward to me."
Lan Qi didn't care at all and joked: "That's the money your nephew and niece need to get married. You are so embarrassed."
"But if Aling'a used it to fill the vacancy and returned it to the court, it would go into the emperor's pocket. If it goes into the emperor's pocket, wouldn't it go into my sister's pocket?" The younger sister pestered her like a child, but she was photographed by her older sister.
The head melon said: "That is the money of the imperial court. The emperor cannot mess with it. Your calculation is too precise."
All joking aside, serious matters should not be taken carelessly. Lan Ying just laughed and took it easy, knowing in her heart how serious this matter was. Now Aling'a is even more vulnerable in front of her. While he dotes on his wife, he also admires her way of running the house. Anyway, this
A turmoil did not destroy the family business. Under Lan Ying's care, the family could still live a good life. Naturally, from the time when Concubine Wen Xi fell out of favor and became lonely in her early years, and now that she is gone, the Niu Hulu family is really not what it used to be.
Therefore, the shortfall was not frightening, and the items that Aling'a was afraid of were finally filled.
As for Lan Qi, she is in charge of the family of Sixth Palace, and she knows that life under the golden roof and red walls is not easy. But from Lan Ying's experience this time, she understands even more the embarrassment of those high-ranking and wealthy families with their wealth and wealth outside.
Lan Ying said that corruption naturally comes from the country's deficit, but they also want to fill the gap and dare not be too presumptuous, but where can they get the money to make up for it? Naturally, they have to tear down the east wall to pay for the west wall, plus corruption
Sooner or later, the lost money will be spent, and the deficit will snowball and become bigger and bigger, with more and more loopholes, and there will be no end.
For the first time, Lan Qi knew the most fundamental reasons for these things. She had also wondered why those corrupt officials were not satisfied even though they had a lot of money. Now that she thought about it, no matter how much money they had at home, they could not stop the damage they had caused over the years.
The imperial court was in deficit, no wonder Xuan Ye was filled with hatred and greed.
Thinking again about what Concubine Rong said about Yuqing Palace's inability to make ends meet, the expenses of the crown prince, concubines and the emperor's grandchildren were all allocated from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just like the emperor's palace of Qianqing, and were not counted together with the concubines of the harem and other princes and princesses.
Although Lan Qi didn't know the details, it was not difficult to live as usual. Money was sent to her every month. She suddenly had to turn over so much money. It seemed that it had something to do with this shock. Lan Qi didn't know that the prince was now in charge.
The government offices in the imperial court have only been in politics for a few years. Could it be that they have also discovered loopholes?
Every time I thought about this, I felt worried. I was afraid that if the prince really suffered a loss, Xuan Ye would not be happy if he accepted the money. So he made a decision in his heart. When his son returns to Beijing, he must give him a good beating and never let Yinzhen
If you are confused about this, even if it will be very difficult for you to be in the court, you must not go down the road of no return.
At this moment, the emperor, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, was serving the queen mother and brought his concubines and princes to Hangzhou. After accompanying the queen mother to tour the sights of Hangzhou, he decided that on the 27th of this month, he would take the princes to review the Hangzhou garrison and compete in riding and shooting at the school grounds.
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Before that day, after finishing his errands, Yinzhen came to Yinxiang and Yinzhen to take them to select horses and run them in order to prepare for the riding and shooting competition that day, but Yinzhen was bored in the room.
Ignoring him, Yinxiang followed his brother outside the door and said softly: "He was unhappy and said it was different from what he imagined. Fourth brother, you followed Huang Ama everywhere, but he and I followed behind Huang Ama and couldn't go anywhere."
Go, it’s better not to go out like this.”
Yinzhen smiled and said: "How old is he? Wherever he wants to go, do he still need all the civil and military officials to kowtow to the fourteenth elder brother and salute him?"
As he spoke, he walked into the house and saw his younger brother wrapped in quilt and sulking in the corner of the bed. Apparently he knew he was coming and was deliberately frustrated. He stood aside with his hands behind his back and asked in a deep voice: "If you really don't want to go, I will
Take your Thirteenth Brother away, and I will report to Emperor Ama later that Brother Fourteenth is ill, so you don’t need to take him with you when reviewing the garrison, and you don’t need to include him in the riding and shooting competition."
The boy who was nestled in the quilt did not move. Yinzhen seemed to be really aggrieved and went out happily. Before going out, the fourth brother even took him to have his dagger sharpened. But when he really left the imperial city, he was stuffed in the carriage.
It had been almost two months since he had been following the emperor's grandmother. He had not even seen Huang Ama a few times, but he always heard that his brothers followed Huang Ama everywhere. Everything was completely different from what he thought.
"Are you afraid of losing?" Yinzhen said suddenly. Seeing the little guy moving under the quilt, he continued, "I will make it clear to Huang Ama. Are you sick or afraid of losing? You won't
Can’t even speak? If you don’t speak again, let everyone know that Brother Fourteen is afraid of losing.”
Yinzhen jumped up, his eyes widened: "Who is afraid of losing? Fourth brother, don't talk nonsense."
Yinzhen slapped him hard on the head and scolded him: "Who allowed you to talk to your brother like this? There are no rules at all."
Fourteen didn't dare to talk back and turned his face away unconvinced. However, his brother suddenly picked him up and pushed him to the ground. He kicked him in the back and said, "Hiding under the quilt like a girl, you can't do it."
, immediately change my clothes and follow me, if you continue to mess around, do you want me to loosen your skin, muscles, and bones?"
Yinxiang was afraid that his fourteenth brother would talk back again, but his brother was not angry at all, so he hurriedly came over to smooth things over and took his younger brother to change clothes. Yinxiang didn't want to go out, but his proud temperament was frustrated along the way, and he couldn't stand it anymore.
A child who doesn't know much about the world, everything shows on his face.
The two brothers came out fully dressed, and Yinzhen looked them up and down. Sure enough, the brothers had grown up. They hadn't seen each other much in the past two months, and they seemed to have grown taller again. He told them a few words not to run around and to understand the rules, and then left.
The younger brother led him out of the door together.
Although he was still riding a carriage, the Fourteenth Brother was obviously more lively. He was sulking and did not go out to play with the Queen Mother these days, so what he saw was very fresh. Along the way, he kept asking the Thirteenth Brother about this and that, which made Yinzhen have a headache.
, but seeing his brothers happy, he could only accept it.
When they arrived at the garrison school ground, preparations were already being made for the inspection of the Holy Horses the day after tomorrow. The horses were all arranged. Yinzhen took his brothers to choose horses and said: "You have rarely ridden since you went out, so you must be rusty.
, Huang Ama said that you should go on the field without asking for victory. You can lose the competition but you cannot lose the momentum. You cannot ignore the importance just to win. The royal children must have magnanimity."
But after the elder brother talked for a long time, the fourteenth elder brother's heart had already flown to nowhere, and he was scolded by his elder brother again, so he could only follow him with a slumped face.