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Chapter 2523 The Involuntary Maid 62
But at the moment, An Ran listened to Si Yan's flattery, and said with a smile: "It's good to be able to share the worries for His Majesty. Helping the husband to share the worries is also my duty as a wife."

Hearing what An Ran said, Si Yan felt ironed in her heart, thinking that An Ran was so powerful and still relied on him for everything, where could she find such a good wife?Nature is getting better and better for An Ran.

Although the money matter has been resolved, there is no need to worry about money now, but Si Yan doesn't want the money from the previous internal money to fall into the hands of Concubine Zhou Gui so easily.

Not only he couldn't stand this point, but his mother, the Empress Dowager Zhou, couldn't accept it either.

I was not in the mood or energy to deal with this matter before, but now that I have money to use, I have the mood and energy. Si Yan thought of this, and naturally wanted to solve it. Of course, it needs to be solved perfectly. If he got it, he can't let the people say that he bullied orphans and widows.

"Father gave the ten emperor's brother [-] mu of Guanzhuang, plus the prince's salary, so much is enough. It's really too much to give her such internal money. If I don't get it back, I will It's uncomfortable."

After hearing Si Yan's complaint, An Ran advised him not to go directly to grab it.

"Although the first emperor mentioned her status, he wanted her to have a higher status, higher treatment, and a better life after the first emperor's death, but when the first emperor was around, she didn't just rely on that little bit of status to live. , and the reward from the late emperor. Now that the late emperor has passed away, she has no reward, and her living standard has dropped immediately. Besides, there are a lot of things in the palace. The people below see that she is down and out, so the materials sent to her must be Not up to the standard, besides, what kind of life did she live when the first emperor was here, what kind of life is she living now, the salary has been reduced, and the supplies are not up to the standard, she must not be able to bear it, after all, it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, what to do if she can't bear it , with so much money in hand, I can't help but spend money to maintain the previous life. At that time, I will replace all the people around her with your people, and let your people fool her into buying more things, buy low and sell high , Your Majesty earns a little difference from it, and the money will be wiped out in a short time, and then most of the money will be returned to your Majesty, it is better than you grab it directly, and outsiders say you are not righteous."

After hearing this, Si Yan couldn't help clapping his hands and laughed loudly: "Zi Tong's idea is great, all right, just do what Zi Tong said."

Si Yan also thought of something more, that is, his tenth brother was young, and his annual income from the official estate and salary was also in the hands of Concubine Zhou Gui. At that time, in order to maintain a better life, she might spend it, and she would also spend it at that time. In this way, it is said that the father gave the old ten so many officials and salary, but for the time being, these things actually fell into his hands, which made him feel sorry for the father who granted the old ten so early. Given so much, he suffered heavy losses every year, and he could accept it a little bit. After all, although the things were given to Lao Shi, he got them in the end, and that's okay.

As for the tenth old man, things will not be in his hands at that time, and he will have to spend so much money every year, plus the expenses of other brothers, and his family will be wiped out. That will be more than ten years later. I don't know what the situation will be then, just like what An Ran said, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, let's talk about it when the time comes.

An Ran's guess is correct. It is really difficult for Concubine Zhou Gui to change from extravagance to frugality. After the death of the late emperor, she moved the palace to the Palace of Mercy and lived with the Empress Dowager Zhou and other concubines of the late emperor. The courtyard became smaller and the treatment worsened. no.

What was even more unbearable was that the Empress Dowager Zhou asked her to go over to say hello every day and tortured her every day.

——Actually, Si Yan had to be too lazy to pay attention to the blessings proposed by the Queen Mother Zhou, otherwise, the Queen Mother Zhou would have pulled out a bunch of concubines from the palace that she disliked, and made Si Yan withdraw her title and leave her in limbo. Yan felt that this was his father's concubine, and he would be criticized and ignored if he did so. Otherwise, Concubine Zhou Gui would not only have a difficult life at the moment, but would lose her title and stay in the cold palace directly, which would be even worse up.

Under such circumstances, it's no wonder that Concubine Zhou Gui can bear it, after all, she has been favored since she entered the palace, but she has never suffered such a hardship.

It’s okay to suffer mentally, but she can’t resist anyway, and she doesn’t want to endure materially, so she was fooled by Si Yan’s people, and she herself wanted to improve her life, so she took the money given to her by the late emperor. Take out the money and let the eunuch and maid go to the House of Internal Affairs to buy it.

Seeing that Concubine Zhou Gui really started to spend money as An Ran said, and then the money was in his hands through buying low and selling high, Si Yan couldn't help being happy.

He said that he would not make trouble for the old ten, but he did not want to give him anything beyond the rules. He could give him as much salary and official estate as the prince had, but other than that, he wanted to surpass other brothers and get more Things, that's impossible, after all, they don't have that kind of friendship.

After the concubine Zhou Gui was dealt with, Si Yan had nothing to do here. After all, he had the money, and the court was maintained by the ministers. He only needed to approve a note, and it was naturally easy.

The emperors of other dynasties worked very hard, but the emperors of this dynasty did not work hard. The reason is also very simple. Entrusting to the cabinet means delegating power. Unlike other dynasties, the emperor centralized power too much and wished to do everything himself. However, because many emperors did not understand the people's sentiments, they did not necessarily have good results. After all, you His ability is not necessarily stronger than those ministers.

But decentralization also has disadvantages, that is, there will be powerful officials like Wang Shoufu.

Although it was not enough to cover the sky with one hand, it also led to the emptiness of the emperor's power. No matter what he did, as long as the ministers opposed it, he could not proceed. It was like the first emperor who originally wanted to make the imperial concubine the queen of Zhou, or wanted to get some money from the treasury. It is uncertain how to use money, and the emperor is also wronged when he is in this position.

In fact, An Ran thinks this is good, it has a taste of a constitutional monarchy, only one point, there is still a problem with the selection of ministers in the previous court. It was resolved, but the reason for the deepening of civil conflicts is that these high-ranking officials are all spokespersons for the interests of all parties, but they only don't represent the common people. benefit.

As long as this matter is resolved, it's okay for Si Yan to be an idler who only approves important notes.

Fortunately, Anran has been cultivating the imperial court for many years, so this matter is not too difficult to solve. Soon under the authorization of Anran, he reformed the system of selecting officials, which is closer to the state of a constitutional monarchy. Of course, in view of the backwardness of this era, it must be Make some changes, but the problem is not big, at least it is better than the original cabinet selection system.

(End of this chapter)