When the emperor is in trouble, someone has to come forward. Zheng Zhi sighed for a moment, he didn't want to say it, but let his daughter-in-law say it, and it was a fool not to say it. He's not stupid, anyway, it's not the first time to rely on his daughter-in-law, so let's just do it-

Zheng Zhi stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are not very good at general affairs, but thinking about it, everything is reasonable, and there are many things in common. Therefore, there are a few words I want to ask Xia Shangshu. ”

"Ask."

With his approval, Zheng Zhi hugged his fist towards Xia Shangshu and asked first: "Feeding less than one million people in the capital, what is the most difficult?" ”

"Food, clothing, shelter and transportation."

This is too ruthless, the four major things are the fundamental people's livelihood, Zheng Shizi knows that this is too perfunctory, but Zheng Zhi is not annoyed. This time, he changed the question to a simple multiple-choice question, because he asked, "Do you have all four of these things, or do you need to ship them from somewhere else?" ”

"Shipped from somewhere else." This kind of question is too simple, and Xia Shangshu can only answer it extremely accurately.

"It needs to be transported from the south, that is, it can't do without the canal, and it costs people and silver to transport it, and the canal needs to be maintained, and the treasury is not enough to support it, but?"

"Hmm."

Zheng Zhi didn't care about Xia Shangshu's perfunctory, seeing that the goal was achieved, he turned to the emperor and said, "In this case, is it possible to hand over the maintenance of the canal to the people, and the imperial court will only send people to supervise it." In this way, the people are rich and the province is rich; In addition, the scope of the imperial merchants can also be not limited to the court, but also expand the people's livelihood, is it possible to hand over the matter of grain transportation to the merchants? Weichen doesn't understand much, but he always feels that he can give it a try. ”

You don't understand it yet! The thinking is so clear, you still don't understand, who to coax! Xia Shangshu was unwilling to slander.

The emperor did not make a private decision, but asked Xia Shangshu: "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Xia Shangshu looked at the people around him who nodded secretly, and his heart was blocked, but he had to say: "Although there are all kinds of difficulties and drawbacks, you can always give it a try and relieve your worries for a while." But the minister believes that the fundamental solution to the problem is to return the capital! ”

Emperor Xuande suddenly stood up from the throne, he bowed to Xia Shangshu, and said: "Aiqing might as well go to the north to have a look, the people of the north are also the people of the Ming Dynasty." They and the people of the Southlands live a very different life. Ying Tianfu does not need a Jingshi, it is enough to enrich the people; Shuntianfu, but Beizhili needs it very much. If one person is rich and one land is rich, he cannot be called rich in the country; Everyone is rich, everywhere is rich, is the real wealth of the country! For the sake of national wealth, Xia Aiqing has worked hard. ”

These words were really arrogant, Xia Shangshu had to surrender, he bowed his head and said: "Weichen, you must do your best for the wealth of the country!" ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, the emperor left Zheng Zhi.

When the people dispersed, Emperor Xuande almost jumped up, he hit Zheng Zhi hard, and said excitedly: "Did you see it just now!" It's so enjoyable, everyone admires it so much! Even when the emperor's grandfather was alive, he rarely saw them like this. ”

The emperor can only take everyone's expressions into his eyes when he is above, how can Zheng Zhi at the bottom see it? After the emperor's excitement passed, Zheng Zhifang reminded him: "Only when the people are rich can the country be rich, this is true, not a slogan." It is the suggestions made by Weichen that can be used, but there are some drawbacks that need to be paid attention to. If you are not careful, you will let the villain benefit. ”

Hearing this, the excitement on Emperor Xuande's face faded, and he said, "Don't worry, I won't be careless!" Zheng San, you are my friend. Help me when I am in trouble, and remind me in time when I am proud. ”

Friends?

To tell the truth, Zheng Zhi didn't want to be friends with the emperor at all, he was completely relied upon. His real friend when he was a teenager should be Lu Youshi; His young partner is Meng Xuan. Lu Youshi was about to return, but Meng Xuan replied that he wanted to guard the northern frontier with Shen Congjun.

