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"Ah!" Li Li screamed in surprise, and said helplessly with a bitter face: "I obey, let uncle bother, nephew must study hard."

Li Jue could see that his nephew's words were not on point, so he decided to stay here this morning and wait until Li Li had fully learned it before going back.

ps: Merry Christmas, ask for a monthly pass!

Chapter 233

"Bang, bang, bang!"

"My lord has rested, does my subordinate Li Xuan have something to report?"

At night, Li Xuan's voice came from outside the door of the wing where Li Li stayed temporarily.

"Yuanzhong, come in."

Inside the house, Li Li was lying on the couch staring at the roof in a daze, and replied softly.

"Hehehe! What are you thinking, my lord?" Li Xuan asked with a smile as he closed the door behind him.

"What else can I think about? I'm thinking about court etiquette. I'm exhausted today. It's far more exhausting than fighting on the battlefield. I'm exhausted, my back is sore! I just can't figure it out. Why do you say getting married is so troublesome?" , my uncle left half an hour ago, watching me toss about for a long time, I will die!" Seeing Li Xuan coming in, Li Li complained bitterly as if he had encountered a relative.

Li Xuan knew very well about his master's informal character, and said with a smile: "It has been 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and most of the sages and scholars have studied this way. Over time, there are countless red tapes, which are extremely cumbersome. .But the lord is in a high position right now, so naturally you can't be rude, and you have to learn what you need to learn, so as not to lose your reputation and damage the lord's reputation."

Li Li grinned helplessly when he heard the words, nodded and asked, "Uh, I almost forgot, Yuan Zhong, are you married yet?"

Li Xuan rarely blushed, he hesitated and said: "My lord, my subordinate took in a concubine last winter, and I haven't married yet."

"Hahaha!" Li Li said with a hearty laugh: "You have taken a concubine, and you are not yet married? So, you usually don't delay in anything, and you still have the name of being single?"

Li Xuan didn't understand what Li Li was laughing at, and said seriously: "Single? My lord's words are apt, and this subordinate is indeed single. As for the concubine in the mansion. She is just adding a room, and occasionally serves as a sleeper. Before officially marrying a wife, she is not considered a concubine or family member, no different from ordinary maidservants."

Li Li was speechless for a while.

There are indeed many ills in this era, and polygamy is fine.The world is in chaos, the casualties of men are huge, there are many women and few men, and polygamy is all right.However, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries did not treat maidservants and concubines as human beings, but as artifacts.When they are interested, they can let the maids and concubines warm the bed at will, and occasionally they can accompany the distinguished guests to sleep with them.There are too many such messy and smoky things, and as time goes by.On the contrary, this kind of thing has become a practice and the consensus of the upper class.Everyone followed suit.It is still in use today, and it is a habit.

Just like Li Xuan has already taken a concubine, but he still keeps saying that he is not yet married and is still "single".

On the other hand, this kind of family support of beautiful girls is actually a way of life for some helpless women.Nasty though.But it's better than brothel girls, at least they have roots, and relying on the power of their masters, they generally won't let others insult them.

Wei Wei was stunned.Li Li didn't mention this topic anymore, anyway, he couldn't accept this kind of thing, and it was impossible for the maid in his mansion to accompany others to bed.

"Yuanzhong, it's so late, what else is there?" Li Li asked softly.

Li Xuan immediately came back to his senses when he heard the words, and said with joy on his face: "My lord, this subordinate is here to report the congratulations to you. This time, the congratulations received by my lord are very rich, which shocked my subordinates!"

"Oh? Could it be that the congratulatory gift exceeded expectations, and the gift money received exceeded 1 taels of gold?" Li Li asked in surprise.

"Hehehe!" Li Xuanwei heard it first with a smile, and said with a smile, "My lord is right. As of tonight, the actual gold received by my subordinates has reached 8000 taels, which does not include rare antiques, utensils, and gold coins." Silver jade jewelry and all kinds of silks and satins. Those gifts are piled up like a mountain. The warehouse in our house is too small to hold all these things, and the subordinates specially ordered people to sort out five rooms to store items. Now the five temporary warehouses are full. Four rooms have been bought, and there is only half of the fifth room left. This subordinate estimates that on the day of the big wedding tomorrow, a few rooms will have to be vacated to store gifts, and it is estimated that it will not be a problem to pile up ten rooms."

