The Red Mansions

Chapter 621 Emperor Chongping: It is said that I was bitten by a snake once, and I am afraid of well

Chapter 621 Emperor Chongping: It is said that once I was bitten by a snake, I was afraid of well ropes for ten years...

Jinyang Princess Palace

As the fifth month of the lunar calendar enters, the sun is shining brightly, and the heat is getting hotter and hotter. From time to time, the sound of cicadas can be heard on the sycamore trees in the garden of the princess mansion.

In the attic, on the second floor, Jia Heng and Princess Jinyang played chess across a chess field, with ice cubes placed on the four sides to cool off the heat.

The eldest princess of Jinyang wore a vermilion long dress, and under her curved and beautiful eyebrows, her beautiful eyes became more and more charming. She put down a chess piece and asked softly, "Ziyu, how are you sure that there is a gold mine in Song County?" ?”

However, a few days ago, Jia Heng sent people from the Jinyi Mansion and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to Song County to survey the gold mines. This was an area with rich mineral snow reserves in the previous life. According to the previous life news reports, the reserves reached [-] tons.

Jia Heng stared at the beauty opposite, smiled lightly, and said softly: "I said I found a treasure map, do you believe it?"

The distribution area of ​​mineral resources in China is recorded in middle school geography books. Middle school should be the pinnacle of a person's knowledge. He knows astronomy and geography.

"My letter." Princess Jinyang said under her beautiful eyebrows, her beautiful eyes were like water, and she quietly looked at the boy opposite.

Jia Heng: "..."

"From now on, I will believe whatever you say." Princess Jinyang said softly with soft eyes.

This time is the time she enjoys the most, she doesn't have to worry about anything, she plays with him every day in Chunjing, and listens to him telling stories at night.

Jia Heng nodded, suppressing the chaotic thoughts in his heart.

He didn't seem to have lied to Jinyang, so it wasn't a lie.

Picking up the teacup, he took a sip.

"I wrote a memorial with Beijing the day before yesterday, and I think I should be in Beijing now." Princess Jinyang said with a chuckle: "I guess the emperor is still wondering, I just allocated 100 million taels to you, and you turned around and sent another one." Great gold mine."

Jia Heng said: "This gold mine can't be mined all at once, but fortunately, there is a long stream of water, and it will be fine after mining for 20 years."

Gold mines need to be smelted, and the cost is too high. Even if you find gold mines, you can't use them, but this gold mine in Song County is relatively easy to mine.

"However, although gold is good, it cannot be eaten or drunk. It is of little significance to ordinary people. It is not as good as sweet potatoes. I did not expect that sweet potatoes have been planted in the local area for more than ten years. The local government did not notice it and did not report to the court. report."

Just the day before yesterday, the Jinyi Mansion in Fujian sent a report through Feige, and finally found out the sweet potatoes assigned by the Jinyi Mansion. At this moment, they are rushing to Henan with the relevant farmers and several carts of sweet potatoes for transplanting.

In fact, sweet potatoes were introduced to Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and other provinces in the time and space of Jia Heng’s previous life during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

"Is the sweet potato really so productive?" Princess Jinyang asked again.

"Dozens of stones per acre can outperform rice by ten times. If it is widely planted, the number of living people will be too high. Especially now that the north is suffering from drought, it will be even more difficult for the court this year. The floating wealth that is copied will only last for a while." Jia Heng said.

Once the sweet potatoes are found, once the sweet potatoes are planted on a large scale, at least the problem of livelihood difficulties will be initially solved, and the famine can be curbed.

It will probably not be a problem to create a "sweet potato prosperity" in the future, and if the food problem of the people is temporarily solved, the chances of chaos that will sweep the entire territory within Chen Han will also be greatly reduced.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty in the previous life, it was not that there were no sweet potatoes, but that there was no promotion, and in the end they made wedding dresses for Man Qing.

Princess Jinyang was surprised and said: "I don't know what books you read it from, but when the one comes with sweet potatoes, I will eat one and see if it is as sweet as you said."

Jia Heng smiled softly: "You can't eat it, it's a seed, if you want to eat a seed..."

As I said that, I felt a little dirty, so I didn't want to say much.

He felt that he must have drunk too much recently, and there were still three different flavors.

Princess Jinyang listened, Yurong was slightly stunned, her beautiful eyes were rippling, and she glanced at the young man opposite with a half-smile, her heart suddenly fluttering.

