Chapter Ninety-Eight: Stalemate
After sending the Queen Mother away, Emperor Mingwen came back to his senses, put one hand on his waist, and walked over like a leisurely stroll.
"Why don't you let King Xiao go soon?" Emperor Mingwen said softly.
This posture is a little different from Chu Yunning's imagination, isn't Emperor Mingwen angry?
King Xiao was stabbed twice by the queen of the palace, and now his body is still dripping with blood, at the signal of Emperor Mingwen
, and soon a doctor stepped forward to bandage King Xiao.
The atmosphere was frozen, and the silence was a little scary.
The people present didn't dare to breathe, Chu Yunning glanced at the palace prime minister, and fine and dense sweat kept oozing from his head, which fell to the ground and shattered into several petals.
Prime Minister Gong didn't even dare to wipe it, holding his breath.
"The prime minister just shouted that there is something important to report, let's talk about it, why are you in such a hurry." Emperor Mingwen said lightly.
"Minister......" The palace prime minister stammered, his mind was spinning rapidly, he had already thought of a rhetoric when he came, so he said: "It has rained heavily in Meishan for more than a month, and the flood has washed away the house, causing many people to be displaced. ”
This is indeed a matter of urgency, she dares to guarantee that the Prime Minister of the Palace would have known about this matter a long time ago, otherwise King Xiao would have raised it a long time ago.
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Prime Minister Gong, the old fox, has been talking about this matter, maybe there is some plan.
The smile on Emperor Mingwen's face gradually subsided, and he pondered for a moment.
When it comes to the people, Emperor Mingwen has always been very cautious, so he said: "What good proposal does the prime minister of the palace have?" ”
"Wechen...... Wechen thought that he could open a warehouse for relief, prepare sufficient grain and grass, and then send people to appease the people, so as not to allow the victims to pour into Kyoto City, and also to prevent people from taking advantage of the chaos to come to the city to make trouble. ”
After being the prime minister for more than ten years, after the prime minister regained his composure, he was still very handy with Emperor Mingwen.
"But now that the treasury is empty, and there is no more silver for the time being, what should we do?" Emperor Mingwen asked helplessly.
Prime Minister Gong proposed: "Weichen proposed that donations can be raised, and the civil and military officials can donate, as well as those vendors." ”
When it came to vendors, Prime Minister Gong also deliberately glanced at Chu Yunning, which made her very unhappy.
"Chu Shang Palace has such an industry outside the palace, and it is not an exaggeration to make money every day, if it is not for the emperor's blessing, how can Chu Shang Palace have today, it is reasonable, Chu Shang Palace should set an example for the rich merchants in the city." Prime Minister Gong pointed directly at Chu Yunning.
Chu Yunning's eyelids jumped, and she looked at Emperor Mingwen worriedly, all the silver she had earned so hard, and she definitely didn't want to donate it.
Her pension money!
Emperor Mingwen on the opposite side suddenly looked at her, looking at her with a smile, Chu Yunning swallowed her throat nervously, this feeling scared her more than the palace queen pointing a sword at herself just now.
"Chu Shanggong, what do you think?" Emperor Mingwen asked with a smile.
Chu Yunning took a deep breath, and the words were all said to this point, don't you mean it, wouldn't Emperor Mingwen be very faceless?
"The minister is willing to donate one million taels." Chu Yunning waved his hand painfully.
Emperor Mingwen's eyes softened when he looked at her; "Chu Shang Palace is so courageous, I thank Chu Shang Palace for those disaster victims."
"Your Majesty, as a part of you, these are what ministers should do, who makes ministers the head of the merchants in the capital." Chu Yunning's flesh pain is over, and it is time for the palace prime minister's family to bleed.
The palace prime minister's eyelids jumped, touched Chu Yunning's eyes, and immediately said to Emperor Mingwen with interest: "Your Majesty, Weichen is also willing to do his best and donate five ......."
"How can you help the emperor solve his worries, Prime Minister Gong, you are the head of a hundred officials, and this proposal was also made by you, even my little woman donated a million taels, how can you not be inferior to me?"
Chu Yunning pretended to be surprised: "Look at me, it must be that I spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, if I heard it correctly, the prime minister of the palace just now said five million taels, right?" ”
Prime Minister Gong's face changed suddenly.
"Prime Minister Gong, it turns out that I misunderstood you." Emperor Mingwen immediately picked up the conversation: "I didn't expect that the palace prime minister loved the people so much, and he came to the palace to report the disaster victims under the scorching sun, which really made me very pleased." ”
These words implied a threat, as if to say that if the five million taels are not taken out, the matter of the palace prime minister's invasion of the palace today will be counted separately!
