Chapter 176 Absent-mindedness

Syllable...... Crash......

Zhu Youzhen stood there snorting and dressed roughly, a few little eunuchs squatted on the ground to clean up the scattered folds on the ground, and Wang Chengen stood in front of Zhu Youzhen, as if he was an old dog ready to pounce at any time.

"The queen arrives ...... Empress Yi'an to ......"

With the announcement of the eunuchs at the door, the hearts of all the eunuchs and palace maids relaxed, and Wu Zhi, who was sitting there to record His Majesty's dictation, relaxed his body.

"With such a big snow, why are you still running around?"

Empress Yi'an, Empress Zhou, Concubine Tian Guifei and Minglan , plus a large group of nurses and palace maids poured in, but Zhu Youzhen's eyes always fell on the three-month-old fat boy in the nurse's arms. After the palace maids removed the cloaks, swaddling clothes and other things, they took it from the nurse's arms. Ou Ou coaxed, walked to the apse, and sat cross-legged on the kang with the child in his arms.

Today he is also holding the child, but his mind is obviously not on the child's body, his mouth is still humming a meaningless tune, and his hands are shaking gently, but his eyes don't know where to look.

Empress Yi'an and Empress Zhou also sat on the kang, and Concubine Tian and Concubine Ming sat in the chairs below. Queen Zhou Nunu mouthed, and a fat cow-like woman next to her walked up.

"Your Majesty, the little prince is going to feed."

Only then did Zhu Youzhen come to his senses and gently patted the little guy's buttocks, and then sent the child over.

"Your Majesty." Queen Zhou screamed, but didn't know how to speak. The emperor has a big temper recently, and he doesn't eat well, he originally brought a cook and some ingredients, but looking at the wilting Zhu Youzhen, it seems that now is not a good time to propose to eat.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and patted Queen Zhou's hand gently.

"There is heavy snow in the capital, and when I think of the lonely city in the grassland, the wind and snow must be even greater, which makes the imperial sister-in-law and the queen worried. Concubine Tian, Jinyiwei and Shuntianfu have been inspecting the city for the past few days, worrying that there will be a collapse of houses and starvation to death and frostbite. But after all, the government can only take care of the big picture, there are some places that can't be taken care of, and it is inconvenient for the queen to just give birth, so you can help Wu Niang these days, which is better than chanting in front of the Buddha. ”

"The concubine knows." Tian Guifei stood up and was blessed.

When he said this, Zhu Youzhen seemed to think of something again, and turned his head to Wang Chengen and said.

"After this snow, I want to see the situation of Jinyiwei in the mountain gate, the temples in the capital and Beizhili, and the Taoist temples to help the suffering. Every day, I hope I can further expand the distribution of degrees. But if I didn't do some work for natural disasters, for the people, and for the court at this time, I wouldn't understand what to do with so much work all day long? ”

A total of three sentences were spoken, and all three sentences were specific official duties of the imperial court.

Even in later generations, Zhu Youzhen had never heard of such heavy snow and so cold weather in Beijing. A few feet of ice had been hanging under the eaves for many days, and I hadn't seen the slightest hint of melting. The houses inside the city are fine, but the houses outside the city have collapsed a lot, and people have been sent out, but the specific number has not yet been reported. In later generations, management can be refined to every group in every village. But now, it is not easy to get a county moving.

He took the time to see Lu Xiangsheng, who was even thinner, and waited for Zhu Youzhen's kung fu, so he sat on the chair next to the fire in the pachinko room and fell asleep directly. Zhu Youzhen watched him sleep for an hour before he ruthlessly asked Wang Chengen to wake him up.

"Lu Qing, I don't say much about the disaster relief, I ask you to open up the path of the academy, the academy of sciences and the Beijing division no matter what. Second, we must ensure the smooth flow of the North Zhili Station. Although he also knew that these requirements were excessive, there was no way, what the imperial court had to do was to be deaf and clear, and try to pass on all kinds of news, so as to appease the majority of the people.

"Please use the students of the Royal Army Academy, and at the same time let the Shuncheon Mansion Yin Zaijing Division levy conscription according to the number of soldiers." Lu Xiangsheng was polite, but only put forward his own requirements.

"It's no problem for Shuntianfu to send out conscription. But you go and get the officials to cooperate. Don't count everyone according to one family, and the poor family also count according to one. Also, be sure to communicate with the lieutenant chief, so as not to have a man go out to serve in forced labor, starving the mother and son to death at home. ”

"Except for the 1,000 people I was going to send to Naturalization City on the day of the official school, the rest is up to you. There are still 2,000 people in the White Pole Army who are training in the school, and you will take them with you. ”

Lu Xiangsheng drank hot tea at the emperor's place, ate, and rested for an hour, plus he received strong support from the imperial court, and his mood and physical strength recovered half.

"I know." After speaking, he took the strip that His Majesty had sealed, and went to the household department and the official department to fight for his rights.

Zhu Youzhen thought wildly, and the mutton soup with Codonopsis added to Queen Zhou's side was also served, and it was hot and steaming in front of Empress Yi'an and herself.

