Situ Yue didn't have time to entangle the old nobles of various families about how to pay back the money owed by the Tai-zu and Taizong Dynasty. Now the household department is busy with the logistics issues on the front line.

The cold in the north is early, and now it is freezing at night. A large number of soldiers have been frostbitten. Cotton jackets and trousers have become urgently needed. There are frostbite medicines, and countless arrows and weapons are consumed every day. Some meat dishes are better.

Situ Yue lost a few strands of hair. The Minister of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of War rode to the Yamen of the Ministry of Households every day. According to the usual practice, if they don’t want it, the Ministry of Households will not transfer it. They still couldn't rest assured that the Ministry of Accounting was responsible for everything, sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Accounting all day, a few veterans looked at Situ Yue with a smile, and flattered him with "Your Highness is wise, young and promising", but they didn't leave.

Let's talk about the cotton-padded clothes first, Situ Yue summoned the officials who were boiling water in the backyard, "My lords, our yamen has been busy a few days ago, and all your lords have worked hard. Now, it's time to serve the court. I hope all your lords will do their best." The soldiers on the front line are now short of cotton clothes, and this king can't sleep at night because of this worry, and I hope all of you adults can help me."

Don't care about their reaction after finishing speaking, "You have heard of the Yanfu Temple and Wuji Temple in Nanyuan, right, they are royal temples and Taoist temples, and you adults should be divided into two groups, and go to meet those masters who have attained the Tao. It is also a matter of compassion for monks and Taoist priests to ask for alms, and they must agree, not many, and the two families can add up to [-] cotton-padded jackets and [-] pairs of cotton-padded trousers."

After finishing speaking, let those people go down, and then recruit the officials in charge of the imperial merchants, and let the imperial merchants from all over the place immediately buy some long-lasting meat and dried vegetables. Just buckle it down and let the emperor give an explanation.By the way, buy some cotton clothes on the way, even clothes with wool.

Then recruit an official who is in charge of taxes in Yingtianfu and Zhili, buy cotton from all over the country, and hire women from farmers and poor families to make cotton clothes. The cotton must be thick to keep warm.This must be done within ten days.By the way, I went to buy various oils for treating frostbite and various medicinal materials for treating knife wounds, and let the Ministry of War escort them together.

After hearing this, the officials of various departments dropped their hands, and Situ Yue asked him to allocate 1 taels of silver to the Ministry of War, which had its own workshop to make military equipment.

The Minister of the Ministry of War and the two servants smiled happily, but Situ Yue couldn't be happier, the Ministry of Households was empty in the real sense.Then he said with a stern face, "If there is an incident of corruption this time, the next time the Ministry of War comes back, I will not give you a penny. If you don't accept it, you can go straight to the sky to hear the complaint and see who the emperor has one heart with."

Naturally, we are of the same mind. At this stall, the whole army hates ink corruption more than anyone else. The fact that you failed to return the body wrapped in horse leather but died in the hands of your own people sounds bad.

The two servants were still on the road, feeling that they really are the grandsons of the emperor, he is a generous man, and he will give what he wants.The Minister of the Ministry of War has already rushed back to the Yamen. Among the various armies, the army of Feng Tang and his son has the best momentum, the most wounded soldiers, and the most urgent need for cotton clothes and medicinal materials. The urgent documents can exhaust the army and horses.The emperor was also worried day and night. When he heard the announcement about the war in the north, he read it immediately. He turned on the lamp every night to look at the map. He lived and boarded in the Chongzheng Hall. Lighting lamps in the temple to pray for blessings.

Situ Yue thought to himself that if he had the money to light the everlasting lamp, it would be better to give it to me directly, and I could buy a few more catties of medicinal materials.But the fact that the treasury is empty is a fact. Situ Yue entered the treasury and saw the empty shelves. He thought that the mice would starve to death if they lived here. The general idea is that if you have money, you can start construction immediately, and the canal can be started earlier to irrigate both sides of the river.

The emperor was very tempted, but had no money.

Holding Han Shan's budget, Situ Yue wished he could rush into some people's house and search their homes. The money he got was enough to repair two canals.

The autumn sun was just right, even if he was resting at home, Situ Yue was a little anxious to get angry, pacing back and forth in the courtyard full of fallen leaves like a mouse trapped in a rice vat.Qin Keqing found out that she was at home, and took the child to the palace by car.

"My brother's birthday is coming up, how will you spend this year? Will you invite a small show? Will you have a banquet?"

Situ Yue immediately gave her a pair of supercilious eyes, "No please, no more."

Qin Keqing was not angry either, she hugged her son and shook her a few times, "The eldest uncle is angry, our brother Tong is going to give uncle a birthday gift, and uncle won't accept it, right?"

Situ Yue wondered what the couple would name their son, Mi Tong, a homonym for rice bucket.I don't know what Mixing is thinking.However, Qin Keqing's words reminded Situ Yue that if he wanted to make money now, there would be excuses.

She immediately called Yun Xiao over and asked her to think about who in the royal family would have a good day coming soon. Yun Xiao thought about it and said that the eldest princess's birthday was only half a month away.

Situ Yue didn't care about Qin Keqing any more, and asked Qin Er to come in. The master and servant muttered, and Qin Er led the order to go out. Within three days, the wind blowing from the Three Kings' Mansion was prepared for the princess. The generous birthday gift, the third king is actually the eldest son, he started, and the fourth king's family immediately followed and prepared a generous gift, and then, as long as the prince who left the palace prepared a gift for the eldest princess, Situ secretly smiled.

