Sheng Shi Merciful Light

Emperor Tianshou took away Mu Ci's method of painting and the collection form designed by Mu Ci, and without waiting for the next day, he called the ministers to the Chui Gong Hall for an inner court meeting in the middle of the night to discuss this policy.

The people who need to be rescued cannot wait for a second.

None of the ministers went home to rest, and all the ministers and officials above the third rank worked overtime.Zhao Rui, who claimed to be sick, also came, Grand Master Lu really couldn't stand it.

Everyone circulated the disaster relief plan written with a quill pen, and listened to Emperor Tianshou retell Mu Ci's method to think about the feasibility.

Although everyone was born in the imperial examination, they are not pedantic people who do not understand the people's livelihood and economy, otherwise they would not be able to climb to the top of the imperial court. Naturally, they all discovered the benefits of this novel method.

Wang Youlun has a feeling of pride, proud of his nephew's talent. Although this method seems troublesome, if it becomes a habit of the system, then as long as a disaster occurs in one place, businessmen all over the world will no longer have to "raise the price of grain" "This kind of money-making method that has been criticized will flock to participate in disaster relief in order to seek greater profits and have a righteous name.In this way, more people can be rescued to the greatest extent in the shortest time, with little effort from the court.

And it goes directly to the Ministry of Households for settlement, and most of the money from the treasury is used for the victims of the disaster, so there will be no "fire consumption" caused by layer upon layer transfer.

Immediately, Lu Dingguo from the Ministry of Household Affairs came out and asked: "If officials and businessmen collude and falsely declare that 'receipts must be inspected', the people will not get food and clothing, and the officials and businessmen will gain illegally."

Another counselor, Lei Yue, is a son of a merchant. He immediately saw that his family could gain both profit and fame. He wanted to immediately notify his family to take food for disaster relief, so he retorted: "Even if there is such a thing, it is only a small number. This' The disaster relief strategy of charity business is really a good strategy for the common people."

Li Kang also thinks it is feasible: "The key is to help more people. As for other things, we can wait and see."

Wang Youlun and Mu Ci stayed the longest and were most affected by it, and they were not old and pedantic. Thinking of the words "openness and supervision" that Li Kang said when he improved the trial system of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he opened up his mind and came out to speak. : "Your Majesty, the 'receipt must be inspected' can be done in more detail. The materials are collected by each village according to the population, and the government documents are issued by each township, and each village's 'receipt certificate' is in triplicate. For filing, one copy will be handed over to merchants as the details of the "Receipt Inspection" and one copy will be posted at the entrance of the ancestral hall in the township and village for the convenience of supervision. The "Receipt Inspection" will also be made in triplicate, one will be filed locally and the other will be handed over to the imperial court to collect the money Record the contribution value, and a copy will be enlarged and posted at the gates of the government offices in various states and counties. Merchants all over the world are asked to mark their own grain bags and clothes. People will know whether they have received those clothes and food. The verification and detailed data are archived in order for verification at any time. I believe that in this way, there will be more people who will be bribed by government-business collusion, and it will be more difficult to do it seamlessly, and there will always be a day when it will be revealed."

In fact, it is to increase the cost of crime, which can be regarded as the embryonic form of public supervision.

All the ministers agreed that "collection and inspection" may seem cumbersome, but it is actually something that officials are used to.When the national treasury distributes disaster relief funds, there must also be documents detailing where the disaster relief funds are used. However, in the past, it was only written by local officials themselves. There is too much room for fraud, and officials cannot help being tempted.

"Good! This law is very good. If the implementation is unimpeded this time, this righteous policy can also be implemented in other areas affected by other natural disasters in the future. And even if the government and business collude, it is just that the court spends more money and food, and it is generally beneficial to the people. Yes." Zhao Rui, as the emperor's first secretary, was also able to express his opinion, and he agreed.

So the resolution was passed.

At this time, the Daxing Dynasty was still on the tail end of the "prosperous and prosperous age". It belonged to a relatively vigorous period of the dynasty.

Because there is a better way to solve the crisis, the morale of the ministers is high, and they don't feel tired when they don't sleep in the middle of the night.

Wang Youlun was a little worried.

This nephew is really intelligent, selfless and benevolent, and has a heart for the people. Although he is favored by the emperor, it is a pity that he is too young. There are several older brothers in front of him.

Therefore, the more capable he is, the more risk he will be feared by the new emperor. Should he remind his nephew?

