"Captain, this is Fengxiang Mansion, how lively it is?" Yu Xiaoxiao held it in for a while, and finally saw the big city, and she became excited.
Li Daoyuan nodded and said: "The capital of the Tang Dynasty is the highest-level city, and it is a city built according to the specifications of a companion capital."
"After the emperor ascended the throne in Lingwu, he promoted Fengxiang into a mansion and sent many craftsmen to build it. Now that the imperial court is in Fengxiang Mansion, it is of course very lively."
Zhou Shi was also excited when he saw the bustling city. After coming out of Guyuan City, in order not to cause trouble, the group traveled day and night without crossing the city, and finally arrived at Fengxiang Mansion.
Zhang Duanyang, dressed as a military man, looked at the city gate and said:
"This city gate is not high, I should be able to climb it."
After saying this, Zhou Shi said without tears: "Teacher, don't say this under the city gate!"
Zhang Duanyang also pushed the city wall hard and said: "It is not as strong as the city wall of Guyuan City. Give me a thousand people to climb the city wall!"
Li Daoyuan smiled and said: "Professor Zhang, Guyuan City is an important military town on the border. Fengxiang Mansion used to be just a big city in Gyeonggi Province, and city defense was not its main function."
When outside the city of Fengxiang Mansion, Li Daoyuan saw two groups of people.
A wave of people were wearing robes with round collars and narrow sleeves, all with white faces and no beards. The leader was a smiling official in scarlet robes with a round face.
Another group of people were wearing scarlet official robes, and standing in the front row was a serious-looking middle-aged civil servant.
These two groups of people stood at the gate of the city, and the people were driven to other gates by the soldiers.
Even Zhang Duanyang, who was not well versed in human relations, could see the strangeness of the matter.
Zhang Duanyang said to Li Daoyuan using the in-game chat:
"The robe with a round neck and narrow sleeves is the attire of a palace eunuch. Wearing a crimson official robe, he must be a senior eunuch."
"The people on the other side are wearing the crimson official robes of civil servants. Are these two groups of people standing at the gate of the city waiting for us?"
Li Daoyuan also saw something was wrong. The two teams were standing far apart, as if the water in a well did not interfere with the water in the river.
However, they were monitoring each other with their eyes, which also showed that both groups of people came for the same purpose.
Li Daoyuan picked up King Jianning's festival banner, which was a token given to him by Li Yan when he traveled eastward.
After seeing King Jianning's battle, the two teams stepped forward at the same time, which confirmed Li Daoyuan's suspicion.
These two groups of people are all here for me!
Li Daoyuan stopped, raised the festival banner in his hand high and said:
"The king of Jianning marched to the army, and Li Daoyuan was ordered to donate 10,000 miscellaneous animals to the court."
Li Daoyuan stopped, and the two groups also stopped.
The round-faced eunuch was the first to speak. He said in a sharp tone:
"The servant of the Za family, Sheng Yu Chao'en, is here to greet Li Sima on everyone's orders. Please accompany the Za family to send the livestock to the imperial garden."
Yu Chaoen, Zhang Duanyang took a breath, this was a powerful eunuch.
Facing this eunuch who left a famous name in history books, Zhang Duanyang did not dare to underestimate him.
But just as Yu Chaoen finished speaking, the civil servant in scarlet robe stepped forward and said:
"Wait a minute! Does Superintendent Yu have any orders from His Majesty?"
Yu Chaoen snorted coldly and said, "The Za family followed everyone's instructions."
The scarlet-robed official flicked his sleeves and said:
"Since there is no imperial edict from everyone, it is just a false edict!"
"According to the regulations of the imperial court, donations from local towns should be merged into the treasury under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Please ask Li Sima to take these miscellaneous animals to the east warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
After saying this, Yu Chaoen immediately jumped up and said:
"I am doing something according to everyone's orders. This is a gift from King Jianning! King Jianning is your majesty's biological son. Does a gift from a son who is filial to me still go into the public warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs?"
But the scarlet-robed official refused to give in and said: "King Jianning is your Majesty's son and the general manager of Longyou in the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty appointed King Jianning to control Longyou. King Jianning is a minister of the Tang Dynasty."
"All tributes to the imperial court in the feudal town must be entered into the public warehouse of the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
At this moment, Yu Xiaoxiao was completely stunned. She asked in the team channel: "Aren't they all officials? Why did they get into a fight?"
Zhou Shi had been seriously licking Yu Xiaoxiao's dog along the way, so naturally he would not miss this opportunity to show off.
He immediately said:
"This eunuch is from the palace. He asked us to drive the animals to the imperial garden. Once we enter the imperial garden, it becomes the emperor's private property."
"The official thinks that the cattle and sheep we sent belong to the public family and should be sent to the treasury under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court."
Yu Xiaoxiao said doubtfully: "Does the emperor still need private money? Doesn't the world belong to the emperor?"
Zhou Shi immediately said: "Of course not, the money from the Ministry of Revenue is the money of the imperial court, and the emperor cannot use the imperial court's money casually."
"But the money controlled by the inner treasury is the emperor's private money, and the emperor can use it however he wants."
Zhang Duanyang said at this time: "I asked you to study hard in normal times, but now you are embarrassed again? There was no internal treasury system in the Tang Dynasty. Now the emperor's private property is under the control of various departments in the inner court, and there is no internal treasury for unified management."
"Teacher, doesn't this mean the same thing?"
