Chapter 282: A private interview with Weifu
In fact, the political hall system is a kind of collective negotiation system, and major military affairs are resolved through consultation between five or seven ministers, so as to prevent one person from making major mistakes before reading, Yongjing has paid the price of nearly 1,000 tragic deaths in order to implement this system, and it is still far from hopeless, but Luo Jing took the lead in implementing this system.
At the same time, this system also freed Huangfu Wujin from tedious affairs and concentrated on dealing with Yongjing.
It was the cold winter of November, and Emperor Fu Wujin decided to take a truce for a winter, so that the soldiers could get the news, and at the same time reorganize the army, make guns at full capacity, reduce the number, and implement the elite military system.
At the same time, he is also waiting for the situation in Yongjing, Yongjing's power struggle is becoming more and more intense, if his army presses the border, it will make them give up the struggle and unite with the outside world, if he relieves Yongjing's border troubles, coupled with Bai Mingkai's catalyst in the middle, it will make Yongjing's struggle white-hot, which is conducive to establishing his own orthodox surname.
Early in the morning, Huangfu Wujin went out with more than a dozen entourage, he dressed as a businessman, personally came to Luojing market to inspect the recovery of people's livelihood, which is also the top priority that Huangfu Wujin was concerned about, in all the regions of the Daning Dynasty, only Luojing was the most seriously damaged, when he first entered the city, Luojing people's livelihood withered, less than half of the shops, and the population plummeted to less than 300,000.
Now that nearly a month has passed, he is very concerned about Luo Jing's recovery, although Zhang Jinjie's report mentions Luo Jing's recovery from time to time, and the increase in a series of numbers, but it is only a change on a note, far less than what he can see intuitively.
Huangfu Wujin took a horse-drawn carriage to the street, the carriage was very slow, and he observed the situation on the street with great interest through the window.
The carriage passed through the Dingding Gate, several ox carts loaded with household belongings entered the capital, the ox cart sat a pair of children and an old man, and the woman rode on a small donkey, excitedly feeling the changes in the capital, everywhere was noisy and lively, people came and went.
"Da Lang, it's really the same as before again."
A stout man strode with an ox cart and he 'Hmmm! With a sound, even if he was Ying and his wife, he also felt the changes in the capital, no longer like the desertion when they fled, there were only fierce Qi soldiers running on the street, full of depressing fear, he still remembered that when he went out of the city, he was stopped by several Qi soldiers and snatched the valuable copper furnace and a few silk horses when the lady was married.
"Da Lang, did you say that the rice we hid in the cellar was broken?"
The old mother sitting on the ox cart was most worried about the rice at home, which was two stone rice! The harvest of one acre of land.
"Mother, don't worry! I put the rice in a large vat, and I wrapped it with lime, and it didn't last long, and it didn't break. ”
The family's ox cart passed by Huangfu Wujin happily, giving Huangfu Wujin a great sense of accomplishment, allowing the people to live and work in peace and contentment, which is also the success he pursued.
"Go to Nanshi!"
He commanded, and the carriage turned around and headed for Nanshi...... Although the city has not yet returned to the former heyday, but has begun to emerge vitality, at least seven of the ten shops have begun to open, most of them are selling all kinds of daily necessities, and the expensive jewelry, silk and other shops are still not open, Qi Tai Fook and Baifu Qian Zhuang have not opened, but there are signs of human activity, the seal has been torn off, the big copper lock has also been opened, and there are several restaurants have also opened, and the business seems to be good.
Huangfu Wujin did not take a carriage in the south city, but strolled with a dozen entourage, he saw a Guan Ji horse shop business is the most popular, as if just entered a group of horses, a lot of housekeepers are choosing horses, from the horse sales can be seen the return of large families, Huangfu Wujin was about to step forward, a personal soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Head, look, Qi Ruifu!" ”
Huangfu Wujin was stunned for a moment, he looked at the fingers of his own soldiers, but no, a tall building hung a wooden red carp, which was particularly eye-catching, and it was Qi Ruifu's logo.
