Rebellions broke out in Hebei, Shandong and other places one after another. Yan Wushuang lost his temper, and then ordered Zhou Fei to quell the rebellion with Lou Qingyun, and sent Qin to thoroughly investigate the embezzlement of disaster relief funds.

After discussing the matter with the ministers, Yan Wushuang looked tired. But there are still many things to deal with, and we can't leave them alone, so we can only sit back in the chair patiently and continue to review the folds. When this emperor is completely guilty, where is the happiness of the past.

After reading the excerpt on the Shizhou prefect's house, I saw that it said that there was a plague outbreak in Dongxiang Township. Yan Wushuang rubbed his temples and asked Meng Nian to come over and ask, "There is a plague outbreak over there in Shizhou, do you know about this?"

Meng Nian nodded and said, "I know." ”

Yan Wushuang asked, "Why didn't you tell me?" It is understandable for the prefect of Shizhou to conceal it, but Meng Nian's concealment will not succeed.

Meng Nian didn't argue, just knelt on the ground and said, "Ask the emperor to punish you." "The main thing is that he feels that there is no difference between saying it and not saying it, the imperial court is simply unable to help those people, and if he says it, it will also increase Yan Wushuang's burden.

Yan Wushuang looked at Meng Nian's appearance, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Dongxiang Town is close to Linzhou City. The plague broke out over there, if Han Yuxi came forward to help these people, do you know that when the disaster spreads, Han Yuxi will easily win the support of the people of Hebei. "When Yunqing sends troops to attack the capital, the people of Hebei will definitely turn against each other.

Meng Nian hesitated and said: "There are also disasters in Shanxi and other places, and Han Yuxi should not have the spare strength to help these victims." Besides, even if she wanted the ministers below, she would oppose it. ”

Hearing this, Yan Wushuang couldn't help but laugh: "What, in your eyes, is Han Yuxi a puppet? You have to listen to the minister?" As long as Han Yuxi has this heart, no one below can stop him. The only cloud that can stop is also outside the plug. Moreover, with Yunqing's temperament, maybe he would support Han Yuxi to do this.

The prefect of Shizhou concealed the news of the plague in Dongxiang Township, and Meng Nian only learned about it two days ago.

Meng Nian hesitated, but still said the words from the bottom of his heart: "Your Majesty, the most important thing now is to quell the rebellion in Hebei and Shandong. "The implication is that the plague in Dongxiang is not the most important thing.

Yan Wushuang was silent, and in the end he didn't say anything, and waved his hand to let Meng Nian go down. He had the heart to allocate funds for the relief of these victims, but he was powerless.

Not long after Meng Nian went out, he turned back again: "Your Majesty, as you expected, Han Yuxi sent food and medicine to those victims. He really didn't expect that Han Yuxi would really come forward to help those victims.

Yan Wushuang was not surprised, and said: "Han Yuxi has always been good at buying people's hearts, how can such a good opportunity be missed." ”

Meng Nian was ashamed: "Han Yuxi didn't move before, I thought it was ...... It's me who takes it for granted. He thought that Han Yuxi would not come forward to help these victims.

Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "It's not your fault. It's also that our finances are tight and food is tight, unlike Han Yuxi, who has money and food. "As for the medicinal herbs, they can't even supply them to the army, and where is the surplus for those disaster victims. Speaking of which, their strength is not as good as Han Yuxi and Yunqing.

Meng Nian said with some worry: "Your Majesty, if you go on like this, maybe in less than three years, Yunqing will lead troops to attack the capital." “

Yan Wushuang said very calmly: "You can't escape from what you should come." ”

Yuxi was busy from morning to night every day during this time, and he didn't even have time to eat. Yan Wushuang is in a similar situation to her, and she is also too tired every day. It's just that Yu Xi didn't complain at all, but Yan Wushuang regretted it a little. Yan Wushuang felt that he shouldn't have been the emperor at that time. When the emperor only has unfinished official business, nothing is there, and he is tired and half dead, and he has caused a lot of infamy.

On this night, Yan Wushuang stayed in Zhanghua Palace. Looking at Yan Wushuang with a tired face, Yuchen stepped forward to massage him.

After pressing for half an hour, Yuchen said: "The emperor should also pay attention to his body, don't be tired." ”

Yan Wushuang squinted his eyes and said, "There are too many things to deal with at all." "The harassment of the Donghu people, the disaster and rebellion in Hebei and Shandong, the rising price of food, and the huge military expenditure that has not yet been settled. These things made him head and two.

