Chapter 350: "The second thing is a happy event." Tang Yin stood up, walked slowly in front of Shangguan Yuanji with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I found a lady for you! She is very beautiful.
She is as beautiful as a flower, has outstanding temperament, good family background, noble birth, and is well respected..."
"Wait, wait!" Shangguan Yuanji became more and more confused as he listened, and asked uncertainly: "Your Majesty said he found a wife for me? What does your Majesty mean..."
"I mean to grant you a marriage." Tang Yin said with a smile: "Yuanji, I heard that you don't have a wife until now. This is not good. The woman I found for you is named Liang Yanlin, and she is Zhen.
The daughter of Liang Feiyun, the great uncle of the country, she is a good match for you. I think you two are a perfect match."
It turns out that the king wants to marry Liang Feiyun! Shangguan Yuanji is so smart. After listening to Tang Yin's words, I understand what he means. There is no way to make accurate statistics on how many Zhen people moved to Feng State, but they are just recorded in the books
There have been more than eight million people. So many Zhen people suddenly came to Feng Kingdom. Once chaos breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous. As the eldest uncle, Liang Feiyun is highly respected among the Zhen people and can be said to be the spiritual leader of the Zhen people.
, his attitude towards Feng Guo will also directly affect Zhenren’s attitude towards Feng Guo. If the king wants to marry Liang Feiyun, it is equivalent to firmly binding him to Feng Guo. As long as he stands on Feng Guo’s side,
, it will be impossible for millions of loyal people to be in chaos again.
From an intellectual point of view, Shangguan Yuanji didn't think there was anything wrong with the king's actions, but from a personal emotional point of view, marriage matters had to be influenced by others, and he would feel a little unhappy.
He smiled bitterly and said: "Since when did your Majesty start to like being a matchmaker?"
Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "What? Yuanji, are you not satisfied with my arrangement? I am doing this for your own good. The Liang family's daughter has the appearance of a fish that sinks like a geese, and a woman who is shy of the moon when she closes her eyes. Others can't even imagine it."
!Do you think I have to marry you? Do you think I have to find a marriage for you? There are countless ministers in the Manchu Dynasty who are eyeing Miss Liang, like Jiang Fan, Wu Guang, Yuan Wu, Yuan Biao, who are not married.
There are too many ministers. If you don’t agree, I will find someone else."
Seeing that the matter was about to be discussed, Ah Si cleverly interjected: "Prime Minister Shangguan, your Majesty is not exaggerating. Miss Liang is indeed beautiful. She can be said to be one in a million. How about this? Prime Minister Shangguan, don't be too hasty to object. Go ahead.
Meet Miss Liang, maybe Miss Liang may not be able to like Prime Minister Shangguan!"
"That's right!" Tang Yin nodded his head and continued: "Zhen people are good at martial arts, and women always like Kong Wu's majestic men. Yuanji, tell me, you can't lift with your hands, and can't resist with your shoulders. Why do people like you?"
Ah? I think Ah Si is right, I will arrange for you to meet first to see if you are compatible, and we can talk about the marriage later!"
Listening to Tang Yin and Ah Si singing harmony, Shangguan Yuanji shook his head helplessly. It seemed that it was impossible for him to refuse outright. He was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay! I'll trouble you to arrange a meeting between Wei Chen and Miss Liang first.
After leaving the palace, Shangguan Yuanji went to the Lieutenant's Mansion to pick up people. Although the Lieutenant's Mansion had troops, it was not under the control of Left Prime Minister Qiu Zhen. Shangguan Yuanji was the immediate superior of the Lieutenant's Mansion, so it was naturally easy for him to pick up people. It didn't cost any money.
After a few words, he brought Xia Fan up. However, he did not leave immediately. He talked with Gu Chen for a long time and understood the whole story. Then he returned to the palace and returned to Tang Yin. As for Xia Fan, he took him out of the Lieutenant's Mansion.
Then he was sent home directly.
After arriving at the palace and meeting with Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji briefly told Tang Yin about Xia Fan's injury.
The thing was very simple. Xia Fan and the businessman who was beaten to death were eating in the same restaurant. They got into a fight over a trivial matter and had a disagreement. They both had servants by their side at the time, and the scene of the fight was quite chaotic.
The merchant's servants were no match for Xia Fan's servants and were all injured. As for the merchant, unfortunately, he suffered heavy blows to the head and internal organs during the brawl and died on the spot.
There were no twists and turns in the whole thing. It was clear at a glance that although both sides had their faults, Xia Fan had beaten someone to death after all. He could not escape the blame. It was natural for the Lieutenant's Office to arrest him.
After reporting everything to Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji wanted to say something more, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back and stopped talking.
When Tang Yin saw this, he smiled and asked, "Yuanji, what else do you want to say?"
Shangguan Yuanji frowned and said, "When I was talking to General Gu Chen, he mentioned that on the surface it seemed like nothing, but in fact there was something wrong."
Tang Yin blinked, picked up the file brought by Shangguan Yuanji, and read it from beginning to end. He didn't feel anything was wrong. He asked, "What did Gu Chen say?"
