Chapter 563: Chaos
The disaster relief officials, the appropriations of the household department, all the things are complicated to deal with, and they are a hundred times busier than those things in the army.
Bai Lian couldn't help but feel distressed when he saw that he could sometimes fall asleep when he leaned back in a chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Therefore, he also took special care of his daily life.
Following several of Gu Yan's henchmen, Cheng Yuntao was assigned by him to guard the northwest, Wu Jinfu became the commander of the Praetorian Guard again, Song Ji and Luo Xin were the captains of the Jinwuwei and the patrol battalions respectively, and the internal and external forces of the imperial city were all in Gu Yan's control.
Because Gu Yan started with a military force, if it is said that it is a war, the dispatch of troops will naturally be captured, and now it is a little difficult for the DPRK to send someone to relieve the disaster. There is always an outbreak of disease in the famine, although it is not as powerful as Pengcheng, but it should not be underestimated. There are also floods in the south, and those grain merchants who sit on the ground and raise prices, which directly caused the common people to be choked by the throat.
Gu Yan had already ordered to suppress the merchants to raise the price of grain, and the imperial court came forward, the situation was better, but the good times did not last long, and two days after the price was restored, those grain merchants seemed to have discussed in advance, and they all said in unison that there was no grain in stock.
Mingli gave face to the imperial court, and did not increase the price, but secretly, he still sold high-priced rice grain. At this time, the DPRK and China had to open a warehouse to provide grain relief to tide over the difficulties.
Since ancient times, disaster relief has been a prudent matter, and if you don't know people, not only will you not be able to help the victims, but you will only put a bigger locust into the disaster area, which will only make matters worse. Gu Yan mostly listened to the opinions of the courtiers on this matter and did not express his position.
In the evening, he took the resumes of the people recommended by the ministers of the DPRK and China, and the most direct way to understand an official was to check his past resume.
Afraid of disturbing Bai Lian, he worked in the study of the outer courtyard.
The weather in June, there was no rain for several months, and it was unusually hot, so Bai Lian cooked a soup to cool off the heat and personally sent it to the outer study.
When he came in, he saw Gu Yan looking at the resumes of those people.
Bai Lian looked at the excellent ones judged by the assessment of the officials, but Gu Yan frowned and did not stretch.
"Let's have some soup first, and we'll see later." Bai Lian put down the tray, put it in a bowl with him, and handed it over.
Gu Yan put down the scroll in his hand, rubbed his eyebrows, took the bowl brought by Bai Lian, and said: "The disaster relief is a major matter, and the candidates must be more cautious. ”
Gu Yan's words, Bai Lian thought so.
It can be seen from the previous Pengcheng plague that Gu Yan's solemn attitude can be seen.
Bai Lian flipped through the file on the case, and when she saw a familiar name, she couldn't help but pull out the file.
She looked at it carefully, and then she realized that her cousin He Qian, who was the prefect of Yongzhou, was already the governor of the five cities at this time.
The original governor of the five cities, Yu Deming, was Prince Rui's person, and with the power of Prince Rui at the beginning, Yu Deming also entered Beijing as a confidant.
Bai Lian didn't have an idea, He Qian actually became the governor of the five cities.
Bai Lian looked at the disaster reported on the side of the Liuli River again, and sure enough, the five cities centered on Jiangcheng suffered the least losses.
Gu Yan watched her flip and flip, and couldn't help but lean over, reach out to grab her, and see the file in her hand.
When he saw He Qian's name, he asked, "Do you know He Qian?" ”
Seeing Bai Lian nodding, Gu Yan remembered that He Qian had been the prefect of Yongzhou, so he suddenly realized and said, "I forgot, he was the prefect of Yongzhou." ”
Bai Lian said with a smile: "He is not only the prefect of Yongzhou, He Qian is my mother's cousin, I call my cousin." When he was in Yongzhou, he was a clean official who benefited one side. ”
Gu Yan was a little surprised, but he didn't know that there was still this stubble, he knew most of the Bai family's relatives, and he also knew that Wei's maiden family was in decline, and he didn't want to have a cousin like the governor of the five cities.
Bai Lian naturally didn't want to tell Gu Yan that He Qian and his mother were childhood sweethearts and had a relationship, and only talked about the relationship with the He family.
Gu Yan listened, opened He Qian's file and looked at it, and found that no matter where he was an official, he would benefit one party.
Gu Yan had an idea in his heart, and when Bai Lian looked at him, he knew that eighty percent of the flood in the south had fallen on He Qian.
