Chapter Twenty-Five: The Greatest Challenge to the Regime
Concubine Hui knew that she had touched Xiao Tianyu's moldy head, but Xiao Tianyu was the first time to come to her, Xiao Tianyu didn't go to her before, and the people in the palace also disrespected her, Ning Concubine, who was lower than her, oh, no, it was Ning Guiren who took things better than her, she had long looked at her unpleasantly, no way, whoever was favored in the palace would be treated well.
"There is nothing unusual in the palace of the concubines, the palace maids and eunuchs have work every day, and they are so tired that they fall asleep as soon as they lie down and go to bed, how can they have so much energy to run around."
Xiao Tianyu didn't look like Concubine Hui's expression was fake, so she didn't suspect Concubine Hui, anyway, Gu Yunlong didn't find anything.
Gu Yunlong walked in with a little eunuch, "Your Majesty, which palace concubine are you going to summon tonight?" ”
"No need, I'll go back to Weiyang Hall now, I still have a lot to approve."
Concubine Hui was embarrassed, "Your Majesty, it's late now, it's just the time to eat, it's better to have dinner here with the concubine and then approve it." ”
Xiao Tianyu raised her legs and walked out, without answering Concubine Hui again.
The palace maid walked in to serve, and found Concubine Hui sitting on the ground in despair, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Concubine Hui up, Concubine Hui could already imagine that she would only become more and more unfavored.
Xiao Tianyu is all-nighters tonight, she has been busy all day today, and she has saved up all her money, Shen Xingzhou feels sorry for her, and also helps to watch the folds, and picks out those irrelevant ones, let Xiao Tianyu approve the important ones first, and let the unimportant ones go first, and then look at them tomorrow.
Shen Xingzhou saw an urgent notebook, "Your Majesty, you take a look at this first." ”
This is a red bamboo tube with many red threads wrapped around the barrel and a thick sealing mud at the top.
Xiao Tianyu checked it and found that no one had moved, so he took it apart and took a look.
"The floods in the south, the Hujiang River burst, and hundreds of people along the banks were displaced."
It's over, this is Xiao Tianyu's first thought in his heart, in ancient China, the Yellow River burst many times, every time the embankment bursts, the people downstream will definitely die and injure countless people, the country will lose countless funds, there are not a few decades, the place that was plagued by the Yellow River is not able to return to the original level, Xiao Tianyu doesn't know how big the Hujiang River is, it is credible to say that hundreds of people are displaced, and it is estimated that it is not small.
Xiao Tianyu looked at the silk all over the place carefully, and then stuffed it into Shen Xingzhou's hand, "Hurry up and go to the prime minister, just say that I don't know how to deal with it, please think of a way." ”
Shen Xingzhou saw Xiao Tianyu show such an expression for the first time, and said solemnly: "Yes, my subordinates will do it." ”
Xiao Tianyu slumped in her chair sluggishly, feeling for the first time that her regime was coming to an end, she had not read much historical materials before, and the river burst its banks, which was a huge challenge to the regime.
The light in the imperial study was not extinguished all night, Xiao Tianyu sat in front of the desk and wrote hard, writing down the disaster relief methods he knew, hoping to come in handy.
Now it's going to be winter soon, the food in the people's fields has been harvested, but it should be almost soaked in water, it can be eaten and eaten, but it can't be stored, in addition to food, there are winter clothes, and the people have to rebuild their homes, no matter how you look at it, fortunately, the treasury still has some money, Xiao Tianyu hugged her head in pain, and the small money she worked hard to save after taking the throne was all gone.
In the imperial study, only Gu Yunlong was left to wait, Xiao Tianyu watched that he was busy, and Gu Yunlong just stood up, his heart was very unbalanced, and his eyes were not friendly.
Gu Yunlong felt the malicious gaze from Xiao Tianyu, and thought that he had done something wrong, so he lowered his head, for fear of making Xiao Tianyu unhappy.
"Go down!"
Gu Yunlong raised his courage and said, "Your Majesty, Guard Shen is not here, and there must be someone by your side to serve you!" Let the minions stay and serve! ”
Xiao Tianyu also knew that Gu Yunlong was kind, "You stand farther away, you always dangle in front of me, I don't like it." ”
Gu Yunlong walked to a pillar in the main hall and stood behind, the pillar was too thick, covering Gu Yunlong's figure, Xiao Tianyu was quite satisfied, at least it seemed that she was the only one in the entire imperial study.
I don't know how long it took, Gu Yunlong felt that his legs were so tired that he didn't feel anything, a crack was suddenly opened at the door, and a ray of sunlight slipped in through the crack, Gu Yunlong saw his apprentice's face, and Gu Yunlong knew that his apprentice was reminding him that he should call Xiao Tianyu to go to the court, otherwise he would be really late.
Gu Yunlong walked out from behind the pillar, "Your Majesty, it's time to pack up and go to court." ”
Xiao Tianyu added a few more words on the paper, then put down the brush and stretched, "It's dawn?" ”
Gu Yunlong had a chance to look out the window, then lowered his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, it's already late, if you don't hurry up, you may be late." ”
"Okay."
Gu Yunlong cleaned up with his apprentices, and the apprentices opened the door, and the palace maids with toiletries lined up to enter, Xiao Tianyu did a good job of cleaning under the service of the palace maids, looking at the backs of the palace maids, Xiao Tianyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart The evil imperialism.