After all, as we get along more and more, we naturally know what the young man on the other side wants to say.

He hasn't planted less seeds on her these days.

The beauty smiled lightly, and said in a low voice: "It's better to plant the seeds, bloom and bear fruit. It's not good to eat them all the time."

Jia Heng: "..."

Picking up the teacup quickly, she thought, it's not like you always did, talking about beauty.

While the two were talking.

At this moment, he only heard footsteps coming from the attic stairs, and said with a smile: "Brother Heng."

A girl in a pink and purple woven golden peony embroidered long coat with a pink and purple embroidered gold peony pattern, and a pink and purple long skirt walked around the screen and walked quickly, with a smile on her round red apple face.

It was Xiangyun.

Jia Heng put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Xiangyun, and asked, "Sister Yun, why didn't you go play with your third sister?"

Xiangyun smiled sweetly: "Third Sister and Sister Xianning are learning archery in the small school. I am tired from playing now, so I want to play with Brother Heng. Unfortunately, Brother Heng is busy with work every day."

As the girl spoke, her demeanor and tone were quite charming.

Jia Heng said: "Recently, I've been so busy that I don't touch the ground. After a few days for the Dragon Boat Festival to take a rest, I'll take you for a stroll."

Princess Jinyang turned her eyes to look at Xiangyun, and smiled: "I heard from Xianning that you are quite talented in archery, and you can even draw a small bow."

Jia Heng laughed and said: "Sister Yun is also from Wu Xun's family. She is talented in learning these things, and she looks stronger."

Xiangyun, who looks like a mantis in the shape of a crane, should be the most robust among the sisters of the younger generation in Jia's house, with rosy cheeks and abundant energy and blood, which of course has something to do with her lively temperament and love of sports.

Xiang Yun smiled and said, "Brother Heng, do you want to say that I am fat again?"

After getting along with Jia Heng for a long time, Xiang Yun became more innocent.

Princess Jinyang pulled Xiangyun over to sit down, and looked at the charming girl with a sweet smile.

At this moment, Lianxue and Yuanchun led several female officials, carrying red lacquered wooden trays, to the second floor, on which there were various fruits such as melons and grapes, Lianxue smiled and said: " This is a watermelon that just came out, Your Highness and Yongning Bo can try it."

Looking at the red-soiled watermelon, Xiangyun asked in surprise, "Watermelon?"

Princess Jinyang smiled, and said: "I'm a little thirsty just now, eat a piece of melon to quench my thirst, and go ask someone to call Tanchun and Xianning over."

Lian Xue smiled, and was about to order someone to call her.

Yuan Chun hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I will go."

Jia Heng looked at Yuan Chun and said: "Big sister sit here, it's very hot outside right now, sit down and eat a piece of watermelon to cool off."

Yuanchun has a plump body, a slightly fat type, and is relatively afraid of heat. At this moment, Mingming's forehead is covered with sweat, and the hair under his temples is sweatingly sticking to his temples, and his plump, white and greasy face is even more so. Seeing a faint blush, beads of sweat can be seen on Ruxue's neck.

Princess Jinyang also smiled and said: "Just call someone, the two of them love to play, and it's such a hot day, they insist on archery."

Yuan Chun responded, and then sat down on the embroidered pier beside him.

Jia Heng handed over a handkerchief, and said in a warm voice, "Big sister wipe the sweat off her face and neck first."

"Yeah." Yuan Chun said with a smile.

Brother Heng felt sorry for her.

Princess Jinyang picked up a watermelon and bit a piece, said: "This summer is coming, but there hasn't been any rain in the past few days."

Jia Heng said: "The weather in June can change as soon as it is said. It is reported from Kaifeng that the river embankment has not been completely completed."

As June entered, the temperature rose and the drought intensified. He also gradually heard some rumors in the government office of Duohe River. Slowly, let the common people rest for a while, after all, the summer is hot, and the river workers gather together, which is easy to breed troubles.

Princess Jinyang said: "I am worried that if there is no rain, there will be gossip in the capital. Although you are in Henan now, the tens of thousands of troops in the capital camp are also in Henan, and there are many eyes from the government and the public." Pay attention here."

After Jia Heng led the Beijing camp to quell the chaos in Henan, he didn't return to Beijing for a long time. Instead, he worked as a contractor in Henan and repaired the river embankment. Hurry up and return to the capital, otherwise everyone will be worried.

