Chapter 2779 2781 [Shuoshu]

  Because of a drowning accident, the garden party ended in a hurry.

   After Xiang Nan returned to the palace, he received the news the next day.

  After returning home, Zhao Sese developed a high fever; Qu Xiaofeng in the palace also contracted a cold.

  After learning about this, Xiang Nan had no choice but to visit the Zhao Mansion first.

   "His Royal Highness King Yi~" Zhao Jingyu and Zhao Shixuan both came to greet him.

   "I heard that Sese is feeling cold occasionally, I'm really worried." Xiang Nan said, "General Zhao, can you let me see her?"

   "This..." Zhao Jingyu pretended to ponder for a moment, then nodded.

  Xiang Nan was then led by Zhao Shixuan to Zhao Sese's boudoir.

   Logically speaking, men and women are different. As an adult man, Xiang Nan should not enter a woman's boudoir.

  But Zhao Jingyu has already formed an alliance with Gao Ming secretly, and Zhao Sese will also marry Xiang Nan as a side concubine. Since the two are a family sooner or later, those red tapes should be saved.

   "His Royal Highness Yi Wang, Sese will be very happy to know that you are here." Zhao Shixuan said to Xiang Nan with a smile.

  Xiang Nan nodded.

  Although Zhao Jingyu was a bit of a jerk, he had a good son. Principled, responsible, and caring for my sister.

   Entering Zhao Sesel's boudoir, she was lying on the bed with a wet wipe on her head, coughing a few times from time to time.

  The maidservant knelt aside and served her, frying the medicine for her and watching the fire.

   "Sister, look who is here." Zhao Shixuan smiled.

  Zhao Sese opened his eyes, searching for voices.

  Xiang Nan quickly took two steps, came to the front, and asked with concern, "Miss Zhao, what do you think?"

   "I'm fine, cough, cough, thank you Your Highness for your concern." Zhao Sese said lightly.

"Are you still angry with me? It wasn't that I didn't save you on purpose yesterday, it's just that the water in the pool was too muddy, so I couldn't recognize anyone at all, so I had to save the one next to me first." Xiang Nan explained, "When I tried to save you again, you were already rescued by others."

   "How dare Sese be angry with King Yi." Zhao Sese coughed and said.

   "Yes, the situation was so urgent at the time, and His Highness was busy saving people, so how could he tell the difference clearly." Zhao Shixuan also said, "Of course my sister won't be angry with King Yi for this."

   "That's good." Xiang Nan nodded, "By the way, I also brought medicine for dispelling wind and dampness."

   "Your Highness has a heart." Zhao Shixuan praised.

   "Then Miss Zhao, you can rest easy and recuperate, and I won't disturb you." Xiang Nan got up immediately and said.

  Although Zhao Sesur was lying on the bed with a towel on, coughing from time to time, looking like she was seriously ill due to the wind and cold, but Xiang Nan could tell that she was basically fine.

   All this is just acting. The purpose is self-evident, which is to win your own sympathy and care.

   Xiang Nan has never liked this kind of scheming girl. So he didn't want to cooperate with her in acting, and wanted to leave after only staying for a while.

  …

  After leaving Zhao Jingyu's house, Xiang Nan entered the palace again, and through Yongniang, he also sent Qu Xiaofeng some medicines to dispel wind and dampness, reduce inflammation and relieve pain.

   Afterwards, he returned to Zhaoren Hall to continue writing books.

  In the evening, when returning from Zhaoren Hall to the palace, passing Zhuque Street, I happened to see a potted flower in front of the window on the second floor.

  After returning to the palace, Xiang Nan pretended to take a rest, but actually went out secretly, came under the willow tree at the back door, and took out a bamboo tube from the tree hole.

   Unscrewed it and saw that there was a note inside, which stated Li Feng's whereabouts in recent days.

  I saw that he has been supervising the construction of Buddha statues in the past few days. For this reason, he has successively raised 200,000 catties of copper from the household department.

  Seeing this scene, Xiang Nan couldn't help sighing.

  The annual output of copper in the rich dynasty was only 300,000 jin, of which only 100,000 jin were used to cast copper coins. The remaining 200,000 catties were used to cast Buddha statues.

  This also led to a serious shortage of money in the rich dynasty. Therefore, silk and grain have become equivalents and used as currency circulation, but this is actually not conducive to economic development.

  Great copper, not to mint money, to promote economic development. But they are all used to cast Buddha statues, which is really reckless. It can also be seen from this that Li Yu is not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He's just a power-hungry, mean-spirited and unkind king.

  Xiang Nan then left a message to Chai Mu, asking him to investigate the private money in the market.

  He knew that after Li Feng embezzled all the 200,000 jin of copper for ink, he used it to mint private money. Copper coins usually weigh about six catties and three liang, but in the official copper coins of the Feng Dynasty, copper accounts for about 70% of the total, while the proportion of copper in private coins only accounts for about 50%.

  Therefore, 200,000 catties of copper can be cast into more than 64,000 copper coins. And the annual tax of the rich dynasty is only 30 million guan.

   Corresponding this ratio to reality, in 2022, my country's tax revenue will be as high as 16 trillion yuan. Li Chengye and Li Feng embezzled 33 billion yuan by embezzling Buddhas and using copper to cast private money.

   It is undoubtedly the biggest Shuoshu.

  Xiang Nan looked at it and admired their appetite, it was really too big.

  …

   Two days later, Xiang Nan continued to go to Zhaoren Hall to study books.

  At this time, he was looking up the information, when he heard someone laughing, "Li Chengyin~"

  Xiang Nan looked up, and saw Qu Xiaofeng standing in front of him with a full smile.

   "Hey, why are you here, have you recovered from the cold?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.

   "Well, thank you for the medicine you sent. After I took it, I got better soon." Qu Xiaofeng nodded and smiled.

   "You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand, "However, you can't make a trip for this. It's better to go back to Lanyue Pavilion, it's not good to be seen by others."

   "Why are you afraid that people will see it? I asked the Empress Dowager for an order, and she allowed me to come and help you with your books." Qu Xiaofeng said proudly.

   Li Chengye didn't want her to follow along with the book revision, so she just wanted to come over to do it. For this reason, she specially asked the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager really agreed to her.

   "Grandma allows you to help me with my book revision?" Xiang Nan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "You are really capable, and you can even get Grandma to agree to this matter."

   "Grandma loves me." Qu Xiaofeng laughed.

  Xiang Nan nodded, "Okay, since you have grandma's order, I won't rush anymore. Then you can stay and study with me."

  He knew that the Empress Dowager was on his side.

  The empress dowager actually didn't like fighting, and she repeatedly accused Li Zhen of deliberately provoking the princes to fight among themselves, which led to the deaths of Li Chengji and Li Chengye successively in the struggle for succession.

   At the beginning, Li Chengyin has a pure and kind personality, neither fights nor grabs, and loves brothers and sisters. He is a good prince who is both capable and humane. That's why he won the support of the empress dowager.

  It's a pity that for revenge, Li Chengyin gradually turned black, and embarked on the old path of fighting for power and decisive killing. So much so that in the end he became a loner, and even the Empress Dowager stopped helping him, and he was forced to spend his whole life to atone for his sins.

  So, Xiang Nan will not follow his old path.

   "Yes." Qu Xiaofeng nodded.

  (end of this chapter)