There is still no good way to deal with the snow disaster, and all the silver donated by Yuan Hongxuan and the courtiers have been distributed, but it is still far from enough. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info In five days it will be the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the palace will not be happy at all because of this matter, and the Internal Affairs Office only ordered that the palace lamps that had been hung in previous years be hung up again and that there would be no decorations, and the people in the palace could not help but complain, thinking that entering the palace would make the family richer, but who wanted to catch up with such a situation, not only did they not earn much, but they also had to worry all day long, and there was no freedom to speak of.

In the main hall of the political discussion, Yuan Hongxuan on the seat frowned, and several ministers next to the case were also full of sorrow.

"Your Majesty, here's a report that most of the people who distributed the silver a few days ago were used to buy grain, but you also know that due to the war, there was already a shortage of grain in Dongyuan, and some black-hearted grain merchants also took the opportunity to raise the price of grain. Although there are a lot of such people, it is only a symptom but not a cure, after all, the lack of food in our country is an indisputable fact. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty! Even if some of the people can barely survive on the silver taels issued by the imperial court, those whose houses were crushed by the heavy snow are not so lucky, and the little silver they get in their hands is not enough to rent a residence, and even repair the original collapsed houses are not enough! ”

"Your Majesty..."

The more Yuan Hongxuan listened, the tighter his fingers were clenched, as the king of a country, he could not solve problems for the people, let alone let the people live a basic life of food and clothing, let alone build a better country, how to benefit the people.

Yuan Hongxuan's brows have never been as tight as they are now, and at first glance, it looks like a dead knot, and no one can untie it.

"Let's all go down first!" After several ministers finished speaking, he waved his hand and drove them out.

He usually doesn't like to ask for help, even if he encounters tricky things, he always thinks about it repeatedly, or suffers from it. But now that he was the king of a country in the Eastern Commons, and below him were thousands of ordinary people, and at this moment, he suddenly felt how heavy the burden was on his shoulders.

"Wang Fu, sharpen the ink for me!"

"Yes."

Yuan Hongxuan sighed helplessly, and finally called Wang Fu to come over to sharpen the ink, and began to write the 'distress letter' to Shen Yuqian, who had just ascended the throne.

The only person who could help him now in his mind was Shen Yuqian.

Two days later, Miao Zhi opened her hazy eyes in the morning light, and she slowly stretched. I didn't sleep very well last night, because Yuan Hongxuan didn't come to the 'Moon Lookout' yesterday to see her.

After freshening up and having breakfast, Miao Zhi decided to go to Heqing Palace to find Yuan Hongxuan after the morning court.

The snow had cleared, the sun was warm, and the sky was blue as if it had been washed by water. The snow on the roof melted, and the snow fell down the eaves, and the yellow glazed tiles also looked more dazzling under the snow water.

Miao Zhi took a deep breath, it was rare to feel comfortable, she lifted the corner of her skirt, urging Ning'er behind her to follow closer.

Out of the moon platform to pass through a long corridor, at this time under the corridor are sitting a few eunuchs and palace maids, I think they are resting here after the sweeping.

Before the two of them could walk over, they heard something whispered by several people.

"I was on duty in the first half of the night last night, because I ate late, and I was hungry before the shift time, and I went back to the house to look for a long time and didn't find anything to fill my stomach, so I quietly went to the imperial dining room to see if I could find some. Who knew that he was so unlucky, he happened to be caught by the father-in-law of the housekeeper of the imperial dining room, but fortunately, the father-in-law in charge was merciful, otherwise my little life would have been explained. The maid of the first palace wrung the silk handkerchief in her hand and complained to the few people sitting around.

"It's a good thing you didn't take anything from the imperial dining room, otherwise your little life would really be in danger. My cousin is on duty in the imperial dining room, and I heard him say that every kind of food in the imperial dining room now has a special person to record, and if there is anything missing, it will be traced layer by layer. "A eunuch was busy taking over the conversation, and hurriedly gave 'popular science' to a group of people who didn't know."

"Cut, how can it be as serious as you said, isn't it just some food, so many people in the palace have to eat every day, is it possible to really record them one by one, it's really laughing to death." The little palace maid who had just complained disagreed, and only snorted at the little eunuch and shook the handkerchief in her hand.

"Ling'er, what Xiao Quanzi said is true, all the bureaus in the palace are now reducing their expenses, and they can't wait to break one or two pieces of silver in half to spend it. Of course, all the things in the imperial dining room will also be backed up and recorded, after all, good things are for the emperor and the nobles in the palace to eat! ”

Another palace maid hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the little palace maid just now, and explained to her again and again.

"Alas, life in this palace is even worse than outside the palace. At this time in previous years, my mother had already made new clothes for me, and now my winter jacket is basically not cold at night, and I shiver from the cold. ”

"No, just this year, don't mean that there is any reward for the New Year's Festival, it's good enough to get the monthly money smoothly."

"yes..."

"Ugh...."

At the mention of silver, the heads of the several palace people gathered around all drooped, and their expressions became sluggish.

"You guys, don't hurry up and work, gather here to be lazy!" Before she finished listening to the 'corner', Miao Zhi saw a housekeeper's father-in-law coming over at the end of the corridor with a loud voice.

Several palace people were frightened, and they scattered and fled in all directions. The father-in-law in charge probably knew Miao Zhi and didn't plan to catch the few palace people who had escaped, but walked towards them with a smile on his face.

"Girl, don't listen to those little cubs talking nonsense, they are just too idle to eat and support, and they just talk about something that they don't have, and I hope the girl doesn't take it to heart." It turned out that the steward of the palace had already heard what a few people were talking about, Xu was just finding Miao Zhi who was standing not far away, so he intimidated and frightened a few people away, and then came over to explain to Miao Zhi, thinking that he was afraid that Miao Zhi would go to Yuan Hongxuan and say something, so that these subordinates would be punished.

"Father-in-law don't worry, Miao Zhi is not a person who tells right and wrong." Miao Zhi is still very optimistic about this kind of compassionate management, and naturally speaks a lot more politely.

"Naturally, naturally. Of course, the slave knows that the girl is the heart of the Bodhisattva, and the most distressed is the slave! The steward said yes again and again, and the smile in the corner of his eyes deepened.

Miao Zhi didn't stay any longer, and only walked away from Fang Cai with Ning Er.

When he arrived at the door of Heqing Palace, before Wang Fu could open his mouth to report, Miao Zhi made a boo gesture towards him, and he walked in lightly.

Yuan Hongxuan in front of the table was obviously just out of the court, and he was still wearing a bright yellow court robe on his body, he sat there, looking intently at a letter in his hand, and didn't notice Miao Zhi coming in at all. (To be continued.) )