Chapter 349: Raising the Tide and Supporting the Flag to Ren Xidong (II)
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"Wan Niang, you have taken care of yourself these days, this is the first child of Yuanlie, and the first child of the next generation of the Ye family, listen to my mother."
Before Ye Yingwu entered the hall, he heard Chen's earnest admonition, and there was a hint of a smile on his gloomy face just now, after all, mother, wife and children, this is probably the only place that can make Ye Yingwu happy in addition to his busy affairs.
No matter where you go, no matter whether you are a king or an emperor, this family is still this family, you are still the children of your parents at home, and you are still the husband of Wanniang.
"My husband is back." A shadow was standing at the door, and saw Ye Yingwu climbing the stairs, like a forest milk swallow, throwing himself into Ye Yingwu's arms, and his voice was full of longing.
"Qiong'er, why are you here?" Ye Yingwu was taken aback, and there was also a burst of joy in his heart, he picked up Qiongluan's leg and picked her up, looked down at the shy girl, and said with a wicked smile, "Say it quickly, did you throw away a certain Yueyue Tower, and ran over by yourself, if that is the case, a certain person is indispensable to be served by the family law." ”
Qiong Luan slapped Ye Yingwu's chest: "Is Qiong'er that kind of person, Commander Yang has now rushed back to Xiangyang to sit in the town, and he is responsible for many matters related to the Mongolian Tartars in the north, so the concubine body is idle, and it just so happens that the mother came to Jiankang Mansion, and the concubine body followed all the way." ”
"I'm kidding you." Ye Yingwu said with a smile.
"Then put the concubine down quickly." Qiong Luan looked around a little nervously, obviously not wanting the other sisters in the hall to see her like this.
Ye Yingwu didn't refuse, but after putting her down, he didn't forget to reach out and pat Qiong Luan ****, the voice was very loud, making Qiong Luan cover her mouth and snort. And Lu Wanyan couldn't help but chuckle in the hall, Chen couldn't stand it, so he could only glare at Ye Yingwu, but after all, this is the thrush of husband and wife, and she is not easy to reprimand as an elder.
Only if they are in love with each other, they will naturally be able to hold more grandchildren, and the Chen family is convinced of this, so the Chen family has always turned a blind eye to Ye Yingwu's lack of shape in the back house.
"The child has seen his mother." Ye Yingwu meticulously arched his hand at the Chen family.
Chen smiled and nodded, "What about your father." ”
"Daddy went back to my brother's house first." Ye Yingwu replied a little helplessly, "Maybe it will come in a while, after all, Wan Niang has a child in her belly, and he can't rest assured." ”
"This old stubborn," Chen couldn't help but laugh and scold, "I still can't let go of it in my heart." However, his old mind can still be understood, rest assured, it won't be long before this old stubborn will come to the door by himself, after all, his grandson, he himself is very concerned. ”
Ye Yingwu nodded, walked to Lu Wanyan's side, carefully stretched out his hand and put it on her lower abdomen, and said helplessly: "This feels no different from before." ”
Lu Wanyan couldn't help but chuckle and pressed his hand: "Husband, it's only been a few months, but you are the most anxious." I was pregnant in October, and it was still early. ”
"Yuanlie, this kid, has always been anxious, not to mention that the Ye family has a queen, how can he not be worried." The Chen family looked lovingly at Ye Yingwu, who was half-squatting there without the slightest kingly demeanor, "Yuanlie, you have to treat Wanniang well, whether it is a man or a woman, this is the first descendant of the Ye family." ”
"It's definitely a boy." Ye Yingwu said firmly, and even nodded self-righteously, as if he knew the result as soon as he reached out and touched it.
