"My father is self-inflicted, and he can't complain about others!" Yutong saw it very openly, and did not complain about the fall of himself and his family.

Liu Wenxuan picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and then said to Yutong: "I heard that your brother was assigned to Liaodong to fill the army, but I don't know what the situation is now?" ”

"Thank you Lord Liu for your concern, but it's just life and death!" Yutong replied.

"I am a world friend with your family, and I have always treated you as my own daughter, you don't have to shout as an adult, an adult, and call me an uncle as before!" Seeing that Yutong had a little bit of a point for herself, Liu Wenxuan said with a pleasant face.

"Yes, Uncle Liu!" Yutong agreed, and then said, "I wonder if Uncle Liu has a way to get the imperial court to pardon my brother's sins and send him back?" ”

Although Yutong looked indifferent to the world before, he was still worried about his younger brother who was suffering outside.

"This ......" Speaking of this, Liu Wenxuan was a little embarrassed.

"Uncle Liu rest assured, as long as Uncle Liu agrees to this, my niece will definitely repay Uncle Liu's great kindness." As he spoke, Yutong wanted to untie his clothes.

"Yutong!" Liu Wenxuan stopped Yutong's movements, took her jade hand and came to the wine table and sat down, "Have a drink with uncle!" ”

Seeing Liu Wenxuan say this, Yutong got up and poured wine into the wine glass, and then picked up a glass and said, "Niece toast Uncle Liu with a glass!" ”

As he spoke, he drank it all.

But Liu Wenxuan didn't pick up the wine glass on the table, but looked at Yutong and said with a smile: "Your toasting method is wrong!" ”

Yutong looked at Liu Wenxuan in confusion.

Liu Wenxuan said: "Come over and let me, as an uncle, teach you how to toast?" ”

When Yutong approached, Liu Wenxuan hugged Yutong's willow waist and hugged him into his arms.

Yutong wanted to struggle, but when she thought of her situation and her younger brother still suffering in the bitter cold of Liaodong, she extinguished her desire to break free from Liu Wenxuan's arms.

"That's how a toast should be!" Liu Wenxuan dishonestly touched Yutong's waist with his left hand, picked up the wine jug with his right hand, looked at Yutong with YIN evil eyes and said, "Come, open your mouth!" ”

Yutong obediently opened her cherry mouth.

Liu Wenxuan poured the wine from the jug into Yutong's mouth, and then kissed the wolf.

Yutong's face was pale, her face was like ashes, and tears flowed from the corners of her eyes......

Late that night, a small sedan chair was lifted out of the Baihua Pavilion and carried into the mansion of Liu Wenxuan, the head of the household department, along the dark street......

The next day, morning upwards.

Zhang Lingyang felt a little strange, because no minister mentioned the Chef God Contest again today.

I took a closer look at the hall again, and I didn't see the figure of Li Guangtai, the imperial history of the left capital, so I asked: "Why didn't Li Guangtai come today?" ”

"Back to the emperor, Li Guangtai suddenly fell ill yesterday, so he didn't come to the court meeting today." Shoufu Zhang Zhiyuan explained.

Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang couldn't help but smile, not believing Zhang Zhiyuan's words at all.

What is sick at home, it is obvious that Li Guangtai was lost face yesterday, and he just had no face to come out to meet people.

Zhang Lingyang was in reverie when he heard a voice from the hall, and when he looked around, he saw that it was Sun Ding'an.

Sun Ding'an came out and said: "Your Majesty, Ma Jinzhong, the general of the expedition to the west, has come to report in an urgent manner for 800 miles, and the war in the western Xinjiang is now tight, and the army is in urgent need of grain, grass, silver and ordnance, please ask Your Majesty to allocate it." ”

Seeing that what Sun Ding'an said was a major military event, Zhang Lingyang naturally didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly asked: "Sun Aiqing, how many troops does the Great Zhou have in Western Xinjiang at present?" How much grain, grass, and silver are in short supply? ”

Sun Ding'an replied: "Back to Your Majesty, at present, I have 150,000 troops and horses in Western Xinjiang, 130,000 stones of grain and grass, 380,000 taels of silver, and 60,000 pieces of armor, and this is only for three months. ”

"So much?" Zhang Lingyang said secretly in his heart, but he immediately reacted that the army that conquered the west seemed to need a lot of money and food, but after careful calculation, it was actually not a lot.

In three months, 30,000 stone of grain and grass were consumed, and 150,000 yuan was only two catties of grain a day per person.

Three hundred and eighty thousand taels of silver, distributed to the soldiers, is only one tael of silver per person per month.

You must know that this is a lot of money, and it is not much.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang immediately decided: "Where is Liu Wenxuan, the head of the household department?" ”

Liu Wenxuan came out and said: "The minister is here!" ”

"I order you to transfer money and food from the household department as soon as possible, and you must complete the friendship with the military department within three days, and there must be no mistakes."

