When the court uses the people to do things, it must be concerned about the details in all aspects. Everything should be done according to the rules, neither should the people be oppressed, nor should the people take care of themselves.
The time for the production of winter clothes by the Holy Admiral was very tight, and the officials in charge of this matter worked hard to maximize the efficiency.
Since ancient times, wars have actually been fought not only by soldiers, but also by logistics. The nomads use jerky as rations. They don’t need logistics and can attack quickly. This is their advantage. However, when the locusts are raging and Daheng has sufficient food, they can’t take advantage of this advantage.
When Gu Yuanbai was discussing with the ministers, he relied on Daheng's confidence that the treasury and granary were overflowing, and he said bluntly, "I will not only send winter clothes to the northern border. The soldiers of Daheng have worked hard, but the hard work cannot be repeated year after year. After all the hard work, I want them to have a good year in front of the nomads."
The courtier bowed and asked, "Your Highness, what is a good year?"
"Eat full and warm, have hot broth to drink, and delicious flatbread to eat," Gu Yuanbai looked at them, "Those tycoons who sent 100,000 ducks to the border are coming soon, right?"
"The letter from the people at the post station is about to reach the northern Xinjiang." The Minister of the Ministry of Housing couldn't help smiling, "General Xue said in the letter that the locusts began to ravage the northern region in July. When he arrived in the northern Xinjiang, the situation It is already very serious. Once the autumn locusts die in March, they should enter the nymph stage by mid-October."
Shen Zhizheng continued: "100,000 ducks were sent to the road in September, and no matter how late, they could be delivered to the northern Xinjiang at the end of this month. At that time, it was just in time for the nymph stage of locusts, and after eating the locusts, , it just so happens that you can add meat to the soldiers."
"Hao Qiang did a good job this time," the ministers laughed and joked, "Finally, he has done a great deed."
Gu Yuanbai smiled, "It saved us a lot of effort, but it's not enough. The locust plague has reached the present, as long as the food in the rear can keep up, it is already a crisis for the front. Ladies and gentlemen, I think now. What is needed is a victory with the nomads."
"Let the nomads know the strength of Daheng," Sheng Shang said, "They always come from their own achievements, their own horses and their own cattle and sheep. When the locusts came out this time, the army was overwhelmed, and they did not let them know that they had How weak wasted this opportunity."
"When they have no food to eat and no winter clothes to wear, our soldiers must eat well and dress well, and have sufficient strength and spirit to deal with the nomadic cavalry," Gu Yuanbai said, "food, winter clothes, meat... It's the end of the year. , the common people's family will have a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, and these soldiers who fought the world for me will also have a good New Year."
All ministers should be.
At noon, Gu Yuanbai left the courtiers to dine in the palace. The meals in the palace are exquisite and delicious, but today there is a bright red and yellow dish, the privy envoy tried it, "Hey, what is this, it tastes good."
Sweet and sour, moderately salty and extraordinarily delicious.
Tian Fusheng said: "Master Zhao, this dish is scrambled eggs with red light fruits."
The privy envoy wondered: "Why is the red light fruit?"
"The red lantern fruit is a kind of fruit found locally by the magistrate of Huangpu City," Tian Fusheng. "This fruit is beautiful in color, small and round, and it is harmless to eat. Whether it is cooking or boiling soup, it has a unique flavor."
Eat a lot of big fish and meat, and tomato scrambled eggs is really appetizing. Since the hospital determined that these red light fruits are not harmful to the human body, Gu Yuanbai put the tomatoes on the kitchen table. Tomato scrambled eggs are just the basics, tomato brisket, tomato soup noodles, sugar tomato... He has been eating for several days.
The courtiers were very curious about the red lantern fruit. After lunch, Gu Yuanbai had someone deliver the cleaned red lantern fruit and let them taste it one by one.
All the ministers tried it. The taste is very wonderful, the juice is pantothenic, but the pulp is sweet, but let's not say, the more you eat it, the more delicious it becomes. It can be eaten both in dishes and raw.
Gu Yuanbai couldn't help laughing, "But no matter how good things are, I don't have much here. This time, all the adults are good to taste it, and when it grows next year, we will know how much this thing will yield per mu. ."
The courtiers couldn't help but look a little disappointed, and when they were eating the remaining red light fruit, their chewing speed also slowed down a lot.
In the afternoon, the courtiers returned to their respective yamen. Gu Yuanbai, on the other hand, left the Minister of the Household Book behind, brought people into uniform, and got on a carriage out of the palace.
His Majesty, the incomparably noble emperor, brought people to the vegetable market in Beijing.
Gu Yuanbai personally asked from the beginning to the end of the market, from the price of an egg to the price of a pound of rabbit fur. His temperament is outstanding, and even if his clothes are low-key, he stands out among the common people. However, Gu Yuanbai's speech was gentle and his attitude was kind. Although the people he questioned were cautious, they were not too afraid.
"Master, if you buy more, our price will be cheaper," the farmer who sold his eggs rubbed his hands and said cautiously, "My eggs are big and good, and they are the cheapest."
Gu Yuanbai looked at it and nodded, "Old man, if I buy more, how much cheaper can I get?"
"One catty of eggs is equivalent to twelve copper coins." The farmer said honestly.
Gu Yuanbai understood.
He walked all the way and got a general understanding of the price of each item. When the minister of households got on the carriage on the return journey, he said with emotion: "The eggs outside are 12 coins per pound, but when the eggs enter the palace, they become 120 coins."
The Minister of the Ministry did not dare to speak.
"Should I say that I am worthy of being an emperor? Even this exact same egg becomes an egg laid by a golden rooster when it reaches my dinner table," Gu Yuanbai joked, "I am not worthy to eat these twelve pennies a pound. eggs."