Poked his finger on Ye Yingwu's forehead, and Chen scolded with a smile: "The child has not been born, how can you know the men and women." Could it be that you Ye Yuanlie has the ability to go to heaven and enter the earth? And the old body made it clear to you, whether you like boys or girls, this is the first child of our Ye family. ”
Ye Yingwu replied solemnly: "Of course, if a daughter is born, it will be the pearl of our Ye family." It's just a joke just now, don't take it seriously, otherwise the blame will be on the child, and the child will not be able to eat and walk away. ”
Chen suddenly laughed, and Lu Wanyan opened her hand lightly, pushed Ye Yingwu, and lowered her voice with a slight frown: "Husband, stand up first, this makes people see the joke." There is also a husband who goes back to the backyard first, and Sister Qin'er has something to discuss with her husband, so don't let Sister Qin'er wait for a long time. ”
Slightly stunned, Ye Yingwu scratched his head: "Something?" Don't make a fuss about what else you guys can do. ”
"If you want to go, where did you come from so much nonsense, here is the mother and Qiongniang to take care of, no matter what, there will be no mistakes." Chen waved his hand a little impatiently, obviously very unhappy that Ye Yingwu came to disturb Lu Wanyan's recuperation.
Are you still biological, Ye Yingwu looked at the "disgust" in his mother's eyes, and immediately touched his nose, and in a blink of an eye, the child in Wanniang's belly became the boss of the family, so that Ye Yuanjun, who had no status in the first place, was now even more reduced to no shadow.
Glancing at Qiong Luan, Qiong Niang obediently bowed slightly to Ye Yingwu, Ye Yingwu shrugged his shoulders and walked straight to the backyard.
Although they knew that there would be no major incident for these people in the back house, even if Her Royal Highness Zhao Yunshu, the princess, was a little troublesome, it was just a trivial matter of their old Zhao family, and Ye Yingwu really didn't pay attention to it. And even if Lu Wanyan is here, Qiqin also has a faint transcendent identity in the back house because of the long time she has followed Ye Yingwu and Lu Wanyan's respect for her, and it has helped Lu Wanyan to make decisions on many matters, so there is nothing wrong with Qiqin coming forward now.
Turning to the back study, Hui Niang's personal maid Qing'er was already waiting with a few maidservants, and when she saw Ye Yingwu coming, she bowed neatly: "The slave maid has seen His Highness." ”
Ye Yingwu waved his hand a little uncomfortably and pushed the door open.
"The concubine has seen His Highness." Qiqin and Zhao Yunshu, who were originally sitting at the table playing against each other, saw Ye Yingwu coming in and hurriedly stood up.
And even the little princess Zhao Yunwei's reading sound behind the screen stopped abruptly.
Ye Yingwu touched his nose with some embarrassment, Qiqin and Zhao Yunshu had a hint of restraint on their faces, watching Ye Yingwu step by step.
"Look at it, it's still a genuine husband of your own family." Ye Yingwu glared at the two of them, then stretched out his hand and patted the screen, "And Hui Niang, don't take Wei'er to pretend to be a certain person, don't think that you don't dare to clean you up when you are young." ”
Zhao Yunshu finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, and threw himself into Ye Yingwu's arms, her delicate body trembled slightly, and Qiqin also smiled, in fact, no one knows the temperament of her husband better than those of them who share the same bed, let alone be called king, even if he ascends the throne and is called emperor, it is estimated that there is still no right shape in the harem, and the word "family law" will still hang on his lips more or less, and that heart-wrenching evil smile has become an indelible symbol.
"Don't throw yourself in a hug as soon as you get back." Ye Yingwu patted Zhao Yunshu gently.
I don't know if it's really funny to see Ye Yingwu wearing a dragon robe, but he looks so unrestrained, Zhao Yunshu just trembled in his arms.
Glancing at Qiqin helplessly, Ye Yingwu smiled and said, "Qin'er, Wanniang said that you are looking for something?" ”
Qiqin nodded: "Please also ask the husband to come with the concubine." ”
"Pretending to be a ghost." Ye Yingwu muttered, then stretched out his hand to lift Zhao Yunshu's chin, "Come, Shu'er, tell your husband what your sister Qin'er wants to do." ”
Zhao Yunshu subconsciously avoided his gaze, bit his lip slightly and replied directly: "I don't know!" ”
"Okay, you don't know!" Ye Yingwu approached three points with a threatening look.
Playing a drum in his heart, Zhao Yunshu broke free of Ye Yingwu's arm in a panic, and kept up with Qiqin's footsteps: "If you come in, you will know." ”
With a self-deprecating smile, Ye Yingwu turned the screen.
