In the east hall of the Taiji Palace, the officials of Zhongshu Province reported that the catastrophe in the customs caused an uprising among the displaced people, and Emperor Hui Sima Zhenhe and Empress Jia Nanfeng were consulting the opinions of the ministers.

I saw Shangshu Ling Wang Yanzuo report: "Since Emperor Xianwu implemented the order of occupying the land, the household is full of people, there are tenants, and it is forbidden to trade in the human market, and there are four kinds of slaves: defeated and enslaved, criminal enslaved, self-sold as a slave, and a human slave. But now the displaced people are fleeing everywhere, and there is no livelihood wherever they go, in order to prevent the displaced people from falling into the grass and changing the people, the minister specially invited His Majesty and Niangniang to open the people's market, give the people's livelihood roads, and slaves as private property. ”

When Sikong Zhang Hua heard that Wang Yan actually suggested opening the market, he was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to raise objections, and his words were sincere:

"Your Majesty, Niangniang, if you let go of the people's human trafficking, it will breed the culture of slavery, and then Ya Po and human traffickers will run rampant, plundering the people as slaves, and the population will not even be able to reach the livestock, please think twice."

At this time, Jia Mi, Shi Chong and others seconded Wang Yan.

So Jia Nanfeng issued an edict to allow people to trade in the market, the capital crime of fugitive slaves, and the capital crime of taking in fugitive slaves, if you want to become a good person again, you need the master's slave release documents, and at the same time redeem the deed of origin and the deed of life. ”

Jia Nanfeng, who was complacent at this time, would never have thought that her edict would affect her biological daughter in the end.

Jia Mi then stepped forward and said: "Now there is a great drought in Guanzhong, the famine is severe, the local people have starved to death because of the catastrophe, the displaced people have fled in all directions, and some dissatisfied people have gathered to rebel, although there are local officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, but because Guanzhong is close to Hao Yuandu's northern county, internal and external troubles, I ask Your Majesty to send people to collect grain for disaster relief, in order to calm the people's hearts."

When Emperor Hui Sima Zhen heard that some people would starve to death because they had no food, he straightened up his fat body, stretched out his head and asked curiously: "Everyone, Aiqing, why do these people starve to death?" ”

Zhang Hua said: "Your Majesty, last winter Guanzhong and Beijun were hit by heavy snowfall, there was already a famine, this year there was a drought, and the epidemic, this is a famine on both sides and three sides, the people have no food to eat, I heard that even the grass roots and tree bark have been stripped away, and they are hungry every day, of course, they will starve to death." ”

At this time, Sima Zhen asked suspiciously: "Since the people don't have corn to satisfy their hunger, why don't they eat minced meat?"

When the courtiers saw that the emperor had asked such a stupid question, they looked at each other and did not know how to answer.

Empress Jia looked at Emperor Hui with disgust, but when she saw that her nephew Jia Mi was so concerned about the affairs of the court, she was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "What Lu Guogong said is very true, Yongzhou has fallen into the hands of the rebels, and now it is approaching Chang'an, and my Kyoto Luoyang will also be in danger. ”

Emperor Hui saw that the queen was unhappy for some reason, and when he heard Niangniang's words, he immediately echoed: "What Lu Guogong said is extremely true, this method is feasible, this method is feasible. ”

Jia Hou immediately asked: "Who to send to collect grain, where to collect grain, does Lu Guogong have any suggestions?" ”

At this time, Jia Mi continued: "Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, after Emperor Xianwu leveled Wu, Jiangdong and Jiangnan regions have been in good weather these years, rich and have grain, you can go to Jiangnan to collect grain, and by the way, you can supplement some military food to prepare for the war in the northwest." ”

Empress Jia readily agreed, and then Zhang Hua stepped forward and said: "If the grain is collected now, plus it is transported to Chang'an by Cao Yun and through the official road, it will be more than three months if it goes well, and the hungry people can't wait." It is better for His Majesty to first issue an order to transfer some of Yangzhou's official grain over and provide disaster relief first; Then the grain will be levied, and the official grain in Yangzhou will be replenished, and the rest will be transported to Chang'an. ”

"Hmm" Jia Hou nodded: "Just do as Sikong said." Spread the decree to Yangzhou to assassinate the history, transfer 20,000 stone of official grain, and transport it to Chang'an. ”

Then Jia Hou asked, "Who can be sent to this matter of requisitioning grain?" ”

Jia Mi: "Niangniang, the minister recommended General Li Zhao." ”

"Do you have any objections?"

