To be honest, the biggest beneficiary of the Imperial Household is your Majesty yourself.
Li Xingchen's expression of asking for credit certainly left Yuan Lexhang speechless.
But this guy is used to being shameless, so you can't really do anything to him.
Yu Chizhen said with a smile beside him: "Since Your Majesty is so reluctant, the inner government should take a step back. With the support of Nanyang's gold veins, at least in the past two years, we don't have to worry about whether there will be financial constraints, etc.
Let’s wait and see after these two years. Your Majesty often says, ‘There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.’ By then, other gold or silver mines may have been discovered. Sister Shang’er, do you think so?”
Yuan Leshang couldn't help but nod: "That makes sense."
"This can't be done!" Li Xingchen immediately and decisively objected.
Are you kidding me? If the imperial government ran out of money, then wouldn't all Li Xinchen's arrangements over the years be in vain?
"It's easy to talk about it if His Majesty has the golden words." Yuan Leshang said with a smile.
"Okay, how dare you play tricks on me?" Li Xinchen immediately pretended to be angry.
Yuan Lexhang also pretended to be frightened and looked at Li Xingchen pitifully.
Li Xingchen hugged her from behind, leaned into Yuan Lexhang's ear, and said something in a low voice. Yuan Lexhang suddenly stopped pretending to be pitiful and pushed her: "Your Majesty has so many bad thoughts every day!"
Li Xingchen chuckled.
Yu Chizhen, who was next to him, didn't know what the two of them said, and was about to ask, but when he saw Yuan Leshang's evasive eyes, and his slightly red cheeks, he thought of what Li Xingchen once said to him, Yuchi
Zhen reacted immediately, and her face was also full of joy.
"Your Majesty, I would like to see Bao Xing, Secretary of the Han Dynasty and Supervisor of the Great Han Dynasty!" Bao Xing's voice sounded outside the door.
Yuan Leshang and Yu Chizhen immediately stopped talking. Bao Xing would never be so formal when asking for an audience, and as Li Xingchen's secretary supervisor, he did not need to deliberately report when he went in and out of the front tent, even if he knew that His Majesty and the two concubines were with each other.
Among them, this also seems a bit formal.
This shows that Bao Xing must have been persuaded by Cui Shiji, and now he comes to see Li Xinchen thinking that Cui Shiji is asking for mercy.
Yuan Lexhang said in a low voice: "Concubine Chen and sister Yuchi, please step aside."
Li Xingchen nodded slightly. When the Cui family of Qinghe was in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasty, of course they had many connections with Xianbei wealthy families such as the Yuan family and the Yuchi family. Therefore, Yuan Leshang and Yuchi Zhen naturally had to avoid suspicion.
Of course, the Cui family of Qinghe is the representative of the Jizhou family, and the Jizhou family is an important part of the northern family. Now as to whether to accept the Jizhou family into the Han system, or to directly turn them into ordinary people, in the Han
There was still controversy in the Han Dynasty. The southern officials certainly believed that the Jizhou family was not helpful to the Han Dynasty, so there was no need to be nice to them.
For the northern officials, who are already at a disadvantage, they certainly hope to gain more support from northerners. The Jizhou family is a good choice. They have basically been squeezed dry by Yu Wenxian, so they will definitely have a negative impact on the rest of the northerners.
The officials obeyed, so the northern officials led by Yang Su and others naturally argued for the benefits of accepting the Jizhou family for the stabilization of Jizhou and Youzhou. The southern officials could not directly refute it now, so this matter has remained deadlocked here.
, someone has even proposed the same solution as the solution to the Hedong Family.
The Hedong family was relatively active in submitting to the Han Dynasty. In the end, in order to prevent the Hedong family from becoming a self-contained family like in history, and sometimes even daring not to take the court seriously, Li Xingchen focused on recruiting those headed by the Wang family of Taiyuan who were about to decline or
The children of a small family who have not yet risen to prominence, but for a large and powerful family like the Wenxi Pei family, they adhere to the method of not arranging real power positions as much as possible.
As the head of the Wenxi Pei family, Pei Ju finally only obtained the position of headmaster of Longmen Academy. Although this affirmed Pei Ju's knowledge and governance ability, this Longmen Academy, which was the same as Taixue, could only lead Pei Ju to
Even though he had a high reputation, he could not help him or help Wenxi Pei succeed in the officialdom.
So naturally some people suggested that the Cui family of Qinghe should be established, and those who were from small aristocratic families or poor families in Jizhou should be promoted and appointed.
Before the Han Dynasty had cultivated so many talents, especially those from Jizhou, these aristocratic families were definitely better at understanding Jizhou. Therefore, it was not unreasonable to appoint talents from these aristocratic families.
However, the southern officials certainly objected to this opinion. The Hedong family was able to be reused because they did provide enough help when the Han Dynasty attacked Hedong. Don't you see, many aristocratic families almost emptied their own treasures to prepare for the war.
Help the Han army. But what about the Jizhou family? What actions can they take?
Although this statement may seem unfair to the Jizhou family whose entire family fortune was robbed by Yu Wenxian, it is also an indisputable fact.
So why should we treat them favorably?
Such disputes have been rampant since the Han army crossed the river, but because most senior officials still focused their attention on the battle situation in front of them - the ever-changing battle situation may subvert any seemingly reasonable plan they had thought of at any time.
Therefore, there is no use in arguing about these. But now that the Han Dynasty has gradually settled the situation, this kind of dispute cannot but be taken seriously.
The Yuan family and the Yuchi family, who were already embarrassed by their status, naturally would not let themselves get involved in such a dispute between the north and the south. Most of the northern officials headed by Yang Su were dissatisfied with the Xianbei people or were not interested in it themselves.
If the Yuan family and the Yuchi family take the initiative to join the officials, they may not really regard them as their own. However, these officials in the south will naturally become hostile to these two families, which is not worth the gain.
Therefore, it is better to hold His Majesty's thigh tightly and secure his status as a royal relative, so that officials from the south or the north would not dare to do anything to them.
Yuchizhen was actually still very curious about how Li Xingchen would deal with the Cui family of Qinghe, but she also knew that some things could be asked when she was with His Majesty at night, but now was definitely not the time, let alone directly in front of Bao Xing and Cui Shiji.
Let her listen.
After Yuan Lexhang and Yu Chizhen went to the back tent, Li Xingchen asked Bao Xing to come in.
Not only Bao Xing came, but also a middle-aged man who looked haggard.
It goes without saying that it must be Cui Shiji.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Bao Xing." Bao Xing immediately fell to the ground.
"Cui Shiji, a common man in Qinghe, bows before your majesty!" Cui Shiji also prostrated himself.
"Pingshen." Li Xingchen pretended to be reading the memorial. At this time, he raised his head casually and looked at Cui Shiji curiously and playfully, but did not speak to him. "Aiqing, you are here for something."