"Hui Niang, you take Wei'er out for a while." Qiqin rubbed Zhao Yunwei's little head, smiled and said, "Wei'er, sister wants to talk to your eldest brother about something, go out to play for a while, and then come back to memorize ancient poems, okay?" ”
"Good!" Zhao Yunwei jumped up very actively, obviously also tortured by this poem.
Hui Niang smiled at Zhao Yunshu a little helplessly, Zhao Yunshu glared at her sister who was in a hurry, but then turned around and looked at Ye Yingwu, who was confused by the second monk.
Qiqin slowly walked to the table next to her, there was already a box on the table, she carefully picked it up, and handed it to Ye Yingwu: "Although the husband wants to hide it, but what is the situation in Jiangbei, the concubines and sisters have not heard a little, so this little care, the husband accepts it." ”
Ye Yingwu was stunned, slowly opened the box, the light flashed, it was full of jewelry, and some gold and jade jewelry for playing, his heart suddenly ached, he looked at Qiqin, and his voice was cold: "What do you mean by this?" ”
Reaching out and holding Ye Yingwu's wrist, Qiqin looked at Ye Yingwu without saying a word.
"Whoever you belong to will take this back." Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice, "Although it is our family's thing, but it was also bought for you, or it was originally your own, even if Ye Yingwu is poor, how can he let the weak women in the family help?" ”
"Husband, take it." Zhao Yunshu said in a low voice on the side, "These are not for you, but for a few of our sisters and sisters who are still hungry in the northern state capital." Although it is not much, but it is also the sisters' heart, and they can exchange a lot of food for the pawnshop, and when they are relieved, the husband only needs to come back from the pawnshop. ”
A wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Ye Yingwu put the box on the table, his eyes were cold and even faintly angry: "No matter what you say, this is not discussed." ”
"Husband!" Qiqin and Zhao Yunshu couldn't help but whisper.
And Qiqin then grabbed Ye Yingwu's sleeve: "Husband, husband and wife are birds of the same forest, now is a difficult time, the husband has insufficient money and food, not because he is poor and luxurious, but in order to allow more people in the north to survive, the concubine is the wife and concubine of His Royal Highness King Ming, and the king of Ming should have the world, with Li Shu as his people, then the concubine should naturally protect the people of the world." ”
"It's not a lot of jewelry, but it's good to be able to get an extra bucket of food." Zhao Yunshu muttered in a low voice on the side, "It was the Zhao family who abandoned them back then, and now seeing these people suffering, the concubine has a guilty conscience and cannot escape the blame, and she asks her husband to accept it." ”
"You guys!" Ye Yingwu gritted his teeth, his face cloudy.
And at this moment, a figure rushed in like a whirlwind, Su Niang was still wearing light armor, pressing the sword, the wind and dust servants had obviously just come back from outside, and the beads of sweat on their foreheads had not been wiped off, but when they saw Ye Yingwu here, their pretty face was full of joy, and they took out a letter from their sleeves and handed it to Ye Yingwu.
Then Su Niang grabbed the kettle on the table next to her without any image and drank it in a big gulp, and waited until a few sips of water to calm down, Yang Xu Fang found that the atmosphere in the inner room of the study seemed to be a little wrong, and looked at the three of them suspiciously, and then saw the box, and immediately understood, after all, the box also included her things.
Qiqin and Zhao Yunshu were both stunned, Ye Yingwu took the letter, quickly opened it, the original condensed ice and snow on his face were replaced by joy in an instant, and his hand trembled slightly and handed it to Qiqin and Zhao Yunshu: "Look at it, you don't have to worry about it now." ”
"More than half of the Jiangnan Prefecture is already 50 million?!" Qiqin saw the black letters on a white background, and it was difficult to hide the turmoil in her heart.
Ye Yingwu slammed the table hard, 50 million, 50 million!
Saving people is like fighting fire, and the people of the world did not hesitate at this moment.
