After that, he thought for a while and said: "The money needed for repairs should be spent from the inner treasury!"
The Tang Dynasty was poor, and the treasury could not afford the money to repair the palace, but Li Xuan could not let Empress Dowager Bai, Dong Yunyun and Ye live in dilapidated buildings. If the treasury had no money, he would have to use
My own personal money.
Yes, the Tang Dynasty, like the Ming Dynasty, had a financial system that was divided into the national treasury and the internal treasury. The money in the former belonged to the state, while the money in the latter belonged to the royal family, or to be more precise, it belonged to the emperor's private money.
The money from the national treasury comes from taxes, while the money from the internal treasury comes from a variety of sources. First of all, there is a payment from the tax department, which is used for the living expenses of the royal family. However, this number is not large, and the income is relatively large.
The most important thing was to seize the family wealth of the Ming Dynasty officials who refused to surrender, and the wealthy gentry families. This part did not belong to the state treasury, but went directly to the inner treasury. In addition, there were also some donations from the demoted officials of the Ming Dynasty and donations from the wealthy gentry families.
However, in the past, the distinction between the national treasury and the internal treasury was not obvious. As soon as there was money, it was immediately filled into the bottomless pit of the army. After entering Xingquan Mansion, the Tang Dynasty raided the homes of many recalcitrant Ming army officials and gentry families.
In addition, some wealthy gentry people donated a lot of money on their own initiative in order to survive or to get a part-time official position.
Therefore, a lot of money has been accumulated in the inner treasury in the past few days. Most of it goes in with the left hand and goes out with the right hand, directly used as military expenses, but there is still a small part left, which can barely be spent on repairing a house and maintaining the royal family.
Strong enough is enough.
Huo Shouqi nodded slightly and said, "I obey your order!"
Li Xuan raised his feet and continued walking out, but after taking just two steps, he suddenly stopped again: "By the way, have you found the Dong family?"
When Huo Shouqi heard Li Xuan's sudden question, he had an unexpected reaction for a moment. However, as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, although he had been with Li Xuan for less than half a month, he was not stupid and he naturally understood many things.
Yes, he was stunned for a moment and then quickly realized that the Dong family his Majesty mentioned was the natal family of the Empress, Dong Yunyun.
The Dong family is a scholarly family in Zhengtai County, and there are still people in the family serving as officials in the imperial court. However, after the puppet Tang rebels broke out in Zhengtai County last year, in order to avoid the disaster, the family had already moved to Xingquan Fucheng, so there was no
People from the Dong family can be found in Zhengtai County.
But after entering Xingquan Fucheng, they still couldn't find anyone from the Dong family.
The Dong family was Dong Yunyun's natal family, and Li Xuan couldn't ignore it, so he ordered his subordinates to search for traces of the Dong family, but he didn't get any clues and couldn't find it after several days of searching.
Huo Shouqi said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I have sent people to look for it and found several clues. There is news that the Dong family only stayed in a friend's house in Xingquan Mansion for half a month, and then left the friend's house and went on their own.
After purchasing a house, we found the house where the Dong family stayed, but we only found some servants who were looking after the house. The Dong family disappeared on the day we entered Fucheng. We guessed that the Dong family might have gone into hiding like other wealthy families.
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The puppet Tang thief army entered Xingquan Fucheng. The gentry and wealthy people in Xingquan Fucheng were in panic. Some people were waiting to be killed, some wanted to escape from the city, and some were hiding, especially if there were people at home.
Many of the gentry families serving as officials in the court went into hiding.
It's not surprising that the Dong family is hiding. After all, they don't know that their eldest daughter has become the queen of the puppet Tang bandit army.
In fact, so far, the outside world's understanding of the Tang Dynasty is very limited, and most of it is superficial. For example, many people know the names of Li Erbi, Li Xuan and his son, but you have to ask Li Xuan's wife, the pseudonym
You have to wonder what the name of the empress of the Tang Dynasty was. At most, she only knew the two words "Dong".
In order to protect the Dong family, Li Xuan would not stupidly let people claim that Dong Yunyun was the daughter of the Dong family in Zhengtai County, because once this news spread, the Dong family would most likely be confiscated and exterminated by the imperial court, especially if
It is 100% certain that Dong's father, who is an official in Jiangnan, will be questioned by the court.
The daughter of the Dong family became the queen of the puppet Tang bandit army. This is not bad. The Dong family must die if they don't die!
"Is it possible that they have left the city?" Li Xuan continued to ask: "If they have left the city, it would be difficult to find them!"
Huo Shouqi said: "There is a possibility, and it is not small. After our king's division entered the city, in order to clear out the remaining soldiers in the city and demote officials, the city was closed for the first three days. However, after the city was lifted, although we still closed the city to the big families
There is some control, but many people have gone out of the city, including many wealthy families who have disguised themselves and gone out of the city! It is possible that the Dong family also went out of the city among the people leaving the city!"