Jia Heng said: "This morning, the report from Kaifeng said that the construction of the embankment will be completed by the end of this month. I'll go and have a look in two days. As for some noise, I don't need to pay attention to it."

He is the head of the Beijing camp, so it is impossible for him to stay in Luoyang for too long, and he still runs on both sides more often.

"Well, not long ago, I just reported the mine and the sweet potato. It's hard to say in Beijing. You are wasting people and money in Henan." Princess Jinyang didn't say anything else, then picked up the watermelon, looked at Zhengda, and ate it. Xiang Yun, with melon juice splashing across his mouth, smiled and joked: "Girl Yun, why don't you wait for your third sister and the others?"

These girls are more delicate than her family, Chanyue, and compared to those girls in the palace, they are less scheming. I don't know how the Jia family raises them.

Xiangyun smiled and said, "I'm a little thirsty right now."

While talking, Tanchun, Princess Xianning, and Li Chanyue also went up to the second floor of the attic. Tanchun looked at Xiangyun and said with a smile, "Okay, Sister Yun eats alone here and doesn't call me."

Jia Heng had just washed his hands and wiped them with a towel. Hearing this, he suddenly remembered an emoji from his previous life.

You don't call me at Kaiyin parties, do you?

He paused for a moment, quickly picked up the watermelon, and ate a piece, only to feel that the juice of the melon was flowing and extremely sweet.

Secretly, it really is that drinking too much of something can easily hurt the mind.

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In Shenjing City, it was already noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the weather was hot.

Palace garden, Daming Palace, study room in side hall

Ice mirrors are placed around the side hall, and the heat in the hall is slowly reduced by the ice cubes taken from the ice cellar.

After writing the case, Emperor Chongping put on a light dragon robe, sat upright, and looked down at the memorials delivered by the provinces.

As time passed, the aftermath of the chaos in the Central Plains dissipated completely, and the Han court also entered into various affairs. There were always various important policies in the court waiting for Emperor Chongping to dispose of them.

Emperor Chongping picked up a memorial, read it, his face turned livid, and asked with a frown: "Dai Quan, didn't I ask you to gather all the memorials to impeach Jia Ziyu and not deliver them at all?"

Dai Quan, who was brewing tea at the side, changed his expression slightly when he heard the words, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this is the memorandum delivered by the local government. The cabinet elders Yang Ge, Han Ge, Zhao Ge, and over there approved it. However, I must let His Majesty read it, and the servants saw that there was no mention of Yongning Bo, so..."

Emperor Chongping said: "Although there is no mention of Jia Ziyu in this memorial to strike the fortification of the river, every sentence points to Ziyu. There are frequent civil upheavals... What a complaint, frequent civil upheavals, alarmist talk!"

Dai Quan's complexion changed drastically, he knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and said, "Your Majesty, this servant will have someone seal up the memorials related to He Gong."

Emperor Chongping looked gloomy, waved his hands and said: "No need, the local officials have issued corvée widely, and the apportionment is excessive. Ziyu mentioned this matter in the secret concert earlier."

After Jia Heng finished "Chen River Stories", he used Chen Zou's Henan river embankment to tell how Henan used military and civilian governance to control the river, and at the same time hired poor people with rice grains. In it, he vaguely mentioned a worry that local officials might Taking the opportunity to levy corvee, I hope that the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the governors of the imperial court will approve and verify the water conservancy projects reported by the localities. If there is really no need to build water conservancy projects, they should not blindly toss the people.

This is the experience summed up by countless lessons. There are always some speculative officials who turn good things into bad things, borrowing from the imperial court to build water conservancy projects, and apportion them wantonly. After such a long time, some prefectures and counties in the northern provinces have indeed changed. taste.

The imperial court wants to fight drought and build rivers to prepare for summer floods, right?

Then I will allocate corvée, the river in the east of the county needs to be dredged, and then everyone will go to repair the river.

not going, right?Then take the money, and the government will hire someone to go.

Then the people who went there were not provided with food by the government. If this toss continued, several small-scale civil uprisings occurred. Naturally, local officials noticed that they went to the court and proposed to strike the river fortifications.

This incident happened for real, and the three ministers in the cabinet also wanted to persuade them. They even felt that Emperor Chongping had overreacted to Jia Heng's proposal when he passed through Henan. !"

Since Jia Heng was being favored by Emperor Chongping, the court did not impeach Jia Heng very much, and talked about "Strike the River Fortifications".