……

In this era, the king is ordered by the heavens. If the king cannot follow the will of the heavens and has mistakes and mistakes, then the heavens will give warnings and condemnations with weird celestial phenomena and abnormal natural disasters.Because more areas were affected by the flood than in previous years, it was considered a warning from heaven.

Emperor Tianshou fasted, wore plain clothes, abolished music, retreated to the main hall, and held a series of activities such as offering sacrifices to heaven, blaming himself and introspecting, and also carrying out activities such as amnesty and seeking blunt speech.

To be honest, Emperor Tianshou spent 30 years on the throne in the dire straits of "three small disasters in one year and one major disaster in three years", and this business can be regarded as proficient.At the court meeting, Emperor Tianshou asked his courtiers to speak freely, pointing out the faults of themselves and others, and those who were named should go to cultivate their morality and calm down the wrath of heaven.

This is to be frank.

The courtiers are also proficient in doing things, so no one dared to say that "Your Majesty, you are not benevolent and caused the disaster." Although the one on the throne looked old and sick, but recently showed his power again, it is still not easy to handle. very heavy.

The censors and officials began to attack each other's political opponents. The loyal faction was the one who could best understand the emperor's intentions. They all said that the prince was unkind and caused the disaster; There was a natural disaster when he took office, and he demanded that Wang Youlun be dismissed; for some unknown reason, two other ministers even said that King Changle was not good, that he was a businessman for disaster relief, and that he was disgraceful... blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Emperor Tianshou was already troubled by the disaster, and finally found some good ways to minimize losses in future disasters, but he heard someone attack and give him advice, Xiao Jiulang, who protects the people, is not good, that is not good, angry Just come up.

But the fashion of "seeking frankness" should also pretend to be open-minded and accept advice, so it is not good to reprimand the two ministers for "confusing the public with evil words". go to sea.

Because Emperor Tianshou held the military power in his hand, he was extremely majestic in the court, and he preemptively cut off the head of the prince's family. The courtiers could feel the pulse by looking at the emperor's face. More and more courtiers concentrated their firepower on attacking the prince. Tianshou The emperor followed suit and asked Zhao Rui to draw up the edict of the prince's sin, and asked a servant of the East Palace to go to the Taimiao to read it out instead of the prince.

Mu Ci didn't care about the undercurrents between the monarch and his ministers, and still went to listen to the government every day. Of course, he only went to the small court meeting in the Chuigong Hall, and he didn't show up for the grand court meeting in the Chongzheng Hall.

In the Chuigong Hall, he was welcomed by all the courtiers.Everyone is liking this beautiful, intelligent, selfless and benevolent prince more and more.There were also a few who frowned, but they were not dissatisfied, but they were afraid that under the prestige of King Changle, they would be feared by the new emperor in the future.

Taking advantage of Mu Ci's visit to the clean room, Wang Youlun also sued Mu Ci to deal with some personal problems, pretending to be a coincidence and blocked Mu Ci, and was distressed to see that his nephew, who was already very thin, now has only a handful of bones left, and his face is pale. paler.

Wang Youlun's mother said sincerely, "Your Highness, please take care of yourself."

"It's all right." Mu Ci asked directly, "Is there something you want to tell me, Uncle?"

Wang Youlun: "..." Can you stop being so sharp?But he didn't have time to beat him around the bush, so he asked directly, "Your Highness, did His Majesty bring you here?"

"No, I asked for it myself."

Wang Youlun was a little surprised, and asked a little worriedly: "Your Highness...what are you thinking? You should understand..."

Mu Ci waved her hand: "I understand, I know what Uncle means, I hope I don't care about anything, just be a leisure king, enjoy the glory and wealth, and die in peace."

Wang Youlun really thought so, but the words came out of Mu Ci's mouth, although the tone was flat, it was awkward no matter how you heard it.

So what do you think?

Mu Ci shook her head: "I can't do it. The people are suffering or even dying. I can obviously help. If it's for personal safety, I don't care about anything. I don't dare to care about it... How can I lie in the bed of countless people? In the wealth and honor supported by paying taxes, how can you enjoy everything with peace of mind?"

Wang Youlun thought that he would hear some lofty reasons, such as having the world in his heart and the people in his heart, blah blah blah... but he didn't want to hear this kind of wonderful theory like "pay and return".

However, you are a born prince, shouldn't the royal family enjoy everything that the common people worship?No, or is it not the royal family that the people of the world enshrine?

Why are you uneasy?

And why does he think that such a theory is correct and should be?

The three views are broken.

Such a nephew is even more attractive.It is so radiant, it makes people have an urge to follow everything regardless.

Wang Youlun finally suppressed his excitement and left without delaying too long.