Yuchen said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there was a rebellion in Shandong and Hebei. Didn't we raise more than a million dollars of silver to help the disaster, so why did the people rebel?"

Yan Wushuang said: "Most of these disaster relief funds have been embezzled by local officials. ”

Yuchen said angrily: "This silver is the life-saving money of those disaster victims, how dare they be greedy? "Yuchen now believes in Buddhism and believes in the reincarnation of cause and effect.

Yan Wushuang said lightly: "If everyone thinks the same as you, there won't be so many things. ”

Yuchen paused, and then took the initiative to ask: "I heard that Anhui, Hubei and other places have also suffered disasters?

Yan Wushuang opened his eyes and said, "Han Yuxi's disaster relief was timely, so there were no displaced people over there, let alone a rebellion. "Yuxi's rule is very strict, and he doesn't have a household registration to leave the state capital, let alone leave the county seat. In this case, how can there be displaced people? Of course, the main thing is that the government has given timely disaster relief, and no one will leave their homes if the people can survive.

Yuchen said: "Yuxi is really powerful. "There are very few women in history who can govern the world so well. This requires not only a brilliant mind, but also a high level of skill and ability.

Yan Wushuang said with a sigh: "One is attacking the city, the other is a solid defense, this couple is really a perfect match." "The Northern Exiles have been active in the northwest for more than 100 years, and the imperial court has been unable to exterminate them several times. However, Yunqing sent troops this time, but he wiped out the northern captivity in one fell swoop. Although he has always looked down on Yun Qing and thinks he is a reckless man, but this time Yun Qing destroyed the North and captured him very much.

Of course, Yan Wushuang would never admit that he was actually a little envious of Yunqing in his heart for being able to build such an immortal feat. Such a credit is enough to be famous for eternity.

Yuchen smiled, but the smile didn't reach the bottom of his eyes: "Yes! Yuxi and Yunqing are really a match made in heaven." I looked at it with a little envy. ”

Yan Wushuang smiled and said, "What do you envy? envy the love of their husband and wife, or do you envy that they will win this world?" For example, he knew that the capital would not be able to be saved sooner or later, and he was not angry when he heard something similar.

Yuchen's face froze, but she had long adapted to Yan Wushuang's changeability, and quickly adjusted: "I envy Yunqing's single-mindedness towards Yuxi, and I also envy that they can get this half of the country and no longer be restricted by others." ”

Yan Wushuang laughed and didn't speak again. Because of his full relaxation, Yan Wushuang quickly fell asleep.

Yuchen draped him in a blanket and walked out lightly. In the house, there was no one left, but Gonggong Min was guarding the door.

Seeing Yuchen's frown, Gui Mama asked softly, "Is the emperor asleep?" Seeing Yuchen nodding, Gui Mama said: "The emperor has only slept for more than two hours a day recently, and he doesn't care about his body too much. "I'm not young anymore, and I don't take good care of my body. In case you get tired, how can it be good?

Yuchen said: "There are so many things outside now, and the emperor can't rest if he wants to." "The main thing is that Yan Wushuang likes to do it himself, so he is more tired than Yuxi.

Mama Gui thought about the outside world and worried: "This is a drought and a rebellion, when will it be peaceful!"

Yuchen had been standing when he was massaging Yan Wushuang just now, and his legs were very sore. After sitting down, Yuchen said, "I'm afraid it won't be long before the capital will fall into the hands of Yunqing and Yuxi." At that time, she will retreat to Liaodong. She has been in the capital since she was born, and she doesn't know if she can adapt to the climate there when she goes to Liaodong.

Mama Gui's face changed greatly: "Could it be that Yunqing is already preparing to attack the capital?"

Yuchen shook his head and said, "Not now, but it's going to be soon." "According to the current situation, it is estimated that Yunqing will lead troops to fight next year.

It was also on this day that the falcon got the news that Yuxi was rescuing the victims.

Chi Ying clapped his hands and said: "We have to publicize this matter well, so that the people of the capital know that the prince and the princess are the heroes of the world, and they can bring them a good life." ”

The falcon did not object, and this matter really had to be well publicized: "You can do it, and let as many people know about it, the better." "Now that the capital is in chaos, this news will cause people's hearts to fluctuate even more.

In the fastest time, Yuxi's rescue of the victims of Hebei spread throughout the capital. It's a pity that many people are skeptical of this news, mainly because Yan Wushuang's previous propaganda is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is not ordinary to make them believe that Yunqing and Yuxi are good people.

Zhong Shantong told Tie Kui the news: "Master, do you say this news is true?"