"There are so many gold and gifts. Where did they get so many good things? What's the matter, they don't plan to live, so they give them all to me?" Li Li asked inexplicably in astonishment.

Li Xuan was startled when he heard the words, and explained: "My lord doesn't know something. Now that Chang'an City is where the capital is located, none of the civil and military officials in the court has a rich family background, owns countless fertile land, and many officials are still secretly running shops. The caravans of the merchants spread all over the states and counties, and none of them are wealthy. Regardless of the chaos in the world today, the princes of all walks of life dare not touch the food towns of these court officials. Every three months or half a year, the property of these food towns will be destroyed. They were sent to Chang'an one after another, and entered into the pockets of officials in the court. In addition, most of the officials in the court are from aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years. There are not a few precious gifts received.

Therefore, to these people, the congratulatory gift for the lord's wedding is nothing more than a drop in the bucket. "

"I see. I was still wondering before, the people in the world are so poor, and Yizi eats each other. Where did so much gold, silver and jewels go? It turned out that they were all concentrated in their hands, and the people were so poor that they fled everywhere. Refuge, but fed these famous families!" Li Li suddenly realized.

Before the words were finished, Li Li continued to ask: "Yuan Zhong, what is the specific situation of the congratulatory gift received this time? Let me tell you the key points, so that I can know for sure."

Li Xuangong reported in a loud voice: "My lord, the general situation of the congratulatory gifts received this time is: almost all the lieutenant generals of the Xiliang Army have sent a congratulatory gift, and the value is more than one or two gold. The rare treasures have also been sent to our house. There are thousands of generals in the army, military marquises are more than one tael, captains are more than three taels, school captains are five taels, battalion commanders and Zhonglang generals Most of them are more than ten taels of gold."

"Wait!" Li Li interrupted Li Ru, and asked in surprise, "Yuan Zhong, do you mean that the commanders of the battalions in our army also gave me presents?"

"Uh, at that time, the commanders saw that everyone else had given them away, and they also sent a copy one after another. However, the subordinates did not dare to accept congratulatory gifts from generals below the deputy commander, and only accepted gifts from the commander and deputy commander." Li Xuan He hesitated to tell the truth.

"Bang!" Li Li burst into anger, and said angrily, "It's unreasonable! I will be married, who will allow them to give gifts? How is this proper? I will be their lord. Most of our generals are I was born in poverty, and my salary and rewards were originally low, but now they want to give me gifts. In this way, who will I become? Once this example is established, and it will be effective, our Wuwei Army will completely collapse. Who will fight in the future? Will you desperately use your life? Huhuhu"

Li Xuan looked at Li Li who was panting heavily with anger, and he was so frightened that he fell silent, not daring to breathe.He could see that Li Li was really angry this time, and he was furious.I can't vent my anger!

"My lord, calm down, this matter is all the fault of my subordinates, please punish me, my lord!"

Li Li tried his best to calm his breath, and said in a deep voice with anger still: "Forget it, I didn't think carefully about this matter in advance. I can't blame you. Li Xuan, you remember, and then you bring the list of congratulatory gifts sent by our generals I took a look. Then I only received a congratulatory gift of [-] yuan from each of them. The other gifts were converted and included in the military pay, and distributed to the soldiers of the army at a later date! In addition, all the generals of our army who gave me gifts were fined for half a year. Inform the whole army, this wind cannot last long!

besides.After notifying the whole army of this matter, I converted their gift money and returned it to them in my own name.In addition, give each of them a tael of gold and ten bolts of silk.Remember, you must warn them personally, this time I accept their wishes, but only this time, if there is another time, I will definitely punish them severely!In the future, civil and military affairs at all levels of our military will hold weddings or funerals in a simple manner, and gifts should not exceed [-] yuan. If you violate this order, once you are found out, you will be severely punished! "

"No, my subordinates will remember it." Li Xuan said in response.

Immediately after he saw Li Li's expression softened a little, he wiped off the cold sweat on his forehead just now, and watched Li Li's expression with lingering fear.In fact, he also felt that this matter was inappropriate before, but he also felt that the hospitality was difficult to refuse, so he accepted the congratulatory gift from the general in the army.Unexpectedly, this matter actually aroused the lord's fury, and the thunder was furious!

Thinking of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but secretly blamed himself: being clever was misunderstood by cleverness, self-assessment brought bad results, and regretted not doing it at the beginning.

