"There is a great hunger in Xunyang, Liu Shu, the prefect of Xunyang, urgently reported, and asked the court to allocate food for relief." In the hall of Kuangzheng, the chief minister Zhu Min reported, after finishing speaking, he handed over the documents to the attendant.
The emperor sat on the throne and took the document.
"Xunyang." After looking at it, he pondered, "I remember that this spring, Xunyang suffered the most floods."
"Exactly." Zhu Min said, "Floods this spring have left 300,000 hectares of crops in Xunyang without crops, resulting in famine. If the disaster relief fails, there will be people's resentment."
The emperor said nothing, but picked up another memorial.
"Yangzhou is also suffering from famine, and the censor impeached Yangzhou prefect Gong Yanggui for disregarding people's livelihood and building large-scale construction projects." After finishing speaking, he asked his servant to bring the memorial to Zhu Min, and said, "What do you think?"
Zhu Min took the memorial, looked at it, and understood.
Gong Yanggui went to Yangzhou to be the governor of Yangzhou one year before the emperor took the throne. In three years, he made remarkable achievements. The emperor ordered him to be the prefect of Yangzhou to govern one side. This time the famine did not occur in Xunyang, its damage spread to most of Jiangdong, and Yangzhou was no exception. Zhu Min had also heard about the imperial censor's impeachment of Gong Yanggui, but he kept an eye out and asked people to inquire about the number of people in Yangzhou who had migrated due to the disaster. The strange thing is, compared with other states and counties, it was actually a small number. There are very few of them.
Zhu Min's mind was clear, and he immediately said: "I heard that the so-called large-scale construction is that the prefect of Yangzhou encouraged the wealthy families in the state to build houses, and built bridges and canals with funds raised by the court and private donations. Tens of thousands of people work hard every day. The people are fed by their work, so Yangzhou is safe."
The emperor nodded and said: "Exactly, I think this strategy is right. The Jiangdong waterway has been in disrepair for many years, the canal is not smooth, and the floods and droughts are not adjusted. I want to imitate the method of Yangzhou, recruit people in Jiangdong, dredge the river, and build water conservancy. Baihui's move. I just don't know how the warehouse is doing now?"
Zhu Min thought for a moment, then said: "The year before last and last year, there were plenty of warehouses and granaries everywhere, so it was not enough to collect money and food. It's just that the Chang'an city wall and palaces are still under construction, and the cost is huge. If you add Jiangdong's huge manpower, I'm afraid the treasury will be hard-pressed. .”
"Chang'an and suspend work." The emperor said, "We will continue to build after Jiangdong is completed."
Zhu Min settled down and saluted the emperor: "Respect."
The emperor and his ministers assigned many joints properly, and ordered the Minister to draft an imperial edict.
Just after they left, the emperor was about to get up when Zong Zheng came.
Zong is the elder of the emperor's family, and the emperor treats him very politely. However, Zongzheng seldom participated in government affairs. The emperor saw him and knew that there must be something unusual today.
"Recently, I heard that my uncle is ill, and I am going to the mansion to express my condolences." After ordering the servant to present the table, the emperor smiled and said, "I don't want my uncle to come here, and I don't know if he has recovered?"
"Your Majesty's kindness, the minister is safe." Zong Zheng bowed at the table and said, "I came here today to report something important."
"Oh?" asked the emperor, "what's the matter?"
Zongzheng remained silent, but looked at the hall.
The emperor understood and dismissed the left and right.
"Your Majesty." Zongzheng smiled and said, "Since ancient times, heirs have been the most important thing for a ruler. It has been five years since His Majesty ascended the throne, and the world is stable. It is time to fill the harem. I heard that the Empress recently intends to send the elders in the palace If the people are released, your Majesty would like to choose concubines at the time of the Xinna palace, so as to make peace with heaven."
The emperor looked at Zongzheng without changing his smile.
"Is this Zongzheng's intention?" He asked.
Zongzheng hurriedly said: "It's not the intention of the minister alone. The former minister was sick at home and discussed it with the visiting courtiers, and they all thought it was feasible. Your Majesty is in the prime of life, and the queen is the only one in the harem. For the sake of children, your majesty please accept the harem."
The emperor leaned on the table and said slowly, "I already have two sons and a daughter, and heirs are enough."
Zong Zheng said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. In the previous dynasty, Emperor Gao had fourteen sons, and after three hundred years, the clan flourished. The emperor's heirs are related to the destiny of the country. I hope your Majesty will think twice."
