Chrysanthemums are flying, and the leaves are falling. After the crisp autumn, the harsh winter of Chang'an City came.

Emperor Ming is old, and every winter, his joints hurt and his whole body is uncomfortable. Yuhuan knew that this was the rheumatism that many old people would get in their previous lives.

The imperial physician had no choice but to live in a greenhouse and often take a bath in the hot springs, which would greatly relieve the pain. Therefore, the Ming Emperor spent almost every winter in the palace on Lishan Mountain.

This is probably one of the reasons why the Ming Emperor favored the ministers in his later years and was not as diligent in political affairs as he was when he was young, right?

Yuhuan accompanied Emperor Ming in Lishan until March of the following year before returning to Chang'an. Jingzhong should be handed over to the crown prince Li Heng to be in charge. Li Heng was conscientious, but he was not arbitrary, no matter how big or small, he sent the report to the Lishan Palace every day. Emperor Ming was also very satisfied.

It's just that not long after they returned to the capital, the post officer of the Lishan Palace reported that the palace was in disrepair, and some of the buildings were decaying and unsuitable for living. Li Heng knew that Emperor Ming had to go to live every year, so he quickly reported the matter to Emperor Ming.

Emperor Ming convened his ministers to discuss the matter of reassembling the palace. The ministers were not very keen on this matter. In their eyes, the Lishan Palace is just a place for the emperor to enjoy himself, and it has nothing to do with him. Who would have nothing to do to ruin their reputation? So no one would take the job.

Household officials also claimed that there was not much silver left in the treasury. Although the Jizhou famine and the An Lushan Rebellion did not cause great damage to the country, they still consumed a large amount of treasury silver. The state must set aside some silver in case of emergency, and it is not possible to spend much money to carry out large-scale renovation of the Lishan Palace.

Emperor Ming did not want his ministers to know about his physical condition, and he was used to living in Lishan Palace every winter, where it was much more comfortable than staying in cold Chang'an.

And so things came to an impasse.

Lishan is an embroidered ridge, like a splendid splendor, green in all seasons, and the scenery is pleasant. Shanyong hot springs can be used to eliminate evil and disease. Since the Western Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago, it has been a fortunate place for the Son of Heaven. In his previous life, in order to curry favor with Emperor Ming and Yang Guifei, Li Linfu used a large amount of silver from the state treasury to build the famous Huaqing Palace on the basis of the palaces of previous dynasties.

Huaqing Palace leans on the mountain of Lifeng and builds, the scale is large, majestic and magnificent, and the pavilions and halls are all over the Lishan Mountain. There has been a poem that has been passed down to later generations to describe it: the palace of Huaqing is at the foot of the mountain, and the jade hall is connected with thousands of times.

This is also one of the evidence of the later Tang Ming Emperor's arrogance and lasciviousness, wasting people's fat and ointment. Although Emperor Tang Ming and Yang Yuhuan did not know how much money it cost to build Huaqing Palace in their previous lives, everything was done by Li Linfu.

Now that Li Linfu has been executed, Emperor Ming is going to do this in person. Although he knew that what Tobe said was true, the ministers also had their own reasons. But the disease is on oneself, and only one knows whether it is good or not. He created the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, can't he just want to spend a good winter? Just embezzle the treasury money to repair the palace, put aside the bad reputation, if it causes problems in other aspects of the country, this is also what he does not want to see.

It's really a dilemma! So the Ming Emperor has not been very happy since he came down to the early dynasty.

Yang Guozhong inquired about the situation in today's court, and handed over a waist card to ask for an audience before dinner that day.

Emperor Ming didn't know what Yang Guozhong was doing at this time. Although he gave Yang Guozhong a waist card so that he could enter the palace at any time, in fact, he did not abuse this power he gave him, except for entering the palace with other Yang family members every month for routine visits. This time he directly asked to see him, and although Emperor Ming was in a bad mood and didn't want to see him, he still allowed his audience.

"Wechen greets His Majesty!"

"Let's be even! Aiqing asks to see, what's the matter?" Emperor Ming got straight to the point and asked directly.

"Returning to His Majesty, Wechen heard that the Lishan Palace needed to be rebuilt, but there was not enough money in the treasury, so Wechen thought of a way not to use the silver from the national treasury, but also to make the Lishan Palace repaired, so as not to embarrass His Majesty. Therefore, Weichen dared to take this errand, and asked His Majesty to invite Weichen!" Yang Guozhong took a deep look and knelt on the ground.

Although he promised the concubine Niangniang to be honest and do her duty, if he had the opportunity to give full play to his talents openly, he would not let it go.

"Oh, what does Aiqing have in mind? Emperor Ming narrowed his eyes with interest.

"Returning to Your Majesty, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, my Tang Dynasty has been inherited for more than a hundred years, and the families of the ministers have also accumulated five generations. Now my Tang Dynasty is in its heyday, although there are still some people living in distress, but the nobles of all families are not short of money. It's just that because Lishan Xinggong has nothing to do with them, they don't bother to bother. If you can get all the nobles of all families to participate in this matter, they may not be willing to contribute money and efforts!"

"Kind of makes sense. How are you going to get them involved in this?" asked Emperor Ming, curling his beard, slowly.

