Once Cao Cao arrives, the process of sealing the rear can begin.

Just like ordinary people, before getting married, you have to discuss the betrothal gift. Even if you are the emperor, you still have to give the betrothal gift.

The queen was hired with 20,000 kilograms of gold, 20 million in money, and the stepfather was given a hundred miles of marriage. Anyway, this was the rule of the Liu family's ancestors, and one could live in poverty and sell blood.

Of course the small imperial court in Chang'an couldn't produce it.

However, as soon as Yang Biao arrived in Pengcheng, he came to see Cao Ang in person and explained to Cao Ang the difficulties of the court. He hoped that Cao Ang could ask for less money and save the court's face.

Cao Ang was speechless after hearing this. If you just come over to me and tell me that the emperor has no money but still wants to marry a wife, aren't you being a hooligan?

Therefore, Cao Ang did not directly answer "yes" or "no", but asked: "Yang Taichang, maybe it is inappropriate for me to ask this, but I still want to know how much money the imperial court can spend?"

Yang Biao prides himself on his reputation and has never been so embarrassed as he is now.

But facing Cao Ang, Yang Biao had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "General, the imperial court has collected the national treasury and the inner treasury, and even Princess Wannian has taken out her body for many years. Even so, there are still shortcomings.

The imperial court was fully prepared and could spend five kilograms of gold and ten million yuan.

However, the imperial court can make up for it elsewhere. The emperor intends to make Cao Taiwei the third division of Yitong and the Marquis of Jin Fu, with an additional 200 households in the city.

Households; make Madam Ding of the Hall the Lord of Jianping, with a settlement of 500 households; increase the number of households in the general's settlement."

The literal meaning of Yi Tong Sansi is "not the Three Dukes but treated like the Three Dukes", starting from Deng Sui, the Chariot and Cavalry General, the brother of the Empress Dowager Deng. Special promotions should be made earlier. Those who have outstanding merits and virtues and are respected by the court will be given special titles.

Jin, under the Three Lords, the first special Jin was Xu Guanghan, the father-in-law of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, the Cao family has already had a special addition, Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Teng.

When later generations mentioned Cao Teng, they only knew that he was Cao Cao's grandfather, and did not know his specific deeds. Of course, there are not many records in history books, and it may have been hidden by the venerable.

There were more than forty eunuchs in the three hundred years of the Han Dynasty, but there were only three eunuchs, and Cao Teng was one of them. This alone shows how powerful this roly-poly was who had stood in the Han harem for thirty years.

Liu Xie seemed to have given him a lot, but in Cao Ang's opinion, he was still acting like a hooligan.

Neither Yitong Sansi nor Tejin have much actual power, so it sounds good to them. During the Chang'an Small Court period, official positions were inflated and all kinds of high-ranking officials were everywhere. Not to mention Yitong Sansi and Tejin, alone

It is the most important thing to record as a minister. Seven of them have been granted titles in four years, and they have long been worthless.

As for the Marquis, gifting the city, that's all.

Cao Ang listened without saying anything, and Yang Biao felt a little uneasy for a moment.

If Cao Ang doesn't allow it, today he will be the first emperor who cannot pay the betrothal gift, and the court will be in disgrace.

After a long time, Cao Ang said: "Since the court is in trouble, I will not make it difficult for the court. In my opinion, whether the betrothal gift is one thousand catties or ten thousand catties, it has no practical significance.

I admire sparse burials, and I also commend sparse marriages.

But the imperial court has posed a big problem for me. Mr. Yang will not remember the old things about Wang Mang, right?"

Queen Xiaoping, Wang Yan, was Wang Mang's daughter. She set the precedent of "less accepting betrothal gifts". According to the rules, the emperor granted his father-in-law Baili, and the imperial court wanted to grant Wang Mang 25,060 hectares of Xinye land.

