Li Ye took over Chang'an with Cui Guangyuan, and took over defense with Li Sheng, but after Yu Chaoen arrived, a second handover took place. Yu Chaoen took away all the power, and Chang'an Defense also kicked Li Sheng away.
, appointing his trusted generals to be in charge of city gates and other defenses.
Cui Guangyuan didn't know exactly what happened to the supplies in the Chang'an warehouse in the ten days after Yu Chaoen's arrival, but the emperor ordered him to go to the palace to explain, and he had to come.
The latest inventory count was announced by Wu Qi, the Minister of Household Affairs and Du Zhishi, "330,000 shi of grain, 1.4 million dan of fodder, 200,000 guan of money, 350,000 pieces of cloth, and 14 pieces of silk."
Ten thousand horses and seventy thousand pieces of bronze.”
Cui Guangyuan was greatly shocked. At that time, Li Ye handed him 520,000 shi of grain, 500,000 guan of money, nearly 600,000 pieces of cloth, and 300,000 pieces of silk. He counted them all one by one.
It’s only been half a month, how could it be so much less all of a sudden?
He glanced at Yu Chaoen and saw that Yu Chaoen had no expression on his face. Finally Wu Qi finished reading the inventory, and Emperor Li Heng became very angry and said: "How come the inner treasury has been emptied?"
The inner treasury was his father Li Longji's private treasury, which was also his own private treasury. It was actually empty. How could he not be angry?
"Cui Aiqing, how do you explain it to me?"
Cui Guangyuan was startled and said quickly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there seems to be a discrepancy in the handover between the grain depot, Zuo Zangku and Wei Chen!"
Yu Chaoen said coldly: "Shijun Cui, His Majesty is asking about the situation of your inner treasury. Don't judge him right or wrong!"
Cui Guangyuan sighed in his heart. If the emperor didn't care about what he just said, then there was no need for him to say it anymore.
"Your Majesty, when the Emperor left, he took away a batch of exquisite products from the inner treasury."
"I know!"
Li Heng interrupted him impatiently, "Tell me what happened next!"
"After An Lushan occupied Chang'an, the imperial palace was ransacked by bandits, and it was unknown how many ministers were looted. Later, An Lushan rewarded his generals heavily, and then packed and shipped a batch of property to Luoyang. Until then, the inner treasury was
There shouldn't be much left. Later, the Yan army was defeated and retreated. King Lu rewarded the three armies and also used the inner treasury, so when I took over, the inner treasury was already empty."
"Is it that simple?" Li Heng said dissatisfied.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the inner treasury has never been under the control of Wei Chen. Wei Chen only knows that something happened, but I really can't know what happened specifically."
"inability!"
Li Heng cursed and asked Yu Chaoen, "What does Yu Qing think?"
"Wei Chen wishes to perform privately!"
The implication was that he did not want to report with Cui Guangyuan.
Li Heng nodded and said to Cui Guangyuan and Wu Qi: "You all should stand down!"
"I resign!"
Cui Guangyuan and Wuqi retreated and walked out of the hall. Cui Guangyuan sighed and said, "What does the inner treasury have to do with me? There is so much less money and materials in the Zuo Zangtang, but I don't want to ask?"
Wuqi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Cui, there are many things here! Do you think I should be the one to report?"
After saying that, Wu Qi smiled faintly and walked away. Cui Guangyuan finally realized that reporting on the warehouse supplies should be reported by Li Dai, the prime minister in charge of finance, but the emperor skipped him and went directly to the minister of household affairs.
If Cui Guangyuan realizes something, is it also a disguised liquidation of the emperor's dissatisfaction with him?
It seems that the object of the emperor's liquidation is not only An Lushan! It also includes Li Ye.
In the royal study, Yu Chaoen presented an inventory to Li Heng, "This is a small amount of property that I gave to His Majesty's inner treasury."
Li Heng looked at the belongings on the inventory list and nodded with satisfaction.
Otherwise, why would the emperor like eunuchs?
The eunuchs were the emperor's closest friends. They knew what the emperor needed or wanted, and they would try their best to get it for him.
Yu Chaoen knew very well that the emperor was short of money. He didn't even have the money to make new clothes for his concubine. He was extremely embarrassed.
