Zhongli said lightly: "Xiao An, there is a rule in the palace, say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't say." What kind of people to say, what kind of words to say, not the right thing, only to people. ”

With An Yingying's salute, she said: "The slave and maid obey the order of the hall master. ”

With Zhongli relieved, Yingzheng breathed a sigh of relief, worthy of being called Yi'an, everything was done according to the rules. With the rules in peace, Zhongli also obeys the rules, and the two of them can indeed communicate together.

Looking at Chen Jiu sitting on the chair, the tone of Ying Zheng and Zhongli was completely different, only to see Yi An say coldly: "You are Chen Jiu, one of the twelve generals of the North Palace, representing the morning light." According to my Great Qin rules, you are not worthy of sitting here, and you are not qualified to sit on an equal footing with several queen mothers. ”

"Why don't I give you a salute, you ask? Then let me tell you, there are two private officials in the palace, one is the North Palace, and the other is the Bell Palace. The private officials of the two places must be registered and made an oath to be loyal to our Great Qin royal family forever. ”

"But according to Yi'an's understanding, everyone in the Zhong Hall has records to check, including the Nie family members here in the ranch, who belong to the outer hall. But in addition to the north palace in the palace, the north palace of Zhongnan Mountain outside the palace has not been registered. In other words, the North Palace of Zhongnan Mountain is just a civil force on the rivers and lakes. ”

"I am a person from the palace, and I joined the Zhong Hall with my husband, so I will give salutes to several hall masters, and to a few noble people in my Great Qin, but I will definitely not give salutes to a civil force."

"You can sit here, it is completely because of the mercy of the king, and the queen mothers don't care about you. But in my opinion, your identity is not as good as mine. At least I am the head of a palace in the palace, my husband is quite prestigious in the Praetorian Guard, and my daughter is the young hall master of the Zhong Palace. With such an identity, you still want me to give a gift to a civil force? Not only can't I afford to lose this face, but my husband and daughter can't afford to lose this person. ”

Chenxi was stunned, she was said to be stupid by Yi'an.

Zhao Ji frowned and said: "Empress Dowager Huayang, you are in charge of the palace, and the personnel of the North Palace have not registered?" ”

Mrs. Huayang really didn't think about it, and after a while of internal communication, she said: "Just now Mindai told me that the North Palace of Zhongnan Mountain is indeed not registered, and she thought it was our acquiescence. ”

Xia Ji opened her mouth, but closed her mouth, she could only blame Chenxi herself for this matter, she didn't understand this rule, so naturally she didn't take this part into account. Originally, I thought I was fine, but suddenly, I was called broken by a palace maid, which is not ordinary.

At this moment, Mi Run walked in from outside the big tent, holding a token, and applied a standard court etiquette to Ying Zheng and the three queen mothers, and said: "King Qiyu, the three queen mothers, Mrs. Jun ordered Mi Run to speak instead of her." ”

At this point, Ying Zheng beckoned and said, "Sit beside me." ”

"Xiaomin, if you have anything to say, just say it here."

Qi Run sat next to Ying Zheng, his ears moved, and he spoke for Min: "King, the concubine shouldn't have interfered, and she didn't want to come at all, but someone insisted that I force it out." ”

"Although I don't like to take care of things, the records of the people in the palace must be read, because this is the duty of Mrs. Jun. In fact, I won't ask who there are more people or who are transferred, as long as there are names. ”

"Huayang Palace, Ganquan Palace, Dazheng Palace, Qinian Palace, Zhangtai Palace, Liuying Palace...... As well as the palaces in various places, the historians and families in the palace are recorded, and I will look at this once a year. ”

"There are a lot of people entering and leaving each palace every year, and I won't ask, in this, there is only the record of Beigong Yuefu, and I haven't seen the North Palace of Zhongnan Mountain, which should also be a palace of my Daqin."

"It's nothing, I thought it was the acquiescence of the Empress Dowager Huayang and the Empress Dowager Xia Ji, and I never asked a word. But today, Yi'an said that there was no registration of the people in the palace at all, and I immediately ordered the people below to go to the historian's family to check, and the speed of answering me was very fast. Not only was there not a single person there, not even the name of the palace. ”

"In other words, the palace in Zhongnan Mountain does not belong to my official organization of Great Qin at all, but is just a civil force. This matter was confirmed by Mrs. Huayang, which greatly annoyed me. ”

"I heard that the main hall of the North Palace is magnificent, where does the money and food come from? In order to repair the Zheng Guoqu, I, Daqin, have tried to minimize expenses inside and outside the palace, and I am already very nervous. Now there is a palace that is empty of money and food, and it does not belong to the palace of my royal family, this account, I will check it to the end, and it is useless for anyone to intercede. ”

Zhao Ji immediately said: "It must be investigated, the war at the border is tight, and many soldiers are not equipped with their armaments, how can there be an institution that consumes the national strength of Great Qin?" ”

Mrs. Huayang also said: "In order to build some institutions in the palace, they don't dare to take more money and grain from the treasury, and many of them are private money from everyone. The palace of Zhongnan Mountain, except for some of the free support of the Ba family, most of it is taken from the treasury. Zheng'er, call Mi Chen, he knows this best. ”

Ying Zheng clenched his fists, very angry in his heart, there is such a thing, is Chenxi's head funny, such a thing can be done. He had to express his stance on this matter, and said: "Xuan Michen entered the big tent, and this king wants to know how the North Palace spends money and grain. Grandma Natsuhime, please don't talk for the time being, and then explain after you finish checking. ”

After a while, Mi Chen walked in, and after giving the salute, he listened to Ying Zheng's inquiry. He is the one who manages the treasury, he knows this best, he doesn't need to take out the account book at all, and said casually: "The palace of Zhongnan Mountain has a total of three money and grain supplies. ”

"First, my own internal income, selling some intelligence, receiving assassination missions, and gifts from various forces, there are 1.5 million quintals per year."

