At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance had to stand up again, "Your Majesty, what Mr. Wang said is right. Women's reputation is as great as the sky. They have entered the palace. Then they are your women. As an example for men in the world, how can you do this?
Just put your woman back so casually?"
Li Jingfu said: "But if I don't let them out, I can't afford to feed them. Are they willing to eat bran in the palace?"
The Minister of Rites was really anxious. If all the women selected for the palace were released, the families of these women would not dare to blame the emperor, and they would definitely vent their anger on him as the host.
"It is their blessing to be able to eat glutinous rice with the emperor. They are not happy enough, so how can they have any objections?"
"That's not necessarily true. They came here for glory and wealth, but when they came to the palace, they had to eat chaffy vegetables. What if they were resentful?" Li Jingfu insisted on dismissing Xiu who was sent to the palace.
female.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
Li Jingfu became a little impatient and interrupted: "Don't try to persuade him. If you don't have money, everything is useless. Now that Dayu is in trouble internally and externally, we should be united as kings and ministers, thinking about how to quell the rebellion and how to govern Dayu well."
, instead of thinking about sending women to my palace all day long!"
"Your Majesty." The Minister of Hubu took a step forward, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the last time the rebels withdrew, they left several million taels of silver behind. Whether these silvers are placed in the national treasury or your private treasury, they will be
A huge amount of wealth. Now that Yu's treasury is empty, I hope the emperor will allocate a sum of money to replenish the treasury so that the entire court can operate normally."
When the Minister of Rites heard this, he thought, yes, why didn't he think of this money?
He patted his forehead: "Master Zhang is right. You have such a large amount of money, how can you not be able to support these beautiful girls in the palace? In my opinion, it is better to keep them in the palace!"
Li Jingfu's eyelids twitched, these scumbags who had nothing to do with their lives were finally thinking about his huge sum of money.
He glanced at Anu, and he had to find a reason to make them care about her, but it was all in vain.
What reason are you looking for?
Li Jingfu rolled his eyes and accidentally glanced at the letter paper lying on the desk.
Got it!
Seeing that the emperor was stunned, the Minister of Rites couldn't help but tentatively shouted: "Your Majesty?"
Li Jingfu raised his eyes to look at him, waved his hand and said: "Don't worry about those millions of taels of silver. The money belongs to the Queen. If you want to misappropriate it, you can write to her and consult her. If she agrees, I have no objection. How do you want to use it?"
It will be all right!"
This caused trouble to come to the east, making the courtiers present dumbfounded!
When did the master of the harem have so much power?
Or does it mean that all the ancestral institutions of the royal family have become special existences under this generation of emperors?
Speaking of Xia Jing who was far away in the Gyeonggi region, several ministers remembered another important event.
"Your Majesty, some time ago the Queen led troops out of Bingzhou and crossed the border, went deep into the grassland, took the initiative to tease the beards of Beidi's tigers, killed Beidi's Chahar tribe, and killed Qimuge, the great Khan of the Chahar tribe, and his wife.
My son Narisong killed all the Beidi barbarians who resisted and robbed all the herdsmen and herds in the tribe. This incident has far-reaching consequences, and the Queen did not do it properly!"
The Minister of War is really worried that Beidi will take the opportunity to counterattack the Central Plains. Then there will really be internal and external troubles, and the national destiny will be worrying!
"What you said is interesting. I listen to your opinion. We only allow Beidi to come to Dayu to rob us, but we don't allow our soldiers and horses to enter the grassland to counterattack? Are you thinking about Beidi or Dayu? Or are you here in Cao's camp?
Chinese?"
Li Jingfu was very angry at these so-called powerful ministers. Although he also felt that it was inappropriate, Xia Jing was his queen. He could dislike her but not others.
The Minister of War was so frightened by the emperor's words that his face turned pale, his body softened, and he knelt down on the marble floor, "I hope the emperor will show you my loyalty!"
Zuo Pushe squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the listless emperor sitting on the dragon throne. He should not be underestimated.
Although the late emperor was unwilling to be put in a cage and used as a pig, he at least did not dare to resist. Now that the new emperor has been replaced, he has already walked into the cage step by step. Why did he start to resist again before the door could be closed in time?
This is because you are not willing to be their puppet or their sealing tool!
Li Jingfu naturally felt the scrutiny of several powerful officials. He rolled his eyes wildly in his heart and waved his hand: "As time goes by, you will see people's hearts. Whether you are loyal or not will be judged by future generations. Will they enshrine you in the ancestral hall or nail you to a pillar of shame?"
, it depends on how you have served the country and the people during these years as an official."