"After the death of Emperor Gao, the four sons competed, and the status of the country was almost lost; more closely, Emperor Ling also had many sons, and the source of the troubled times was also the struggle for the throne by his heirs." The emperor's expression did not change. In administration. I already know Zongzheng’s meaning, and there is no need to discuss this matter again.”
Although the words were spoken in a gentle tone, they could not be refused.
Zongzheng wanted to persuade him again, but seeing the emperor's face, he finally didn't dare to say any more. He had no choice but to exchange a few words of greeting and leave angrily.
The hall finally became quiet, and there was no one left or right. The emperor looked outside the hall and sighed softly.
"Come out," he said.
No one agreed.
"Ami, do you want father to arrest you?" He took a sip of the tea cup.
The voice of ?? was heard, and not long after, a small head poked out from the edge of the screen behind the throne. When those clear eyes met the emperor's gaze, the girl's pink face was full of flattery: "Father..."
The emperor looked helpless, put down the teacup, and stretched out a hand towards her.
The girl immediately smiled and ran towards him, the emperor embraced him.
"How long have you been eavesdropping in the hall?" The emperor touched his daughter's sweaty hair, "Going to play? In the garden?"
Ah Mi didn't answer, and looked up at him: "Father, what is Guangna Harem?"
The emperor scowled.
"What do you think?" He didn't answer, but said softly, "Didn't you learn the Book of Rites?"
Ah Mi thought for a while and said, "Just like Uncle Zhongmao did, he found several concubines for his cousin?"
The emperor thought it was funny in his heart, but held back his face, and looked at her: "Well, does Ah Mi think it's okay?"
Ah Mi pursed her lips and said firmly: "No! Ah Mi wants a mother!"
The emperor couldn't help laughing.
"What's in the garden today?" He changed the topic, "Your cousin and the others have never entered the palace, who is playing with you?"
"There are a lot of beasts from Yuzhong!" Speaking of Yuanzhong, the unhappiness on A Mi's face disappeared immediately, and she said excitedly, "There are deer, cranes, and that kind of ducklings!"
"Duck?" The emperor laughed, "That's a mandarin duck. When did you see it?"
"I saw it early in the morning!" Ah Mi said, "After I had breakfast, I heard..." Before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped, looking at the emperor's still smiling face, unable to speak for a while.
"After breakfast?" the emperor said unhurriedly, "Aren't you going to attend a lecture on female history?"
"I'm going!" Ah Mi said hastily, "I recited all the homework that Nv Shi gave me yesterday, and that's why Nv Shi let me go to the garden!"
Looking at the emperor, those eyes were wide open, as if he had been greatly wronged.
The emperor was unmoved, and said, "What did the female history tell you to recite?"
Ah Mi thought for a while: "Book of Rites."
"Oh?" the emperor said with great interest, "recite it to my father."
Ah Mi was taken aback, as if hesitating for a while, she thought for a while, and then she opened her mouth to recite: "A good singer makes people follow his voice. A good teacher makes people follow his aspirations... Well, his words are also about the same. .Um... small but precious, rare... rare to use metaphors, um... it can be said to be a follow-up..."
The emperor looked at her slightly frowning brows, and she had known each other before.
He sighed in his heart, this daughter, although everyone said she looked more like him, but her personality was like her mother's. For example, I don't like reading.
He remembered that when her mother was reading in front of him for the first time, her eyes were fixed on the new words on the book, and she was so entangled. And how was he then? The emperor recalled that he felt that he should also be like a fool, staring at his beauty. That mood seems to still have an aftertaste.
The emperor couldn't help laughing at himself.
He looked outside the hall, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was showing azure blue under the eaves.
Has it been fifteen years
He often thought, if he hadn't gone to the city that afternoon, what would have happened in the future
At that time, no one called him "Your Majesty".
He is just the son of a riding captain in Chang'an City. He just came to Chang'an with his father, and he has not yet taken his name.
His mother was weak and died shortly after arriving in Chang'an, leaving him only a young brother.
Wei Tan's mother loved porcelain when she was alive, and she also knew porcelain when she brought him.
He still remembered that he happened to walk through Nanshi that day, and when he saw the plum vase in the arms of the peddler by the side of the road, his eyes lit up.
But when he went to ask the price, it was the peddler's face that he couldn't help but glance at.
It was a very beautiful face. Delicate and fair skin, under the sun, the cheeks are slightly pink.
From Luoyang to Chang'an, Wei Tan has seen many beautiful young men, but this one in front of him is a woman in disguise. She didn't seem to know that she had been found out, and she still imitated the man's tone, as if she was emboldening herself to come out to the market.
After this incident, Wei Tan sometimes thought of the peddler when he saw the porcelain vase, thinking it was funny.
