It doesn't matter if King Zhao doesn't want to go down, now the treasury is tight, and this move has also saved the court a lot of expenses.

You think, after going down, you will build a palace for King Zhao in the fiefdom, why bother.

King Zhao stood up and replied respectfully:

"The prince is the prince of the country, and the younger brother should be in awe, in addition, His Royal Highness is the eldest brother of the minister, and the younger brother should also love you, in the past, most of the younger brothers were at fault first, did not follow the ancestral teachings, did not abide by the court etiquette, His Royal Highness the prince taught the younger brother, but also for the good of the younger brother, the younger brother was grateful, and did not dare to forget."

Yuan Zhi raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

Oh, King Zhao has a master behind him, otherwise, how could he say such decent words.

What kind of virtue Yuan Luo is, Yuan Zhi couldn't be clearer.

The famous prince of Chang'an Jingshi.

Bohemianism, bullying and sometimes showing a cowardly side.

Such people are most afraid of things and pressure, and they are also the most likely to breed hatred in their hearts.

The greater the pressure, the more likely it is to be psychologically distorted and cynical.

There was a contact before, and King Zhao's performance in front of him can be described as unbearable.

But at the moment, these two sentences of dialogue are really of a certain level.

What he was taught behind this, I don't know if it was King Ning, or the elders of the Yuan clan royal family in the Zongren Mansion, the old princes.

"Since you know Lonely's hard work, then it's the best, let's say, why did you come to the East Palace with King Jin today?" The prince said indifferently.

Unexpectedly, King Zhao was not in a hurry, he took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, it should be a list or something.

He Lang said:

"The younger brother is fortunate to have the queen's mother's weight, the entrustment of the elders of the clan, let the younger brother come forward to organize on behalf of the royal family, the royal celebration at the end of the year and the first month and other series of activities, the younger brother thought about it, and did not dare to slack off, so I pondered a detailed list, please look at it, if there is any shortcoming, the younger brother must be humble to seek advice."

"Bring it in."

Taking the list presented by King Zhao, Yuan Zhi read it carefully and deduced.

This list of activities is well-written, with a certain day and time of a certain month, location, invitees and specifications, and required funds.

At first glance, you can see that it is from the hand of the Ministry of Rites, and the words are concise and fluent, without too much embellishment, so as not to cause ambiguity.

The level of writing of this list alone cannot be completed perfectly without combing the sword and pen in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years.

What the prince cares about the most is that there are supporting emergency plans in each set of plans, and he has rich ability and experience in organizing activities.

It can be said that this is a practical plan, a budget list.

"It is written that the Ministry of Household needs to invest 500,000 taels of snowflake silver, and the Ministry of Industry needs to send people to build temporary activity sheds."

Yuan Zhi put down the plan and list, looked up at King Zhao, frowned slightly, and said:

"Outside the palace, if it belongs to the participation of ordinary people, the royal family can cooperate with the Jingzhao Yin Mansion to handle it, only the title is not specifically managed, which not only saves this money, but also puts gold on the face of the royal family."

"As for a few activities in the palace, there is no need to be so extravagant, except for the large-scale banquets, martial arts competitions, royal polo matches, or singing, dancing, opera, poetry and other activities held by the royal family, other small activities organized by the palace are all allocated by the small treasury of the palace masters, and the household department is not responsible."

King Zhao was stunned on the spot when he heard this.

Even King Jin, who had been watching coldly, was dumbfounded.

He grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, although he is diligent and studious, he has some concept of numbers.

He didn't know what 500,000 taels of silver meant, or how much he could do.

He only knew that these plans were entrusted by King Zhao to the old prince of Zongren's Mansion to find his mother to review and approve.

Then the queen mother encouraged him to participate in this preparatory work, so that he accompanied King Zhao into the East Palace.

Although this time it is mainly King Zhao, because he is an adult prince and has already opened a mansion, he is a direct prince, and he is in charge of his mother's decree to help King Zhao do this.

After all, he was not yet ten years old, far from the legal age to run an independent government, so he did not speak.

But what he didn't expect was that the prince was so cold.

Seeing King Zhao's reaction, Yuan Zhi knew that he couldn't tell that he was ugly, so he opened his mouth and reprimanded:

"Nowadays, the ordinary people of the empire, even the most prosperous place in the capital of Chang'an, a household is calculated according to a family of five, and the annual income is only two hundred taels of snowflake silver, and other remote places, except for the wealth in the south of the Yangtze River and the capital, the average of the whole country is about sixty or seventy taels of silver."

"Most of the people have the habit of saving money, and the amount of food and clothing in a year is about forty or fifty taels, except for five people, the average person per bite is eight taels of silver a year, and this 500,000 taels of silver is enough for more than 60,000 or 70,000 people to eat and dress for a year, do you still think this number is normal?"

King Zhao shuddered his lips, his eyes were flustered, his true face was revealed, and after thinking for a long time, he said hesitantly:

"But this is the royal clan, and the pomp and circumstance that should be there still have to be talked about, this bit of silver, also... It's not too outrageous! ”

"Not outrageous?"

Yuan Zhi laughed angrily.

"You are a well-known gentleman in the royal family, a few months ago, Lone once ordered to cut your silver, but it is still enough for you to have fine clothes and food, but you are in and out of Fengyue places, the number of times in the casino is less, and the gambling house no longer allows you to hang accounts, right?"

King Zhao was trained to be embarrassed, lowered his head and said: "The courtier brother was not angry before, but from now on, he will change his past wrongs, care about the people's suffering, fight for the royal family and gain face, please supervise the prince." ”

"Even if you still have a sense of shame, you didn't study in vain." Yuan Zhi snorted coldly and said:

"Let me tell you the truth, in the second half of the year, the imperial court experienced floods, and fought with the Turks on the border, the treasury is tight, this year we are thrifty, do not need to pay attention to the place, just save it, use the money on the blade, to the next year, when the country's financial resources recover some, we are not too late."

After saying that, Yuan Zhi put pen to paper on the budget list, changed the required amount to 100,000 taels, and asked Gao Jin to present it to King Zhao.

"Take the lonely Zhu Pi, hurry to the household department to get the silver, hurry up and run the errand, and be careful in your calculations."

Seeing that he asked for 500,000 taels, but was only approved for 100,000 taels, King Zhao was disappointed and resentful.

For the first time, he was valued by the queen mother and the old princes of the Zongren Mansion, and finally came out to run an errand independently, but he ran into a wall here with the prince.

Thinking of this, King Zhao gritted his teeth and said:

"Please be gracious to His Royal Highness the Prince, at least give half of the approval, 300,000 taels, otherwise the younger brother will go back and will not be able to explain to the old princes of the Zongren Mansion, and of course the queen mother."

As he spoke, King Zhao glanced at King Jin, meaning that you should also open your mouth to help the third brother say something.

King Yuan Xuan of Jin certainly understood King Zhao's intentions.

He didn't want to confront the prince in person, but as the deputy envoy of this event, it was arranged by the queen mother herself, if this event was held in a cold year, how could the face of the queen mother and the royal family exist?