Those are the private food of each vassal king.
To put it bluntly, it is their lifeblood. Especially for the vassal kings at the frontier fortresses, the food in their hands is just in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters, and when the border cannot provide for itself, it is prepared for unexpected events.
"I have something to say!"
Among the ministers, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong suddenly came out, knelt on the ground, and said loudly, "I pledge to donate!"
Zhu Yunxi looked at him, "You also donate food? How much food does your family have?"
"The food of the Chen family is only a drop in the bucket, and the water from afar cannot relieve the thirst of those near you!" Li Jinglong said loudly, "My lord, donate money, donate money!"
After saying that, he kowtowed and said, "As a relative of the emperor, I should contribute to the country. Furthermore, the emperor's grandson promised me the salt monopoly of a county. In the past six months, I have made a lot of money."
"My wealth and life are all given by the Ming Dynasty. They are all given by Your Majesty and His Highness. Even if my family is ruined, I must do my best!"
"My lord, please donate 50,000 taels of silver and 3,000 bolts of cloth!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the military ministers and nobles in the palace spoke one after another, "Your Highness, I also pledge to donate!"
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The civil servants were shocked and puzzled. It was true that these nobles had money, but they usually only had money that they could only get in and out. What happened today? Instead, everyone had to donate money and food.
However, there are also smart people who immediately figure out the joints.
The imperial court is not short of money now, and the shortage of food is only temporary. These nobles expressed their stance at this time, which is the time to show their faces in front of His Majesty and His Highness.
"After the dispersion of the dynasty, I immediately handed over the money to the Ministry of Household Affairs and allocated it to Henan!"
"His Royal Highness just now said that the government should sell grain to local large households. This money will come in handy!"
Sure enough, amid the shouts of the honorable nobles, the old man Long Yan was very happy, "Okay, they are all good. The disaster is the worst. We, the Ming Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, work together and can defeat the sky!"
Natural disasters never destroy people's hearts.
Morality and justice ultimately prevail.
The court meeting began with the cries of civil servants and ended with the determination of all officials to fight against the natural disaster.
The autumn rain is still there, but the sunshine peeking out from the sky is full of color.
A group of nobles, noisy and noisy, strode outside the palace in the rain.
When they walked outside the palace gate, all the nobles looked at Li Jinglong. They felt a chill go down their spines when they saw the latter who was about to mount his horse.
"Everyone!" Li Jinglong said with a forced smile, "What's the matter?"
"Xiao Lizi, we people came forward to donate after seeing you donate. How do you donate? Do you have any regulations?" Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, said.
These nobles are now well versed in learning, and they all know that Li Jinglong has a finger on the pulse of the emperor and the grandson. Whatever he does, he will follow him. There are not only one or two nobles who have fallen down over the years, but he, Li Jinglong, has fallen every year.
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"What charter do you need?" Li Jinglong laughed, "Just donate directly to the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
"No!" Cao Zhen, the Marquis of Jingchuan, waved his hands and said, "What if I donate it and get embezzled by those black-hearted civil servants? Our money is donated to the court and the people!"
"That's right, that's right!" Someone followed and said, "You can't be unclear about it!"
"You have nothing to say to me about this matter!" Li Jinglong said with a smile.
"If I don't tell you, who should I tell you? You are also a distinguished member of the dynasty and a founding military official of the country. The big guy only followed you after seeing you donate!"
After hearing this, Li Jinglong's smile suddenly stiffened.
In the palace, Zhu Gaoxu, who was walking towards his residence, looked at his elder brother angrily.
"Boss, what are you so worried about? The amount of food in the army warehouse was saved by my father for many years!" Zhu Gaoxu asked, "If there is a shortage of food, the morale of the army will be unstable. If there is no food, the Tatars will come. Take it."
What fight with the Tatars?”
"If we don't have food, why don't we fight?" Zhu Gaochi's chubby body suddenly stood still, like a wall, "If we don't have food, our Yan Fan will let the Tatars invade. How can the Yan Fan be a strong vassal and strong soldiers?"
Zhu Gaoxu said angrily, "Don't you know that before the troops and horses move, the food and grass will go first?"
Zhu Gaochi looked at him, "I only know that this is a state matter of the Ming Dynasty. The people in the Central Plains are crying for food, but the granaries in Beiping are overflowing with food. This matter cannot be justified!"
"Let me tell you, today, even if my father is here, I will say this! It is about the life and death of millions of people, and it is about half of the Ming Dynasty. We will not tolerate the descendants of the Zhu family, cheating and hiding their selfishness!"
"You?" Zhu Gaoxu said angrily, "If you please others, what good will you get?"
"Who am I trying to please?" Zhu Gaochi replied, "You are an adult now, study hard and learn what family, country and world are!" He said, flicking his sleeves, walking forward, and continued loudly, "Selfishness, not
It’s used here. Even if dad were here today, he would agree to transfer our food and distribute it to the people!"
"Look, he pretends to be so understanding of righteousness. He really thinks he is a selfless saint!" Zhu Gaoxu took a sip and said to the third child Zhu Gaosui, "Look at him, it seems that the entire Ming Dynasty cannot pretend to be him.
