Chapter 184: Fighting for Welfare
Coquettishness is a woman's patent! What kind of logic is this?
Kangxi deeply found that Concubine Yi after pregnancy became more and more elusive, and he didn't know how he provoked his Concubine Yi again, looking at the unhappy little appearance, Kangxi felt that he still didn't say anything, lest the little woman start to be more serious again.
Sang Zi looked at Kangxi and didn't say anything, he felt that Kangxi was ignoring his own existence, and Sang Zi, who was angry, directly said to Liang Jiugong: "Liang Jiugong, where do you say this palace is squeamish?"
Liang Jiugong said very much that you are squeamish at all, but he didn't dare to say this, so he had to lower his head and say: "Back to Niangniang, the slave doesn't know." This sentence is very contrary to his will, but he is a slave who dares to say the master, doesn't he?
As the general manager of Kangxi's side who has been in the mix for more than ten years, Liang Jiugong's EQ and IQ are still very high, and he picked a sentence to prevaricate at the moment, hoping that Concubine Yi will not trouble him anymore, I didn't see the emperor by his side, if you have anything, it is better to ask the emperor directly.
Sang Zi listened to Liang Jiugong's words, couldn't help but roll her eyes, and looked at Kangxi, who had dark circles under her eyes, Sang Zi also knew that Kangxi definitely hadn't slept well these days, although she didn't have the love for Kangxi that outsiders said, but she was still a little distressed that Kangxi was burdened with such a big responsibility.
Thinking like this, Sang Zi cautiously looked at E-Kangxi and asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that the area affected by the disaster this time is relatively large, I don't know what the situation is now?"
"The eight provinces of the Qing Dynasty all suffered hailstorms, among which more than 100,000 people were killed or injured. Saying this, Kangxi's face showed pain, and he looked at her and said: "With the cotton of the concubine, the life of the people is a little better, but those black-hearted grain merchants have raised the price of grain one by one, and many people can't afford to buy food." Later, I asked those government officials to open warehouses for disaster relief, but I don't know how long it can last. Speaking of this, Kangxi's face darkened again.
"This morning, there was an emergency from Mongolia, where half of the cattle, sheep and horses had been killed or injured, and the rest of them who had not frozen to death could not bear such a cold and freezing temperature. I am really afraid that the disaster there will be too severe, causing the Hu people to invade the people on the fringes of our Qing Dynasty. Kangxi's heart was very uncomfortable, and now when Sang Zi asked, he seemed to have found a person to confide in, and he couldn't help but express his worries.
Sang Zi didn't know that the current situation was so strict, and now when she heard Kangxi say this, she also felt that the situation was very critical, and again, she also remembered the three expeditions in history, if Mongolia was really affected so badly, it would be difficult to guarantee that Geldan would not take advantage of the situation, and Kangxi would still have to send troops to encircle and suppress it.
In the past, Sang Zi only knew about Kangxi's three expeditions to Geerdan, but he didn't expect that this hail disaster was the culprit of this mobilization, but thinking of the suffering of the people of the Qing Dynasty and the food pressure on the Mongolian tribes, Sang Zi also felt that this person was forced.
"Your Majesty, Jiangnan has been known as the land of fish and rice since ancient times, I don't know if there is grain in Jiangnan?" asked Sang Zi carefully.
"The grain stock in the south of the Yangtze River, as early as when the flood broke out, has sent people to transport most of it, and now there is not much surplus grain over there, even if this year's food crisis can be solved, next year the Mongolian tribes will definitely report to the imperial court again, when the time comes, our Qing people will not be able to eat and wear, what materials to fill the people of the Mongolian tribes?" Kangxi now thinks about it, but he is in this position, he can't ignore anything, he just hopes that next year's harvest can be better.
"It seems to be quite miserable!" Sang Zi really felt that the Mongolians were a little pitiful, if it weren't for the abundance of cattle, sheep and horses over there, she really couldn't imagine how the people over there would survive, but, thinking of the usual methods of the Mongolians in the past, she did understand why the people there always liked to rob the people of the Central Plains, and they would do this kind of thing because they couldn't eat enough food.
Kangxi felt that when he said this to Concubine Yi, he was simply playing the piano to the cow, and it was estimated that she didn't know what hunger was in her life, and she told her about the suffering of so many people. Thinking about it carefully, Kangxi felt that she deserved to say that she was squeamish, and she had never seen someone who was picky about all kinds of food all day long, if she wasn't squeamish, Kangxi wouldn't be able to find a squeamish person.
Kangxi took a sip of tea again, looked at the little woman who was a little weak-hearted, and said slowly: "There are many worse than this, if you go out of the palace, you will see that in many places, there are often things like starvation to death." I thought to myself, if I could let her know the hardships of the people's lives, I could also let her know how difficult it was to come by these things I ate.
It's just that Sang Zi obviously didn't understand what Kangxi hinted at, she just heard Kangxi say that she could also go out of the palace, and a smile appeared on her face, when Kangxi was educating her, she found that Concubine Yi was looking at herself happily, and she didn't understand why Concubine Yi was this kind of expression, so she heard Concubine Yi ask: "Your Majesty, concubines can also go out of the palace?"
I've seen it taken out of context, I've never seen my Concubine Yi so good at picking words, he was obviously telling her that the people were living a hard life, but when he got to his Concubine Yi, he remembered what he said about leaving the palace, Kangxi didn't choke on her words, and finally worked hard for a long time before he could hold back what he wanted to scold.
At this moment, Kangxi even felt that Concubine Yi was deliberate, but looking at Concubine Yi's simple hopeful eyes, Kangxi really felt that such a simple Concubine Yi belonged to the kind of person who was angry and didn't pay for his life, and he really didn't know how long it would take for his virtuous and dignified Concubine Yi to come back.
Even His Royal Highness the Prince, who was sitting on the ground and playing, felt that Concubine Yi was deliberate, but whether it was intentional or not, he could make his Emperor Ama deflated, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was happy.
Sang Zi felt that since Kangxi had already said the words of her leaving the palace, even if it was just a point of hope, she had to try it, at the moment, pinching the handkerchief in her hand, tiptoed to Kangxi's side, and gently pulled his shirt: "Your Majesty, the concubine is very well-behaved, even if she follows the emperor out of the palace, it will not bring any trouble to the emperor." ”
Kangxi glanced at the little woman lightly, really didn't want to pay attention to her, continued to hold the teacup in his hand, and slowly skimmed the tea leaves in his hand.
Sang Zi was depressed, didn't she just want to follow the emperor out of the palace once, as for the emperor who didn't like her to see her so much? Could it be that she was worried that she would spend his money? Thinking like this, Sang Zi carefully rubbed Kangxi's arm: "Your Majesty, the concubine herself still has some private silver, and she will never let the emperor spend money for the concubine." ”
Kangxi glanced at her again, but he was still an emperor, and he still cared about that bit of silver? However, it was really not a simple matter for Concubine Yi to leave the palace, so he still didn't agree.
Sang Zi felt very sad, obviously he gave birth to two elder brothers for Kangxi, Kangxi didn't promise to let him go out of the palace once, thinking like this, Sang Zi felt that he could fight for his own welfare: "If the emperor agrees to let the concubine out of the palace once, the concubine will tell the emperor where there is food!"