Out of the East Palace, King Shang's mood became even more gloomy. Jiao Fang on the side asked in a low voice, "King, where are you going now?"

King Shang thought for a moment, waved his hand and said, "Let's go to Ronghua Palace." When Jiao Fang heard this, a clear smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said, "Obey." ”

When the king of Shang came to Ronghua Palace, he saw Huang Xue sitting in the main hall in rare peace, and a waiter holding a pen and paper kneeled opposite. From time to time, Huang Xue told the waiter something, and the waiter recorded something on the paper according to his words.

King Shang snorted lightly: "I don't know what tricks she is doing." So saying, he walked into the main hall.

When Huang Xue saw the Shang King coming, she hurriedly got up and saluted. King Shang smiled and said, "Daji, what are you doing?"

Huang Xue said: "King, the concubine wants people to buy something." With that, he instructed the attendant, "That's all for it, you can buy it according to the list." ”

The attendant saluted the king of Shang and Huang Xue, and then turned and went out.

The king of Shang sat down and asked, "But what is the fun thing?"

Huang Xue said: "Actually, the concubine thought of another dish, and needed some ingredients, and when it was ready, I invited the king to enjoy it." ”

King Shang smiled: "Very good, then I'll wait." ”

The two chatted for a while, and Huang Xue remembered the spring equinox in the morning, so she asked, "My lord, I don't know what happened to those family members captured in the Meibo Mansion that day?"

King Shang thought for a while and said, "Oh, those people, they have been imprisoned before, but they have not been taken care of for the past few days, and they should still be in prison." ”

Huang Xue said: "The concubines are bold, how does the king plan to deal with them?"

The King of Shang knew Huang Xue's intentions at this time, and sighed: "King Wucheng also told me before that they are all loyal people, and they do not mean to be evil. It's just that what they committed after all was a crime of rebellion, and it was not the court that they were loyal to, and I discussed it with Uncle Wang, and planned to break them up and exile them into the army after this while. ”

Huang Xue said: "The king is merciful. ”

The king of Shang muttered: "It is also ridiculous to say, I am the son of heaven of a country, rich in the world, and I don't know how many people around me can compare to the loyalty of the people raised by this monster." ”

Huang Xue's heart suddenly moved, and said: "Great King, the concubine heard that those people are all orphans adopted by Mei Bo since childhood, so they are so loyal.

When there are many orphans today, it is better for the king to adopt some orphans and teach the way of civil and military affairs from an early age, so when he grows up, he will naturally swear allegiance to the court. In this way, the name of the king's benevolence has been fulfilled, and the faithful man has been cultivated, killing two birds with one stone, isn't it beautiful?"

Huang Xue is also blessed to the soul, and she came up with this method, but she didn't know that her method was later called "raising the dead", which should have been proposed by Goujian, the king of Yue, five hundred years later.

Hearing this, King Shang thought for a while and said, "This method has some meaning, but it is also a little inappropriate. These many orphans cannot be kept in the palace, and if they are kept outside, how do you know that they will be faithful to me?"

The question of the King of Shang was naturally difficult for Huang Xue, who had more than three thousand years of experience than him, and she only thought about it slightly, and then replied: "The king's concerns are also easy to solve. As long as an orphanage is established in the name of the king and the orphans of the world are adopted, the orphans will naturally know that they are being raised by the king.

The administrator of the orphanage needs to be appointed by the king himself, and he will be changed from time to time, and he will be brought into the palace every once in a while to be lectured by the king himself, so the loyalty of the orphans is naturally not a problem. ”

When the Shang King heard this, he was silent for a longer time before he muttered: "The plan you offer is indeed good, but there are some other difficulties, which are really difficult to implement at this time. ”

At this time, Huang Xue felt that this idea was reliable the more she thought about it. Helping orphans, this kind of thing was originally closest to her modern thinking, since she crossed to the Shang Dynasty, she felt that she was doing something good for the country for the first time. Hearing that the king of Shang still had concerns, he said: "King, if there is any difficulty, it is better to say it and let the concubines plan for the king." ”

King Shang stared at Huang Xue for a long time before he said helplessly: "As you said, I must adopt at least more than 10,000 orphans before it can barely come in handy. The resettlement and education of these tens of thousands of orphans will require at least 5 million dollars per year. But now that the treasury is empty, I really can't afford to come up with this lot of money. ”

Nani: You are a big businessman, and you can't even get five million a year? Huang Xue rolled her eyes in her heart when she heard this. But when he thought so in his heart, he couldn't say so in his mouth, so he had to say: "The concubine also wants to cultivate some loyal people for the king, since the king is so difficult, then forget it." ”

The king of Shang was afraid that Huang Xue would be displeased, so he explained: "Daji, you don't know, the income of our Great Shang Imperial Court is mainly the taxes of the Chaoge place, as well as the tributes of the Quartet. In the past few years, although the world has been peaceful, there has been a great drought in the north for three years, and the imperial court needs subsidies every year; there are few people in the south and there is not much tribute; although the east is rich, it is close to the North Sea, and the riots are continuous, and the tribute is decreasing day by day, and the most important salt tax is also being disturbed less and less by private salt; only the Xibohou is still relatively rich, and the annual tribute can be used, but last year it was also a drought, and this year I am afraid it will be much reduced. That's why I said I didn't have any money, and I really wasn't lying about it. ”

Huang Xue didn't expect King Shang to explain to him so carefully, and she was still a little moved in her heart.

