Chapter 295: The Fan Family
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Yinhuan stopped Bi Tao: "How can the official family let you talk casually." ”
Li Feng'er waved her hand: "Don't worry, Yinhuan, I think what Bi Tao said makes some sense." ”
No one understands the character of the official family better than Li Feng'er, the official family is naturally fun-loving and noisy, can not care about a qiē rules and etiquette, and is also a little deviant, can do anything that is abnormal in the eyes of others, if it were not for the first emperor to entrust the country to him before his death, and put a heavy burden on him, it is impossible to say that the official family can finish the Dayong Jiangshan now.
The official family has great respect for the first emperor, and always remembers the words of the first emperor on his deathbed, so that he can restrain his own nature, be able to calm down to deal with court affairs, and try his best to defend the Dayong River.
His determination to protect the country and his deviant heart add up, which makes the officials very contradictory, and sometimes they will do some unexpected things, but Li Fenger understands that the officials are willing to try anything that will not be harmful to Dayong.
Harem concubines or something, if someone really gives an idea to the official family, the official family will be happy to listen.
"Lady?" Silverring was a little worried.
Li Feng'er smiled: "Don't worry, I know in my heart, this matter is not only the official family worried, I'm afraid that my brother-in-law is also worried, in the end, those muskets were improved by him and brought out with craftsmen, the muskets are gone, and my brother-in-law is not comfortable, not for anything else, just for my brother-in-law, I can't say that my sister will also think carefully of an idea." ”
Speaking of this, Li Feng'er showed a leisurely and fascination posture: "Counting the days, my sister-in-law has been pregnant for four months, and I don't know if my three nephews are good in her belly, how is my brother now?" How is the life of my sister and brother-in-law? Think about it, at this time last year, our family was still busy preparing for the New Year in Phoenix, who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, my brother and sister and I would be separated by this high palace wall, and we couldn't see it. ”
Bi Tao's heart was sour: "The lady Mo Duo has thought about it, that is, she has entered the palace wall, so she can't worry about the outside things anymore." ”
"That's what you said." Li Feng'er laughed: "After all, it is the path I have chosen, no matter how difficult it is, I have to go on." ”
She glanced at Yinhuan again: "Prepare pen and ink, I will write a letter to my sister personally." ”
Yinhuan agreed, after a while, the four treasures of the study room were ready, she rolled up her sleeves and gave Li Feng'er to polish the ink, Li Feng'er picked up the pen and thought for a while and wrote quickly, it didn't take long for a letter to be written, she waited for the ink on the letter to dry and then took the envelope and handed it to Yinhuan, and asked Yinhuan to send it out.
Not long after Yinhuan took the letter and went out, the official family came to Yongxin Palace.
Li Feng'er hurriedly greeted him, and after the official family entered the house, Li Feng'er looked at him with a bad face, and couldn't help worrying: "Your Majesty still hopes to take care of your body." ”
Emperor Deqing grabbed Li Feng'er's hand: "It's still Feng'er who thinks about me, and the people next to me will only ask me for this and that, and only Feng'er will persuade me to rest more." ”
Emperor Deqing is telling the truth, Li Fenger has never begged him for a reward, nor has he changed the law to ask for clothes and jewelry, and begged for officials and knights for his family.
In fact, it is no wonder that other concubines have a big family behind them, and for the sake of the family, they will try to blow as much as possible, but Li Feng'er has no good impression of the Li clan, so naturally she will not ask for things for the Li family who stayed in Fenghuang County, and secondly, Li Feng'er's brother is a fool, and of course she will not ask for an official for her brother.
As for Li Luan'er, Yan Chengyue is a person with a broken leg, and he is not allowed to be an official if he is disabled, but Yan Chengyue is really erudite and intelligent, and Emperor Deqing can't make a musket without him, so he was promised a position as a petty official in the Ministry of Industry, if Yan Chengyue can improve the musket better, and the court army will win the battle with the musket in the future, Yan Chengyue will naturally be meritorious, and when the time comes, Emperor Deqing can promise him some benefits with his military merits, which does not have to worry about Li Feng'er at all.
In addition, Li Luan'er and Li Chun are very doting on Li Feng'er's little sister, but they are worried about whether their sister is doing well in the palace, and they always want to give Li Feng'er something, and they never want to ask for anything with their sister-in-law, which also makes Li Feng'er a little desireless, and she can act more openly in the palace, and she is naturally more loved by Emperor Deqing.
Li Feng'er understood in her heart, but she would not explain it to Emperor Deqing in this way: "Your Majesty has come to me to rest, eat, and play, just the same, don't mention others." ”
The others in her words meant those concubines in the harem, Li Feng'er looked jealous when she said this, Emperor Deqing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "According to you, I won't say it in the future." ”
When Emperor Deqing sat down, Li Feng'er brought tea and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything embarrassing about Your Majesty?" ”
"Alas!" Emperor Deqing sighed, he thought that the matter of the musket was presided over by Yan Chengyue, and it didn't matter if he sued Li Feng'er, so he told these things in one go: "Today, both the Kingdom of Annam and the Kingdom of Baekje have sent envoys to arrive, and I want them to see the power of the musket, how do you know ......?"
