Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 548
The matter of raising food, of course, the sooner the better.Therefore, after the court meeting in the Hall of Martial Arts was over, everyone became busy with raising food.

The assistant ministers, the household department, etc., who are on duty, hurried to see how much food they could squeeze out.Others, especially the nobles, went directly back to the mansion.

No, as soon as Xiangcheng uncle Li Guozhen came back to the mansion, his wife came out to welcome him, and asked with anticipation: "My lord, is there any good business for the emperor to summon you?"

Since the 12th year of Chongzhen, Li Guozhen seems to have been forgotten. He only has a title and no real power at all.Suddenly being summoned by the emperor, of course he thought something good was coming.Therefore, before Li Guozhen went to court, the whole house was full of joy.

But at this time, when Li Guozhen heard his wife's words, the corner of his mouth curled slightly, and he sneered and said, "What's the good thing? Could it be my turn if there is a good thing?"

"No good thing?" Mrs. Li Guozhen couldn't help but said a little disbelievingly after hearing this, "There must be something wrong? Nothing good, could it be something bad? But, we haven't done anything to dissatisfy the emperor these years. What's wrong?"

Speaking of this, she looked at Li Guozhen, and said again: "If something bad happens, the master can't be so calm!"

Of course, she has the right to say what kind of person her master is.

After hearing this, Li Guozhen continued to walk towards the inner hall, and at the same time replied to his wife who was half a step behind him: "Do you think losing money is a bad thing?"

"Broken money?" Upon hearing this, his wife was taken aback immediately, her expression was obviously not calm, and she quickly asked, "What kind of money is lost? Could it be that the emperor summoned the master to ask him to pay for it?"

Speaking of this, without waiting for Li Guozhen to reply, she said to herself again: "It doesn't make sense, the court is not as short of money as it used to be! How could it ask for money?"

"It's not for money!" Li Guozhen stopped after hearing this, turned around and looked at the lady behind him and said, "It's for food!"

Without waiting for his wife to ask questions, he continued to add: "The court wants to seize the opportunity to attack Jianlu, but there is no food. The emperor summoned a group of ministers this time to discuss this matter. The final result is that each government has surplus food. , Donate all the food!"

"Ah?" Mrs. Li Guozhen was surprised when she heard this, and immediately said: "So, how much is the master going to donate? Five stones, ten stones, or fifty stones? No more!"

"I'd like to donate just one stone!" After hearing this, Li Guozhen said angrily, "But if I really want to do this, where can I put my face?"

"..." His wife was speechless for a while after hearing this, and when she came back to her senses, she angrily said to Li Guozhen, who continued to walk towards the inner hall, "What are you doing with your face? You can use a stone for a stone, and you can talk about your family's great achievements when you turn around." Big, if there is really no food, we will have it!"

Hearing this, Li Guozhen stopped again, turned around, looked at his wife and said: "The emperor said, whoever donates how much will be announced on the list at that time. You said that if I really donate a stone, my lord, it will be a mess." The whole city knows, what do you think will happen?"

"This..." Mrs. Li Guozhen hesitated for a while after hearing this, and suddenly seemed to think of a good way, and said to Li Guozhen with a little surprise, "Why don't you visit Xia Jiadingbo to see how much grain he gives, then we will How many stones of grain will be paid!"

Zhou Kui, the Bo of Jiading, was not only fined 30 taels of silver, but also deprived of the title of Earl of Jiading, and was forbidden to read sage books in the mansion.Everyone knew that although Zhou Kui had regained his title at this time, his wealth would definitely not be much.If it is the same as Jiadingbo, there will definitely not be much food.

Therefore, after Mrs. Li Guozhen said it, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was a good idea, and she added: "No matter what we do, we don't have the father-in-law, right? We have paid as much as the father-in-law. This is exhausted." It's my duty!"

Unexpectedly, Li Guozhen not only did not show any joy, but instead frowned and reprimanded: "Bad idea!"

"..." When Mrs. Li Guozhen heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she was a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Li Guozhen explained to her: "The emperor has asked the factory guards to investigate the grain storage situation of each mansion in advance. Do you think our mansion can be the same as Jiading Bo's mansion?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li Guozhen was a little dumbfounded, and quickly asked: "Then the emperor found out how much food is in our house?"

Li Guozhen was depressed when he heard this: "The emperor didn't announce it, who knows how many have been found out?"

Seeing that his wife seemed to be relieved, he knew what she was thinking, and immediately added: "Don't think you are hiding it well. The factory guards are so elusive now that they can detect major treason cases in the past. The Jianlu in Liaodong can be spied on, and the emperor is so wise and powerful, do you think you can hide it from the emperor? Or do you have the courage to deceive the emperor and say that we don't have much food left?"

