In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

Gu Li woke up leisurely, only Ah Qin was by her side.Seeing that he was awake, Ah Qin hurriedly called for someone.Cao Hualin rushed in and said to Gu Li: "Your Majesty, that cowardly servant has been taken into custody, and the case of the theft of the inner court treasury has also been handed over to the Supervisor of Rites."

Gu Li sat blankly, muttering: "My money..."

Cao Hualin comforted him repeatedly, and after a while, Guo Xuanshi came with Gu Youzhen in his arms.Seeing Gu Li's dumbfounded appearance, Guo Xuanshi felt distressed: "Amitabha, what's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Gu Li whimpered: "My money was stolen!"

Seeing that he was sad, Gu Youzhen also cried along with her. While crying, she touched Gu Li's face with her small hand, and comforted him: "Whoever steals money from the emperor, I will ask Yu Banban to punish him!"

Gu Li hugged Gu Youzhen, with one big and one small cheeks hugging each other and crying, Gu Li murmured: "Son, daddy's money has been stolen!"

Gu Youzhen sobbed: "My son has money, and all my son's money will be given to my father..."

As he spoke, he took off the small purse from his waist and pulled it to Gu Li's eyes.

At the critical moment, my son is still caring.Gu Li was filled with milk by Gu Youzhen, and his mood gradually stabilized. He patted Gu Youzhen's head and asked Guo Xuanshi to hug Gu Youzhen to go out to play first.

All the money in the private treasury was stolen, which was a huge amount. Whoever had the guts to think otherwise must be a few powerful eunuchs in the palace.

Gu Li called Cao Cunlin and came to Dong Nuan Pavilion to interrogate several young eunuchs who were in charge of the inner court treasure house.

The little eunuchs were all shivering, like little chickens in the heavy rain.Gu Li sat on top, watching Cao Cunlin interrogate one by one.

The little eunuchs didn't dare to speak at first, so Gu Li asked Cao Cunlin to retreat and asked someone to call Yu Guangle.Yu Guangle is just a little eunuch next to Guo Xuanshi, and he doesn't hold power, so these little eunuchs don't have so many worries about him.

Facing Yu Guangle, the little eunuchs really relaxed a little. Gu Li said again: "Everyone is just a handyman guarding the treasury. You must not have the guts to steal the treasury. Why bother to take the blame for others? What do you want to say but dare not say?" , you can say in front of me that you don’t need to be afraid of being retaliated against, if anyone dares to retaliate for personal gain, just tell me, and I will support you!"

A young eunuch hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, the villain's name is Yang Xiulin. Last year, he was transferred from the Imperial Horse Supervisor to guard the inner transport warehouse. The villain opens the door of the treasury every morning, and it takes about an hour to clean it. The villain is transferred to When the warehouse was transported inside, there were not many gold, silver, treasures and antiques in the treasury, and they even decreased day by day. Until one day, the villain saw Mr. Guo Shouchun secretly carrying property, calligraphy and paintings from the treasury, and transporting the hogwash every night in the north dining room. in the carriage."

Yu Guangle took down his confession and asked, "Where is Guo Shouchun?"

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the eunuchs shivered, and then there was a foul smell, and he was incontinent.It's also a coincidence that this eunuch is the guy who had an affair with the maid.

Yu Guangle asked, "Are you Guo Shouchun?"

The man replied: "The villain... the villain is wronged! It is Yang Xiulin who framed the villain!"

Yang Xiulin said: "Your Majesty, is the villain talking nonsense? Your Majesty only needs to send someone to search the horses and horses that transport the hogwash."

Gu Li immediately called several people to search the North Dining Room.When Guo Shouchun saw that he was coming, he didn't dare to hide it any more, and said flatly: "I beg your majesty to be merciful! The villain always listens to the prince's words, and the one who transported the sewage is the nephew of the prince's family. They told the villain not to leave Just meddle in your own business, turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye, and the car that transports slops will give me ten taels of silver."

Excuse me, wow, it's Wang Zheng again!

Gu Li asked: "Wang Zheng only bribed Guo Shouchun? There are other people who want to surrender. Come on, I can reduce your punishment as appropriate. I will send it to the judicial department in a while. It must be dealt with strictly."

Another little eunuch said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the prince also threatened the villain and told the villain to shut up and keep quiet..."

In addition, several young eunuchs also surrendered.

Gu Li looked at Yu Guangle and asked him, "Have you written down all these testimony?"

Yu Guangle nodded.

Gu Li said: "Submit this confession to the Three Law Departments and order them to try the case of the theft of the internal treasury together with the case of Wang Zheng's misfortune to the country. In addition, these people who neglected their duties and accepted bribes should be assigned to Xiaoling."

