"Okay, quickly find a warehouse to store this jade pot and the Nine Dragon Cup just now. Don't put them in Duobao Pavilion!"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian responded.
"You still have these five thousand taels of silver, so you can spend it yourself to buy some food, drink, and clothing."
Li Qian waved his hand generously and sent it out directly without feeling any distress at all.
In fact, he really doesn't have any shortage of money now. Wei Zhongxian takes care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Now Li Qian just wants to make use of the more than 30,000 taels of silver in his internal funds. What does he need the money for at this juncture?
"Your Majesty..." Wei Zhongxian was still a little scared, but when Li Qian waved his hand, he said no more and just lowered his head silently.
Five thousand taels of silver! It’s worth one-sixth of the internal money!
How could he be rewarded just like that?
Wei Zhongxian didn't know what to say, but he just realized one thing. It was indeed right to follow His Majesty!
"My slave, thank you Your Majesty..."
Wei Zhongxian pursed his lips and accepted the matter.
Unlike the emperor who had no worries about food and clothing, and had enough food for one person and the whole family was not hungry, he had many junior eunuchs under him.
In the era when eunuchs were powerful, the people below made money to honor their ancestors.
But now everyone is cowardly, and no one has half a kilogram of rice in the jar. Instead, he has to rely on the reward from his ancestor. A ruler must pay equal attention to kindness and power, and power alone is not enough.
Wei Zhongxian had no money before, so many eunuchs and maids secretly sought refuge with ministers from other dynasties to deliver news for them.
Wei Zhongxian was also somewhat helpless about this. Destroying people's wealth was like killing his parents. He even dared to kill his parents, let alone his ancestors who were not related to each other.
But now that we have money in our hands, it will be different. This situation will gradually decrease...
While talking, Li Qian picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip.
"My dear companion, do you still have the list of the show girls when they entered the palace that day?"
"Your Majesty, my servant was placed in the internal affairs treasury in the front hall of Qianyuan a few days ago." Wei Zhongxian replied hurriedly.
"Well, then take me to have a look." Li Qian put down his tea cup.
Ever since he met Wu Meiniang at Liang Dafu Pavilion that day, he had wanted to see those documents, but he had been busy and had not found the chance.
I had some free time today and just went to check out my doubts that day.
The two of them walked out of the political hall. Lu Bu and the Habayashi Guards were still waiting outside.
"Have you eaten yet? Feng Xian?" Li Qian asked with a smile.
"Thank you stepfather for the rice!" Lu Bu held his hands in excitement with a face full of excitement.
Li Qian didn't forget them when he had lunch just now, and asked the eunuch to bring them food.
That's why Lu Bu was so happy.
Li Qian smiled softly: "Let's go." After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of the hall.
Lu Bu raised his head with a smile on his face, wanting to show off to Wei Zhongxian again.
But unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian didn't even look at him, and followed Li Qian out with his head held high.
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly followed him.
The old gelding's tail is almost up to the sky!
Did something happen just now that I don't know about?
The sense of urgency in Lu Bu's heart became stronger and stronger!
Lu Fengxian, you have to work hard! You can no longer let this eunuch be more beautiful than your adoptive father! You must also get closer to your adoptive father!
But he didn't know where to start working hard, because Li Qian might have to stay in Qianyuan Palace for another three days when he returned, and would not come out until the next court meeting.
"Alas~"
Lu Bu sighed, how should we work hard? Do we really have to...
Under the scorching sun, Li Qian sat on the shoulder cart and came to the front hall of Qianyuan.
Wei Zhongxian stepped back from the eunuch beside him and began to rummage through the vast and miscellaneous documents in the internal affairs treasury.
Fortunately, this thing was deposited a few days ago, and he still remembered where he put it.
"Your Majesty, they are all here." Wei Zhongxian held two thick yellow silk booklets and sent them to Li Qian's desk.
After Li Qian opened it, he purposely found the page about Wu Meiniang. This document was very thoughtfully recorded and contained the general events before Wu Meiniang entered the palace.
Li Qian browsed for a while and quickly found what he wanted to see.
"In the eighteenth year of Emperor Mu Zong's reign, his father, the warrior Xun, died of illness. His cousin Weiliang, his eldest brother Yuan Shuang and others drove away the Yang family and Mei Niang..."
This section is very different from the previous life.
Li Qian continued to look back, and in the middle was a record of Wu Meiniang, her mother, and sister living around and living with relatives. Looking back again, Li Qian found relevant records.
"In the 23rd year of Emperor Mu Zong's reign, Yuan Shuang brought back the Yang family and Mei Niang..."
Li Qian raised his eyebrows.
Mu Zong is his father's temple name, and Mu Zong's twenty-third year was last year.
A father can ignore his son, but a son cannot ignore his father.
In Li Qian's memory, the late emperor's condition began to deteriorate at the end of last year, and his predecessor was still by his side for some time.
But there is only one thing. The late emperor's condition was kept secret at first. It was not made public until the beginning of this year when he could no longer bear it.
Although there were many ministers who had eyes and ears in the palace and learned the news in advance, they were only a few.
The Wu family is just a member of the Cangbe Department, and they will never be able to find out such information.
In other words, someone told them the news that the late emperor was seriously ill, or someone instructed the Wu brothers to take Wu Meiniang back.
For some reasons, Li Qian, who was still the prince at the time, did not take a concubine.
Therefore, it can be foreseen that after he ascends the throne, he will inevitably select a group of beautiful women. It can be seen that those people have already prepared for this.
Li Qian rubbed his chin and frowned.
At that time, there were only a few people who knew that the late emperor was seriously ill, and the scope of suspects was very small, such as Li Yuan, Zhao Kuangyin, Cai Jing...
Before there was conclusive evidence pointing to others, Li Qian decided to put this suspicion on Li Yuan's head.
Because this guy is too suspicious.
He gently stroked the pages of the book with his hand and took a long breath. It seemed that there was really something behind this incident that was Li Yuan's little move.
Li Qian gritted his teeth a little, why is he in the salt and also in the sauce?
First it was about the internal funds, and now it was about placing people in the harem.
This guy made Li Qian feel helpless and uncomfortable! But Li Qian had nothing to do with him...
"Alas~"
Li Qian sighed quietly, he was still doing whatever he wanted this morning, making so many ministers bow their heads.
Now it seems that I am still a paper tiger and it is too early to be happy.
However, besides taking basic precautions against Wu Meiniang, who is suspected, Li Qian is not too worried.
He felt that this strange woman with a strong personality would not be willing to be manipulated by others.
Even if that person is Li Yuan, it should be quite embarrassing.
Li Qian held his chin with his hand, flipping the pages of the Chinese document and looking at the names of the concubines. A breeze blew in from the open window and blew a page of the document onto the back of Li Qian's hand.
"Changsun Wugou..."
"Um?"
Li Qian's eyes lit up and he immediately became interested.
"In the ninth year of Emperor Mu Zong's reign, his eldest father, Sun Sheng, died of illness. His elder brother, An Ye, chased the Gao family, Wu Ji, Wu Gu..."
"Good guy, why are they the same script?" Li Qian was speechless.