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Feng Jiye suddenly decided to intervene in the disaster situation, the couple split up, one went out of the city to the coast according to the original plan, and the other found the three elders and ministers of the cabinet, and invited them to the palace to meet the emperor, and to see the emperor again after a few days. His face was much haggard, and he looked even older, but when he saw Yin Huanyang wearing the prince's python robe, he couldn't suppress his anger. No matter whether he was played by the emperor, Yin Huanyang and his wife forced him It was an indisputable fact that as an emperor, he felt that his dignity and majesty had been crushed like never before.

"The prince is not feeling well, what are you doing in the palace if you don't accompany him?"

Before he could open his mouth, the emperor took the lead in attacking him. However, he was not stupid. He deliberately used Feng Jiye as a shield. After all, there were so many cabinet ministers present, so he couldn't give them excuses to scold him. In the hall, ministers sometimes insinuated that he was a faint king, and even now, there are still a large number of students sitting in protest at the gate of the palace.

Even so, the cabinet ministers headed by the three cabinet elders still gave him a disapproving glance. The prince voluntarily gave up rest and participated in the discussion of politics. As the emperor, shouldn't he be happy?They were not stupid enough to think that he really cared about the prince, he made it clear that he didn't want to see the prince, and didn't want him to participate in the government affairs, and he was so wicked!

"My minister asked for an order to reverse the case of Feng Yiheng, a former cabinet scholar. In exchange, my minister is willing to take over the donation to the refugees in the capital, and guarantees that they will be provided with at least two meals of gruel every day, and the treasury does not need to increase disaster relief funds."

He didn't want to see Yin Huanyang, so how could Yin Huanyang be willing to face him?

Feng Jiye only asked him to take over the almsgiving and did not ask him to negotiate conditions with the emperor, but he wanted to do something for him. Feng Yiheng's case was finalized by the emperor himself, and the emperor's approval must be obtained to reverse the case. If they don't use this to raise their current situation, even if they have sufficient evidence, the emperor may not allow them to reverse the case.

"what?"

Not only the emperor, but all the cabinet ministers who were notified to come and not told what happened all couldn't help but widen their eyes. Is what he said true?Give refugees an extra meal without increasing disaster relief funds?

"Where did you get the food?"

After regaining his senses, the emperor asked urgently. As far as he knew, Xiao Ling's army was not short of food, but his current Grand Prince's Mansion probably didn't have enough food reserves.

"Father, do you still remember the large amount of food donated by the gentry in Tongyang County a few months ago?"

Looking up to meet his gaze, Yin Huanyang was calm and calm, still cold.

"This old man has the impression that they donated a lot of food. Your Majesty, you even gave the leading Chu family a plaque of the Great Charity House. Does His Royal Highness know these people?"

Before the emperor, Mr. Sun Ge stroked his beard and said, the rest of the ministers nodded. This is indeed the case. Although there are no longer a few donations from wealthy households, only one in Tongyang County has such a large amount.

"I do know them."

Turning his head and looking around, Yin Huanyang went on to say: "Strictly speaking, they suddenly donated so much food. , was not affected by the disaster, but came up with the idea of ​​looting all the gentry and landlords in the entire county, forcing them to complain to the sky, and Chu Tianlang, the second son of Mr. Chu, the largest agricultural merchant in Tongyang County, is Jiye's good friend. For this matter, Ji Ye suggested that instead of giving food to a dog official who forced them to death for performance, they should secretly gather all the squires, try their best to raise enough food, and go to Yunzhou to find Zhizhou to offer donations As for the treasury, as long as the Zhizhou is willing to come forward and have the protection of the court, the imperial envoys will not dare to touch them casually."

"Who was the imperial envoy who inspected Yunzhou at that time?"

The emperor's face turned dark when he heard this, and he knew with his ass that Feng Jiye's status in the eyes of the officials was undoubtedly a bit more sacred, and he, the emperor who sent imperial envoys on tour, wasn't a bit stupid?

"... "

Looking up at him, Sun Ge's old eyes flickered slightly: "At that time, the imperial court sent imperial envoys to every state, and the old minister couldn't remember it for a while, please go back and check it, and report tomorrow."