In fact, this is also a manifestation of Jia Heng's political status after he was promoted to Yongning Bo, and after the governor, he did not face the attack directly, but began to detour.

Negate your policy, and then deny yourself, because only the right one has authority, and the wrong one will greatly reduce the prestige.

Emperor Chongping pondered for a moment, and called out: "Let someone call Zuodu Censor Xu Lu into the palace to face the saint."

Dai Quan quickly responded and ordered the inner prison to go.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here." At this moment, a small eunuch came in and said with a bow.

Surrounded by female officials and nuns, Empress Song entered the palace. It was summer, and this gorgeous, plump, fair-skinned beauty known as the "Snow Beauty" had already put on a relatively thin gauze dress, showing off her beautiful appearance. Under the neck, a large piece of snow-white skin was sweating slightly due to the hot weather, so that the gauze inside was covered, and she walked gracefully.

On Empress Song's gorgeous and unprovoked face, there was a look of concern, and her voice was crisp and soft, almost softly said: "Your Majesty, it's already noon, it's time for lunch."

After Emperor Chongping gradually recuperated and recovered, he buried his head in official papers as usual, often forgot to eat and sleep, and stayed up all night, which made Empress Song very worried. These days, he came here frequently to find Emperor Chongping to return to the harem for dinner and sleep.

"Zitong, are you here?" Emperor Chongping put down the memorabilia in his hand, got up, left the desk, ordered the inner eunuch to prepare the embroidered pier, looked at Empress Song, and asked, "Are they still pleading with the Empress Dowager?"

As Wei and Zheng were escorted to Beijing by the King of Chu, the relatives of Wei and Zheng, several concubines, and side concubines also followed Wei and Zheng to Beijing. After arriving in Shenjing the day before yesterday, they entered the palace. Zhong pleaded with the Supreme Emperor and Queen Mother Feng.

I don't know who gave Wei and Zheng the idea to tie the palace gates with ropes, and then the day before yesterday Empress Dowager Feng personally came forward to meet a group of female relatives.

Bringing this matter up made Emperor Chongping quite annoyed, and he was even a little annoyed with the King of Chu these days.

Let a few people leave Shenjing, how can these relatives of Wei and Zheng not stop them from entering Beijing.

In fact, the king of Chu also had a hard time. It was said that the two vassal kings needed to be taken care of when they came to Beijing, so they saved face, but they went to Beijing to do this.

Empress Song said softly: "The Empress Dowager has received several people in the past two days and said some words of comfort.

After thinking for a while, he said in a low voice: "I'm at Chonghua Palace, father and emperor, but I don't see you behind closed doors."

Seeing that Emperor Chongping's face was not very good-looking, he said softly: "Your Majesty, there has been a commotion in Beijing recently."

As the two vassals were taken to the clan's mansion for interrogation, the whole city of Shenjing was shrouded in ups and downs. All the civil and military officials were concerned about the results of the two vassals' disposal. Naturally, the civil officials had no objection, but there were always some noises.

Emperor Chongping pondered and said: "I have been thinking about how to deal with it for the past two days, and I am also in a dilemma."

He is naturally inclined to abolish the nobles of the two vassals, but not long ago, King Zhongshun was removed from the nobles, and two clan and vassal kings were removed from the nobles. In the eyes of the world, the Tian family is suspected of being mean and vicious . .

When the emperor and the empress were discussing the two vassals of Zheng and Wei, an inner eunuch hovered outside the hall, as if hesitating to go in, Dai Quan hurried over, listened to his whisper, and his face brightened.

Stepping quickly into the hall, he raised a wooden box with memorials above his head, and said, "Your Majesty, the memorials of Uncle Yongning in Henan."

Emperor Chongping's expression froze for a moment, and immediately, he was overjoyed and said, "Bring it quickly."

That is to say, more than half a month ago, Jia Heng published a memorial on river governance, and then published a memorial, and no memorial was delivered after that.

Song Empress Yurong smiled sweetly, and asked softly: "Is there a letter from Xianning?"

Dai Quan stepped forward and handed over the memorabilia, while laughing along with him, "Returning to the empress, there is only the memorabilia of Uncle Yongning."

"Oh." Empress Song frowned, her face as crystal clear as snow showed disappointment.

I don't know why recently, Xianning doesn't send many letters to Beijing. If it wasn't for the letters from the fourth brother, he almost thought that something happened in Henan.

How does this beauty know that Princess Xianning is immersed in Jia Heng's playfulness at the moment, and she can't remember to write letters to Beijing anymore.

