Chapter 437: Extra-Seventeen
Tang Yingying saw a lot of gadgets or other things that were not available in the Western Dynasty, and took a few to see: "Are you a traveling merchant?"
The vendor smiled and said, "Yes. I spend all the year running around selling things that are not available locally, and I can make some money so that my family can have a better life."
Tang Yingying bought what she liked: "Then you are making hard-earned money."
The vendor carefully placed the silver: "Who doesn't make a lot of hard money. We ordinary people are like this, running around for a living. However, along the way, I have seen a lot of things that no one else has ever seen, and being able to sell them to storytellers is another income."
When Tang Yingying heard this, a thought suddenly popped into her mind: "You are really business-minded."
The vendor smiled and thanked him, and then pushed the cart and continued to sell things.
Tang Yingying looked at these gadgets in her hand and said to Mo Chen, "What do you think, how about forming a caravan by the imperial court?"
Mo Chen didn't quite understand what she meant: "Daughter-in-law is talking about ......?"
Tang Yingying and him walked back and explained, "Ordinary people want to go far away, either looking for a caravan or a dart game, right?"
Powerful people have their own guards, and they won't look for caravans or dart boards.
Mo Chen already understood what she meant: "The daughter-in-law is saying that the imperial court will form a caravan to escort the families of the visiting soldiers? The caravan can resell all kinds of things along the way, and it can also help the families of the soldiers sell things, and they can also buy and sell things on the way. Even if there is none, the imperial court can give a certain subsidy."
Tang Yingying snapped her fingers: "That's what I meant! There are some things that are too much to buy locally, but they are scarce elsewhere. In this way, we can also control prices to a certain extent, so that unsalable things can be sold, and maybe the people's lives will be better."
Mo Chen sighed with emotion: "It's really a wife and a virtuous wife. I have such a virtuous and wise daughter-in-law as you, which is a blessing for me and the court."
Tang Yingying rolled her oversized eyes: "Don't say this kind of thing, you know I don't like to hear this kind of thing." What we say, write to your majesty, and your majesty will make the decision, and we won't interfere so much."
Mo Chen understood: "When I go back, I will write to tell Your Majesty. It just so happens that His Majesty has been very happy lately."
Tang Yingying silently sympathized with His Majesty for a second, and then gloated and laughed, oops, being the emperor is to bear this.
So, when the emperor received the letter, his face twitched, and he asked An Yi, "You say, do you think that the regent and his wife have been idle lately?"
As soon as An Yi heard this, he knew that it was the regent and his wife who had found something for His Majesty to do, and it was not a trivial matter. Usually the little things will be dealt with by the regent and his wife.
"Your Majesty, don't struggle. No matter how hard you struggle, it's useless, if you provoke the princess regent, the consequences will be serious."
Mo Yuan cried and lay on the royal case: "The regent and his wife have an idea, they can do it directly, and they will come to ask my opinion what to do."
An Yi didn't answer this, looking like he was used to it. This is the case every time, and in the end His Majesty will agree.
The emperor, who was in an unhappy mood, tossed the courtiers in the morning of the next day.
"Now I have two things to discuss with you."
When the courtiers heard this, they immediately felt bad. With what they know about His Majesty, every time His Majesty says that he has something to discuss with them, it will never be a good thing, and His Majesty will still toss them.
Mo Yuankai didn't care what these courtiers thought: "The first thing is, the soldiers...... In particular, the soldiers at the border pass have not been able to see their families for a long time, so I deliberately arrange for their families to meet them. But the problem is that the distance is long, and the cost of the road is also large. Also, the livelihood of the people is not guaranteed."
"Ladies and gentlemen, is there any way to solve this matter?"
Courtiers: "......" They knew that His Majesty was going to toss them.
The courtiers did not speak, and the courtiers bowed their heads.
Mo Yuankai has been fighting wits and courage with these courtiers for several years, how can he not know the thoughts of these courtiers: "If you can't say that you are ugly and come at noon today, you don't want to go back, just stay in the palace for me."
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Courtiers: "......" Your Majesty is still as shameless as ever.
Many courtiers secretly looked at Xin Ya's father and son.
Xin Ya and Xin Wen'an are unmoved, don't look for them, they don't know anything, they won't do anything.
Mo Yuan patted the royal case: "Are you all dumb? Especially the generals, why, you stay at home and are comfortable, and you don't care about the lives of other colleagues, don't you?"
Generals: "......"
"Your Majesty, this matter is not easy to solve." As soon as a military general spoke, the other generals spoke one after another.
"yes, yes. It is not easy for people like us to see their family members who are far away, let alone ordinary people who are running for a living. After a few months of coming and going, what should I do at home? What about livelihoods? You can't just ignore anything just to see your family."
"One more thing, who sent these family members over? It's a long way to go, and there's a sickness or something on the way, what should I do?"
