Rebellions broke out one after another in Hebei, Shandong and other places. Yan Wushuang lost his temper, and then ordered Zhou Chuang to rebel with Lou Qingyun. In addition, some imperial envoys were sent to investigate the corruption of the relief fund.
After discussing with the ministers, Yan Wushuang looked tired. But there are still many things that need to be dealt with, and I can’t just let it go. I can only sit back in my chair patiently and continue to review the papers. When this emperor is completely suffering, there is no happiness in the past.
After reviewing the Zhezi on the prefect of Shizhou, I saw that the plague broke out in Dongxiang Town. Yan Wushuang rubbed his temples and asked Meng Nian to come over and ask, "A plague broke out in Shizhou, do you know about this?"
Meng Nian nodded and said, "I know."
Yan Wushuang asked; "Why didn't you tell me?" He, the emperor, didn't even know such a big thing. The Shizhou prefect’s concealment was excusable, but Meng Nian could not conceal it.
Meng Nian didn't make any excuses, but just knelt on the ground and said, "I beg the emperor to punish him." The main reason was that he felt that there was no difference between saying and not saying. The court was unable to rescue those people. What he said was to increase Yan Wushuang's burden.
Yan Wushuang looked at Meng Nian like this, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Dongxiang Town is close to Linzhou City. If the plague broke out there, if Han Yuxi came to rescue these people, you know that when the disaster spreads, Han Yuxi will easily win Hebei. The people support it.” When Yun Qing sent troops to attack the capital, the people in Hebei must have turned their backs.
Meng Nian hesitated and said: "Shanxi and other places also have disasters. Han Yuxi should have no spare capacity to help these victims. Furthermore, even if she thinks the ministers below will oppose it."
Hearing this, Yan Wushuang couldn't help laughing: "Why, is Han Yuxi a puppet in your eyes? You have to listen to the minister?" As long as Han Yuxi has this heart, no minister below can stop him. The only Yun Qing that can stop is also outside the wall. Furthermore, with Yun Qing's temperament, he might still support Han Yuxi in doing this.
The prefect of Shizhou concealed the news of the plague in Dongxiang Town, and Meng Nian only learned about it two days ago.
Meng Nian hesitated and said from the bottom of his heart: "The emperor, now the most important thing is to quell the rebellion between Hebei and Shandong." The implication was that the plague in Dongxiang Town was not the most important thing.
Yan Wushuang was silent, and finally said nothing, waved to let Meng Nian go down. He was determined to allocate funds for the relief of these victims, but he was powerless.
Not long after Meng Nian went out, he turned back and said, "The emperor, as you expected, Han Yuxi sent food and medicine to the victims." He didn't expect that Han Yuxi would really come out to help the victims.
Yan Wushuang was not surprised, and said: "Han Yuxi has always been good at buying people's hearts, how can I miss such a good opportunity?"
Meng Nian was ashamed: "Han Yuxi hadn't moved before, I thought... I took it for granted." He thought Han Yuxi would not come forward to help these victims.
Yan Wushuang shook his head and said, "It's not your fault. It's because our finances are tight and food is tight, unlike Han Yuxi who has money and food." As for medicinal materials, they can't even supply the army, and there is no excess for the victims. Used. After all, they are not as strong as Han Yuxi and Yun Qing.
Meng Nian said with some worry: "The emperor, if you continue like this, it may not take three years before Yun Qing will lead his troops to attack the capital."
Yan Wushuang said calmly, "The one who should come can't escape."
During this time, Yuxi was busy from morning to night every day, and there was no time to eat. Yan Wushuang was in the same situation as her, and she was too tired every day. However, Yu Xi was tired and did not complain, but Yan Wushuang regretted it a little. Yan Wushuang felt that he shouldn't be the emperor for the sake of success. When the emperor only had to deal with unfinished official duties, not the least, he was so tired that he caused a lot of infamy.
That night Yan Wushuang stayed in Zhanghua Palace. Looking at Yan Wushuang with a tired face, Yuchen stepped forward to give him a massage.
After pressing for a quarter of an hour, Yu Chen said: "The emperor should also pay attention to your body, don't be tired."
Yan Wushuang squinted his eyes and said, "There are too many things to deal with." The harassment of the Donghu people, the disaster and rebellion in Hebei and Shandong, the rising food prices and the huge military expenditures that have not yet been realized. These things made him one head and two big.
