Compared with opening a beef ramen chain store, although mining and selling coal can make a lot of money, you can't let go of a small amount of money like opening a noodle shop. At least seven thousand taels can be used to pay the wages of everyone around a certain prince.
Xi'er brought eight palace maids. Previously in Kunning Palace, their beautiful mother gave them three taels of silver a month. Since they were in charge of food, food and housing, the salary was not low.
But when they got to the East Palace, in order to let them keep their mouths shut, Yaoji also wanted to keep an eye on the idlers, so he gave each of them six taels of silver. With the holiday subsidy, they could pocket hundreds of dollars a year. As many as two.
Not only girls like them, there are also more than a dozen little eunuchs under the eunuch Yang Jinchao of the East Palace and the eunuch Li Jizhou of the East Palace, and there are as many as thirty eunuchs in total.
When the prince was wandering around, they each performed their duties. Some were responsible for moving chairs, some were responsible for holding fans, and some were holding Western-style clocks. In addition, there were those holding drinks, holding snacks, and carrying tables. , plus carrying pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Each of them is one hundred taels, which is three thousand taels a year. This does not include the two leaders. Yang Jinchao and Li Jizhou have one hundred taels per month. The salary of the chamberlain alone is as high as 5,400 taels.
Li Fengxiang, the eunuch supervising the inner factory, carefully selected twenty-four inner masters to protect the East Palace. Each shift had eight people and implemented three shifts. A certain prince gave each of them twenty taels of silver per month to buy their loyalty throughout the year. That's five thousand seven hundred and sixty taels of silver.
Of course, ordinary guards are not worth so much money. Since they are providing full-time protection, these people are all eunuchs. The selection of talents in the inner factory is very narrow. Yaoji naturally understands that he cares about these guards very much and offers a salary standard that is higher than that of the general soldiers. The soldiers around him are still high.
As long as there is danger, it will be worth it if they can protect it wholeheartedly. It is not worth the money they have spent. One against ten may be bragging, but it should be no problem to deal with four or five of them each.
Not counting Xi'er, who was preparing to become the Crown Princess, the salaries of the palace maids, eunuchs and guards alone amounted to nearly eleven thousand taels of silver a year.
If there are still people who are cheating like this, a certain prince will really tear the traitor's heart out with his hands...
Since he no longer wants to extract boxes of money from them, Yaoji will not retain the nobles. Otherwise, he will have to eat and drink here at noon, let them leave before the meal, and he will be left behind again. No, it’s better to invite him out of the palace after dinner.
"I would like to send my regards to my mother! How did your mother sleep last night?"
Yaoji also had to go to Kunning Palace to visit his beautiful biological mother. The nobles in the palace were all frightened by Jingying's death.
The roar of cannon the night before yesterday made everyone even more distracted, thinking that the group of animals was about to break into the city and give them away...
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. How is the war in the outer city? My mother can no longer hear the sound of firecrackers!"
After Empress Zhou had Xi'er as an informant, she kept sending people out to inquire about the situation, and she was very concerned about the rebellion in the Beijing camp.
If the capital city is captured by the rebels, the Ming Dynasty will repeat the mistakes of the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, which will be a heavy blow to the court.
Now that the emperor has wandered into the immortal world, only the prince oversees the country, and the government has just been stabilized, and he is determined not to let the thieves succeed.
"Mother, yesterday the attack on the inner city by the Beijing camp failed, and they began to plunder Min's house in the outer city. My son sent Zhou Yuji to lead thousands of elite troops to attack on his own initiative, killing most of them, and the rebellion has been quelled. After today and tomorrow, the search and escape will be completed With the help of the rebels, the capital can return to normal, and the queen mother does not need to worry so much about it!"
If it weren't for the unreliable gossip, which always made the beautiful mother uneasy, she wouldn't be frowning, so Yao Ji came here to explain.
Although the prince is young, it seems that the nobles and servants in the palace are very good at governing the country. Counterinsurgency is not a problem. With the prince's notice, the palace is quiet.
"...Your Majesty, don't try to deceive your mother!"
The matter was too important to be careless. Queen Zhou wanted to hear good news, but she was afraid that her eldest son would tell lies to appease her.
Now that the emperor is unconscious, the prince is the only hope for all the nobles in the palace. The prince must turn the tide.
"How can I dare to speak nonsense when it comes to the safety of the country? The day before yesterday, our army killed a deputy general in the Beijing camp, and yesterday we killed three deputy generals. Only two of the six deputy generals in charge of the Beijing camp are at large. And the soldiers who participated in the rebellion in the Beijing camp Most of them have been wiped out by the Yongwei Battalion and the Qin Army, and the remaining ones are no longer something to be afraid of. Yesterday, Hong Chengchou led his army to the capital and went to the palace to see his son. The son wanted to take him to see his mother, but when he heard that the queen was resting, he did not dare to disturb him. When the surrounding area of the capital is thoroughly cleaned tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, he will be ordered to enter the palace to see his mother."