"Your Majesty, this is a concubine and Tian Guifei boiled together, you can taste it."

Zhu Youzhen took the tableware dispensably, and stirred it in the soup bowl aimlessly.

Empress Zhou moved the place, rolled up her sleeves with a belt hook, and added a piece of mutton and put it on the small plate in front of Zhu Youzhen. The dish is still a dry powder made from Zhu Youjian's favorite chili pepper.

"This is the grassland jerky that the concubine took from Gonggong Wei's Four Seas Trading House, Your Majesty will taste it."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen stopped his speed and shouted outside.

"Go to someone, go to the guard and call Wei Zhongxian."

After speaking, he sighed, took a few pieces of meat from the pot, and put them on the plates of Empress Zhou and Empress Yi'an.

"Sister-in-law eat more. I don't have much appetite lately, so I'll just take a sip of soup. ”

Empress Zhou looked at Empress Yi'an with a panicked face, as if asking for help.

Yi An didn't persuade much, and also played with the spoon and said to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the concubine begs for a favor. After a few days, the wind and snow will stop, and I want to go to Datong and Zhangjiakou to have a look. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Empress Yi'an in surprise, thought for a while and said, "Okay." Minglan arranged the guards here, and the imperial sister-in-law went over to see it on my behalf. Now Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan have occupied Naturalization City, although the result is unpredictable, but they have finally opened a new territory there. Datong really needs someone to make overall arrangements for business. Whether Naturalization City can stand on its feet depends on how well Sun Chuanting and Yuan Chonghuan fight this battle. However, whether the Naturalization City can stand on its feet for a long time depends on whether it has the ability to become a grassland trade center. If there is, even if they are from Jianzhou, I guess they won't dare to make a rash move. ”

"The imperial sister-in-law has been managing wool and clothing recently, and she is also familiar with the personnel and accounts of several royal trading houses. Whether it's an identity or not, it's the best to be able to go over and see it for me. ”

Yi'an's analysis was good, and after talking about the trade in Zhangjiakou, the emperor seemed to be relieved of the heavy burden, and he talked more.

"I don't have many chess pieces in my hands, so every time I make a move, I'm more careful. Now the situation on the Jingshi side is okay, and it is the only piece of live chess under my rule. But the fall of Naturalization City seems to be unpredictable at present. ”

"Judging from the several letters sent to me by the court, the current lord of Naturalization City is a woman, and there are no less than 30,000 women and children under her rule."

Empress Yi'an, through the management of some royal factories and goods, has also seen some related twists and turns. In this way, when she heard about more than 30,000 women and children, she was still shocked.

As for the rest of them, there was not much reaction. It's not that they're not shocked, but it's just that they really don't know how many people are and how difficult it is.

"Your Majesty! Grandpa Wei arrived. ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a cold wind came in, and Wei Zhongxian's hair and beard looked snow-white because of the snow, and the whole person seemed to be ten years old.

"Is the goods still backlogged in Zhangjiakou and Jingshi? Especially fur and other goods, or can they not be shipped to the south? ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded, he looked around, and finally left his gaze on Tian Guifei's body.

"You say, what else can't I say here?"

Wei Zhongxian these said:

"The slave was in Zhangjiakou, so he split the goods sorted out from the grassland by the Four Seas Merchant House to the four merchant houses on the left and right. However, none of these goods can be circulated. Several governments have said that they must use their designated trading houses, otherwise they will not be able to get on the bus even if they are taxed. Caoyun also gave the names of the six commercial houses, and the old ministers reported them to Jinyiwei one by one. Similarly, except for the Four Seas Firm, the goods prepared by other firms for Admiral Sun could not be transported. Urgent items: The old slave has already arranged to leave the post station of the household department. ”

Wei Zhongxian currently has a good sense of proportion, and only cares about the affairs outside the gate, but whenever he enters the gate, everything he encounters is handed over to Jinyiwei.

"How is Bi Zisu's cooperation?"

"Fortunately, the officials below are very slow. I think Master Bi is also very slow to implement it. ”

"Okay, from today on, the affairs of the Four Seas Commercial Bank and some related commercial houses, you first tell Empress Yi'an, if Empress Yi'an can't make up her mind, then discuss it with me."

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Tian Guifei.

"Your family is not small in Jiangnan, so I will find your mother and your younger brother who seems to be sensible to talk about it in person. If you do business, you will do business, but from tomorrow onwards, if you also sit on the ground and share the spoils with these merchants under the banner of the government and the chamber of commerce, and buy and sell by force, don't blame me for not looking at your face. ”

Tian Guifei, who said what she said, was frightened, and quickly knelt down and said:

"The concubine's family is a small family that raises silkworms and buys silk, and they will not do these illegal things anyway."

Zhu Youzhen laughed twice:

"You are a concubine, and your mother's family will not be a small family. Alright, get up. It's better if I don't have it, I just ask you a few words in vain. When the crowd is rolling outside, just don't cry in front of me. ”

As he was talking, Wang Chengen came in and whispered.

"Your Majesty, General Qin has arrived."