Several powerful officials: "."
"Oh, by the way, Zhang Aiqing has been crying about poverty, saying that the national treasury is running out of money. This reminds me of another thing. If it is done well, I believe that the tax revenue of the treasury will increase this year."
"I wonder what the emperor is talking about?" If we can increase the revenue of the treasury, it is something that the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue would only dream of doing.
Li Jingfu looked at several courtiers. He was not sure whether the courtiers would act according to his wishes, but Xia Jing scolded him from afar.
Now he can only bite the bullet and say: "Jiankang has been besieged by Beidi for several months, and the disaster is not light. In order to better restore production in Jiankang, I decided to let the Ministry of Households take the lead, with the help of Jinwu, to control the land of Jiankang.
Carry out re-measurement, register and check the hidden households, and build a bright future for Kangzhi!"
After listening to the emperor's words, several important ministers' eyelids twitched involuntarily. Beidi had caused serious harm. Beidi had retreated, and the land would not have grown up and followed Beidi. Is it necessary to re-measure and register it?
I said so much at the beginning of the co-authorship, but it turned out that I was waiting for them here.
At this moment, several important ministers remembered that the emperor had implemented this policy arbitrarily when he was in Lingnan. He cleaned up hidden households, measured the land, and re-registered the land.
Isn't this series of methods just to deal with powerful families, country gentry and officials, and to carve up the profits from them!
Taking out the property that belongs to oneself and putting it into the national treasury. Only those who have no feelings for family and country in their hearts and the righteousness of the country will be stupid and will agree to this ridiculous reason!
"Your Majesty, Jiankang is surrounded by the estates of ministers and aristocratic families. Do you want to check whether there is any suspicion of wasting money and people?" Zuo Pushe said cautiously. In fact, he wanted to say that he was full and had nothing to do.
Li Jingfu glanced at them with a smile but not a smile, "It's too early for the Chief Assistant to draw conclusions at this time. You will know after the investigation whether I have wasted people and money."
The few ministers standing at the bottom looked at each other, feeling a little indescribable.
After the ministers left, only the emperor and Anu were left in the imperial study.
Li Jingfu walked to the soft couch and lay down halfway, heaving a sigh of relief, "It's really exhausting to struggle with people like them every day."
Anu walked over to give him a massage to relieve his fatigue. Seeing the tired look on the emperor's face, there was distress in his eyes, and a sharp look flashed through him: "Your Majesty, there is no need to fight with them. If anyone really hinders you, find a reason to kill them."
That’s it!”
"How come your tone of voice is so similar to that of the Xia family!" Li Jingfu closed his eyes and rested his mind: "If I act like this, those courtiers who have nothing to do all day will definitely shout that I am the living emperor of Shang, Zhou and Sui Yang, and they will fight and kill me.
Killing is not the best option!"
For things that Anu finds troublesome, it is easier to deal with them simply and directly.
"My enthronement ceremony and the canonization ceremony were not attended by Xia. Will she blame me?" Li Jingfu closed his eyes and murmured to himself.
Anu comforted her with a dull face: "Now that the world is in a serious situation, the Queen will understand you. Don't worry, Your Majesty."
Li Jingfu sighed, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether she blames me or not. It's just that I'm really not interested in the throne. Sitting in this position is too stressful and tiring!"
Even though he was excited at first, after such a long time, he got a little bored.
"Anu, later you go to the cabinet to keep an eye on it, and ask them to draft the edict as soon as possible, and send it to Gyeongsang Province once the seals are finished."
"yes!"
Li Jingfu hummed, his eyelids a little heavy. Before going to sleep, he was still thinking that his ability was limited and this was the only thing he could do to help Xia Jing and her son.
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In the Gyeonggi region, the crops planted have been growing for more than two months. Now the fields are thriving and the crops are growing well.
Several main roads in the capital have been paved with cement, and there is no mud when walking on them. Even if it rains, people will not be afraid of getting their shoes wet when walking on them.
In the past two months, after going deep into the grassland for the first time, Xia Jing later organized another deep into the grassland.
After entering the grassland for the second time, the team gained some experience, and the team for this operation was much stronger than before.
Two thousand cavalry were added, 500 of which were grassland herdsmen. The team expanded and looked much more powerful.
Therefore, the harvest of entering the grassland this time was also very rich. In addition to the rescued Dayu people, tens of thousands of grassland herdsmen also came to Dayu to settle, and more than a thousand Beidi warriors were captured.
Xia Jing did not kill these warriors this time, but took them back and asked them to build roads for Dayu and perform labor for Dayu.