"Your Majesty ......" The palace minister explained in a hurry, but Chu Yunning refused to give him a chance: "Your Majesty, the palace prime minister will share your worries and solve problems for you, and the queen mother is also very worried about you, presumably the queen mother of the lord of the six palaces will not be stingy, the emperor can have such virtuous ministers and virtuous queens, it is the blessing of those disaster victims, and the ministers are ashamed." ”
Who wouldn't be kidnapped by morality?
Blowing rainbow farts, she's also good at it.
Chu Yunning's words directly made the palace prime minister and the palace queen a little unable to get off the stage, and the palace queen was angry: "Chu Shang Palace, the palace family has been honest for generations, how can it be possible to take out five million taels, and one million taels is a drop in the bucket for you." ”
"Queen Mother, isn't it right for Shi Junlu to do things for you." She has never received a salary, so why should she share her worries for the king?
"You!" The palace queen was gagged by Chu Yunning, angry and angry.
Emperor Mingwen cleared his throat: "Two hours later, I will see the prime minister's five million taels, and the two million taels of Chushang Palace, as for the queen's ......"
The queen of the palace was a little bit pulled by Emperor Mingwen, and she was so frightened that she immediately said; "The concubine is willing to donate half of the dowry."
"Okay, then I'll wait."
Chu Yunning's face sank, when did she say that she would donate two million?
The queen of the palace was all deflated and donated, and none of the concubines who followed were indispensable, and everyone could donate about 10,000 taels.
The concubine gently leaned over to Emperor Mingwen and sniffed; "Your Majesty, the concubines are willing to donate everything to help the emperor solve problems."
Emperor Mingwen raised his eyebrows, and was surprised that the flawed concubine said this.
Chu Yunning almost laughed, the flawed concubine and the queen are rivals, the queen just said to donate half, but the flawed concubine generously donated all of them, which made the queen a little stingy.
Sure enough, the palace queen's face was a little embarrassed.
"It's not easy for you to be in the palace alone, if you get your heart, just donate half like the queen." Emperor Mingwen spoke, and also rewarded a box of pink pearls to the flawed concubine in public.
This move is undoubtedly another slap in the face of the queen.
"Concubine, thank you to the emperor." The flawed concubine thanked her.
When the donation was over, Emperor Mingwen's face sank suddenly, and his eyes looked around at the group of guards with knives.
"Grandpa Mo, take them all down and execute them immediately!"
When the words fell, the people present were stunned, Emperor Mingwen was still smiling and groaning a second ago, how can you say that if you change your face, you will change your face?
"The emperor spares his life!" The guard knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, but was soon gagged and dragged down, and his ears were completely clean.
Only the faces of the palace prime minister and the palace queen were pale and changed, and the palace prime minister couldn't help but look at his daughter with some complaints, and he didn't even inquire about the news clearly, so he said it nonsense, and he was also suspicious of the emperor.
Thinking of five million taels of silver, Prime Minister Gong couldn't help but faint. Almost half of the palace family's property.
"Prime Minister Gong, do you still have something to report?" Emperor Mingwen returned to his gentle appearance just now.
The palace prime minister knelt and kowtowed; "We're not playing."
"In that case, go back and prepare the silver ticket, I wait for the news." Emperor Mingwen smiled at everyone in a good mood: "I am so pleased to have you people." ”
"It is a blessing for the concubines to be able to share the emperor's worries." The Empress of the Palace slowly stood up, and Emperor Mingwen smiled and helped her: "If the Empress is not in good health, don't come out to hang around, stay in Fengyi Palace to recuperate, and I will go to see you when I am free." ”
"Your Majesty?" The palace queen was stunned.
"Come on, send the queen back to the palace, let the queen recuperate in the palace, no one is allowed to disturb, if anyone disturbs the queen's body, I will not spare it!"
The palace queen was aggrieved and embarrassed, so she could only grit her teeth and endure: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the concubines must recuperate well and no longer cause trouble to the emperor." ”
When the concubines heard this, how could they dare to get close to the queen again, for fear that they would be implicated accidentally, so they distanced themselves again and again.
"In that case, let's all disperse." Emperor Mingwen waved his hand, and soon everyone retreated.
Chu Yunning also wanted to leave, but Grandpa Mo glanced at her, and Chu Yunning sighed helplessly.
Waiting for everyone to leave, Emperor Mingwen squinted his eyes at King Xiao, who had been silent, and said, "You have worked hard for the past two days. ”
"The courtier doesn't feel hard, as long as the royal brother is fine."
Fortunately, King Xiao has never had the slightest crooked mind about this position, otherwise Emperor Mingwen may not be able to tolerate him.
"Chu Shanggong, you saved me, but what do you want?" Emperor Mingwen asked.
Chu Yunning waited for this moment with her eyes blank, and it was not in vain that she slept on the ice bed for three days, and her whole body was numb.
