Regent's Palace

Princess Kunxing received an urgent military message from Fang Yuan a day ago, that is, to raise 200,000 stone of military rations within two months and transport them to Zou County, Yanzhou Prefecture.

The princess is now in charge of the regent seal and acts as the regent. When Fang Yuan was away, all major military and political affairs in Jiangnan had to be carried out by the princess's consent.

The princess immediately found Xiao Yuan, who was in charge of the independent accounting group, and together checked the account books of all the state capitals in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and as long as there was surplus grain in the official warehouses of the state capitals, it would be immediately transported to Yangzhou and ready to be transported to the Shandong battlefield.

The two of them checked for a long time, and turned over the account books of Nanzhili and Zhejiang state capitals, and only made up 100,000 stone of grain, and this is still the amount on the books, whether it can really be transported or not, and the loss along the way is not included.

Previously, in order to make up for the 400,000 stone military rations in the military fields of Zhejiang, Fang Yuan had bought out the surplus grain hoarded by the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan. It is really difficult to raise another 200,000 grains in a short period of time. Going to the market to purchase will not only raise prices, but also the speed of procurement will not keep up, not to mention that all the money in the regent palace was used for the military expenses of the Northern Expedition, which is not abundant.

The princess said with a solemn expression, "Mrs. Yuan, there are still 100,000 stones left, what should I do?" ”

Since Fang He established the position of the prince, the relationship between Xiao Yuan and the princess has eased a lot, since the princess opened her mouth to ask, and it was related to the Northern Expedition on the front line, she said, "Princess, the grain of the business association has already bottomed out, and even if the grain from Fujian and Guangdong is there, it will not be able to be shipped for a while and a half." The only place in Nanzhili that can still raise 200,000 stone of grain in a short period of time is only one! ”

The princess also came back to her senses and suddenly said, "Stay in Nanjing!" ”

Xiao Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, there are by no means a few high-ranking officials and gentry in Nanjing, as long as you scrape the ground and search it, 200,000 stone of grain should be easy." But Nanjing is the territory of the prince of the prison state, and if the prince of the prison country does not cooperate, it will be very tricky. ”

The princess also knew what she was referring to, and now was the most stalemate of the Northern Expedition, and Zhu Cihuan, the prince of Nanjing, had a calculation and could not easily draw conclusions.

She immediately ordered Hu Qi, the governor of the Judicial Governor's Palace, and Zheng Zhibao, the chief soldier of Nanzhili, who was stationed at the Taihu Military Base, to come to the Regent's Palace.

At noon, Chen Yuanyuan, who heard the news, also arrived at the princess's bedroom, and ordered the manservant to carry a heavy big box and a small box.

Chen Yuanyuan pointed to the small box and said softly, "Princess, I heard that the regent's military rations are tight on the battlefield in Shandong, these are the fifteen thousand taels of silver I have accumulated over the years, and I am willing to donate them to buy food and send them to the front line in Shandong." ”

She pointed to the big bulky box and said, "These are 100,000 taels of silver donated by the Xu family, and the princess has also accepted them!" ”

The princess looked at Chen Yuanyuan with emotion, the princess's judgment before, Chen Yuanyuan, a woman in a green mansion, wanted to enter the palace just to make a living and make some small profits. The water-based Yang Hua of the Qinglou woman may cause some scandal to the regent.

Since Chen Yuanyuan entered the Regent's Palace, the princess has strictly controlled her travel and the funds in the courtyard. Chen Yuanyuan herself did not get much benefit in the Regent's Palace, and even her previous promise that her son would be a concubine and become the Prince Regent did not fulfill. Chen Yuanyuan was willing to take out the 15,000 taels of silver he had earned from singing and laughing before, so he really regarded the Regent's Mansion as his home and Fang Yuan as his husband.

The Xu family donated 100,000 taels of silver at a critical time, which once again proved the loyalty of the other party, and the princess also kept it in mind.

The princess stepped forward and pulled Chen Yuanyuan and sat side by side with her affectionately, "Yuanyuan, I thank you for your donation on behalf of the horse." I did control you a little stricter before, but the horse is not an ordinary literati, but the regent of the world, and his words and deeds must become an example for the world. As women of the regent, we should be more self-denying and courteous, and not let the regent be laughed at by the world. ”

Chen Yuanyuan said softly, "Yuanyuan's past experience is too complicated, and the princess didn't let Yuanyuan leave the mansion for the sake of the reputation of the regent palace." Yuanyuan will still go out less in the future, so as not to cause unnecessary public opinion turmoil. ”

The princess grabbed her hand and said gratefully, "Yuanyuan, thanks to your general knowledge, I will withdraw my surveillance of you in the future." You are free to enter and leave the palace without any more permission from me. ”

In order to repay the peach, the princess also asked Mama Liang to bring a brocade box.