Mo Yuankai's eyes were about to roll to the sky: "Isn't this for you to figure out a way? I raised you, so that you could give me these opinions? I'm asking you to figure it out, do you hear that?"
The courtiers have a headache, and His Majesty is capricious again, which is really annoying.
"Your Majesty, this matter is not easy to solve. Livelihood and time spent alone is a big problem."
"And the question of the road, who will protect these families? If these family members have anything, Your Majesty will be criticized."
Mo Yuankai was impatient: "I don't want to listen to this nonsense. What you have to do is to fix this."
He just didn't say anything about the way the regent and his wife were in charge, he wanted to toss these courtiers, who let the regent and his wife toss him.
The courtiers have even more headaches, and they still want to beat people, can't Your Majesty do something?
The courtiers, who had no choice, got together to discuss how to solve this matter.
"There are a lot of real problems with the families of the soldiers. But the bigger problem is that His Majesty has to ask us to solve this matter. If we can't solve this problem, we will have to live in the palace, and I don't want to live in the palace."
"Actually, to put it bluntly, there is a shortage of money and manpower. As long as there is money and hands, the rest will be much easier to solve. But who can take such a large sum of silver?"
These words silenced the courtiers again. Yes, no matter how rich a family is, they will not take out a large sum of money for no reason.
"What if there was a knighthood?" Xin Wen'an came to say this.
Qi Shushu looked at him.
Xin Wen'an was very calm: "What if the person who contributes money and effort can get a knighthood, or His Majesty's ink treasure, a reward, or something like that?"
Many courtiers were moved fiercely, it was a knighthood and His Majesty's reward, not something that ordinary people could get.
Xin Wen'an saw that these courtiers were moved: "If this matter is done well, it will get a good reputation."
More courtiers were moved, but they didn't care about titles and rewards, and they also cared about good reputations. That's a good reputation, and it's great for the development of the family and yourself.
Xin Wen'an: "This matter was proposed by His Majesty. Whoever takes the initiative to help His Majesty will show his face in front of His Majesty. If it weren't for my brother-in-law being the regent, I would have wanted to do it."
The courtiers were silent again, and they were still very envious and jealous, about the importance of the background. Xin Wen'an is backed by the Xin family, not to mention, and the regent is the backer, and his career is simply not too smooth.
Xin Wen'an didn't see these envy and jealousy: "That's all I have to say, everyone think about it slowly."
Xin Ya nodded with satisfaction, Wen An is becoming more and more capable.
Courtiers don't make decisions so easily, they know the consequences of making decisions lightly, and it's not a good thing to be too presumptuous in this kind of world.
"Have you discussed it?" Mo Yuan opened a direct shot at the imperial case: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm really impatient to wait."
"Your Majesty." Xin Wen'an saluted: "If someone contributes money and efforts, will they give a certain reward?"
Mo Yuan opened: "Titles, rewards, and good reputations are all there."
He knew too well what these courtiers wanted.
The courtiers received a definite reply and immediately became excited. Jokes, that's titles, rewards, and all sorts of benefits.
"Your Majesty, the minister can give a certain amount of silver."
"Your Majesty, the ministers can contribute manpower."
Listening to the words of these courtiers, Mo Yuankai almost rolled his eyes again: "In this way, you can arrange a charter for me, and I will talk about it after I read it." Retreat!"
Mo Yuankai and the courtiers discussed the matter of sending the families of the soldiers to the side of the soldiers, and it took half a month to discuss before they were basically discussed. Subsequently, there are a series of things to deal with.
Therefore, when Mo Chen and Tang Yingying received Mo Yuankai's letter, they were on the first day of their journey.
"Why is Your Majesty still so fond of tossing people?" Tang Yingying was quite helpless and funny: "I deliberately didn't say anything about the caravan, let these courtiers toss for a long time, and then talk about the caravan slowly, so that the courtiers will turn their backs."
But the courtiers are facing today, and they can't do anything to get angry again.
Mo Chen pinched his eyebrows: "Your Majesty's temperament is quite good in some ways. If it is like the first emperor, it is easy to be manipulated by the courtiers. But Your Majesty is like this, the courtiers can't handle it, and many things are much easier to do."
Tang Yingying is clear about this: "In any case, this matter has drawn up a preliminary charter, and we are waiting to improve all aspects in the future. As for when it will be implemented, we can only wait."
Mo Chen put the letter away: "Perhaps, on the way back, we can still meet a caravan coming to the border gate."
Tang Yingying became interested: "It would be nice if this was the case. Anyway, let's go back without hurry, and walk slowly."
Mo Chen had no opinion: "Let's see if there is anything to clean up or leave out, especially a few children, I'm really worried that they will be lost."
Tang Yingying said: "What you should be worried about is the little sweetheart, who can compare to her in terms of losing three or four?"