054 Danger and wealth
In the afternoon of the same day, Li Weiyang accompanied the old lady into the palace.
The heavy snow has not stopped for several days, and it is very cold, even if seven or eight large heaters are placed in the Cining Palace, it is useless, and it still can't withstand the cold and push deeply.
The old lady was wearing a red woven gold cloud tusk, with a Chen embroidered lion complement on her chest, and a very narrow tooth lace collar tied with gold and silver buckles between the collars, and the Xia veil on her body was shining.
Li Weiyang lowered his head, staring at the large white jade bricks on the ground three feet square without squinting, and bowed down with the old lady.
At this moment, the hall was silent, and even the slight sound of the corners of the skirt could be heard.
"Which one is Li Weiyang?" The queen has a dignified face, and her eyebrows are kind and she says slowly.
Li Weiyang took a deep breath, stepped forward, made a big salute, and said: "The Queen Mother is in good health and blessed for ten thousand years." ”
The Queen Mother's eyes fell on her, and she smiled: "Raise your head and I'll take a look." ”
Li Weiyang raised his head as he said, his eyes were deferential, and his demeanor was decent.
The Queen Mother looked at her face, smiled and nodded, and said, "It's a Peugeot child." Then she said, "Did you come up with the coping method in that book?" ”
Li Weiyang said quietly: "Yes." ”
"Oh......" The Queen Mother groaned and looked at her intently, "At a young age, it is rare to have such knowledge. ”
Her gaze was obviously very gentle, but the old lady felt that her eyes seemed to be omnipresent, and a trace of uneasiness rose in her heart, but Li Weiyang next to her seemed to be unaffected at all. The old lady was surprised for a while. Where would she have thought that Li Weiyang in her previous life, such a scene was already commonplace.
After they got up, they were given a seat by the Queen Mother, who ordered them to be exempted from the false courtesy, and then they talked to the old lady and did not mention the matter of the excerpt again.
Li Weiyang looked at the white porcelain blue and white tea cup in her hand very calmly, and sat quietly at the bottom, she knew that the Queen Mother didn't want her to be too proud, and deliberately suppressed her temperament.
Soon, outside the curtain, there was an inner attendant singing: "The emperor has arrived." ”
Everyone got up to greet each other, and the emperor, dressed in a bright yellow and dragon pattern, walked in, did not salute the queen mother, and called: "Queen Mother." Then he shook his sleeves to the people who were about to kneel on the ground, and said nonchalantly, "Get up." ”
The emperor is very tall, and when he was young, he was also a beautiful man, but the perennial imperial life has given him a more intimidating temperament, which makes people involuntarily afraid. He sat down, and his eyes were naturally fixed on the girl in the hall.
Li Weiyang and the emperor did not show timidity at all when they met their eyes, but rolled their eyes playfully, and then smiled generously. Her eyes were as dazzling as black diamonds, and with such a turn, the emperor felt that his eyes were full of brilliance, and he couldn't help but look at her carefully.
At the age of thirteen or fourteen, although he is tall, he is obviously not yet grown, but he is just a child.
"You say the five strategies for disaster relief are problematic?" The emperor looked at Li Weiyang and said.
Li Weiyang lowered his head unhurriedly: "Yes." ”
"Tell me about it."
"After my father went back these two days, he sighed, saying that he had failed to share the emperor's favor and failed to share his worries for His Majesty, and the courtiers saw that their father was sad, and they couldn't bear it, so they inquired in detail about the actual situation of the victims, and later analyzed the strategy of the eldest sister, and found that there were indeed many omissions in the five strategies for disaster relief.
The emperor didn't expect a weak and slender little girl to speak in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but be more interested: "You say." ”
"The five disaster relief strategies mentioned by the eldest sister could have been a good way to alleviate the disaster, but my father mentioned to me that the victims had rioted and claimed that they had not received any relief at all, but His Majesty's relief food had clearly arrived in the disaster area. If you think about it, this fork is in the middle link. The first strategy is to register the victims of the disaster and ensure that the relief can be implemented to everyone, but in the process of disaster relief, His Majesty and the imperial history of the supervision could not directly distribute the food for disaster relief to the victims, but instead allocated it layer by layer, and finally the right to distribute it was in the hands of the officials and Li Zheng, who took advantage of the disaster situation for personal gain, concealed, falsely reported, and lied about the victims. ”
Li Weiyang raised his eyes slightly, and found that the emperor's body had sat up straight, revealing a thoughtful look.
She continued: "The second strategy is to persuade the distribution system, so that the wealthy families can give relief to the victims for free, or sell food to the victims at a reduced price. Regarding the loopholes in this policy, the courtiers dare to say that they need to forgive the sins of the courtiers. ”
The emperor frowned: "I don't blame you, just say it." ”
The Queen Mother looked at this little girl in amazement, there were so many princesses and county lords around her, but she had never seen someone so calculating at such a young age.
Li Weiyang smiled very gently: "Yes, the loophole of the second strategy is that His Majesty has implemented a persuasion system, and many local officials have secretly hidden the relief grain that was originally allocated, and then forced the local rich households to contribute money and grain, so that the local rich households are naturally dissatisfied, and it is inevitable to provoke the disaster victims to make trouble!" ”
What I just said was just Xu and Lizheng, and now they have involved court officials.
The Emperor narrowed his eyes: "You mean that my officials are full of private pockets?" ”
Li Weiyang lowered his head and said seriously: "Don't talk about the ** of ten, there are always three or four out of ten, the richer the grain in the warehouse, the fatter the rats, Your Majesty is Mingjun, and he must know it in his heart." ”
The old lady was a little anxious, but seeing that the emperor did not look like she was angry, she calmed down and listened to her continue.
"The third strategy is to set up a porridge factory. The major yamen set up places to cook porridge and give porridge to the victims. His Majesty urgently dispatched ministers to deliver grain to the disaster areas, and local officials also set up porridge factories to provide relief. However, even with the abundance of relief food, a large number of people still starved to death. The mystery lies in the local officials. ”
The emperor's brows furrowed even more, and he couldn't help but be annoyed: "Full of nonsense!" ”
Li Weiyang fell to her knees all of a sudden, but there was no fear on her face, only calm.
It's just a gamble, as long as the bet wins, she will get the maximum benefit.
Lose, but die. Anyway, she picked up a life, so what is there to be afraid of? Moreover, she knew the personality of this emperor very well, although he was short-tempered, he was a very wise emperor, and if it were not for this, the Great Calendar would not be so rich and powerful.
She lowered her head and didn't say a word, just straightened up her waist with a firm expression.
There was a deathly silence in the hall for a while, and in the end, only the emperor was heard to say coldly: "If you can't tell the reason, I will give you the death penalty for falsely accusing Zhongliang." ”
At this moment, the old lady's back was already soaking wet......