Chapter 258: Die together

"Everyone knows to open source, but open source is really not an easy task. The Royal Palace's annual income is not a lot at all, but there are many places to spend money."
Ouyang Fu is the assistant butler, and she knows the income of the palace for a year.
There is definitely not a million taels, three to five hundred thousand taels, there must be some when the weather is good.
It's just that the weather is not always smooth every year.
Tianzhuang looks at the sky for dinner.
Shops will also be affected by natural disasters.
Several trade lines will also be affected by various factors.
In recent years, the royal family's income has always been unable to make ends meet.
On the one hand, natural disasters are frequent, and on the other hand, the population of the palace increases, and the expenditure also increases.
Gu Jiu looked at the worried Ouyang Fu and said, "The boat will go straight to the end of the bridge. If you really want to cut the cost, you will not only cut the cost of your yard. It must be the whole house. It will be cut."
Ouyang Fu smiled bitterly, "Sister-in-law is right. You have a large population in the East Hospital. If you want to cut costs, you don't know how much trouble will be caused."
Gu Jiu smiled, "No matter how many disturbances may arise, as long as the princess gives an order, I will definitely act according to the order."
Ouyang Fu was embarrassed for a moment, and covered the embarrassment on his face with his sleeves, "My sister-in-law said. If the mother and concubine are really determined to cut the cost, we can only act according to the order, there is no other way. I still have things to do. If you’re busy, let’s say goodbye."
"Second siblings go slowly."
Qingmei whispered, "Madam, what the second maid said, it sounds a bit strange to the servant."
Madam Fang sullenly, "The second lady wants to persuade his wife to fight against the princess and the empress. Didn't you hear that?"
"Huh?" Qingmei was surprised, "Does the second lady really mean that?"
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Almost. The princess wants to cut the cost, and the second wife is definitely not willing. She doesn't want to get ahead, so she came to test my attitude."
Unfortunately, Gu Jiu is not willing to cooperate with Ouyang Fu.
Madam Fang said worriedly: "If the princess and the empress really want to cut the cost, there are dozens of people in the eastern courtyard, the madam will have to plan early."
Gu Jiu nodded.
There are not many people who wait on her side, and the number of maids and servants is less than twenty.
The main reason is that there are too many subordinates around Liu Zhao, dozens of them.
If you really want to tailor the cost, then tailor the subordinates around Liu Zhao.
He doesn't need so many people anyway.
Gu Jiu walked in the garden.
Someone came to meet him, bowed and bowed, "The villain pays homage to the lady."
The voice is familiar.
"Look up."
Sure enough, it was the actor who sang a little tune I had seen in Tourmaline Pavilion before.
Lan Xiang was refreshed and refreshed, and changed his previous journey in the Tourmaline Pavilion.
He secretly observed Gu Jiu.
The eldest lady has beautiful hands, which is really enviable.
Gu Jiu asked him, "If you don't stay in the room, what do you run out of?"
Lan Xiang lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly: "The prince has a call, and the villain dare not fail."
"The prince calls you to sing a song?"
Lan Xiang nodded, "Exactly."
Gu Jiu raised his eyebrows and smiled. King Ning was in good spirits, and he would still want to listen to the actors sing.
She asked casually: "Are you from the south?"
"The villain doesn't know where he is. Since he is sensible, he has followed his master to learn singing in Jiangnan."
Oh!
Many actors have been abducted and sold into theater troupes since childhood.
Like Aunt Tan, she ran out to sing a song by herself, and she was also regarded as a concubine's room by Master Gu. That was very rare.
It can be said that Auntie Tan's luck is excellent.
She just came out to sing, before experiencing the cruelty of the society, she was taken by Master Gu and was admitted to the mansion to enjoy the glory and wealth. The arrogance in her was retained.
Gu Jiu said, "Since the prince has a call, you should go there."
"The villain obeys. The villain sends his wife a favor."
Lan Xiang retreated to the side of the road and immersed himself in sending Gu Jiu away.
When people walked away, the musician stared at Lan Xiang fiercely, "If you dare to mess around, you will definitely break your leg."