Thinking about it carefully, she also understands the king of Shang a little. It is not necessarily that the king of Shang will not be able to take out the money, but it is really difficult to say whether it can achieve the expected effect, after all, there is no lesson from the past.

And in fact, five million dollars is already a conservative estimate, and the level of medical and health care in this era is really not flattering, and it is not bad that six or seven thousand of these 10,000 orphans can be successfully raised to the age of 20. If you're unlucky, a plague can kill most people. You don't see, Huang Yan's fiancé Yin Jiang, who is the son of the prince, did not survive just a cold.

As the son of a country, of course, you must pay attention to returns in doing things, and you can't be too capricious. refused to build an orphanage, and he really complained about the king of Shang.

Thinking of this, she didn't want to dwell on this matter anymore, so she diverted the topic and chatted with Shang Wang about some light-hearted topics.

After another conversation, the time had passed, Jiao Fang came in to report, and the doctor Jiang Jia brought more than ten doctors from the court to see the king of Shang, and there was something important to report.

The king of Shang knew what the so-called important matter was, but as the son of heaven, it was not good to ignore the minister for no reason, so he had to go to meet him.

In fact, Jiang Jia really had new news to tell the king of Shang.

At noon, the affairs of the East Palace had been told to Jiang Jia by Queen Jiang, and Jiang Jia hurriedly summoned his cronies and rushed to Shang Rong's house to discuss.

Shang Rong proposed to ask Shang Wang to invite him in person, but he was just making a fuss, and by the way, he was just looking for a step down, and his mentality was like that of employees in modern enterprises who said to their bosses "resign if they don't give a raise". But now that he heard that the king of Shang resolutely refused to reinstate him, and even the queen who said for him was reprimanded for this, the old man immediately panicked.

This kind of position of prime minister, there is only one in the whole world, and there is no place to go if you want to jump ship, if you really lose your phase because of a momentary anger, I am afraid that you will become the No. 1 fool in the eyes of the world.

So, the old man no longer insisted, thought about it for a while, and sighed: "Since all my colleagues feel that there is no old man in the court, then the old man is not willing to live up to the expectations of the former king and his colleagues for such things. That's it, in order to save the face of the Son of Heaven, there is no need to come to the house to invite the old man in person, as long as he has an edict, the old man will go back. ”

Jiang Jia and the others were overjoyed when they heard this, and they praised the old prime minister for his generosity, but they all wanted to bite the old man in front of him to death.

After leaving the Shang Mansion, the doctors discussed the matter, and without further ado, they decided to immediately rush to the palace to ask the Shang King for a holy decree.

After listening to Jiang Jia and the others' confessions, King Shang smiled coldly in his heart, now that he wants to come back honestly, why did he go earlier? I'm sorry, I really don't want to deal with you now.

But in the face of a group of ministers, of course, he couldn't say that, so King Shang said lightly: "Oh, Shang Rong has figured it out, and is willing to come back? It's okay, after all, he is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he has made outstanding contributions, so it is a good thing to let him come back and continue to serve the imperial court." ”

When Jiang Jia and the others heard this, they were all overjoyed, and they only felt that the big stone in their hearts had landed.

Don't you know, the king of Shang paused, and then continued: "It's just that there are rules in the court. Shang Rong is already white at this time, and when he enters the court as an official, what position should he start from?" he said, casually pointing to a doctor appointed by the official in charge and said, "You come to answer me." ”

The doctor was shocked when he heard this, and was silent for a long time, before he replied tremblingly: "Back to the king, you should follow the ...... You should start with a doctor, and your performance will be assessed after three years before you can be promoted. ”

King Shang nodded and said, "Yes, I am familiar with the laws of the imperial court." However, I think that Shang Rong has worked hard and is not young, so he should take care of one or two, so he will start with the doctor, what do you think?"

When Jiang Jia and the others heard this, a mouthful of old blood almost spurted out. Everyone has put a lot of thought into it for the position of prime minister. Doctor? Which one of you is not a doctor? Doctor is not worth a lot of money here.

Jiang Jia exclaimed: "King, don't do it." Shang Rong is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and he has made great contributions in this dynasty, and the king treats him like this, how do the people of the world view the king?"

King Shang snorted coldly: "The ancestors made the law here, but you told me everything, how can you think of it? I only know that when the tea is cold, it must be brewed with boiling water, and the crops on the ground must grow again after being cut, this is the most reasonable thing in the world, who can make an exception?"

Jiang Jia was speechless when he heard this, and scolded in his heart, Wang, where did you learn your poor kung fu?

Helpless, Jiang Jia had to lead the ministers to grab the ground with their heads, and said repeatedly: "Please think twice, the king." ”

The king of Shang yawned and said, "Okay, that's it, I'm tired, you can retreat." ”

Jiang Jia and the others said: "If the king refuses to take back his fate, we will not be able to kneel for a long time." ”

King Shang nodded and said, "It's okay, then you kneel first, and I will go back to rest first." Jiao Fang, I'll send you some food later. Ladies and gentlemen, see you tomorrow morning. ”

After that, he took Jiao Fang Shi Ran and left, leaving behind a stunned big man in the DPRK.