"This year has been hard for them," the queen mother sighed, "In addition to asking for a smooth wind and rain in the palace, the country and the people's security, they can't do anything else, and the country's foundation depends on the officials." ”

Hearing this, Jiang Muyuan persuaded: "Don't say that, during this year, you took the lead in frugal spending in the palace and saved a lot of money. ”

The Queen Mother smiled bitterly.

The emptiness of the treasury is a problem that has been going on for many years, but it cannot be blamed entirely on the construction of the palace of nourishing the heart by the saints.

Although the territory of the imperial court is wide, there are foreign races eyeing each other around, not to mention the alien races of Beidi and Shudi, that is, across the sea in the east, there are also thieves eyeing each other.

In the past few decades, there have been major wars, and small fights have continued year after year.

To put it inappropriately, the east is not bright and the west is bright, and if it is a whole year, the four sides are stable and free of disputes, it is surprising.

Therefore, year after year, the expenditure on military supplies is not daring to be less, and even if there is no war here this year, we cannot relax the border guard and the training of soldiers and soldiers.

Since the first emperor's reign, the treasury has not been abundant, but now it is only more stretched.

"Open source and reduce expenditure," the Queen Mother sighed and shook her head, "Everyone understands the truth, but in the end, it is still powerless." The thrift of the harem is just a drop in the bucket for the imperial court. ”

"A little adds up," Jiang Muyuan finished speaking, glanced at Xiao Zeng's father-in-law, and asked the queen mother, "When I came over, I heard Xiao Zeng's father-in-law say that the 100-day banquet for the eldest son of His Royal Highness should be simple. ”

The Queen Mother said: "That's how you think about it.

The mourning family also thought about it, after all, he was Miao'er's eldest son, how much money the 100-day banquet could cost, and it was not impossible for the mourning family to stick their own money.

It's just that when Yan Qingzhen asked the child to divinate, he reminded the mourning family that this year the palace was thrifty everywhere, but he made an exception for an infant baby, which may not be a good thing, I am afraid that it will damage the child's good fortune.

The mourning family pondered that this was such a truth, so it was simpler. ”

Folk say that a cheap name is easy to raise, even today's Yongwang Ye, who was weak when he was born, in order to raise him well, the first emperor also gave him a cheap name.

It is not incomprehensible that the Queen Mother does not dare to put too much love on her little grandson now.

Jiang Muyuan laughed, thought about it seriously, and proposed, "You are right.

The treasury is not only a disease of your heart, but also a disease of the Holy Heart.

I thought that you are simple in all matters, but there are also many places in the palace to eat empty salaries, so it is better to take advantage of this to check, and the silver saved every month in the future will be returned to the treasury, and it is also for the little nephew to accumulate virtue. ”

The Empress Dowager squinted at Jiang Muyuan: "A-Yuan refers to ......"

"The masters of the harem are divided according to the palace, and they are also on par with your grandmother on weekdays, and try to be as simple as possible, but there are still many servants who rely on the leader to eat empty salaries," Jiang Muyuan said, "The officialdom of the two lakes had this situation at first, and it was clearly not in their duties, but they were hung with money, and finally all of them were in the hands of the leader.

This is true locally, and I am afraid that it is also true in the palace. ”

The Empress Dowager was familiar with the situation in the palace, and when she heard Jiang Muyuan say, she sighed: "That's reasonable." All palaces and courtyards, it's time to point a little head according to the roster. ”

Having said that, there is still something that Xiao Zeng's father-in-law doesn't understand.

said "admiration" to Jiang Muyuan in his heart, and Xiao Zeng's father-in-law said: "Queen Mother, according to the opinion of the slaves, since the inventory has been counted, don't miss the cold palace and Yongxiang." Otherwise, those palace maids and maids have been gone for several years, and there are still people who receive silver under their names. These are saved, and they are also throttled. ”

Inventory the harem, the queen can come forward, you don't need to go through the previous court, you just need to inform the saint.

Moreover, this is a matter of saving money, and the Queen Mother knows that the Holy Lord will not veto.

And the Empress Xie of the Middle Palace has always listened to the Queen Mother.

The queen mother sorted out her thoughts and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, when the child is 100 days, start doing it."

You finally came back to Beijing, and the mourning family and you didn't say anything about yourself, and they both said that the court was going to go.

Let's not talk about that, Yunjin girl is also there, you tell us about the interesting things outside, so that we can open our eyes. ”

At first, when talking about state affairs, Gu Yunjin naturally sat on the sidelines, only listening and not speaking.

It's just that her eyes have been falling on Jiang Muyuan, watching him smile lightly, watching him groan, and watching him give advice to the imperial court.

In her previous life, although she took over the umbrella in Han Lei's hand in Qingshuiguan, and she also met Jiang Muyuan two or three times after that, her impression of this little grandfather almost all came from the words of others.

Later, when he went to Lingbei, the reputation of the little grandfather for being conscientious and brave and good at fighting still spreads.

He accepted the knighthood, and where did he go to fight the enemy, the news would come one after another.

In the end, they met in Baiyun Temple, Gu Yunjin said a lot of trivial things, and Jiang Muyuan also mentioned his thoughts about his old friend, but in her eyes, Jiang Muyuan was not a "friend" around her, but a "grandfather of the country" who was dedicated to guarding the country.

It was a glow, so bright that she couldn't take her eyes off it.

Gu Yunjin admires Jiang Muyuan, just as she admires the elders and relatives of the Gu family stationed at the border.

Even if they have the same heart now, even if they are with her in private, Jiang Muyuan is gentle and meticulous, which is completely different from the appearance when dealing with official affairs, but it does not dim this light in the slightest.

Instead, it's getting brighter.

Gu Yunjin looked at him deeply, what she liked was his tenderness to her, and his meticulousness, diligence and seriousness in court affairs.

No matter which side Jiang Muyuan is, she is fascinated.

Jiang Muyuan was keen, and he knew that Gu Yunjin had been watching him, but because he was talking to the Queen Mother about business, it was inconvenient to communicate with the little girl, so he was patient.

At this time, when he talked about the interesting things outside, he handed Gu Yunjin a smile from time to time, and was surprised to see that she was surprised by what she had heard for the first time.

Every afternoon, the Queen Mother has to take a lunch break, and today she summoned Gu Yunjin, Jiang Muyuan came back again, and it was delayed for more than an hour.

After listening to the interesting story for a while, the queen mother gradually became a little sleepy, and said: "It's useless to be old, and the mourning family needs to rest for a while, Ah Yuan, you should send Yunjin girl back to Xilin Hutong." ”

Gu Yunjin and Jiang Muyuan got up and retired.

Xiao Zeng's father-in-law sent them out of the Compassion Palace, he quietly glanced at Gu Yunjin, stepped forward and whispered to Jiang Muyuan: "You just have to rest assured." ”

Jiang Muyuan knew that he was talking about the investigation of Yongxiang, so he nodded with a smile.

Xiao Zeng's father-in-law stopped and respectfully saw the two away.

Seeing that a palace maid was about to follow, he stopped with a smile: "Miss Gu is not too familiar with the way out of the palace, but if there is not a little grandfather leading the way, she will not go wrong." ”

The palace maids all led the way according to the rules, and called Xiao Zeng's father-in-law a little, but they also tasted it, and they smiled and stopped stepping forward.

Gu Yunjin heard this sentence vaguely, and involuntarily curled his lips and followed behind Jiang Muyuan.