The eighth day of the eleventh month is an auspicious day, and everything goes well.
King Qi Liu Yu’s wedding!
Both the emperor's Shaofu and the queen Gu Jiu are wealthy.
The first child to be born into a marriage is naturally celebrated with great fanfare.
The Ministry of Revenue doesn’t have to pay for it.
The Minister of Revenue, Lord Qin, was very happy. The Ministry of Revenue didn’t have to pay a penny, which was great!
It would be even more perfect if the Shaofu could also pay for the King of Qi's title and salary.
The prince's title, rice, cloth, silver and money...it's a huge sum in a year.
If there were more princes, the Ministry of Revenue would have to pay out millions of taels of silver a year.
It's a huge burden.
The Shaofu is very cunning.
He could pay for the wedding banquet, but since the prince's title and salary were the responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue, the Shaofu would never compete with the Ministry of Revenue.
The Ministry of Revenue has no money?
What a joke.
Ten years ago, people still believed the Ministry of Revenue had no money.
The Ministry of Revenue is still playing the game of crying poor, so don’t blame others for criticizing you.
Even if the Ministry of Revenue really has no money, there are ways to play without money.
It's just a matter of moving a little here and delaying a few years there, and there will always be a way to solve the problem of the prince's title and salary.
If the problem still cannot be solved, the princes will go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money.
As for money, you can always find it if you squeeze it.
After the wedding, Liu Yu and his bride, Sun Qinnan, moved into the Prince of Qi's Mansion, which was the former residence of Emperor Liu Zhao and the former Prince of Qin's Mansion.
From now on, he can legitimately form his own team and recruit talents.
Although he is not as powerful as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, who has his own team similar to a small court, he is freer than the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace.
The East Palace is part of the Imperial Palace, so it is inconvenient to enter and exit. There are also many concerns when doing things.
Liu Yu moved out of the palace, which resulted in a consequence.
Princess Ruyang insisted on moving out of the palace.
As for her princess mansion, Liu Zhao waved his pen and gave her the Ning Wang Mansion, the former residence of Emperor Chengzong Wende.
What a favor this is!
This is an honor that all the princesses of the Zhou Dynasty have never enjoyed.
It even surpassed Liu Yu's Qi Palace.
The significance of the late Emperor Chengzong Wende's residence is obviously higher than that of Emperor Liu Zhao's residence.
Because the dead are great!
This caused a lot of discussion among the court officials, who all said that the emperor should not give the late emperor's private residence to Princess Ruyang, as it was beyond the scope of the rules!
Princess Ruyang cannot bear such an honor.
This is indulgence!
I'm afraid that the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty will soon have a second Princess Huyang, who will be even more arrogant and presumptuous than Princess Huyang.
Emperor Liu Zhao rolled his eyes and said, "I only have one daughter, Ruyang, and I want to dote on her."
Such willful words, coming from the mouth of an emperor, show a lack of political acumen and are too immature.
Even the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Lord Lu, looked upset.
Emperor Liu Zhao was just talking nonsense and he felt good about it.
But it was hard for him, as he had to clean up the emperor's mess and appease the angry censors.
Privately, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, Lord Lu, reminded Emperor Liu Zhao, "Your Majesty, could you please be more considerate of what you say in public? Recently, the court has been abuzz over the matter of Princess Ruyang's residence. Your Majesty should not add fuel to the fire."
"I am telling the truth."
"The courtiers do not need the truth from your Majesty." Lord Lu retorted directly without any politeness.
Liu Zhao sneered, "I'm telling you the truth, but you're not willing to listen."
Lord Lu said with a stern face, "No one really wants to hear the truth from your Majesty."
This time it was Liu Zhao who felt upset.
Lord Lu continued to confront him, "In the court, all you need is your Majesty's attitude, not the truth."
Liu Zhao's mouth twitched. Seeing that Lord Lu was going on and on, he waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright, I get it. Don't tell the truth in the future."
Lord Lu reminded again, "Your Majesty, it is best not to tell the truth in court."
Liu Zhao complained: "You ministers are so hard to please! You even dare to despise me for speaking the truth."
Lord Lu, of course, retorted bluntly, "The court officials already have many complaints. Your Majesty's honesty will not only fail to resolve the problem, but will instead inflame it. Your Majesty should consult the Empress on how to influence the court's sentiments."
A heavy hammer hit Liu Zhao's heart so hard that it hurt.
He used the excuse of feeling unwell to drive Lord Lu away, and then ran to Chang'an Palace to complain to Gu Jiu.
"That old scoundrel surnamed Lu actually accused me of not speaking the truth in court. He even said that the court officials didn't care to hear my truth at all. This is really too much!"
Gu Jiu put down the book and said softly, "He's right! The court really doesn't need the emperor to tell the truth. The truth is said in private, in situations where it won't be recorded."
The attendant expressed his dissatisfaction.
Everything the emperor said and did should be recorded.
Instead of being comforted, Liu Zhao suffered another heavy blow.
He felt wronged, "I was hit by Lord Lu, and you didn't even comfort me."
Gu Jiu laughed, "Who told you to give the Ning Wang Mansion to Ruyang? She's still young, and the Princess Mansion can be given to her a few years later. Now, because you gave her the mansion, she's clamoring to move out of the palace."
"How can that be possible! She is so young, how can I let her move out of the palace?" Liu Zhao was anxious.
My daughter can't move out.
Gu Jiu rolled his eyes at him and said, "If you're reluctant to let her move out, then why did you grant her a mansion so early?"