The princess opened the brocade box, and there was still a small concentric lock inside, "Yuanyuan, this concentric lock was asked for by me in Jinshan Temple, there are two in total, originally one is Fang He, and the other is my own child." Now, let's reward Fang Xin! ”

"Yuanyuan, you also go and tell the people of the Xu family that I and the regent have written down the donation this time, and there will be a return in the future!"

Chen Yuanyuan bowed and accepted the princess's reward.

Two days later, Hu Qi and Zheng Zhibao finally arrived at the palace to meet the princess.

The princess did not have too much politeness, and immediately informed the two of them of the emergency military situation, and the front-line army was in short supply, and the regent's palace needed to raise 200,000 stone of food.

Zheng Zhibao was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Princess, there is not much surplus grain in the Taihu Lake base, and after deducting some rations, you can raise 20,000 stone of grain, and transport it to the front line for emergency first!" ”

Hu Qi also said, "Princess, extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. Jin Yiwei can register before, the remnants of the Donglin Party involved in the case, and the literati who participated in the rebellion in the Hou Fangyu case all copied their homes, and I believe that they can also copy a lot of silver and grain. ”

Seeing that both of them were actively offering advice and advice, and loyalty was absolutely undoubted, the princess went straight to the point, "General Zheng, the military rations at the Taihu Lake base are not abundant, so let's stay!" ”

"Governor Hu, since these remnants of the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan literati have stopped, and the regent has promised not to blame the past, there is no need to settle accounts after the autumn. The Northern Expedition of the Regent is to create a peaceful and prosperous era, not to poison the south of the Yangtze River, this method is not feasible! ”

The two looked at each other, since this is not good, that is not good, what else did the princess ask them to do? How to raise the shortage of 200,000 stone military rations?

The princess continued, "Governor Hu, you bring a thousand brocade guards; Zheng Zongbing, you take 20,000 sergeants and follow me to Nanjing to borrow grain from the prince of Jianguo! ”

The princess put on such a big battle to go to Nanjing, although she was nominally borrowing grain, but in essence she was grabbing grain.

Hu Qi and Zheng Zhibao were secretly surprised by the princess's courage at a critical time, and they still responded respectfully on their faces.

The princess said to Xiao Yuan again, "Mrs. Yuan, the military rations from the official warehouses of the various state capitals in Nanzhili must be sent to Zhenjiang Mansion within a month to prepare to cross the river, you can do it!" ”

Xiao Yuan was stunned and asked, "Princess, the matter of raising military rations for the government should have been handed over to the household department to carry out. If we intervene directly, we will be in the harem! ”

"Mrs. Yuan, the current military situation is urgent, if you go to Fengyang Mansion to find the cabinet again, and the six Shangshu come to discuss, then the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse can raise enough military rations? It will inevitably delay the battle ahead. ”

The princess said coldly, "I announce that Nanzhili will immediately enter wartime control, and all military and political powers will be transferred from the cabinet and the six ministries to the regent palace to take over, and all orders will be directly implemented by the regent palace." ”

Fang Yuan was not in Nanzhili, the princess dared to directly announce the wartime control status of Nanzhili, and even deprived the cabinet and the six ministries of administrative power, Xiaoyuan, Hu Qi, and Zheng Zhibao all looked at each other.

The princess said lightly, "Mrs. Yuan, don't worry, in front of Governor Hu and Zheng Zongbing, I promise that if the horse comes back to investigate the affairs of the harem, I will take full responsibility." ”

Since the princess was willing to take full responsibility, Xiao Yuan had nothing to say, so she answered softly.

Although she also played conspiracy before, she still couldn't do it when the matter came to directly announce that Nanzhili had entered wartime control. She asked herself about the princess's decisive ability to make a quick decision, and her previous calculation was just a small skill of carving insects for a woman's favor, and it was reasonable to lose to the princess.

Fang Yuan's trust in her from the beginning gradually shifted to the princess, and it was by no means that Fang Yuan liked the new and hated the old, but that she was far from reaching the level of a princess.

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