Chang'an is much bigger than Luoyang, and Wei Tan has much more to do.
For example, the emperor issued an edict to select the young Habayashiro from among the children of the aristocratic family, and Wei Tan was eager to try.
For example, Wei Tan's grandfather appointed a woman from a superior background as his fiancée, named Xu...
And that chance encounter in the marketplace was like a grain of sand in the vast ocean, quickly forgotten by him.
Wei Tan's mother and grandfather passed away one after another, and he was not allowed to marry in mourning. But the marriage arranged by grandfather had to be put aside.
Wei Tan is not in a hurry, because he feels that only by establishing a career can he start a family, and he still needs to make a living.
The emperor attaches great importance to the young Habayashi, not only has the same salary as the forbidden Zhong Yulin, but also intends to promote talents from him. Although the scope of selection is rich and wealthy families, there are also many aspiring children.
Wei Tan was born as a general, and he competed all the way, but it went smoothly. In the last level, his opponent was a fair-faced young man with a bushy beard. Wei Tan saw that he was quite handsome, and knew that this person was from a rich man in Beijing, so he didn't pay much attention to him at first. Unexpectedly, after a few rounds, this person turned out to be very skilled. After several moves, Wei Tan almost couldn't catch them, so he mustered up all his energy. In the end, the man was not as strong as Wei Tan, and was knocked down to the ground.
The people outside the stadium applauded loudly, Wei Tan and the young man stood one by one and lay down on the other, gasping for breath and staring at each other. After staring at each other for a while, the man wiped the sweat off his face and slowly stood up.
"Your name is Wei Tan?"
Wei Tan raised his head and looked at him: "Exactly."
The man looked at him and suddenly smiled. Under the sun, her teeth are like braided shells, her brows and eyes are shining brightly.
"Are you free tomorrow?" he asked.
Wei Tan didn't understand what it meant.
"The competition will be held at the north school ground of Xuanwu Lake in the next day." The man left without waiting for his consent.
Although Wei Tan doesn't like to be ordered by others, he also doesn't like to be looked down upon. At the time the man said, he still went to Xuanwu Lake. But when he saw the people waiting there, he was taken aback.
That's Pei Qian.
Although Wei Tan has not been in Chang'an for a long time, he has heard of Pei Qian's name. No matter where he goes, someone will always mention this young man named Jinghua. However, Wei Tan has always been not interested in those literati who only love to dance and talk. Even if he saw some gatherings, he never went to join in the fun.
The man with the beard turned out to be Pei Qian.
Although he knew the other party's identity, Wei Tan showed no mercy and still tried his best. At sunset, both of their bodies were covered with bruises. Pei Qian looked at him and laughed, and after that, the two became friends.
Although Pei Qian is well-known, he is easy-going and humble. He is fascinated by swordsmanship, and often competes with Wei Tan in swordsmanship, and he admires Wei Tan's martial arts even more.
Wei Tan also admired Pei Qian very much. Although he was literary, he didn't have the powdery air and snobbery of a dude, and his views on some things were similar to Wei Tan's.
Once, when everyone was kicking Cuju, Pei Qian took off his sweaty shirt and instructed him. Wei Tan saw a red mark on his arm, which looked like a finger mark.
Others also saw it and laughed: "Ji Yuan, which woman is so fierce?"
Pei Qian looked down and said indifferently: "There is no woman, the wild cat caught it."
Someone joked: "Ji Yuan, is that wild cat named Fu?"
Everyone laughed, Pei Qian also laughed, without any annoyance, and continued to play Cuju with everyone.
When the man mentioned "surname Fu", Wei Tan understood. He had already heard that Pei Qian got engaged when he was eleven years old, and his fiancée was the youngest daughter of Fu Situ's family. Both of them are high gates living in Chang'an for generations, and they fit very well.
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Wei Tan has never met Pei Qian's fiancée, but only knows that she is many years younger than Pei Qian. But although Pei Qian never mentioned it to him, Wei Tan knew that Pei Qian loved his fiancée very much, because around his neck was a small peach charm with "Qian" written on the front and "Qian" on the back. ?Α fraud frame?br>
The roster of the young Habayashi was finally published, and Wei Tan's name was on it, without any suspense. His father was very happy, and even named him Meng Jing in advance.
The first time he went to guard the palace gate, Wei Tan stood in front of the tall gate, and saw the palace towers layered on top of each other, and the sun shining on him through the clouds, he felt his heart suddenly open up.
It was the same situation when the carriage decorated with jade and hanging incense came towards him. It passed through a heavy city gate in the distance, and the wheels rolled over the golden bricks, like the rolling of thunder.
