I saw Emperor Chongzhen looking at him and said solemnly: "The matter of the loan proposed by Qing in the Wenhua Hall is too loud, and I have said that it is not appropriate to make it public at present. However, there are a group of refugees in the Jingshi, who are now starving and cold, and many of them have died. These are my people, and I cannot fail to save them. Therefore, Qing Ke will play openly in the court tomorrow morning, asking the court to rescue the refugees! ”

He was in the Forbidden City, if it weren't for the fact that Weifu came out to find Xue Guoguan this time, he really didn't know that there were still four or five thousand refugees in the Jingshi who were on the death line.

No one mentioned this to him. Basically, because the lives of these refugees are insignificant in the eyes of the officials of the Beijing Division. Even Xue Guoguan was the same, and his attention was more focused on the Manchu Tartars, political opponents, and the mountains of cantata.

In this troubled world, human life is like a mustard, and everyone has become numb.

After Xue Guoguan listened to Emperor Chongzhen's words, he remembered that Emperor Chongzhen said that his concert ticket was drafted, and he still lacked a heart to be the master of the poor people in some details. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but feel very ashamed.

For Xue Guoguan, when he inspected northern Xinjiang for the imperial history, he was furious when he saw that the generals were deducting military salaries, and the soldiers were not as good as dogs, and he would be furious when he saw that the people in northern Xinjiang were dying of hunger and the government was doing nothing. But these refugees under Jingshi's nose are not within the scope of his own duties, but they are inadvertently ignored.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and Weichen is ashamed, and tomorrow he will make this matter public." Xue Guoguan hurriedly assured loudly.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and then pointed out to him: "For the treatment of four or five thousand refugees, the imperial court has no money, and it does not have the ability to resettle all of them, otherwise, I can solve it directly." Therefore, Qing Ke suggested that all the princes and nobles in the Beijing Division, as well as the civil and military officials, each bring some refugees home to help, so that these refugees can be fed! ”

If the imperial court had money, there would not be such a rotten situation as it is now. Of course, taking a step back, even if the court is rich, it can't help but suck the blood of moths and moths. So in general, this kind of erosion at the end of the Ming Dynasty is not just a matter of money.

And when Xue Guoguan heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Because the method proposed by the emperor is actually similar to the loan proposal he offered before, which is to pick wool on those rich officials and gentry.

Thinking so, he immediately bowed down and said, "Weichen obeys the order!" ”

Xue Guoguan actually didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen had another purpose in doing this, but he wouldn't tell Xue Guoguan about it. This purpose is still to be kept secret.

After talking for a while, after explaining some things to Xue Guoguan, Emperor Chongzhen recovered the eavesdropping seeds from him, and then returned to the palace under Xue Guoguan's respect.

Watching the brocade guard walk away, but his own master was preoccupied when he first returned home, and even his wife seemed to have a second spring, which made the housekeeper very puzzled, thinking in his heart, this brocade guard came to the door, is there a good thing?

He asked curiously, but Xue Guoguan and his wife didn't say anything, because the emperor was slightly convinced of this, and he knew that the fewer people the better. The husband and wife hid back in the study, one happily grinding ink, and the other writing a recital earnestly.

At the same time, in another part of the Jingshi, the signboard facing the street is swaying in the whistling sound of the cold wind, and under the reflection of the lanterns fixed on the side, you can see the four characters "Fan Ji Qian Zhuang" written on the signboard. And in the backyard of this money village, there is also a room with lights on. A figure hurried into the room, knocked on the door a few times, whispered and sneaked in.

In the room, there was a middle-aged man drinking tea, and there was a beautiful maid serving beside him, and when he saw him enter, he waved his hand to let the maid retreat.

"Second master, the villain inquired that Dongchang did receive an errand and wanted to investigate the affairs of the Qing Dynasty!" The man's face was a little worried and said, "In addition, there is also confirmed news from Jinyiwei, and he also received this errand." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he couldn't sit still, stood up and walked two steps and asked, "Have you seen Gonggong Cao?" ”

"No, I've been in the palace, I haven't seen it." The visitor immediately replied, "Even the steward who is responsible for collecting money from Grandpa Cao's side on weekdays has not been seen, and it seems that he is no longer in the outer house." ”

Speaking of this, after hesitating for a moment, he still added: "The news of the villain still found the head of the stall and stuffed him with a small ingot, and he didn't want to say more things." ”

The chief of the East Factory, commonly known as the stall head. Give it a small ingot, that is, five taels of silver, according to the usual price, it is already a lot.

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately asked, "What about Lord Wei Luo in brocade?" ”

"I haven't seen it either." The man also replied with a look of doubt, "The porter of the Luo Mansion said that his master did not go back. The villain didn't believe it, and gave two taels of silver, but he still didn't change his words. ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man frowned and said, "It is understandable that Gonggong Cao is not out of the palace, but Lord Luo has not returned to the house for two days, this should not be!" Is it hiding from sight? ”

"Master, it can't be that they are short of money, right?" Someone speculated, "Now that the war is going on, everything is expensive, is the money in the past too little?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't speak, and walked back and forth thinking about it. All that was left of the house was the faint sound of his footsteps, and the whining of the cold wind outside.

After a while, the middle-aged man obviously made a decision: "Since they are not willing to cooperate and don't want to have a good New Year, then no one should want to have a good New Year!"

Speaking of this, he said to the visitor: "You go to Liu Yushi overnight, and ask him to unite a few colleagues to impeach Dongchang Fanzi, and try the situation first." ”

"Okay, second master" The person who came agreed, saw that there was no order, and turned around and wanted to leave.

At this moment, the middle-aged man stopped him again and said, "Fan Fu, don't be afraid to spend money, let those imperial historians be active, and be sure to divert the attention of the factory guards." In addition, Gonggong Cao's side and Lord Luo's side will also send someone to keep an eye on it, as long as they see it, they must be contacted, and if necessary, I will go to see it in person. ”

Fan Fu obviously knew what the second master was worried about, so he nodded and said that he knew, and he didn't see the order, so he hurriedly left.

The middle-aged man who was alone in the room kept frowning and muttered, "Who noticed this?" Who's eyeing us? Lu Xiangsheng? No way, they're almost going to die at this point, right? Who could that be? Yang Sichang? No way!"

After thinking about it for a while, I thought about several people anyway, all of whom were related to Xuanfu Datong, but I didn't expect it to be today.

In the end, he made the decision to write a letter to his eldest brother explaining the situation. In addition, the cost of activities should also be explained. After all, those who are officials are all bottomless and greedy!

But it's also true, only money can make the ghost grind!