Zheng Zhi went out of the palace gate, but saw Zheng Shizi waiting for him. Zheng Shizi didn't have a big deal, and only asked Zheng Zhi: "Is the New Year's meal used in the Hou Mansion?" ”

"Naturally, I use it with my big brother and sister-in-law. His Majesty said that he would summon his father back, and this year the family would be able to have a reunion. ”

Reunion? Zheng Shizi smiled and said, "Do you want me to lift the ban on the main courtyard?" ”

Zheng Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "If the eldest brother is angry, he will release her after the young year, okay?" ”

"Okay."

That's fine, you think.

Separated from the prince at the gate of the Hou Mansion, Zheng Zhi continued westward and went to the house, but saw that his daughter-in-law was not there. Bai Yun saw Zheng Zhi looking around, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Madame has gone to Tongzhou to pick up people." ”

"Why did the Zhou family enter Beijing a year ago?"

Three years ago, Gu Ying's mother-in-law had passed away, and it was not good for the Zhou family to continue to live next to her brother. After separating, the show decided to return to his hometown to be a squire. His eldest son, Zhou Li, is Gu Ying's husband, and seeing that the foreign family is so strong, he can't help but be moved. As long as he works hard and is admitted to the Jinshi, is he still worried about not helping?

Zhou Li made up his mind, and after discussing with his father, he decided to go north, Gu Yao and Gu Zhen, two sisters, had received the letter before, but they never thought that Zhou Li would go north to Shuntian after even a year.

Gu Yao had already received someone at this time, and Yang Dan was also with him. Gu Zhen is about to give birth, and according to Song Haitang's inference, it is inconvenient to come these days. And Zheng Zhi is busy again, so he has become what he is now.

Zhou Li, the fourth aunt of the Gu family, was received by the third aunt Yang Dan, and the fourth aunt and grandmother were followed by the younger sister.

Gu Yao and Gu Ying said: "The alley of Huaihua Temple has been cleaned up, and it is convenient for you to live by yourself, and it is not far from my house." ”

When Gu Ying heard this, he was shocked and asked, "What about the Gu family's old house?" ”

"The old mansion belongs to the eldest uncle, and he wanted to sell the house to live a while ago, but the clan stopped him."

After speaking, Gu Yao's eyes sharpened, Gu Ying's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "I don't want to live there, just ask, ask." I'm different from you, I haven't lived in Xinghuasi Hutong, I've only lived in the old house for seven or eight years......"

The home in her memory was not her own, and this realization made Gu Ying very uncomfortable.

Gu Yao didn't care no matter how uncomfortable she was, what she cared about was that she knew about Taikang's affairs thousands of miles away, how could Gu Ying not know? She asked Gu Ying sharply: "You came from Suzhou, didn't you go to Taikang to worship your grandfather and grandmother?" Still didn't go for a New Year's gift? ”

"Huh?"

Gu Ying suddenly panicked.

Gu Yao, who only saw Gu Ying and his wife, had been holding back for a while, and there were no outsiders at this time, so she directly forced Gu Ying: "Also, I put my children in the alley of Xinghua Temple, waiting for your children, as a result, what about them?" Didn't you say you'd bring the kids? ”

Gu Ying was speechless when asked, but Gu Yao still didn't let go, because he said: "The third brother-in-law is accompanying the fourth brother-in-law at this time, and he doesn't know what we said." When I got in the car, I only left Xiaohe. Xiaohe is the maidservant of the Gu family, and she is not an outsider, you just have to say anything. ”

Xiaohe looked at the aggressive fifth aunt and grandmother, and really understood, what is the wife of a first-class uncle, is it too late for her to regret it now? Han Xiang, who was sitting with her, asked Xiaohe with a smile: "Sister He's husband is also the same identity as my man, is he the person next to the fourth aunt?" ”

Under Gu Yao's gaze, Xiaohe's heart jumped out.

At this time, I only listened to Gu Ying: "When I was pregnant with the eldest child, in order to compete for my favor, she was taken in by her husband. ”

"Competing for favor?"

One day husband and wife for 100 days, not to mention what Xiaohe and Zhou Li have, that is more than a day of husband and wife. As soon as he heard Gu Yao bite such a word, Xiaohe, who didn't know that he couldn't protect himself, couldn't help but worry about Zhou Li outside.

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