Yuchen said: "The emperor, I heard that there were rebellions in both Shandong and Hebei. We didn't raise more than one million dollars for disaster relief before, so why do people still rebel?"
Yan Wushuang said, "Most of these relief funds have been embezzled by local officials."
Yuchen angrily said: "These silvers are the life-saving money of the victims, how can they dare to be greedy? They are not afraid of being retributed." Yuchen now believes in Buddhism and believes in the reincarnation of cause and effect.
Yan Wushuang said lightly: "If everyone thinks like you, there won't be so many things."
Yuchen paused, and then took the initiative to ask: "I heard that Anhui, Hubei and other places have also been hit by the disaster? I don't know how is the situation there?"
Yan Wushuang opened his eyes and said, "Han Yuxi gave the relief in time, so there were no refugees there, let alone a rebellion." Yuxi's rule is very strict, and there is no household registration and guidance, not to mention leaving the prefecture, not even the county. . In this case, how could there be refugees? Of course, it is mainly due to the timely assistance of the government's disaster relief, and no one will leave their homes if the people can survive.
Yuchen said: "Yuxi is really amazing." There are very few women in history who can govern the world so well. This requires not only a clever mind, but also superb skills and abilities.
Yan Wushuang said, "One attacking the city, one solid defense, this couple is really a perfect match." Beijiao has been active in the northwest for more than a hundred years, and the court has sent troops several times to annihilate them. But Yun Qing sent troops this time, but he killed Bei captive in one fell swoop. Although he had always looked down on Yun Qing and thought he was a reckless man, he admired Yun Qing for destroying Beizhao this time.
Of course, Yan Wushuang would never admit that he was actually a little envious of Yun Qing's ability to build such an unworldly achievement. This kind of credit is enough to survive the ages.
Yuchen smiled, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes: "Yes! Yuxi and Yun Qing are really a match made in heaven. I look a little envious."
Yan Wushuang smiled and said: "What do you envy? Do you envy the love of their husband and wife, or envy them that they will win the world?" Yan Wushuang is not shy about many things. For example, he knows that the capital will not be able to be kept sooner or later, and he will not be angry when he hears similar words.
Yuchen's complexion became stiff, but she had adapted to Yan Wushuang's changes and quickly adjusted: "I envy Yun Qing's dedication to Yuxi, and I also envy them that they can win this half of the country without being restricted by others."
Yan Wushuang laughed and said nothing. Yan Wushuang fell asleep quickly because of her relaxation.
Yuchen put a blanket on him and walked out lightly. There was no one left in the house, but Grandpa Min guarded the door.
Seeing Yuchen frowning, Mother Gui asked softly: "The emperor is asleep?" Seeing Yuchen nodded, Mother Gui said: "The emperor has only slept for more than two hours a day recently, and she doesn't care about her body too much." I'm not young anymore, and I still don't take good care of my body. In case you get tired, what should be done.
Yu Chen said: "There are so many messy things outside now, and the emperor won't want to rest." The main reason is that Yan Wushuang likes to do it by himself, so he is more tired than Yuxi.
Mother Gui worried about the outside affairs: "This is a drought and a rebellion, when will peace be?" The world is not peaceful, and she is not safe.
Yuchen stood still while giving Yan Wushuang a massage just now, which would make her legs very sore. After sitting down, Yuchen said, "I'm afraid that it won't be long before the capital will fall into the hands of Yun Qing and Yuxi." By then, she would follow her back to Liaodong. She has been in Beijing since she was born, and she doesn't know if she can adapt to the climate there when she goes to Liaodong.
Mother Gui's face changed drastically: "Could Yun Qing be ready to attack the capital?"
Yuchen shook his head and said, "Not now, but it's coming soon." According to the current situation, it is estimated that Yun Qing will bring troops to fight over next year.
It was also on this day that Falcon got news that Yuxi was helping the victims.
Chi Ying slapped his hands and said, "We have to publicize this matter so that the people in the capital know that the prince and the princess are the heroes of the world, and it can bring them a good life."
Falcon did not object, this matter really had to be well publicized: "You do this and let as many people know the better." Now that the capital is messy, the spread of this news will make people even more excited.
In the fastest time, Yuxi's rescue of the victims in Hebei spread throughout the capital. Unfortunately, many people are dubious about this news, mainly because Yan Wushuang's previous propaganda is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is not ordinary difficult to make them believe that Yun Qing and Yuxi are good people.
Zhong Shantong told Tie Kui the news: "Master, do you say this news is true?"
