Chapter 52: What is the Emperor’s Intention (2)
The atmosphere in the Ganqing Palace was a bit solemn.
Zhu Gaochi, Zhang Jue, Bao Zhao, Yan Zhenzhi, Yang Jing and others sat quietly.
Zhu Yunyu sat cross-legged on Luoshan bed, facing the dishes in front of him for luck.
Four dishes, stir-fried turtle dove, fried meat and lotus root, stewed fish belly with tendons, and roasted yellow croaker with green onions.
Yiwei pigeon soup, the staple food is rice, milk-skinned buns, silver-stained small flower rolls, and glutinous rice cakes.
"Your Majesty, you're all the food!" The turtlema said in a low voice holding the plate.
He seemed to the emperor's anger was on the verge of an outbreak, and he couldn't help but take a few steps back in his heart.
"I just issued an edict to guilt. It is another year of great disaster. Is it appropriate to eat so much? " Zhu Yunyu glanced at the turtlema, "Besides, my diet has been customized, and I am usually frugal. What's the intention of suddenly serving these dishes today?"
"Long live!" The turtle-bassed knelt down with a thud, "It was delivered directly from the imperial kitchen. It was said that the tendon fish belly yellow croaker was all tributes sent from all over the country. Let Long live, you can try it today..."
"Call Park Wuyou here!" Zhu Yunxiu said angrily.
The turtle is his confidant, but the center of the emperor's mind cannot monopolize the power. The turtle and Park are useless. One serves the listener in front of him, and the other is responsible for the logistics of the palace, which is also a constraint on each other.
Soon, Pu Wuyong came in from outside with fear and kowtowed, "Long live, you call me a servant?"
"What did you ask to make this imperial meal?" Zhu Yunxiu used chopsticks to stew the fish belly.
This is a dish with cumbersome processes and expensive raw materials. In addition to beef tendons and dried fish belly, there are more than a dozen side dishes alone.
Park Wuyong quickly glanced at Yushen and said in a trembling voice, "Yes!"
"Do you know that there is a disaster outside? On weekdays, I just have three dishes and one soup, just enough to eat. What are you doing today?" As he said that, Zhu Yunyu was already furious and threw it over with chopsticks. "The people outside are not fed without being covered in their stomachs. Who will give me these delicacies? "
Pu Wuyou sweats like rain and does not stop kowtowing.
All the ministers next to them lowered their heads and did not dare to speak out.
The emperor suddenly became a big eunuch in the palace. Why did they feel like a mirror in their hearts? It was because the emperor was angry and had no place to vent his feelings.
Because just now, bad news came from Huaibei, heavy rains were still falling in Huaibei. While the people were displaced, the victims had already hit the official warehouse of Hong County due to improper handling by local officials. Moreover, the bodies of victims who were soaked in floating sacs have been found on the river surface.
"I...I..." Pu Wuyong was already speaking, shocked.
"Pull it down!" Zhu Yunxiu said angrily, "Fifty boards give him a long memory!"
The turtle immediately got up and waved to the outside. Several guards' armor slammed and pursed their lips and came in to pull people.
"Long live, long live!" Park Wuyong suddenly shouted, "Today is the Queen's birthday..."
"Yeah!" Zhu Yunxiu paused, "Let him go and say!"
"Today is the Queen's birthday. Because there is a disaster outside, the Queen told me not to handle it. But Concubine Hui said that I should always be happy, so I asked me to arrange a few good dishes!" Pu Wuyong burst into tears, "These dishes are for Kunning Palace. I have sent them all. The Queen said, "Your Majesty, you haven't had a good meal for several days, so I'll take them back for you!"
As he said that, he was already crying, "I have made six dishes in total, and I will give you four. The queen left a dish of sea cucumber, straw mushrooms, and a dish of cold cauliflower..."
"Ninger's birthday?"
Zhu Yunxiu then realized that he looked at Park Wuyou, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?"
"It's the queen who doesn't let me say it!" Park Wuyong cried, "The queen said, don't bother you, Long Live your heart! Moreover, the queen has long issued a ban order to the inner court, and the Guanglu Temple has also issued an order not to be public!"
Suddenly, a trace of guilt emerged in Zhu Yunyu's heart. But this guilt was not useless to Park, but to Zhao Ning'er. According to the etiquette, the queen's birthday is the same as his birthday, which is the same as the emperor's birthday.
It was supposed to be a foreign official to congratulate the royal family, but because of his unhappiness in the past few days, Zhao Ning'er had already greeted him in private and did not allow anyone to speak out.
