"Bang,bang,bang!"

"My lord is resting, is there anything to report to my subordinate Li Xuan?"

At night, Li Xuan's voice came from outside the door of the wing where Li Li was temporarily living.

"Yuanzhong, come in."

Inside the room, Li Li lay on the couch and stared at the roof in a daze, responding softly.

"Hahaha! What are you thinking about by lord?" Li Xuan closed the door and asked with a smile.

"What else can I think? I'm thinking about the court etiquette. Today I'm so tired. It's much more difficult than fighting on the battlefield. I'm exhausted, my back and forth! I can't figure it out. Why is it so troublesome to get married? My uncle left half an hour ago and watched me struggling for most of the day. I'm going to die!" Seeing Li Xuan in, Li Li complained bitterly as if he met his relatives.

Li Xuan had already known his lord's unconventional character in detail, and said with a smile: "My lord's founding of the Han Dynasty has gone through four hundred years before and after the East and West Han Dynasty. Most of the wise and Confucian scholars have studied this. Over time, there are countless red tape and extremely complicated. However, the lord is currently in a high position, so naturally he cannot be rude. He should learn what he should learn, so as not to lose his popularity and damage his reputation."

Li Li grinned helplessly when he heard this, nodded and asked, "Uh, I almost forgot, Yuanzhong, have you been married?"

Li Xuan had a rare blushing face and hesitated: "Report to the lord, my subordinate took a concubine last winter and has not yet been married."

"Hahaha!" Li Li said with a laugh: "I have taken my concubine, you are not married yet? So, you don't delay anything in your daily life, and you still have the name of being single on your head?"

Li Xuan didn't understand what Li Li smiled, and said seriously: "Single? The lord said this is appropriate. The subordinate is indeed single. As for the concubine in the mansion, she just added a house and occasionally served in bed. Before the subordinate officially got married, she was not a wife, concubine and family, and was no different from ordinary maids."

Li Li was speechless when he heard this.

There are indeed many ills in this era, and it is fine to have multiple wives. The world is chaotic, with male casualties and many men, and there are many women and few men, and it is also impossible to have multiple wives. However, many high-ranking officials and nobles do not regard maids and concubines as humans, and regard them as objects. When they are interested themselves, they can let maids and concubines warm the bed at will. Occasionally, when guests come to their homes, they can also let them accompany guests to bed. There are countless such messy and smoky things. Over time, this kind of thing has become a convention. It has become a consensus in the upper class, and everyone has followed suit and used it to this day.

Just as Li Xuan had taken a concubine, he still kept saying that he was not married yet and was still "single".

On the other hand, this kind of thing about providing beautiful things at home is actually a way to provide some helpless women with a way out. Although it is dirty, it is better than brothel women. At least they still have roots. With the power of their masters, they generally will not be humiliated.

While slightly stunned, Li Li no longer mentioned this topic. He could not accept such a thing anyway, and the maid in his mansion could not accompany others to bed.

"Yuan Zhong. It's so late, what else is there?" Li Li asked softly.

Li Xuan immediately came back to his senses when he heard this and said happily: "Lord, I am here to report the congratulations to you. The lord's wedding has received very generous gifts, which shocked me!"

"Oh? Did the gift exceed expectations and the gift received exceeded 10,000 taels of gold?" Li Li asked in surprise.

"Hahaha!" Li Xuan said with a smile. He said with a smile: "The lord hit the nail's words. As of tonight, the gold received by his subordinates reached 38,000 taels, which did not include rare antiques, utensils, gold, silver, jade jewelry, and various silks. The gifts were piled up like mountains. The warehouse in our mansion was too small. If we could not hold these many things, he also ordered people to organize five wing rooms to store items. Now the five temporary wing rooms are filled with four, and only half of the fifth wing room is left. I guess that on the wedding day tomorrow, I will have to free up several wing rooms to store gifts. It is expected that it will be no problem to pile ten wing rooms."

"There are so many gold and gifts. Where did they get so many good things? Why, they don't plan to live, they all give it to me?" Li Li asked in surprise.

Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this and explained: "The lord doesn't know anything. Now Chang'an City is the capital of the capital. Which of the civil and military officials in the court has a wealthy family, and they have countless fertile land under their name. Many officials are even secretly running shops. The caravans in their names are all over the state and counties, and none of them are rich. Although they look like the chaos today, the princes of all walks of life dare not easily touch the fiefs of these officials in the court. Every three months or half a year, the wealth of these fiefs will be sent to Chang'an one after another and enter the pockets of the officials in the court. In addition, most of the officials in the court are aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years. They have accumulated over the past lifetimes and have strong financial resources. The disciples and old officials are everywhere in the world. In a year, there are definitely many valuable gifts they receive.

Therefore, the gift for the lord’s wedding is a drop in the bucket for these people, so what’s the point of noticing.”

"So that's it. I was wondering before that, the people in the world are so poor, and Yizi eat each other, where are so many gold, silver and jewelry? It turns out that they are all concentrated in the hands of them. The people are so poor that they flee to famine and take refuge everywhere, but they feed these famous families!" Li Li said suddenly.

Before he finished speaking, Li Li continued to ask: "Yuanzhong, what is the specific situation of the congratulations I received this time? It is also easy for me to know the key points."

Li Xuan reported respectfully: "Report to the lord, the general situation of the congratulations received this time is: the generals of the lieutenant generals of the Xiliang army, almost all of whom have sent a gift of more than one tael of gold, and some people even got rare treasures and sent them to our mansion. There are thousands of generals in the army, the military marquis are more than one tael of gold, the chief marquis is more than three taels of gold, the school marquis is more than five taels of gold, the commanders of each battalion and the generals of the central government are mostly more than ten taels of gold?????????”