"Obey the order!" Although he agreed, Liu Wenxuan's face had a faint look of pain.

Also, now there is only one million taels of silver in the treasury, and three hundred and eighty thousand taels will be allocated at once, as the head of the household, how can Liu Wenxuan not be in pain?

But border military affairs are the first priority nowadays, and Liu Wenxuan didn't have the courage to object, so he had to grit his teeth and agree.

At this time, Zhang Zhiyuan, the first assistant of the cabinet, came out again and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" ”

"What's the matter!" Zhang Lingyang asked.

Zhang Zhiyuan said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wu Qiliang, the governor of Jingnan, ordered someone to report that half a month ago, heavy rain fell in the north of Jingnan, the water level of Dongting Lake soared, and the embankment was broken, and more than ten counties in the surrounding Wuling, Baling, Tanzhou, and Yanzhou prefectures were affected. ”

"Quasi-play!"

Zhang Lingyang looked at Liu Wenxuan as he said and said, "Liu Aiqing, I bother you to allocate 120,000 taels of silver from the household department, and 30,000 stones of grain and grass to Jingnan." ”

Liu Wenxuan complained: "Your Majesty, in this way, there will be no silver in the household department!" ”

"Isn't there still 500,000 taels?" Zhang Lingyang said disapprerovitically.

"But ......" Liu Wenxuan was just about to speak, Zhang Lingyang spoke: "The truth that saving the people is like fighting fires, presumably Liu Aiqing understands it better than me, there is no need to discuss this matter, it is decided." ”

"Yes!" Seeing Zhang Lingyang say this, Liu Wenxuan had to agree.

After that, after dealing with some trivial matters, Zhang Lingyang hurriedly returned to the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing the table full of twists and turns, Zhang Lingyang suddenly felt extremely depressed.

The endless twists and turns every day are all trivial things, and Zhang Lingyang has a headache these days.

Coupled with the fact that he had allocated two sums of silver in a row in the morning, half of the silver deposits in the treasury were consumed, how could Zhang Lingyang not feel pain?

After all, once these two sums of silver were allocated, there were only 500,000 taels of silver left in the treasury.

What can you do with 500,000 taels of silver?

As long as there is another slightly larger war on the frontier, or a great disaster in the local area, then the last 500,000 taels of silver will also be consumed.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang was extremely depressed, much more depressed than Liu Wenxuan.

After all, now Zhang Lingyang is the emperor of the Great Zhou, and Liu Wenxuan can only be regarded as the treasury steward of the Great Zhou.

"Forget it, I don't want to, don't I still have 10 million taels of silver in my inner money, it's a big deal to transfer it from my inner money in the future!"

Although he thought so in his heart, Zhang Lingyang still felt extremely distressed, after all, the money in his inner money was his private money.

"Little Fuzi, accompany me to the Imperial Garden to relax!" Since he couldn't increase the treasury revenue for a while, Zhang Lingyang fortunately didn't think about it anymore, shouted Xiaofuzi and got up and went to the imperial garden.

Halfway through, Zhang Lingyang remembered something and asked Xiaofuzi: "Xiaofuzi, I heard that Concubine Xian's father is Wu Qiliang, the governor of Jingnan, I don't know if this is true?" ”

"Back to the Long Live Lord, Governor Jingnan Wu is indeed the father of Concubine Xian." Xiaofuzi replied.

"In that case, then I'll go and see Concubine Xian."

As he spoke, Zhang Lingyang turned around and walked in the direction of Concubine Wu Xian's bedroom......

Zhongcui Palace is the residence of Concubine Wu Xian.

Unlike the magnificence of other concubines' bedrooms, Concubine Wu Xian's Zhongcui Palace is particularly elegant, which probably has a lot to do with Concubine Wu Xian's background.

Concubine Wu Xian was born in a noble family, and her grandfather and great-grandfather all served in the Hanlin Academy, until the generation of Concubine Wu Xian's father, Wu Qiliang, that she rose all the way up and achieved the high position of governor of a province.

Therefore, under the influence of family style, Concubine Wu Xian inevitably has a light and elegant atmosphere, and she does not fight or rob, even after entering the palace.

Because of his character, even the ridiculous Emperor Zhao Chenxi of Tai'an took a special fancy to him, and when Zhang Lingyang said bad things about him, he didn't believe it at all.

At the beginning, Zhang Lingyang was very puzzled why the ridiculous Zhao Chenxi would value Concubine Wu Xian, and it was not until after several contacts with Concubine Wu Xian that Zhang Lingyang woke up to it, Concubine Wu Xian is a model of a good wife and mother, and it is no wonder that she will be valued by Zhao Chenxi.