Chapter Forty-Nine: Coincidental
Su Wanqing secretly let out a sigh of relief, retracted her gaze, and opened the medical book in front of her.
She came to the study today, in addition to reconciling with Su Yuanyi, but also to explain Chen Jianzhi's affairs intentionally or unintentionally, so as to leave an impression in Su Yuanyi's heart.
Speaking of which, this is also to blame Su Wanqing herself, a few days ago because of her awkwardness with him, she has been restless, and she forgot to tell him that she invited Chen Jianzhi to treat Biwu. She didn't say it, but it seemed to be intentional, which inevitably showed a bit of ulterior in the eyes of others.
Presumably, even if Su Yuanyi has no intention of her, he is a dignified man, and I am afraid that he will not be indifferent to the rumors in his side room.
Su Wanqing's heart was pretending to be about this, and her gaze on the book couldn't help but be a little absent-minded, and she wanted to speak several times, but Su Yuanyi had no distractions on her face, and she didn't give her a chance to speak at all.
Minutes and seconds passed.
Su Wanqing couldn't sit still, you must know that Su Yuanyi is busy with affairs, and someone will ask to see her when she can't keep it, but she can only wait, if this matter is abruptly revealed, it will arouse his suspicion even more.
Su Wanqing resisted the impatience in her heart, and only from time to time, she secretly glanced at Su Yuanyi with her afterglow.
In his sight, Su Yuanyi didn't know what difficult political affairs he had encountered, his deep and handsome face frowned slightly, his head lowered and fell into contemplation, motionless. I don't know how long later, he suddenly reached out to the teacup beside him, and it was not until he held it firmly to his lips that he suddenly realized that the water in the teacup had just been drunk, and now it was empty.
These naturally couldn't escape Su Wanqing's eyes, she immediately got up, filled the tea cup in his hand, and while handing it back, her eyes inadvertently glanced at the official document in front of him, this glance made her eyes light up!
The official document was densely packed, Su Wanqing didn't read it all, but she clearly saw a line: "Zhechuan has repeatedly banned the wind of girls sacrificing to the river god, the river woman is rampant, and the people are not happy." "Come to think of it, the other words in the article are a detailed description of this matter.
Su Wanqing had the courage to smile at Su Yuanyi and asked, "The concubine has also heard of the things mentioned in this official document, I wonder if the prince can allow the concubine to take a look?" ”
Su Yuanyi's hand that took the tea bowl paused slightly, and turned his eyes to look at Su Wanqing, his eyes were dark and bottomless, and a slight nod was allowed.
"Thank you, Lord Wang." Su Wanqing smiled, picked up the official document, and carefully read it word for word.
Sure enough, the content of this report was completely consistent with the ones she remembered.
Located in the southeast of Daqin, in Zhechuan County, there is a Zheshui River, the water potential is extremely treacherous, I don't know how many villages to be washed away every year, how many farmland are flooded, the reason is because the soil on both sides of the river is washed by the water day and night, silted up in the downstream, blocking the river. This situation was not significantly improved until Emperor Zhongzheng ordered a few years ago to dredge it with great manpower and material resources.
It's just that Zhechuan County is partial to the southeast, relatively closed, the folk customs are simple, and they believe in gods and devils, so they gave birth to a group of "river women" who claim to be able to communicate with the gods, and every year they think that the river god takes a concubine to extend the name of the heir, and asks the people of each village to sacrifice a girl and put it into the river alive.
The people believed in these words of the river woman, but no one was willing to sacrifice their daughter, so naturally, the practice of private dotting was derived, so that the river woman reaped a lot of benefits from it.
He Po is not stupid, and when she finds that it is profitable, she intensifies her efforts to pay a high price, and those who can't afford it can often only watch their daughter being selected by He Po to die.
The local yamen had a headache for this, and posted a notice widely, denying the theory of the river god, but the people were deceived by others, and only regarded the pacification of natural disasters as the merit of sacrifice. The people's will is wanted, but the government can't persuade them, and they can't stop them, so they are helpless, and in desperation, they have no choice but to play to the central government.
In the last life, Emperor Zhongzheng also gave this official document to Su Yuanyi, and he came up with a solution.
This deed is exactly what Su Wanqing knows, she thought about it for a while, calculated it in her heart, a little smile appeared on her beautiful face, and she raised her eyes to meet Su Yuanyi's inquiring gaze.
When Su Yuanyi saw her coming, he looked away coldly, picked up the tea bowl and blew the tea noodles, took a sip slowly, and asked casually, "What is the opinion of the side concubine?" ”
Su Wanqing was waiting for his words, she smiled faintly, her expression was very natural, "According to the concubine, since the people believe in ghosts and gods, then the prince might as well solve this matter with the words of ghosts and gods." ”
"Oh?" Su Yuanyi raised his eyebrows, and his gaze fell on her face, there was a rare surprise in his eyes, and he paused for a moment before he said slowly: "What do you say?" ”
Su Wanqing was very satisfied with his reaction, she knew in her heart that what surprised Su Yuanyi was not her resourcefulness, but what she said coincided with what he thought.
Is it the same thing that the hero sees?
Of course not, her words are all repetitions of his decisions in his previous life, and it is difficult to be different from his mind!
Thinking of this, the corners of her lips couldn't help but curl, and she replied: "The concubine thinks that there are only two methods. The first is to spread rumors that the river god beckoned the river woman to meet him, and he wants to say that he has noses and eyes, so as to throw those gangsters who deceive the world and steal their fame into the river to set an example; The second is that the concubine has heard since she was a child that there is a saying that the pagoda can be a town river, so it is better to use the prestige of the holy son of heaven to build a town river pagoda to appease the people, and at the same time break the tradition of sacrificing to the river god, so as to correct the hearing. ”
Her words can be said to be exactly the same as Su Yuanyi's thoughts at the moment.
Su Yuanyi pressed his breath, his ancient cold face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Do you know that the construction of a large number of buildings can be contrary to my Great Qin's national policy. This is the key to his greatest hesitation today.
"The national policy is based on national conditions, and it is not impossible to be flexible during special periods, not to mention that there are three benefits of building this tower." Su Wanqing smiled at him and talked eloquently: "First, the construction of the tower is naturally indispensable to recruit craftsmen, and then you can focus on employing local unemployed people and letting them have a salary; Second, if there are fewer unemployed people, the public security in Zhechuan County will improve, and the people will be able to live more stable; As for the third, the cost of building the tower is huge, so it is better to apportioned it to several vassal kings and take some silver from their pockets, which can be regarded as weakening their strength in disguise. ”
As soon as the words fell, Su Yuanyi's face was not happy, but gloomy, his eyes were dark and terrifying, and he stared deeply at Su Wanqing.
For a moment, he even doubted that she had the ability to see through people's hearts, and he couldn't believe that there were people in the world who were exactly as he thought, or even more organized than he thought!
He knew that Su Wanqing was not quite the same as other women, but he was only a little curious, but today, this woman really impressed him.
Slowly, the coldness in Su Yuanyi's deep eyes gradually subsided, revealing a little imperceptible appreciation, in retrospect, this is probably the first time he has admired a woman......