Chapter 175 : The Little Lolita in the Palace
Xiao Yun could not have expected that the Seventh Prince would meet him. It was probably this man who boasted about his gift in front of him. These princes of the Yuan Dynasty, although they were all showing off their power, were actually just a title, representing a certain noble status and not an official position. The title of Prince alone could not control affairs, but had a certain court honor. However, although Chaoyuan was the largest country in the world at that time, it was not the richest country. Instead, the Song Dynasty, which was destroyed by him, was much richer.
At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of Song Dynasty, called on people to "make more money, market land and houses to leave their descendants, and sing children to end their lives." This direction made the tide of business flourish and commerce and trade develop rapidly. The Song Dynasty was the only dynasty in ancient China that had not implemented the "suppression of commerce" policy for a long time. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, large-scale mining, tea and salt development were organized, and a large number of farmers liberated from the land were invested in commerce, handicrafts, and the private economy was stimulated and progressed rapidly. During the Northern Song Dynasty, a large number of gold, silver, copper, iron, coal and other minerals were mined, and the earliest manufacturing and processing factories in world history also appeared all over the country.
Shipyards, firearms, paper mills, printing factories, weaving factories, and official kilns in various places were very prosperous. In addition to public factories, some private factories also appeared and flourished in large numbers. The sailing, shipbuilding, medicine, crafts, and agricultural technology in the Song Dynasty all reached an unprecedented level that was difficult to reach in ancient times. Porcelain gained great development in the Song Dynasty. The five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty were Ru kiln, Guan kiln, Jun kiln, Ge kiln, and Ding kiln. The porcelain produced was extremely exquisite. These greatly created the Song Dynasty's treasury, and it was easier to do things if there was more money. Moreover, the Song Dynasty always used high salaries to support officials.
In the Song Dynasty, he was a prince, and his monthly salary was 30,000 yuan (that is, 300 stalks). In spring and winter, he wore 20 pieces of silk, 30 pieces of silk, 100 taels of cotton, and 100 stagnant grain per month. In addition to the official salary, there are various subsidies, such as
Tea, wine, kitchen ingredients, firewood, artemisia, charcoal, salt, as well as grass for horses, clothing, food and food expenses for employees, etc., are quite considerable. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, officials were not allowed to bring their families, and the support for their families was provided by the government finance, providing monthly rice, noodles, sheep and other daily necessities. In addition, there were "public money" (i.e. entertainment expenses), such as the military governor and the envoy, which could be as high as 20,000 guan, and the upper limit was not capped, and "is used up for all, not limited to year and month". In addition, there were "job land". In addition, there were "job land". The officials of all routes had job land, two capitals, and the vassal states were forty hectares, and the vassal states were 35 hectares, and to the remote small counties, there were seven hectares. Moreover, "the outside officials occupied the land, and most of them exceeded the system", and the tenants rented the seeds, and the prince could enjoy their achievements.
This was not so good for the Yuan Dynasty. At the beginning of its establishment, the Yuan Dynasty had no salary system. Later, Kublai Khan set up an official salary, with the largest monthly salary of five or six ingots, and at least thirty-five taels. During the Dade period, it began to add a small amount of rice to officials at home and outside. In addition to the above monthly salary, money and rice, the Mongolian nobles could be divided into some fertile land, which could be used to collect rent and taxes. However, after Chengzong ascended the throne, he gave a large reward from his ancestors, which directly caused inflation and prices to rise.
In the third year of Dade, the price of grain set by Hebei officials increased by 5.7 to 8.9 times compared with the Zhongtongchu. Zhang Kongsun, Yang Huan, He Wei, Yan Fu and others wrote letters to request an increase in salary for officials. Therefore, starting from the third year of Dade, the salary of minor officials was added to rice. Among them, "The Integrity Visits and Transportation Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Section Cities of County Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Office Section Cities of County Office Office Office Office Section Cities of Seven Taxis of Seven Taxis of Rice and Seven Dolls of Rice.
The county registration department and the inspector's official, the monthly salary is 6 taels of silver and 6 dou of rice. Relying on officials from all over the place, starting from the first month of the third year of Dade (1299), it is paid according to the rules. The salary of various departments, county officials, and prison officials are the same as that of the county officials of the county officials of the people. Although the prince is a relative of the royal family, the monthly salary is not common. Compared with the monthly salary of 300 taels of silver per month, the princes of the Yuan Dynasty is different, but the expenses and temperament of the royal family must be maintained, so these princes thought of a way to make money. A birthday banquet is the best way to increase the income of the royal family.