Several young eunuchs breathed a sigh of relief, and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

Gu Li looked at Yang Xiulin again, Yang Xiulin was also uneasy.Gu Li thought for a while and said: "Although Yang Xiulin didn't accept bribes, he also dereliction of duty. Let him compensate ten taels of silver and let him return home. Let Yang Shangshu send someone to send him back."

Yang Xiulin kowtowed again and again, crying and thanking him.

Gu Li also did it for the good of Yang Xiulin, he turned himself in first, involved so many people, and stayed in the palace, so that no one would know if he was murdered.It is better to pay compensation and let him go home.

Yu Guangle responded, and ordered the eunuchs to be taken away.

Gu Li was worried again. The stolen internal money might not be recovered in a while. The Ministry of War was in a hurry to ask for payment. Where did the money come from?

In an ancient society with underdeveloped industry and commerce, the agricultural tax and the monopoly of salt, iron and tea were the biggest sources of income, followed by economics and trade. But as far as he knew, the Later Chu government had always banned overseas trade. The economy has also taken a hit.Now that he has decided to exempt from taxes for three years, and the money for raising soldiers, he must never apportion it to the common people.

Gu Li was full of melancholy, so he ate something and drank the soup and medicine sent by the imperial doctor, feeling that the injured arm had healed up, so he went to deal with business.Wang Zhengyuan served as the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony supervisor, and the original owner didn't want to deal with the papers submitted by Prime Minister Mu, so he threw them all to the supervisor.Now that Wang is being detained, memorials are piled up on the desk.

Gu Li frowned and looked through the pages. The Secretary of General Administration proposed several countermeasures. In response to the shortage of military expenditures, some officials suggested selling titles and titles to raise money, and even some less important positions could be bought and sold together.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, there was a matter of buying and selling titles to raise military expenses. However, this was just killing chickens and picking eggs. There are two reasons. The people, not to mention the fish and meat, the country has to spend money to support officials. Now that the bureaucratic system is already bloated, Gu Lizheng is worrying about how to reduce redundant officials and how to expand the bureaucratic team?

Gu Li continued to look down, and found the memorial presented by Zuo Shijue, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zuo Shijue was clear and well-founded, and gave five suggestions for the current situation of the country: [-]. Persuade farmers to teach mulberry.Organize the refugees displaced by the war to return to their hometowns to cultivate fields; [-]. Reclaim wasteland.The unclaimed land caused by the war will be remeasured by the local government and distributed to the farmers who lost their land; [-]. Rectify the administration of officials.Formulate new assessment methods for bureaucratic teams, abolish the old system that only emphasizes seniority but not ability, and select talented officials; [-]. Limit grace.Cancel the old system of favor and shade, and all children of officials will be recruited with tribute, so as to prevent the children of bureaucrats from monopolizing official positions; [-]. Renovate armaments.Select outstanding local children of Liaodong to march and practice to resist the Jian captives.

This Mr. Zuo is a bit level, Gu Li wrote it down silently.

In addition, there are six divisions to give Shizhong and thirteen censors to impeach Yang Hongjian, who was the minister of the Ministry of war, and his ineffectiveness in handling affairs led to the killing of King Fu. Gu Li looked at it one by one, and Wang Zheng's crimes might be a little exaggerated, but most of them should be facts. Wang Zheng held power and suppressed his opponents. Anyone who bribed him would be promoted according to the bribe. Anyone who dared to scold him, He found an opportunity to kill them all, which is really a lot of crimes.

Gu Li sighed and kept the memorial.

After tossing for a while, the wound hurts again.Gu Li sighed, and called the imperial doctor to re-apply the medicine for him. Sitting alone, thinking of the empty treasury and private treasury, he couldn't help but have a headache.The palaces and pavilions with carved beams and painted buildings, when you first arrive, you feel beautiful and dizzying, but after seeing too much, you feel boring and monotonous.

He wants to go out for a walk.

Gu Li went back to the dormitory and asked Cao Cunlin to find a suit of ordinary student clothes.

Cao Cunlin asked him if he was going out of the palace, Gu Li waved his hand, telling him not to say anything, and he didn't need to call the guards.Cao Cunlin wanted to follow him again, but Gu Li refused, threatening him: "Don't talk nonsense, if someone finds out, I'll only ask you."

Then they found Yu Guangle, because Yu Guangle was quite obedient, so he planned to take Yu Guangle out with him.

Seeing that Gu Li didn't allow him to come for interrogation before, Cao Cunlin was resentful when he saw that he was taking Yu Guangle with him instead of him.Seeing his expression, how could Gu Li fail to guess what he was thinking, called him aside, and comforted him: "Eunuch Cao, it's not that I don't want to take you out of the palace, but I have more important matters to hand over to you." You, only by handing it over to you, can I rest assured."

