Chapter 9 [The Origin of Green Hat]

East Palace.

Li Chengqian was also slightly stunned when he saw the pile of junk in front of him.

Hats, belts, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, hairpins...

Almost everything.

Most of the stuff was old and tattered.

What’s even more outrageous is that in one of the paintings, the ink has not yet dried.

The official actually drew a picture on the spot to make up the number.

These officials did not donate money, but took out these things. It is obvious that they were perfunctory.

Moreover, it also contains five parts of contempt, three parts of humiliation, and two parts of mockery.

There is another meaning behind their doing this.

Donating things instead of money makes you appear honest and incorruptible.

At this time, if anyone takes out a large sum of money, they will definitely be targeted.

Those people from the Inspection Institute are omnipresent.

Moreover, there is a severe drought in the world now, and every harvest is lost, and every household is in difficulty.

Showing off your wealth at this time will only attract attention and bring you unnecessary trouble.

"What an honest and upright person, with clean hands!"

Li Chengqian smiled brightly, not caring at all, as if he had expected this.

"Your Highness, what they are doing is clearly humiliating you and me, and you can still laugh..."

Lin Gong really couldn't understand why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had changed so much.

If he had been humiliated like this in the past, he would probably have been furious.

But now, he can still laugh.

After a pause, Lin Gong seemed to have thought of something, "Your Highness, did you know that they would not donate money?"

Li Chengqian nodded, "I did expect this, but I didn't expect them to treat me with these junk."

"Then why did you send me..." Lin Gong was speechless.

"I know they won't donate, so I sent you there. Otherwise, can I go there myself?"

As he said this, Li Chengqian still had a faint smile on his face.

Lin Gong: “…”

Chunchan stood behind him, her face flushed. She was naturally indignant that her own prince was humiliated in such a way.

She didn't understand why His Highness could still laugh after all this happened.

"Your Highness, these people are going too far!"

Uncle Fu held the sword in his hand, wishing he could draw it and chop off those people's heads.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Li Chengqian smiled and didn't care.

"Your Highness, disaster relief should be provided sooner rather than later. We cannot delay it any longer.

Now, no money has been raised for disaster relief.

What should I do next? "

Lin Gong thought to himself, I am not really helping you, he is simply considering his own life.

If he fails to make achievements before the end of the year, he will not get the medicine to relieve his symptoms.

He would rather cut off one of his arms than experience that feeling of being worse off than death, unable to live or die.

This is the only benefit of the Life and Death Pill.

In order to get the relief pill, you must make meritorious deeds.

This is the situation of Lin Gong now.

Now, Li Chengqian is in trouble, and this is the best time to make a contribution.

If things calm down, he won't have anything to do with it.

"Your Highness, I have saved some private money over the years..." Chun Chan whispered.

Obviously, she also knew very well that the money was just a drop in the bucket.

Li Chengqian looked at the pile of junk and pondered for a moment.

“There are no bad things, only people who don’t know how to take advantage.

Sometimes, even shabby things can be sold at sky-high prices.”

Li Chengqian raised his eyes slightly, as if thinking about something.

“Your Highness, do you mean that these things can also be sold at sky-high prices?

Don't be ridiculous, this kind of thing, no one would want it even if you gave it away, let alone sell it for money."

Lin Gong was discouraged.

If it wasn't for the fact that he had to report to Li Chengqian, he would have burned these things long ago.

Now, after hearing what Li Chengqian said, he didn't believe it at all. How much could these junks be sold for?
worthless!
Beside them, Chunchan and the white-haired Fu Bo also felt that this idea was unreliable, but they just didn't want to say it out loud.

"Lin Gong, I have something else that I want you to do in person."

Lin Gong: “…”

"Your Highness, please speak."

In order to gain merit and obtain the elixir, he would accept anything as long as it did not involve selling one's ass.

"Come here."

Li Chengqian whispered a few words in Lin Gong's ear.

Hearing this, Lin Gong looked puzzled, "Your Highness, is this okay?"

At least, he was skeptical.

"You just need to follow your instructions."

"Yes!"

Lin Gong took the order and left, praying silently in his heart that this time, he wouldn't be too embarrassed.

I have already made up my mind to lose face again.

For the sake of the elixir, I'll endure it!
By then, even if there is no credit, there will be hard work.

After sending Lin Gong away, Li Chengqian fell into deep thought again.

"Uncle Fu, there is something I need you to do in person and make sure it is done."

"Your Highness has ordered me to do it, even if it means losing my life!"

The old eunuch held the sword in both hands and bowed slightly to ask for orders.

Li Chengqian gave instructions on the details one by one.

Afterwards, Fu Bo picked up his sword and left the palace.

"Your Highness, what about me? What can I do for you?" Chun Chan asked.

"You? You're responsible for massaging my shoulders and legs."

After enjoying lunch, Li Chengqian thought to himself that there were too few trustworthy people around him.

Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate your own left and right arms.

Otherwise, as the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, it would be impossible for him to do everything himself.

His presence should be to stay behind the scenes and make plans, rather than to be in the forefront of everything.

In the evening, Li Chengqian left the East Palace with a team of guards.

Since Uncle Fu is not around, he still has to be careful.

The Second Prince is surrounded by the "Eight Generals", each of whom is of the upper eighth rank.

Among them, the leader Xie Bian has even broken through to the ninth rank.

Therefore, he has to be careful when traveling.

Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry.

The second prince is not a rabbit, but a jackal, and is extremely ferocious.

On the other hand, there are no experts around him.

This is where the shortcoming lies.

When the prince left the Eastern Palace, he attracted attention from all sides. Everyone was curious about where he was going today after living in the Eastern Palace for many days.

In costume TV dramas, we often see some court officials who committed crimes and had their homes confiscated.

Not only will these people be punished, but all their property will also be confiscated.

What’s more, even the women in the family would be implicated, and their fate could be even worse than beheading.

These people will become official prostitutes.

Usually, the women whose homes were searched would be taken to the "Jiaofangsi".

If they were a little more beautiful, they would become playthings of court officials.
Those who are not very good-looking will be responsible for menial tasks and heavy labor until they die.

Moreover, the status of official prostitutes was very low, almost the same as slaves, except that the name sounded better.

In addition, green clothes are required.

Under special circumstances, official prostitutes could also get married, but their husbands had to wear green clothes and green hats.

This is the origin of the gradual evolution of the concept of "green hat" in later generations.

The place Li Chengqian was going to today was not the Jiaofangsi.

Instead, he went to the training and stationing place of his own guard, the Sixth Rate.

However, he sent Chunchan to the Jiaofangsi.

In Kyoto, there are five armies, namely: 100,000 Imperial Guards, 50,000 City Defense Battalion, 10,000 Red Armored Knights, 10,000 Black Knights, and 3,000 Eastern Palace Six Rates.

The comparison of the numbers immediately shows the difference.

Three thousand may not seem like a lot, but Li Chengqian decided to train these three thousand men into the most armor-piercing and fiercest army in the world, able to defeat a hundred with one!

(End of this chapter)