Almost as soon as Huangfu Heng was in power, Qi Ruifu completely withdrew from Luojing, and all the shops and residences were empty, but I didn't expect to see Qi Ruifu here.
He walked quickly to Qi Ruifu's shop, and before he reached the door of the shop, he heard a commotion, and saw five or six hundred people crowded in front of the store with bags and baskets, and the ground was sprinkled with rice, it turned out to be a rice shop, and this area should belong to the silk area, so this Qi Ruifu was originally supposed to sell silk, but now it sells rice, but it is very shrewd.
"Don't crowd everyone, there is rice in the store, and the price will not rise!"
The shopkeeper of the rice shop was shouting loudly to maintain order, he was fat, and although the weather was cold, he was also busy sweating profusely.
He suddenly felt something, and when he turned around, he saw more than a dozen people standing not far away, and the young man in the middle, the big shopkeeper recognized it at once, isn't that uncle? He was so shocked that his heart was about to jump out, and he hurriedly ran up to salute, "Uncle, why are you here?" ”
Huangfu Wujin smiled, "You know me?" ”
The big shopkeeper scratched his head embarrassedly, "When my uncle and young lady got married, I was also on the side to help and be responsible for counting the dowry. ”
"Oh! I didn't notice, your last name? ”
"The villain's surname is Xu, uncle, please sit in the store."
This shopkeeper is very smart, he saw that Huangfu Wujin was wearing regular clothes, so he knew that he was a private visit to Weifu, and no one wanted to know his true identity, so he was an aunt, and never called him His Royal Highness.
Huangfu Wujin really wanted to ask about the situation, so he nodded, walked the shop from the side door, he walked to your guest room and sat down, Xu Da Shopkeeper hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "The villain sees His Royal Highness!" ”
"Hey! Big shopkeeper, wasn't it pretty good just now? I'm so happy that you call me uncle! ”
"Yes!"
Shopkeeper Xu stood up and hurriedly poured another cup of hot tea for Huangfu Wujin, "I saw Miss when I was leaving, and Miss said that they were going to Beijing too." ”
Qi Fengwu is now more than six months pregnant, so she has to hurry into Beijing, in another month, she will not be able to travel long distances, Huangfu Wujin has received a letter from home, they should already be on the way to Luojing, and even the Empress Dowager is also here.
Huangfu Wujin nodded, and asked with a smile: "How could Qi Ruifu think of doing rice business?" ”
"This is what the old man means, Luojing has just resumed his livelihood, and it is unrealistic to do silk business, so it is the most urgent to do rice business, we opened the day before yesterday, and we shipped 50,000 stone of rice from Chuzhou."
"But this year's grain harvest in Yuzhou is also a bumper harvest, are you wise to sell rice?" Huangfu Wujin smiled slightly.
Shopkeeper Xu hesitated for a moment and said, "Uncle, I'll tell you the truth, don't be angry." ”
"You say, I'm not going to be angry."
"Uncle, we also know that there will be a bumper grain harvest in Yuzhou this year, but before next spring, the grain in Yuzhou will not reach the market in Luojing, this is our judgment."
"Why?"
"Because most of the land in Yuzhou belongs to the imperial relatives, the harvest of grain, most of them are their property, they are now concentrated in Yongjing, can not come to dispose of it, so the farmers can only store the grain at home, dare not move, these we all understand, dare to transport a large amount of rice to the capital, my uncle should also see, there are five or six hundred people outside to buy rice, this is still less, yesterday there were thousands of people, now the grain in Luojing City is not abundant, fighting rice eighty Wen, the New Year is estimated to rise to one hundred and fifty Wen."
