The sooner the better. Therefore, after the court meeting in the Wuying Hall was dispersed, they were all busy with the matter of raising food.

The auxiliary ministers, household departments, etc., who are in charge, hurry up to see how much food can be squeezed out. The others, especially the nobles, went straight home.

No, as soon as Li Guozhen, the uncle of Xiangcheng, returned to the mansion, his wife heard the sound and greeted him, and hurriedly asked with anticipation: "Master, is there anything good about the emperor's summons?" ”

Since the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Li Guozhen seems to have been forgotten, only a title, and no real power at all. Suddenly summoned by the emperor, of course, he thought that something good was coming. Therefore, before Li Guozhen went to the court, the whole government was jubilant.

But at this time, when Li Guozhen heard his wife's words, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he sneered: "What's a good thing?" If there is a good thing, can it still be my turn, master? ”

"Nothing good?" When Mrs. Li Guozhen heard this, she couldn't help but say with a little disbelief, "There must be something, right?" It's not good, is it bad? However, we haven't done anything that displeased the emperor over the years, so what other bad things can there be? ”

Speaking of this, she looked at Li Guozhen and said again: "If there is really something bad, the master can't be so calm!" ”

Of course, she has the right to say what kind of person her master is.

Li Guozhen listened, and while continuing to walk towards the inner hall, he replied to the lady who followed him half a step behind: "Do you say that breaking wealth is a bad thing?" ”

"Broken money?" As soon as he heard this, his wife was taken aback, obviously looking a little uncalm, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of wealth is broken?" Could it be that the emperor summoned the lord to ask the lord to pay for it? ”

Speaking of this, she didn't wait for Li Guozhen's reply, and said to herself: "This doesn't make sense, the imperial court is not as short of money as before!" How can you ask for money? ”

"It's not asking for money!" Li Guozhen listened, stopped, turned to look at the lady behind him and said, "It's for food!" ”

He didn't wait for his wife to ask, so he continued to add: "The imperial court wants to seize the fighter plane to attack Jianyu, but there is no food. The emperor summoned the ministers this time to discuss this matter. The end result is that all provinces have surplus food, and all the food donated! ”

"Huh?" Mrs. Li Guozhen was surprised when she heard this, and then immediately said: "So that's the case, how much is the master going to donate?" Five stones, ten stones, or fifty stones? Couldn't have been more! ”

"I'd like to donate a stone!" Li Guozhen listened to this, and said a little angrily, "But, if you really want to do this, where do I put my face, master?" ”

"......" His wife listened, was speechless for a while, and after coming back to her senses, she said angrily to Li Guozhen, who continued to walk to the inner hall, "What do you want to do with your face, one stone is one stone, and when you turn around, you will say that your family is a big business, and you really have no food!" ”

Hearing this, Li Guozhen stopped again, turned around, looked at his wife and said, "The emperor said that whoever donated how much will be announced at that time." You said that if I really donated a stone, sir, and the whole city knew about it, what do you think will happen? ”

"This ......" Mrs. Li Guozhen listened, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly seemed to think of a good way, and said to Li Guozhen with a little surprise, "Why don't you go and visit Xia Jiadingbo to see how much stone grain he produces, then how much stone grain he produces, then how much stone grain we also produce!" ”

Jiading Bo Zhou Kui, not only was fined 300,000 taels of silver before, but also took away the title of Earl of Jiading, and was banned from reading sage books in the mansion. Everyone knows that although Zhou Kui at this time has regained his title, his family wealth will definitely not be much. If it's the same as Jiadingbo, it will definitely not produce much food.

Therefore, after Mrs. Li Guozhen said it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was a good idea, so she added: "No matter how we are, we don't have a national father-in-law, right?" How much the country is out, how much we are out, this is already doing our duty! ”

Who knew that Li Guozhen not only did not show a happy look, but frowned and reprimanded: "Bad idea! ”

"......" When Mrs. Li Guozhen heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she was a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Li Guozhen explained to her: "The emperor has asked the factory guards to investigate the grain storage situation of each province in advance, do you think our house can be the same as the Jiading Bo Mansion?" ”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li Guozhen was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked, "Then the emperor found out how much grain there is in our house?" ”

When Li Guozhen heard this, he was depressed: "The emperor didn't announce it, who knows how many have been found?" ”

Seeing that his wife seemed to be relieved, he knew what she was thinking, so he immediately added: "Don't think that you hide it tightly, the current factory guards are haunted, the previous rebellion cases can be found out, and the Jianyu who is far away in Liaodong can be spying on the news, and the emperor is so wise and martial, do you think you can hide it from the emperor?" Or do you have the audacity to deceive the king and say that we don't have much food to spare? ”

"......" Although Mrs. Li Guozhen is a woman and rarely goes out, Jingshi has cut off a few heads for the crime of bullying the king, and she still knows about this. Therefore, after he heard Li Guozhen's words, he was speechless.