Hearing this, many people present looked at him, including the emperor and the ministers, they all knew it well and lamented that it was not easy for Sun Ge to be old, but the emperor was full of doubts, secretly guessing that the imperial envoy was Not from the Sun family, or his disciples.

"Wu Jin, go and look through the files, I'll find out soon."

It is rare to catch an opportunity to suppress Sun Ge's old arrogance, how could the emperor let it go?

But when Wu Jin came back to report that the imperial envoy sent to Yunzhou at that time was the brother of the concubine's mother-in-law's family, the emperor's face became extremely ugly, and he slapped the table and said, "I've arrested him!"

The emperor's roar resounded throughout the imperial study room. Originally, he wanted to use this to suppress Mr. Sun Ge, but unexpectedly, he slapped himself in the face in the opposite direction. It was still the kind of crackling sound. The emperor wanted to slaughter the entire Qingjiang Marquis House!

"Yes."

Wu Jin bowed and went out to give orders, Yin Huanyang's eyes flashed a hint of sarcasm, and the clear and light voice sounded again: "My son said that Tongyang County donated food, not to show off Jiye's achievements, but to remind Father And fellow ministers, since Tongyang County was not affected by the disaster due to the geographical environment, what about Yunzhou and other counties in the same or similar environment? Maybe they were not affected by the disaster either, or the disaster was not so serious. The court can find out these The county government appoints trustworthy people as imperial envoys to go to the local area for investigation and buy the grain stored by the local gentry and landlords at a relatively low price. If the treasury is not enough, the imperial court can also timely reduce their taxes for the next few years, as long as we are sincere enough , the people should be willing to help the country through the disaster, but for the imperial envoys sent out, I hope you can make him clear that the imperial court is begging them to save more people, not us giving them a chance to save people .”

After separating from Feng Jiye, he thought about it carefully. At most, they can only save the refugees in the capital. If they can use the power of the imperial court, the refugees in the whole country may be saved. But this needs to be discussed and approved by the emperor and the cabinet. Proposal, whether they are willing or not is their business.

"What His Royal Highness said is reasonable. Tongyang County should not be a special case. Before that, our eyes were all on the disaster situation. We never thought about the unaffected areas. I think we can work hard in this regard."

After a short silence, Mr. Jiang Ge nodded in agreement, and other cabinet officials also agreed one after another. Now that the national treasury is empty and the disaster is serious, this is indeed the only feasible way at present.

"The matter will be discussed by the cabinet and a plan will be drawn up as soon as possible."

It was rare for the emperor not to target Yin Huanyang again, and quickly made a decision. The outside world questioned him more and more, and he also needed to recover from the disaster as soon as possible to restore his reputation. An unpopular emperor is destined to be impossible to sit on the throne. Having been emperor for more than twenty years, he still has a clear understanding of this.

"The minister obeys the order."

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Sun Ge stood up and bowed to take the order. The emperor nodded and turned his gaze to Yin Huanyang again: "You mean, Tongyang County will supply you with food?"

They have donated a lot of food, how could there be food in stock?You must know that there are tens of thousands of victims outside the capital alone. Even if two meals of gruel are provided every day, the amount of food consumed cannot be underestimated.

"Yes and no."

Withdrawing his eyes from looking at him, Yin Huanyang lowered his eyes slightly: "This matter is still due to my wife's continuous work. When he was in Tongyang County, he met a group of overseas businessmen by chance. The governor took care of him, and he didn't want to rely on him for his livelihood, so he decided to open a shop in the capital that is common in overseas countries, similar to the grocery store in Mingxia, and all the things sold are from overseas, in order to let the people have a good year , he decided to open the business tomorrow no matter what, and sell what the people need at a low price even at a loss. It just so happens that the goods he ordered from overseas merchants will arrive today. Bengong and Dudu Ye are worried that he will go to the coast alone Picking up the goods at the pier, he decided to go with him. When he saw the mountains of refugees outside the city, Ji Ye couldn't bear it, and decided to hand over the large amount of food he bought this time to the imperial court for disaster relief. However, he didn't know many officials. Knowing who is an honest official and who is a corrupt official, I am afraid that this batch of life-saving food will be embezzled by others, so I asked this palace to personally take over and lead the Xiaoling army to preside over the donation."