I couldn't help asking: "Lord Wang, aren't you afraid that others will say that you are nepotistic?" Turning back to the imperial history to know the relationship between the He family and the Bai family, there will definitely be those imperial historians who say that the wind is cool and the wind is cool, saying that the prince appoints his wife and family to die, and the color is dim. ”
After deciding on the candidate, Gu Yan's heart was relaxed, and he couldn't help but smile, his eyes narrowed, and his narrow eyes flashed with a smile, and said: "This is called being virtuous and not avoiding relatives." ”
Gu Yan usually laughed like this, which was a precursor to teasing her.
The next moment, Bai Lian fell into his arms, fell to his lap, Gu Yan's breath was close to his lips and teeth, he pressed against Bai Lian's forehead, rubbed the tip of her nose, and said affectionately: "Besides, those old stubborns really want to say this, this king will tell them, for the color of the princess, what if you are faint once?"
He was silent.
This place is in the study, and the people on night watch outside listen to the sound inside, and they all silently retreat to the courtyard.
The location is very special, the posture is very novel, Bai Lian is very shy, Gu Yan is very brave and harmonious, pulling the lamp.
No matter where you start, when you end up, it's on a soft couch.
The white lotus lay on Gu Yan's chest at this time, the clouds dissipated and the rain dissipated, thinking of his ruthlessness just now, he still couldn't understand the hatred in his heart, and leaned over his shoulder and bit a row of tooth marks before he lost his breath.
provoked Gu Yan to laugh a few times, the smile was affectionate, his eyebrows stretched, he reached out and pinched her delicate nose and said, "It feels good, no wonder there are so many faint kings in history." ”
Bai Lian rubbed his sorely waist, glanced at him, his eyes were like silk, and he said coquettishly: "The faint monarch has always been in the early dynasty, and the prince is far behind."
Gu Yan didn't want her to have the strength to provoke, so he immediately turned over, pressed her under him, and said with deep eyes: "Then try it, see how far this king is"
The bed made of high-quality pear blossom wood, the craftsmanship of the imperial system, the quality is not ordinary, and even the squeaky sound is different.
After a long night, Bai Lian was very tired, and in the end she didn't know what time it was, and she listened to the person on her body in a daze panting and asked:
"Is it far from being a husband?"
Bai Lian snorted twice and ignored him, followed by his ruthless ups and downs, unscrupulous in and out, Bai Lian was afraid, climbed on his shoulder, twisted his body, and couldn't stop asking for mercy
Facts have proved that the person who couldn't get up in the end was not Gu Yan.
When Bai Lian woke up, it was already three poles a day, and this was Gu Yan's study, the lychees and pothos in the inner courtyard were waiting outside the study at this time, looking at the red marks on her body, Bai Lian couldn't help but think of last night.
The red-faced maid was served by the maid to bathe and freshen up, waiting for everything to be cleaned up, it was noon.
Bai Lian did not enter the palace, and spent half a day in the palace, but in the evening, news suddenly came from the palace, saying that His Majesty was in an emergency.
The news was sent back by Gu Yan, he couldn't come back at night, and the news came back to ask Bai Lian not to enter the palace during this time, and it was best not to go anywhere at home.
Bai Lian was surprised, when she saw the new emperor in the Empress Dowager's palace a few days ago, she was fine, why did she suddenly fall ill?
Bai Lian didn't know the situation, so she had the heart to inquire, but it was reported that the imperial city had been confined.
When Bai Lian heard the news, she chuckled in her heart, her intuition was not good.
Gu Yan didn't come back on the second day or third day, and there was no news from the palace, Bai Lian couldn't sit still, and the housekeeper went out to ask for news, but brought back a shocking news.
There is an epidemic in the imperial city!
No wonder Gu Yan sent the news that he was not allowed to enter the palace, it turned out that there was a plague!
But Bai Lian couldn't help but worry when she thought that Gu Yan and An Nan were both in the palace. There is also Xindi, who said it was an emergency before, but I'm afraid I'm infected! He was so young, less than a year old, how could he survive the ferocious plague?
Even if she was anxious at this time, she was at a loss.
At the same time, there were many displaced people pouring out of Beijing, and on the first day of the increase in displaced people, Gu Yan asked Luo Xin to do it, and the people of the patrol camp closed the Sifang City Gate, and the Praetorian Guard sent out to settle the displaced people outside the city.
When Bai Lian heard such news, she was even more shocked.
Gu Yan is in a high place, and if he is a little careless, he will give people a handle, sometimes hard work, not necessarily high merit.
The confinement of the Sifang City Gate is nothing more than the fear that these outsiders will disturb the order in the capital, there is a plague outside, if it floods in the capital, it will be a big matter, there is a plague in the imperial city, and it has to be dealt with carefully.
