Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

At this moment, Li Shen secretly said in his heart, "Great!" All these years of supporting the old king were not in vain, as he really came forward at the critical moment.

Li Shen likes people like Wang Hongfu the most. What is that?

This is vision, this is ability, this is talent.

There are often some people in a company who obviously have poor business capabilities, but are favored by the boss and entrusted with important tasks.

Either a promotion or a pay raise.

Many people are dissatisfied and wonder why they are not as good as a dishonest person after working so hard.

All the employees are just bootlickers and have no real skills.

But for the boss, there are people who can do the work everywhere, and as long as they pay, they will have no problem finding people.

But there are not many people who have high emotional intelligence, good vision, and understand the ways of the world and how to deal with people.

The main reason why a boss hires people is to make his life easier, whether it is production staff or management staff.

People with good vision and high emotional intelligence can make their bosses worry less. In fact, this is the same as other positions.

Since ancient times, many emperors have favored eunuchs or certain ministers.

It was because of his foresight that he did what the emperor wanted to do but could not do.

This is what Wang Hongfu is doing at this moment.

Li Shen himself certainly cannot be such a villain, and as a prince, Li Shen himself cannot say such words.

Otherwise, if word gets out, it will be bad news for Prince Ji to threaten others and ask for money in person.

But Wang Hongfu is different. He is the chief treasurer of the Prince Ji's Mansion. He was born into a merchant family and his household registration is of low status. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a materialist.

But even so, if it's a show, you have to do it in full. Li Shen's face darkened, and he squinted at Wang Hongfu and scolded:

"You bastard, you have no right to speak. You have no rules."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I was the one who spoke too much.

But I'm also doing this for the Ji Palace. Over the past two months, I've spent a lot of money to seek justice for the palace's fiefdom.

As the head treasurer of the palace, I must be responsible for the palace."

Wang Hongfu bowed, looking aggrieved.

"Asshole, you still dare to talk back? My Ji Palace has always been upright in doing things and never takes advantage of others in distress.

Since we are seeking justice for the fief, it is worth it even if it costs some money.

How can you claim compensation from others and do such a robbery?"

Li Shen's anger remained unabated and his righteousness remained awe-inspiring.

"Your Majesty, even though that is the case, it will be the Spring Festival in two months.

The workers who were building the road in Qinghai have returned and will arrive in Chang'an soon.

We have to pay the workers, as well as the cement merchants for their goods, and the Wei family and other families for their iron goods.

Right now, Prince Ji's Mansion is in need of money, and as the chief treasurer of Prince Ji's Mansion, I am also raising money everywhere.

Now that there is such a big vacancy, how is the prince going to ask me to explain it to Princess Ji?

Unless the prince tells the princess personally about this matter, it means that it has nothing to do with me, and it is not my corruption. "

Wang Hongfu was not afraid at all and argued with reason.

Li Shen was left speechless.

"this......"

For a moment, Li Shen was speechless. In the Tang Dynasty, men were in charge of external affairs while women were in charge of internal affairs. All external affairs of the Ji Wang Mansion were decided by Li Shen.

But all matters within the palace were decided by the hostess, Princess Ji, Lu Dingniang.

Including the financial power and all properties of Prince Ji’s Mansion.

The prince in the TV show neglected the princess and favored the concubine, causing the princess to suffer from the concubine's bullying and humiliation.

These plots seemed extremely ridiculous to Li Shen.

All princesses were canonized by the emperor himself. It doesn’t mean that if you marry one and call her your legal wife, she becomes a princess.

The princess of a prince has a rank, the first rank, which is equivalent to the four concubines in the harem.

In this feudal hierarchy with such strict rules, such problems would not easily arise.

When Li Zhi deposed the empress and enthroned Wu Zetian, he planned for four years, and even so he still encountered tremendous resistance.

The status of the wife in ancient times cannot be underestimated, and this is even more so for the princess consort.

"Your Majesty, I think what Manager Wang said makes sense.

According to etiquette, all the finances of Prince Ji's mansion were managed by the princess consort, and all matters, big or small, had to be reported to the princess consort.

This matter is certainly no exception.

Otherwise, it would violate the ancestral system and etiquette. If the news reaches His Majesty and the Queen, the prince will probably be reprimanded again."

It is time for Wang Xuance, the chief secretary, to appear.

One of the functions of the chief historian of the royal palace is to assist the prime minister in admonishing and correcting the king's mistakes.

When the prince does something wrong, the chief historian must come out to remind him and correct him.

Li Shen turned his head and looked at Wang Xuance fiercely. His expression was somewhat angry, but helpless and unable to refute.

After all, they have brought out the ancestral system and etiquette.

"Then I wonder how much money Prince Ji needs?"

Wang Zhengli asked at this time.

He was stunned by the drama. Although it seemed unexpected, it was reasonable and made people believe it.

This rule applies not only to the royal family but also to the common people. The wife can quarrel with her husband, but the concubine cannot.

Li Shen picked up the teacup and looked at Wang Hongfu angrily, implying, you can't? Then you decide.

Then he drank his tea.

Wang Zhengli also noticed Prince Ji's anger and looked at Wang Hongfu.

Wang Hongfu pretended to think about it and then stretched out a finger.

"A million dollars."

"Puff~~cough~~cough~~"

"what?"

Li Shen spat out a mouthful of tea and kept coughing.

Chunxiang and Dongmei behind him hurriedly patted Li Shen on the back.

Wang Zhengli was stunned, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was open, but he couldn't make a sound.

What did he just hear?

He began to wonder if he was hallucinating.

"Um...um...Manager Wang, how many strings of cash did you say?"

Wang Zhengli wanted to confirm whether he had heard it wrong.

"A million dollars."

Wang Hongfu repeated calmly without blushing or beating his heart.

"A million strings?"

This time Wang Zhengli finally confirmed that he had not heard wrongly, and shouted out in shock, with his voice a little out of tune.

Wang Hongfu is so bold that he asks for one million strings of coins.

"Your Highness Prince Ji, this... this... this one million strings of cash is not something the Wang family can afford."

Wang Zhengli didn't know what to say at this moment.

All the money that the Wang family has now added up is less than one million strings of cash, unless the entire Wang family is sold.

Land, shops, workshops, and goods were all sold.

Li Shen was also dumbfounded. He thought Wang Hongfu would ask for a huge sum of money, but he didn't expect it to be bigger than his face.

For the sake of money, you don't care about your dignity? Li Shen, who is so thick-skinned, feels a little embarrassed.

He looked up at Wang Hongfu, his eyes full of "Are you crazy because of poverty?"

Li Shen didn't know what to say, and could only yell:

"Asshole, why would you spend so much money? My Ji Wangfu does things uprightly. Are you sure you are prepared?

Don't defraud other people's money.

If this is true, and you have damaged the reputation of the palace and the royal family, I will not forgive you."

Li Shen thought to himself, Big Brother, I'll give you a chance, so ask for less.

(Note: I have not found any written records on the rank of the princesses of Tang Dynasty, but there are some fragmentary data to show and corroborate it.

Like the emperor and his empress, the empress had no rank and the wife was equal to her husband.

The same goes for the Crown Prince and Crown Princess.

There is relevant evidence that the prince is of the first rank, and the prince's wife is also of the first rank, and is regarded as the emperor's fourth wife, which is the same level as Concubine Wei.

Before the Sui Dynasty, the princess consort was called the queen.

Anyway, that’s it, meeting adjourned.)