——Kaifeng Yanfu Palace

"Official, look here, these two small pavilions, respectively named Yuying Pavilion, Yujian Pavilion, that side is the city wall, we piled up a mountain behind the city wall, it is full of apricot trees, it is called Xinggang, both sides are thatched pavilions, bamboo cultivation, the most elegant." Yang Jianmei said to Zhao Ji with a smile.

Zhao Ji looked at the Yanfu Palace, which has been built for eight or nine years, nodded slightly, this is the first national project he began to preside over after the death of the Empress Dowager, Yanfu Palace is the royal daily play place, located outside the palace, but because the emperors of the Song Dynasty are more frugal, so the scale has not been large, and Zhao Ji reigned, immediately dissatisfied with this small and boring palace, so he looked at Yanfu Palace, Cai Jing also took this opportunity to do what he liked, united Tong Guan, Yang Jian, Jia Shen, He Su, Lan Congxi and other five great eunuchs respectively supervised the construction of five palaces, you compete for curiosity, I fight for skill, pursue luxury, regardless of labor and wealth. The palace pavilions and pavilions in the palace are endless, the chiseled pond is the sea, and the spring is the lake. bronze sculptures such as birds and beasts, in a variety of postures; Jiabao famous trees and strange rocks and rocks, poor and strange.

But the result of this is that money is constantly consumed, and the huge wealth accumulated from Shenzong to Zhezong is constantly consumed.

Zhao Ji came to Xinggang, looked around, and found that there are still many places are potholes, the spring here is half chiseled, the attic over there has laid a foundation, and then the bridge over there has not even been transported to the materials, and he couldn't help but look at Yang Jian and said, "Why is the construction progress so slow, so it drags on, do you have to wait for twenty or thirty years to see the completion of this Yanfu Palace?" At that time, will the widow still have the strength to play? ”

Yang Jian hurriedly explained, "The officials, it's not that the little ones don't care, it's really difficult for this clever woman to have no rice cooking, there is no balance in the inner treasury, and Zhang Xianggong refuses to allocate money from the treasury... The little ones can't do it. ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, there was only a treasury, but when the various separatist forces were exterminated, the Song Dynasty seized a large number of materials, and Song Taizu took into account that the country often had sudden military expenditures or famine relief expenditures, and placed these materials in another warehouse, called the Sealing Pile Library, Song Taizu even said to his close ministers that when he had enough 5 million yuan, he would go to buy back the Youyun Sixteen Prefectures from the Khitan. If the Khitan doesn't agree, they will use the money to recruit troops and horses to get it back. But Song Taizu's ambition has not yet been realized, and it is unknown to the Song Taizong period.

After Song Taizong ascended the throne, it was renamed the Inner Treasury, which is also commonly known as the Inner Treasury, this Inner Treasury and the Treasury are completely separated, when the Treasury has no money, the Imperial Treasury will borrow money from the Inner Treasury, less than one million, more than two or three million when more, if it can't be replaced for several years, it will be crossed out and not repaid.

Of course, this was when the inner library was abundant, from Song Taizu to Song Zhezong, this inner library was abundant most of the time, but in the Zhao Ji period, whether it was the construction of Yanfu Palace or Huashigang or Zhao Ji's daily extravagant life, it was extremely expensive. In the past, in order to win Zhao Ji's trust, Cai Jing thought that the treasury and the treasury had a lot of savings, and no matter how defeated Zhao Ji was, he couldn't be defeated, after all, he was just one person, how much could he eat? How much to drink? How much to wear? So Cai Jing was very confident that he would serve Zhao Ji comfortably, but when Zhao Ji began to display his artistic talent, Cai Jing realized that he really underestimated his official family. A few years of extravagant life have made both the treasury and the inner treasury run away from rats, which is one of the reasons why Cai Jing changed his method to collect money.

And the current prime minister is Zhang Shangying, although he has no good way to reform the finances, but in order to show the difference with Cai Jing, he is constantly abolishing the wealth collection law of Cai Jing's period, which makes the fiscal revenue decreasing day by day, when Zhao Ji hinted that he hoped that the treasury could allocate money to him to repair the Yanfu Palace, Zhang Shangying blocked it back with no money in the treasury, which also made Zhao Ji more and more dissatisfied with Zhang Shangying.

Zhao Ji's face was a little gloomy, but he still couldn't help but say, "Now the court is also short of money.... In the past, the Taishi could think of a way, can't you? ”

This sentence almost made Yang Jian cry, this Cai Jing is a minister, he is a minister, his way to make money is just to collect some bribes, and if he wants to embezzle public funds, he has to nod Zhang Shangying, where does he want to make money?

Zhao Ji didn't care about these, he patted the apricot tree next to him and said, "The widow doesn't care about anything else, just look at the result, Yang Jian, you are my close person, Mo Yan doesn't give you a chance, within ten days, the widow wants you to think of a way, if the progress of this Yanfu Palace slows down like this, the widow can let Jia Shen and others try to see if they have any good way." ”

Zhao Ji rarely speaks such words as widows in his daily life, Yang Jian listened to Zhao Ji's words and knew that Zhao Ji was really in a hurry, indeed, in the past half a year or so, almost every change in Yanfu Palace made Zhao Ji, who wanted to live in Yanfu Palace in the future, see it in his eyes and be anxious in his heart.

Zhao Ji didn't pay attention to Yang Jian anymore, but left with a cold face, Yang Jian trembled and fell to the ground, this money... How do you do that? But when he thought of his current position being replaced, Yang Jian was even more afraid, since ancient times, where would a eunuch who had fallen out of favor have a good end. Yang Jian raised his head slowly, ten days, he had to think of a way no matter what.

——Yang Jianfu

As the great eunuch Yang Jian, he is already qualified to set up his own courtyard outside the palace, this courtyard is not only magnificent, but also quiet and magnanimous, Zhao Ji not only pursues pleasure himself, but also does not prevent the ministers from pursuing extravagance, to be precise, not only does not stop, but also greatly encourages, and does not care whether the money of these ministers is rich or corrupt.

At this time, it was already late at night, and Yang Jian was sitting alone in the lobby, drinking tea while constantly tapping his fingers on the tabletop.

Money, Yang Jian has also collected a lot over the years, but in the face of a super project like Yanfu Palace, it is really a drop in the bucket, not to mention that Yang Jian is not noble enough to take out his own money to build a palace for Zhao Ji, to be precise, most of Yang Jian's family wealth is still scraped out of the super project of Yanfu Palace.

This is already the seventh day that Yang Jian is anxious to find a way, and the ten-day deadline is getting closer and closer, Yang Jian has been unable to sleep for several nights, this night, Yang Jian can't sleep peacefully, so he simply came to the lobby to think.

"Hey, it's a headache, it would be nice if the master was here, in this management method, I'm really not as good as the master." Yang Jian sighed and shook his head, not knowing what to do. He has long been accustomed to relying on Cai Jing for these problems, but now it is difficult for him to think about it.