Huangfu Wujin can't sit still, if he doesn't come to Weifu for a private visit, I don't know that there will be such a serious problem, this time the imperial court has just been established, there are many things, and the land problem is a big problem, involving a wide range of things, it is not so easy to solve, so the imperial court also temporarily shelved the land, but I didn't expect the land to bring out the food supply, this is a big problem, now eighty Wen one bucket, and Huangfu Heng was in charge of the same time, if it really rises to one hundred and fifty Wen, I am afraid that his Huangfu Wujin's backbone will be brokenHe has realized that the land issue can no longer be put off.
He stood up and said, "You immediately tell your lord, sell the 50,000 stone grain as soon as possible, don't hoard it, let alone sell it again, within a month, Luojing's grain will be greatly reduced." ”
......... Leaving Nanshi, Huangfu Wujin was anxious to rush back to the palace, he had to first formulate temporary measures to confiscate the land of all the imperial relatives in Yongjing to the central court, and then talk about land distribution, as long as the land belongs to the central court, then this year's harvest grain will naturally have a share of the imperial court.
As soon as Huangfu Wujin got into the carriage, he saw a personal soldier rushing over, "Your Highness! The princess and the empress dowager have arrived, and the boat is at the Luoshui wharf. ”
This news made the emperor Wu Jin overjoyed, so he temporarily put aside the idea of going to the palace to hold a meeting, and immediately ordered: "Go to Luoshui Wharf!" ”
The carriage started and galloped towards the Luoshui Pier.
The Luoshui wharf was very lively, more than 20 large ships were moored on the shore, 3,000 guards were on guard all around, and the empress dowager of the Daning Dynasty returned from Jiangning, accompanied by the wife and children of Huangfu Wujin.
In addition, Su Hanzhen, the assassin of Donghai County, and Huangfu Weiming, the commander of Weiyang County, also brought their families to Beijing, and Su Hanzhen will enter Beijing to take up a post, and Huangfu Weiming will serve as the assassin of Donghai County, and they will enter Beijing to handle the resignation and inauguration procedures.
Everyone traveled all the way, and finally arrived in Luojing today, everyone was in a very high mood, more than 20 carriages had stopped on the dock, at this time, Huangfu Wujin's carriage rushed to the scene.
Su Han was helping the Empress Dowager ashore, and when she saw her husband, she smiled and said, "Old grandmother, Wujin is here!" ”
Ye Yunqing smiled and said: "I don't dazzle, I saw it, he became dark and thin, Han'er, you have to make up for him." ”
"Granddaughter knows."
Huangfu Wujin rushed forward and knelt down for his grandmother, "Grandson Wujin knocks on grandmother, you can't be filial by your side, grandson is not filial!" ”
Ye Yunqing helped him up and smiled lovingly: "You stupid child, you can't be filial, but your daughters-in-law have done their filial piety for you, it's the same, you hurry up and thank them." ”
When Huangfu Wujin saw that his wives were coming, he not only smiled, but he hurriedly saluted the wives and concubines, "Thank you for taking care of my grandmother for me." ”
Su Han saw that her husband had really lost a lot of weight, and she couldn't help feeling distressed in her heart, and hurriedly smiled: "Husband, look at the child." ”
Jing Niang and the nurse stepped forward with their two sons, the eldest one Huang Fu Xiao just turned seven months yesterday, and the younger one Huang Fu Zhao was also five months old.
When the two little guys saw their father, they all turned around timidly, and when they saw that he was about to hug themselves, they were so frightened that they cried, and Huangfu Wujin couldn't help scratching his head and laughing: "Are you even afraid of your own father?" ”
Su Han hugged his son and said with a smile: "Husband, the main thing is that you spend too little time with them, it's good to stay together more in the future." ”
Huangfu Wujin saw that Qi Fengwu had a big belly, and his complexion was very good, he was happy in his heart, and greeted the eldest brother Huangfu Weiming's family and Su Hanzhen one by one, and then said to everyone: "Everyone go home and settle down first, and then there will be time in the future, and then talk slowly!" ”
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(To be continued)