After lunch, the steward eunuch of the Imperial Brewery was standing in the verandah with a few cronies and chatting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Before he could say a few words, he saw the little eunuch of the old gate running over in a panic: "Back to my father-in-law, the concubine has arrived at the door, and the horse is about to come in!" ”

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Brewery was taken aback at first, and then said disappreciatively: "The concubine is really a rare guest!" It's the first time you've come here, right? Speaking of which, he looked around and said, "You can all be clever for me." The concubine doesn't care what we want, you all take the best! Do you understand? ”

The eunuchs nodded hurriedly and said, "Don't worry, father-in-law, we have all written it down!" ”

At this time, Yun Yang had already walked to the front hall, and she couldn't help but sneer when she saw the eunuchs of the Imperial Brewery gathering together to talk from a distance.

After welcoming Yunyang into the main hall, the steward eunuch of the Imperial Brewery stood in front of Yunyang and said, "The old slave is stupid, I don't know what the noble concubine came to call today?" ”

Yunyang was not in a hurry, and slowly told Xie Ronghua how he misused the mash.

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Brewery pondered while listening: "It seems that the noble concubine Niangniang came to ask the master to ask for guilt, then I must find a way to settle this matter." ”

Thinking of this, the steward eunuch preemptively said: "The noble concubine Niangniang is aware that it has recently entered early summer, and the climate is hot, and these things can't be put down. When the palace maid of Zenglan Palace came to pick it up, it must have been the eunuch below who was not doing well, and mistakenly sent out the old mash to fresh. Niangniang rest assured, the old slave will be severely punished as a eunuch to ensure that such a thing will not happen in the future. ”

Yunyang had expected him to say this, so he smiled faintly: "This is the best." ”

The reason why Yunyang is so reluctant is because she understands that this one thing can't be found.

The root of the matter of the Imperial Brewery lies with the eunuch in charge, but how easy is it to make this old fritter show its original form?

So Yunyang asked directly: "Bring your account book here for this year to this palace!" ”

The eunuch in charge chuckled in his heart, and his smile froze on his face: "Hui Niangniang, these account books are all the purpose of the queen's mother." The queen mother also watched it once before leaving the palace......"

Yunyang glanced at him coldly: "What, what's the secret in the ledger?" If the queen can see it, the palace can't see it! ”

"The mother laughed, what is the secret? The old slave will fetch it for you. The eunuch in charge knew that he would definitely not be able to escape today, so he simply did what Yunyang wanted.

After bringing the account book, Yunyang took it and immediately flipped it over. The so-called don't know if you don't see it, and you are shocked when you see it. The ledger records the whereabouts of all the sake that has left the brewery in the past few months.

"Linhua Hall has a Chinese New Year's Eve feast, and the imperial wine is forty-five pounds. Mingguang Hall Lantern Festival feast once, for example, with 45 catties of imperial wine. Changxin Palace prepares meals, two taels of wine a day, twelve catties of wine in the first two months, and receives the holy decree after March, which is canceled. Zongmiao Shuowang, sacrifices, festivals, etc., each time with ten catties of imperial wine, a total of fifty catties. The imperial pharmacy combines medicines, and uses ten catties of imperial wine. Longkang Palace feasted ten times, with 830 catties of imperial wine. Qi Ao Palace feasted three times, with 34 catties of royal wine......"

When Yunyang saw this, his eyebrows were already slightly raised. She remembered that during the Spring Festival, there were several banquets in the Qiao Palace where palace people got together to drink and order. At the time, I didn't think much of it, but now it seems that I used so much imperial sake.

"But when the emperor eats by himself, the preparation of wine is withdrawn." Yun Yang said silently in his heart.

Then she picked up a ledger, which remembered the amount of glutinous rice that had been used as a raw material for brewing in various places in the past two years.

"Suzhou Mansion last year was 1,203 stones, 280 stones, and 415 stones. This year, there are 1,182 stones, 256 stones, and 368 stones. Last year, Songjiang Mansion was 1,423 stones, 325 stones, and 630 stones. This year, the rice is 1326 stones, the rice consumption is 236 stones, and the rice is 452 stones......"

Positive rice refers to white ripe glutinous rice, and spring rice refers to hulled spring rice. In addition to the early release of rice according to the original amount, it is also necessary to pay warehouse consumption and military consumption rice.

Yun Yang looked at this account book, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable: "It is clearly written in black and white, the number of raw materials for the imperial wine workshop in various places has been reduced, and the emperor has also reduced the amount of wine used in Changxin Palace." It can be seen that the emperor is also stretched thin when he uses money. ”

Although I knew some such news when I was in Qiao Palace, I didn't really take it to heart, and I held several banquets in a row. In fact, I didn't really drink much at that time, most of them were left, and they were poured out the next day. ”

Yunyang closed the ledger, looking heavy and lonely. Originally, I came to investigate the private pockets of the Imperial Wine Workshop, but I didn't expect to find out the old thing about the loose use of Qi Ao Palace first.

The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Wine Workshop watched Yunyang flip through the account book page by page, and knew that this noble concubine was not a person who was easy to coax.

"It seems that this time it is more auspicious and less auspicious, looking at the concubine's expression, she should understand everything." The eunuch in charge knelt down and thought tremblingly.

Unexpectedly, after Yunyang was silent for a while, his tone suddenly softened.

"My father-in-law is old, so it is not appropriate to kneel for a long time, get up and talk back." Yun Yang said kindly.

After seeing the father-in-law in charge stand up, Yunyang also stood up: "After several major battles in Pingnan and the north, Daqi has greatly increased its national prestige, but it has also consumed a lot of money in the treasury. This palace knows that there are not many items in the Imperial Wine Workshop, except for the salary, there is only one item......

As soon as Yun Yang said this, the eunuch in charge changed his face in fright: "Niang Niang Mingcha, the old slave has never had the idea of Zhengmi, and he has never been a prisoner and a self-thief. ”

Yun Yang smiled: "Since my father-in-law said so, this palace will also believe you." It's just that the palace has something to say ahead, and the number of rice coming in from all over the country is getting smaller and smaller, and I don't know how long this kind of day will last. But no matter how long it takes, the emperor is holding on, and the palace and you, as the people of the harem, must also accompany the emperor to hold on. What about a few years of tight life? It's not like you haven't been? ”

The eunuch in charge had already understood what Yunyang meant at this time, and said in a red voice: "What Niangniang admonished is that the old slave was negligent. ”

"Don't be afraid of negligence for a while, just change it. Just don't cut corners for your own momentary extravagance and shoddy. This is the imperial palace, and all the people who live around the emperor live there, and none of them have nothing to do with the royal family. If you watch people serve food again, and even want to bully the master, it is really stupid! ”

The eunuch in charge immediately kowtowed: "Niang Niang Mingjian, today's incident is just an accident, and the old slave will definitely be on a twelve-point spiritual errand in the future." If this kind of thing happens again, the old slave will definitely ask for punishment from the palace rules! ”