Start by scolding the empress

Chapter 87
Chen Yi calmed down his mentality, and treated it as a trip, and participated in the local celebrations.

Appreciate the local customs, so when you see something interesting, you don’t care too much, you will stop, appreciate it, and then move on. Anyway, the empress has a big goal, and she is not afraid of getting lost.

The empress happened to pass by a teahouse, which was also a venue for poetry competitions. The empress pointed to the inside, and several other ministers nodded and followed them in.

Chen Yi followed slowly at the end, and bought some snacks in his hand.

Not to mention, although the products in ancient times were not so rich, there were a lot of snacks.

When Chen Yi entered, it was estimated that the game was going to the exciting part. Hearing the applause from the crowd, it was extremely lively, so Chen Yi stopped aside and listened carefully.

He found out that his literary talents were beyond his reach. If it was in other places, Chen Yi might still have to fight for poetry and songs. It can only be said that Chen Yi, as a modern person, does not have this muscle.

However, with a normal level of appreciation, Chen Yi will still have some, because there are more people in the venue, and Chen Yi came late, so he didn't enter the crowd to look for the empress and her party.

Instead, I found a corner, leaned against the wall, ate snacks, and watched the excitement inside.

The venue of this teahouse should be specially arranged by the store owner. There is a large platform in the middle, which is where the competition is now. The owner of this teahouse is also very ingenious.

Chen Yi took a brief look and found that the tables, chairs and benches inside were arranged from the lowest to the highest, that is to say, the people sitting in the front row had relatively short stools, and the stools got higher towards the back.

Therefore, when you get to the door, the people standing are only two or three floors nearby, and your sight will not be blocked by the front.

After thinking about it, Chen Yi understood that the stepped seats in the later movie theaters were the same. Although the ancients' technical ability was not good, their intelligence was the same.

The two people who uttered golden sentences at the scene just now, one of them fell behind, and another one in the field made up, winning the applause of others, so now the crowd is extremely excited.

However, two of them caught Chen Yi's attention. Chen Yi frowned slightly, and wanted to observe carefully. The two seemed very alert and immediately noticed Chen Yi's sight.

Looking over according to the feeling, Chen Yi kept his original appearance, motionless.

It's just that they looked away, looked ahead leisurely, and watched the lively expressions. Those two people searched around here, but they didn't seem to find anything strange, so they looked away as if nothing had happened.

Chen Yi turned his head and stared at those two people for a while, and found that there was nothing strange about them.

It was a little strange in my heart, these two people, when everyone was cheering and applauding, turned their heads to stare at the empress, and then discussed something.

It was precisely because of this that it caught Chen Yi's attention.

Looking at it now, it seems to be just a coincidence. Could it be that the empress looks good, so I took a second look?
This is not impossible, Chen Yi glanced around.

When he first came in, he felt that there were a lot of Ouchi guards in this teahouse, so it didn't matter if these two people had ulterior motives, even if they had ulterior motives, they wouldn't succeed.

That being the case, he simply ignored those two people and continued to pay attention to the excitement on stage.

Looking at such a lively scene, Chen Yi still felt a little emotional in his heart, this empress is not useless.

Although the flood in the south has not been completely resolved, the northwest border is also in turmoil now. The people in Longxi have not really lived and worked in peace and contentedly.

It can be said that the empress held this grand celebration, which was a waste of money and people, but just now, Chen Yi discussed this matter with Lin Shilang on the way here.

According to Lin Shilang, the annual Suihan gathering is a good opportunity to make money and fill the national treasury.

Anyone who came from other places had to go through strict checks before entering the city, and at the same time, they had to pay a certain fee before being allowed to enter the city, and this stage of competition was not easy to get on.

In addition to finding someone to guarantee, you also need to pay a certain fee, and the money is handed over to the Imperial Capital Yamen.

During the grand festival of Suihan Gathering, a stall table will be set up in a fixed place, and the registration fee will be paid. Usually, the fee for the next day will be paid in the evening of the same day after the rally is over.

Therefore, these incomes will eventually be included in the national treasury. At this time, why are things going on in the Dawu Kingdom, and the Empress still has a reason for holding the Suihan Gathering.

It is said that it was supported by the whole court.

Lin Shilang also said that if Chen Yi hadn't stepped forward to provide food and grass on the frontier, it might have all come from the dividends from the Suihan rally.

It was only then that Chen Yi suddenly realized that if he didn't get in the way, the border soldiers would have enough food and grass.

And why didn't those generals know about it?

That's even simpler. As for these military generals, regardless of these literati's wielding swords and ink, naturally, they pay little attention to this matter of the Suihan Gathering.

In addition, at this time of year, there will be incidents at the border, so the generals, in fact, are no longer in the court at this time, and they perfectly miss the real opportunity to understand this matter.

Knowing this time, Chen Yi also understood why the empress had been using the dragging formula at that time.

But even so, the empress only drew the ranks of trash in Chen Yi's heart, and her favorability was still not much.

After all, the military is a major national event.

Even if there is no money, it is definitely not the best solution to find a way to solve it.

Not to mention the morale of the soldiers soared after I delivered the food and grass, and now there are good news.

If it has been delayed until the end of the Suihan rally, let alone the number of soldiers who died, it will be said that the difficulty of fighting the enemy has at least doubled.

Isn't it twice as difficult to get back your own things from the enemy after being repulsed by others?

Anyway, all in all, all in all.

The treasury just has no money, which is an undeniable drawback.

Chen Yi also thought about the flood in the south recently, and it has been dragging on for a long time now. Although the disaster situation is not as bad as the drought in Longxi, the people probably live in dire straits.

Thinking of this, Chen Yi sighed.

As soon as he looked up, he saw the empress and her party who had just walked out.

Lin Shilang immediately came over and said kindly.

"Chen Shilang, so you are here. I searched around just now, but I didn't see you. Why didn't you follow me in? It's very exciting inside, and it really feasted my eyes."

Chen Yi said with a smile: "I bought some delicious food, and I couldn't squeeze in when I came back, so I didn't bother to drill in."

(End of this chapter)