"Husband!" Zhao Yunshu looked at Ye Yingwu excitedly, and Ye Yingwu's eyes were dizzy, if he hadn't supported the edge of the table with one hand, he would probably have fainted.
Yang Xu gasped and said with a smile: "This is only half of the Jiangnan, not to mention Fujian, Gansu, Xiangfan, Jinghu, and Sichuanshu, I am afraid that the last donated grain and straw money will exceed 100 million yuan, which is already enough to catch up with the original imperial court's tax revenue for a year." ”
100 million guan is the normal annual tax revenue of the Southern Song Dynasty, and it even reached 120 million guan at the highest time, and now through the six doors of private fundraising, there is already a year's tax revenue, not to mention whether the grain shortage in the north can be solved, Ye Yingwu can already consider whether to completely defeat Mongolia through economic warfare.
Coming back to his senses, Ye Yingwu suddenly opened his arms and took Zhao Yunshu and Qiqin into his arms:
"Thank you."
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"Xie Fangde, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, see Your Highness." Standing on the study, Xie Fang had to bow his hand at Ye Yingwu, and there was already an unconcealable tremor in his voice, obviously he had already received the news, otherwise he would not have said to Ye Yingwu in front of him to report it, and the back foot had already rushed to arrive.
Ye Yingwu was in a good mood, sat on the chair a little lazily, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "Junzhi, there is no need to be so restrained, you and I have known each other for a long time, and we have supported each other all the way, so why bother." ”
Xie Fangde's tense expression relaxed, but his voice was already calm, and he said meticulously: "Your Highness Qiqi, according to the original Jingnan Road pacification envoy Wen Xianggong submitted a fold, the household department predicts that the entire Yingchang Mansion, Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Caizhou, Suizhou, and Gwangzhou will need a total of 60 million yuan of grain, grass and money, but these 60 million guan also include the food and salary required for the formation and expansion of the Tianwu Army, the Shence Army and the Xiang Army in various places, as well as the loss of intermediate transshipment. ”
"How many people are there in these state capitals now?" Ye Yingwu put down the teacup.
Regarding this problem, although Xie Fangde was on the first day of taking office, he obviously knew about it, and said unhurriedly at the moment: "There are more than 600,000 people in the state capitals combined, and this is because many people have been displaced due to years of war. However, now that we have control, the number of people migrating to the south and north has been significantly reduced, and the minister is already discussing with the two squires whether it is necessary to move the people of Jiangnan to the Central Plains. ”
"In the end, it is still the prosperous and prosperous place of the Central Plains, and there are still many people after so many years of war." Ye Yingwu knocked lightly on the table, "You can discuss this matter first, after all, the front line of Yingchang Mansion is the starting point of the Northern Expedition in the future, but this area has also been destroyed by the war, and many places are deserted, so how to persuade the people to go north and return to their hometowns when the time comes, you have to think about this carefully." ”
Seeing that Xie Fang was stunned, Ye Yingwu continued: "Junzhi, this is the most difficult time, the people of the world have no spare strength to support us, so even if we have great pain, we must grit our teeth and push through, let alone think of filling the vacancies in these state capitals by forcibly driving out the people." ”
Gritted his teeth, but Xie Fangde didn't say a word.
Ye Yingwu Huoran stood up, looked straight at him, and said slowly after a long time: "Junzhi, you also know your difficulties, after all, if these state capitals are allowed to have large areas of wasteland, then the imperial court will have to provide them with what they need for a long time, but the premise of all this is that this imperial court still exists." Standing behind us are not only strong armies such as the Tianwu Army and the Zhenhai Navy, but also the hearts of all the people in the world, the people have never failed you and me, and you and I cannot live up to them. ”
As soon as his expression changed, Xie Fang solemnly bowed his hand to Ye Yingwu: "My subordinates understand, please rest assured." ”
Looking up at the beautiful spring scene outside the window, Ye Yingwu muttered: "Now the general trend of the world is like a tide rolling forward, and you and I are standing at the head of this tide holding the red flag to make the tide, as for how to make this tide rush to the Mongolian Tartars in the north, instead of engulfing us ourselves, it depends on you and me, and our ability." (To be continued.) )