Lan Xiang lowered his eyebrows and smiled pleasingly, "Why the brother is so nervous? How can Xiang be messed up if he has a sense of measure."
"Better so!"
...
The tree wants to be quiet and the wind keeps on, let alone some people deliberately stir the wind and rain.
The capital is not peaceful!
The fact that King Ning exchanged Southwest Bank for official Pingyin Bank had already spread throughout Beijing.
Zhao Wangfu.
King Zhao laughed loudly, "Brother Ning was so confused that he did such a stupid thing. When his father asks him, he wants to see how he responds."
The counselor reminded in a low voice, "The prince is careful that King Ning has hidden tricks."
"This king is afraid of what he will do. He dares to do it, but is he afraid that this king will say it? He is stupid himself, and takes the southwest silver to pay the official flat silver. According to this king, he is crazy."
King Zhao had a lot of contempt for King Ning.
The counselor also wanted to remind King Zhao to be cautious, but King Zhao looked impatient, "You don't need to tell the king what you have and don't. Tomorrow morning, this king only needs to watch the show."
...
East Palace.
It is still that shabby room.
The crown prince Sun rubbed her eyebrows, "My palace has no intention of playing chess today, so Shaojian Fang should put away the chess pieces."
Shao Jian Fang smiled, "Why is the mother upset?"
"King Ning used Southwest Silver to exchange official Ping Yin. If I don't believe it, you won't know."
Fang Shaojin played against himself, holding the black man in one hand and the white man in the other.
"King Ning is smearing himself, the empress does not need to care."
Crown Prince Sun sneered, "Does King Ning still need to defile himself? The absurd things he has done in these years can be described as exhausted. Fang Shao, the palace hopes that you can face this matter squarely instead of casually."
Shao Jian Fang raised his head and looked at the other person, "What the are you worried about?"
The crown prince Sun said word by word: "King Ning seems to be reckless, but he will not aimlessly. He used Southwest Silver to exchange the official Ping Yin, and he did not hide it. It doesn't matter if everyone knows it. If King Ning’s move has no deep meaning behind it, this palace doesn’t believe anything."
Fang Shaojian smiled, "No matter who Ning Wang's sword refers to, my mother, we don't have much time. The only time and manpower we have can't be wasted on Ning Wang."
Princess Sun frowned, "What do you want?"
"The Shangsi Festival is coming soon, and your Royal Highness's health is almost healed, right. According to our family's understanding of your majesty, you may have been unable to bear to do it. Is your mother determined?"
"My palace has long been determined."
"Just in case, our family must ask again. Will the empress change her mind again?"
The princess Sun's face was decisive, "This princess will never change her mind."
Fang Shaojian asked negatively: "Even if the matter fails and the life of the prince is implicated, the empress will not waver?"
Prince Sun hesitated for less than a second, "My palace has already made up its mind, how can it be shaken."
"It's good for the empress to be resolute. Our family is desperate for her life, and will help her."
"Where is King Ning?"
Fang Shaojian slowly shook his head, "Don't worry about King Ning, our purpose is not him, I hope Empress can distinguish the priority."
The Crown Prince Sun took a deep breath, "My palace is really unwilling to watch King Ning arrogantly."
"If things happen, King Ning will not be arrogant for long."
Crown Princess Sun nodded secretly, reminding herself not to be irritable.
She whispered: "Has everything been arranged in the palace?"
Fang Shaojian said confidently: "Don't worry, your mother, everything is under control."
Crown Prince Sun nodded with satisfaction, "It is so good. The prospects and lives of thousands of people in the East Palace are all entrusted to you by Fang Shaojian. I hope you will not take me."
Shaojian Fang laughed meaningfully, "Our family dare not take the mother. Afterwards, the mother will be grateful to our family."
Crown Prince Sun stood up and left.
Fang Shaojian held a black stone in his hand, and he stared at the chessboard with unpredictable expressions.
Suddenly, he overturned the chessboard, the chess pieces were on the ground, all over the room.
He looked up and laughed.
