The Wang family is still immersed in a state of vertigo that has ascended to the sky, what they see in their eyes is all new things, they don't even dream every day, they have the heart to show off but can't find the goal, the old man of the Wang family often sighs: "If this is in the village, must they let their eyeballs fall?" Tsk, there are a lot of people in the capital, but unfortunately there are no ones we know. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

It is easy for Jing Yao to find out what this family has done, without him spending money, nor with him tempting him with power, just going to the palace as a eunuch, with a pair of ears is enough, the Wang family is willing to say anything, even to the point of being open-mouthed.

Every time Jing Yao came to visit, an uncle would pull his sleeve and say seriously: "Tell Your Majesty that if you have something to say, although we have no other skills, we are loyal." There were many civil and military forces in the Manchu Dynasty, all of whom sat in sedan chairs, and only we were willing to make efforts to carry the sedan chairs. You must tell Your Majesty, if you don't say it, I will say it myself when I drink with Your Majesty another day, and your face will not look good at that time. ”

Jing Yao smiled and agreed, and when he reported the situation to the emperor, he said a few words about similar trivial matters of the Wang family, but did not elaborate.

Jing Yao noticed one thing, the men of the Wang family were rude and simple, with a lot of problems, but they had no scheming, and their interactions with others were mainly to show off. Most of the women of the Wang family are relatively honest, except for a few quarrels over the distribution of family property, there are no other contradictions, there is only one exception.

This woman's surname is Wang, but strictly speaking, she does not belong to the Wang family.

Her name is Wang Cuilian, her family is adjacent to the Wang family in the village, and several members of the family were also brought into the capital and lived with the Wang family, because the only childhood memory in the heart of the Empress Dowager Cining has her shadow.

When she was a child, she called the Empress Dowager Cining "little sister" and often played together, and after decades, she still felt that she was obliged to continue to follow the Empress Dowager.

Jing Yao found out that Wang Cuilian was often invited to visit the female relatives of high-ranking officials and nobles, and taught them the female red, which she herself called "needlework".

What did the female dependents say when threading the needle, Jing Yao didn't know, and he didn't plan to investigate, he only knew one thing, the female celebrity was not so attractive to the powerful family, and the female dependents of each family were abnormally enthusiastic about Wang Cuilian.

His investigation ended here, and Jing Yao understood that if he continued to investigate, he might be the one who got into trouble.

Han Ruzi also felt that it was enough, the line from the powerful lady to Wang Cuilian to the Empress Dowager Cining was very clear, and there was no need to track down the details.

Some ministers have heard the wind and asked for officials for the royal family, and the reason is still the same old way: the young and the young, the old and the old, the emperor is close to his family, which helps to cultivate a benevolent heart, and ultimately benefits the world.

Han Ruzi admired these people's ability to quote scriptures for their use, but he hated their flattery.

He discussed with the prime minister and named his three uncles as the generals of the guards, saying that he was a general, but in fact he was a fictitious title, without a yamen or an official seal, but with grades and tolerances, he could take a high-standard sedan chair or carriage when he went out, which was majestic enough.

The Empress Dowager Cining was more satisfied and didn't say anything more.

The investigation of Prime Minister Zhuo Ruhe is simpler, as long as the emperor's recital here is not sealed, Zhao Ruosu has seen it, and left an impression, thought about it, and said: "The prime minister has recently adjusted more than 30 officials, most of them are promoted, and there are few deposed people, as for the background of these people, Weichen knows very little, it is better to ask the prime minister directly." ”

Han Ruzi really wanted to ask Zhuo Ruhe, and before that, he first asked the King of the East China Sea.

The king of the East China Sea has been paying attention to the movements of the imperial court, and he knows the intricate relationship between the powerful families best, and he has watched the ups and downs of each family, but if the emperor does not ask, he will not say a word.

"The prime minister himself is a descendant of a family, and his ancestors have produced many big officials, otherwise, he would not have become a concubine." The king of the East China Sea smiled, he didn't want to seem to know everything, and asked to go back to investigate, and only said to the emperor in the Lingyun Pavilion on the third day: "As far as I know, there is nothing special: several of Feng Ju's protégés have been promoted, but they are all within a reasonable range, the prime minister must be to appease the former opponents, and the others are relatively simple, or the four families of Chai, Lou, Cui, and Hua, the Hua family has declined, and the other three are still strong, and the prime minister should give benefits." ”

"You said before that the prime minister would give priority to promoting the emperor's close ministers."

The king of the East China Sea said with a smile: "If you want to get benefits, you must give others a little benefit first, so that you will not receive too much opposition when you get to yourself. ”

Han Ruzi also smiled, because he himself used this trick, and often used it, thinking about it, he felt a lot more relieved.

The king of the East China Sea said: "I have to say one more thing to Your Majesty, the so-called background is a cloud of people, protégés, old departments, marriages, the same surname, fellow villagers, the same list of Jinshi, etc., can be counted into the background, many officials are related to the four families, it is difficult to say who is from whose family, the Hua family has an accident, and I haven't seen any 'Hua family' jump out to speak for them." ”

The rules of the imperial court overlapped, and the people in it were accustomed to it, but Han Ruzi, who had been alone since childhood, felt fresh, "Four families? Interesting, I've never heard of it before. ”

The King of the East China Sea widened his eyes in surprise, and immediately smiled: "It's no wonder that Your Majesty has the world in mind and doesn't pay much attention to these things, and others are not easy to say." There are not only four families in the court, but also six families and eight surnames, a total of eighteen powerful families, but if I want to say, this is just a folk rumor, many of which are used to make up the number, and it has been in decline for many years. ”

Han Ruzi wanted to ask who the eighteen powerful people were, but he gave up again, as an emperor, there was no need to know too many details.

