Chapter 116: The Concubine!

As the money shortage subsided, prices in Guanzhong returned to normal, social order returned to stability, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment again.

Who should I thank for this?

Of course, I am grateful to the Holy Emperor for his wise and wise rule of the country!

For a time, the books of the people, the umbrellas of the people... rushed into the palace like a tide, full of praises. After reading the emperor, Li Longji, he was very happy, so he naturally had to reward the meritorious ministers.

Li Shi was the most powerful minister, and he could not be promoted in his official position, so he had to increase his fief of 800 households to show his praise.

Cui Zongzhi was promoted from the head of the Ministry of Revenue and was promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue and became a new nobleman who was attracted by everyone in the court! (The father-in-law really spared no effort when he promoted his son-in-law!)

Wang Yuanbao and Fairy Mei spared no expense to help the court quell the money shortage. They made great contributions and specially awarded the title of "Yi Shang" to the two!

Other meritorious personnel also received rewards.

As for Li Zhao, the greatest hero who calmed down the money shortage, the emperor personally issued an oral order: "Add Li Zhao as the Chengfenglang and walk in front of the emperor."

Chengfenglang - From the eighth rank, he was one of the literary officials set up by the imperial court. He had an official title but no specific position. He belonged to the type of person who only received his salary but did not work.

The officials of the Tang Dynasty were divided into the ninth ranks and thirty levels, and the Chengfenglang ranked 24th. They were still a small official of Sesame, which was really not eye-catching. But if the words "Walking in the Forefront" were added, it would be completely different.

Walking in front of the emperor means walking by the emperor. The emperor's close ministers: they have a lot of salary, good treatment, face, and a future... and countless benefits.

To be honest, even the intermediate officials of the fifth and sixth grades have not been qualified to be "Walking in the Forward" - from the eighth grade - Chengfenglang has a high value!

Li Zhao was promoted to Chengfenglang and was about to take up the post with the emperor. As for the position of bad commander, Jiang Hao was successfully taken over by Li Zhao's strong recommendation.

In other words, the entire bad people organization is still under Li Zhao's firm control!

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From the 29th year of Kaiyuan to November 21, the north wind whistled, heavy snow fell from the sky, Chang'an City was covered in silver, and it changed its appearance overnight.

The next day, the day for the new official to take office has come.

At the fourth update, Li Zhao got up. After taking a shower, he changed into a new dark blue official uniform sent by the Ministry of Personnel, with silver buckle straps on his waist and six-heel boots... He looked at the brass mirror. It was pretty good, so handsome that he was almost bubbling, hehe!

At about the fifth hour, more than a dozen Longwu soldiers escorted a palace car to the front of the Zhou family courtyard. There was also an eunuch who was about 35 or 36 years old, of medium figure and slightly obese. Because of the cold weather, his round face turned pale white!

"Your Excellency is the Concubine-Prince Li Zhao?"

"It's right here, who's the father-in-law?"

"After General Gao's orders, Chen Bin, came to accept Chengfenglang's visit to the palace to meet the saint!"

"It's a cold day, it's really a blessing for Eunuch Chen. I'm a little bit of a word, I don't respect you!"

While speaking, Li Zhao bowed his fists and gave him a heavy purse, containing thirty taels of gold, equivalent to 300 guan of coins.

As a eunuch, Chen Bin often receives some hard-earned money, tea money, as little as dozens of taels of silver, as much as dozens of taels of silver. The most common time was to go to the mansion of the right prime minister Li Linfu, and he got 100 taels of tea money at once. He was so happy that he didn't sleep well for several nights!

Unexpectedly, Mr. Li Zhao has a small official position, but he is so generous in his actions!

"Cheng Fenglang is so polite. How can the macaque bear it?"

"This is all right. In the future, the officials will walk in the palace. I hope Eunuch Chen will take care of you!"

"Haha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say!"

When Chen Bin came out to pick up someone in a cold weather, he was already full of resentment, but now he was carrying heavy gold. The resentment instantly turned into joy. The more he looked at Li Zhao, the more he liked him. He was simply the cutest person in the world, or in other words, he was a living God of Wealth!

Next, the two got into the palace car and drove slowly towards Xingqing Palace.

While driving, the eunuch Chen Bin did not suppress his anger. He explained all the rules, taboos and precautions in the palace in detail, and repeatedly warned Li Zhao that he must be careful after entering the palace. It is said that when he enters the marquis gate, it is as deep as the sea, and the water in the palace is much deeper than that in the marquis gate.

Li Zhao nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would remember everything... and the thirty taels of gold, the true value of the flowers!