Wang Mang refused to give up his life or death. Later, he only accepted 40,000 yuan as betrothal gift, of which 3,000 to 3,000 yuan was divided among the eleven concubines' families. This made the court unable to stand it, so they added another 2,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, for a total of 3,000 yuan.

Qianwan. Wang Mang directly gave another Qianwan to the poor among the nine tribes.

This was considered a good thing, but later generations judged this matter to be Wang Mang's "disguise", pretentiousness, and wanton return. If Cao Ang had asked for less betrothal gifts at this time, he might not have been directly called "Wang Mang's second son".

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Yang Biao also knew about this, so there was nothing he could say.

If you persuade Cao Ang to ask for less, you are persuading Cao Ang to become Wang Mang. Wouldn't this force Cao Ang to fall out with him? But if Cao Ang wants too much, the court will have no money.

So Yang Biao had no choice but to say humbly: "Oh, the country is in trouble, the country is in trouble!"

Cao Ang knew very well that Yang Biao was cheating.

If Cao Ang agrees, it may hurt his reputation, but if Cao Ang refuses, it will definitely hurt his reputation. After all, Cao Ang is the prime minister of the country and the court has no money. Does he have any glory on his face?

Moreover, it was a fact that the court had no money. How could Cao Ang not marry his sister to the emperor because he could not afford the bride price?

In fact, Cao Ang had already anticipated this matter, and even discussed with a group of important ministers in advance how to handle the matter.

There are only so many taxes in the world, and the princes in various places protect themselves. Now the only place where the imperial court can collect taxes is in the Guanzhong area.

Historically, why the small court of Chang'an suddenly went into chaos and economic collapse after maintaining a balance for more than two years was also a very important reason.

However, as soon as the matter was discussed, Ban Ying seriously dissuaded him and said: "My lord, please don't be Wang Mang."

To put it bluntly, even if Cao Ang doesn't marry his sister, he can't refuse the betrothal gift. Cao Ang's power and reputation are already similar to those of Wang Mang in the late Han Dynasty. If he continues to act like Wang Mang in this matter, everyone in the world will think that Cao Ang wants to

Be the next Wang Mang.

But things can't be so stagnant.

Zheng Du then suggested that "no matter how much the emperor gives as a betrothal gift, it should be regarded as sufficient to the outside world." This would not only save the court's face, but also prevent people from thinking that the lord was imitating Wang Mang and winning people's hearts.

Cao Ang knew very well that he would suffer a loss to save his face.

But Cao Ang was really unwilling to suffer such a loss.

Seeing that Cao Ang remained silent, Yang Biao asked again: "What do you think, General?"

Cao Ang wanted to give Yang Biao a slap in the face, but he had to be patient and said: "In that case, I don't think there is any need to bother. I will accept the betrothal gift as much as the court gives. I only claim that the betrothal gift is twenty thousand catties of gold, and the money is two

Wanwan, what do Yang Taichang think?"

Yang Biao was overjoyed and said immediately: "This is the best thing. Thank you for your strength, General."

Cao Ang continued: "I know that the imperial court has been short of money in the past two years. I actually don't intend to accept these betrothal gifts. It's just that there is Wang Mang's old affairs, and I can't do anything about it.

But in order to repay the emperor's favor, I plan to use all the money on the emperor.

Back then, Thief Dong went west and burned the city of Luoyang to ashes. Today, although he goes west to Chang'an, he will come back at some point, but the current city of Luoyang is uninhabitable.

I intend to use these betrothal gifts to rebuild Luoyang City, and I will make up for any deficiencies myself, what does Yang Taichang think?"

Yang Biao never thought that Cao Ang would make such a suggestion.

Relocating the city of Luoyang and moving the small court of Chang'an back to Luoyang would be extremely detrimental to the Guanxi nobles. Yang Biao immediately wanted to object, but in the end he did not speak.

Because Yang Biao discovered that if Cao Ang wanted to do this, he couldn't stop him at all.
Chapter completed!