"So what should we do?"

Sun Chuanting is the deputy envoy, but he has nothing to do, and now that he has money and food, he wants to do something for epidemic prevention.

Liu Ximing pointed at Gu Yanwu and the others and smiled: "Naturally, when Brother Bo Ya is busy, now I will ask you to help Liu train them, we can not have many people who can come in handy, and we can only rely on them to supervise local epidemic prevention at that time, so we need to let him familiarize themselves with it in advance." ”

"As for the specific epidemic prevention affairs, a small part of the money and grain matter has been solved, and the rest is to raise food to stabilize the disaster areas, notify the provinces to open the mountains and rivers to the people to help themselves, and prepare drugs to carry out centralized treatment in the hard-hit areas."

Liu Ximing thought carefully for a while and said, "Let's talk about raising food and medicine at that time, let's talk to these merchants of the Han Yuan firm, Brother Bo Ya can first write an open letter to the gentry of the six provinces in the Central Plains Daily with Liu, asking them to donate money and materials, and then we will ask Your Majesty for a reward, and at the same time publicly commend them in the Central Plains Daily." ”

Sun Chuanting sighed approvingly, "Zhongcheng is reasonable and well-founded, and he is worthy of His Majesty's attention, okay, I'll do it." ”

"Hahaha, okay, I will also report today's matter to the court quickly, which can also make Your Majesty feel more at ease."

~~~

In the Purple City, Chongzhen was puzzled with the performance of Gao Feihan's fast horse report.

He shook the fold at Wang Chengen on the side, "Have you seen this excerpt?" Do you think that's true? ”

Wang Chengen clasped his hands and bowed and said with a smile: "Master Qi, judging from the minions, it is estimated that Gao Feihan's statement that Xin'anbo has something to do with these firms is true. ”

Chongzhen's face suddenly changed greatly, "So is it true that the collusion between officials and businessmen in Xin'an?" Are they profiting from the imperial court? Could this Liu Ximing also be a duplicitous person? ”

Who knew that Wang Chengen smiled unhurriedly: "The emperor is angry, the slave has not finished speaking, so that the master can know that there are not many businesses in the official in these years, according to the slaves, Xin Amber has done something through these merchants, but it is not necessary to say that he is disloyal." ”

Seeing Chongzhen's brows furrowed and looking at him suspiciously, Wang Chengen hurriedly explained:

"Master, think about it, don't say anything else, it's the shortage of food in the capital last time, Xin Anbo really took the silver and sent it to the inner treasury, judging from the shape at that time, the slave dared to pack the ticket, and he definitely didn't profit from it."

"As for the matter of Henan, the slave is not very clear, but the household department did not give him a text, I think that when the time comes, I still want Xin Amber to take money from these merchants, to say that Xin Amber is disloyal, the slave really can't figure out how to be disloyal."

Unexpectedly, Wang Chengen's words made Chongzhen more suspicious.

He stood up and slowly circled around Wang Chengen twice, staring at Wang Chengen's eyes with suspicion in his eyes.

"When did you know the shape of the new Amber so well, could it be that you are still with him?"

The words that came out of Chongzhen's face made Wang Chengen's heart tremble, and he was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a plop.

"Master Mingjian, the slave is dedicated to the master, where do you dare to collude with the ministers of the court, please master Mingjian."

Ignoring Wang Chengen, who was knocking his head on the ground, Chongzhen continued to snort coldly.

"Then why do you pack tickets for him, he is a minister, everything has to go through the hands of the businessman, dare to say that there is nothing greasy here?"

"Master, this is where the slave speaks for Xin Amber", Wang Chengen said in a low voice while lying on the ground.

"Although the slave is stupid and dull, he has also seen clearly over the years that among the tens of thousands of ministers in the imperial court, only this new Amber can conjure up money to complete the errand assigned by the emperor in the form of no money."

"None of the other ministers did everything possible to pull money out of the treasury, but he was the only one who sent money to the treasury. If you want to say that such a person is a minister and a corrupt official, the slave really can't think of anyone else in the world who is a good official and a clean official. ”

The more Wang Chengen spoke, the more aggrieved his tone became, "The slave also sees that the emperor is anxious every day, so he thinks about sharing the worries for the emperor, we can't do anything else, it is fortunate to be able to protect one or two good seedlings for the emperor, and please ask the emperor to learn clearly." ”

……

Chongzhen paced back and forth with some irritability, frowning and silent.

Wang Chengen's words made him come out of his mind a little bit, and after thinking about it carefully, he wanted to say something wrong, but the imperial court got benefits from the errand completed by Liu Ximing every time.

Such a courtier, what can he do?

Just when there was silence, a whispered announcement came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, the new Anbo submitted by the cabinet has arrived, saying that it has raised 200,000 yuan of money and grain through the Henan Salt Administration, and the new Anbo is preparing to mobilize officials from various provinces for disaster relief."

Chongzhen suddenly turned his head and looked at the outside of the carved fence and jade, his face was full of joy.

"Quick, hand me the fold."

Wang Chengen, who was lying on the ground, flipped up and trotted to send the fold over with a smile.

"What, don't you be wronged?"

Chongzhen squinted at Wang Chengen and smiled.

"Hehe, how dare a minion."

"Hmph"

Chongzhen picked up Liu Ximing's recital and looked at it carefully.

"Strike the province's private salt, issue a concession certificate, and levy the salt tax once for five years, which is equivalent to about one penny per stone, and get a total of 200,000 taels of silver."

Looking at it, Chongzhen couldn't help but read it softly, and when he got to the back, his eyebrows became fluttering.

"The minister asked the imperial court, in order to ensure the smooth salt administration, please allow the conscription of 3,000 salt protection soldiers, in addition, Yang Sichang, a scholar of the Eastern Pavilion University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, asked for the allocation of some money and grain for military funds, whether this matter is appropriate, please ask the imperial court to adjudicate together."

At the end of the fold is written the cabinet's vote, "It is proposed to be handled, and Yang Sichang's matter can be allocated at his discretion."

"Well, this new Amber is really a talent."

Putting down the fold in his hand, Chongzhen couldn't help but sigh.

It didn't cost the court a penny to raise money for epidemic prevention, and now even Yang Sichang has to open his mouth to him, so it is not bad that I wanted him to go to the household department to run an errand.

The key is that Xin'anbo asks the court for instructions on everything, what problems can such a courtier have.

Glancing at Gao Feihan's fold on the desk again, a trace of disgust flashed in Chongzhen's eyes.

Wang Chengen stepped forward at the right time and said with a smile: "This is thanks to Your Majesty's knowledge." ”

Chongzhen immediately laughed with a smug face, as if nothing had happened just now.

He thought for a while and said: "Approve the red, the vote of the cabinet is approved, and in addition, the celebrant reprimanded Gao Feihan on behalf of me, and asked him to work hard and not slander the minister." ”

"Minions, let's do it."

Wang Chengen smiled and nodded, he was not all because of Liu Ximing's perseverance in sending money, but he did have a little public heart in his heart.

There is no way, Liu Ximing's series of practices of this old coin are really too confusing, and in the case of insufficient information, no one can figure out what benefits he can fall by doing this.

This is really "Zhou Gong is afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time".

