Chapter 1684： Feast of a thousand taels of silver

Niu Hengtong heard that this was wrong, and he snorted in his heart.

He squatted his head busy: "The mother calmed down her anger. The money spent on this meal was saved by the ministers from her salary, and she never greeted the people a bit."

"Really?" Yundai picked up Xiao Ziliang's wine glass, put it under her nose and smelled it, "Hantan fragrant, imperial wine, the stock is extremely rare. Now the market price is at least 800 taels of silver per pot. My palace would like to ask for advice. How many adults, what is your salary for a year?"

Niu Hengtong dropped his head on the ground, afraid to speak.

Yun Dai said: "If this palace remembers correctly, the chief ambassador is a second-ranking member, with a monthly salary of 48 shi. Now the price of this rice, converted into silver, is only 20 taels. The annual salary after the year is less than three hundred taels."

Every time she said a word, the officials turned pale.

The empress, who lives deep in the harem, has a clear picture of the salary of court officials.

What frightened them even more was that the empress hadn't finished talking.

"Niu Hengtong, at your age, you should have wives, concubines, children and grandchildren? How much money do you have for your salary, in addition to the expenses of raising the family?" Yun Dai said coldly, "Of course, I know you are like this. It is impossible for an official in Xinjiang to live on this salary alone. The annual fire consumption, Bing Jing, Tan Jing, and the court also turn one eye and close one eye as a subsidy for you. The court understands your difficulties, but You should also be the court and the people."

Niu Hengtong kowtow: "The empress calmed down her anger. Although the ministers were incompetent, they tried their best to serve the court and the people!"

Yun Dai slapped the table: "The slogan screamed loudly, these three hundred taels of silver dishes, eight hundred taels of silver wine, you drink a lot!"

Several officials hurriedly put their heads on the ground.

Xiao Ziliang silently put down the chicken leg in his hand.

The girl who sang the song paled in shock, not knowing what to do.

Wei Jintai went over, gave her some silver, and told her to leave.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and Bao Xing walked in quickly, and he was relieved to see Yun Dai sitting unharmed.

In the cold weather, he was sweating profusely.

Yun Dai glanced at him.

He nodded to Yundai, then held the ledger and stood behind her.

Several officials in Niu Hengtong knelt on the ground, very puzzled.

Could it be that the Queen Mother was angry just because they had a feast of one thousand taels of silver?

This is not enough...

At any rate, they are also the second-rank masters, and they invite the emperor of Northern Qi to have a drink.

They only worry, there are other things.

Yun Dai glanced over them and said, "Who is Ji Dafu?"

Ji Dafu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said, "The villain is Ji Dafu."

Yun Dai looked at him. He was a man in his forties with short, squat, triangular eyes and a greasy face.

"Ji Dafu, are you responsible for the largest granary in the south of the city?"

"Yes, the villain is the granary and the accountant."

"The accountant?" Yun Dai smiled, "This palace is really wondering, our Great Zhou Kingdom, dare to ignore the command of the general even with a single accountant?"

Ji Dafu koozed his head in a panic: "The villain dare not!"

"Don't dare?"

Yun Dai threw the receipt in her hand to him, "Tonight, my palace went to your granary to pick up charcoal. I waited outside for an hour, but I didn't even see the shadow of a piece of charcoal. They said, Prince Qin's order It doesn't work, you have to nod your head, Master Ji!"