"..." Although Mrs. Li Guozhen is a woman and rarely goes out, she still knows that the capital has beheaded several people who committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.Therefore, after hearing Li Guozhen's words, he was immediately speechless.

Seeing this, Li Guozhen sighed and said: "Just donate as much as you can, otherwise, in fact, it's a small matter of face, and it's not good to be remembered by the higher-ups!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Li Guozhen sighed extremely unwillingly: "Oh, life is really hard!"

In the original history, Li Guozhen was very eloquent and liked Emperor Chongzhen very much, so he was granted the title of chief soldier of the Beijing camp and practiced in the Beijing camp.As a result, when Li Zicheng came to the door, when Emperor Chongzhen wanted to use the Beijing camp, he was told by Li Guozhen that there were no soldiers available.

In history books, there are many controversies about Li Guozhen.Some said that Li Guozhen was loyal and brave, crying bitterly in front of Chongzhen's corpse; some ancient books said that after being captured, Li Guozhen was submissive and licked his stinky face to survive.No matter what, at least Li Guozhen, as the chief soldier of the Beijing camp, did not lead the Beijing camp well, which would be a serious crime.Moreover, the military salary of the Beijing camp is paid every year, so this will not be less!Where did the military pay go?

At this time, Li Guozhen listened to his wife's words and remembered something, so he comforted his wife: "The emperor said that when the food from the south arrives, he will return it."

"I'm afraid Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou?" Mrs. Li Guozhen didn't quite believe it when she heard this, "It's really a waste of money to eliminate disasters!"

Under the current power of Emperor Chongzhen, the head of the Xiangcheng Prefecture really did not dare to deceive, so he could only hand over the excess grain based on his estimate of his own grain storage.

Just like that, the capital's side quickly became lively.

Notices about borrowing grain were posted all over the city, and the emperor's relatives, dignitaries, civil and military officials, and other government offices began to distribute grain one after another.Immediately, on the streets and alleys of the capital, from time to time, carts of grain could be seen, under the banners of their respective houses, going to and from the warehouses set up by the yamen of the household department on the other side of the water gate.

As long as someone handed in the grain, it would update and announce on the wall next to the warehouse, saying how much grain was handed in by a certain mansion.A large group of people were also watching the notice and commenting on the food delivered by each government.

On the first day, the situation was basically like this. When Emperor Chongzhen read the memorial of the loan situation that night, he was quite satisfied, and it was not unexpected.

On Zhou Kui's side, Empress Zhou sent someone to remind him early in the morning. It should be because of the previous lesson, or it may be that Emperor Chongzhen's prestige is too high now. , I handed in the food in the morning.

On this first day, basically all the royal family and nobles, civil and military officials who participated in the discussions at Wuying Hall handed over the food.The next few days will be more critical.Let's see how many people will respond to the imperial court's call and follow up to hand over food to support the war to annihilate the Jianlu.

The number of people following up and the amount of food paid will determine how many troops the imperial court can send to Liaodong, and give Jianlu a blow when he is weakest.

Based on this situation, on the second day, Emperor Chongzhen went out of the palace in micro-clothes, went to the warehouse in person, drank tea in the private room on the second floor of the restaurant next to the window to watch the movement, and wanted to see Jiaoliang for himself. Case.If the situation on the spot is not ideal, he doesn't mind throwing some catalysts to enliven the atmosphere of the Beijing-Shijiaoliang.

What Emperor Chongzhen didn't expect was that he was almost finished drinking a pot of tea, and he didn't see how many people brought food.Immediately, his face became a little ugly.

When Wang Chengen who was waiting at the side saw him, he quickly comforted him and said: "Your Majesty, it is still early and there are not many people on the street. I estimate that the various governments will wait until there are more people on the street before sending it here!"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but stare at him.It has to be said that Wang Chengen has indeed grown a lot in the past few years as the admiral of the East Factory.If it was him before, he probably wouldn't be able to say that.

"Why don't you say that they are busy collecting food, so they have to send it later?" Emperor Chongzhen said to him with a smile when he was in a better mood.

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen showed a look of sudden realization, and quickly replied: "Your Majesty is wise, this servant has a dark mind!"

"Hahaha..." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and his mood improved a bit.

While they were talking, the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased.Sure enough, I also saw that there were convoys from various prefectures on the street delivering food.

Good guy, this food delivery team is as lively as a wedding ceremony.It was either beating gongs or drums, and there were also a number of signs, either held by the servants or inserted in the grain cart, which said that the certain mansion responded to the court and how much grain was lent.

Needless to say, this situation was actually guessed by Wang Chengen.

It is understandable for the movement of these various governments to send food, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't care.

After watching for a while, Emperor Chongzhen thought about the same, and when he was about to return to the palace, the situation suddenly changed unexpectedly.

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