"Your Highness," the Minister of the Household was sweating profusely, "The accounts of the inner court, this..."
"Lord Tang, look at how long it's been," Gu Yuanbai shook his head and sighed, "I've only cleared the inner court for less than a year, right? But the world is bustling for profit, and the world is full of turmoil. For the benefit of the future, in less than a year of work, some people dare to take advantage of the loopholes under my nose."
The Minister of the Ministry of Housing didn't know what to say at this time, the carriage swayed, and the sweat on his back had soaked through his clothes.
"Taifu Temple, Shaofu Supervisor. The Taifu is in charge of the treasury and cashier of the inner court, and now Taifu Qing and Tang Qing are also acquainted," Gu Yuanbai said leisurely, "The Shaofu Supervisor has never had anything wrong. The incident in Taifu Temple is one after another. The anti-corruption campaign just passed a few days ago, and the former Taifu minister just sewed Ding You, so he resigned and returned to his hometown to observe filial piety. This newly appointed Taifu minister, Mo Yue, did not understand Zhen's temperament, it has not been two months since he came up to be honest, and this turned the egg into a golden egg, you say, can I still eat eggs in the future?"
The head of the Minister of the Ministry of Commerce was tense, and he was frightened by the phrase "familiarity", but also hated the mindless behavior of Taifu Qing.
His Majesty the Emperor's temper, attitude and tolerance towards corruption, doesn't this Taifu minister still understand now
The carriage just stopped, Gu Yuanbai patted the arm of the Minister of the Household, and said in a deep and deep voice: "I heard that Tang Qing is looking for a marriage for her daughter, this daughter's marriage is an extremely important matter, Tang Qing wants more Look at Duosi, don’t make a decision at will.”
It was only then that the Minister of the Ministry of Housing realized what the sage said to him.
Recently, the Minister of the Household was really hesitating whether to form an in-law with the Taifuqing. The sage said such a thing to him alone, I am afraid that he was reminding him in advance not to have too much involvement with the Taifuqing. This is the sage. Love for him.
Hu Bu Shangshu felt relieved, moved to tears, he leaned over and gave a big gift, "The words of the minister today are written down in his heart, and it is difficult to repay the kindness of the emperor. It's hard to say one of them, I just want to be a saint and die."
Gu Yuanbai nodded, and after reassuring him with a smile, he let him get off the bus.
In fact, Taifuqing has been honest since the anti-corruption campaign, and he has only recently begun to have corruption intentions, but Gu Yuanbai discovered him just after he did it. It has to be said that he is also a bad luck.
In the capital, while Gu Yuanbai was busy dealing with Taifuqing, he was busy staring at the cotton-padded clothes.
And in the north.
In mid-October, the food-delivery army, who had been sleeping rough all the way, finally reunited with the soldiers from the northern Xinjiang.
General Xue ushered in this long line in the strong wind, and also ushered in the endless grain cart that was guarded by this line in the center.
These grain carts were piled up like mountains, one next to the other, on both sides of the flat and desolate plain. Refugees who heard the sound walked out of the disaster victims' houses and stared at the grain in a daze.
The grain carts that passed in front of them cast shadows one after another, and the shadows shrouded them underneath, covering the sun and the clouds in the sky.
The soldiers stationed at the border looked at the grain without blinking, and the haggard look on General Xue's face became bright at this moment.
"Have you seen it? Have you seen it?" The veteran was excited, "I'll just say it! I just said that the sage will definitely send a large amount of food and grass! Do you believe it? Do you believe it or not!"
The soldiers stationed at the border and the victims rescued by General Xue have eaten gruel for ten days.
After General Xue arrived in northern Xinjiang, he did everything he could to help the victims, but there were too many victims and not enough food. While waiting for the imperial court to deliver grain, a rumor spread from nowhere that the imperial court was unwilling to send grain to northern Xinjiang.
The soldiers who were brought by General Xue from the capital to the northern Xinjiang dismissed this statement. They were soldiers raised by the sage, and they knew how the sage treated the soldiers. But the soldiers who were originally stationed in the northern border were panicked. They had experienced the darkest period of time. Even though the food shipped to the frontier by the imperial court was stable this year, and they changed their armor and swords, they were still afraid, and panic began to occur. It was spread among them, and General Xue, who heard about the matter, directly seized the source of the rumor and killed it, and only temporarily stabilized some of the soldiers.
But this part of the soldiers were still worried, and as time passed, they even began to feel despair in their hearts.
Then, in this despair, they waited for the food sent by the imperial court.
The army that brought the grain had already approached, but even if it had approached, there was still no end to the grain, as if there was no end to it.
The soldier who was stationed in the northern Xinjiang and never left said: "How come there is so much food..."
The soldiers in the capital said proudly: "The Holy Master loves us, and of course he will send us a lot of food. Don't you just eat gruel for ten days? I don't know why you are so panicked."
The soldier only looked at the food, and he couldn't turn his eyes away if he didn't have time to reply to his words.
With so much food, how many people can see so much food in a lifetime
These soldiers stationed at the border in an abnormal year, few of them have ever seen so much food. Before they knew it, these people who had never seen so much food were reminded by the people around them and touched their faces, only to realize that their eyes were wet.
What are you crying for
The soldiers were at a loss.
They just glanced at the grain, but they didn't see enough, they just looked at it a few more times. They didn't think about the taste in their hearts. Why did they cry over so much grain
They were thinking about it when they heard a sudden whimpering and crying on both sides, getting louder and louder. The soldiers turned their heads and saw that it turned out that the victims gathered by General Xue were hugging each other in twos and threes and crying bitterly. These disaster victims, who had numbness written all over their faces a few days ago, seemed to suddenly have a channel to vent after seeing so much food. One person cried so much that they could not stop crying.
There is food, they are saved.