Tie Kui nodded without thinking about it: "It must be true, there is no need to fake this kind of thing." "If it's fake, it's quickly punctured.

Zhong Shantong was very puzzled and asked, "Why did Princess Ming do this? Didn't you say that there was also a disaster over there?" Or did you say that there was a lot of grain stored in the northwest, so much that it could help the people under the opponent's jurisdiction.

Tie Kui couldn't figure out why Yuxi did this, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he just said: "Yuxi must have her reasons for doing this." ”

Zhong Shantong no longer dwelled on this topic, and said: "Master, we don't have much food left, and we only have more than 200,000 catties left. "There is a plague and a rebellion outside, and the price of food is one day. In order to sell at a higher price, many grain shops closed up their shops and stocked up the grain. Although the price of the big grain store has increased every day, it has always been open for business.

Under Yuxi's jurisdiction, after the drought appeared, the grain shop did not sell the grain, no matter who killed it directly and then raided the house. Under such a deterrent, no one dared to commit crimes against the wind. And Yan Wushuang didn't use thunder means before, but unfortunately the effect was very small. The reason for this is that there were drought rebellions in Hebei and Shandong, and those grain merchants foresaw that the price of grain would become higher and higher, and they did not hesitate to risk killing their heads in pursuit of greater profits.

Tie Kui's face was a little unpleasant, and he asked, "Can't you receive grain?" The big grain shop is open every day to sell grain, which to a certain extent actually calms the panic of some people and also curbs the sharp rise in grain prices. If they have no food to sell, it is estimated that the price of food will go up wildly.

Zhong Shantong shook his head and said: "People who have grain are holding on to it and refusing to sell it at this time. "The big families have a lot of fertile land, and these families have a lot of grain. can see the **** rise in food prices outside, unless you are stupid at this time, people with normal brains will hold on to food.

Tie Kui was silent and said: "If you receive the grain, you will continue to sell it, and if you can't receive it, you will close the door." ”

Zhong Shantong hesitated and said, "Master, should we also keep some food for emergencies?" "The food in their house is only enough to eat for half a year. But no one knows what will happen next year.

Tie Kui thought for a while and said, "Then leave 100,000 catties of grain, and sell the rest." ”

Two days later, the big food shop was closed. As the largest grain store in the capital, the closure caused panic among many people, as Tie Kui expected, and on this day, the price of grain rose by 40%.

The news soon reached Mr. Gao's ears. Mr. Gao looked for Yurong and said, "Madam, the big grain shop has no grain to sell, and it is closed today." Madam, at this time, we came to the door and said that we wanted to sell grain, and we must be able to negotiate a good price. ”

Yurong hesitated a little and said, "Grain will definitely be more expensive in winter, why don't we wait until then to sell it?" Although the price of grain is not low now, it will definitely suffer a loss when selling it now, and Yurong is a little reluctant.

Mr. Gao said: "Madam, those grains in the granary must have been noticed by someone with a heart. Now there are homeless people and bandits outside, and if we wait until winter, it will definitely be even more chaotic, and it will be difficult to keep this food at that time. ”

Yurong's complexion changed.

Mr. Gao continued: "Madam, we have exchanged the old grain for the new grain, if we don't deal with this batch of old grain quickly, and then this batch of grain will flow out and be noticed by those who are interested, and we will definitely know that we have hidden the grain, and then it will be dangerous." "These are all potential dangers.

Yurong's face turned pale, compared with the net worth of the mother and son, money is not so important: "Isn't it dangerous to sell these old grains to the big grain store?"

Mr. Gao nodded and said, "Dasheng Trading House has a good reputation, and they will not divulge the news of customers. "There are a lot of shops under the Dasheng Commercial Bank, and the grain store is just one of them. Honesty is the foundation and does not deceive customers, which is the reason why Dasheng Commercial Bank can quickly gain a foothold in Beijing and become big quickly.

Yurong said: "Okay, I'll sell the grain to them." By the way, don't change the grain in the future. ”

"If the situation does not improve, it is not known whether there will be a harvest next year," said Mr. Gao. "If there are many outcasts and bandits, we may not be able to grow food next year, and even if we do, we may not be able to harvest.

Yurong said with a bitter face: "I don't know when such a day will be a head?" Although she has some money in hand, she is not at ease when the world is so chaotic.

Mr. Gao said: "Mrs., Anhui and other places have also suffered disasters, but because of the timely relief of the government, there are no displaced people and no bandits. When King Ming wins the world, the troubled times will end, and we will be able to live a peaceful life. ”

Yurong said softly: "Hope!"