When he heard the seventh prince's message, Xiao Yun smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Grandpa, I'm afraid I'll forget this prince tonight and was disappointed?" He stepped towards the inner hall with his teeth. As soon as he entered the hall gate, he didn't dare to look at it. Xiao Yun took the cake and snatched the first two steps, fell to the ground, and said loudly: "Xiao Yun, I have seen the prince."
The seventh prince's fat body fell on a soft big bed. The two girls were stretching out their white little hands and chasing him gently on his feet. The other two girls knelt in front of the window and carefully rubbed the seventh prince's huge head with their white little hands. The seventh prince originally half-squinted his eyes. When Xiao Yun came in, he opened his eyes slightly and looked Xiao Yun up and down. Finally, his eyes fell on Xiao Yun's right hand and did not leave for a long time.
Out of instinct, Xiao Yun tightened his right hand. The paper box was kneaded by him, making a "squeak..." sound. At this moment, the Seventh Prince slowly raised his hands and waved at the girls. The girls quietly retreated from the bed, cleaned up, and then silently retreated.
Only the Seventh Prince, Xiao Yun, who was kneeling on the ground, and the person who led Xiao Yun in in the huge back hall.
The air was filled with a depressing smell, and Xiao Yun was stared at by four eyes from front and back. It felt like a woman was stripped naked and driven to the middle of a group of stinky men, allowing her to appreciate it. Xiao Yun began to regret it now. If he had known that it would be like this, what kind of cake would he have made? It would not be better to give gold, silver and treasures directly, so that he would not have been seen by others.
After about a cup of tea, the Seventh Prince coughed a few times, and his huge body slowly got up from the bed. His pair of triangular eyes stared at Xiao Yun and said, "Oh," and said, "It turned out to be Xiao Yun, Lord Xiao!" After a pause, he added: "Are you up?"
Xiao Yun cursed in his heart, but said, "Thank you, Prince!" He got up from the ground.
Seeing Xiao Yun climbing up from the ground, the Seventh Prince said slowly, "I heard from Butler Fu that Lord Xiao has a special gift to me personally, I wonder..."
"Oh..." Xiao Yun came to his senses and quickly sent the paper box in front and said, "Yes, Prince! This is a birthday gift specially prepared by the official for you. I hope the prince likes it!"
A smile flashed across the seventh prince's face. Looking at the paper box, his tone became gentle: "I don't know what Lord Xiao gave me, so why not open it and take a look!"
"Yes, Prince!" Xiao Yun responded, walked forward, asked the paper box to slowly open, revealing the birthday cake inside. When Xiao Yun opened the paper box, Xiao Yun found that the Seventh Prince's eyes, which were originally half-open and half-closed, suddenly opened the moment he opened the paper box, and it was surprisingly large. However, as the paper box opened, the birthday cake inside was exposed, and the expression in the seventh Prince's eyes became dimmed.
Sure enough, the seventh prince opened his eyes and only looked at the opened paper box, then he returned to his half-open and half-closed state. His huge figure returned to the bed, and said in a cold tone: "Mr. Xiao is intent. Put down the gift, have you accepted it?"
When Xiao Yun heard this tone, he secretly regretted that the cake was not made of gold last night, otherwise the seventh prince's eyes would have been discussed at this moment, but there was no regrettable medicine in the world, otherwise Xiao Yun would have bought one and took it, but unfortunately there wasn't.
The Seventh Prince ignored Xiao Yun and looked like seeing off the guests. Xiao Yun was embarrassed to stay and was about to leave. Suddenly, he heard a noise at the entrance of the hall, followed by a female voice and shouted: "Get out of the way, I want to go in, I want to see my father! I want to see my father!"
Xiao Yun was about to turn around and leave, but he didn't expect someone to come in outside. When he was secretly regretting it, he suddenly felt a cold wind flashing across his face, and then his eyes lit up. Before he could look up, a heavy object hit him hard on his chest. Xiao Yun instinctively stretched out his hands and tried hard. He didn't expect that the heavy object was firmly held in his arms with his hands. Before he could see clearly, he felt a faint fragrance rushing to his nose, and then his chest softened and elastic object like two balls gently flicked his chest, and then quickly shrank back.
Xiao Yun's mind was dizzy. Before he could figure out what was going on, he slapped his face with a "slap" and was slapped heavily.
"The thief...?" A sharp voice came over.
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Chapter completed!