A woman who doesn't get enough sleep will have wrinkles on her face. If she disturbs her beautiful mother's sleep, she might get spanked by her mother later.
Besides, you old woman can neither write nor do martial arts, so she can only listen to it as a story. There is nothing wrong with telling you later.
"...The emperor has arranged this, and the queen mother is relieved!"
Seeing the eldest son's serious statement, Empress Zhou no longer had any doubts. The eldest son had been doing things very well since he returned from the fairy world. It seemed that it was indeed the instructions of Emperor Gao, the great ancestor of the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty was finally on the verge of revival.
Empress Zhou felt a little relieved in her heart. Her pretty face, which had been trying to hide her anxiety, gradually relaxed, revealing a noble look. This was the unparalleled style of her mother in the world.
"My son, I sincerely ask my mother to rest assured. As long as I am here, I will not let the rebels hurt my mother!"
It's time to say disgusting things again. Yaoji doesn't want to do this, but the current situation has to be like this. Whether it's the mother of the country or a village girl, women are willing to believe what they like to hear in their hearts. It doesn't matter whether the content is true or false.
"Hmm~! In the whole world, only Brother Xun is the one the queen can rely on!"
Empress Zhou was full of joy and touched her eldest son's tender face with her little hands. Her husband first fell in love with Concubine Tian, and then went to the fairy world. Her son finally did not disappoint her, and she was guaranteed for the next few decades.
"My mother and my sons saw that the aunt and sister-in-law in the queen's residence were a little lonely, so they brought a wonderful piece of leisure and entertainment!"
Mahjong has been finished, and Yao Ji doesn't want the eunuchs and maids around him to play with them. If the prince plays with them, he will really lose a lot. He can earn thousands of taels of silver in minutes, how can he waste his time? On playing with these people!
Even if I want to play, I will accompany my beautiful mother and aunts to climb the Great Wall. Even if I lose money in the end, I can still feel happy physically and mentally. Aunt Tian is a peerless beauty in this time and space. Her conversation and temperament are comparable to those of fairies or those nearly four hundred years later. Entertainment actress...
"Oh? Brother Hong is really thoughtful!"
Queen Zhou had been troubled by the assassins and the rebellion in the past two days. Now that the assassin was captured and the rebellion had subsided, she could take this opportunity to relax.
Besides, life in the imperial palace is inherently lonely. The emperor doesn't come to Kunning Palace. Apart from Yuan Guifei and a few other people, there are not many close people around him to talk to. Plus the intrigues and intrigues, it's really melancholy.
"Mother, this masterpiece requires four people to participate. I hope that my mother will invite three more people to come, so that they can have a good time!"
Yaoji doesn't plan to go into battle directly. If there is a beauty who can't learn it for a while, he can give some guidance from behind.
"Brother Xun makes sense! Su Yan, please invite the emperor's sister-in-law, Concubine Yuan Guifei, and Concubine Tian Guifei!"
Concubine Liu was too old, over eighty, and Empress Zhou did not dare to mess with this old man at will.
The three invited people are all in their prime and have nothing to do in their respective palaces, so they might as well invite them all to join in the fun.
Empress Zhou didn't want to invite Concubine Tian, but the situation in the palace was complicated now, so she had to put the overall situation first.
Yaoji sent someone to bring a square table, which was covered with a piece of fine silk as a tablecloth. It felt delicate and very comfortable to the touch.
Then put all the mahjong boxes upside down on the table. Since they are not made of ceramics and are made of hardwood, they are not afraid of being bumped and falling off.
Queen Zhou, who was sitting next to her, reached out very curiously and picked up a mahjong tile. After playing with it, she began to look at it carefully.
It seems that this thing is very similar to the "Ma Diao Ye" popular in the Ming Dynasty. Maybe it has different approaches but similar effects.
"Brother Xun, tell your mother, how to play with this thing?"
Putting so many small wooden blocks with the same appearance together might actually be an interesting game.
"Hehe! Queen Mother, when all the guests have arrived, I will make it clear to you!"
I tell you once, and I will tell the other three beauties again later. I am not a repeater...
"Hmph! You're flirting with your mother!"
Seeing that her son didn't buy it, Queen Zhou wrinkled her nose slightly to express her dissatisfaction, looking very cute and cute.
Not long after, three noble ladies arrived with their respective maids and chamberlains, a widow and two mistresses to be precise.
It should be the excitement of hearing something interesting. In addition to eating delicacies from the fairy world that you have never heard of, this is what can arouse the interest of noble people.
After bowing to each other, the emperor's sister-in-law Zhang Yan sat in front of Yao Ji. The waves of fragrant wind made a certain prince feel a little confused. He didn't know why she was using so many cosmetics since Master Apocalypse Tank had ascended.
"Sister, two sisters, Brother Hong just brought a fun object, which can only be played by four people, so I sent someone to invite you. Brother Hong, now that everyone is here, it's time to give you the details. Are you going to explain it? It’s not okay to explain clearly!”
It's a shame to be embarrassed by your vague words, and to whet the appetite of already lonely nobles but not satisfy them. Then you little guy is asking for trouble, and your sisters-in-law and aunts won't teach you a lesson. Strange.
