Chapter 67 The Crown Prince Encountered Financial Difficulties
One day later, their group took turns to rest. Li Siye went home directly wearing a cloth back armor and a thousand-niu knife on his waist. He stood at the gate of the courtyard and smiled at Li Mei'er again: Mei'er, come here and take a look! "
"Brother becomes a prince and leads a thousand bulls. Let's see if he is majestic or handsome."
Li Mei'er didn't run over, but two old maids hurriedly came up to him and praised him: "The armor A Lang wears really fits well and is really majestic. I don't look like a guard at all, but more like someone from the Daming Palace."
The gatekeeper general!"
"Yeah," Li Siye nodded and walked in. Mei'er was holding the slingshot he had repaired and shooting stones at the pigeons that landed on the eaves.
He put his hands on her shoulders, turned her body upright, lowered his head and asked: "Don't play around first, take a good look at your brother, is he handsome or not? Is he majestic or not?"
Only then did Li Meier focus on him and said perfunctorily: "Well, he is very majestic and can become a general."
Li Siye was very dissatisfied with this answer, but he could not improve Li Meier's standard of prestige, so he had to go back to the house and take off his armor.
That night when he returned home, he had a sumptuous dinner. Li Siye went out and bought preserved fruits and meat, as well as dough for making soup cakes, and brought a jar of wine for himself.
When Li Siye was eating, he ordered two maidservants to come over to eat with chopsticks. However, they refused to come over and just stood and served. They said that when the master was eating, slaves could not serve the table, otherwise they would be overstepping their bounds.
Rules are a violation of etiquette. If this matter spreads, no one will dare to use them again.
He didn't think so deeply. He didn't expect that a simple matter of eating could be taken to such an extent. When people live in a certain society, they need to obey everything in this society. He cannot change all the customs.
, this involves more than apostasy.
After Li Siye and Mei'er had finished eating, the two old maids went to eat. They took their rice bowls and hid in the west wing, talking and whispering.
"I heard that I, Alang, are also poor and have never been an official before."
"Oh, no wonder, I don't even understand why slaves can't eat with their masters. Such a master's family really doesn't have any rules. It's far worse than the Cui family where we used to work."
Li Siye stood outside the yard and heard the conversation between the two. He smiled helplessly. It was not that others had to adapt, but it seemed that he had to adapt.
In the dead of night, Li Siye was lying on the wooden couch, with Li Meier, who had a chubby face lying next to him, snoring slightly.
When Li Meier woke up and turned around, she saw Li Siye looking up at the ceiling. She asked curiously: "Brother, why don't you sleep?"
"I can't sleep, I'm thinking about something." He stared blankly for a while, and suddenly asked Li Meier: "These two old maids, are they reliable?"
"It should be reliable."
Li Siye asked again: "Have they done anything suspicious, such as finding ways to find money everywhere, or doing things behind your back?"
Li Meier shook his head: "Probably not."
Li Siye finally asked: "Do you think their behavior after I come home is much different from their usual behavior?"
This is a very critical issue. You two old maids, don't blame Li Siye for being picky.
"There is a little difference, but not big."
"Very good," was the answer Li Siye wanted. Li Meier was still young and did not have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil. He had to keep this barrier in check and never allow people with evil intentions to appear in his home. This was also
The reason why he is willing to hire these two old maids.
Early the next morning, Li Siye set out after the curfew ended and headed for the East Palace of the Imperial City. He no longer needed the eunuchs to accompany him, and the route was already clear. However, the entire journey was too far. It took him more than half an hour to reach the East Palace.
Under the Jiafu family.
The people led by the East Palace Gate Supervisor saw him take out the token before letting him enter the city gate. This was the case for three consecutive city gates.
He went directly to the Prince You Nei Lie's Mansion to perform the counting ceremony. Cao Jue and Chang Shi Chongchun were not there, and only a deputy leader sat in the main hall to perform the duties in his place. After he reported his name and performed the counting ceremony, he
Go and wait in the check-in room.
A group of people looked worriedly in the direction of Jiade Hall, standing at the door with their heads twitching, and occasionally whispering. Li Siye was curious, so he walked over and asked, "What happened?"
"I don't know." The person who answered him still stood on tiptoes and looked around: "I heard that the prince has been gloomy since he came back from the previous court. Whoever comes to him will be scolded. Now he has called all the leaders and Zhan Shi to the Jiade Hall for discussion.
Something terrible must have happened."
Li Siye also followed the others and watched at the window for a while, then returned to the check-in room and sat leisurely.
No matter how big something happens to the prince, they don't need to worry about it. There are Zhan Shi, guests and other think tanks around the prince. Even if they really want to help, they are afraid that it won't be their turn.
Prince Li Ying was sitting in the Jiade Hall at the moment, with a gloomy look on his face. His naturally gloomy face was probably caused by years of worries.
He raised his head and looked down at Zhan Shi, the guests, and the military attachés in the East Palace. Apart from looking at his toes, these people had no idea at all.
Li Ying patted the Quzu case hard, pointed at the crowd and asked, "You guys are talking! Even if it's a bad idea, come up with one for me."
Zhan Shi had to stand up and speak at this time. The four guests of Prince Li Ying were all old scholars. When he asked them about etiquette and consulted classics, the old masters could still answer fluently. But when it came to the issue of financial arrears, the scholars were all confused.
As a layman, he, Zhan, might as well know things better.
"Your Highness, the expenses of the East Palace in the first half of the year are within controllable range. Even if the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs come to check the accounts, there will be no big problems. It's just that in the past three months, Your Highness has frequently organized polo matches and purchased goods from various places.
Good horses, the number of horses in the Palace Stables and Animal Husbandry Department has long exceeded the quota, and the staffing has also exceeded the quota. Therefore, it owes a large amount of money to the Taifu Temple treasury, a total of 6.3 million yuan, which is not a huge sum.
It’s a small amount, Your Highness.”
Li Ying frowned and said: "I know all this! I asked you to think of a way, think of a way! It's my business! Why don't you all say anything!"
"Your Highness," Zhan Shi hesitated for a moment, then took a step forward and crossed his arms and said, "As for the current plan, we can only find a middleman to pull out the excess horses in the Stable and Animal Husbandry Department and sell them, which can fill some of the vacancies.
"
As soon as Zhan Shi mentioned selling horses, Li Ying's head got bigger. These good horses in the stable were all good horses that he had brought back from various places. How could he be willing to sell them, not to mention that the horse market was falling and prices were depressed at this time.
At this time, these good horses in the stable must be sold at a low price if they want to get urgent money!