Mu Jin had a good night's sleep and slept until dawn. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the second day, Mu Jia hurriedly came to her, he was preparing, seeing that Lian Yun suddenly stopped moving, he was at a loss for a while, thinking about discussing with Mu Jin whether to urge him.

Mu Jin hesitated for a long time, looked at the anxious eldest brother, pulled him into the house, and whispered Lian Yun's words. At the end, he lowered his head and whispered: "Big brother, you say, what he said is true?" ”

Mu Jia opened his mouth wide and looked at his sister, unsure: "What did he say to you like this?" Not to visit you? ”

Seeing that his sister's face turned white, he stared at him, and hurriedly covered his mouth and comforted: "It shouldn't be!" When a man speaks, he should be reputable. Besides, I don't think he looks like this kind of person! Didn't you say wait? Then let's wait! It's not bad these months! As he spoke, he smiled and patted the girl's shoulder.

went out, but went directly to Liu's mansion.

After hearing this, Lord Liu slapped his palm on his son-in-law's shoulder, squeezed his eyes, and said, "Then wait?" ”

Seeing Mu Jia nodded stunned, he shook his head and left, and suddenly turned around: "You should go back to Yingzhou the day after tomorrow, right?" ”

......

In the imperial study, Emperor Sheng An looked at the folds on the case, stretched out his hand to open it, looked at it again, sighed, and threw it back with great annoyance.

These three states suffered from drought last year, there was no harvest, and the hungry people were everywhere for a while, and the imperial court had distributed rice and grain for disaster relief, but it was a drop in the bucket. Today, the area has not recovered, and this summer it has been hit by floods, and countless houses have collapsed, and the damage is worse than before.

To add insult to injury!

Zhao Rui stroked his head, his head was big, and he had just succeeded to the throne not long before he realized that the treasury was empty. During the reign of Emperor Kang Yuan, he fought for many years, and the northwest frontier was constantly in turmoil. In particular, the neighboring Xia Kingdom was even more eyeing the war, launching a war whenever the opportunity came, and the silver money used for armaments every year flowed like flowing water.

At the moment, there is really no more money to be allocated.

He looked at these begging twists and turns, and looked away irritably......

There was a voice outside the door, and it seemed that someone was talking.

After a while, the little waiter bent down to bring in a food box, lifted the lid, and immediately, a sweet fragrance came to his nose.

He turned his head and sniffed.

The chamberlain brought a bowl of soup: green leaves floating, and five or six dumplings floated in it.

He scooped one up, ate one, and asked "What about Du Meiren?" ”

......

Zhao Rui had another son, and Du Yu'e suddenly clapped her hands: "Sister is here again!" ”

Hu Guifei smiled and said in a coquettish voice: "The emperor has lost again, the emperor!" Which sister are you thinking about? ”

Zhao Rui was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, obviously he had something on his mind.

Hu Guifei's eyes rolled: "Your Majesty, it's not easy to come and accompany our sisters to play chess, don't think about the big things in the court, we will be relaxed and relaxed today!" ”

A few people applauded! Zhao Rui looked at their charming smiling faces, took a bite of the cake handed over by Zhao Yu'e, chewed twice, and praised: "Not bad!" ”

Zhao Yu'e was overjoyed: "The emperor eats another piece!" ”

Stretched out his hand and grabbed another piece, and when he saw that his head was a little burnt, he raised his hand and threw it, and went to coerce again.

Zhao Rui stared at the piece of cake that was thrown aside and fried to a golden brown, suddenly in his throat, raised his hand to remove Zhao Yu'e's chopsticks, and said in a deep voice: "Pick it up!" ”

Zhao Yu'e was taken aback, hurriedly picked it up, and held it in her hand, I don't know what to do!

