Cheng Daqi took the initiative to take over the errand of making money for the emperor, the emperor was very pleased, and his unhappy mood was much better at the moment, and his eyes fell on Cheng Xiaosi again, as if he wanted to see through Cheng Xiaosi directly.

"Will there be a disaster?"

Cheng Xiaosi shook his head, the emperor frowned slightly, and Cheng Xiaosi said: "Back to the emperor, the courtiers will not help the disaster, but they have read a few miscellaneous books before, and heard people who have experienced the earth movement talk about the earth movement." ”

"There are aftershocks after the earthquake, which can last for more than a month, and you can't live in the house at this time, although the house has not collapsed after the earthquake, it may have caused damage, and then there are aftershocks to hit, and the possibility of collapse is greater."

"After the courtiers heard that the earthquake would not only cause the houses to collapse, but also cause the slopes of the mountains, the diversion of rivers, and the formation of dammed lakes, if the place where the dammed lake was formed is inaccessible, it will be fine, if there are villages up and down, it is best to move the people, once the water of the dammed lake is washed out, it is like a mountain flood collapse, and it is uncontrollable."

Landslides, river changes, the biggest impact is the entry of relief materials, food will become the key to disaster relief"

Cheng Xiaosi talked about the earthquake in combination with the current situation, she inquired before she came, Xijin is not the first time to encounter an earthquake, the relief of the imperial court is still very rough, as long as it is passable on the whole, many people are in a state of self-destruction, and it is easiest to attract bandits and robbers at this time.

Natural disasters are ruthless, and the worst are often the lowest-level people, if the court does not care, I am afraid that the officials will force the people to rebel.

If you're not careful, you think too much.

The emperor frowned, went around and around, and finally spared the grain, and the grain merchant was unwilling to take the grain merchant, so he cut it all.

"Daqi, you still have to think about food."

Cheng Daqi gave up, still asking for benefits for the merchants, the emperor was furious, saying that the merchants should be righteous at this time, otherwise what use do you want them?

Cheng Xiaosi endured and endured, but still opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, if I am a grain merchant, the imperial court not only does not take care of me on weekdays, but instead exploits me everywhere, and at this time I still want my family's background, I will definitely find a way to leave Xijin and go to a place more suitable for my survival, for example, Dongshu." ”

"Presumptuous."

The emperor was furious, how many emperors could listen to such words?

Cheng Daqi hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, Cheng Xiaosi Fuli, "The emperor is angry, the courtiers think that the merchants are extremely important to the imperial court, they measure Xijin with their feet, and go south and north with the goods, far more knowledgeable than ordinary people, and know more, take the grain merchants as an example, but there is no grain merchant who does not cultivate, they have a large amount of land under their hands, they know how to grow crops and how to increase grain production than ordinary people, and some of them are ancestors who are studying this way, and the grain in their hands is not accidental." ”

"Killing chickens and taking eggs is not the best policy, the courtiers think that the court should have more decrees, so that the merchants also feel that the court needs them, if the merchants can bathe in the emperor's grace, they will definitely be grateful to Dade, and they will worry about the monarch without the emperor opening his mouth."

Speaking of this, Cheng Xiaosi decided to draw a big cake for the emperor, no, it was a trick, "Your Majesty, you are worried about the people affected by the disaster all day long, but the people don't know, if you encounter Lord Liu's disaster relief before, the people will inevitably implicate you in this matter, and the courtiers think that some things must be known." ”

The emperor was deeply touched, isn't that it?

He was worried every day, but the bastards below knew how to ruin his reputation, and he wanted to cut them all down, and looked at Cheng Xiaosi again, "Go on." ”

If you can say it, say more.

Cheng Xiaosi smiled, "The ground is moving now, although the most serious time has passed, but now there are still many people who have not slowed down, if the emperor can take a look at them and care for them, the people will be grateful to Dade, feel that the emperor has not forgotten them, and then let my father arrange a few people to mix in, so that everyone will know that the emperor cares about the life and death of the people." ”

"At the same time, let my father arrange for a few merchants to send food over, the emperor, you saw it and praised them a few words, saying that they are righteous and so on, if there are merchants willing to give 100,000 grain or 100,000 silver at this time, the emperor is very moved, reward him with a plaque or allow their children and nephews to go to some academy to study, when the time comes, we will publicize it again, maybe the merchants will flock to come."

It is even more difficult for the children and nephews of merchants to enter the top colleges to study, even if they are sent in with money, they will only be bullied, if the emperor allows it, it will be different, and those merchants must cut their heads and drill into it for the sake of their children's future.

"At this time, the emperor took advantage of the situation to launch several decrees in favor of merchants, and expressed his affection for them between words, if these merchants knew the emperor's difficulties, they would definitely donate generously and share the worries of the monarch."

In this way, the people are grateful to the emperor, the merchants are grateful to the emperor, and the emperor has won the hearts of the people and the money and food of the merchants; The creativity of the merchants is amazing, they will start to move closer to the emperor, bring more goods, more silver, will change the whole capital for the better, and eventually the treasury will become fuller and stronger. ”

"The courtiers think that my father and second uncle are very good at operating these things."

I have to say that what she said made the emperor's heart moved, Cheng Xiaosi's words had been thought about a long time ago, but it was not easy for him to collect the merchants because he was controlled by half of the family, if he didn't care about supporting the merchants, in the end he would just make a wedding dress for the family, and eventually those merchants would move closer to the family.

It is extremely inconvenient for him to sit in the temple all day long and trouble going out of the palace.

His eyes fell on Cheng Daqi, perhaps, he should believe that this fat uncle could help him do this.

Cheng Xiaosi secretly observed the emperor, and saw that he showed signs of loosening his mouth, so he took the opportunity to talk about the establishment of the school, in a word, there are too few schools in the capital.

The emperor smiled and said, "I will talk to your father, and you can go and say hello to the queen." ”

Cheng Xiaosi Fuli retreated, and only took a deep breath when he went out, only to find that his back was already sweaty, and he was still afraid of this emperor in his heart.

As soon as she was led into the harem, a very luxurious woman came to her, Cheng Xiaosi didn't know her, but she also guessed that it was the palace concubine, and before she could see the ceremony, the person opposite laughed, "Isn't this the little fourth mother of the Cheng family, enter the palace today to ask the queen mother?" ”

"I've seen Concubine Qi."

The palace people saluted, and Cheng Xiaosi also knew who this person was, Concubine Qi, the biological mother of the third prince, I heard that the third prince is eighteen this year and is the emperor's favorite prince, but she has not seen it.

(End of chapter)