So the emperor asked Yu Chaoen to lead his army to take over Chang'an. Of course Yu Chaoen knew what he could and should do.
In contrast, ministers only consider the interests of the court and their own rights, but never consider the needs of the emperor. The emperor is also a human being and has to support his wife and children. What can he do without money?
"What did Neiku say?"
"Your Majesty, An Lushan fled Chang'an in a panic. It was impossible to take care of the inner treasury. The inner treasury must have fallen into Li Ye's hands. Even if he rewarded the three armies with part of it, he must have taken away many of them. In fact, he had a lot of time to defend the city.
It's understandable that I want to reward myself for my hard work. What's hateful is that Cui Guangyuan, who is clearly a minister of His Majesty, helped Li Ye speak, making Haosheng despise him."
Li Heng snorted slightly. With the new dynasty and the new atmosphere, he should sort out his dynasty. But when he thought about his internal treasury being wiped out by Li Ye, his face turned ugly.
Yu Chaoen comforted the emperor again, "After all, all the fine products in the inner treasury have been taken away by the Supreme Emperor, and they still belong to His Majesty when they are brought back. I still know that the Supreme Emperor has a lot of property in the Baoji Cabinet, as well as the treasures of Gao Lishi and the Yang family."
Where is Bao Pavilion?"
Li Heng's heart gradually became brighter. He had forgotten Gao Lishi's Treasure Pavilion, and the Yang family's Treasure Pavilion. It seemed that it was also in Chengdu Baoji Cabinet Shop! It was time for the Dugu family to move Baoji Cabinet Shop back.
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Li Heng nodded, "I will tell the Dugu family to move the Baoji Cabinet Shop back and keep an eye on the Treasure Pavilion."
"My slave must handle it well!"
Prime Minister Fang Guan's house was also very busy. The master returned, and the maids and servants who had been sent home also returned one after another. Everyone started cleaning the house from top to bottom.
Fang Guan was very unhappy. His mansion also accommodated people from other counties during the siege. Although in accordance with Li Ye's request, the inner residence was locked and only the outer residence and the atrium were open, there were more than a dozen families living there.
Bumps and bumps are inevitable, and country people don't pay much attention to hygiene. They leave a lot of grain filth in flower beds, among bamboo bushes, behind rockeries and other remote places. Fang Guan was so angry that he became furious and cursed Li Ye.
Despite the scolding, he had no choice but to ask his servants to work together to clean it up thoroughly.
But what really makes Fang Guan sad is that his mansion was ransacked by the Yan army. All the valuables he left in the mansion were looted. Even his underground money cellar was smashed open, and the 10,000 yuan stored in it were looted.
Many pieces of money were also looted.
Fortunately, many precious items, including gold and silver, were sent to Chengdu by Baoji Cabinets in advance, so although Fang Guan was heartbroken, he was not desperate.
Fang Guan was cleaning up his study. At this time, the eldest son Fang Zongyan came to report that Du Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, asked to see him.
Fang Guan didn't want to meet him at first, but Du Zhen had a good personal relationship with him, so he nodded and said, "Ask him to wait in the living room, I'll be here soon!"
Fang Guan changed his clothes and quickly came to the living room. He saw two people sitting in the living room. One was his good friend Du Zhen, and the other was unknown to him.
Fang Guan chuckled and said, "I just returned to the capital. The house is so chaotic, which makes my dear brother laugh!"
"Hey! It's the same in every household, I shouldn't bother you, but there's something I need to ask my brother for help with."
"You're welcome, what did you say?"
Du Zhen introduced him to the middle-aged man next to him, "This is the patriarch of our Du family's Xiangyang family, named Du Kuan. He has just come from Xiangyang. He wants to report to the court that Li Ye has invaded official and private fields in Xiangzhou.
question."
Fang Guan was not interested at all, but when he heard that it was in response to Li Ye's question, he suddenly became energetic and said quickly: "No need to be polite, let's sit down and talk slowly!"
The three of them sat down separately, and Fang Guan asked the maid to serve tea. The eldest son Fang Zongyan also sat down beside him. He did not speak, but only accompanied his father to meet the ministers.