Later, Li Xuan continued to report the gifts to Li Li one by one.Judging from the gift money he reported, there were almost no omissions from the hundreds of officials in the court.

They are all rich people!

Back in the day, Li Li had almost died in defeating Zhu Jun's army in Zhongmou County. Afterwards, Niu Fu only rewarded him with ten taels of gold, a Dawan horse and some silks and satins.

Comparing the past and the present, the gap is so big, it is a world of difference!

Finally, Li Xuan reported: "My lord, just in the last two days, the shops and ministries that the princes from all walks of life have placed in Chang'an have also sent congratulatory gifts to the lord on behalf of their respective masters. Perhaps this is just their own initiative by the leaders of the ministries. It was temporarily decided, but the names registered were their respective lords. Nanyang Yuan Shu sent someone to send a gift of [-] gold, Yanzhou Cao Cao [-] gold, Jizhou Yuan Shao [-] gold; Two hundred horses, Liaodong Gongsundu sent one hundred gold and three hundred Liaodong war horses, Xuzhou governor Tao Qian sent three hundred gold and [-] shi for food, Jingzhou governor Liu Biao sent three hundred gold and two hundred silks and satins, Xichuan Liu Yan sent [-] gold and [-] bolts of Shu brocade. These congratulatory gifts were all entrusted to the court officials.

In addition, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the prefects around Chang'an all sent congratulatory gifts, and wealthy merchants in the city also donated generously.

It is worth mentioning that Wen Hou Lu Bu also sent someone to send 50 taels of gold and one hundred war horses, Situ Wang Yun sent one hundred gold and two carts of goods, Zhongchang servant Li Ru sent gold armor for ten carriages And a hundred gold gifts. "

After listening to Li Xuan's report, Li Li couldn't help sighing: "The strong are respected in troubled times, but I didn't expect them to move so fast and make such generous moves! If there hadn't been a fierce battle between our army and Lu Bu army, I'm afraid these The feudal lords will not look down on me, Li Li, and they will not spend hundreds of gold without being stingy. Thirty thousand gold is worth millions of copper coins, and my three-year tax in Wuwei County is not comparable to this wedding gift !

OK, the more the merrier.If they want to send it, we will take it all.Yuan Zhong, sort out the valuables as soon as possible, let Xiner and the others take a look first, keep what you like, and deal with the things you don't like as soon as possible, and replace them with food and ordnance, and temporarily store them in the Dongyang Valley camp.In addition, all the gold and silver money should be transferred out as soon as possible, and these things should be done within half a month, and the troops in the army can be dispatched at your disposal.In short, within half a month, we are very likely to leave Chang'an, so this matter should be done sooner rather than later, the sooner the better! "

"This promise, this subordinate will start to deal with this matter immediately!" Li Xuan replied respectfully in surprise.

Chapter 234

The next day, the weather was beautiful and it was a sunny day.

In March of Yangchun, everything is revived, the wilderness and mountains are covered with fresh green, and the world is full of spring in Kyushu.

The Li Mansion in Longxiang was decorated with lanterns and festoons, the crowds were surging, and it was very lively.

In the early morning, six teams of bridal sedan chairs were sent out at the gate of the mansion, each team was escorted by two hundred soldiers, accompanied by dozens of maids.The bridal sedan chair team of thousands of people walked mightily on the main street of Ximen, together with the pedestrians who like to watch the excitement, the pedestrians on the street were shoulder to shoulder and very crowded.

After a while, the six teams dispersed, and four of the sedan chairs circled around Longxiang Li's Mansion for more than half a circle, and finally stopped at the back door of Li's Mansion.The other two bridal sedan chairs went their separate ways, going to Zuo Zhonglang General Cai's Mansion and Taishi Mansion respectively.

In the morning, there are two shots in the sun.

In front of the gate of Longxiang Li's Mansion, chariots and horses were like dragons, and all the military officials of the court and Chinese and the generals of the Xiliang Army came one after another.

Li Fu, the housekeeper of the mansion, and Li Xuan, the county magistrate, brought hundreds of followers to welcome the guests in front of the mansion. Li Fu was in front and Li Xuan was in the rear. They were extremely busy.And Li Li's uncle, Li Jue, was also waiting at the entrance of the main hall, welcoming everyone with a smile on his face, welcoming all the officials with potbellies into the hall and sitting down.