Volume 10 Chapter 350

Chapter 350: "The second thing is a happy event. Read the full text." Tang Yin stood up, walked slowly in front of Shangguan Yuanji with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I found a wife for you! Very nice! Beautiful, as beautiful as a flower, with outstanding temperament, good family background, noble birth, and quite respected..."

"Wait, wait!" Shangguan Yuanji became more and more confused as he listened, and asked uncertainly: "The king said he found a wife for me? What does the king mean..."

"I mean to grant you a marriage." Tang Yin said with a smile: "Yuanji, I heard that you don't have a wife until now. This is not good. The woman I found for you is named Liang Yanlin. She is Zhen. The daughter of Liang Feiyun, the great uncle of the country, I think she is a good match for you. I think you two are a perfect match."

It turns out that the king wants to marry Liang Feiyun himself! Shangguan Yuanji is so smart. After listening to Tang Yin's words, he understood what he meant. It is impossible to make precise statistics on the exact number of Zhen people who migrated to Feng Country, but the number recorded alone is over eight million. With so many Zhen people suddenly arriving in Feng Country, once chaos breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous. As the eldest uncle, Liang Feiyun is highly respected among the Zhen people and can be said to be the spiritual leader of the Zhen people. His attitude towards Feng Guo will also directly affect the Zhen people's attitude towards Feng Guo. If the king wants to marry Liang Feiyun, it means that he is firmly bound to the Feng Kingdom. As long as he stands on the Feng Kingdom's side, millions of Zhenren people will not be able to be in chaos again.

From an intellectual point of view, Shangguan Yuanji didn't think there was anything wrong with the king's actions, but from a personal emotional point of view, marriage matters had to be influenced by others, and he would feel a little unhappy.

He smiled bitterly and said, "Since when did your Majesty start to like being a matchmaker?"

Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "What? Yuanji, are you not satisfied with my arrangement? I am doing this for your own good. The Liang family's daughter has the appearance of a fish sinking and a bird falling, and a moon shy of a flower. Others can't even imagine it. ! Do you think I have to marry you? There are so many ministers in the court who are eyeing Miss Liang, like Jiang Fan, Wu Guang, Yuan Wu, and Yuan Biao, who are not married. There are too many ministers. If you don’t agree, I will find someone else.”

Seeing that the matter was about to be discussed, Ah Si cleverly interjected: "Prime Minister Shangguan, your Majesty is not exaggerating. Miss Liang is indeed beautiful and can be said to be one in ten thousand. How about this? Prime Minister Shangguan, don't be too hasty to object. Go ahead." Meet Miss Liang, maybe Miss Liang may not like Prime Minister Shangguan!"

"That's right!" Tang Yin nodded his head and continued: "Zhen people are good at martial arts, and women always like Kong Wu's majestic men. Yuanji, tell me about you. You can't lift with your hands and can't resist with your shoulders. Why do people like you?" Huh? I think Ah Si is right, I will arrange for you to meet first to see if you are compatible, and we can talk about the marriage later!"

Listening to Tang Yin and Ah Si singing, Shangguan Yuanji shook his head helplessly. It seemed that it was impossible for him to refuse outright. He was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "Okay! I'll trouble you to arrange a meeting between Wei Chen and Miss Liang first. ”

"Well, that's right!" Tang Yin smiled and patted Shangguan Yuanji's shoulder.

After leaving the palace, Shangguan Yuanji went to the lieutenant's mansion to pick up people. Although the Lieutenant's Mansion has an army, it is not under the control of Zuo Xiang Qiu Zhen. Shangguan Yuanji is the immediate superior of the Lieutenant's Mansion, so it is naturally easy for him to recruit people. Without much effort, he brought Xia Fan out. However, he did not leave immediately. He talked with Gu Chen for a long time and understood the whole story. Then he returned to the palace and returned to Tang Yin. As for Xia Fan, after taking him out of the Lieutenant's Mansion, he released him directly home.

After arriving at the palace and meeting Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji roughly told Tang Yin about Xia Fan's injury.

The thing was very simple. Xia Fan and the businessman who was beaten to death were eating in the same restaurant. They got into a fight over a trivial matter, disagreed over their words, and got into a fight. Both of them had servants with them at the time, and the scene of the fight was quite chaotic. The merchant's servants were no match for Xia Fan's servants, and they were all injured. As for the merchant, unfortunately, his head and internal organs were injured during the fight. He suffered a heavy blow and died on the spot.

There were no twists and turns in the whole thing. It was clear at a glance that although both parties had their faults, Xia Fan had beaten someone to death after all. He could not escape the blame. It was natural for the Lieutenant's Office to arrest him.

After reporting everything to Tang Yin, Shangguan Yuanji wanted to say something more, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back and stopped talking.

When Tang Yin saw this, he smiled and asked, "Yuanji, what else do you want to say?"

Shangguan Yuanji frowned and said, "When I was talking to General Gu Chen, he mentioned that on the surface it seemed like nothing, but in fact there was something wrong."

Tang Yin blinked, picked up the file Shangguan Yuanji brought over, and read it from beginning to end, but found nothing wrong. He asked: "What did Gu Chen say?"