The dignitaries in Beijing followed suit and sent generous gifts. Before the gifts arrived at the eldest princess’s house, the gift list had already appeared on Situ Yue’s table. Situ Yue also asked Yun Xiao and Yun Xia to carefully prepare a copy. Most of them were gold and silver, and they brought them with them when the day came. Went to the palace of the eldest princess.

The eldest princess is well maintained, looks graceful and elegant, and has a good temperament, but don't be fooled by her appearance, this person has a very violent temper, and she will be whipped to vent her anger if she disagrees with her.

The eldest son-in-law is very handsome and has a good temper. He is a kind person, and it is rare for him to have his own opinion once in a lifetime.But it's true that I haven't raised my head when I meet the eldest princess in my life.

The eldest princess has a son and two daughters on the surface. It is estimated that not many people in the royal family know about Fang Yun. It is said that the first child of the eldest princess died after birth. Who knows that she was carried into the palace and became a secret guard.

The youngest son of the eldest princess, Fang Lei, greeted the guests outside. Seeing Situ Yue coming up to greet him affectionately, he called out to his cousin, and the two exchanged a few words. Fang Lei accompanied Situ Yue to meet the eldest princess. , and turned back to greet the guests, Situ Yue didn't say a few words to the eldest princess, the screen behind the eldest princess blocked the house full of female relatives, it is estimated that everyone is huddling together silently at this moment, and their dresses are leaking It must have been very hard to come out.The eldest princess had no intention of keeping him, so she said a few auspicious words and asked a nephew of the son-in-law to take him out.

Situ Yue arrived at the banquet in the front yard. He came late, and several princes also arrived. Situ Yue greeted his uncles with a smile, and returned to the banquet. The people around avoided her eight feet away. Like Quail, she is happy to be free from company.

After drinking for three rounds, the son-in-law came out to toast everyone, and then went to accompany the princes at the table. A boy serving food gave him a note that read "Shuangting Bridge, Yun."

Situ Yue asked the way, stood up and wobbled to Shuangting Bridge, but she didn't want to hide it, and didn't care if there were a few tails behind her.

There is an artificial river made of running water in the courtyard of the eldest princess’s house, six to seven feet wide, and the bridge on the river is two pavilions connected together, so it is called Shuangting Bridge.The pavilion is paved with thick wood, red pillars, blue glazed tiles, very beautiful.Fang Yun was wearing a gold-plated mask and a dark blue robe sitting in the pavilion. The afternoon sun shone obliquely, making the mask radiant.

Situ Yue reeked of alcohol and walked over staggeringly. Fang Yun tilted his head and looked at her without moving. Situ Yue threw himself on top of him, holding his head with both hands, "Hey, what's wrong with your mask? You put it on, why can’t you take it off?”

Fang Yun didn't move, and let her touch his hair with both hands.

"Cousin, take it off and let me wear it." Situ Yue hugged his shoulder and shook it a few times.

"Stop making trouble, cousin, I'm feeling bad."

"Really? I'm relieved to see you in pain." She stood up staggeringly, stood up a few times but couldn't stand still, and grabbed Fang Yun's shoulder, "Commander Fang, I want you to give up your seat , get out quickly."

Fang Yun glanced at her, "The cousin, let me hug you. You can still sleep."

Situ Yuexie laughed, "Young man, you want to take advantage of me, come and give me a laugh."

"I laughed, you didn't see it."

It's still possible to wear a mask like this, Situ Yue drank wine, his stamina came up, he was a little dizzy, he was just teasing and pretending to be drunk, but now he feels really drunk, so he giggled. "Stop playing, the king is going back home."

Fang Yun took the opportunity to grab her hand and pulled her into his arms, "Cousin, I asked my grandfather yesterday in the palace, he agreed to my marriage with you, what dowry gift do you want?"

Situ Yue struggled a few times but did not get up, and simply lay still in his arms, "Would you like to be the king's face? If you are willing, tell me what dowry gift you want?"

Fang Yun put a string of beads made of beeswax on her hand, and put Situ Yue's forehead against his mask, "Sleep, cousin, I'll wake you up when the guests leave."

Situ Yue closed his eyes, nestled in his arms, and fell asleep peacefully.

Within an hour, everyone who attended the eldest princess's birthday banquet knew about it, and the eldest princess even raised her eyebrows, called the eldest son-in-law to a secluded place, and cursed at her. "...What did Fang Yun provoke that evil star? Situ Yue is not a good person. Father obeys him now. I heard that he even gave him a secret decree. In the future, if he succeeds, so will your father and son." It’s not good, a treacherous and sycophant will make your Fang family’s ancestors scolded for eighteen generations. If he doesn’t succeed, he will be wiped out by the new emperor sooner or later. I called back, where have you hidden him for so many years and let him hide again, don't show his face in front of others, besides, can his face still be revealed?"

The eldest son-in-law backed out obediently, wiped the cold sweat off his head, and immediately ran to the Shuangting Bridge, watching Fang Yun sitting in the pavilion with King Rong in his arms. King Rong seemed to be asleep, the eldest son-in-law looked I just feel in a dilemma.

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