Chapter 313: Disaster Relief in the North
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Han Wangfu hosted a full moon wine for the small county, and the emperor, as the fourth uncle, naturally had a meaning, and this reward was also given, of course, it was silver, as well as cloth and satin.
Not long after Zhu Song's daughter's full moon wine was finished, the fleet that went to sea to sell salt also came back, and this time the sea to sell salt was very fruitful, although it did not go too far, but the imperial court is now in a hurry to use the money, and it is not easy to return the silver according to the annual salt tax, not to mention that the salt sold by sea is nearly three million taels.
After the silver arrived, it immediately entered the treasury, and the prince began to show his skills, and immediately began to make measures for the imperial court in response to the disaster in the northwest.
Zhu Song thought that if he collected the silver, the matter would be over, but on the day the silver arrived, the meaning of the East Palace came.
It was the grandson who personally came to invite Zhu Song to the East Palace, saying that the prince had something to ask for.
Zhu Song had a question mark on his face, this prince has also got his money, what should he do about the disaster in the northwest, what are you looking for this king to do?
Zhu Song feels that there should be nothing good, but the prince is the prince of the imperial court, although the emperor has only verbally affirmed the prince's position now, and also arranged the prince's family in the East Palace, and has not yet held a formal canonization ceremony, but the prince is the prince, and if there is something to call the courtiers, the courtiers have to go.
Zhu Song followed the grandson to the East Palace, and when he arrived at the East Palace, he found that the prince and the princess had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time.
Zhu Song was startled, and he was even more convinced in his heart that nothing good must be good.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, hurry up, hurry up!"
After the crown prince and princess got up, Zhu Song didn't give them a chance to speak, and immediately asked, "His Royal Highness the Prince, there must be something wrong with calling me here, right?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still a famous saying! ”
After hearing this, the prince and the princess smiled innocently, and the prince said with a smile.
"Uncle Twenty, don't worry, let's go into the house and talk about it!"
Zhu Song raised his hand and refused: "Boss, can't you open the skylight and say something bright about our grandfather?" This is the silver that sold salt has just arrived and just entered the treasury, and your side has not yet sent out the exact twists and turns of the disaster in the northwest, so you called me here, you must have something, if you want me to make money again, then no! ”
The prince smiled embarrassedly, and said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Twenty, this silver is enough, and there must be no problem to spend this year, but there is still a problem now, that is, the silver sent to the northwest for disaster relief has a total of six million taels, and Shaanxi and Shanxi have three million taels each, but if you follow the ordinary route and process, these three million taels will arrive at the place, but I don't know how many more will be left!" ”
Zhu Song suddenly understood, oh, this kid wants to let himself preside over disaster relief.
This is not a difficult job, and it can even be said to be a beautiful difference, because disaster relief is equivalent to meritorious service, and the partisan disputes in the court will try to fight for this credit, which party will fall on this credit, and which party can get benefits? Not to mention how much money can be withdrawn from the disaster relief funds, just that he can show his face greatly on the emperor's side.
Zhu Song understands that the foundation of the current boss is not yet stable in the court, and this merit and wealth cannot fall on him and his subordinates for the time being.
Another point is that Zhu Song is in charge of Jinyiwei, and Jinyiwei supervises the world, but it is a great deterrent, as long as someone dares to get the idea of disaster relief money from Zhu Song's hands, then wait to raid the house.
After Zhu Song figured out this, he understood that the prince did not mean to trick himself, and even to some extent, the prince still helped himself, but he really went out too many times this year.
Zhu Song said with some embarrassment: "It turned out that because of this incident, it is not a difficult thing to say, and there are some benefits, but I went out too much at the beginning of this year, I went to Jiangnan in the first half of the year and went to the northwest for disaster relief in the second half of the year. ”
After hearing this, the prince was also very embarrassed: "Uncle Twenty, I also know that Uncle Twenty is indeed too tired this year, but my nephew really can't help it, now that the court has just stabilized, even if the officials in the court have those who have taken refuge in my nephew's door, my nephew is not at ease." ”
"The people of the northwest have been looking forward to the disaster relief funds of the imperial court for a long time, and if the imperial court can't come up with an appropriate measure now, then the people of the northwest will have no way to live."
Zhu Song is really helpless, and he also understands the mood of the second and third children, this prince does have two brushes, which is also very annoying, and he opens his mouth to stand on the people of the country, the world, and the people, which gives people no chance to refuse.
Seeing Zhu Song's hesitation next to her, the crown princess said in a timely manner: "And the twentieth uncle can also take care of our business when he goes north this time, although the northwest has suffered a disaster, but the disaster relief funds from the imperial court have arrived, it is estimated that it will not take long for you to recover, this is a big deal, second uncle!" ”
When the prince heard this, he was anxious, and touched the princess with his elbow: "What are you talking about!" ”
Zhu Song watched the couple sing and harmonize, although Zhu Song still admired the prince very much, but this rabbit cub couldn't play like this.
Zhu Song looked at the prince and narrowed his eyes, and the prince may also be a little weak and dare not look at Zhu Song's eyes.
"Boss, you said that I'm not bad for you to be an uncle, you brothers, I'm still a bowl of water, right?"
Lao Lian nodded repeatedly: "Uncle Twenty naturally didn't say anything to his nephew, and his nephew also really respects Uncle Twenty, so there is really no way, I really can't find anyone." ”
"Then you can't be honest with this kid? Why do you say you're playing with your twenty-uncle like this? Sing and harmonize with your daughter-in-law. ”
Zhu Song never used the elders' shelves to teach the three sons of the Zhu family a lesson, but there was no recruitment, how honest the boss used to be, what do you say all this useless thing to do?
In fact, Zhu Song really wronged the prince, although the prince slammed the door when it came to business, and it was rumored that he liked to pick bricks, but it was not his idea, this was the princess's temporary idea.
At most, the two of them discussed, it really didn't work, one on the left and one on the right, so they had to ink it down.
But even so, the crown prince and the crown princess still couldn't hold their heads up by Zhu Song's words.
Zhu Song sighed, that's it, no one should suffer the people. Besides, the boss is also well-intentioned, isn't this also afraid that the disaster relief funds of the imperial court will be embezzled by the officials below?