Seeing this, Li Guozhen sighed and said: "Just donate as much as you can, otherwise, in fact, the face is small, and it will not be good to be remembered by the above!" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Li Guozhen sighed extremely unwillingly: "Alas, life is really difficult! ”

In the original history, Li Guozhen was very pleasing to Emperor Chongzhen because of his good eloquence, so he was able to be appointed as the head of the Beijing camp and practice the Beijing camp. As a result, when Li Zicheng came to the door, and Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use the Beijing camp, he was told by Li Guozhen that there were no soldiers available.

In the history books, there is a lot of controversy about Li Guozhen and his person. It is said that Li Guozhen was loyal and brave, and cried bitterly in front of Chongzhen's corpse; Some ancient books say that after Li Guozhen was captured, he was submissive and licked his stinky face to survive. Either way, at least Li Guozhen, as the chief of the Beijing camp, did not take the Beijing camp well, which is a big crime. And the military salary in Beijing is available every year, so this will not be less! Where did these salaries go?

At this time, Li Guozhen listened to his wife's words, remembered something, and comforted his wife: "The emperor said that when the grain from the south arrives, it will be returned." ”

"I'm afraid this is Liu Bei borrowing Jingzhou, right?" When Mrs. Li Guozhen heard this, she didn't believe it very much, "It should really be a disaster that has been ruined!" ”

Under the current power of Emperor Chongzhen, the head of the Xiangcheng Bofu really didn't dare to deceive, so he could only estimate and hand over the excess grain according to his own grain stockpile.

That's it, Jingshi's side soon became lively.

Notices about borrowing grain were posted all over the city, and the emperor's nobles, civil and military officials, and other prefectures began to produce grain one after another. Suddenly, on the streets and alleys of Jingshi, you can see truckloads of grain from time to time, waving the banners of their respective prefectures, and interacting with the warehouses set up by the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs on the side of the Water Gate.

As long as someone hands over the grain, on the wall next to the warehouse, it will be updated and announced, saying how much grain has been handed over by so-and-so. A large crowd of people were also looking around this proclamation, and judging the grain handed over by the various provinces.

On the first day, it was basically such a situation, and when he got the chapter of the borrowed grain that night, Emperor Chongzhen browsed it, and he was quite satisfied, not unexpected.

On Zhou Kui's side, Empress Zhou sent someone over early in the morning to remind him that he should have learned the previous lesson, or it may be that Emperor Chongzhen's prestige is too high now, and Zhou Kui didn't dare to make any more moths, so he did his best to save the grain in the house and handed over the grain in the morning.

On the first day, there were basically royal relatives and nobles who had a share of the deliberations in the Wuying Palace, and the civil and military officials handed over the grain. The next few days will be more critical. See how many people will respond to the call of the imperial court and follow the war of delivering grain to support the extermination of Jianyu.

The large number of follow-up people and the amount of grain paid will determine how many troops the imperial court can send to Liaodong and deal a devastating blow to Jianguo when it is at its weakest.

Based on this situation, on the second day, Emperor Chongzhen went out of the palace in a small suit, went to the warehouse in person, and drank tea in the private room on the second floor of the restaurant on the side by the window to watch the movement, and wanted to see the grain delivery in person. If the situation on the scene is not ideal, he doesn't mind throwing some catalysts to enliven the atmosphere of the Jingshi to deliver grain.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that he was about to finish drinking a pot of tea, and he didn't even see how many people sent food over. Suddenly, his face was a little unsightly.

When Wang Chengen, who was waiting on the side, saw it, he hurriedly comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, it's still early, and there aren't many people on the street. The slave and maid estimated that the provinces must wait for more people on the street to send it over! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but stare at him. I have to say that Wang Chengen has indeed grown a lot in the past few years as the commander of Dongchang. If it were him before, he wouldn't have been able to say this.

"Why don't you say they're busy making up food, so they're going to have to deliver it later?" Emperor Chongzhen was in a better mood, so he said to him with a smile.

When Wang Chengen heard this, he showed a sudden realization, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the slave's mind is dark!" ”

"Hahaha......" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and his mood was a little better.

As they spoke, the number of pedestrians on the street slowly increased. Sure enough, I also saw that there were convoys from various provinces on the streets to deliver food.

Good guys, this food delivery team is so lively with the wedding ceremony. Either gongs or drums, there are also pieces of signs, either held by the family or inserted in the grain cart, on which it is written that so-and-so mansion, in response to the imperial court, how much grain is lent.

Needless to say, this situation was actually guessed by Wang Chengen.

It is understandable that these prefectures are sending grain, and Emperor Chongzhen doesn't care about it.

After watching it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, and when he was about to return to the palace, the situation suddenly changed unexpectedly.

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