Tibet

Chapter 715 Emperor's mind

Li Ye took over Chang'an with Cui Guangyuan, and took over defense with Li Sheng. However, after Yu Chaoen arrived, a second handover took place. Yu Chaoen took away all the power, and Chang'an Defense also kicked Li Sheng away. , appointing his trusted generals to be in charge of city gates and other defenses.

Cui Guangyuan didn't know exactly what happened to the supplies in the Chang'an warehouse in the ten days after Yu Chaoen's arrival, but the emperor ordered him to go to the palace to explain, and he had to come.

The latest inventory count was announced by Wu Qi, the Minister of Household Affairs, Jiandu Zhishi, "33 shi of grain, 140 million dans of fodder, 20 guan of money, 35 pieces of cloth, 14 pieces of silk, and [-] pieces of bronze."

Cui Guangyuan was greatly shocked. At that time, Li Ye handed over to him 52 shi of grain, 50 guan of money, nearly 60 pieces of cloth, and 30 pieces of silk. He had counted them all one by one. In just half a month, How could there be so much less all of a sudden?

He glanced at Yu Chaoen and saw that Yu Chaoen had no expression on his face. Finally, after Wu Qi read the inventory, Emperor Li Heng became very angry and said, "How come the inner treasury was emptied?"

The inner treasury was his father Li Longji's private treasury. It was also his own private treasury. It was empty. How could he not be angry?

"Cui Aiqing, how do you explain it to me?"

Cui Guangyuan was startled and said quickly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there seems to be a discrepancy in the handover between the grain depot, Zuo Zangku and Wei Chen!"

Yu Chaoen said coldly: "Shijun Cui, His Majesty is asking about the situation of your inner treasury. Don't judge him right or wrong!"

Cui Guangyuan sighed in his heart. If the emperor didn't care about what he just said, then there was no need for him to say it anymore.

"Your Majesty, when the Emperor left, he took away a batch of exquisite products from the inner treasury."

"I know!"

Li Heng interrupted him impatiently, "Tell me what happened next!"

"After An Lushan occupied Chang'an, the imperial palace was ransacked by bandits, and it was unknown how many ministers were looted. Later, An Lushan rewarded his generals heavily, and then packed and shipped a batch of property to Luoyang. Until now, the inner treasury has been There shouldn't be much left. Later, the Yan army was defeated and retreated. King Lu rewarded the three armies and also used the inner treasury, so when I took over, the inner treasury was already empty."

"Is it that simple?" Li Heng said dissatisfied.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the inner treasury has never been under the control of Wei Chen. Wei Chen only knows that something happened, but I really have no way of knowing what happened specifically."

"inability!"

Li Heng cursed and asked Yu Chaoen, "What does Yu Qing think?"

"Wei Chen wishes to perform privately!"

The implication was that he did not want to report with Cui Guangyuan.

Li Heng nodded and said to Cui Guangyuan and Wu Qi: "You all should stand down!"

"I retire!"

Cui Guangyuan and Wuqi retreated and walked out of the hall. Cui Guangyuan sighed and said, "What does the inner treasury have to do with me? There is so much less money and materials in Zuo Zangtang, but I don't want to ask?"

Wuqi patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Cui, there are many things here! Do you think I should report it?"

After saying that, Wu Qi smiled faintly and walked away. Cui Guangyuan finally realized that reporting on the warehouse supplies should be reported by Li Dai, the prime minister in charge of finance, but the emperor skipped him and went directly to the minister of household affairs.

If Cui Guangyuan realizes something, is the emperor's dissatisfaction with him a kind of liquidation in disguise?
It seems that An Lushan is not the only one being targeted by the emperor!Including Li Ye.

In the imperial study room, Yu Chaoen presented an inventory to Li Heng, "This is a small amount of property that I gave to His Majesty's inner treasury." Li Heng looked at the property on the inventory and nodded with satisfaction.

Otherwise, why would the emperor like eunuchs?
The eunuchs were the emperor's closest friends. They knew what the emperor needed or wanted, and they would try their best to get it for him.

Yu Chaoen knew very well that the emperor was short of money. He didn't even have the money to make new clothes for his concubine. He was extremely embarrassed.