Wow. Damn, it’s just because others say he’s good, he gets carried away and tries to win people’s hearts. When people say he’s fat, he even gets asthma!”
Zhu Gaosui spread his hands and said, "Brother is already fat!"
"Which end are you from?" Zhu Gaoxu asked.
"Me!" Zhu Gaosui pointed to his nose, "Of course it's your end, but I am the boss of the bureau and did the right thing today." As he said that, he suddenly whispered, "Second brother, think about it.
When the boss said this, the emperor's grandson and the old man were both happy!"
Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and nodded.
"If they are happy, does it benefit our family?"
Zhu Gaoxu listened and nodded again.
"Second brother, you just don't think too much!" Zhu Gaosui continued, "Why is it that the boss puts you down when you are at home, but why do you have to be respected by the old man in the capital? It's because he knows that he should be a good person when he should be a good person!"
The autumn rain is still there, but smaller.
The raindrops on the eaves turned from the waterfall into a bead curtain.
Zhu Yunxi sat in the palace, clenching his fists with both hands. He looked at the huge map of the Ming Dynasty on the wall. In the map above, the newly surrendered Goryeo was particularly dazzling.
"Your Highness, there is not much food left in the official warehouses in Luoyang! When you conquer Goryeo, hundreds of thousands of people will eat the food from the official warehouses in Henan and Shandong!"
In my mind, Fu Youwen's words were recalled over and over again. They were like slaps on Zhu Yunxi's face.
"Do you feel uncomfortable?" At some point, the old man sat down next to Zhu Yunxi and held his shoulders, "Don't get up to salute. Let's sit down and talk!"
"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Yunxi whispered, "My grandson feels uncomfortable!"
"Actually, I don't blame you for this. No one can predict natural disasters or man-made disasters!" The old man persuaded and continued to smile, "You, don't take everything on yourself."
These words seemed to make Zhu Yunxi find some comfort, and he couldn't help but rest his head on the old man's shoulder.
"You, you must learn to be cruel!" the old man said again, "take us as an example, we think we are a good emperor. But back then, more than tens of millions of innocent people died under our saber? Don't take advantage of others.
Otherwise, you will be afraid of wolves and tigers for the rest of your life, so just don’t do anything else!"
"But after all, it was my grandson who fought the war and used the grain and grass from Henan." Zhu Yunxi said, "I won't kill Boren, Boren died because of me. If there is grain in the official warehouse in Luoyang, it may be possible to open the warehouse right now. Now
In Henan, amid heavy rains and floods, countless people are waiting for help!"
"We are very happy that you can think so. You are a truly benevolent child!" The old man rubbed Zhu Yunxi's head affectionately, "Then again, don't blame yourself for everything. You must learn to be cruel and hard-hearted, otherwise
You are causing trouble for yourself!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly.
The old man said again, "Hey, you want great martial arts, you want to expand the territory, that's it!" The old man smiled bitterly, "It's hard for the people to prosper, and it's hard for the people to die. Think about it, whether it's Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, they
Behind the illustrious martial arts, are the common people living a good life?"
"When we raise an army to fight, the people suffer! A dozen or so people don't have anything to eat or drink in order to buy the armor, swords and guns for the soldiers! A hundred or so people save just enough to feed one soldier!"
"We also want to imitate Qin Shihuang, and we also want to imitate Emperor Wu of Han. But we have been common people and suffered hunger, so we dare not!"
"There are millions of lions in the Ming Dynasty, and the food used in the wars belongs to the common people. We thought to ourselves, if we make the common people's lives difficult because of those martial arts, what's the point? Isn't it just a matter of face?"
"We care about saving face. We will beat this one today and that one tomorrow. The people will be overwhelmed and scold us behind our backs!"
As he said that, the old man smiled and said, "But, we are us, and you are you. We have saved our fortune over the years just so that you have the qualifications and capital to fight this and that in the future."
"Everything is fine for you, but you are too hasty. There are some things that you should take your time. Being an emperor and being able to do one big thing in your life is already a great achievement."
"Be cruel, be tough, be steady, and think before you act. If you have done it all, there will be nothing to worry about when grandpa passes away!"
"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Yunxi asked, "What is your long-cherished wish?"
"We!" The old man smiled, "Let everyone in the world have enough to eat and live their own little lives behind closed doors!" He said, pointing to the sky, "But those idiots will always have trouble with us!"
"Then he's such a bastard, he should come after us!" Zhu Yunxi also scolded, "What's the point of looking at the common people!"
"People are easy to bully!"
The rain suddenly stopped and the sky cleared up, cloudless.
"Dasun, go ahead!" After a moment of silence, the old man suddenly spoke and tugged on Zhu Yunxi's ear, "Go and take a look and take care of it. In such a big disaster, we have to show up!"
"Yeah!" Zhu Yunxi nodded heavily, and then said, "My grandson wants to take the Crown Prince of Yan with him. Among all the emperors and grandsons, he is the one who counts."
"Take it!" The old man stood up, "Your fourth uncle has given birth to a good son. If you make good use of him in the future, he may be your rightful helper."
This chapter has been completed!