In addition to those, there are also the ceremonies prepared by Qin Tianjian at the end of the year, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, and the invisible holes of the Empress Dowager's birthday after the turn of the year are all dark and waiting for Emperor Yuan He, who immediately summoned Lu Zheng, the head of the household.

"I came to you today mainly to see how much silver taels there is in the treasury, and the New Year is coming soon, and the accounts should be leveled."

Lu Zheng handed over a thick account book with both hands, "Back to the emperor, this is the flow of the treasury in and out of the country for a year, from tens of millions to hundreds, and the whereabouts of every amount of silver are recorded in the book, please take a look." ”

Gonggong Zhang handed over the account book, Emperor Yuan He flipped it over, his expression became more and more solemn, and in the end, his eyes were red when he was full of deficits, "I have been working together for a year, and I owe a lot of debts"

Lu Zheng held the red mark on his face that was smashed by the account book, and reported the income and expenditure of the year at a glance, it turned out that after this year, the treasury not only received little money, but also owed a lot of foreign debts to the family, and they were all usury with three points.

"This year, the weather is abnormal, the grain output has been reduced by nearly half, the economy is in a downturn, many industries are on the verge of closure, and the taxes collected are even less than 70 percent, which has caused this situation of making ends meet."

Emperor Yuan He heard a flower in front of him, crooked in the dragon chair, and saw the rivers and mountains of this great abyss shaking in a trance.

He knew he was poor, but he never thought he would be so poor

In front of Lu Zheng, Yongyi Hou was summoned to the palace, praying for a son-in-law, and Yongyi Hou would be able to give generously to help him tide over the difficulties.

As soon as Yongyi Hou entered the door, he expressed his loyalty with earnest words, and swore to advance and retreat with the emperor, Emperor Yuan He was deeply pleased, and asked him how many silver taels he could lend, Yongyi Hou waved his hand, and took a hundred thousand taels of silver tickets on the spot.

"Your Majesty, it is the duty of the minister to share your worries, and it is the duty of the minister to say that it will not give birth to a share, as long as you open your mouth, the minister will not hesitate to throw his head and spill his blood, not to mention a little silver."

It is said that the emperor's expression at that time was very exciting, pointing to the huge sum of 100,000 taels and shaking for a long time, and he was speechless with emotion.

Lu Zheng, as the secretary of the household department, the minister of the humerus, and the emperor's eldest brother, his father has already expressed his position, so naturally there is no reason to sit idly by, and immediately expressed his willingness to make a modest contribution and donate 50,000 taels of silver to accompany the emperor to tide over the difficulties.

It can really be said that adversity sees true love.

Emperor Yuan and Emperor burst into tears, and after sending the father and son away, they sat alone in the imperial study for an afternoon.

Inside the Ronghua Palace

"Mother, are you really not going?"

Su Xiaojiu hugged Concubine Rong's palace clothes, looked at the silkworm chrysalis on the bed, and couldn't laugh or cry.

Early this morning, the queen suddenly gave a decree to the palaces with her sick body, saying that she would summon the palace concubines to Qiwu Palace to raise donations, to solve the urgent need for the emperor, and to have a good year.

"Mother, almost all the other girls have gone at this hour, are you sure you won't go"

Concubine Rong lay lazily on the bed, her eyelids didn't lift, "Don't you say it, this palace has a headache, don't go"

Not going means not donating.

Thinking of the fact that Hou Ye and Lu Zheng's father and son donated 150,000 silver a few days ago, Su Xiaojiu's admiration for his mother was like the water of the Yellow River.

Sure enough, tantrums need confidence, and the beauty said on the front foot to give the dog emperor a look, and the back foot was arranged.

Yongyi Hou supported his beloved daughter, pretended to take out 100,000 yuan, and sent Emperor Yuan He away like a flower child, and the angry Emperor Yuan He didn't sleep for a few days, which can be regarded as the bitter fruit of easily angering Concubine Rong.

The king of a country can still be cornered by his concubines

There is no imperial concubine, there is a queen in the middle palace, so Emperor Yuanhe went to Qiwu Palace that night, and early the next morning, the queen issued a fundraising order, the reason for which is not to ask.

Tut-tut, there is no one to eat this soft rice, and none of the harem concubines will let go.

"Okay then, the slave is going to prepare breakfast for you, what do you want to eat?"

"Whatever."

“”

Casual means that this is not good, and that is not good, Su Xiaojiu simply didn't ask, and went to the kitchen to think about it.

She walked in the flower gallery in a jacket, silently matching the dishes, the north wind whirled into her neck, and she couldn't help but clench her hands into fists and sighed, only after the frost fell, the chill was already very obvious, and it seemed that the winter clothes should be taken out in advance.

Xu Ying's conscience found today that she didn't torture Xiaoxiang after hugging Yun'er, she was teasing the red-billed parrot under the flower gallery, the parrot saw a lot of people on weekdays, and she learned to be flamboyant, and she was crazy, she could talk to anyone when she saw it, and the chatter was endless, and Su Xiaojiu couldn't wait to walk around it when she saw it on weekdays.

But it was too cold today, she didn't want to go far, and when she approached, she instinctively wanted to cover her ears, but she didn't hear the parrot's noise, but drooped her head listlessly, thinking that she was tortured by Xu Ying again.

"What's wrong with your little red mouth, why are you so quiet today?"

Xu Ying shouted injustice: "How can I and Yunbao just arrived, it's like this"

As he spoke, he stretched out his index finger and poked the parrot, "Hey, why don't you say hello when you see the lord of this county?"

The parrot was originally drowsy, but when she stabbed her, she suddenly went crazy and "disturb the master to sleep, get out of the way"

"Roar"

Xu Ying slapped it on the head, "You flat-haired beast, who should get out, be careful to pull out your hair and freeze you to death"

The parrot was hit by her, but her brain suddenly sobered up, and when she saw that it was the big and small demon king of Ronghua Palace, she immediately instigated a horse "The county lord spares the county lord's life"

"Spineless Guy"

Su Xiaojiu smiled, "It's just a parrot, do you still expect it to be iron-clad?"

When the parrot saw Su Xiaojiu, he immediately nodded and said, "Su is good, Su is good."

Xu Ying couldn't help but sigh: "Are these beasts in our Ronghua Palace all refined, and even a bird knows which one to tie up?"

Although she is the county lord, she is not the real master of the palace, in addition to the imperial concubine in this Ronghua Palace, Su Xiaojiu is the second most powerful authority.

"You won't even eat a bird's vinegar, who rarely let it stutter, and it's about to be killed by it every day."

After Su Xiaojiu finished speaking, he pulled Xu Ying and walked to the small kitchen together, "Don't listen to its magic sound here, help me think about what to do at noon."

As soon as Xu Ying was about to speak, she saw Su Xiaojiu raise an index finger and shake it, "Except for meat." ”

"Hey, why are you asking me why?"

Xu Ying pouted depressedly, she was meatless and unhappy, she had been eating vegetarian with the imperial concubine recently, and her face was not so round.

When the parrot saw them gone, he suddenly shouted behind him, "Man in black on the roof, man in black on the roof."

"What do you say, there is a man in black"

Seeing Su Xiaojiu turn back, the parrot said again, "Su Zhang's business is good, Su Zhang's business is good, Su Zhang's work is hard,,,

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