"Emperor!" At this time, Zhu Gaochi spoke, "Since that's the case, please spare Mr. Park this time!" As he said, he smiled, "He also kindly did the wrong thing!"
As he said that, he whispered, "Today is the Queen's birthday again!"
He gave Zhu Yunxi a step.
Zhu Yunxiu sighed and looked at Park Wuyou, "I understand, you go down!"
"I thank the emperor for his kindness!" Park Wuyong stood up, and when he passed by the turtle's shame, a different look flashed in his eyes.
And the turtle was secretly hated in his heart, "How could I forget this day? A mistake!"
"He is so tired of being fooled by the emperor!"
Zhu Yunxiu didn't see clearly in this place for a while. But as a bystander, Zhu Gaochi could see one or two.
The civil and military officials in the court each had their own thoughts and interests. Even in the Forbidden City, these dog slaves were full of bad intentions. They stumbling around and digging pits and traps everywhere.
"Everyone says that the emperor has a self-esteem, and it's a fucking fucking. Everyone in the world wants to fool him and fool him." Zhu Gaochi said in his heart, "Oh, fortunately, my father has put off his mind. Otherwise, even if there is a day of success, our second and third brothers and others will have to be tying their brains into dogs in the future. It's so fucking tired!"
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"Talking about disaster relief!" After this episode, Zhu Yunxiu had no intention of having a meal, so he simply sat on the throne and looked at the ministers in front of him.
"The memorandum of comforting the victims in various places has been sent!" Zhang Feng said first, "Let the prefectures along the downstream of Sizhou, open the official warehouse and set up a porridge shed!" As he said, he paused, "The standard must be that chopsticks should be inserted into them and not fall down. The rice and grain involved will be first sent out by the prefectures in various places, and then the Daguan in Huai'an and Yangzhou will be replenished!"
After he finished speaking, Bao Zhao said, "It's a matter involved! Governments in various places have opened a shed to provide disaster relief. The amount of rice and grain on the books will be untrue at that time. I am afraid that someone will report it more and then make up for their own deficiencies!"
"I don't care about those things at this time!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand lightly.
As expected, once the governments along the way opened warehouses for relief, the number of rice and grain reported to the court in the future would probably double. The victims took one stone, and they would say ten stones. As for the extra grain, they would naturally fall into their pockets and share the benefits.
"The most urgent task is to let the people eat enough. As long as it is not too much, these things will be taken into consideration in the future!" Zhu Yunsheng said.
This is human nature, not a general disadvantage that can be solved by using systems or laws. Such a matter is not a separate behavior of an official, but a collective behavior of a region.
Sometimes, no matter how much you hold your breath in this kind of thing, the center has to pinch your nose and accept it.
"There have been dead in the places where the victims gather!" Yan Zhen said straight, "If it is improperly handled, it is easy to cause illness. Therefore, medicine is the most urgent thing!" As he said, he pondered for a moment, "But medicine is not food, it can only be purchased from various places. The Ministry of Industry has convened drug dealers and will start purchasing matters tomorrow!"
"This matter should be fast!" Zhu Yunxiu said, "After the heavy rain, there is a sudden heat, and the victims cannot be evacuated immediately. Everyone is still sick and they are sick. The porridge shed along the way is the top priority!" As he said, he sighed, "Let's do these things well, and he will be able to do things in front of him!"
"The emperor is wise!"
Zhu Yunxi's eyes swept and fell on Zhu Gaochi, "What do Hong Xi say?"
Zhu Gaochi stood up slightly, "Your Majesty, this year's flood is greater than expected. After the flooding of Sizhou, the water level in Huai'an was in a hurry. In addition to the garrison and civilians, the salt farmers in Huai'an Prefecture were also transferred to the embankment."
Zhu Yunqi understood what he meant.
Huai'an Salt Field has tens of thousands of salt farmers who specialize in boiling salt.
As the largest salt farm in Huaibei, the salt tax paid to the court every year is as high as one million yuan. Once the work is suspended, it will also involve the issue of salt prices in the entire south.
In addition, there is another hidden worry. Just as warehouses and disaster relief are opened in various places, the salt farm will take advantage of the year of disaster and the accounts are unclear. There is even a possibility that in the year of disaster, official salt and private salt may become private salt.
In the end, these private salts will be sold everywhere at the price of official salt.
Disasters are not terrible, what is terrible is people!
Chapter completed!