Volume VII Chapter 117 Private Treasury
The lifeblood of a country is mainly reflected in the wealth gathered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info The seven countries of the Central Plains, each country has its own private treasury, and the Qin State is no exception.
The extravagance of the nations has become a common practice, and the use of private treasury is completely in the hands of the monarch alone. Don't look at the grand scale of Xianyang Palace, compared with other countries, it still looks much simpler.
Ying Zheng was born in Leng Yue, he and Lin Ye were both poor and afraid, and the construction of Leng Yue Mansion in Xianyang City was all borrowed from Min Dai. I thought that when I became the prince, I could use it at will, but who knew that the amount of money in the palace had always been in the hands of Huayang Palace, and even Ying Zichu felt that he was very poor, let alone Ying Zheng.
If you want to develop your national strength, you must have a strong army, and wars are fought in terms of logistics, money, and food. There is not enough money, where can compete with other countries for capital. The geographical location of the Qin State was very poor, bordering the border and fighting with the nomads all the year round.
After a war, the national strength of the Qin State was almost lost, and every generation of Qin kings was worried about money and food. It was not until the time of King Qin Huiwen that under Zhang Yi's planning, he took the land of Bashu and had a strong capital, otherwise Qin would not be able to compete with other countries at all.
Money is not everything, but without money, it is absolutely impossible, Ying Zheng understands this very well.
There is such a big pearl of the night on his head, and in this underground hall, it shines like day. Zhongli was also dumbfounded, she really had never seen such a big night pearl, the underground palace of the Zhong Palace, where the ice girl lived, was only lit with more than a dozen sleeping lamps, and under the reflection of countless ice cubes, it was bright. But with a lot of ice, the space is cramped and cramped.
And here is different, a fist-sized night pearl illuminates this place. There are rockeries, streams, bookshelves, and many water and wine around, it is simply the abode of a group of gods, how much does it cost to do it?
The two of them thought at the same time that Empress Qin Wu would be too good at enjoying it. Where does her money come from? It must have been taken from a private treasury. Although they have not yet entered the private treasury, they all believe that only there can be such luxury.
The corners of Zhongli's mouth trembled: "Childe, dig a secret passage leading to the Zhong Palace, and connect it with our underground palace there." There is no room for error here, there is an ice girl stationed for many years, and no one can break in. It's too rich here, Zhongli has never been to this kind of place in his life, and the night pearl of the Blood Fan Tower is not as big as this one. ”
Ying Zheng nodded, Xiao Cui wants to protect Lin Ye, and she can't come here often. With the Ice Girl here, Ying Zheng is very down-to-earth, anyway, the Ice Girl has no concept of money. Just like Xiao Cui now, she doesn't look at her wealth together, she only looks at something on the bookshelf.
There are three passages here, Zhongli was about to follow one of them, but was stopped by Zhao Cui, and said: "Don't enter, Lord Hall, the book says that each passage has countless mechanisms, and there is no topographic map, so it is dangerous to trespass in one place." ”
Wealth was already by his side, and Zhongli was not in a hurry, and together with Yingzheng, he looked through the books on the shelves.
The books here contain various ideological classics, medicine, the art of war, and biographies......
The three of them searched for a long time before they found the topographic map of the three passages, coupled with the introduction of the book, before they knew why Qin Wuhou wanted to build such three passages.
The passage to Yihuan Courtyard is to make the connection between the North Palace and the Qin Palace. This passage is not even known to Natsuhime. When the North Palace was first built, Xia Ji was under tremendous pressure from the Qi family, and at that time, Qin Wuhou supported it to make the Beigong Le Mansion successfully completed.
At that time, Xia Ji was still very young, and in front of the Empress Dowager Xuan, she lived in fear. The only thing in the palace that can compete with the Empress Dowager Xuan is Empress Qin Wu, after several battles, and several forces compromise with each other, so that there is the current North Palace. Among them, Qin Wuhou contributed the most, and Yihuan Yuan was also the most important place for intelligence collection in Beigong, and Qin Wuhou was able to know the death of King Qin Wu so quickly, because of the information obtained through this channel.
A passage was opened to the outside of the city, and that was for the purpose of escaping. Even if you are a king, you have to leave a way back for yourself, let alone the smart and resolute Empress Qin Wu. And in the booklet, the new owner of the Yiling Hall was repeatedly reminded not to use this passage lightly unless it was absolutely necessary.
Because this is a waterway, it is easy for a person to cross the past and drive the flow of water, and it is easy to narrow the gap between the stone walls. If you use it too much, this channel can no longer be used, unless you build a new one, which will cost a lot of capital.
The most important one is the secret passage to the private treasury, where there are many hidden weapons, and it is difficult for those who don't understand it to get out alive. Once trapped in the private vault, it can only be opened through the main entrance, and the key to the private vault has always been in the hands of the Mi family. Therefore, the new owner of the Yiling Palace is advised that the wealth here must not be taken out of the Yiling Palace, so as not to be noticed.
At the same time, in order to prevent the detection of the Qi family, after entering the private warehouse, you can only take the boxes stored fifty years ago, and you can't take any gold bricks around you. The Mi family has a private treasury bill, which only records the money and things that can be seen, as well as items within 50 years.