"I was so happy for a moment, but I didn't expect that this damn girl Ruyang actually wanted to live outside the palace. Is it so good outside the palace?"
"You should know better than me whether it's good outside the palace or not."
Liu Zhao chuckled.
Of course it’s nice to live outside the palace!
The biggest benefit is freedom.
It’s not like being in the palace, where you have to report everything you enter and leave, and you have to keep track of everything, and the footprints are huge.
Liu Zhao volunteered, "I'll talk to Ruyang. She's still young and must not move out of the palace."
"Remember to control your temper when talking to her. The older your daughter gets, the weirder her temper gets. If you speak too harshly, she might get too picky."
"I know my limits."
Girls are always more delicate and thoughtful than boys.
If the brothers Liu Heng and Liu Xun dared to argue about moving out of the palace, Liu Zhao would not bother to talk nonsense and would just beat them up, and all the problems would be solved.
Are you worried that the two guys will get stuck in a rut?
It doesn't exist at all.
Boys need to be raised roughly.
If you act like an autist, you will get a beating.
Only Ruyang, the little cotton-padded jacket of his parents, has the right to throw tantrums, get stuck in a dead end, and be autistic in various ways.
Because she was so noisy, her parents had to patiently comfort her, fearing that she would be upset.
irritable?
Just beat him up right away?
How could I bear to do that!
I only have this one daughter!
Liu Zhao happily went to talk to Ruyang.
Ruyang is not autistic.
Instead, Liu Zhao became autistic.
In the evening, he complained to Gu Jiu.
"What on earth is going on in Ruyang's head? I don't understand her at all."
"Your daughter's ideas change every day. One day it's one thing, another day it's another. Her ideas are so wild and unpredictable that I can't understand them."
The generation gap is too big!
Ruyang had been going to Lantai Temple every day to look up information lately, and had become quite familiar with the officials who were sitting on the bench at Lantai Temple.
Two days ago, she came to Gu Jiu and said that she had discovered a talented person in Lantai Temple and recommended him to her.
Gu Jiu did not refuse directly, but secretly sent someone to investigate.
He does have some talent, but not yet to the level of a truly talented person.
She knew very well that some people saw Ruyang as a shortcut to save twenty years of hard work, and deliberately showed off their talents in front of Ruyang.
Gu Jiu did not interfere too much.
With Ruyang's intelligence and the royal background he has been exposed to, he will see through the truth sooner or later.
Ruyang will be independent sooner or later, and Gu Jiu can't protect her forever. So from now on, let's slowly let go.
Liu Zhao sighed, "I talked with Ruyang for an hour. By the end, I was so frustrated by her that I didn't know how to teach the child."
"She can speak better than you and can quote from classics, right?" Gu Jiu laughed. The couple felt sympathy for each other.
Liu Zhao smiled bitterly, "It seems that you have already experienced Ruyang's power."
Gu Jiu laughed and said, "You say she's being unreasonable, but she makes her arguments very logically, and it seems like she has some truth to it. You say she has some truth to it, but when you think about it carefully, it's all nonsense."
"Why……"
Liu Zhao, who was fearless, finally fell into the hands of his daughter today and let out a helpless sigh.
He sighed, "Son is still the best! If he doesn't obey, he will just beat him up."
Gu Jiu's mouth twitched, "That's all you know."
When the children were young, Liu Zhao had the attitude that a beating would solve everything.
Now that the children have grown up, he still has the same temper. There is nothing in educating children that can't be solved by beating them.
If it really can't be solved, then beat him up twice.
This man finally met his nemesis and was defeated by Ruyang.
…
Knowing that his father and mother did not agree with him moving out of the palace, Ruyang gave up after resisting for a few days.
She chose to save the country in a roundabout way.
Unable to move out of the palace openly, she would run to her elder brother's Prince Qi's Mansion every few days.
As time went by, she could live in Prince Qi's mansion with full justification, in the same courtyard where she lived before.
Liu Yu doted on her, occasionally gave her a lecture, but most of the time he went along with her wishes.
The first few times, Gu Jiu would still be a little worried.
Later, when I saw that nothing happened, I felt relieved.
Ruyang also set up a nest in the Prince of Qi's mansion.
She got bored of living in the palace, so she went to stay at Prince Qi's mansion for a few days.
When he got tired of living in Prince Qi's mansion, he returned to the palace.
…
After Liu Yu got married, he first went to the Ministry of Personnel for training.
Everyone in the Ministry of Personnel welcomed him with open arms.
Being able to work with the designated crown prince, the next emperor, as long as you perform well, your future is definitely not a problem. You might even have a chance to rise to prominence.
Of course, there are also people who do not welcome Liu Yu.
Working with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi, it is naturally not as easy as before to implement many of the unspoken rules.
As the head of the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel has abundant opportunities to make money.
But after the arrival of the King of Qi, everyone had to be more restrained. No one dared to make money as blatantly as before.
Liu Yu was no novice, he knew all the unspoken rules of the imperial court.
He said nothing, he just watched silently and recorded what he saw.
The drawbacks did not form in a day, nor can they be eradicated in a day.
The court officials were all very satisfied with Liu Yu's performance.
Many people believed that King Liu Yu of Qi was more steady and reliable than Emperor Liu Zhao.
He has the style of the previous emperor, Emperor Chengzong Wende.
He will definitely be a wise ruler in the future.
As for Liu Zhao, he has already been labeled as a tyrant, so it is probably difficult for him to whitewash himself.
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