Hu Lili on the side saw that Zhao Rui was angry, glanced at Du Yue, pouted in her heart, but her mouth was: "Your Majesty, don't be angry!" A piece of bread for yourself! ”

Zhao Ruihu got up and said unhappily: "Three places in Ningzhou are suffering from famine, and the excerpt asking for money is handed over to the fief. The people ate only once a day. I'm troubled here...... It's good for you, this sweet spot made of fine noodles will be thrown away. When you have so much money, why don't you give it to the people? ”

Several people knelt down and didn't dare to say a word!

Zhao Rui's face was stiff, still angry.

After a long time, Hu Lili took the lead in raising her head: "Your Majesty, but the money is not enough?" ”

Seeing that Zhao Rui snorted, he didn't have a seizure, and he was bold: "How many concubines don't eat or drink?" It's not all rewarded by the emperor. It's better to ask those merchants to pay, as long as they are willing to take out even a little, it will be enough for those people to eat for a year! I heard that those merchants of our great mediocrity are very rich......"

Hu Guifei's words, like an initiation, instantly woke up Zhao Rui, and his eyes lit up: That's right! Collect donations! Why didn't you think of this stubble?

There are many merchants and commerce...... If you ask them to donate, will it solve the urgent need for coal burning?

He must be sure in his heart, so he smiled and kindly took Hu Guifei's hand, and praised: "Concubine Ai is really Zhuge among women, and she has solved my urgent need." ”

Du Yu'e on the side was not to be outdone, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty! "Get up and go get some tea.

Hu Guifei leaned on Zhao Rui's arms and smiled, feeling complacent: she also had an idea before she thought of this method.

Zhao Rui was happy, took a few bites of the dim sum handed over by Concubine Hu, and ordered to present the list of all the imperial merchants immediately. These should be the most wealthy businessmen. Dayong stipulates that you must have a net worth of more than one million before you can apply to be an imperial businessman.

After playing the remaining half of the game, the list was delivered. He sifted through them with fascinated eyes, and his heart was happy, as if he had seen the sky full of silver flying.

Zhao Yu'e smiled and handed over a fruit, glanced at the list with a smile, and whispered: I heard that the imperial merchant is the richest! I've heard of this Ye family a long time ago......

Zhao Rui let out an "oh" and circled it: Even Du Yu'e has heard it, so it will not be wrong.

His eyes looked at the next line again, and he smiled: "Let's talk about it, which one else has heard of it?" ”

Hu Guifei also smiled and came over......

Soon, talking and laughing, five or six families were circled, Zhao Rui got up satisfied, returned to the imperial study with a smile, and wrote with a pen......

On the second day, a holy decree immediately arrived at the yamen of the Qingzhou prefect, and the new prefect immediately notified the Ye family.

Ye Wancheng took the holy decree with trembling hands, and when he saw the smiling face of the servant who delivered the decree, he secretly complained in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on the surface.

The holy decree makes it clear that because of the natural disaster in Ningzhou, the disaster was serious, and the merchants of the whole country should contribute to the country. Qingzhou is the closest to Ningzhou, and the Ye family is responsible for raising 600,000 taels of silver for disaster relief in Ningzhou...... In addition, because the Ye family is an imperial businessman, another 500,000 taels of silver was raised and handed over to the treasury as an example.

He smiled bitterly, he inquired, this time the imperial merchant gave out the money, on the condition that the contract would be renewed for ten years later. However, he remembers that his last signing was five years ago. This is....... Changed to a new emperor.

He went home and gathered all the cash he had, which was enough to pay 500,000 taels of silver.

Who would have so much cash piled up there? The store was expanded a few years ago, and a while ago, a large number of jewelry and goods from the north and south were brought in, and all of them were emptied at once.

Uncle Ye didn't expect that the next disaster relief money would really be a problem for him.

He originally thought that the prefect Lord Liu had gathered all the merchants of Qingzhou, announced his will, and apportioned them according to the capitation.

Although there are a lot of apportionments from each family, fortunately, there are many people, and the crowding has passed.

Who knew that when it came to the day when the silver was scheduled to be paid, it was sparsely received and only less than 100,000 taels of silver.