Zhongli was speechless when he looked at it, and said, "Empress Qin Wu is too smart, she must have entered the private treasury many times, otherwise where would she know so much." Lord Mi Chen is very pitiful, there are so many belongings in the private treasury, and it is impossible to complete the inventory of how many years of savings. Every time he went in and out, he was in a hurry, not to mention fifty years ago, even thirty years ago, he didn't have time to investigate. If he knows that a lot of money in his private treasury is missing, he will definitely be depressed and unable to eat for a few days. ”
Ying Zheng also shook his head with a wry smile, the private treasury is not an ordinary place, even if Mi Chen finds out, it is impossible to move the private treasury to other places. What's more, Mi Chen couldn't find out at all, so Qin Wuhou stole the money and things from the private treasury and used it only for her alone, which can be said to be inexhaustible and inexhaustible.
Thinking of the sensitivity of the Yiling Palace, the old people in the palace will not come here, this is a taboo place, and it is estimated that Mrs. Huayang will not come here. In this way, how can others know that Qin Wuhou still has this hand, so this secret has been hidden for decades.
Zhongli's curiosity was aroused, and Zhao Cui continued to observe here, pulling Yingzheng towards the passage to the private treasury. Ying Zheng could see that Zhong Li also wanted to learn from Qin Wu and take some property that Mi Chen couldn't find. Since the Zhong Hall expelled Ling Yu, there are many fewer people inside, and the Zhong Hall also needs to develop, and it is not possible to do it without money.
The little bit of use in the private treasury has long been unable to satisfy Zhongli, especially the money and food dug up from Mi Chen's mouth, Zhongli is like a bully forcibly seizing other people's assets. What's more, Zhongli is used to doing things according to the rules, if she wants to get more, she can only think of other ways, anyway, she can't squeeze out much from Mi Chen.
Carefully avoiding the mechanism, a lattice was hidden, and a stone door slowly opened, and another passage appeared. In this way, I walked three passages and three stone gates in a row before I came to a narrow stone frame.
When it was opened again, there was a golden light inside, and the two of them seemed to have entered a sea of gold, how much wealth was there.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng had extreme contempt for Mi Chen in his heart, no wonder Empress Qin Wu would steal money from the private treasury, there was too much wealth here. With a little bit of it, you can increase the strength of the army and make more weapons.
What is the money used for? It's used to use. It's a waste of so much money to keep in the ground. With Yingzheng's mind, he can take out half of it and let the money roll over in order to maximize the resources.
In addition to a dozen rows of glittering gold bricks, each row stacked more than two people high, hundreds of huge boxes were placed in each corner. There are wooden chests, silver chests, gold chests, and stone chests. According to the method taught by Qin Wuhou, many boxes could not be easily touched, lest the traces of opening be discovered by the Qi family.
So Zhongli opened a stone box hidden in the corner with an ancient atmosphere, these stone boxes were all fifty years old, and after opening, there could be no traces. When you open it, the gold beads, agate, and jade are stacked chaotically on top of each other.
Zhongli was not polite, took a small pouch from his belt, and filled it all in one go. After the loading is completed, the contents of the stone box are only minus a trace layer, and if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.
No wonder Mi Chen couldn't find it, the money and things in these stone boxes have existed for a long time, even if some are taken away, he has no bill comparison. There are dozens of stone boxes here, and if you want to count them all, you need at least dozens of accounting gentlemen, who have been calculating for more than half a month.
What is the private library? How can outsiders be allowed to come in or out? Therefore, the assets here can only be liquidated by Mi Chen alone, so where can he calculate it. Even Zhongli guessed that every time Mi Chen entered the private treasury, he only counted the money and things within ten years, so that it would be fast.
Do you want to take some ten years ago and try Mi Chen's expression? As soon as this idea came out, it was rejected by Yingzheng. Qin Wuhou's method is very practical, and they can't use too much money. What's more, Empress Qin Wu repeatedly told that the private treasury was the foundation of Great Qin, and it should not be easily taken out of the Qin Palace.
With some inconspicuous softness, that's still in the past. If a large number of jadeite, jade, night pearl and other items suddenly appear in the bell hall, it will be difficult for others not to pay attention to it. The use of each palace is accountable in Huayang Palace, and if you think about it with your toes, you will guess where the money and things come from.
Some ordinary fine softness, especially those jade, the smaller the scale, the better. Anyway, there are many princesses of various countries living in the Zhong Palace, and the princesses of other families have some private money, which is normal. If you take out the night pearl on the top of the secret room to show off, then Yingzheng will have a lot of fun.
After wandering around, the two went out of the private vault, called Zhao Cui together, and returned to the main room of Yiling Palace.
When I came to the hall, I saw that Yi An was still trembling there, and when he saw the three of them come out, he knelt on the ground, crying and begging: "Please be the master of the king and the hall master, my princess sent someone to call me, I can't go." When the Praetorian Guards entered the Qin Palace, the princess must ask the reason, and after asking, she will habitually torture me, I am afraid that I will not be strict in my mouth and divulge the secret, so I begged the king to refuse the princess. ”
Ying Zheng and Zhong Li looked at each other, torturing people for a long time, but they didn't know how to resist. Ying Zheng has obviously said that she doesn't need to wait for Ying Ai anymore, she can't believe it, and she wants Ying Zheng to refuse in person.
Who is Yingzheng? He is the king of Qin, and this is his harem. What he said, now even Mrs. Huayang will give face, just a little palace maid, it's okay if she is killed, let alone a person. At the same time, I am also a little dissatisfied with Ying Ai, this lively and lovely sister, and the habit of torturing people, this habit is very bad.
But let Ying Zheng say to Ying Ai in person, then it would be a loss of dignity, he couldn't go to Huayang Palace to ask for someone for a palace maid, otherwise Mrs. Huayang would nag him again, saying where is his king's prestige?
So for a while, Ying Zheng really didn't know how to explain the fragile Yi'an.