[The stupid bird flies first, which is also very beneficial to your points. 】

"Then I'll choose agriculture and government officials."

Anyway, the recent topics of the imperial court have also closely focused on these two themes, and today's excerpt also mentions that the officials are about to have a year-end assessment, and it is always useful for her to go to the Buddha for a while.

But when he thought of tomorrow's class arrangement, Sheng Shaoqing looked at the big chicken leg in front of him, and he couldn't raise his appetite at all.

And although Yuan Che doesn't need to get up early to go to court tomorrow, he was also arranged by Taifu for a bunch of courses, and the mother and son sympathized with each other, sitting together and sighing at the delicious delicacies served by A-Ning.

Early the next morning, Sheng Shaoqing only slept for an hour longer than usual before Cui Yun shouted.

"The Queen Mother, the two Shang Palaces and several concubines are already waiting outside the palace to meet you."

Sheng Shaoqing: ?

Can you still make people sleep completely?

Cui Yun said while helping Sheng Shaoqing change his clothes, "It's Weichen's negligence, I should have told the Queen Mother in advance last night, today is the day when the two Shang Palaces and several concubines of the first emperor in the inner court will meet." ”

After Sheng Shaoqing sat down in the main hall, a few people outside the hall walked slowly into the salute.

"Who are they?"

Sheng Shaoqing didn't forget to take the time to ask the system who these people were.

[There are two in the back row, the older one is Li Shanggong, and the plumper one is Wang Shanggong; In the front row, from left to right, they are Mrs. Li and Xu, the beauty Dong, and the talented Lin. 】

"How many concubines are there for the first emperor? No wonder Yuan Che is such a son. ”

The two ladies are obviously old, and they seem to be suitable for childbearing, as if there are only two low-ranking concubines.

[With you and the dead emperor's biological mother Liu, there are only six concubines of the first emperor. 】

"I thought the emperor was all seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courts."

The system supports the forehead, [This harem is all owned by other people, and the emperor naturally wants as much as he wants, but this matter is okay but not necessary. The first emperor was a workaholic, and he couldn't remember the faces of many concubines, so there were only a few famous and well-known. 】

After a few people got up, Sheng Shaoqing let them sit down, and only then did he carefully look at these former "love rivals" of Feng Tian.

Li and Xu belong to half-aged, and their charm still exists, and they can still see the demeanor of their youth. And the beauty Dong is worthy of her position, and she is indeed a beauty, with eyebrows like distant mountains and skin like peach blossoms; Among these talented Lin people, his appearance is mediocre, but he is also much better looking than Feng Tian.

Sheng Shaoqing is not inferior to her current appearance, but to be honest, what did the first emperor like about her, and chose her to be the queen mother?

She doesn't look like she can charm the Lord.

Several people glanced at each other, and Mrs. Li took the lead in opening her mouth, "Queen Mother, since the beginning of winter, all palaces and government officials have added roasting money, and for the two major events of the first emperor Bintian and the new emperor's accession to the throne, many more servants have been added to the palace, so it will spend three hundred more money per month than at this time in previous years." ”

Mrs. Xu also continued, "It's not just a fire, new clothes are always cut in winter, several palace rooms in the southeast corner of the palace are in disrepair, and one or two are always repaired in spring, which is another one." ”

Li Shanggong smiled silently, Wang Shanggong said to Mrs. Xu, "It's not urgent to repair those palaces, now many female histories should be released from the palace next spring, and the palaces should also be carefully selected. ”

After they finished speaking, they all turned their heads and looked at Sheng Shaoqing, "The Queen Mother is busy with political affairs, and these chores in the harem should not bother the Queen Mother too much, but there are some things that we can't make up our minds, and we have to ask the Queen Mother to decide." ”

So, are they giving her a work report?

[Do you think that the harem concubines only have two things: eating and sleeping? ] In the harem court, personnel changes, rewards and punishments, and personal contacts all need to be handled by them, otherwise you can't take care of it alone. 】

"So what's wrong with you?"

Several people were silent when they heard this, which made Sheng Shaoqing and the second monk puzzled, and then Li Shanggong opened his mouth, "Now the expenses in the palace are really large, and the private treasury in the palace has been exhausted. ”

No wonder they all looked embarrassed, it turned out that they were here to ask for money!

But where is she going to give them money?

"Where does the money in the palace's private treasury come from?"

Li Shanggong replied, "Part of it is produced by Huangzhuang, and every time it is harvested, it is sold at the market price and converted into cash and filled into the warehouse, and the other part is tax. ”

"In the past few years, the harvest of the Huangzhuang has not been good, and the first emperor has been exempted from taxes for three years, so the silver in this treasury is getting less and less......

The harvest depends on the sky, the tax depends on the people, and the only way to make money is to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

The first thing to throttle is layoffs.

"The cost in the palace is so big, why don't you lay off some people out of the palace?"

Wang Shanggong answered, "Weichen also thinks so, release half of the people at the beginning of spring next year, and the silver will be much less." ”

Mrs. Li opened her mouth in a trembling voice at this time, "How can this be done?" This is a matter of royal decency, how can so many people be let out at once?! ”

"Then Mrs. Li, do you have any good opinions?"

Mrs. Li didn't have any good opinions on this issue, but she just felt that it was inappropriate, hunger was a small matter, and losing face was a big matter.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Sheng Shaoqing made a decision directly, and laid off employees in the spring of next year!

Several people left the Yongguang Palace, Mrs. Li's face collapsed suddenly, and Mrs. Xu noticed Mrs. Li's abnormality, but she didn't speak.

In the past, when the first emperor was there, Mrs. Li was very pompous, and the first emperor was thrifty, and she was not easy to overstep. I thought that the mixed concubine would be able to talk about the arrangement, but she was directly given a trick to draw her salary - Curry had no money, so she couldn't talk about pomp and circumstance if she wanted to, and Mrs. Xu had a lot of fun behind her back.

After sending these people away, Sheng Shaoqing thought that this release was not a long-term solution, how could he make Curry rich?

How many Imperial Villages?

On the tax side, we are still counting on Yunzhi, and it will take effect after a month at the earliest.

[Those imperial villages have long been poorly managed, and there is only an empty shell left. 】

Sheng Shaoqing: ............

The Queen Mother is too difficult, not only to be the affairs of the family in this palace, but also the affairs of all families in the world.

However, the gossip soul in Sheng Shaoqing's chest suddenly burned, "You said, they used to have a higher status than me, and now that I am the queen mother, will they be unconvinced?" ”

[Then do you want to see what they are thinking?] 】

Sheng Shaoqing nodded frantically, she wants to see! She wants to see!

[Then you go and finish the course I prepared for you first, and I will show you.] 】