The court came out and walked out of the palace gate, the prince slowed down, paralleled Yan Kuan, and said with a smile: "On Sister Fu'er's birthday, there was a little little thing in the palace, did the prince hear about it?" ”

"I heard." Yan Kuan's smile was gentle and respectful, "The next day, Wei Xiang made a special trip to explain to the emperor the different things before and after the income of the imperial village. ”

"Even if you don't say it, the emperor understands it very well, please ask Wei Xiang to come forward and say more about this trip, but I just want to make up for A-Niang, so as not to hurt Su Ye's heart." The prince looked very helpless, "Actually, A-Niang's heart is also clear, you see how much she loses her temper in her mouth, how to be thrifty in the palace, or how thrifty, A-Niang's temper is really on the lips, but when she speaks, the so-called good words are warm in three winters, she ...... Alas! ”

The prince sighed, and Yan Kuan listened intently with a smile.

"In the past, I used to be unhappy with A-Niang because of this, and I said to A-Niang, you have been sincere, you have done things for others to think about and then consider, and the arrangements are thoughtful and proper, can't you say a good word? Even if you don't speak, why do you have to prick a few sentences, a few words erase the hard work ahead, why bother? ”

Yan Kuan stroked his beard and listened attentively.

"But Daddy persuaded me, saying that your aunt is such a temper, since she was a child, everyone knows her temper, and no one cares about her, Daddy said that he doesn't care about Auntie, why come to me, I can't get used to Niang? Listen to this. The prince shook his head while laughing, "However, Ah Niang's temper, I still have to say it, but I don't want to say it in front of my father." ”

The prince winked at Yan Kuan, and Yan Kuan laughed.

"However, A-Niang does have difficulties." The prince gradually got to the point, "You have been in charge of the household for many years, and you know best, in the past, you had a lot of silver to pay into the palace every year, and you were rich, but there was no money to spare. ”

Yan Kuan snorted, that's right, according to Jiang Niangniang's handwriting, all of them have twice the amount of silver, and by the end of the year, it will still be not enough.

"I just didn't expect it...... Alas! The prince sighed, for the first time in his life, he heard that the income of the imperial village was up, and all of them had the income paid in every year, and that was it, he really didn't know that ninety percent of the income came like that.

"Don't talk about this, now the income of the Huangzhuang is only one of the tenths of the original handover, and the palace is still the same as before, but the income is less than nine-tenths, this difficult ......" The prince smiled bitterly, "In the past few years, I really don't know how A-Niang has survived." ”

Yan Kuan sighed softly and didn't answer, it was not easy to answer.

"In the past few days, I have been thinking about this, the palace has been holding on for two or three years, and I am afraid that I will not be able to hold it anymore, and I can't throttle it, I still have to open a little source, think about it, I have to ask Yan Xiang for advice on this matter, you see, can the household department transfer some silver from where and transfer it to the palace?"

The prince finished laying the foreshadowing and went straight to the point.

"Although the tax revenue in the past two years has been decreasing year by year because of the number of acres of land in various places, but since Bai Shumi's pacification of the maritime bandits, the commercial tax collected by the city has increased rapidly, and the income of the household department has increased year by year in recent years."

Hearing Yan Kuan say this, the prince's heart relaxed slightly.

"But the crown prince also knows that Taizu has set an iron law: the palace is not allowed to transfer silver from the treasury, no matter how much, whether it is used or borrowed, it is the emperor, and it is not allowed to use the silver from the treasury without permission."

Yan Kuan's expression was serious, the prince was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I know this rule, so I discussed it with Yan Xiang to see if there is any workaround, the palace is really poor, only one-tenth of the income, this day...... If it weren't for the difficulty, how would I dare to talk to you like this? ”

"Prince, I'll just say a few more words, using the income of the Huangzhuang to support the palace has been since the time of Taizu, the acres of the Huangzhuang have never been less, and the number when it was in the hands of the whole has increased a lot compared with when it was handed over to Su Ye, and the income of the Huangzhuang has increased a lot, at least not less, all of them before."

Yan Kuan paused, his eyelids drooped slightly, "To be exact, before the emperor ascended the throne, the income of the imperial village has not been more than that under the current Su Ye's control, in the past, there was never a time when it was insufficient, and after the emperor ascended the throne, all the benefits were handed over to the palace, more and more year by year, until it was ten times the original, and the palace was not enough." ”

The prince's face turned blue, and he smiled reluctantly after a while: "Yan Xiang's lesson is that it's me...... I didn't think it through, thank you Yan Xiang for your advice. ”

"Don't dare to be. Too extravagant, not the way to rejuvenate the country. Yan Kuan hurriedly bowed his hand.

