That night, Xiahou Yichen feasted the ministers on the grounds of admiring the moon, and everyone who received the invitation must be present, everyone knew that this was a Hongmen banquet, but because of his majesty, even if he didn't want to, he had to come.

Xiahou Yichen personally accompanied, and everyone had their own concerns, and their words and actions were careful and careful, lest they be caught.

"It's really a good moonlight tonight, ladies and gentlemen, this king toasts you, don't be polite, eat and drink to your heart's content. Xiahou Yichen picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Everyone was embarrassed, but a thin hazy hook of the moon, which can be regarded as a good moonlight, just from his mouth, bad becomes good, who dares to say a word. Reluctantly agreed, pushing the cup and changing the cup for three rounds of wine, but Xiahou Yichen didn't mention the disaster relief, and everyone frowned, and no one could guess what medicine he was selling in his gourd. So he turned his eyes to Yi Hongyuan, but saw that he looked as usual, eating and drinking as usual, and thought that he had a countermeasure and calmed down a little. In addition, it was Lin Lanhai, with a complicated expression, forcibly hiding the uneasiness in his heart, and only bowing his head and drinking alcohol.

Suddenly, a crisp voice came from outside the door, "You get out of the way, I'm going to see the prince." ”

"Princess, please go back, the prince is entertaining all the adults to discuss disaster relief, and it is inconvenient to see you. "The subordinates at the door are so persuasive.

"Get out of here, this princess is being bullied outside, have you done this? Besides, now that the famine and plague are rampant, and the people are suffering, he is good, and he is still in the mood to feast the minister, and when the plague comes, we will all die. Lin Xiaoyou scolded and broke in, walked to Xiahou Yichen's side, and said aggrievedly: "Lord Wang, that son of the Li family is so rude, on the way back from resettled the victims, he insisted on pulling me to accompany him to drink, but fortunately, I was able to get out with the help of others." ”

After her trouble, the lively atmosphere just now suddenly cooled down, and everyone sat quietly and didn't dare to speak.

Xiahou Yichen picked up the wine glass, smiled lightly and said: "General Li does his best to protect his family and defend the country, he is loyal to the imperial court, and he will never give up, the so-called father must have his son, presumably Li Gongzi is not that kind of person, maybe the sky is too dark, the princess recognizes the wrong person, right, General Li?"

General Li's face turned pale when he heard this, and he got up and knelt on the ground, "Yes, yes, minister, the minister is willing to offer 200,000 taels of silver tattooed to relieve the emperor's worries and solve problems for the people." ”

"And Lord Sun, Lord Zhang, their son-in-law is also inside!" Lin Xiaoyou said indignantly.

"Puff" Two more knelt down, "The ministers are willing to offer 200,000 taels of silver to share the worries of the emperor and the prince." ”

"Look, princess, all of you are loyal ministers, so don't be embarrassed by them. Let you settle the victims, and come back early when you are done, who let you come back so late!"

"Can I blame this, I was waiting for Uncle Zhang to deliver food to them, but I didn't deliver it until it was dark. Later, when I heard that you had a feast at home, no one cared about what they ate. I had no choice but to bring all the refugees over, thinking that the leftovers you eat are better than the gruel and steamed buns they drink every day!" Lin Xiaoyou said innocently.

Everyone was still secretly laughing at General Li and the three of them for being unlucky to come home, but at this moment, when they heard her mention that she had brought all the refugees over, their faces changed, and they swallowed their saliva one after another, and they wanted to get up and say goodbye.

"Oh, all the adults are leaving, then the prince and I won't stay with you, please be careful, the refugees are guarding the front and back doors of the palace, in case anything happens, it has nothing to do with the palace, let alone the plague, otherwise it will be a disaster." Lin Xiaoyu pretended to be kind and reminded.

After speaking, he ordered neatly: "Uncle Zhang, you send someone to remove the remnants of the table, Xiangqing bring me the account book, and let the three adults write down the silver taels they just donated, this is their intention for the country. ”

Xiahou Yichen didn't say much, ordered someone to move a Taishi chair over, and sat calmly to the side drinking tea and watching.

Everyone got up, neither did they go, nor did they go, and they looked panicked.

As soon as he was ready, Lin Xiaoyou sat at the table, looked at the 600,000 taels in the account book with satisfaction and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, how severe the disaster situation is now, I believe you all know that there are already three adults who have contributed their modest efforts to the refugees, I don't know if there are other adults who are willing to be the next meritorious man!"

Lin Xiaoyu's astonishing behavior made the group of ministers explode, and there were many discussions about what you said and what I said, and it was a little unclear who was the mastermind of this Hongmen banquet.

"Hmph" Xiahou Yichen snorted, and everyone quieted down again.

"Can't you give a sentence, aren't you all in a hurry to go home?" Lin Xiaoyou smiled and hinted to them, don't think about walking out of this door today without paying for it.

Yi Hongyuan laughed dryly, walked over and said: "The princess is really a smart woman, the prince has this virtuous help, it is really a blessing for all the people of my Dragon Shadow Country, the woman still has the heart to serve the country, and the old man, as the head of a hundred officials, how can he be left behind." As he spoke, he took the account book on the table, and with a wave of his big hand, the strong handwriting of 500,000 taels came into view, which was ten times more than the amount donated by the court.