At dawn, the palace car arrived outside Xingqing Palace.

There are six gates in Xingqing Palace, among which the Golden Light Gate is the most magnificent, with a tall semicircular gate, a golden nanmu gate, and a long white marble corridor... This is a gate specially designed for the Emperors of the Tang Dynasty to enter and exit.

Li Zhao naturally did not dare to walk through the Golden Light Gate. He took a bus and went to Chuyang Gate in the northeast corner. This is where ordinary officials entered and left.

Chuyang Gate has been opened, and both sides are full of fully armed Longwu Army soldiers. They are one of the three imperial guards in the Northern Yai and are specifically responsible for protecting the Emperor's safety.

After getting off the car, he found out that he was right. Li Zhao successfully entered Chuyang Gate. Then, under Chen Bin's guidance, he walked towards a side hall, preparing to rest for a while, waiting for the emperor's summons.

Speaking of which, after coming to Chang'an, it was the first time that Li Zhao entered the palace and immediately started to visit.

Xingqing Palace is generally rectangular, with 1080 steps long from east to west and 1250 steps wide from north to south, with a total area of ​​more than 2,000 acres. The palace is built with Xingqing Hall, Nanxun Hall, Datong Hall, Qinzhengwu Building, Huayou Xianghui Tower... There is also a beautiful agarwood pavilion, all of which are built of agarwood.

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"Work quickly. Before the sun is bright, the snow must be cleaned. Whoever is responsible for the area cannot be cleaned, then you will be skinned!"

"Ba!Ba! - What a bunch of bad bones, I feel uncomfortable if I don't get beaten for a day!"

It took a day and a night to snow, at least two feet thick. There were many small eunuchs in the palace who were working hard to clean up the snow. Because the weather was too cold, the small eunuchs were so cold that their cheeks were red and their bodies were trembling.

There were also some eunuchs in blue who were responsible for supervising the situation. When they saw that the little eunuch was slow to move, they just whipped up and started very fiercely!

There are provincial eunuchs in the palace, which are divided into five bureaus: Yeting, palace, Xi official, internal servant, and internal government. There are tens of thousands of eunuchs of all sizes and sizes.

Among them, the highest position is Gao Lishi, the general manager of the inner court, and there are eunuchs in front of the imperial court, eunuchs in charge, eunuchs in the palace, eunuchs in charge, eunuchs in charge, eunuchs in charge, eunuchs in charge, eunuchs in charge, and a large number of small eunuchs with no rank.

The eunuchs were at the top of each level, with very strict levels, and they all tried their best to climb up. The internal struggle was so fierce, cruel and fierce that it was even better than those from the outside court!

Less gossip, and the book returns to the main story.

Under Chen Bin's leadership, Li Zhao came to a side hall where dozens of small eunuchs were working hard to clean up the snow.

Another young eunuch, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old, was kneeling barefoot on the snow barefoot, and his body was already stiff... Looking at this, if you freeze for a while, you have to go to the Hall of Hell to report.

The little eunuchs around them all looked sympathetic, but no one dared to come and rescue them.

"Eunuch Chen, is this?"

"Oh, this kid is not clean, and he dares to steal porcelain from the palace to sell it. He was caught by the manager. According to the rules: beating a hundred whips, he will be punished to kneel for three days and three nights. This kid is not lucky. He just knelt for one day and one night, and it snowed heavily. God wants to take his life. There is nothing he can do about it."

"He is still a child. Even if he makes a mistake, he will just punish him a little. Why bother to take his life? Please ask Eunuch Chen to give up his hands and save his life!"

"Well, according to the rules of the palace, he is...forget it. Since he has pleaded with Fenglang, the family will spare him. Listen, take him in and warm him up and see if he can save him."

"promise!"

Chen Bin didn't want to agree, but a heavy ingot of gold was handed over, which immediately changed his mind. Then he directed his subordinates to carry the frozen little eunuch into a warm pavilion.

There was a fire burner in the warm pavilion. Several people were about to put the frozen little eunuch next to it, but Li Zhao stopped them and ordered them to put the person a little further away and bring a few pots of snow.

The body temperature of frozen people is extremely low. If roasted with fire, it will cause a "hot outside and cold inside". The cold air inside the body cannot be emitted. At a mild case, frostbite will occur, and at worst, internal tissue will be necrotic, and at a severe case, it will not be able to save your life.

The best way is to use ice and snow to rub the frozen body and return to normal body temperature bit by bit so that you can be safe and sound!

The little eunuch was stripped of his chest, back, limbs, hands and feet... After rubbing snowflakes for half an hour, he finally pulled the person back from the gate of the hell.
Chapter completed!