Bai Lian thought about it, Gu Yan had already decided that He Qian would deal with the floods, and the disaster relief in the northern cities would probably have been arranged for others to do it.
Bai Lian had experienced the plague in Pengcheng, so she naturally knew that it was powerful, and even according to the response she had when she was in Pengcheng, she was heavily guarded inside and outside the palace.
After that, at the first time, he asked the housekeeper to allocate 50,000 taels from the account, buy rice grain and some medicine, and send them outside the city.
The regent is now in power, as the princess, Bai Lian bought some rice and grain, and the grain merchants in Beijing still had some eyes, so they naturally didn't dare to pay a high price, so they loaded the car according to the previous price and sent it outside the city.
Luo Xin was in charge of the patrol battalion, and Gu Fu sent food and medicine, Luo Xin naturally knew, and after hearing the report from his subordinates, he was slightly surprised, and let his subordinates go.
But she was thinking in her heart, and she didn't blame Gu Yan for putting her on the tip of her heart, it was really not many women who could behave like this.
Bai Lian lived in the inner house and didn't know it, because His Majesty was sick and the imperial city was confined, there were already quite a few whispers in the clan, and the shadow was full of hints that Gu Yan had the intention of usurping.
Gu Yan had to deal with this mentally, the current Zhou Dynasty is full of holes from south to north, either waterlogging or drought, everything is gathered together, it is really overwhelming.
If you do it well, you should do it, and if you don't do it well, you will be found wrong.
Now that Bai Lian is donating money for disaster relief on behalf of the royal government, it is still in the first time, and this move does not need to be said by others, and Luo Xin sent someone to spread it.
After two days, when Gu Yan knew, there were already many ministers and family members following the example of the princess regent, donating food and silver, and those displaced people in the suburbs of Beijing temporarily stabilized, and some had begun to return to their hometowns.
Gu Yan is now in the imperial city, thinking of the palace wall not far away, she is relying on her own ability to share her worries, and her heart is warm.
After that, Gu Yan thought of the young emperor's illness, and his eyes couldn't help but darken.
If it is said that the most closely defended person in the palace is the person close to the young emperor, but he never expected it, but he was still exploited.
The young emperor is too young, so the onset is relatively early, followed by the two nurses around him also got sick, the doctor examined, it was the nurse who was infected first, but because the incubation period of adults is longer than that of young children, so the onset is late.
Gu Yan sealed the palace and began to check the people that the two nurses had come into contact with.
The nurse was selected by the Yan family, and she was the person who was arranged when the Empress Dowager was there, so she was naturally the most confidant.
Gu Yan investigated it, but there were no clues, the two nurses ate and lived in the palace, exclusively provided by the imperial dining room, and did not contact outsiders, so it was difficult to find out anything.
Later, it was ordered that all those who had contact with the nurse should be quarantined, and all the things they used should be burned.
It was only when I was dealing with the two nurse supplies that I found clues.
Everything in the palace is used by the emperor, up to the emperor's palace concubines, down to the palace maids' inner eunuchs, all have the signs of the inner palace, one of the nurses' things, there is a set of precious porcelain from the Songxi kiln, which may be valuable outside, but in the palace, this kind of thing is not very conspicuous, there are careful inner supervisors who noticed it when they were cleaning up the utensils, this set of porcelain did not have the signs of the imperial palace.
When Gu Yan knew that he followed this set of porcelain and found the head of the imperial prison, when he sent someone to get him, he found that he had already died at home.
Gu Yan thought about this, he didn't know who the person behind it was, but the person behind it had a clear purpose.
He wants the life of the young emperor.
Then Gu Yan thought, if the young emperor really dies, who will benefit the most is the most suspicious one!
These things, Bai Lian, who was outside the palace, did not know that everything in the capital had been stabilized, and the displaced people on the outskirts of Beijing were gradually evacuated, because the displacement caused by the famine did not cause chaos.
In half a month, everything has returned to its normal track.
In the middle of this, Gu Yan also had news, but about the murder of the young emperor, Gu Yan did not tell her, but just reported safety, knowing that she was worried about Annan, so he took Annan to the front hall, which was in the middle and middle hall.
Bai Lian knew that Annan was by Gu Yan's side, and she was slightly relieved. As for the young emperor's illness, Gu Yan never mentioned it, and Bai Lian couldn't help but sigh, it was really a disaster, and it was only a few days before another accident occurred.
One day, at night, Bai Lian washed up, and was just about to go to bed, but he heard a bell coming from the direction of the imperial city.
Bai Lian sat up from the bed.
This is the sound of mourning!
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