"I made a note of it." The prince bowed in thanks, turned sideways to let Yan Kuan go, and watched Yan Kuan take a few steps before turning around and going back to the palace.

Jiang Yanshi waited in the gatehouse, took a few steps, and went to the study with the prince one after the other.

"I told Yan Xiang about the withdrawal just now." The prince's complexion was not too good, and he "learned a lesson." The prince said Yan Kuan's words simply.

"That's an impeccable statement." Jiang Yanshi looked at the crown prince, "Auntie's extravagance is well known. We discussed it before, this matter is to see Yan Kuan's attitude, this silver, that is, Yan Kuan has the heart to give, there are Jin Xiang and Su Xiang on it, that is, Wei Xiang, I am afraid that I will not nod this head. ”

"Hmm." The prince exhaled softly, "I know this, it's just that I received a lesson in person...... the prince smiled bitterly, "I often say that A-Niang loves face very much, but in fact, I am too." ”

"It's good that the prince knows." Jiang Yanshi smiled, "Once upon a time when I was in Mingzhou, I once heard the people in the teahouse gossiping, saying that as soon as the people of the Jiang family came out, they could recognize them from afar, why?" The head is too high, like a fighting that has just appeared. ”

The prince burst out laughing, laughed for a while, waved his hand and said, "Let you say a few words, it's okay, let's get down to business." ”

"Yesterday, I heard a few gossips, saying that Su Guangyi wanted to push Hou Mingli to take over the Criminal Department." Jiang Yanshi's slightly narrowed eyes were full of smiles, "This is just right, since the criminal department has a nominal Shangshu to be replaced, there is no reason not to change the household department and the official department, and there is also the military department, Jiang Zhou is already seventy-five." ”

"Okay, then let's push it too, this candidate?" The prince stroked his palm in agreement, and frowned again.

"I want to come and go, the people who push us in the household department are not suitable, first, the people are there, we have calculated I don't know how many times, everything is suitable, enough to be able to hold it down, no, second, the people who push us, Su Xiang must be strongly opposed, Yan Xiang and Jin Xiang, I am afraid that they will have to stand by and fail, and they will not succeed, and there is no number of five or five."

After a pause, Jiang Yanshi's eyelids drooped slightly: "I want to think about it, it's better to recommend Gu Hansheng as the head of the household." The ancient family is a scholarly family, but it is also known for being good at money and goods, Gu Hansheng's prestige and character are enough to afford the position of the head of the household, and most importantly, the Gu family has never been in troubled water. ”

Jiang Yanshi looked at the crown prince, and his voice was low, "You are now the crown prince, the prince of the country, for us, as long as you don't wade into troubled waters, at least you are not an enemy, as long as you don't lose your morality and don't do big rebellious things, the emperor really dares to be ridiculous enough to abolish you, these people are very likely to speak for you." Don't wade into the water, and keep a loyal way. ”

The prince nodded slowly.

"Say it again." The corners of Jiang Yanshi's mouth provoked a slight sneer, "You came forward to push Gu Hansheng to the position of the head of the household, in the eyes of the world, that Gu Hansheng, the Gu family, is your person." Just like the Bai family, no matter what he Bai Jingning does, whether he justifies it or not, everyone looks at him and the Bai family, it is the Soviet Party. There are many people in the world who think they are wise, and they see people as black and white, stupid and bad. ”

"Okay." The prince pondered for a moment, nodded, and after a moment, he slowly exhaled, "It is indeed very appropriate, and it is really easy to solve this important matter." After a pause, the prince looked at Jiang Yanshi and said, "Your relatives, when are you going to discuss your relatives?" ”

Jiang Yanshi turned his face away, "Let's talk about it later, this is a trivial matter." ”

"You're not young, you're one year older than me, and my sister Fu is two years old." The prince's voice was leisurely, "Besides, people will get married in a few months, and ...... in the past."

"I've got something to do, so I'll go first." Jiang Yanshi stood up, turned around and left.

The prince looked at Jiang Yanshi's back, and after a while, he let out a long sigh, he didn't understand Jiang Yanshi's stubbornness.