Wei Tanxin became a sergeant, young and energetic, and insisted on checking the people in the car. The servant leading the car was very upset, saying that the lady in the car was called into the palace by the Queen Mother.
During the stalemate, the car curtain suddenly opened.
Wei Tan was stunned for a moment when he saw the girl with combed hair.
It was a delicate and natural face, with bright eyes like waves and lips like petals. The girl was not in a hurry, she just looked at Wei Tan: "You have seen it now, can you let me go?"
Wei Tan didn't know how he got out of the way, and how he let it pass. When he came to his senses, the car had already gone far away.
"Meng Jing." An older Habayashi came over with a smile and patted him on the shoulder, "That is the female monarch of Fu Situ's family. The Queen Mother loves her very much. We will see you again in the future, and we must not offend him again."
Wei Tan listened to him, but was thinking about something else.
That face, with such an expression, he always thought he had seen it somewhere. Wei Tan thought hard, only to feel that the answer was about to come out, but he still couldn't think of it.
When he walked home, he saw the porcelain vase in the corner, and he woke up.
The peddler disguised as a man in the market also looked at him like this, and imitated the man's rough voice: "I don't have a hundred coins, so I won't go to Chang'an. My plum vase will sell for one hundred and fifty yuan!" "
Wei Tan has an unruly temperament since he was a child. He has traveled all over Luoyang and Chang'an.
But the matter of Mrs. Fu made him think about it for several days.
She came from a wealthy family and was pampered. She had a great aunt like the Queen Mother and a fiancé like Pei Qian. How could such a woman disguise herself and sell goods in the marketplace
Life is forced to be impossible, so, is it a hobby
The more Wei Tan thinks about it, the more he finds it ridiculous. In the world, there are people who are fond of writing, some are fond of martial arts, some are curious about ingenious things, and some are fond of extraordinary things, but this is the first time he has encountered a lady who likes to go out in the market.
Does Pei Qian know? Wei Tan was curious, but he was not a talkative person, so he didn't intend to expose it.
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After this incident, how many times did Wei Tan meet Fu? Weigh? Purely??br> "Meng Jing, a woman is looking for you!" One day, as he was coming down from the palace gate to change shifts, someone shouted at him, paused, and added, "It's not the one from last time!"
The fellow Habayashiro burst into laughter.
Wei Tan stared at them helplessly, and walked over, only to find that it was indeed a strange woman.
"Is Wei Tan under one step?" The woman held a fan in her hand, and spoke with a delicate and proud Chang'an noblewoman's accent.
"Exactly." Wei Tan said, he was also puzzled, not knowing who this person was.
The woman's face hidden under the fan seemed to be smiling, and she handed him a small thing, "Sister Xu entrusted me to give it to you." After saying that, she turned and walked away.
Wei Tan stood where he was, opened the thing, but saw it was a scarf.
Xu? Only then did he think of the woman with the poppy in her hair, his fiancée who had never even made a marriage contract.
Wei Tan's grandfather and Xu Yu's grandfather were old friends, and their marriage also meant that they were two elders.
Xu Wei was very shy when they first met. After Wei Tan entered Yulin, although he couldn't go home often, they met more often. The emperor often had banquets and entertainments with his ministers and family members in the palace. Sometimes when Wei Tan passed by Linyuan, he would find Xu? among those noble ladies, looking at him from a distance, and sometimes smiling.
The colleagues in the Yulin are all from rich and noble backgrounds, and they are good at martial arts. When they catch the behavior of these two people, they will laugh for a while.
"Meng Jing originally liked the appearance of Xu Shaofu's family." Someone said.
Wei Tan smiled, noncommittal. He has always respected his grandfather and has no objection to his life. To be honest, Xu? has a beautiful appearance, a gentle temperament, and a good family background. Wei Tan can't think of any reason why he should object.
As for the word liking, he felt that Xu Wei and himself were quite compatible. According to the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker, if two people who do not know each other want to be a husband and wife, it is a good thing to like each other. If there is no disgust, it is almost the same thing as liking.
"Meng Jing, are you free tomorrow?" Pei Qian opened his mouth and asked when he saw Wei Tan.
"What's the matter?" Wei Tan saw that he seemed to be looking for him specially, and felt that it was unusual.
Pei Qian showed a wry smile, and looked around: "There is one thing, only you can help me right now."
Wei Tan was very surprised, what he was talking about was actually Fu? Said earth stepped on Shuo? I have come to ask you." Pei Qian was very embarrassed.
Looking at him, Wei Tan was still surprised, but after a while, he smiled: "It's not difficult, Ji Yuan can rest assured."