At this time, Shi Chong also stepped forward and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Since the Yang case, this Li Zhao has long been a confidant of Empress Jia, how can there be unreasonable, Empress Jia nodded and said: "Li Zhao is a serious person and works in an orderly manner, he can indeed take on this responsibility, Li Zhao stepped forward to listen to the order." ”

"The minister is here". Li Zhao stepped forward.

"Li Zhao, I now send an edict to you, ordering you to supervise the grain and imperial history, and go to Yangzhou from now on, first transfer 20,000 stone of grain to Yangzhou Guancang and transport it to Chang'an for disaster relief, and then let Yangzhou Thorn Shi Shili send people to various counties and counties to collect 40,000 stones, 20,000 stone to supplement the grain transferred from Yangzhou Guancang, 20,000 stone to Chang'an to supplement military food, and you go to various counties and counties to supervise." Empress Jia happily issued an edict.

"Minister Li Zhao took the order, thank Your Majesty and Niangniang Longen!"

Jia Mi and Shi Chong both looked at each other with satisfaction and smiled.

Empress Jia looked at this ugly and stupid husband, although he could control it, he was already disgusted, and immediately announced his retirement from the dynasty.

After going down to the court, she returned to the dormitory, saying that she was unwell and asked Dong Meng to send the imperial doctor Cheng Cheng.

Dong Meng understood, but he said again: "Niangniang, the hospital has been busy dealing with the epidemic recently, and Doctor Cheng is in charge of this matter, I'm afraid I can't get busy."

Empress Jia was displeased when she heard this.

"Niangniang, there is a small official in the yamen in the south of the city, who is handsome and elegant, and Niangniang must like it when she sees it." Dong Meng said as he covered his face with his sleeves and pursed his lips and snickered.

"Well, it's still the chief eunuch who knows what this palace is thinking." As he spoke, a palace man stepped forward to dress Empress Jia and serve Empress Jia to sleep.

It is said that this little official was walking on the street, and suddenly met a woman, and the old woman stepped forward to greet him and said: "This son, someone in my family is sick, and he can't be cured for a long time, and then he has a teacher's guidance, saying that there is an evil close, and the Taoist master said that he needs to find seventy-seven forty-nine beautiful young men with heavy yang energy to come to the house to pursue evil, and he also bothered to ask the son's compassion to go with the old body for this trip, and he will be rewarded heavily afterwards." ”

This little official was originally from a poor family, although he worked in the yamen in the south of the city, he only did some work such as cleaning and counting, and had no power or profit. So he followed the old woman into a car with a cloth curtain.

As soon as he got into the car, he was stunned by the people in the car, stuffed into a gorgeous big box, the car walked more than ten miles, entered from the corner door of the palace people, and turned left and right through a few doors, the car stopped, someone opened the box, woke it up with a needle, and helped him get out of the car.

The little official opened his eyes and looked around, everything in front of him was stunned, half a step could not move, only to see that this is a huge palace surrounded by four doors and corridor tigers, a gorgeous palace is in front of him, there is a copper dragon cast in the front courtyard of the palace, the copper phoenix is as high as two or four zhang, it is very strange, the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard, the corridor turns, the rockery and flowing water, and the strange flowers and plants are planted all over.