Tie Kui nodded without thinking, "It must be true, and there is no need to fake it."
Zhong Shantong was puzzled, and asked, "Why does Princess Ming want to do this? Didn't it mean that there was also a disaster?" Or that there is a lot of food in the northwest, enough to help the people under the opponent's control.
Tie Kui couldn't figure out why Yuxi wanted to do this. He didn't bother to think about it. He just said, "Yuxi must have her reason for doing this."
Zhong Shantong also stopped struggling with this topic, saying, "Master, we don't have much grain left, only more than 200,000 catties are left." The outside was hit by a disaster and rebelled, and the price of grain was one per day. Many grain shops shut up the shops and garnished the grain in order to sell them at higher prices. Although Dashengliang Shop has increased prices every day, it has always been open for business.
Under Yuxi's jurisdiction, after the drought occurred, the grain shop would not sell the grain, no matter who killed it and ransacked the home. Under such a shock, no one dared to commit crimes against the wind. And Yan Wushuang was not useless before, but the effect was very small. The reason lies in the drought and rebellion in Hebei and Shandong. Those grain merchants foresee that grain prices will get higher and higher, and they risk decapitating their heads in pursuit of greater interests.
Tie Kui's face was a little unsightly, and he asked, "Can't you get food?" Dashengliang store opened daily to sell food. To a certain extent, it calmed the panic of some people and curbed the price of food by a large margin. rise. If they have no food to sell, it is estimated that the price of food will skyrocket.
Zhong Shantong shook his head and said, "People who have food are holding them and refuse to sell it at this time." Large families have a lot of fertile land, and these people have a lot of food. It can be seen that the price of food outside has risen rapidly. At this time, unless you are stupid, people with normal minds will hold on to the food.
Tie Kui was silent and said, "If you receive the grain, you will continue to sell it. If you don't receive it, the door will be closed."
Zhong Shantong hesitated and said, "Master, should we also keep some food for emergencies." The food in their house is only enough for half a year. But no one knows what will happen next year.
Tie Kui thought for a while and said, "Then leave one hundred thousand catties of grain and sell the rest."
Two days later, the Dashengliang shop closed. The closing of the largest grain shop in Beijing, as Tie Kui expected, caused panic among many people. On this day, the price of grain rose by 40%.
The news soon reached Mr. Gao's ears. Mr. Gao looked for Yu Rong and said, "Madam, the Dasheng grain shop has no grain to sell, and it is closed today. Madam, at this time, we come to the door and say that we are going to sell grain. We can definitely talk about a good price."
Yu Rong hesitated and said, "In winter, the grain will definitely be more expensive. Why don't we wait to sell it until then?" Although the price of grain is not low now, it must be at a disadvantage now, and Yu Rong is a little reluctant.
Mr. Gao said: "Mrs., those grains in the granary must have been noticed by interested people. Now there are migrants and bandits everywhere. If you wait until winter, it will definitely be more chaotic. By then, it will be difficult to keep these grains."
Yurong's complexion changed.
Mr. Gao continued: "Mrs., we exchanged old grains for new grains. If we don’t dispose of this batch of old grains quickly, then this batch of grains will flow out and be noticed by those who are interested, and we must know that we are still hiding the grains. When the time comes, it will be dangerous." These are all potential dangers.
Yu Rong's face turned pale. Compared with the lives of the mother and son, money is not so important: "Is there no danger in selling these old grains to Dashengliang?"
Mr. Gao nodded and said: "Dasheng Commercial Bank has a very good reputation, and they will not disclose the news of customers." There are many shops under Dasheng Commercial Bank, and grain shops are just one of the businesses. Honesty is the foundation and not deceiving customers. This is the reason why Dasheng Commercial Bank can quickly gain a foothold in the capital and expand rapidly.
Yu Rong said, "Well, then sell them the grain. By the way, don't change the grain again."
Mr. Gao said: "In case the situation does not improve, it is unknown whether there will be a harvest in Chengdu next year." If the migrants and bandits continue outside, there may be no crops next year, and even if the planting continues, there may be no harvest.
Yu Rong said with a bitter face, "I don't know when is a head in such a day?" Although she has some money on hand, the world is so messy, she is not at ease.
Mr. Gao said: "Madam, Anhui and other places have also suffered disasters, but because of the government's timely relief, there are no refugees or bandits. When the Ming king gains the world, the troubled times will end, and we will be able to live a peaceful life."
Yu Rong whispered: "Hope!"