"Wait!" Li Li interrupted Li Ru's words and asked in surprise: "Yuan Zhong, what do you mean is that the commanders of the battalions in our army also gave me gifts?"

"Uh, this??????? At that time, the commanders saw that everyone else had given it, and they also gave one. However, their subordinates did not dare to accept gifts from generals under the deputy commander, but only accepted gifts from the commander and the deputy commander." Li Xuan hesitated and told the truth.

"Bang!" Li Li slapped the table in anger and said angrily: "It's outrageous! I was the general who allowed them to give gifts to their wedding? What kind of convention is this? I was their lord, and most of our generals were from poor backgrounds, with few salary and rewards, but now they want to give me gifts. In this way, who will become? Once this example is opened, the upper and lower levels will be effective, and our Wuwei army will be completely destroyed. Who will fight to the death in the future? Huhuhu?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Li Xuan looked at Li Li and panted heavily, frightened him so much that he was silent and did not dare to let out his anger. He could see that Li Li was really angry this time, and he was so angry that he was furious that he couldn't extricate his anger!

"Don't be angry, this matter is all the fault of my subordinates. Please punish me!"

Li Li tried his best to calm his breath, and said in a deep voice: "Forget it, I am not considering this matter in advance, and I can't blame you. Li Xuan, remember. Then you took the list of gifts sent by our generals to me for my review, and then only received 500 yuan of gifts per person. The other gifts were calculated and all included in the military pay and distributed them to the soldiers of the entire army on a certain date! In addition, all our generals who gave me gifts were confiscated for half a year and informed the soldiers of the entire army of the army. This trend cannot be long!

Also, after informing the entire army of this matter, they will be converted into their gifts and returned them all in my personal name, and given them one tael of gold and ten pieces of silk to each. Remember, you must personally warn them. I have received their wishes this time, but only this time, if there is another time, I will definitely punish them severely! In the future, all civil and military personnel at all levels in our army will be kept simple, and the gifts shall not exceed one thousand coins. If this order is violated, once it is found, severe punishment will be carried out!"

"No, my subordinates remember it." Li Xuan said in response.

Then he saw Li Li's expression relaxing slightly, and then he brushed his sleeves and wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead. He paid attention to Li Li's expression with lingering fear. In fact, he thought this was inappropriate before, but he felt that it was difficult to refuse the affection, so he accepted the congratulatory gift from the general in the army. Unexpectedly, this incident caused the lord to be angry and thunderous!

As soon as he thought of this, Li Xuan couldn't help but secretly complained that his cleverness was mistaken for his cleverness. He took his own initiative and caused bad consequences, and he regretted it.

Later, Li Xuan continued to report the gifts to Li Li one by one. Judging from the gifts he reported, there were almost no omissions from the officials in the court, and all of them sent gifts. The officials of the nine ministers and the three ministers and fifty taels, and all the gifts from relatives of the Dong family were more than ten gold.

All are rich people!

Thinking back to the time when Li Li defeated Zhu Ye's army in Zhongmu County and almost died. After that, Niu Fu only rewarded him with ten taels of gold, a Dayuan horse and a few silk horses.

Compared with the past and the past, the gap is so big, it is a world of difference!

Finally, Li Xuan reported: "Lord, in the past two days, the shops and works of the princes in Chang'an placed in Chang'an on behalf of their respective masters, and they also sent gifts to the lords. Perhaps this was just a temporary decision made by the leaders of the detailed work, but the names registered in the book were their respective lords. Yuan Shu, Nanyang sent someone to send gifts of 100 gold, Cao Cao, Yanzhou, and Yuan Shao, Jizhou, 200 gold; Gongsun Zan, Youbeiping, sent people to send 100 gold, 200 war horses, Gongsun Du from Liaodong, Gongsun Du from Xuzhou, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, sent 300 gold, 100 stone of food and salary, Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, sent 300 gold, 200 silk and satin, and Liu Yan from Xichuan, and 300 gold and 200 Sichuan brocades. These gifts were all entrusted to officials in the court.

In addition, Ma Teng, Han Sui, and the county magistrates around Chang'an all sent gifts, and the wealthy merchants in the city also donated generously. Many of them offered gifts that were no less than those of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers.

It is worth mentioning that Wen Hou Lu Bu also sent someone to send fifty taels of gold and one hundred war horses, Situ Wang Yun sent one hundred gold and two carts of items, and the Zhongchang Shi Li Ru sent golden armor and one hundred gold gifts loaded with ten carts."

After listening to Li Xuan's report, Li Li couldn't help but sigh: "The strong are respected in troubled times, but I didn't expect their actions to be so fast and act so generously! If it weren't for a fierce battle between our army and Lu Bu's army, I'm afraid these princes wouldn't take me Li Li seriously, and wouldn't spend a hundred gold and be generous. Thirty thousand gold is millions of copper coins, and my three-year tax on Wuwei County would not be as good as the wedding gift!

OK, the more you have, the better. If they want to give it, we will accept it as a order. Yuanzhong, organize the valuables as soon as possible, let Xin'er and the others take a look first, keep whatever they like, and start dealing with the things they don't like as soon as possible. All of them are replaced with food and weapons, and temporarily store them in the Dongyang Valley Camp. In addition, all the gold, silver and money should be transferred out as soon as possible. These things should be done within half a month, and the troops in the army will be dispatched. In short, within half a month, we are very likely to leave Chang'an, so this matter should not be too late, the sooner the better!"

"This?????????, I will start to handle this matter immediately!" Li Xuan responded in surprise. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!