"The second is the supply of the Ba family, which provides at least two million quintals every year, as well as thousands of gold and silver ornaments of all kinds."

"The third is the Great Qin State Treasury, which provides five million quintals and 3,000 pieces of gold and jade every year."

"That's all, the king asks me this, is there any problem? I know that everyone knows that there will be no mistakes at all, and it is impossible to give more. ”

Several queen mothers were dumbfounded, and Min Dai was also stunned, a palace, do you need so much money and food? Although Min Dai didn't care about anything, even she knew that the use of Huayang Palace was only one and a half million quintals per year, not to mention other palaces.

Ying Zheng's heart was beating wildly, and this degree of extravagance was second only to the Yiling Palace. But the money and goods in the Yiling Hall are strictly forbidden to be taken out of the palace, which is equivalent to a warehouse, and it is still in the palace. And what about Beigong? The peak of the snow-capped mountain, which has been covered with wind and snow all year round, actually needs so much money and food every year, what do they want to do?

Trying to calm the anger in his chest, he said lightly: "Why did you approve so much money and food for Beigong?" When repairing Zheng Guoqu, it should be given less. ”

Mi Chen didn't know what was going on, and said directly: "In order to promote elites, Beigong wants nothing more, and as I said, my Daqin lacks the most top-level combat power, and it is not easy to train a master, so naturally I have to spend more money on food supply in exchange for the resources I need." ”

"I'm still satisfied with this, Beigong has really done it, and there are many talents in civil and military affairs. So when I was repairing the Zheng Guoqu, I wanted to reduce some supplies, but Beigong said that the treasury would come to support me, so I never shorted their money and food. ”

"This year's supply, which was also successfully delivered last month, is not a lot. I do things, although the king can rest assured, even if there is a shortage everywhere, it can't be short of the money and food in the North Palace. ”

Ying Zheng couldn't bear it anymore, stood up suddenly, slapped his big hand on the table, and said angrily: "I'm relieved? I'm relieved. ”

"You actually sent out this year's money and grain, the money and grain in the palace can only be supplied in the middle of next month, and the money and grain in Ganquan Palace can only be supplied in the second half of next month, is the North Palace more important than Qin Palace and Yongcheng?"

Qi Chen was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground, he really didn't know what was going on.

Ying Zheng glared at Chen Jiu angrily and said, "What are you still sitting for?" Withdraw from the seat, Dawn is not qualified to sit in front of this king. Yi'an is right, your identity is not as good as even a palace maid in this palace, it's not as good as a fake, it's really not as good. ”

"At least they know that Daqin's treasury has been tight in recent years, and everyone in the palace has tightened their clothes and food and used it carefully. Every night, even a few oil lamps are lit and used for a few hours, and they are all calculated, just to use less money and food from the king, so that Zheng Guoqu and the soldiers in front can use it more. ”

"You know what? Ganquan Palace, Qi Nian Palace, and Dazheng Palace together are only 1.5 million quintals per year; Huayang Palace is the standard of the Qin Palace, and it is only 1.5 million quintals per year, and most of them have to be allocated to the various palaces in the palace, so that Huayang Palace is only 400,000 quintals per year. ”

"There are also many masters in the Zhong Palace, but the Zhong Hall can only obtain one million taels from Mi Chen every year, half of which will be supplied to the Qin Clan's ranch. This king really has no money, and he often complains that Grandma Huayang doesn't use much, and it turns out that most of the money and grain in the treasury have been taken by you. ”

"Today, I'm not afraid of being scolded by the three queen mothers, the funds for this crown ceremony are all stolen from Mi Chen. Yes, we have calculated the next amount, we want to reward the ministers, we must hold ancestor worship ceremonies, and we must comfort the people of Yongcheng. Even if the concubines' private money is all combined, it is not enough for a small half of it. ”

"As a last resort, I hid from the three queen mothers and went to Mi Chen's private treasury to steal some money and grain. Because of this, Mi Chen hid in the private treasury for a few days and didn't dare to come out, you don't need to worry about anything, I stole the money and food in it, this king really has no choice, how much is used in it, let Min Dai slowly count it for you after you go back. ”

"I am the King of Qin, and I have to steal money and food in my own house, but you dare to take it directly in the treasury, where did you get the courage?"

After this scolding, Chen Jiu was so frightened that he left his seat in an instant, and the current Yingzheng was too terrifying. She knew that as long as Chenxi said the wrong word, her life would be in danger, because King Qin was really angry.

The three queen mothers were silent, Chenxi took too much, and it was strange that Yingzheng was not angry. Now it also explains why Yingzheng dares to give a crown ceremony, because he stole money from his private treasury. Since Mi Chen knew about this matter, it was not called stealing, but the monarch and ministers discussed it privately, but they just hid it from them.

After getting angry, Ying Zheng calmed down, sat down and let out a sullen breath, and said: "Don't say anything, stand at the bottom of Yi'an's head for me, and when this is over, go back and explain it to me." ”

"This explanation has to satisfy me."