Li Kang admired the King of Changle very much, and Lei Yue also admired the King of Changle because his family benefited from righteous business strategies. They were all concerned about the fate of the King of Changle. ... Both Li and Lei's eyes lit up, but in the end they could only sigh: "It's a pity..."

Born so many years late.

The Emperor Tianshou also learned what the aunt and nephew said through other channels, and finally knew why Xiao Jiulang, who had always been so smart, followed him to the Chui Gong Palace to discuss politics and did such a "stupid thing".

Really, so silly and cute.

Little stubborn cow.

He vaguely thought of his elder brother Mu Chun, who was actually such a cute and silly person because he had faith in his heart.This is even more determined for the emperor to protect Xiao Jiulang, and don't let the tragedy of the year repeat itself, and let this country lose a hope, which is a pity again.

……

The Emperor Tianshou clenched his fist and dealt with the political affairs with great efficiency, then sent his son to Huanhuan Palace. After a while, he was annoyed to see Jiulang only looking at the information and ignoring him at all. Back to the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Government affairs can also be handled in the bedroom.

Wei finally reported from the side...

Emperor Tianshou snorted coldly: "Huh? Ask your adoptive father if you don't want to do it anymore? Just investigate and come to such a conclusion?"

Wei finally wiped his sweat.

Wei Zhong's adoptive father, Wei Yi, is the head servant of the palace.

Emperor Tianshou knocked on the table for investigation: "So, Jiulang sent his feather guard Li Xinyang to go out of the palace during the rest time and find Rupei, a maid in the palace, and lied that I was sick from worrying too much. Concubine Wen ran out on a rainy day and wanted to go back to the palace, but the rain slipped and wrestled and miscarried?"

Wei Zhong was sweating like a waterfall, so he persuaded his adoptive father that such an investigation would make His Majesty explode, but his adoptive father would not listen.

After all, it is still an advantage, because Concubine Wen was born as a maid in the palace, and his adoptive father Wei Yi found a woman who looked like Concubine Xie Chen and had a gentle and simple temperament. If Concubine Wen gave birth to a child and was favored, Wei Yi Of course, a rising tide lifts all boats.

Benefits really kill people.

Emperor Tianshou asked again: "Has Li Xinyang been interrogated?"

Wei Zhong said: "The villain dare not take the initiative to alarm the Ninth Highness, so I only asked the commander in chief to come forward and invite Li Yuwei out to cooperate with the inquiry. He... indeed went to Rupei two days ago, and someone testified. "

"He admitted?"

"Yes, I went to the palace to meet Rupei, and said that the two had an affair, but they didn't admit anything else."

"Punishment?"

"Uh...not yet..." Dare not.Wei Zhong was not sure if His Majesty asked this question whether he wanted to be punished or not.

"What did Ru Pei say?"

"Ru Pei confessed, testified against Li Xinyang, then bit her tongue and committed suicide."

The Emperor Tianshou sneered: "Tsk, you died so quickly, Wei Yi just watched people die. I found that each of you... is a little... alive! Tired! Tired!"

Tianshoudi's tone was extremely cold, and he rubbed his fingers unconsciously.

Wei Zhong's pupils contracted and turned into needlepoints...Your Majesty, who did you intend to kill?

It can't be the King of Changle, so... is it the righteous father?

Emperor Tianshou suddenly laughed again, and said: "Two days ago, I patted my chest in front of Jiulang and said that I would protect him... Wei Zhong, tell me, if I go to tell Jiulang now, he sent someone to kill Concubine Wen... ...How will Kuro answer me?"

When Wei Zhong heard his full name pop out from the mouth of Emperor Tianshou, his whole body trembled like chaff...

"He would say, 'Oh, whoever should deal with this trivial matter, don't bother me.' Then continue to do what he should do." Emperor Tianshou smiled and shook his head helplessly.

You little stubborn cow, you really can't believe your father.

Wei Zhong: "..." It's really the style of King Changle's speech.

Emperor Tianshou sighed helplessly: "Okay, let Linyuan handle it."

Wei Zhong's scalp was numb, but he had no choice but to call Mou Yu.

After talking about the matter, Emperor Tianshou asked, "If you punish Li Xinyang, will you be tortured?"

"Very likely," Mou Yu said without hesitation. There are 500 people in the second battalion of Yuwei, and it is impossible for all of them to be chaste. The court lady lured her into violating the prohibition, which shows that she is not a strong-willed person."

"It seems that the people behind the scenes have also figured this out." Tianshou Di raised his forehead, "Once torture is used, Jiulang will be very troublesome." It is also troublesome not to use punishment.