Everyone looked at him in unison, there was an uproar, he was the head of a hundred officials, everyone was the only one to look at him, and seeing that the Taishi had agreed, many people began to struggle in their hearts.

"Okay, Taishi is definitely a typical meritorious man. After Lin Xiaoyou smiled and praised, he turned his head sideways and said to Xiahou Yichen: "Lord Wang, the matter of disaster relief, the Taishi has made great contributions, you must ask for credit for the Taishi in front of the emperor." ”

"It's nature. ”

"If it's okay, can the old man go?"

"Uncle Zhang, send the master to the prince for me and the prince to ensure his safety. Then who should be next!" Lin Xiaoyou's eyes wandered back and forth in the crowd, and suddenly saw a familiar figure, standing behind the crowd, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Lord Lin, I don't know if you are interested in doing your part for the victims." Since no one volunteered to pay for it, she named them one by one.

Lord Lin, it is really a good name to cut off relations with him, Lin Lanhai felt sour in his heart, stepped forward with a frown, and donated 200,000 yuan.

"Hehe, I heard that the two industrial businesses under Lord Lin's name are doing well, or Lord Lin is showing kindness and letting the victims outside come to you to settle down. Lin Xiaoyu's tone was not hurried, not light, not heavy, but gave people a sense of oppression.

Lin Lanhai smiled bitterly, he hadn't seen him for many days, and his daughter was really different from what it used to be. Hearing this, he added another 100,000 taels.

Lin Xiaoyou smiled with satisfaction, he finally seized this opportunity, of course he had to make good use of it. "Someone, send off. ”

Sending Lin Lanhai away, she didn't know any of the remaining officials, since she didn't know how to call them, she nodded with her hand, stretched out her hand and pointed at random, and said, "You, it's you, what's your name, what kind of official position?"

It was Cao Lizhi, the head of the household, who was pointed to, and stepped forward and saluted: "Cao Lizhi, the secretary of the household department, see the princess." ”

What does the Hubu Shangshu do?" Lin Xiaoyou asked sideways to Xiahou Yichen.

"Simply put, the Chancellor of the Exchequer who is in charge of the national treasury. Xiahou Yichen patiently explained.

Lin Xiaoyou nodded thoughtfully, it would be easier to do, "Lord Cao, as the Minister of Finance, the treasury he manages is empty, this is disloyal." Because of your dereliction of duty, the current refugees cannot be saved in time, and you have to fund to help you make up for the loopholes, which is unjust. What sin do you say?"

Cao Lizhi was frightened and hurriedly knelt on the ground to plead guilty, "Weichen should die." ”

"Lord Cao doesn't need to panic, it's not too late to make up for the previous mistakes. Otherwise, when the plague comes, everyone will not be able to avoid suffering, and it will not harm others. ”

Weichen was confused for a while, and Princess Xie reminded. As he spoke, he got up, shook his hand, and also donated 300,000 yuan.

The rest of the ministers were frightened by the oppression in her words, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they all sighed that this princess was not simple, maybe the next person she ordered would be herself, and they were all terrified.

"By the way, I also heard that the emperor's concubines seem to be selected from the daughters of the adults first, and many of the people present must be relatives of the emperor. Then I think it is necessary to remind you that the emperor attaches great importance to this disaster relief, and loyalty can only be reflected at a critical moment. ”

Lin Xiaoyou had an innocent expression on his face, and there were warnings and threats in his words, secretly warning them that this fundraising was not only about their future, but also involved the fate of the ** concubine, so that they could not find any words to refute it, and it was difficult to donate or not.

How shrewd the ministers were, how could they not understand what she meant, and looked at Lin Xiaoyou in a daze, only to feel a cold swishing behind them. Now, it is not their turn to say that if they don't donate, they won't donate, the list of predecessors is in front of them, if they don't donate, they will definitely be labeled with all kinds of disloyalty and injustice by this princess.

Now there is no need for Lin Xiaoyu to be at one point, everyone weighed the amount of donations in their hearts and took the initiative to raise donations. Looking at Lin Xiaoyou's satisfied smile, he hated it in his heart, but because of Xiahou Yichen's majesty, everyone was dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and there were words of suffering.

Xiahou Yichen didn't say a word beside him, watching her scare the ministers into a panic, and secretly laughed in his heart, the silver that the imperial brother couldn't ask for was lightly tricked out by her like this, and the intelligence and courage were indeed shocking. Although she will be the target of public criticism because of this, but with him, who would dare to touch her.

Sending off the ministers, Lin Xiaoyou arranged for someone to send the refugees outside the door out of the city, and counted them with the account book himself, and the result was calculated after a while, three million and two thousand taels. Such a huge number couldn't help but make her speechless, and she sighed again and again, the refugees couldn't even eat, but these ministers had a lot of money, and the gap between the rich and the poor was too big. "Take it, the account books you want, and see which ministers have raised donations that you are not satisfied with, and you can help him make up for them now. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and threw the account book towards Xiahou Yichen.

"Well, it's not bad. Thank you Princess. Xiahou Yichen took a cursory look.

"It's not hard, I'm for the people, not for you. ”

"Okay, it's time for me to go and report to the royal brother. Xiahou Yichen said, picked up the account book and left in a dashing manner.