Dai Quan hurriedly approached, helped to open the wooden box, and said, "Your Majesty, there are two."

Because Jia Heng is the minister of military aircraft and the governor of Jinyi, the present memorial has a somewhat "secret" meaning.

Emperor Chongping nodded, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, he had seen even the Liufeng Zoushu.

Picking up one of the memorials, he read it quickly, and after reading word by word, his brows gradually relaxed, his eyes were deeply focused, and his face was excited.

I saw that the above memorials generally reported mineral resources, mainly gold mines, followed by carboniferous mines, and proposed that charcoal can be used for heating and cooking, so as to reduce the people's dependence on wood for heating and cooking, thereby consolidating water and soil for the benefit of the people. long.

Among them, what attracted the attention of Emperor Chongping was that the craftsmen of the Guangchu Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs made a preliminary assessment of the gold mines, and the reserves were rich, or there were millions of taels of gold.

Because later generations used more than ten taels of scales, one catty remained unchanged, and one taels became more, while the Han system still used 16 taels of scales, so it is not an exaggeration to say that the gold mines of thirty tons in later generations are nearly one million taels.

Of course, it is not a mineral deposit that can be smelted at one time, it needs to be mined for several years.

Empress Song saw the happy look on Emperor Chongping's eyebrows, and the bright eyes under the beautiful eyebrows flickered, and she was curious in her heart, and called: "Your Majesty."

"Ziyu just reported that a gold mine worth a million taels of gold was discovered in Songxian County, Luoyang. In addition, many carboniferous mines were discovered in Xin'an County, Luoyang and other places, with rich carbon reserves." The cold and hard color on Emperor Chongping's cheeks had long since It disappeared, and the voice gradually trembled because of the emotional agitation.

Even if millions of taels of gold cannot be mined and smelted all at once, at least tens of thousands of taels of gold are delivered to the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year, which is not a small fortune, not to mention the coal mines.

"One million taels of gold? This is truly a gift from God to His Majesty." Empress Song said with a look of surprise on her beautiful face, her mouth slightly opened.

At this moment, Dai Quan was listening on the sidelines, his heart was excited and his face was beaming with joy. Sure enough, every time Yongningbo delivered the memorials was a happy event.

Emperor Chongping looked excited, and said softly: "There are not only gold mines, but also carboniferous mines. Many carboniferous mines have been discovered in Song County, Xin'an County and other places...According to Ziyu, coal can be excavated for daily use by the people of Henan. Needs, food is the most important thing for the people, firewood, rice, oil, salt, ginger, vinegar, tea, and firewood are placed first, which shows its importance. In addition, some good anthracite can be sold to Huaiyang to buy rice grains, so that it can supplement the treasury of Henan. use."

Coal, also known as coal, is of high quality and low price. It was used to smelt iron in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was also widely used in the pre-Ming Dynasty.

Now, Chen Han inherits the former Ming Dynasty and has set up mine tax envoys in Shanxi and other places. With this item, at least it can solve the winter heating and daily meals of the people in the Central Plains. Anthracite is more often used for winter heating. Every winter in the south, it is very cold and humid. , Often need a lot of anthracite or even good charcoal.

Wealthy homes in Shenjing often use anthracite for heating, or even charcoal. For example, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has a department that is responsible for selecting charcoal for the royal court.

Anthracite does not produce much smoke after burning, and the batch of coal found in Yong'an County is high-quality coal.

In fact, although coal is cheap, the price of coal often remains high due to government supervision and commercial management.

And the government also engages in a coal monopoly to grab profits. Obviously, ordinary people cannot use coal to survive the winter and cook.

Jia Heng’s proposal for Shangshu is to mine coal extensively. On the one hand, the government will set up a special agency to regulate the price for civilian use, and on the other hand, it will encourage private coal mining.

Taking Henan as an example, it is possible to set up a coal department under the Ministry of Industry, set up branch offices in coal-producing areas, and not impose heavy taxes on coal, so that it can be used in thousands of households for heating, with small profits but quick turnover.

In fact, in another time and space where Jia Heng lived, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Shenzong ordered that the people be allowed to mine coal by themselves for their daily needs.

Empress Song said with a smile: "Your Majesty, in this way, the civil affairs in Henan will be greatly relieved?"

In fact, she didn't understand, but it should be a good thing.

It's just that coal should be mined by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It would have been better if her third brother had joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It would be much better than going to the Ministry of Industry now.