If possible, Xia Jing would like to build all cement roads in the Gyeonggi area, but the amount of work is a bit large, so she must wait patiently and slowly for these cement roads to be completed.
"Princess, today's streets are no longer afraid of getting your shoes dirty even if it rains." Hongmei walked on the street and stepped on the ground and said.
Xia Jing glanced at the alleys beside the road, "Nowadays, only a few streets are paved with cement roads, which is far from enough. Moreover, the streets are clean, but the alleys are still dirty. Moreover, the population is now small. If the population in the capital is
If there are too many, the mess will reappear."
First of all, in the past, if people encountered three emergencies on the street, they would hide in deserted alleys to solve the problem, but this was not what Xia Jing wanted to see.
Therefore, every street in the capital should build a public toilet one or two miles apart, so as to prevent passers-by from urinating and defecating in public.
"When these saplings grow up, they will become shade trees, so you won't have to worry about getting sunburned when you go shopping in the future!" Hongmei touched the leaves planted on the roadside.
Several people were walking and chatting, and soon the sound of horse hooves was heard at the end of the street.
As the sound of horse hooves got closer and closer, Xia Jing discovered that the people sitting on the horses were all soldiers from the camp.
A group of dozens of people moved from far to near, and finally roared past.
Xia Jing looked back and saw their vigorous figures disappearing at the end of the street. Then she turned around and asked Ye Fei in surprise: "Ye Fei, are they horse racing in the city?"
Ye Fei looked at the retreating figure and nodded: "Well, there are not many common people in the Gyeonggi area, and there are no restaurants, teahouses, theaters and other places in the city. This has led to the soldiers being full of energy but not venting it.
Channels, horse racing on the street can be considered a pastime for them."
Xia Jing shook her head and said with a smile: "I don't know how many people have been scared away by their bandit behavior. Even if there are bold people who want to go to the city to set up a stall, the people will be scared to retreat when they see such brat bandits."
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Hongmei looked around. Ninety-nine percent of the shops on both sides of the street were owned by the princess, but they were all closed.
"It's really inconvenient that there are no shops in the city. I can't even find a way to buy a gadget."
Xia Jing stared into the distance, smiled and said: "So it can be seen from this that businessmen play a decisive role in society. If a country's businessmen go on strike, the country will almost be paralyzed!"
The sound of horse hoofbeats was heard again. This time, Yuan Rongcheng was running at the front of the group of people coming over. It was obvious that he was the leader of this group of people.
He stopped the horse without hesitation, jumped off and trotted over, "Grandma, why did you leave the palace today?"
"Walking around and looking around." Xia Jing looked at him and asked with a smile: "Why do you have time to ride a horse on the street today? Is it a vacation?"
Yuan Rongcheng waved his riding crop and stepped forward to greet him: "After training, I went for a walk with my brothers on the street."
"You're a handsome boy!" Xia Jing asked him to go play and not delay her return to the palace.
The next day, Jiankang's messenger arrived in the capital.
The person who delivered the letter this time was the eunuch of the original palace, Dai Yi.
The reason why we attach so much importance this time and let Daiyi, who has served two generations of emperors, pass on this edict is because this edict is a canonization edict.
Xia Jingshou's decree seems to have been expected, and it seems that it should be the case.
After Dai Yi finished reciting the imperial edict for canonizing the queen, Xia Jing took the edict and handed it to Hongmei who was standing behind.
When she turned back, she found that Dai Yi had produced another imperial edict, "This imperial edict is also for the fifth prince."
"Wu is for Xiao Wu?" Xia Jing stared at Ming Huang's imperial edict and probably had a guess in her mind.
"Can the fifth prince be in the palace?" Dai Yi asked without seeing Li Chengmu, "Can the fifth prince be summoned to receive the order?"
Xia Jing nodded and Hongmei left the hall.
Dai Yi sat down, took a sip of tea, and took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter from Princess Yuzhu. Please give it to Mr. Yuan San."
Xia Jing took it and looked at Juanxiu's handwriting, raised her eyebrows and said: "If you don't stay in college, you will become enemies if you stay in college. You haven't even gotten married yet, and you already know that you are thinking about him. Even I, a grandmother, have forgotten about him."
Already."
Dai Yi smiled and did not comment.
Xia Jing didn't want him to answer, but turned to ask Ye Fei: "Last time we sent Yuan Rongcheng to Jiankang, did he write a letter to Yuzhu?"
The last letter delivery was arranged by Ye Fei, so he knew best who sent the private message.
But he shook his head and said: "Master Yuan San did not ask us to carry the letter. As for whether he asked others to send the letter for him, my subordinates have not found out!"
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