"Where is the gift list prepared for Master? Where is the gift list? Send it to me quickly..."
Zai Chun didn't sleep at night and started to modify the gift list. As a disciple, it is only natural to give New Year's gifts to the master, not to mention that this is a powerful master!
How can he do it without bribing the big backer he can't get around when he's in power?
Every year Zaichun prepares many valuable gifts for Xiao Letian. Especially after returning to the capital, the gift list is so long every year!
This year is even more extraordinary. The New Year’s gift prepared by Zai Chun for Xiao Letian is enough to bring a boatload of gifts!
Every year, tributes were paid to the emperor from all over the Qing Dynasty, including Mongolia, Tibet and Xinjiang! Zai Chun selected a batch of the best ones from these gifts and gave them to Xiao Letian.
The trade route to the Western Regions has been opened. Zuo Zongtang sent a large amount of mutton-fat white jade, carpets, gold and silverware from the Western Regions, etc., and gave half of it to the master!
Bear skins, wolf skins, fox skins... wild ginseng, live sika deer and Siberian tigers were also sent to the master from outside the customs.
Everyone knows that the head of state has a private zoo in Naha, which is in short supply of precious wild animals. Live black bears, white bears, tigers, etc. can be sent there by boat!
Sichuan brocade, Jiangnan weaving, world-famous wines and precious medicinal materials... Jingdezhen fired another batch of porcelain from the imperial kiln, and of course half of it was given to the master!
Da Sixi, the head of the palace's respectful affairs room, was dumbfounded as he waited on the side. "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, that's enough! We still need it in the palace. We've given it away. What's the use in the palace?"
"This is only half a boat... The tea sent from Jiangnan also includes fragrant rice and glutinous rice. I will also send a batch to the master..."
The senior was so happy that he almost cried. He said to himself that you really don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are. “Your Majesty... please be gentle. Don’t look at the amount of tribute paid by the local governor, but if you can’t support the royal family, it will cost a lot!”
"The Queen Mothers of the two palaces, as well as the old imperial concubines, cannot treat them badly with their supplies, including the servants who serve them, there are more than 2,000 people in total..."
"Firewood, rice, oil, salt, food, clothing, housing and transportation...can't all be bought by the palace with money. Many rare goods, such as this Rouge Royal rice, only produce a few thousand kilograms a year. You can eat less and have less money. If you have money, there is no place to buy it. !”
"The emperor also has queens and concubines who need help, and there are also servants below... The number of people who spend money and food from the Ministry of Internal Affairs alone is less than 100,000!"
"It's not a small amount! Please leave more, Your Majesty, don't give it all away... The head of state's family has a big business, so they don't lack this kind of thing, right?"
Zai Chun was stunned, "One hundred thousand people? There are one hundred thousand people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who need money and food?"
"Oh... isn't it? There are so many people, not only the palace, but also Beiyuan, there are people staying in the three mountains and five gardens outside the city, and there are also many servants sent to the capital..."
"Master, steward, big slave, little slave, Didi's grandson's slave... Guards, help, there are so many of them!"
Zai Chun thought about it for a while and it was true, but when he looked at the gift list, he always felt that it was too light. "Hey... the master has won us a million kilometers of land! This kind of kindness is boundless..."
"How can you repay this..."
If the gift list is too light, it will be humiliating. If the gift list is too heavy, the palace's expenses will be jeopardized. Zai Chun is in a dilemma!
There was nothing the senior could do, but at this moment Xiao Sixi suddenly walked in from the outside, holding a plate with green painted wooden signs on it. It was time for the little emperor to turn over the signs again. .
"Ouch... What are you worried about, Lord Long Live? You can turn over the cards first and let the ladies take care of them, so that Lord Long Live can relieve his fatigue..."
Zai Chun casually picked up a sign and turned it over. When Xiao Sixi saw it, he immediately congratulated and said, "Fucha family is serving Long Live Lord, and is sending a message to Concubine Hui!"
Xiao Sixi weighed the bag of golden melon seeds in her sleeves and thought to herself, "Concubine Hui, I didn't get your gold in vain. Didn't I arrange this for you? Can you hug me on the bed?" Heart, that’s your own ability!”
Zai Chun didn't know about the underworld below. He didn't expect that the concubines in the harem would not hesitate to give gifts to the eunuchs in order to compete for favor, and they were very generous. They would send out bags of golden melon seeds!
Zai Chun thought that he was fair when he turned over the cards, but in fact, he had already let Xiao Sixi manipulate him. If you turned over the other cards, you would still be Hui Fei!
"Xiao Sixi... aren't you usually very clever? Think about it, what kind of gift should I give to the master?"
When Da Sixi heard this, hurry up and repeated what he had just said. Xiao Sixi and he were both in the same group, and he knew the problem as soon as his eyes moved.
The palace is too expensive, not because there is a shortage of good things from the emperor, queen and queen mother, but because the people below will suffer!
Zai Chun sent too many things. These slaves below want to drink Dahongpao, eat some royal jasmine rice, and get some good Shu brocade to wear, but there are not enough points!
"Ah... Your Majesty! That's what my servant thinks..." Xiao Sixi narrowed her eyes as she smiled, "Who is the head of state? The God of Wealth! The head of state doesn't lack this thing..."
"We must follow the slave's stupid idea and send some good things to the head of state..."
"What good stuff?" Zai Chun asked.
"Women! Your Majesty, think about it, didn't the palace just select more than 400 young beauties before the wedding! With so many of them, even if your Majesty is covered in iron, you won't be able to hammer a few nails in!"
"It's better to pick twenty or thirty and send them to the head of state... That's what your majesty thinks! The head of state has a parliamentary system. It's a Western style, so there's no way to draft girls!"
"But our Qing Dynasty has no problem! There are plenty of women. Find beautiful ones, find ones that suit the head of state's appetite, and then send them to serve the head of state!"
"Whether the head of state sleeps or not is his business. Can't we just send him his thoughts?"
Zai Chun shook his head when he heard this, "No, no, no... Do you know how powerful Fu Hui and Huniu are? Master is henpecked! Let the two ladies be under control!"
"If I send a woman there, the two mistresses will really fall out!"
"Oh... my dear Lord! In the final analysis, we still have to flatter the Führer. What's the point of being happy or not, Madam?"
"Just try to get the wife to complain a few words, and then the head of state will curse a few words on the surface... but secretly, the head of state must still like to be happy!"
"Men! Aren't they all like that..."
Hee hee hee... The three of them immediately looked at each other with understanding eyes, and then started laughing!
"Okay, I'll do as you say... But Master has a very special taste in women, and ordinary people can't catch his eye! I have to choose it myself, but there are so many beautiful girls, and I don't have time..."
Xiao Sixi smiled obscenely, "Your Majesty... I have a way..." After saying that, he whispered in Emperor Tongzhi's ear.
I saw Zai Chun's eyes suddenly shining brightly, and his whole person became energetic!