So the emperor asked Yu Chaoen to lead his army to take over Chang'an. Of course Yu Chaoen knew what he could and should do.

In contrast, ministers only consider the interests of the court and their own rights, but never consider the needs of the emperor. The emperor is also a human being and has to support his wife and children. What can he do without money?
"What did Neiku say?"

"Your Majesty, An Lushan fled Chang'an in a panic. It was impossible to take care of the inner treasury. The inner treasury must have fallen into Li Ye's hands. Even if he used part of it to reward the three armies, he must have taken away many of them. In fact, he had a lot of time to defend the city. It’s understandable that I want to reward myself for my hard work. What’s hateful is that Cui Guangyuan, who is clearly a minister of His Majesty, helped Li Ye speak up and made Haosheng look down upon him.”

Li Heng snorted slightly. With the new dynasty and the new atmosphere, it was time for him to straighten out the dynasty. But when he thought about his internal treasury being wiped out by Li Ye, his face became ugly.

Yu Chaoen comforted the emperor again, "After all, all the fine products in the inner treasury have been taken away by the Supreme Emperor, and they still belong to His Majesty when they are brought back. I still know that the Supreme Emperor has a lot of property in the Baoji Cabinet, as well as the treasures of Gao Lishi and the Yang family." Where is Bao Pavilion?"

Li Heng's heart gradually became brighter. He had forgotten Gao Lishi's treasure pavilion, and the Yang family's treasure pavilion, which seemed to be also in Chengdu Baoji Cabinet Shop!It's time for the Dugu family to move Baoji Cabinet Shop back.

Li Heng nodded, "I will tell the Dugu family to move the Baoji Cabinet Shop back and keep an eye on the Treasure Pavilion."

"My slave must take care of it!"

Prime Minister Fang Guan's house was also very busy. The master returned, and the maids and servants who had been sent home also returned one after another. Everyone worked together to clean up the house from top to bottom.

Fang Guan was very unhappy. His mansion also accommodated people from other counties during the siege. Although according to Li Ye's request, the inner residence was locked and only the outer residence and the atrium were open, there were more than a dozen families living there. Bumps and bumps are inevitable, and country people don't pay much attention to hygiene. They leave a lot of grain filth in flower beds, among bamboo bushes, behind rockeries and other remote places. Fang Guan was so angry that he became furious and cursed Li Ye.

Despite the scolding, he had no choice but to ask his servants to work together to clean it up thoroughly.

But what really makes Fang Guan sad is that his mansion was ransacked by the Yan army. All the valuables he left in the mansion were looted. Even his underground money cellar was broken open, and the 1 yuan stored in it was looted. A lot of money was also looted.

Fortunately, many precious items, gold, silver and other belongings were sent to Chengdu by Baoji Cabinet Shop in advance, so although Fang Guan was heartbroken, he was not desperate.

Fang Guan was cleaning up his study. At this time, the eldest son Fang Zongyan came to report that Du Zhen, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, asked to see him.

Fang Guan didn't want to meet him, but Du Zhen had a good personal relationship with him, so he nodded and said, "Ask him to wait in the living room, I'll be here soon!"

Fang Guan changed his clothes and quickly came to the living room. He saw two people sitting in the living room. One was his good friend Du Zhen, and the other was unknown to him.

Fang Guan chuckled, "I just returned to the capital. The house is so messy, I made my dear brother laugh!"

"Hey! It's the same in every household. I shouldn't bother you, but there's something I need to ask my brother for help."

"You're welcome, what are you talking about?"

Du Zhen introduced him to the middle-aged man next to him, "This is the patriarch of our Du family's Xiangyang house, his name is Du Kuan. He has just come from Xiangyang. He wants to report to the court that Li Ye has invaded official and private fields in Xiangzhou. question."

Fang Guan was not interested at all, but when he heard that it was in response to Li Ye's question, he suddenly became energetic and said quickly: "No need to be polite, let's sit down and talk slowly!"

The three of them sat down separately, and Fang Guan asked the maid to serve tea. The eldest son Fang Zongyan also sat down beside him. He did not speak, but only accompanied his father to meet the ministers.

(End of this chapter)