No one knew why the crown princess held a lantern banquet in the palace after the Shangyuan Festival, and no one dared to ask casually.

When it came to the banquet, all the ladies and ladies who were invited, all of them had complicated expressions, this banquet was too simple, a few lanterns were hung bustling at the banquet, a few plates of snacks were simply placed on the table, and even the charcoal fire in the hall was not too sufficient, and it was very cold and freezing people sitting there.

When everyone was about to shiver from the cold, the crown princess was finally late.

When they looked at the simple dress on the crown princess and the lack of a decent piece of jewelry on their heads, these ladies and ladies who had come to the banquet after dressing up became even more complicated.

Ji Ruhuan is a relatively abrupt presence in this group of ladies and ladies, dressed in a simple red suit, with her hair tied up high, but she wears her unique style in a simple dress.

The crown princess sat in the first place, with a gentle smile, and said apologetically, "In extraordinary times, the banquet is a little simple, and you have been wronged, and today the palace held this banquet to entertain you, which may be a little abrupt, but I want to thank you for the Ming Dynasty, thank you for the people of the Ming Dynasty, and it was you who reached out in time to solve the problem of refugees in Kyoto." ”

A lady replied, "We are all women and women, I didn't expect to be able to share our worries for Daming, this is our great honor." ”

"Exactly, as the wife of the imperial court, we enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty, and we can do our part for the Ming Dynasty, and we have honor, and the princess does not have to be so polite. ”

The crown princess sighed and responded, "I have you in the Ming Dynasty, it is really my luck to be in the Ming Dynasty, with everyone working together, I believe that we will be able to survive the difficulties of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Ji Ruhuan, who had been sitting on his own side, suddenly said out loud, "The refugees have been solved, but it's a pity that the soldiers who are guarding the border of the Ming Dynasty for us are still starving and cold, hey." ”

The crown princess sighed, "Hey, the palace has prepared some supplies to send, I just hope to survive for a few days." ”

Ji Ruhuan pretended to be surprised and looked up at the crown princess, "The crown princess also arranged for supplies to be sent to the border?"

Without waiting for the crown princess to speak, the eldest maid beside the crown princess hurriedly answered, "The slightly valuable things in our East Palace, even our crown princess's jewelry, have been sold and exchanged for grain and grass materials and sent to the border station. ”

Ji Ruhuan stood up and saluted with a respectful fist, "Ruhuan knows the difficulties of the border soldiers, the princess is righteous, Ruhuan thanked the princess for the border soldiers, since the princess has taken her own jewelry to subsidize the border soldiers, Ruhuan can't stand by and donate, Ruhuan is willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver to buy grain and grass materials for the border soldiers, and ask the princess to prepare grain and grass materials together and send them to the border station." ”

As soon as Ji Ruhuan finished speaking, the county lord of Changping said, "Although our Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion has been burned, my dowry shop outside still has some industry, and I am willing to donate two thousand taels of silver to the soldiers on the border." ”

Mrs. Zhongyihou's eyes flashed, this matter can't be left behind, and she hurriedly responded, "For the soldiers on the border, the princess even sold her jewelry, which is really moving, although the people of my Zhongyi Hou's Mansion can't go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but they also want to do something for the soldiers on the border, I donate eight thousand taels of silver to the border soldiers." ”

Many people are a little confused, isn't this the belated Shangyuan Festival lantern feast? Isn't it the crown princess for the refugees in Kyoto, instead of the royal family holding a thank-you banquet? Why did it suddenly become a banquet for breaking money?

The hearts of the ladies and ladies are dripping blood, but listening to the people in front of them all opened their mouths, they had to bite the bullet and follow the mouth, it can't be too little too cold, the people of Changping County Lord and their Mu Mansion have been burned, and they have donated two thousand taels, this mansion has not been burned, it can't be less than two thousand taels.

The key is that the first crown princess also instructed the palace people on the side, "Go and get a pen and paper, and write down them one by one, the contributions of the ladies and ladies to the Ming Dynasty, the palace will go to your majesty." ”

They still wanted to get away with it, or they thought that the lion would open his mouth at this time, and find an excuse to give less when he gave the silver, so he instantly dispelled this idea, and went to His Majesty to register, and they also thought about fishing in troubled waters, but it was not their own people who lost it.

And the Ji family not only donated 10,000 taels from Ji Ruhuan, but also Mrs. Shen and the second young lady Song also donated 3,000 taels each, and they all said that in the name of the individual, anyway, the dowry jewelry was paid out of their own pockets.

The Ji family is like this, of course the Mu family also has the same example, and the other slightly larger families, when there are more people coming, they have to follow the same example.

Those ladies and ladies who originally thought that they would take the opportunity to come to the princess to get acquainted with their faces and see if they could pave the way for the future, they really regretted it at this time, why did they have to come today?

In the end, this lantern feast was not rewarded as a lantern, but became a charity donation banquet, and the crown princess counted that 200,000 taels of silver were raised after this banquet.

Although for today's Ming Dynasty, 200,000 taels is just a drop in the bucket and cannot fill today's holes at all, but at least temporarily it can solve the problem of food and clothing for some border soldiers.

Just after Ji Ruhuan and the crown princess sang and flickered the ladies and ladies in Kyoto with 200,000 taels of silver, the prince also came up with a way to make the rich landlords and squires pay for food.

Most of the local tyrants and squires of the Ming Dynasty have more or less had something to do with the court officials, and if they don't have a relationship, they will try their best to find some relationship for themselves.

It is definitely impossible to get the local tyrant squires to take the initiative to pay for it like the young ladies in Kyoto.

So the prince thought of a way, according to the land to recruit soldiers, how much land, how many people, but not allowed to find someone to replace, every household has to come out, there are extraordinary ways in extraordinary times, dare not come out, the court came to help, the son of the family and the young master sent to the barracks for them.

Of course, there is another choice, if you can't afford it, you can only pay for it.

Since the landlord and squire can't get out of the relationship with the officials of the imperial court, then simply assign the task and let the court officials do it themselves, if they can't do it well, then I'm sorry, demote and demote, and if they want to continue to be a human umbrella, then they have to have an official position, and the official position is gone, see what they do.

How could the pampered young master of the landlord and squire's family be able to endure the hardships in the barracks, this is also when the war is frequent, and if there is a war, maybe you have to go to the battlefield, the sword on the battlefield has no eyes, it is to kill people, and in the end you can only choose to pay money and food.

The court officials also had to do their best for their official careers.

With food and grass and military salaries, the imperial court began to recruit a large number of soldiers, but the people who actually came to join the army were refugees and the poor.

The war destroyed their homes, and joining the army had a military salary, and the court helped settle their families, which was a good choice for them.

In this way, not only the food and grass and military salaries were solved, but also the problem of other refugees outside of Kyoto was solved.