The day before yesterday, my fourth younger brother Song Xuan sent a letter saying that after the matter was over, Jia Ziyu wanted to recommend him to know about the Kaifeng government affairs. Yin, it shouldn't be a problem.

Emperor Chongping nodded, picked up the second memorial again, left his seat, read it intently, and frowned.

Facing Empress Song's puzzled gaze, she seemed to explain, and seemed to be talking to herself: "In recent years, Henan and other northern provinces have experienced continuous droughts and poor harvests year after year. Ziyu mentioned a crop called sweet potato in his memorial. Wheat is more drought-resistant, with an yield of more than ten stones per mu. He also said that it has been planted in Fujian and Guangdong. It is currently being introduced and planted in Henan on a large scale. It can be harvested in July, which can make up for the difficulty of poor harvest due to drought. He also made suggestions to me , can promote planting in the northern provinces affected by the disaster this year."

The drought in Henan, or the entire north of Chenhan, has not been alleviated, and the production has been severely reduced. The introduction of sweet potatoes will naturally solve the rice and grain difficulties in Henan.

Empress Song said, "Sweet potato?"

"It was originally a crop from the Nanyang Fan Kingdom. It has been planted in remote mountains and river beaches in Fujian and Guangdong these years. I heard that the entrance is quite sweet. Compared with rice grains, the yield per mu is as high as more than ten stones." Emperor Chongping frowned, feeling a little worried Not sure.

If it weren't for Jia Heng's words, this emperor who knew about farming and harvesting would almost think it was a lie.

Dozens of stones per mu?

Is it a bit exaggerated?

But since it was Jia Heng's memorial, I was somewhat looking forward to it.

If the real yield is dozens of stones per mu, even if there is a drought in the north, there will be no famine again, and the previous turmoil in Henan will never happen again.

Empress Song smiled, and said softly: "Since what Ziyu said, it should be conclusive. Besides, the yield per mu is the easiest thing to verify."

Emperor Chongping nodded and said: "What Zitong said is true, so this sweet potato should also be popularized quickly. When there is movement in Ziyu's Henan Province, it will be promoted and transplanted to the northern provinces. However, now I am promoting sweet potatoes with a sparse , I am afraid that the government and the public will have an undercurrent surging again, and the sky will be filled with boiling."

The thoughts of some people in the court, he also heard the report from the inner guard these days, saying that he obeyed Zi Yu's words, if it is a military matter, no one has any objection, but other things...

Empress Song stared at her beautiful eyes, with a thoughtful look on her face, and said, "Your Majesty, how do you say this?"

I knew in my heart that it was His Majesty who was upset, so I just talked casually and found someone to listen to, as long as she listened.

Emperor Chongping put down the memorandum and said in a low voice: "Recently, the censor said that the northern provinces have self-examination, issued corvée widely, labored the people and wasted money, and the people are miserable. Now that it is May, there is no sign of rain, and there are also signs of rain in the court. There were some criticisms."

Empress Song said softly: "It should be a good thing to build water conservancy to prepare for the summer flood?"

"A good thing can also become a bad thing. This summer has just started, and there is no rainstorm. Some people can't sit still. At the beginning, Ziyu never said with certainty that there will be rain this summer. He just planned for it. Now some people are trying to For this criticism, it is said that once I was bitten by a snake, I was afraid of well ropes for ten years, and I listened to the wind and rain, so I was tossing around." Emperor Chongping said at the end, his face was worried, and his eyes flashed coldly.

Regardless of whether it is some remarks in Beijing or Jiangnan, the emperor has already collected and summarized them through various channels, but he just suppressed them and did not cite them.

However, there was a hint of anxiety hidden in the bottom of my heart, and I was looking forward to the rainstorm instead.

Without him, the loss of Henan's chaos at the beginning was too great. As time passed, Emperor Chongping occasionally thought about it late at night, feeling uncomfortable, and deep down in his heart, he wanted to find a place again.

Overcoming all opinions, everyone is drunk and I am alone...

Empress Song said softly: "Your Majesty, it's getting late, why don't you go eat first."

Emperor Chongping nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Have lunch first, and later I will summon a few cabinet ministers. This year's summer tax has already arrived."

Earlier, the Ministry of Household Affairs heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs allocated 100 million taels of silver to Henan, and asked Emperor Chongping to transfer the money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Ministry of Household Affairs to relieve the people's hardship in the northern provinces.

(End of this chapter)