The prince was silent for a long time, finally nodded and waved Zhou Man down.
Man Bao collected the things and stepped back. When Eunuch Wu saw her coming out, he immediately smiled and said, "Little Imperial Doctor Zhou, Your Highness has brought back a lot of things from Jiangnan, among which are two bolts of colorful satin, and His Highness has specified that they will be rewarded to you. Should I send it to the Chongwen Museum for you, or to your home?"
Man Bao didn't expect that he still had presents to receive, so he immediately said, "Let me see."
Eunuch Wu led Zhou Man down to see the colorful satin.
The colorful satin in the south of the Yangtze River is very famous. The satin surface is very thin. I don’t know how it was woven and dyed, but it is colorful. One of them is woven with colorful butterflies. The face is undulating, and the butterfly looks as beautiful as if it spreads its wings and flutters.
Man Bao has learned a lot and was amazed.
Eunuch Wu laughed and said, "These two pieces of colored satin were personally selected by the Crown Princess. She said that you are young, so you can be lively with such patterns."
Man Bao was so amazed that he could only nod his head.
She stretched out her hand to touch the colored satin and said happily: "I have to trouble Eunuch Wu to get someone to take it home for me, I can't keep this thing in the palace."
Eunuch Wu smiled and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."
Man Bao searched on his body, found the money bag and wanted to give it to Eunuch Wu, but Eunuch Wu pushed it back, and he said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, what are you being polite to me?"
He pointedly said: "It's been cold recently, I haven't seen your apprentice come into the palace to get needles for a long time, my old problem has happened again..."
When Zheng Gu and the others entered the palace, Eunuch Wu didn't let them get needles.
Man Bao understood instantly, looked outside and saw that there was no one there, so he folded his sleeves and said, "Come on, let me show Eunuch Wu."
Eunuch Wu was happy, and immediately gave his apprentice a wink, and sat on the chair to feel Man Bao's pulse.
Eunuch Wu's apprentice closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.
Man Bao took his pulse and gave Eunuch Wu an injection. He had a lot of ailments. It should be said that all servants would have injuries, but Eunuch Wu was more serious than them.
Man Bao gave him the needle, took the needle and said: "Your body is very cold, I will prescribe a medicine for you, you grabbed it and soaked your feet to dispel the cold?"
Eunuch Wu hesitated and said: "This is not good, it is not easy for our family to buy medicine from outside, from Tai Hospital..."
That's inconvenient, after all, you have to enter the file, and it's a big taboo to carry medicine on your body.
Man Bao said: "You take time to go to the Imperial Hospital tomorrow, and I will register for you. The medicinal materials used to soak your feet are not expensive. If you give some money for a pair of medicines, the medical assistants in charge of the pharmacy will just turn a blind eye and close their eyes." One eye."
Eunuch Wu felt a dull pain in his waist and knees, as well as a tingling pain in his lower body. He hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "I wonder when Little Imperial Doctor Zhou will be in the imperial hospital tomorrow?"
Man Bao said: "When it's Shen Shi, I'm on duty."
Eunuch Wu understood and thanked Zhou Man with a smile.
Man Bao took a last look at his colorful satin reluctantly, and then left happily.
Neither the Crown Prince nor the Crown Princess knew what happened between Eunuch Wu and Zhou Man, so Zhou Man left before him, and the Crown Princess brought a bowl of soup for the Prince to drink, and asked, "What did Zhou Man say?"
The prince drank the soup, "Grandmother doesn't have much time."
Although the Crown Princess had guessed, she still couldn't help being silent for a while, and then asked: "Does the Dou family need to move around more?"
The prince was silent for a moment and then shook his head, "No need, the emperor is still here. If you want to join the Endou family, then the emperor should come. We can visit the emperor's grandmother every now and then."
The princess nodded.
The prince was also sad for a while, probably knowing the physical condition of the queen mother, he probably knew his father's current mood.
So he put down the bowl and got up, "I'm going to face the saint."
The Crown Princess didn't even ask how he was doing on this errand, she answered and helped him out.
Only then did Eunuch Wu get the needle, and when he saw 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, shall we leave now?"
Eunuch Wu: …
He swallowed, lowered his head and said: "Mr. Zhou just went to see the colorful satin His Highness rewarded her."
The prince was speechless for a while, he could look at a colorful satin for so long, it was indeed a woman.
The prince turned with his hands behind his back and went to the Tai Chi Hall.
Wei Zhi also washed and changed his clothes from home and went to the palace to report to the emperor.
They raided Jiangnan this time and got a lot of information from there.
Yang's salt field, land and some shops left in Jiangnan were all confiscated. Wei Zhi and the prince checked the situation of other families in Jiangnan by the way.
The situation is not optimistic.
From what they saw and private calculations, it can be concluded that the tax reported each year has been reduced by at least half, and the situation of hidden households in the south of the Yangtze River is even more serious.
It can be seen from this that, together with the parts they cannot see, it is unknown how much those families have concealed the taxes that should be paid to the court.
However, Wei Zhi and the crown prince did nothing, they memorized the confiscated items, and then sent back the people who were inserted into the court.
Wei Zhi reported to the emperor one by one, and then said: "Since the Sima family, Jiangnan has been in a safe place, 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 of them stayed in the village. After leaving Jiangnan, most of the military power, political power, and financial power in the important towns in the south of the Yangtze River are in the hands of Cui, Wang, Lu and others. Even if the imperial court sends officials there, within two years, they will either have close ties with each family, or they will call back Going to other places, it may not be easy for Your Majesty to rectify Jiangnan."
The emperor also had a headache, "Other things are fine. Salt is the foundation of people's livelihood. In recent years, the salt tax has been reduced a lot, and private salt is still rampant. People in places with little salt can hardly afford salt."
Wei Zhishen thinks so, the hermits of the aristocratic family can bear it for a while, but the salt is unbearable.
Wei Zhi asked: "Does Your Majesty want to investigate Jiangnan?"
The emperor looked at the prince, "What does the prince think?"
The prince thought for a while and said, "Now is not the time."
The emperor looked at Wei Zhi.
Wei Zhi has been anxious since he went to Jiangnan, but he has to admit that what the prince said is right, this is indeed not the right time.
Once they are investigated, the aristocratic family that is only slightly united now may be stimulated to become closely connected, and the hole they just tore from Yang's body may be eaten away by them.
So he nodded aggrievedly, expressing that now is indeed not the time.
The emperor frowned and sighed, and said after a while, "Leave the Jiangnan matter to Yin Li. Since it's not the right time yet, let's wait for the right time."
Wei Zhi and the prince agreed together.
After finishing talking about business matters, the emperor thought about discussing private matters, so he said to the crown prince, "Go and see your imperial grandmother, she hasn't seen you for a long time, she should miss you."
The prince responded, 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's skin tightened, feeling that something bad had happened.