Shangguan Yuanji said: "General Gu Chen said that Xia Fan is the empress's younger brother. Although he is a bit conceited in daily life, his nature is not bad. He has never done anything to bully others or harm the world. Even he has had fights before. The fight happened, but the other parties were all the sons of powerful people, and ordinary people were never involved. But this time, he beat a businessman to death because of a trivial matter. It was really uncharacteristic and made people think that something was going on. Weird."

He does not mean that. Tang Yin knew Gu Chen very well. He was a native of Yancheng and now the deputy commander of the Lieutenant's Mansion. He knew the situation in the capital very well. There was nothing he didn't know.

It sounds like he has a very high opinion of Xia Fan, but this is somewhat inconsistent with the Queen's words. In Yatong's words, Xia Fan is simply useless and only knows how to cause trouble.

Compared with Yatong, Tang Yin naturally believed Gu Chen's words more, but why did Yatong lie? Could it be that he deliberately belittled his brother and lowered his profile so that he could plead with himself to let Xia Fan go?

Tang Yin really couldn't understand this. He asked, "Has the identity of the businessman been found out?"

"General Gu Chen has found out. He is indeed a businessman who came to the capital from Ning to do business. His family is innocent and very wealthy. He has been doing business for generations and has no problems. Moreover, he has nothing to do with Xia Fan and the Xia family." Shangguan Yuanji replied. .

"That's weird." Tang Yin couldn't help but laugh. He picked up the file again and muttered while reading: "According to Zhao Chen's intention, Xia Fan should have intentionally killed the other party, but the other party had an innocent family background, so he still He lives in Ning, and he is from Ning, so he and Xia Fan can't even fight each other... Why would he deliberately kill each other? "

"Weichen also finds it strange!

"Shangguan Yuanji said: "There is only one explanation. General Gu Chen overestimates Xia Fan. Maybe this person is a playboy who is used to bullying others. He thinks he is the queen's younger brother and the uncle of the country, and no one takes him seriously. "

Tang Yin shrugged and said casually: "Maybe!"

As he spoke, he closed the file and handed it to Shangguan Yuanji, saying: "No matter what, this matter ends here, there is no need to investigate further. As for the claim, you can leave it to the Lieutenant's Mansion to handle it. The Xia family is very rich. The Lieutenant's Mansion can also take advantage of this opportunity to extort money!"

Shangguan Yuanji said: "All the extortion and extortion are actually our own money. Most of the Xia family's money is rewarded by the queen. The queen's money comes from the palace, and the palace's money is given by the king."

Tang Yin picked up the cup, blew the tea foam on it, took a sip, and asked, "Are you complaining that I shouldn't pay tribute to the palace and cut off the palace's food supply?"

Shangguan Yuanji said: "Our country's treasury has always been difficult to fill because the burden is too heavy. The huge palace and the ministers of the imperial court require our country to pay for their maintenance. Over time, it accumulates and consumes a lot of money."

Tang Yin sighed lightly, took another sip of tea, and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. There is no free dinner in the world, and the pie will not fall in vain from the sky. If the emperor can be used by us, we have to pay a lot. The price is right! The world is fair."

Shangguan Yuanji smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you can see clearly."

"Otherwise, what else can we do? We can't really let the emperor starve to death in Feng Kingdom, right?!" Tang Yin tapped the cup lightly with his fingers.

"There is a way." Shangguan Yuanji said: "Move the imperial palace to the palace in Wancheng. If the place is small, there will be fewer people. In addition, the ministers of the imperial court can also be dismissed appropriately. They do nothing but You can get a monthly salary, which is too cheap for these people.”

If he did this, not to mention the people would be dissatisfied, and he wouldn't even be able to pass Yin Rou's test. He waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this later. Now, we have to focus on the battle against Mo."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yuanji understood that the king had no intention of reducing the expenses of the palace and court. Since the king was unwilling, he couldn't force it, nodded and said: "Yes! Your Majesty!"

Tang Yin asked: "How much silver does the national treasury have now?"

"I don't know this. I need to ask Mr. Zhang." The treasury has always been managed by Zhang Zhe, the imperial censor. In this regard, even Shangguan Yuanji, one of the top civil servants, has no right to interfere.

Tang Yin said faintly: "The war against Mo is another huge expense. What I am most worried about now is that once the war breaks out, the national treasury will not be able to support it."

Shangguan Yuanji smiled and said: "Master Zhang has always had the most straightforward temper. As long as Master Zhang has not complained so much, it means that the treasury's money can cope with this war."

Tang Yin stood up, walked back and forth, and said: "The Central Army of our country has already exceeded one million, and this time there are 400,000 more soldiers. Just thinking about the monthly military salary is scary, and this is not enough." Counting the consumption of food, grass and military supplies, the battle against Mo must be fast. As time goes by, I am worried that our country will be overwhelmed by so many troops. "

Shangguan Yuanji's face straightened and he said hurriedly: "What the king said is exactly what I am worried about. Since the king is fully aware of the stakes, I am relieved."

[...Episode 10, Chapter 350...] a! !