Xiao Tianyu was still late when he went to the court, and the civil and military officials waited for Xiao Tianyu for a while, if Xiao Tianyu couldn't find a perfect reason to explain why he was late, I was afraid that Xiao Tianyu would be sprayed to death by the imperial historians.
Xiao Tianyu sat on the dragon chair, and without waiting for the imperial historians to make a difficulty, he preemptively said: "Maybe everyone is very puzzled why I am late today. Last night I received the news that the Hujiang River in the south burst its embankment, and hundreds of people along the coast were displaced. ”
is methodical, if the imperial historians spray Xiao Tianyu again, it will seem that they are ruthless.
Xun Lingjun was looking forward to Xiao Tianyu's thoughts, "I don't know what Your Majesty's method of dealing with floods is?" ”
Xiao Tianyu glanced at Gu Yunlong, Gu Yunlong walked down, and gave Xun Lingjun the strategy written by Xiao Tianyu, Xun Lingjun looked at a thick stack, and couldn't read it quickly, so he divided it into several parts and showed a few books.
When several civil officials looked at the flood strategy, Xiao Tianyu said that he had not had time to write the cash-for-work relief, "I took a look at it last night, in the past, if there was any major disaster, the imperial court would send porridge to the people for free, and then help the people rebuild their homes for free, which is undoubtedly a huge expense, and now the treasury is not particularly abundant, so I plan to save this cost." ”
The hundred officials were in an uproar, of course, excluding Xun Lingjun, Shangshu Ling, and the six Shangshu who were looking at the strategy.
Xiao Tianyu continued: "I proposed to use work for relief, the so-called work for relief, which means that the imperial court no longer distributes porridge and food for free, but chooses to hire homeless people, let them build their own houses, let them strengthen the city wall, and have food to eat after finishing their work. ”
Hubu Shangshu was named, and he also felt that this method was good, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this plan is feasible, it can save a lot of money for the treasury, and the people will not be resentful, but some lazy ruffians will make trouble, so they need the help of the military department." ”
Xiao Tianyu looked at Shang Shuling, "Shang Shuling, you go and be responsible for coordination, and the result will be shown to me." ”
Shang Shuling bowed down and said, "No." ”
The so-called Shangshu Ling, in fact, is the head of the six Shangshu, everything has to be managed, nothing has to be taken care of deeply, and the regent and Xun Lingjun are called the three giants of internal affairs.
Xun Lingjun finished reading his share, and looked at Xiao Tianyu's star eyes, and his mood was inexplicably better, "Your Majesty, what the minister is looking at is about the personnel management of the flooded area, and the minister thinks that the general direction is good, but there are some details that need to be modified, if the treasury is full, these details are very good, very beneficial to the people, but they are not quite in line with the current situation." ”
The Ministry of Works Shangshu was holding a water conservancy fortification diagram in his hand, if it weren't for the court, he would have jumped up happily, but his face could not hide his joy, "Your Majesty, this fortification diagram is really wonderful, I don't know which ancient book is in the imperial study, the minister is brave, I want to borrow it." ”
Xiao Tianyu's face was a little ugly, this was just her transformation according to the Three Gorges, and she went to high school physics class, how to explain this?
Xiao Tianyu interjected the topic, "I'll talk about this later, what matters now is the Hujiang flood in the south." Can this solve the problem of flooding once and for all? ”
The Ministry of Works Shangshu glanced at the water conservancy fortification diagram a few times, and said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this fortification diagram can definitely be used, as for how big the problem can be solved, it is necessary for the minister to lead a group of craftsmen to the flood site to see it before making a decision." ”
Xiao Tianyu is also a person who has studied physics, so she naturally knows that the fortification diagram is not so simple, she just understands some physical principles, and she doesn't know much about this industry, so it's better to leave it to a professional person!
Other Shangshu all said that what Xiao Tianyu wrote was no problem and could be used in practice.
Xiao Tianyu planned the general direction, and many of the remaining details had to be discussed by the officials. Xiao Tianyu's handling method is also very simple, that is, let them say it themselves, and if they are not satisfied, they will quarrel with themselves, the ideas are generated in the collision, and the plan is gradually becoming perfect, Xiao Tianyu also inadvertently found some young talents, and observe more in the future.
After the next court, Xiao Tianyu summoned Xun Lingjun.
Xiao Tianyu didn't want to talk nonsense now, and asked directly: "Prime Minister, how is the corruption situation in the imperial court now?" I was worried that the disaster money would be swallowed up by officials along the route before it reached Hujiang. ”
Xun Lingjun said honestly, "Corruption is indeed quite serious, the officials are quite fat, some officials are more greedy, some officials are less greedy, Your Majesty can take advantage of this time to slaughter them." ”
Xiao Tianyu narrowed his eyes, "Prime Minister, can you find me someone who is not very big, but who is honest and has not been corrupted?" ”
Xun Lingjun was puzzled: "Yes, what does Your Majesty plan to do?" ”
Xiao Tianyu smiled and said, "Every official must donate, but I don't stipulate how much they donate, but if they donate too little, I will dismiss him from his official position." You let that little official deliberately donate a little more, and raise the price of the donation to me, and the officials below have donated so much, and the officials above dare not donate less. ”
Xun Lingjun felt that this was a good idea, "Your Majesty is smart, dare to ask Your Majesty how much money does you plan to let that little official donate?" He is not usually corrupt, he doesn't have much money in his pocket, and he asks His Majesty to know it. ”
Gu Yunlong took two wooden boxes to Xun Lingjun, and after Xun Lingjun took them, he opened them and saw that they were full of silver.