"Ambitious and bold, I really don't know how to write dead words! However, our family's life is being pinched, ha ha..."
Fang Shaojian lowered his head and looked at the chess pieces all over the floor, his eyes flashing crazy.
Let's die together!
...
This morning, it was like a vegetable market.
At the beginning of the early dynasty, the impeachment of King Ning was impeached by the impeachment of King Ning.
Not just one yushi, but a dozen yushi, with full firepower, all aimed at King Ning.
King Zhao also took the opportunity to jump out, "Tell your father, Brother Ning used Southwest silver to subsume official Pingyin. This matter may have internal information. It is better to listen to what Brother Ning said."
After Wang Zhao finished speaking, he winked at King Ning. As if to say: Don't thank me, as a brother, this is all I should do.
King Ning: Ha ha!
Wang Zhao is concealing evil intentions, just because he wants to watch his good show.
Who will watch whose play, maybe.
Kai Yaodi was in a bad mood today.
It has been many days to clear up the debts of the household department. The debt collected by the Ministry of Households was still less than one million taels.
In the hall, one counts as one, and few have clean butts.
Especially King Ning, who dared to use southwest silver to exchange the Baoguan Pingyin, openly played the imperial court order officer, without proper dignity, and simply despised the Shangyu. It is indeed a sin worthy of death.
"King Ning, get out of me. You can use Southwest silver to exchange official flat silver, and you dare to instruct the palace guards and yamen to beat them in the street. Are you convicted?"
"Children convicted!"
King Ning was very quick, and simply knelt on the ground to apologize.
Zhao Wangzhi is proud and gloating.
The other princes are similar. Happy to see King Ning in trouble.
Kai Yaodi was a violent temper. He walked directly off the dragon chair and kicked King Ning’s chest. "Asshole, who gave you the courage to play with the court commander and despise Shangyu? Why did I give birth to you a pig dog? Something inferior."
King Ning took the opportunity to fall to the ground, clutching his chest, crying, and couldn't get up.
Kai Yaodi was angry, and kicked again. He was about to ask someone to drag King Ning down and fight again, when someone stood up.
"Your Majesty, King Ning used Southwest Silver to buy official Ping Yin. In this case, Prince Ning’s Mansion still has at least 45,000 taels of silver deposits. Please order that King Ning should surrender this deposit immediately, as soon as possible. Pay off the debts of the household department."
The speaker was Li Shizhong, who used to be the nail that Empress Ruijin Cui put in the court. Now that the Queen Ruizhen Cui is no longer there, Li Shizhong has joined forces with the Cui family to protect the prince.
If King Ning died by himself, don't blame him for falling into trouble.
When Emperor Kai Yao heard this, he felt right.
Pointing at King Ning, angrily said: "Nizi, quickly hand over the silver, otherwise I will make you look good."
King Ning said with a guilty conscience: "Qing to my father, my children are out of money."
"Forty-five thousand liang of official silver will never disappear out of thin air. Your Royal Highness, you must not coax people." Li Shizhong stared at King Ning firmly.
King Ning jumped up and pointed at Li Shizhong’s nose and cursed,
Who told you that this official has 450,000 taels of official silver, which eye did you see? If there is no evidence, stop talking nonsense.

Li Shizhong was sprayed, wiped his face, and silently wiped the saliva stars on his face. He was extremely disgusted with King Ning in his heart.
King Zhao was heartbroken and said, "Brother Ning, don’t be obsessed with it. The fact that you used 45,000 taels of southwest silver to buy official Pingyin has already spread throughout the court and the capital. Everyone knows that your mansion is still paid. There are forty-five thousand taels of official flat silver, you can quickly take it out. Don't offend Father Father again."
When Zhao Wangming tried to persuade King Ning, he was actually in trouble. To sing and make peace with Li Shizhong is to force King Ning to surrender the silver and to provoke the love between the emperor and King Tong Ning.
With the emperor's violent temper, after only a few rounds, King Ning could not eat.