Weichen thought that another layer of the outer hall could be built outside the Lishan Palace, and all officials with more than five grades could donate silver and bring their families to bathe and live in the outer hall. As for the specifications of the courtyard where they live, it is subject to the amount of silver donated by each family to the renovation of the palace. There is a lower limit for donating silver, and there is no upper limit.

Being able to bathe in the royal hot springs is both an honor and a pleasure. This is very tempting for those families who are not short of money. Yang Guozhong was confident and talked eloquently.

"And then use the money they donated to repair the inner and outer sanctuary together? You have a good idea, but what if the donated money is not enough?"

"Wechen can make a budget first and roughly estimate how much silver is needed. Then the courtyard of the outer hall is built into different specifications, and the minimum price of each house is determined according to the specifications and topography. The price of all the houses adds up to the silver we need. Let the nobles of all families bid together, and the highest price wins. Hot springs are very good for health preservation, there are many officials above the fifth grade, and Weichen estimates that every house will be snapped. ”

"Then if there are officials from poor families, won't they feel unjust?"

Wei Chen thought about this question. In addition, two more hot spring pools can be set up to bathe officials and their families who have been 'excellent' at the end of each year, and to appease officials whose families are not well-off. In this way, even if the really poor people do not have the money to buy a house, they can also get the grace of heaven through their own efforts, and there will be no grievances. ”

"You think comprehensively!" Emperor Ming squinted at Yang Guozhong and smiled.

This is an endorsement of what he meant.

Yang Guozhong was happy for a while, and immediately bowed down and said: "Weichen only wants to be able to share his worries for His Majesty, how dare he not do his best?"

"Okay, it's all a family, don't be polite!I have always felt that Aiqing is talented, and I really didn't disappoint me!" Emperor Ming stroked his beard and praised Yang Guozhong with a smile.

Although he sent someone to mention the people of the household department, don't treat this guy very favorably. But this guy is quite competitive, and in a short period of time, he was promoted from the "Wailang" of the household department to the "Duzhilang" of the fifth grade. Judging from the effect of his work, he is indeed relatively capable and often able to find his own way. The idea he came up with today is also wonderful.

It's just that Yuhuan has never wanted to let himself use the Yang family too much, otherwise it would be okay to directly give him a second-grade master. He has always been hesitant to promote the people he deserves, for example, Li Linfu......

Unconsciously thinking of Li Linfu, Emperor Ming's eyes darkened. It's been a long time since I thought of him. He was also very capable of doing things at the beginning, and he was vigorously promoted by himself and sat in the position of prime minister, and the result was ...... Or Yuhuan is right, it's better to take your time and not overpromote.

"Yuhuan has nothing to do recently, you go and talk to her!" Emperor Ming quickly calmed down the fluctuations in his heart, regained his composure, and gave Yang Guozhong a grace.

"Wechen Xie Majesty Xià Grace! I haven't seen him for a few days, and Wechen also misses his mother. Yang Guozhong begged for an errand, bowed and retreated, and ran to find Yuhuan in a hurry.

On the second day, Emperor Ming issued an edict to appoint Yang Guozhong as the secretary of the Lishan Palace, and he was responsible for the rebuilding of the Lishan Palace. Although Yang Guozhong was promoted, the Lishan Palace was a mess at the moment, and no one wanted to take over, so no one looked down on him, but most people had sympathy for him.

However, after Yang Guozhong asked Emperor Ming for the will to build an outer hall in the Lishan Palace for the ministers to live in, the officials knew that they were wrong. What kind of mess is this, this is a fat mess! It's a pity that I can't regret it.

After Yang Guozhong ordered his craftsmen to make the design drawings, he made full use of his three-inch incorruptible tongue and fooled many families to buy the courtyard of the outer hall at a large price. There are many springs in Lishan, and he led a few springs into these courtyards, telling them that this was a hot spring used by the emperor, which attracted them to compete for it. Moreover, the hot springs have a good effect on the health care of women and the elderly, and they can also be passed down as ancestral property, but no one feels that they are at a loss, but they all feel that they can buy it is a big advantage.

After this incident, Yang Guozhong's reputation for being able spread all over the world. He is capable and the cousin of the concubine, but he did not rely on nepotism, he honestly started as a six-grade official, and slowly rose step by step, and was rumored to be honest and capable.

After picking up Yang Guozhong's matter, he also pulled the rest of the Yang family by the way, and found that they were very low-key, modest and polite, generous and benevolent, as the emperor's favorite concubine's family, there was no pampered and arrogant evil behavior, it was really rare!

As a result, the Yang family has a good reputation among officials and ordinary people.

In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the seventieth birthday of the Ming Emperor is approaching.

Li Heng wanted to hold a grand birthday banquet for Emperor Ming. Life is rare for seventy years. At this time, it is not easy to live to this age.

But what did my father lack? He lacked nothing. Datang Guotai and Min'an, don't worry about him. Over the years, under the skillful reconciliation of the concubine, there has long been no estrangement between the royal family, and they have enjoyed the joy of father and son like ordinary people. There is nothing to worry about inside and outside the court, if there is any regret, probably he still lacks a queen!

Then help push it yourself!