Cao Cunlin finally regained his energy and straightened his waist: "What orders does your majesty have, I will never refuse to die!"

Gu Li said: "If someone comes to see you, you will help me to block it, don't reveal my whereabouts."

When Cao Cunlin heard about this, he couldn't help feeling a little tired, and said, "What exactly is your majesty going out of the palace for? There are many dangers outside the palace, and I'm afraid that your majesty's holy body will be injured."

Gu Li said: "I went out of the palace, of course I have my intentions."

Cao Cunlin had no choice but to let it go, lowered his head, and stared angrily at Yu Guangle's figure, his eyes were like poisonous snakes spitting out letters.

Gu Li didn't notice it, and was thinking about how to get out.There were guards everywhere at the gate of the palace, if Gu Li went out ostentatiously, he would have to be known by the officials in the court, and it would be annoying enough to scold him at that time.

Gu Li asked Yu Guangle: "Is there any path in the palace to get out?"

Yu Guangle's face turned pale, and he said dully, "The villain doesn't know."

Gu Li glared at him and threatened: "Little liar, don't fool me."

Gu Li once read a documentary about the life of eunuchs in the Qing palace. Because of their physical disabilities, eunuchs were often made fun of by storytellers.The eunuchs found a way to bring storytellers into the palace, so that the concubines who had been in the cold palace for a long time could relieve their loneliness.Being able to bring a large living person into the palace shows that the imperial city is not that tight. In such a huge imperial city, there are always places where defenses are neglected.

Yu Guangle had no choice but to say: "The villain is worried about His Majesty's safety."

Gu Li smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about this. If there is any accident, I will never blame you. I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and I don't know the sufferings of the people. I heard it from others, so I might as well go and see it myself."

Seeing that Gu Li would seriously explain the reason to him, Yu Guangle couldn't help being moved, and his expression gradually became clear and firm: "Okay, it's just that we can't do it now, we have to wait until tomorrow morning."

When Gu Li saw him let go, Lang Ran smiled and said, "It's up to you."

Gu Li still felt unwell, so he screened the two of them away, and Yu Guangle and Cao Cunlin left the Qianqing Palace one after the other.Cao Cunlin was standing under the palace wall, and saw Aqin not far away, looking into his head, this little eunuch was quite favored by the original owner because of his handsome appearance, but unfortunately Gu Li didn't understand the style, he didn't like Longyang, so he scolded him when he was at Xuanpo Terrace.Aqin was worried that he would lose his favor, so he wandered around the Qianqing Palace from time to time, hoping to remind His Majesty of his kindness.

Cao Cunlin stretched out his hand and said, "Zhao Anqin, come here."

Ah Qin hurried forward and asked cheerfully, "Eunuch Cao, is Your Majesty looking for me?"

Cao Cunlin scolded: "Pfft! You little rascal! If you don't do business, you know how to hang around in Qianqing Palace!"

Ah Qin was quite aggrieved.

Cao Cunlin asked: "That Yu Guangle, I remember that he was from Zhao Jing Palace, why did he show up in front of His Majesty?"

Aqin spat and scolded: "This brat, since he entered the palace, I knew he was restless! When you were supervising the army on the top of the wall, he somehow got in front of His Majesty, very pleased with His Majesty." Favor!"

Cao Cunlin bit the root, and said bitterly: "It's strange, I said that your majesty has come to the top of the city by himself, and he has a strange attitude towards me. I think this person who has suffered a thousand swords is chewing our tongue in front of your majesty! He wants to win your majesty's favor alone. , It also depends on whether he can afford it!"

In the early morning of the next day, Gu Liping retired from the palace, changed into a square scarf, and wore a blue blouse, dressed like an ordinary student. Together with Yu Guangle, he left the Chengtian Gate, turned right and went west. As soon as he left the right gate of Chang'an, he saw several An eunuch was talking under the right door of Chang'an in the cold morning mist, and they were talking about the theft of the inner transport warehouse.

Yu Guangle took Gu Li behind the door. Fortunately, it was still early in the morning and the temperature was low. The few people dispersed after chatting for a long time.After they left, Yu Guangle called Gu Li to continue walking westward, carefully avoiding the patrolling guards along the way, which was not an ordinary stimulus.

Seeing that he was about to reach the southwest corner of the imperial city, a young eunuch came to meet him, and it turned out to be Ah Qin.

Gu Lixin said that I was dressed in modest clothes, so I couldn't meet him face to face, otherwise I don't know how this person will yell.He quickly lowered his head and hid behind Yu Guangle.Ah Qin came towards Yu Guangle, heheeded, and asked, "Shouldn't you be serving Zhao Jing in Kunning Palace, what are you doing here?"