What he said was reasonable, not only explaining the source of food, but also showing off his daughter-in-law, flattering her, making it impossible to find any faults.

"Really? Then how much grain can he buy from overseas merchants? What's the price? Can you introduce those merchants to the imperial court? The imperial court will send people to contact them to purchase grain?"

Thinking about Ye Junheng's car, the emperor had no doubts at all, and immediately asked excitedly, if he could really establish a relationship with overseas businessmen, even if it was a waste of money, he would try his best to buy food and help the people tide over the difficulties as soon as possible.

"I have seen those overseas businessmen. When they came to Mingxia for the first time, they lived in Tongyang County because they didn't understand anything and couldn't speak the language. Jiye lived in the mansion all year round because of his poor health, so he happened to learn the language of that country, so Jiye was a life-saving grace to them. Even so, the price of grain they sold to Jiye was not low, a bucket of rice was thirty A copper plate, Father, are you sure you have so much silver to purchase in large quantities?"

This is of course his random nonsense. Under normal circumstances, a bucket of rice is at most three or four copper coins. A huge burden, to put it bluntly, the overseas businessman was just fabricated by them, and he was just to dispel the whims of the emperor.

"Really? That letter... Where did the prince get so much money to buy a large amount of food?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, obviously not believing what he said, and felt that he might want to hold the credit firmly in his own hands, surpassing him as the emperor to win the hearts of the people of the world.

"That's why Erchen's previous answer is that he does not rely on Tongyang County, but also needs their help. Jiye's current purchases of grain plus the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court will continue to order additional grain. As long as the winter wheat and spring rice are harvested , we don’t have to rely on overseas businessmen anymore. Chu Tianlang, the second son of Mr. Chu in Tongyang County, is currently in the capital, and I’m planning to discuss with him when I return later. Please ask him to go back to discuss with Mr. Chu in person or send someone to discuss with Mr. Chu next year. Provide us with food, whether it is wheat, rice or sweet potatoes, as long as it is something that can fill our stomachs, try to give priority to our needs, so, does the emperor still have doubts?"

Looking up again, Yin Huanyang's expression was cold, his words were fierce, and he didn't flinch at all. Seeing that the father and son were about to confront each other head-on again, Sun Ge stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the prince asked that the prince and Xiao Lingjun It is understandable to be responsible for giving. As far as the prince is currently capable, he must have tried his best, and his request is nothing more than his father’s reversal of the case. The veteran thought that the prince loves the people like a son, and filial piety moves the sky. Lord Feng can teach The birth of such a son-in-law will certainly not be someone who conspired against the country, so we should reverse the case for him and wash away his grievances."

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

Under his proposal, the remaining two cabinet elders led the rest of the cabinet ministers to second the proposal. Just reversing the case for Feng Yiheng will allow the refugees to eat more and minimize the death, and the prince and his wife have not requested additional disaster relief. No matter how you look at it, this deal is a good deal. Of course, they also know that the emperor is afraid of the prince, and is afraid that their voices among the people will become louder, but is it time to worry about that?And for them, it is undoubtedly a great thing for the prince and his wife to love the people like their sons, and they don't care what the emperor thinks.

"allow!"

Holding his breath, the emperor forced himself to utter a word with a dark face. How could he not know that this matter is a good thing for the court and the refugees?But he just didn't want to see Yin Huanyang and his wife win the hearts of the people. The higher their voice among the people, the more they would undoubtedly slap him in the face, because he was unwilling to make Yin Huanyang the crown prince from the beginning to the end.

"Thank you, Father!"

"Holy Majesty is wise!"

Yin Huanyang was not very sincere and bowed his fists. All the officials were very happy to praise him, but their praise at this time was basically the same as hitting the emperor in the face, and it was still the kind of slapping sound.