Han Ruzi did not talk to Prime Minister Zhuo Ruhe in the end, but from then on, he no longer replied to the "reading" of the chapter, and resumed the habit of reading carefully.

In the following period of time, Zhuo Ruhe's adjustment of officials came to an end, and he began to officially assist the emperor in governing the world.

The first problem is the displacement.

Most of the displaced people were resettled last year, and when the harvest came in the autumn of that year, they were barely enough to make ends meet, with very little savings, and still needed government relief.

The problem is that there is not much surplus food in the government treasury either.

This time there is really no food, Zhuo Ruhe has carefully investigated, year after year of disasters, more than half of the grain depots in the world are in an emergency, and the remaining places are only enough for local adjustments, and there is no spare energy to help other places.

"Only the four major military warehouses still have enough food, and the minister thinks that it may be available." Opening the barn was Qu Zixi's earliest suggestion, and Zhuo Ruhe now has the same idea, "Since the spring and summer of this year, the wind and rain have been smooth, and it is likely to usher in a bumper harvest after the autumn, just wait for a few months, and the grain in the barn can be restored, and it can be full in two or three years." ”

Han Ruzi hesitated, the grain of the barn is very important, once it is empty, the emperor is like having no weapon in his hand, the key is that the enemy on the opposite side has not gone far, and is still eyeing the tiger.

The scale of the battle in the East China Sea was not large, and it had little impact on the Chu army, and the Huns outside the fortress were in great trouble, Chai Yue led an army of 100,000 troops to garrison in Mayi City, and once the war started again, the supply of grain and grass must not be interrupted.

The Huns have been relatively stable recently, but there is news that since the beginning of spring, a large number of Huns have gone south, not far from the border fortress, and there is also news that more and more Huns have fled from the west. The grassland people have been living in pursuit of water and grass, and now they only dare to come to the east, not to the west, and the cattle and sheep have nowhere to graze, and sooner or later they will become a catastrophe.

"Let's open one first." Han Ruzi can only do this step first.

Zhuo Ruhe chose Aocang, which has the most grain in this city, and the transportation is convenient, so it is more convenient to transport grain to various places.

Grain relief is only a symptom, Zhuo Ruhe's root cause of the cure is reclamation, he used this method in Yunmengze, the effect is good, now to promote in various places, the cultivation of cattle, iron ploughs, seeds, etc., all by the government to lend to the poor, rent-free for one to five years, and then gradually repaid.

Zhuo Ruhe predicts that it will not be until ten years later, the reclamation of the famine will be completed, and the world will be full, which can be compared to the heyday of Emperor Wu.

Calculated that the cost of reclamation is extremely large, far more than supporting an army of two or three hundred thousand people.

Qu Zixi, the secretary of the household department, fully supported this plan, but Jiang Juying, the secretary of the military department, raised objections, "It costs one bucket of grain to raise soldiers, and it costs at least three buckets to use soldiers." With 300,000 troops, since Taizu, Dachu has never been less than three years of grain storage, and at most more than ten years, usually five years. Since the Qi Rebellion, the stock of grain has gradually decreased, it has been less than three years, if it is not replenished in time, it can only be used this year's grain to feed this year's soldiers, in case something happens, the soldiers have no food, how to fight? ”

"The army has no food for three years, but I am afraid that 'in case something happens', and the people do not have a day's meal, but it is 'there must be something', which is more important? Which is the urgency? Qu Zixi had a dispute with Jiang Juying in the Qinzheng Palace.

The people are the foundation, the soldiers are the weapons, the emperor can't give up any of them, Han Ruzi asked the prime minister to make another calculation, let the Shaofu also participate, and see if the royal family can help.

Qiao Wanfu has been promoted to the post of secretary of the young government and knows the royal wealth well.

The emperor is very rich, but it is still a drop in the bucket when it comes to the whole world.

In June of this year, an accident in the middle of summer solved a big problem in the imperial court.

News came from outside the plug that Da Dan Yu was dead.

Da Dan was old and died without a problem, Han Ruzi felt a little lost, he had been thinking about revenge for Jincheng, but the enemy went before him.

The frontier was tense for a while, and according to the convention, Da Dan died in one death, and the Xiongnu often had civil strife, and sometimes the chaos would spread to Chu.

This time it was an exception, half a month later, there was news outside the Saiwai that a new big order had been generated, and an envoy was sent to be willing to make friends with Da Chu.

The new Da Dan Yu is nothing, but the new Da Yan is a Chu person.

Cui Zhao, the daughter of the Cui family, married into the Xiongnu as a princess of Pingjin, and it was her husband who inherited the throne of Da Danyu.

The Huns wrote a letter in the name of the princess of Pingjin to show favor to Dachu.

Although the Huns were not credible, the pressure on the Chu army was indeed much less, and Han Ruzi decided to take a risk and open three military warehouses to help the world, leaving only one full warehouse.

This is one of the many successes for Da Chu this year, not long after, Concubine Hui Tong Qing'e was in labor, and another concubine in the palace was pregnant.

In the midst of the succession of good news, there is also a bad news.

Chao Whale, who was sent to Yunmengze by the emperor, returned to Beijing, and what he brought back was not a living person, but a cold corpse.

Yang Feng died of illness on his way back to Beijing. (To be continued.) )