The Queen Mother was angry, and the people in the court naturally did not dare to slack off.

On the contrary, Yuan Zhi was a little ashamed, and he went to Kunning Palace to ask for guilt, "At that time, I was only thinking about how to complete this matter in accordance with the rules, and I didn't think about it enough, but the queen mother was insightful." ”

"What insight?"

Su Youyi was not angry, "When I was a concubine, there was a drought in the northwest, and now that I am the queen mother, it is still a drought in the northwest, how did the amazing corruption case in the court and the middle of the country come about?" Every year the drought in the northwest and disaster relief every year, doesn't it make people profit from it? ”

She patted Motoji on the shoulder, "You don't have to blame yourself. You've just ascended the throne, and it's not easy to think about doing things thoroughly, so where can you think too much? Don't put so much pressure on yourself, you are still young, and you have time to grow up so that one day you can be on your own, like your father. ”

"Like my father?"

Yuanzhi, like all sons in the world, was full of reverence for his father, and Su Youyi's words undoubtedly gave him great encouragement.

Su Youyi smiled: "Yes, you are as capable as your father." But you also have to think clearly, smart and strong like your father and the emperor sometimes make mistakes, not to mention that they have not yet succeeded. What about you? ”

Yuan Zhi nodded, "Then how does the queen mother think the drought in the northwest should be cured?" ”

Su Youyi shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands, "How do I know?" ”

Motoji: "......"

Su Youyi deliberately teased him, "If it was so easy to solve, it would have been solved long ago when the first emperor was in power, where would it be my turn to come up with a solution by casually talking?" ”

Yuanji hesitated a little, "Then the queen mother still said ......"

"Whether it can be solved is one thing, and whether you want to solve it is another."

Su Youyi said slowly: "Even if it can't be solved, let the ministers of the court and the central government see the attitude, knowing that although the new monarch is young, he is by no means easy to fool." It is also necessary to let the people of the world see that the imperial court is not inactive, even if we can't solve the problem, we are really trying to solve the problem. ”

When Motoji heard this, he was suddenly full of fighting spirit.

Only then did Su Youyi say: "There are so many newly promoted officials in the DPRK and China, what are you doing with them?" Just urge them to come up with an idea, even if they're not 100% sure. The ministers don't do anything at this time, do they keep them for nothing? ”

Yuan Zhi nodded and said: "The disaster relief thing still has to be arranged, no matter what, we can't watch the people die of thirst and starvation." ”

"What the emperor said is right."

Su Youyi said: "For the time being, we will solve the urgent need first, and at the same time, we must consider the root cause of the problem, and take a two-pronged approach." The silver taels must be spent on the edge of the sword, and cannot be lost by men. ”

Motoji got up from his chair, "Then I'll go back and tell the cabinet minister!" ”

"Your Majesty, wait."

Su Youyi thought about it, and had to tell him something at this time.

"Your Majesty, do you think there are corrupt officials in the court?"

"Corrupt officials?"

Yuan Zhi frowned, "Hasn't the Li family been purged a long time ago?" It is also thanks to them that the treasury can be filled and there will be no hunger for three years. ”

"That's a big corrupt official, has the emperor ever thought that there are some ordinary corrupt officials?"

Su Youyi said: "They may not be greedy much, and they are only greedy for a few thousand taels, or tens of thousands of taels of silver. But they are indeed greedy, because of their position, there are many people who give them gifts, and they do accept them...... Has the emperor thought about such a corrupt official? ”

Motoji looked dazed.

"How should such corrupt officials be dealt with?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to think of this, Su Youyi shook her head with a smile, "It's okay, I just said casually, the emperor doesn't have to worry." The top priority at the moment is to solve the drought in the northwest first. ”

Yuanzhi didn't think too much about it and left Kunning Palace in a hurry.

……

After he left, Su Youyi was a little sullen.

Chunhua was a little surprised when she saw this, "What's wrong with the Queen Mother?" Fang Cai and Concubine Yan played sparrows, aren't they very happy? Why is it so sullen again? ”

Chunhua was on the side, and vaguely heard Su Youyi and Yuan Zhi talking about the political affairs of the previous dynasty, Yuan Zhi was very instructive about her words, and did not refute it, why was she still unhappy?

She said tentatively: "Do you dare to do it because of the matter of the princess?" ”

Su Youyi shook her head.

She has long been no interested in Concubine Ling, no matter how she behaves, she doesn't bother to pay attention to it if she doesn't violate the palace rules.

She cared about something else.

"Chunhua, do you say that it is difficult to manage the government?"

Chunhua stuck out her tongue when she heard this, and she didn't dare to make a mistake, "Queen Mother Yu is naturally not difficult, but these things are different from those in the harem." ”

"How is it different?"

"The slaves and maids of the harem can still give the Queen Mother ideas, but the affairs of the previous dynasty can only be decided by the Queen Mother's Sacred Heart. The emperor is surrounded by a cadre of ministers, but the queen mother does not even have anyone to talk to. ”

Su Youyi listened and laughed self-deprecatingly, "Isn't it?" It is not the duty of the harem to deal with political affairs. If the harem has this duty from ancient times to the present, then the queen and the queen mother should accompany a few female Hanlin and female pavilion elders by their side, and there is also someone to discuss. ”

She quipped Chunhua, "If that's the case, you'll be my prime minister." ”

Chunhua couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, "That slave doesn't dare." It's time for dinner, the slave maid goes to the small kitchen to take a look, the queen mother is tired for a day, and she will rest and prepare for dinner! ”

Su Youyi nodded slightly, leaned on the couch and stopped talking.

……

"What's going on? Isn't it 300,000 taels of silver, how did it become 100,000 taels? ”

The household received the decree of the jade seal and the phoenix seal of the queen mother, and took the silver out of the treasury, but the amount was two-thirds less than imagined.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were full of discussions.

"When the first emperor was here, there were as few as 200,000 taels and as much as 450,000 taels for each disaster relief. Why did the new monarch ascend the throne, but it was greatly reduced? Wouldn't this make the people of the northwest feel cold? ”

Less money for disaster relief means less room for corruption.

The ministers who were most likely to be sent to the disaster relief were the most fierce, feeling that the money was too small, and they had a very lazy posture.

Zhou Shoufu comforted the ministers, "What the emperor and the queen mother mean is that these silver are temporarily relieved of urgent needs, but the drought in the northwest is inevitable every year." In addition to disaster relief, the most important thing is to find the most appropriate solution to the drought in the northwest. ”

"The emperor and the queen mother don't know much about political affairs, so they think like this. Why didn't the first emperor want to solve it when he was there? If it was such a good solution, it would have been solved long ago, so why wait for today? ”

"yes."

Jiang Su was in the crowd, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid this is the idea of the Queen Mother, the emperor has just ascended the throne, and he has always been conscientious, where does he have so much thought?" ”

Zhou Shoufu pondered for a moment and did not answer, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

Jiang Su snorted from his nose and eyes, "In the end, it was a woman's opinion that she cut so many taels of silver for disaster relief, where is the 100,000 taels of silver enough?" ”

No one dared to respond to his words, not even the minister who had just shouted fiercely.

For a moment, the air fell silent.