Li Xuandao: "Keep looking. It's best to find it one day early, otherwise, the Dong family will be in danger!"
Huo Shouqi nodded and said: "I obey the order and will instruct the people below to find the Dong family as soon as possible!"
The people of the Dong family today probably don’t know that their eldest daughter became the queen of the Tang Dynasty, so they ran away. However, if this matter is publicized, the Dong family may end up very bad. Find them early to avoid the Dong family.
It is a good thing if people fall into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the Dong family's troubles are troublesome, Li Xuan honestly doesn't take them too seriously. Now he is busy with so many things every day. If there are people below to find out about the Dong family's affairs, he won't be the one to do so.
Stare every day, because even if he stares every day, it's useless.
Li Xuan didn't know that at this moment, in a farm about thirty miles outside Xingquanfu City, several men with ordinary clothes, but whose temperament was different from ordinary people, were frowning. On the table in front of them
Although the tea was still full, it had already cooled down.
These men are old and young, and they all reveal the aura of wealth and wealth that ordinary people in this era do not have.
The leader was an old man who was about sixty years old. He had a sullen face and didn't know what he was thinking. Next to the old man, there was a middle-aged man in his forties with a pale complexion. He closed his eyes slightly and occasionally sighed.
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In addition, there are two young people, the younger one is about fifteen or sixteen years old, sitting a little restless, looking around from time to time, as if he is afraid of something, the older one looks about eighteen or nineteen years old, although he looks very calm
, he didn’t look around with a look of fear on his face, but occasionally you could still see a little panic flashing across his face.
When the young man of about eighteen or nineteen years old was pouring hot tea for everyone, the door was pushed open from the outside. Everyone looked outside the door and saw a young man wearing a blue cloth robe walking in.
The man has a Chinese character face, a medium build, and a tired look on his face, but even though he is tired, his steps are still steady.
After the young man walked in, the old man sitting above spoke: "An'er, are everything settled?"
Dong Songan immediately stepped forward and said: "Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson has settled everyone down, and asked the people in the manor to prepare meals. If you wait a little longer, you can have hot meals!"
The old man nodded slightly: "Well, you did a good job!"
The middle-aged man next to the old man also said: "An'er, you have worked hard along the way. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid our whole family would have encountered disaster in the swordsmanship!"
Speaking of this, he showed a trace of self-blame: "It's all my fault, otherwise I wouldn't have left you, An'er, busy all by yourself!"
Perhaps because he was speaking in a hurry, the middle-aged man suddenly coughed violently. The young man of 18 or 19 next to him immediately stepped forward and patted his back gently: "Dad, what's wrong with you!"
"Second uncle!" Dong Songan also took two steps forward: "Are you okay?"
The middle-aged man continued to cough, waved his hands, and said intermittently: "No...it's okay, I...Dong Bode still...can't die!"
The old man above looked at Dong Bode who kept coughing and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he sighed and said nothing.
After Dong Bode stopped coughing, the handkerchief he used to cover his mouth was already stained with blood.
At this moment, the old man spoke again: "I'm tired from the journey. Let's settle down in this village for a while. You all can go back and rest!"
At this time, everyone started to get up and leave, but 'An'er' did not get up, and looked at the old man with a meaningful look. The old man glanced at Dong Songan briefly, and then said: "An'er stays!"
After the other three people walked out, the old man said, "An'er, is there anything else?"
After Dong Songan heard this, he still did not speak immediately, but showed hesitation on his face. After a long time, he hesitated and said: "Grandpa, my grandson heard some rumors outside, I don't know whether to say it or not!
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But Old Man Dong stopped and said, "You are the eldest son of my Dong family. The future of this Dong family will be yours. You can say whatever you want!"
Dong Songan took a deep breath at this time and said: "My grandson recently heard that the pseudo-concubine of the pseudo-Tang thief army is named Dong, and there are rumors that the pseudo-concubine of the pseudo-Tang thief army is a lady from a scholarly family.
And he’s from Chint!”
After hearing this, Old Man Dong frowned and murmured: "The daughter of the Dong family who comes from a scholarly family is still a member of Zhengtai!"
After muttering a few words, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and then he raised his head and looked at Dong Songan: "What do you want to say?"
Dong Songan lowered his voice and said: "Grandpa, don't you think this is too much of a coincidence? The servants who escaped at the time said that the third sister was kidnapped by a group of bandits. And there are not many Dong clan members in Zhengtai County.
Besides our family, who else can be from a scholarly family?"
At this time, Old Man Dong immediately waved his hand and said, "An'er, be careful what you say!"
As he spoke, he said in a very serious tone: "Your third sister, Yun'er, she died of the cold the year before last!"
Dong Songan also wanted to say: "But..."
However, before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Old Man Dong. Old Man Dong stared at Dong Songan and said in a louder tone: "An'er!"
Dong Songan looked at Old Man Dong's expression and finally sighed and stopped talking!