The prince was silent for a long time, and finally nodded and waved Zhou Man off.
Man Bao collected the things and left. When Eunuch Wu saw her coming out, he immediately smiled and said: "Little Imperial Physician Zhou, His Highness has brought back many things from Jiangnan, including two pieces of colorful satin. His Highness has indicated that he will give them to you. Look at me.
Should I send it to you to Chongwen Hall or to your home?"
Manbao didn't expect that he still had gifts to receive, so he immediately said: "Let me take a look."
Eunuch Wu took Zhou Man down to see the colorful satin.
Jiangnan's colorful satin is very famous. The satin is very thin. I don't know how it was woven and dyed, but it is actually colorful. One of the pieces has colorful butterflies woven on it, with its wings retracted and spread. Eunuch Wu shook his head gently, and the satin was
The face rises and falls, and the butterfly looks as beautiful as spreading its wings and flying.
Man Bao had gained a lot of experience and was amazed.
Eunuch Wu smiled and said: "These two pieces of colorful satin were personally selected by the Crown Princess. She said that you are young and you are more lively with such patterns."
Man Bao was amazed and could only nod.
She reached out and touched the colorful satin and said happily: "I have to trouble Eunuch Wu to ask someone to take it home for me. I can't keep this thing in the palace."
Eunuch Wu then said with a smile: "Easy to say, easy to say."
Man Bao searched around on his body, found a money bag and wanted to stuff it into Eunuch Wu, but Eunuch Wu pushed him back. He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, why are you so polite between us?"
He pointedly said: "The weather has been cold recently. I haven't seen your apprentice come to the palace for acupuncture for a long time. My old problem has happened again..."
When Zheng Gu and others entered the palace, Eunuch Wu didn't let them get needles.
Man Bao understood instantly. He glanced outside and saw that no one was there, so he folded his sleeves and said, "Come, let me show Eunuch Wu."
Eunuch Wu was happy and immediately gave his apprentice a look, then sat on a chair and took Manbao's pulse.
Eunuch Wu's apprentice closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Man Bao checked his pulse and then gave Eunuch Wu acupuncture. He had a lot of problems. It should be said that all the chamberlains would have injuries, but Eunuch Wu was more serious than them.
Manbao gave him the injection, took it out and said, "You have a lot of cold air in your body. I'm going to give you a prescription. You took it and soaked your feet to get rid of the cold?"
Eunuch Wu hesitated and said: "Isn't this good? It's not easy for people like us to buy medicine from outside. From Tai Hospital..."
That's not convenient, after all, you have to enter the file, and having medicinal gas on your body is a big no-no.
Man Bao then said: "You take the time to go to Tai Hospital tomorrow, and I will put it in the file for you. The medicinal materials used for foot soaking are not expensive. If you give some money for a medicine, the medical assistant in charge of the pharmacy will turn a blind eye.
One eye."
Eunuch Wu felt a dull pain in his waist and knees, as well as some tingling in his lower body. He hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "I wonder when Dr. Zhou will be at the Imperial Hospital tomorrow?"
Man Bao said: "It's not yet time to arrive at Shen Shi, I will be on duty."
Eunuch Wu understood and thanked Zhou Man with a smile.
Man Bao took one last reluctant look at his colorful satin, and then left happily.
Neither the prince nor the princess knew what happened between Eunuch Wu and Zhou Man. Zhou Man had just left, and the princess took a bowl of soup to the prince and asked, "What did Zhou Man say?"
The prince drank the soup and said, "The royal grandmother doesn't have much time."
Although the Crown Princess had already made a guess, she couldn't help but remain silent for a moment, and then asked: "Does the Dou family want to move around more?"
The prince was silent for a moment and then shook his head, "No, the emperor is still here. If you want to join the Endou family, it is the father who should come. We can just visit the emperor's grandmother from time to time."
The princess nodded.
The prince felt sad for a while. He probably knew about the queen mother's physical condition and his father's current mood.
So he put down the bowl and stood up, "I'm going to see the saint."
The Crown Princess didn't even ask him how he was doing on his errand, she just answered and helped him out.
Eunuch Wu had just come out after getting the needle. Seeing that the prince was about to go out, he immediately stepped forward to serve him.
The prince strode towards the gate of the East Palace. Halfway there, he found Zhou Man walking slowly in front, and asked, "Zhou Man, are we leaving now?"
Eunuch Wu:......
He swallowed, lowered his head and said, "Little Imperial Physician Zhou just went to see the colorful satin that His Highness presented to her."
The prince was speechless for a while. He could look at the colorful satin for so long. It was indeed a woman.
The prince turned around and headed to Tai Chi Hall with his hands behind his back.
Wei Zhi also washed and changed clothes from home and went to the palace to report to the emperor.
This time they raided Jiangnan and got a lot of information there.
The Yang family's salt farm in the south of the Yangtze River had their fields and some shops confiscated. Wei Zhi and the prince took the opportunity to investigate the situation of other families in the south of the Yangtze River.
The situation is not very optimistic.
From what they have seen and calculated privately, they can conclude that the taxes reported every year have been reduced by at least half, and the situation of hidden households in the Jiangnan area is even more serious.
It can be seen from this that, plus the parts they cannot see, those families have hidden how much tax they should pay to the court.
However, Wei Zhi and the prince did nothing. They took note of the confiscated items and sent the people who had been sent to the court back.
Wei Zhi reported to the emperor one by one, and then said: "Since the Sima clan, Jiangnan has been in a corner and has been under the control of each family. It was not until the establishment of this dynasty that each family returned to their own clan, but most people still stayed in
After moving to Jiangnan, most of the military power, political power, and financial power in the important towns in Jiangnan are now in the hands of Cui, Wang, Lu, and others. Even if the court sends officials there, within two years, they will either be very close to each family, or they will return.
If you go elsewhere, it may not be easy for Your Majesty to regulate Jiangnan."
The emperor also had a headache, "Forget about other things, salt is the foundation of people's livelihood. In recent years, salt taxes have been reduced a lot, and private salt is still widespread. People in places with little salt can almost no longer afford salt."
Wei Zhishen thought so. The aristocratic family could tolerate it for a while, but the salt item could not be tolerated.
Wei Zhi asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to investigate Jiangnan?"
The emperor looked at the prince and asked, "What do you think, prince?"
The prince thought for a while and then said: "Now is not the time."
The emperor then looked at Wei Zhi.
Wei Zhi has been anxious since he went to Jiangnan, but he has to admit that the prince is right, it is indeed not the right time yet.
Once the investigation is carried out, the aristocratic families that are only slightly united now may be stimulated to become closely connected. By then, the hole they tore out of the Yang family may be eaten away by them.
So he nodded aggrievedly, indicating that now was indeed not the right time.
The emperor frowned and sighed, and after a while he said: "Leave the affairs of Jiangnan to Yin Li. Since the time has not come yet, then we will wait for the opportunity."
Wei Zhi and the prince agreed together.
After talking about official matters, the emperor thought of talking about personal matters, so he said to the prince: "You should go and see your imperial grandmother. She hasn't seen you for a long time. She must miss you."
The prince agreed, bowed and retreated.
After he left, the emperor told Wei: "Wei Qing, I heard that your youngest son has returned from Quyang?"
Seeing the emperor's piercing eyes, Wei Zhi tensed up, always feeling that something bad had happened.