Yaoji didn't take it to heart at all. If he didn't understand the explanation, he would just throw himself into his mother's arms and kill him: "Sister-in-law, aunt, mother-in-law, this thing is called 'Mahjong', and it is a fairyland game. , similar to the 'Ma Diao Ye' in the human world, but easier to master. The cards are divided into three main cards, 'Wan', 'Pie', and 'Tiao', plus four 'Red' auxiliary cards! Three main cards They are all from one to nine, and each type has four pieces. For example, '10,000' is four pieces, and '90,000' is also four pieces. Before opening the cards, throw the dice to determine the size. The one with the bigger number can grab the card first and get First, play card power, each person grabs thirteen cards, and then in a clockwise direction, grab one card first, and then play one..."
After explaining for almost ten minutes, Yaoji felt that what he had said was very clear, but when he looked at the four stunning beauties opposite, his mind seemed to be blank, and they were all looking at him infatuatedly, as if they still didn't understand, how special was it? How embarrassing!
Is it possible that the IQ of these concubines is lower than that of Wu Weiye, who has the lowest horse-drawing ability?
Then weren’t my previous words in vain?
What level of understanding do you have!
Oh my God!
O earth!
I shouldn’t have brought mahjong to Kunning Palace!
This is self-inflicted death...
"Brother Xang, are you done?"
Concubine Tian seemed to still have something to say. She blinked her charming eyes and asked in a sweet voice.
"That's it, sister-in-law, aunt, and queen mother, you should give it a try and master the secrets right away!"
It's better to play Mahjong once than to listen to it ten times.
As long as you are not a particularly stupid fool, you can basically understand it after playing around.
"That's fine!"
The four beauties all felt that this game was the same as "Ma Diao Ye". It was difficult to understand by just listening and had to be played several times.
So the eight white and tender jade hands stretched and contracted quickly, and everyone worked together to lift the Great Wall. The speed was really beyond imagination.
This is how the first mahjong event in the history of the Ming Dynasty began. A certain prince planned to turn the queen, the emperor's sister-in-law, and the two noble concubines into mahjong women who stayed up all night to play...
In "Suiguan Jilue", Wu Weiye believed that the scholar-bureaucrats were busy playing horse games and neglecting government affairs. It seemed that the time was not far away. Wu Weiye himself was about to fall into the mahjong trap, unless he was really too good at it!
The collapse of the empire originated from Mahjong!
Anyone who hears it will think it’s ridiculous!
The fight has already started on the table, and Yao Ji is like a senior person in the industry, giving advice behind the beauty's back.
Without the guidance of a certain prince, it is estimated that these old ladies would have cheated each other to win...
"Brother Hong, please help my aunt see if this is the right thing to do?"
Concubine Tian was not polite when ordering a certain prince, and her tone was more natural than that of her beautiful mother.
"...Yeah! That's right! Auntie is really smart as ice and snow!"
Yaoji glanced at the cards and found that the woman was really lucky. This deck of cards basically followed the rhythm of three draws and listens.
That is to say, you only need to catch the expected three cards, and then you can start to draw treasures.
"Hehe~!"
Concubine Tian was naturally very happy when she heard the prince's praise, and happily played with the cards in front of her with her white and tender hands.
She may not be as good as Empress Zhou in handling government affairs, but when it comes to various entertainment tricks, she is the leader of the empress, unmatched.
"Brother Hong, come and help the queen check it out!"
The beautiful biological mother immediately refused and hurriedly called for her eldest son. This was her own son, so of course she had to think about herself.
"...Mother, just be careful and don't let off the fire! By the way, Menqing wants to double the money, so hurry up and eat or touch the cards!"
Yaoji saw that his biological mother's cards were not much different from those of Thirteen, so he told her not to have any illusions.
Both of them are beauties. Why is there such a big difference in luck between the beautiful mother and Concubine Tian?
With regard to the mother's card, it would be difficult for her to go into battle without letting off fire. This card is simply like giving money to the other three families.
A certain prince was really miserable, but fortunately he only taught the beauties "single hanging" and "kahu".
"Single draw" means that you can only play one card. For example, "ten thousand" means you must touch 10,000 or a treasure card before you can play.
"Kahu" is simpler, similar to 20,000 to 30,000 calorie or 68 pies to 7 pies.
They haven't been taught things like "counterattack" or even the more disgusting "three-headed bark" for the time being.
Of course, you need to be lucky when playing cards. These beauties in the back mansion all have huge pockets and are not short of money.
Each house loses one tael for "single hanging" Hu cards, two taels for "Kahu" cards, and four taels for "Touch Bao" cards.
If it is a "treasure among treasures", that is, if the "Kahu" card happens to be a "treasure card", each family will get eight taels.
For example, in a situation like a beautiful biological mother, if the other party touches the "treasure of treasures", she has to pay sixteen taels directly to her!
So even if you are playing one, two or four taels, if you are not lucky, you will be in and out of hundreds of taels a day...