At this moment, the old woman stepped forward and said, "Son, please come with the old man, don't look forward to it, don't say much, otherwise you will have to worry about your life." ”

The little official followed the old woman in fear, came to a side hall in front of the hall, entered a room with fragrant mist, and saw an old woman open the door next to the door, the little official hesitated to look into the house, only to see that this is a gorgeous bath room, there is a soup pool in the house, the soup pool is full of petals, there are one or two rows of several cases next to the soup pool, several cases are placed with wine, all kinds of pastries, melons and fruits, and clothes and various ornaments, the little official does not know why, and finally can't hold back, asking: "Dare to ask aunt, where is this?" ”

"This is a fairyland, how can there be such a good place in the world!" The old woman replied with a smile.

"But why don't you see a fairy sister in the fairyland?" The little official looked at the two ugly old women in front of him suspiciously.

When the old woman heard the little official ask, she said with a dark face: "Son, please go in and wash up, don't miss the hour." ”

Seeing the old woman's fierce face, the little official didn't dare to say more, so he obediently untied his clothes and walked into the soup pool.

After bathing in fragrant soup and changing into a light gauze shirt, he was ushered into a golden and gorgeous inner room, where a noble lady reclined faintly on a high bed and soft pillows under a crystal curtain.

When I saw the young man, I could only hear the woman on the bed say happily: "Sure enough, he is a beautiful young man, and his eyebrows and eyes are a bit like Tan Lang, so I will call you Tan Nu in the future." ”

When the little official heard this, he thought in his heart: "Tan Lang is the first beautiful man in the world, Pan Yue, this elegant title. Folk rumors that Jia Niangniang is ugly, absurd and good men, and likes to enter the palace from the folk hunting beauty boy, looking at this woman and what she saw just now, presumably this woman must be Jia Hou Jia Niangniang. ”

As he was thinking, he was pushed into the curtain, and he looked at this woman of his mother's age, stubby, bloated, dark-skinned, and ugly.

The little official thought quickly: This Jia Niangniang is really not interesting, but this Jia Niangniang has a tyrannical temperament, I heard that if she is unhappy, she will worry about her life, so try to please her.

This little official tried his best to make Jia Nanfeng very happy, and even kept him in the palace for three days, and rewarded countless gold and silver before sending the little official out of the palace.

Just when Empress Jia was messing with the little officials, Emperor Hui and his personal eunuch Gao Yu and a few small chamberlains were wandering in Hualin Garden, and Emperor Hui asked Gao Yu: "The queen hasn't come to the Shiqian Palace for a few days, and she hasn't come to the East Hall to discuss politics?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Niangniang has been dealing with official documents in Zhaoyang Hall for the past two days, and the war in the Northwest, disasters and other matters urgently need to be dealt with by Niangniang." Gao Yu replied.

Then he thought to himself: "There are countless concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards of the first emperor, and our emperor only has the queen and the prince's biological mother Xie Shuyuan, the queen is jealous, and Xie Shuyuan was abandoned in the cold palace after giving birth to the prince." And she herself is promiscuous in the harem, feasting and entertaining at night, ignoring the norms of human morality, but poor Your Majesty is ignorant and ignorant." Thinking of this, Gao Yu sighed impatiently.

As he walked, he suddenly heard a frog sound in the pool, and Emperor Hui asked Gao Yu with curiosity: "Gao Yun, do you say this frog sound is for business or private affairs?" ”

Gao Yu smiled bitterly: "Back to Your Majesty, if this toad is called on the public territory, it is for official business, and if it is called on the private territory, it is a private matter." ”

The little attendant of the entourage couldn't hide his mouth and snicker, only Gao Yu sighed and shook his head from time to time.

Emperor Hui and all the attendants came to a big tree, looked up, there was a magpie's nest on the tree, this Emperor Hui actually took off his dragon robe on a whim, ready to climb the tree to fetch birds. When the waiters saw it, they quickly knelt down and begged Emperor Hui to take care of the dragon's body, and finally picked a clever little waiter to go up the tree and take out the little magpie in the nest......

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