"You are too lax in your studies! It seems that I will take a closer look at your future papers!"
"don't want!"
Zhou Shi screamed in the team chat, and Yu Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and laughed.
But she understood Zhou Shi's explanation. These two groups of people came to compete for the ownership of these miscellaneous animals.
Zhang Duanyang has long been accustomed to these tricks. He said:
"Actually, it's a simple matter. The emperor wanted these livestock, but the officials from the Ministry of Revenue refused. The official with the square face is from the Ministry of Revenue."
Sure enough, the scarlet-robed official stepped forward and said:
"Yuanzai, the governor of Hubu, met Li Sima."
Yuan Zai!?
Both Zhang Duanyang and Zhou Shi took a deep breath.
Yuan Zai, the powerful prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, is a figure that no one who studies the history of the Tang Dynasty can avoid.
And Yu Xiaoxiao, who had always been ignorant of historical knowledge, actually exclaimed.
Zhou Shi asked in the team channel in confusion:
"You also know Yuan Zai?"
Yu Xiaoxiao immediately said: "Yuan Zai is famous! His love story with Wang Yunxiu is very famous!"
"Don't underestimate me! I've also studied the game, and this is the cp I want to beat!"
Zhou Shi couldn't help but roll his eyes, and the CP knock was actually included in the game.
Yuan Zai walked up to Li Daoyuan and said, "Li Sima, please give these livestock to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Although the square-faced Genzai was only a fifth-rank Tobe Tojiro, he was so powerful that he even stood up to the eunuchs close to the emperor in court.
Hube Duzhilang was responsible for the Duzhi work of the Tang Dynasty.
The so-called expenditures refer to fees and expenses, which are actually the department that prepares the imperial budget.
Although this is a fifth-grade official, his position is quite important.
The Tang Dynasty had always had ministers who were responsible for financial planning. The Minister of Household Affairs who was in charge of the imperial finances would be privately called the "planning minister" by both the government and the public.
Although Ji Xiang does not have the position of prime minister, he has the actual status of prime minister.
And there is often only one step from being a scheming prime minister to being a real prime minister.
Duzhilang is also an important assistant to the Minister of Household Affairs, and he is also the closest to the position of Prime Minister.
This is also the most valuable position among the fifth-grade officials. The fact that Yuan Zai can hold the position of Dojiro at this age is enough to show his ability.
And Yu Chaoen, the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is no ordinary eunuch.
Under the ancestral system of Emperor Taizong, eunuchs were given the highest treatment of the third rank, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the most important department responsible for serving the emperor.
Li Fuguo, the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is the most powerful eunuch in the government and the public. Today, young officials in Fengxiang Mansion even call him "Internal Prime Minister".
Many young students who were interested in taking the imperial examination would submit their departure papers to Li Fuguo, which were filled with flattering verses.
Eunuchs who can enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs are the best among eunuchs.
And because Yu Chaoen is "proficient in martial arts", he is now the military observer of the Shence Army, that is, the supervisor of the Shence Army.
The dispute between the two was actually a competition between the inner court and the outer court, but they both ignored one person.
Yuan Zai and Yu Chaoen were fighting. Li Daoyuan coughed and said:
"Li was ordered by King Jianning to escort 9,000 miscellaneous livestock and 1,000 war horses captured from the Uighurs into the court."
"King Jianning ordered us to submit a written report of victory to His Majesty."
After saying this, Li Daoyuan didn't even look back, and walked directly into the city gate of Fengxiang Mansion with the rest of the eastbound group.
He threw the livestock he was escorting directly at the city gate!
Yuan Zai and Yu Chaoen were both stunned. They did not pay attention to King Jianning's envoy.
The officials in Prince Jianning's Mansion are all low-ranking and petty officials.
There were different opinions in the court about what King Jianning was doing in Longyou, and whether the document announcing the victory over the Uighurs was true.
Yuan Zai was the Du Zhilang of the imperial court and controlled the financial planning of the Tang Dynasty.
Yu Chaoen was a eunuch in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was the person closest to the emperor. He was also knowledgeable in military affairs and often made suggestions for the emperor.
Of course they know the situation in Longyou.
Not to mention whether King Jianning could control Longyou's arrogant soldiers by relying on the empty position of being the general manager of Longyou.
Even if they concentrate the power of Longyou, it would be good if they can defend Longyou, and they also take the initiative to intervene in the Uighur war and defeat the army personally conquered by the Uighur Khan?
Both Yuan Zai and Yu Chaoen did not believe it. According to the prevailing theory in the court today, these were the livestock that King Jianning raided in Longyou, and were sent to the emperor in the name of repaying victory in order to please the emperor.
The source of the livestock is not important. What matters most is whether such a sum of money goes into the emperor's personal pocket or into the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue.
Several prime ministers argued hard, but the emperor did not issue an order to allocate the livestock to the treasury.
So there was a fight between Yu Chaoen and Yuan Zai over the ownership of livestock.
As for why only these two people are allowed to fight, this is also a pawn crossing the river. First send two low-ranking but influential officials to fight, and then the emperor and noble officials can test each other, and then do the behind-the-scenes work.
trade.
It can be said that the reaction of King Jianning's envoy was not considered in the plans of Yuan Zai, Yu Chaoen, and the big bosses hiding behind them.
In other words, they didn't care at all about the reaction of the little King Jianning's envoy.
But Li Daoyuan's behavior was beyond their expectations. He actually dropped his burden and went into the city!