Li Feng'er didn't have any good ideas, so she simply smiled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, they all say that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and it is impossible to say that there will be a good way for these envoys to be in the capital during this time." ”
"I hope so." Emperor Deqing smiled, and then put aside these annoying things: "Don't talk about this, Annan has paid tribute to many spices and some precious stones, and I will send them after a while, and Feng'er will pick them first." ”
"Then I'll thank you." Li Feng'er didn't push it, and he didn't say anything to ask the queen to pick it first, he accepted it very well, and Emperor Deqing nodded with satisfaction, what he wanted was a confidant who suited him, not the kind of virtuous wooden man.
Li Feng'er saw that Emperor Deqing's expression was still a little bad, so she asked with a smile: "What items did Annan and Baekje pay tribute this time?" I heard that the spices of Annan are very good, wait for me to pick some good ones, and make a sachet with His Majesty......"
"What can there be." Emperor Deqing shook his head: "It's good that these two poor places don't cry poor with me, what good things can they pay tribute, Annan is okay, in the end, spices and gems are worth some money, they should be specially picked out, and they can be regarded as having a heart, but Baekje has to cry poor with me every time he pays tribute, not only does he not pay tribute, but he wants to ask me for something." ”
When Li Feng'er heard this, she said angrily: "Baekje is also a country, how can you be so faceless and skinless, Your Majesty can't follow their wishes." ”
Emperor Deqing smiled: "In the end, Baekje can be regarded as deferential to our Dayong, so it doesn't hurt to give them more things." ”
While talking, but listening to the meaning of the little eunuch outside, Emperor Deqing announced that he came in, and saw a few eunuchs carrying a few large boxes in, and when he entered the house, he put the boxes on the ground and opened them, and saw a few boxes of spices, and a small box containing various colored gems.
Li Feng'er went over and took a look, looked at the spice in the same way, grabbed a handful of gems and looked at it for a while, then turned his head to look at Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, I see that this Annan country has no deference to us, this spice is not very good, it should be the most ordinary spice in Annan, gemstones...... I heard my godmother and sister say that the gems in Annan are not worth anything, they take these worthless things to pay tribute, and when they leave, their majesty will be rewarded with their richness, no wonder Annan often comes to pay tribute, but it turns out that people will be wronged by their majesty. ”
Speaking of this, Li Feng'er remembered something again: "Your Majesty, I also heard my godmother say that in the past few years, Baekje can be described as a good weather, it is a rare harvest year, how can you be so poor that you can't even prepare tribute things, this is also to coax Your Majesty." ”
Li Feng'er's words made Emperor Deqing furious: "Is this true? ”
"Nature." Li Feng'er nodded: "I can still coax His Majesty, if you don't believe it, Your Majesty will send someone to inquire about it." ”
Emperor Deqing's handsome face became gloomy, and he stood up poutingly: "I still have some things, I'll come to see Feng'er another day." ”
"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Li Feng'er sent Emperor Deqing outside the door: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, these envoys are here, and they will have to stay in the capital for some time, and Your Majesty has time to verify and take care of them." ”
Emperor Deqing felt a little better when he heard this.
He thought that since he ascended the throne, the country has asked for money everywhere, and he wants to govern this court well, so he restrained his desires, never spent a penny on the treasury, and whatever he wanted to do, he took it from his own private treasury, and even the rewards for his concubines were all spent on his own private treasury silver, so that the private silver left to him by the first emperor was almost bottomed out, and he had to make a deal with the Gu family, a merchant family, he was so short of money that he almost tightened his belt to live, but those foreign envoys still thought he was a fool, Trying to scrape a layer of oil off him.
That's it, he didn't even know that he had thought proudly that he was still good, at least a few of the vassals were respectful to him, and the tribute he brought was also rich, and this time he wanted to reward the other party generously, if it weren't for Feng'er's words, he couldn't say how much silver he would lose.
Thinking of his own private treasury, Emperor Deqing was distressed again, the emperor was also short of silver, and a poor emperor like him couldn't be laughed at.
"Yu Xi." Back at Wanshou Palace, Emperor Deqing called Tai Xi: "You go and ask someone to check the national situation of Baekje in Annam." ”
Yu Xi bowed his head and went out of the palace to find Gu Minglai, the Gu family's business is big, and they have business dealings with Annan and Baekje, if you want to know the situation of these two countries, you must take care of the family.
It's not just right, Li Luan'er and Mrs. Jin and Li Feng'er also knew about the things from the Gu family, Yu Xi asked Gu Ming about the situation between the two countries, Gu Ming naturally didn't dare to hide it, and said it 1510, almost the same as what Li Feng'er said.
Yu Xi was shocked when he heard this, and entered the palace with the news. R1152