Chapter 204: Waiting for That Opportunity (1)
Li Zhao is just curious, anyway, Yang Houzhao can't go out of the palace, and that's all the tricks he can play.
But if Aunt Qin asked Grandpa Zhang, the nature of curiosity changed, and she became monitoring Yang Houzhao's whereabouts, not to mention that Yang Houzhao was the emperor, even if it was an ordinary person, she would not do such a thing.
Everyone needs their own space and **, and she also needs it, so she will not violate Yang Houzhao.
Let's go.
Li Zhao himself also made arrangements, and it was time for the Internal Affairs Office to issue monthly silver, plus the purchase, which was originally a very large expenditure.
It is managed by the queen, but the status of the merchants of this dynasty can be low to that extent, which shows that they are very contemptuous of money on the surface.
When the Queen Mother was the queen, she was supervised by the steward of the Internal Affairs Office, and she didn't ask herself.
Maybe the previous queen didn't care much, which will inevitably lead to ink greed.
The accounts of the imperial palace and the accounts of the treasury of this dynasty are clearly separated.
The income in the palace mainly comes from the merchant tax, that is, the tax of a merchant like her, the business tax, so the person who collects taxes on their street is a eunuch, because the eunuch is the emperor's domestic slave, but because the court suppresses the merchants, there is not much business tax.
This is not the imperial court and Nanyang do silk tea business, so there is a weaving bureau in Jiangnan, and the director of this weaving bureau is the eunuch sent out by the palace to help the emperor collect taxes.
Then there is the tax on salt and iron.
The money from the state treasury collects the peasants' grain tax, that is, the agricultural tax.
So the two sides are not touched, if the Internal Affairs Office is greedy for ink, all that is greedy for ink is the money of the palace, and Yang Houzhao's private property is her money.
First, she is very picky, and if someone is greedy for her money, she must take care of it.
Second, there is another important reason, Yang Houzhao is right to be hacked, but he is a noble son, he eats and drinks excessively, and the habit he has developed since he was a child, it is true that he spends money, and his infamy in his previous life is also related to lack of money.
Thinking that Liu Jin was searching for so much money, he didn't know at all, he must have known that he had turned a blind eye, because he himself was short of money, maybe Liu Jin was searching for money for him.
Of course, there is no historical record of these, and when investigating corrupt officials, it is always exposed that the corrupt officials have embezzled how much money they have embezzled, and it will never be said that the corrupt officials still support the emperor.
It was her own lust.
But I have to guard against it.
So when she gained a firm foothold in the palace, the first thing she did was to clear the palace's internal affairs and enrich Yang Houzhao's small treasury.
But you have to find out the accounts, you can't just ignore the anti-corruption, if there is really greed and malpractice, she is airborne, and she has to figure it out slowly.
Today's task, it should be said that the task in the near future, is to take care of the accounts.
The account book was found by Aunt Qin, and the Empress Dowager's Shang Gong did not cooperate, and Li Zhao didn't want to startle the snake, so Aunt Qin used unsavory means to find it.
I've been looking for it for three days.
Li Zhao came to the study with the account book after eating, and the place where Yang Hou took care of the folds in the study was behind a floor cover, Yang Houzhao moved the imperial case to the left in order to let her accompany him, and put a small table for her.
It was okay to see things in that place at night, but during the day, Li Zhao disliked the lack of light through the floor cover, so he moved chairs and small tables and placed them under the south window.
The light coming in through the window lattice was bright and soft, and Li Zhao looked down at the ledger, and after a while, he was immersed in it.
I don't know how long it took for her to hear footsteps, which were getting closer and closer, and then there was a light touch of porcelain on the table.
I knew that it was Aunt Qin who brought the tea.
Li Zhao looked seriously, did not look up and did not speak.
After a while, I didn't hear the footsteps and left, and Aunt Qin should have left in the past.
Li Zhao saw that the shadow on the corner of the table was still there, raised his head and said, "Do you have something?" ”
Aunt Qin said in a low voice: "Niangniang, Wang Huanting asks to see." ”
Wang Pingting lives in the palace and does not leave, as long as Yang Houzhao is not there, she will come to see Li Zhao.
But Li Zhao didn't see her.
This time, Li Zhao also lifted the account book to show Aunt Qin: "How can I have time?" Let's get it away. ”
Aunt Qin looked at Li Zhao, stopped talking, then turned around, and then turned back suddenly: "Niangniang, the slave doesn't say no, can you drive this Wang Pingting away, do you know what she just said?" We don't know where the Long Live Lord went, she said that the Long Live Lord went out of the palace to play, so she was afraid that the mother would be lonely, so she came to talk to the mother, is this to talk to the mother? This is clearly a demonstration with the mother, we don't know where the long-lived lord went, she knows, how arrogant. ”
Li Zhao smiled indifferently: "You will believe what she says?" Like you said, we don't know where Lord Banzai went, can she know? She just wants to sow discord, if you believe it, you will lose, Long Live Lord wants to leave the palace, you must take me with you, I don't believe that Long Live Lord is out of the palace. ”
Looking at that narcissistic look, Aunt Qin snorted directly.
"Okay, even if Wang Pingting's words can't be believed, why do you have to keep her in the palace?"
Li Zhao had already revealed this problem to Aunt Qin before.
But that's not all.
She said: "All things are not born to me, but they can be used by me, this Wang Pingting, for the time being, she wants to stay in the palace, I am useful, just let her be." ”
Aunt Qin bit her lip and asked unwillingly, "Okay, then do you know where Long Live Ye went yesterday?" ”
Li Zhao shook his head, but looking at Aunt Qin's appearance, it didn't look like she had gone to a good place.
Aunt Qin told Li Zhao about Yang Houzhao's trip to Zhong Cui's palace.
"This is the consequence of your indiscretion, Long Live Lord went last night."
Zhong Cui Palace was allocated to Wang Pingting by the Queen Mother, and this Li Zhao and Yang Houzhao both knew.
Li Zhao blinked and said, "No, the emperor must be lost." ”
Aunt Qin sneered: "You just have a big heart." ”
Li Zhaoguaner, yes, she just believes in Yang Houzhao, so if she doesn't believe in her husband, does she believe in a woman with bad intentions?
Aunt Qin was helpless, and said in a low voice: "Even if you are right, the news that the slave maid inquired about is that the Long Live Lord seems to be lost, and then suddenly sobered up and came back, but how can the Long Live Lord get lost, Long Live Lord has someone to serve and lead the way." ”
The person who served was Ma Yongcheng.
Li Zhao had long suspected that this Ma Yongcheng had become a man, so he asked Aunt Qin to find a way to buy Ma Yongcheng's eyeliner.
Aunt Qin went to Zhang Yong for help, Zhang Yong would not do anything to hurt Yang Houzhao, but to deal with Ma Yongcheng, Zhang Yong was able to offer advice.
Zhang Yong knew that there was a little eunuch Yang Houzhao who liked to make tea very much, and he didn't invite Ma Yongcheng to see him, so he asked Aunt Qin to find the little eunuch.
As soon as Aunt Qin found it, all of Ma Yongcheng's movements, as long as he knew, told Aunt Qin.
Aunt Qin will tell Li Zhao.
So Aunt Qin has something to say.
Speaking of Ma Yongcheng, Li Zhao tapped his fingers on the table and showed an unfathomable smile.