"I have written down the medication instructions in it. You just need to take the medicine according to the prescription later." Yun Ruoyue warned.
Tian Zhang was moved and said: "Okay, thank you very much, Princess."
As he said that, he glanced at the sky and said, "My lord and princess, it's getting late. It's time for us to set off. Please take care of yourself."
"Master Tian, take care of yourself. Moli, send someone to escort Master Tian and his family to Jiangzhou, settle them down, and then come back." Chu Xuanchen ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Moli said.
In this way, Tian Zhang and his family were escorted by Moli to Jiangzhou.
After arriving in Jiangzhou, Chu Xuanchen would ask Jiang Ning to arrange some leisure duties for him first, allowing him to hide behind the scenes and help Jiang Ning while recuperating.
In this way, Tian Zhang can help him do things and support his family.
After Tian Zhang left, Yun Ruoyue said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Mr. Tian is right, disaster relief is urgent. The emperor refuses to allocate funds for disaster relief. With our own strength, there is no way to save so many people. It seems that we can still
We have to find a way to persuade the emperor to allocate funds."
Chu Xuanchen lowered his eyes and said, "Okay, tomorrow morning, I will propose to the emperor that he allocate funds for disaster relief."
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When he went to court the next day, Emperor Hongyuan was late again with dark circles under his eyes.
As soon as he sat down, Chu Xuanchen stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the summer is scorching hot. There are droughts and floods in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River. Locusts are raging in the northwest, causing no crops to be harvested. The people are hungry, mourning is everywhere, and diseases are everywhere.
Hengsheng. The situation is critical now, and I sincerely request the emperor to allocate funds for disaster relief."
When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy.
Now that the treasury is empty, even he himself is not enough, and he does not want to use money to rescue the victims.
He thought for a while and said: "King Li, I also sympathize with the victims. However, natural disasters have occurred frequently in the past two years. The national treasury has not received much tax money, but it has allocated a lot of money for disaster relief. Now that the treasury is empty, I am really stretched and cannot do anything.
Allocate funds, you go and think of a way to see if you can raise funds for disaster relief like last time."
When Dong Changfeng and others heard this, they felt that Emperor Hongyuan was really selfish.
It was just that he didn't want to allocate funds, and he put the matter of raising funds on King Li's head.
Asking wealthy households and gentry to contribute money would offend people, and it would be difficult to raise funds.
It is true that the good things are not at all the fault of King Li, and the bad things are all the fault of King Li. Emperor Hongyuan made this calculation very shrewdly.
Chu Xuanchen lowered his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, even if the rich households and nobles in the city are willing to donate money, compared with the needs of the people, it is just a drop in the bucket and far from enough. Last time I heard the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs say that the annual income of the national treasury
The fiscal revenue is about 10 million taels. In addition, a large part of the taxes are collected in the form of grain payments. In this way, after deducting the annual fiscal expenditure, there are at least tens of millions of taels in the national treasury. I sincerely request the emperor
Open granaries to release grain, allocate funds for disaster relief, and save the people from floods and fires."
This time, Emperor Hongyuan's face turned even darker.
He stared sharply at Chu Xuanchen and said in a deep voice: "There is indeed a little silver in the treasury, but my mausoleum has not yet been completed, and at least five million taels of silver are needed. I also need to build it for the new Dong Guiren who has entered the palace.
A palace also needs to repair the ancestral temple and palace, and hire alchemists to make elixirs. These expenses are huge. I don’t know how to fill these holes, and where will the money come from to provide disaster relief?"
When the officials heard this, they were very heartbroken.
Chu Xuanchen clenched his fists, his eyes full of coldness.
Emperor Hongyuan was so arrogant and extravagant, built a lot of construction projects, and brought his father's country to such a state. He hated him in his heart, but he had to bear it.
He took a deep breath and said: "The emperor is still in his prime, so the construction of the mausoleum can be postponed. There are many palaces in the palace, and there is no need to build a new palace for Dong Guiren."
King Rui next to him saw the sinister look on Emperor Hongyuan's face and said: "King Li, the emperor is the True Dragon Emperor, and building an imperial mausoleum for the emperor is a major national event. How can we postpone it? There have been many emperors in the past dynasties, and they all started as soon as they ascended the throne.
Do you want to violate etiquette when you start building the imperial mausoleum?"
Chu Xuanchen said coldly, "This is not my intention. Of course the emperor's mausoleum must be repaired, but now that the situation is critical, I think it can be postponed."
"If we continue to build the imperial mausoleum now, it will only waste people and money, and consume a lot of manpower and material resources. With so much money, we can definitely help more people."
Having said this, he looked at Emperor Hongyuan, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the people are in poverty now, and there are tens of thousands of homeless people on the streets. Relieving the people is the most important thing. I kindly ask the Emperor to temporarily build a mausoleum first and use the money for disaster relief."
At this time, Emperor Hongyuan's face was so gloomy that he could shed tears.
He was very dissatisfied with Chu Xuanchen, but Chu Xuanchen held military power and held a high position, so he really didn't dare to do anything to him.
He had no choice but to say: "King Li, the construction of the imperial mausoleum is a major matter for the country and cannot be postponed. You ministers who eat the king's work should be worried about the king. From now on, you can find a way to solve such small matters by yourselves. Don't bother me with everything."
Retreat from the court."
With that said, Emperor Hongyuan stood up and walked out of the hall coldly.
What he meant was that he didn't even want to pay a penny, he just wanted to blame Chu Xuanchen and others.
Seeing Emperor Hongyuan's appearance, Chu Xuanchen clenched his fists tightly, feeling very angry.
Other ministers also shook their heads and looked at Chu Xuanchen with great sympathy.
After Chu Xuanchen walked out of the hall, he looked at Moli outside.
Now that he couldn't persuade the emperor, it seemed he had to find another way.
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Since Emperor Hongyuan summoned Xue Tianxiang last time, he has not summoned her to sleep with her again recently.
I heard that Emperor Hongyuan is reading Dong Shishi's brand every day, listening to songs and singing with Dong Shishi all day long, and is very fond of Dong Shishi.
With the new person Dong Shishi, he immediately forgot about the old person Xue Tianxiang.
Thinking that Emperor Hongyuan had not summoned him again for so long, Xue Tianxiang was very worried.
She sat in the hall, looking at herself in the mirror, feeling very depressed.
She is still the same person, her appearance has not changed at all, but why doesn't Emperor Hongyuan like her?
Men really like the new and hate the old. She is really afraid that Emperor Hongyuan will always neglect her. In this way, she may lose her phoenix seal and status, and she will also lose the days when one person is inferior to ten thousand people and is sought after by others.
No, she couldn't sit still and wait for death, she had to find a way to get Emperor Hongyuan back.
Thinking of this, she turned around and said to Amina: "Amina, please help me dress up, I am going to see the emperor."
Amina nodded quickly, "Yes, your concubine."
With that said, she quickly helped Xue Tianxiang dress up with other palace maids.
After a while, Amina started to help Xuetianxiang apply her face. She opened a powder box and suddenly said: "Oh no, my dear, the pearl powder is gone."
Xue Tianxiang said lightly: "Ask Jin Chuan to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get it."