~~~

In Kaifeng Mansion, with the issuance of the documents confirmed by the imperial court, Liu Ximing also officially started his own series of actions.

As for Gao Feihan and other Henan officials, after receiving a reprimand from the imperial court, at least on the surface, these people did not dare to do anything.

As expected, among the prefectures and counties in Henan, only Dengzhou and Neixiang are willing to help raise a salt protection team.

Therefore, in the name of personally inspecting, Liu Ximing finally had the opportunity to leave Kaifeng and go straight to Dengzhou.

On May 20, Liu Ximing and Gu Yanwu and his entourage finally entered the territory of Dengzhou, while Sun Chuanting was left in Kaifeng by him to temporarily act as an agent for epidemic prevention affairs.

As soon as he entered the territory of Dengzhou, Gu Yanwu immediately felt the difference.

In Henan, except for the big city of Kaifeng Mansion, which is not full of displaced people, or Kaifeng City is also chaotic and unsightly.

But this Dengzhou is different, everything seems to remain in order.

Not only did the militia group in Dengzhou be in charge of inspection, but there were also many armed people in the villages and towns along the way, alerting passers-by.

Taking advantage of the rest on the road, he specially climbed into Liu Ximing's carriage.

"Zhongcheng, this Dengzhou governance is like this, is there any trick to it?"