"The minister begs the emperor to decree that Beibei will always follow the minister, and no one can take Beibei away for any reason."
King Xiao frowned, a life-saving grace in exchange for this?
Shouldn't it be some kind of death-free gold medal or something?
In fact, Chu Yunning also thought about asking for something else, but he was worried that Emperor Mingwen would not be able to save face, and he was forced to give it to her, and in the end, maybe he was unlucky.
"Father-in-law Mo, the purpose!" Emperor Mingwen said that he agreed to Chu Yunning's request.
It wasn't too much, so he happily agreed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Chu Yunning thanked him, holding the holy decree as if he had taken a reassuring pill, from now on, no one would be able to take Beibei away from him.
King Xiao pursed his lips: "Could it be that Beibei is so important to you, or is Beibei's father more important to you?" ”
When the words fell, Emperor Mingwen glanced at King Xiao suspiciously.
"For the sake of a wild man, you betrayed this king, Chu Yunning, from now on this king will never pester you again, you are not worthy!" After Xiao Wang finished speaking, he covered his shoulders and left.
Chu Yunning didn't think so at all, with a posture that I had long been used to, until now, King Xiao still didn't know what he was wrong, and still thought that Beibei was not his biological bloodline.
She didn't bother to explain.
There was no one around, Chu Yunning cleared his throat: "I'm sorry, let the emperor laugh." ”
Emperor Mingwen squinted at Chu Yunning angrily: "You saved me, what I promised you will be done, and in addition, I will give you another three million taels of silver." ”
Chu Yunning looked at Emperor Mingwen suspiciously, a little unconvinced that Emperor Mingwen would suddenly find out with his conscience.
"Your Majesty, the gentleman is true of his word, you can't regret it."
"When did I ever regret it?" Emperor Ming Wen turned around in a good mood and stepped back into the hall with one foot, while Gonggong Mo helped Chu Yunning on the side; "Chushang Palace, the emperor let you in to speak."
"Haven't you said anything else?" Chu Yunning was puzzled.
Grandpa Mo smiled awkwardly, and the slap marks on his face also shook with this smile, which looked a little funny.
"Chu Shang Palace, you better go in and take a look, in case there is something else." Grandpa Mo said.
Helpless, Chu Yunning had no choice but to pat the ashes on his knees, and entered the inner hall, where the imperial doctors and furnishings had been removed, and the room was also sprinkled with aroma, which smelled refreshing.
Emperor Ming Wen sat on the side and watched the performance, there were only a few drops of ink on the inkstone next to him, Chu Yunning bent down and knelt down under the hint of Gonggong Mo, skillfully helping to grind.
"The disaster relief strategy that Prime Minister Gong said just now can only solve the surface, that place floods every year, and the imperial court will allocate funds for disaster relief every year, do you have a way?"
Emperor Mingwen didn't raise his head, and looked at the folds with a solemn face.
Chu Yunning hesitated for a moment: "The minister has read the story of the South-to-North Water Diversion in an old book, you can build a canal and dig a ditch, although it is a bit troublesome, but it can permanently solve the flood." ”
The silver taels raised will definitely exceed 10 million taels, and more than half of them will go into the pockets of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and very few can really reach the hands of the people.
"It's time-consuming, labor-intensive, and labor-intensive."
"The emperor can let those who have the ability to work to work on their own, and every day the court will pay a salary, who is the surname, and record it clearly, where the canal is built, the local officials will be responsible for recording."
Emperor Mingwen suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Yunning deeply, as if he didn't know her, what was in her head.
Fortunately, Chu Yunning is a woman, if it were a man, Emperor Mingwen would not necessarily leave her behind.
"When the water is clear, there are no fish, and some things can be turned a blind eye, but if it is supervised by the whole people, the effect will be different." Chu Yunning proposed to set up a supervision post every 800 li, and there were the emperor's cronies stationed here, so that the people in need could appeal for themselves and directly pass it to the emperor, so that no one would dare to fake.
If anyone dares to think crookedly about the supervisory post, he will definitely be severely punished.
Emperor Mingwen asked again; "In your opinion, who should you send to provide disaster relief?"
"Of course it's the Prime Minister Gong!"
Emperor Mingwen raised his eyebrows, slightly puzzled.
"The emperor can issue an internal decree, if this disaster relief fails, the prime minister will be punished first!"
The palace prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, and if the palace prime minister is done, he will basically get more than half of the civil and military officials.
Emperor Mingwen suddenly laughed: "If the prime minister knows that this idea was made by you, I am afraid that he will hate you to death." ”
The Dog Emperor is indeed a dog!
Chu Yunning rolled his eyes, and said nonchalantly: "It's not a day or two that the prime minister and the queen hate me, I don't have to worry if I have more debts, and it's just like that if I have more enemies, life is inherently dead." ”