"A minister with such a high reputation must be used with caution!"

"Otherwise they will override the officials!"

Zhao Xu nodded seriously: "My grandson will remember it!"

Then he asked again: "Which minister made my mother unhappy?"

The Empress Dowager ordered Liang Weijian to pick up the letter addressed to Sima Guang, and then said: "The officials should take a look at it themselves!"

"Some veterans, relying on their high reputation and high prestige, even dare to interfere in matters surrounding the official family! You must also intervene!"

Zhao Xu took the memorial, opened it and read it again.

I couldn't help but sneered in my heart!

what is this?

In my previous life, during the Yuanyou era, this could only be regarded as an appetizer.

Zhao Xu remembered clearly that until he took office, there was not even a single colored porcelain in the huge Funing Palace.

The bead curtains used for curtains are the simplest materials!

The people who serve him are all carefully selected old maids.

As for surveillance?

Zhao Xu could even count ants in the garden, but Cheng Yi knew about it.

Even Cheng Yi, the lowest-ranking official among the officials, knows what he is doing in private, and everyone else can imagine!

For nine years, Zhao Xu had no personal secrets or privacy at all.

Therefore, Zhao Xu was taciturn, so Zhao Xu just watched the performances in the court and the public quietly, only keeping each thing firmly in mind.

And all of that was approved by the empress dowager who was furious in front of him.

But now, the same people, making the same request for the same thing, get completely opposite results.

This made Zhao Xu sigh that human nature is indeed complex and subtle.

After reading Sima Guang's memorial, Zhao Xu looked at the Empress Dowager, pretended to think seriously, and said: "Mother, although my grandson didn't fully understand it, he also knew something about it..."

"Sima Gong seems to be talking about the scripture banquet?"

"It seems that you also talked about some things in the palace?"

Queen Mother Xiang took the opportunity to ask: "What do you think, Brother Six?"

Zhao Xu shook his head: "It's hard to say..."

"But it feels like something is not quite right!"

Zhao Xu is very clear about the role he has to play now.

You can act silly and sweet when it comes to matters involving the two palaces and your relatives.

But in national affairs, he must show sensitivity and decisiveness that can be seen by both the government and the opposition.

Only in this way can those who are loyal to him continue to remain loyal, while at the same time deterring those rebellious officials and traitors!

The human heart is a very strange thing.

Many times, confidence is the human heart!

As an emperor, Zhao Xu had known in his previous life that he must always send a signal to the people around him, especially the ministers: I can control everything!

After being beaten and honed and learned in modern times.

Today's Zhao Xu is not only more mature than his previous life, but also has a better understanding of people's hearts.

Schools, offices, and even archaeological sites are all places where he learns and practices!

So, Zhao Xu asked the two palaces calmly: "What does Jing Yan have to do with the people around him?"

He thought, thought, and reflected, and said, "Do you spend a lot on daily life? Is it very extravagant?"

"Liang Duzhi..." Zhao Xu looked at the big mink beside the Queen Mother and asked: "Can you send someone to check the expenses since I took the throne..."

"If it's really a lot, just cut off all the unnecessary ones!"

Liang Weijian was stunned for a moment and looked at the Empress Dowager.

At this time, the Queen Mother nodded, and then seemed to remember something, and said to Zhao Xu: "That's what the official said!"

"It's time to check it out!"

"Then, publish all the food consumption of the official family in the palace since they ascended the throne, let the governor of the capital and everyone in the world come and see!"

"Is this old man pampering his grandson, or is there someone who wants to prevent the emperor from even eating an ordinary meal?"

She knew that before and after the official ascended the throne, he had always maintained a very frugal style in diet!

A meal of four dishes and three soups is already a lot. Usually it is three dishes and one soup, and they are all small portions.

Most of the time, the official breakfast meal is just a bowl of milk, two steamed buns, and an egg.

At noon and evening, although there was some meat and fish flavor, it was nothing more than the dishes of the Zhongshang Family in Bianjing City.

There are neither delicacies from mountains and seas, nor expensive spices.

These were all chosen by the officials themselves, and then the minister around them, Feng Jing, watched them personally.

She, the mother-in-law, asked several times: Why is the official diet so little?

The answer I got is: The government has a decree, don’t be extravagant and wasteful, eat as much as you like!

This makes the Queen Mother both happy and proud!

Now, didn’t Sima Guang say that we should be frugal and simple?

Then let him see it!

How simple and frugal can an official family be?

Are you hungry?!

…

Liang Weijian took the order and left, then went to the imperial kitchen and prepared the food expenses and recipes for Zhao Xu and the others.

Then, the big mink was shocked!

It doesn’t matter if there are not many dishes!

Most of the dishes have basically not been changed.

Milk and eggs for breakfast are the same, the only difference is whether you eat steamed buns, steamed buns or pasta.

Most lunches include a bowl of bone broth and at least a plate of vegetables.

Dinner is about the same, occasionally I add a piece of fish or ask for some river shrimp.

After Liang Weijian read all the menus, he lowered his head in shame.

The food of his nephews is countless times better than that of the official family!

Liang Weijian did a simple calculation, and found out that the total expenses for the official family's food would not even amount to thirty guan in a month!

But how did Liang Weijian know that Zhao Xu's menu was designed by him himself.

Taking into account both health and nutrition, the main focus is on less oil and less salt.

Because, although Zhao Xu is only eight years old.

But I am already preparing to resist the attack of cerebrovascular diseases after the age of 30.

So, when Liang Weijian found out the menu since March and the expenses of Funing Palace, he sent it to the two palaces.

Not only did I feel sorry for the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother even felt pity for her!

The official family is not only economical in food!

Funing Palace saves money on daily expenses!

Funing Palace will have to spend money after March, and the main target is a sharp drop!

In terms of expenses, the official family almost never used anything other than pens, ink, paper and inkstones!!

"Delivery! Go to the capital hall immediately!" The Empress Dowager held up the details of the expenses and became excited: "Let the ministers and all the scholar-bureaucrats in the world come and take a look!"

"After all, I want to indulge the officials!"

"There are still people who maliciously slander you!"

Even Queen Mother Xiang hugged Zhao Xu and no longer wanted to speak to Sima Guang after seeing these expenditures written in black and white.

The real numbers are enough to crush everything!

The emperor has saved money to this extent!

If the scholar-officials and ministers still refuse to give in, then don’t blame her for not showing dignity to the scholar-officials!

The author still has stomach pain after the injection today, so he probably needs to make an appointment for a gastroscopy!
Chapter completed!