Shangguan Yuanji said: "General Gu Chen said that Xia Fan is the empress's younger brother. Although he is a bit conceited in his daily life, his nature is not bad. He has never done anything to bully others or do anything harmful to nature. Even he has had fights before.
The fight happened, but the other party was a son of a powerful person, and ordinary people were never involved. But this time, he beat a businessman to death because of a trivial matter. It was really uncharacteristic and made people think that something was wrong.
Weird."
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Tang Yin still knows Gu Chen very well. He is a native of Yancheng and is now the deputy commander of the Lieutenant's Mansion. He knows the situation in the capital very well. There is nothing he doesn't know.
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It sounds like he has a very high opinion of Xia Fan, but this is somewhat inconsistent with the Queen's words. In Yatong's words, Xia Fan is simply worthless and only knows how to cause trouble.
Compared with Yatong, Tang Yin naturally believed Gu Chen's words more, but why did Yatong lie? Was it because he deliberately belittled his brother and lowered his profile so that he could plead with himself to let Xia Fan go?
Tang Yin really couldn't understand this. He asked, "Has the identity of the businessman been found out?"
"General Gu Chen has found out. He is indeed a businessman who came to the capital from Ning to do business. His family is innocent and very wealthy. He has been doing business for generations and has no problems. Moreover, he has nothing to do with Xia Fan and the Xia family." Shangguan Yuanji replied.
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"That's weird." Tang Yin couldn't help but laugh. He picked up the file again and muttered while reading: "According to Zhao Chen's intention, Xia Fan should have intentionally killed the other party, but the other party had an innocent family background, so why not
He lives in Ningdi, he is from Ning, and he and Xia Fan are totally incompatible...why do you want to deliberately kill each other?"
"Weichen also feels strange!
"Shangguan Yuanji said: "There is only one explanation. General Gu Chen overestimates Xia Fan. Maybe he is a playboy who is used to bullying others. He thinks he is the queen's brother and uncle, and no one takes him seriously."
Tang Yin shrugged and said casually: "Maybe!"
As he spoke, he closed the file and handed it to Shangguan Yuanji, saying: "Anyway, this matter is over here, there is no need to investigate further. As for the claim, you can leave it to the Lieutenant's Mansion to handle it. The Xia family is very rich.
The Lieutenant’s Mansion can also take this opportunity to extort money!”
Shangguan Yuanji said: "Extortion and extortion are all our own money. Most of the Xia family's money is rewarded by the queen. The queen's money comes from the palace, and the palace's money is given by the king."
Tang Yin picked up the cup, blew the tea foam on it, took a sip, and asked: "Are you complaining that I shouldn't pay tribute to the palace and cut off the palace's food?"
Shangguan Yuanji said: "Our country's treasury has always been difficult to fill because the burden is too heavy. The huge palace and the ministers of the imperial court require our country to pay for their maintenance. Over time, it accumulates and consumes a lot of money."
Tang Yin sighed lightly, took another sip of tea, and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. There is no free dinner in the world, and the pie will not fall in vain from the sky. If the emperor can be used by us, we have to pay a lot.
Pay the price! The world is fair."
Shangguan Yuanji smiled and said: "Your Majesty can see clearly."
"Otherwise, what else can we do? We can't really let the emperor starve to death in Feng Kingdom?!" Tang Yin tapped the cup lightly with his fingers.
"There is a way." Shangguan Yuanji said: "Move the imperial palace to the palace in Wancheng. If the place is small, there will be fewer people. In addition, the ministers of the imperial court can also be dismissed appropriately. They do nothing but
You can get a monthly salary, which is too cheap for these people."
If he did this, not to mention the people would be dissatisfied, and he would not even be able to pass Yin Rou's test. He waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this later. Now, we have to focus on the battle against Mo."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yuanji understood that the king had no intention of reducing the expenses of the palace and the imperial court. Since the king was unwilling, he could not force it, nodded and said: "Yes! King!"
Tang Yin asked: "How much silver does the national treasury have now?"
"I don't know this. I need to ask Mr. Zhang." The national treasury has always been managed by Zhang Zhe, the imperial censor. In this regard, even Shangguan Yuanji, one of the civil servants, has no right to interfere.
Tang Yin said faintly: "The war against Mo is another huge expense. What I am most worried about now is that once the war breaks out, the national treasury will not be able to support it."
Shangguan Yuanji smiled and said: "Master Zhang has always had the most straightforward temper. As long as Master Zhang has not complained so much, it means that the money in the national treasury can cope with this war."
Tang Yin stood up, walked back and forth, and said: "The Central Army of our country has already exceeded one million, and this time there are 400,000 more soldiers. Just thinking about the monthly military salary is scary, and this is not enough.
Counting the consumption of food, grass and military supplies, the battle against Mo must be fast. As time goes by, I am worried that our country will be overwhelmed by so many troops."
Shangguan Yuanji's face straightened and he said hurriedly: "What the king said is exactly what I am worried about. Since the king is fully aware of the stakes, I am relieved."