King Ning is not empty, "Who told you that this king still has 45,000 taels of official silver? This king clearly tells you that these are all slanders. Father Mingjian, but you know that the southwest silver in the hands of your ministers Where did it come from?"
Emperor Kai Yao smiled coldly, "Where did you come from?"
King Ning first smiled, "Some time ago, Erchen accidentally heard of a way to make money. If you hand over the official Ping Yin, you can make 20% of the profit.
The son was tempted, so he exchanged all the 45,000 taels of official silver for Southwest Silver.
As a result, that Gu Zhili, huh, didn't know what was good or bad, and even dared to bring the yay to the palace. The king sees him another day and will make him look good. "
"Who do you want to look good?"
Emperor Kai Yao kicked King Ning to the ground with one kick.
Then he pointed at him and asked, "Say, where do you get Southwest Bank? What is the so-called two-percent profit? If things are not clear, I cannot spare you today."
King Ning rubbed his chest, "Father is lighter anyway, the bones of the children are almost broken."
Emperor Kai Yao glared, and King Ning was finally honest.
"Encourage my father, my son’s minister’s southwest silver was exchanged from Shaofu Tongcheng. Forty-five thousand two officials were exchanged for 67,500 taels of southwest silver. Master Gu took away the southwest silver with his back foot. The 45,000 taels of official silver was sent to Shaofu Tongcheng."
The so-called Shaofu Copper Prime Yamen handles salt and iron and cast money. The People's Bank of later generations is responsible for issuing currency.
The Shaofu Tongcheng is equivalent to the president of the People's Bank of China and the CEO of a listed central enterprise, with extraordinary power.
All the southwest silver found in the Southwest Silver Mine was transported to Shaofu in accordance with regulations. The Shaofu Tongcheng arranged to re-refine the southwest silver and cast it into official silver or into silverware for the court.
King Ning broke the news in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, saying that he had exchanged Guan Ping Yin for Southwest Silver from Shaofu Tongcheng for the so-called 20% profit.
The hundreds of officials were in an uproar, and there were many discussions.
Unexpectedly, there are still such good things in the capital. You can get 20% profit if you exchange official Ping Yin for Southwest Bank.
Many people secretly sighed, knowing that there was such a good thing, they had to replace all the official silver at home with southwest silver.
20% profit is a lot.
No matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is also meat.
While Baiguan sighed, some people turned pale and sweaty.
The vicious King Ning, is he trying to kill Shaofu?
King Zhao was shocked, unable to believe that King Ning actually said this.
His face was blue, okay, he deserves to be his brother Ning. He said that a simple thing has been made so complicated, and everyone knows that he is waiting for him here.
Puff!
Xiaofu Tongcheng suddenly fell to the ground and fainted.
Emperor Kai Yao smiled coldly, and said sharply, "Splash water and wake up."
A small yellow door brought a basin of cold water and poured it heavily on Shaofu Tongcheng's face.
Shaofu Tongcheng woke up, knelt down on the ground, and shouted, "The minister is wronged!"
King Zhao had a hideous face and suddenly jumped out and pointed at King Ning, "Brother Ning, you committed the crime, but you want to involve people who are irrelevant. What do you intend to do?"
The surname of Shaofu Tongcheng was Wen, a distant relative of Concubine Xue.
King Zhao always regarded Shaofu Tongcheng as his pocketbook.
King Ning wanted to dig through his money bag, so he had to ask him if he agreed.
King Ning's eyes widened, "Seventh brother speaks cautiously. According to the facts, the king did not dare to deceive and did not involve anyone who was irrelevant. Father and son still have Master Wen's hand stamp in their hands."
Emperor Kai Yao had a hideous face, "Present it."
Chen Jianzheng Chen Dachang took three steps and two steps, took the handwritten script from King Ning and handed it to the emperor.
"Damn! Damn! Damn!"
Kai Yaodi even said three damned.
In the main hall, the civil and military officials all changed color. This is the rhythm of killing!
Emperor Kai Yao was furious, "Send Wen Guangren to imprisonment to thoroughly investigate this matter. Anyone involved in it will never be tolerated."