Mou Yu thought for a while, then said coldly: "Everything in this world has a cause and effect, Father, how about inferring it the other way around? If His Royal Highness loses his Sacred Heart, who will benefit?"

Emperor Tianshou thought about it for a while, and said: "Li Xinyang has an affair with the court lady, so he can deal with it as he wants." Then he ordered Wei Zhong, "Let Concubine Wen take care of herself in the palace, and don't think about the child, it's not fate." Emperor Tianshou is so old and has experienced a lot of wind and rain, so he can't look down on it.Besides, the child is gone.

"Yes!" Wei finally responded.

"In the palace, is there any more Yuquan spring wine?" Emperor Tianshou suddenly asked Wei Zhong.

"Have!"

"Give the prince, Sanlang, Wulang, Liulang, and Qilang a pot..." After the Emperor Tianshou finished speaking, Wei Zhong collapsed on the ground with a "plop", his eyes widened in horror.

Yuquan spring wine...

The wine bestowed by the palace, even though it has a nice name, it also has another name-poison wine!

Emperor Tianshou looked at Wei Zhong coldly, his eyes were cold, and Wei Zhong was so frightened that he trembled like a sieve, and then he said to Mou Yu: "Lin Yuan, you take Li Xinyang and send him off in person. Well, empress, don't miss the imperial concubine's place, Go say hello and send it around. Keep an eye on them and drink it all, not a drop left."

Mou Yu didn't even move an eyebrow, and replied coldly: "Yes!"

Wei Zhong was paralyzed on the ground, unable to get up for a long time... This is... the sky is about to fall! !

……

Mu Ci went back to the Hall of Huan and didn't rest, and asked Mu Ruosong to get a lot of materials on water control and flood prevention.Mu Ruosong came in with a large stack of materials, but saw Mu Ci leaning on the chair and already asleep.The thin and small body is shrunk in the chair, which is more and more pitiful and painful.

Mu Ruosong gently put down the file, and pulled a blanket to cover him, so he didn't wake him up.

Your Highness is too tired these days...

Mu Ruosong looked at Mu Ci's angular hip bones and mandibles, his small face was even paler than paper, and there were light blue eye circles under his eyes.

Distressed and unhelpful anxiety tore his heart.

What else can I do for you, help you share?

Why, do you have to work so hard?

……

Mou Yu was not in a hurry to run new errands, and the matters assigned by King Changle were generally given priority—he took a lot of materials that Mu Ci wanted to see from the secret archives of Ye Xingwei to Hehuan Hall, which filled two locked large halls. Boxes, although Mu Ci is good at grasping the key points and reading the files extremely fast, there are so many boxes, but I don't know when he will be able to read them all.

As soon as Mou Yu entered the study room of the Hall of Hehuan, he saw Mu Ruosong standing beside Mu Ci with a worried expression on his face. When he saw him coming in, he immediately waved his hand to signal not to wake Mu Ci—he finally fell asleep.

Mou Yu's footsteps were lighter, but for some reason, Mu Ci opened his eyes.

Every time Mu Ci wakes up, her gaze is clear enough when she opens her eyes, but this time, she is hazy and unfocused, like an ignorant child who has lost her way to another world, not knowing what day or night, or where she is. .

It hurts people.

After a long time, Mu Ci's gaze slowly converged, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Brother, have you brought the materials?"

Mou Yu hugged Mu Ci directly: "Don't worry about the information, you need to sleep and have a good rest."

"Well, I'm a little tired. Have you found all the information? All the files related to the Xihe and Linhe basins in the past 30 years?"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Mou Yu responded.

Mu Ci was already used to Mou Yu's seamless addressing. He could call Emperor Tianshou "Father Emperor" and call himself "Son of Minister".

"Remember to look for the relevant information on military horses. Get all the relevant information. Remember to consult the emperor in advance. If you can't give it, just forget it." Mu Ci said.

Mou Yu: "...can you forget the information?"

"No," Mu Ci yawned, and said lazily, "I found a problem, which may be related to the fate of the country for a hundred years, life and death."

Mou Yu: "..." Can you not use such a calm, extremely ordinary tone like "Let's eat rice today" and say such alarmist words?

Mou Yu put Mu Ci on the mattress helplessly, touched his small face and said, "Your Highness, please be nice to yourself. If this goes on like this, your own life and death will be at stake."

"Well, okay..." Mu Ci stretched out his hand to hold Mou Yu's big hand, and rubbed it gently, "Wipe my body for me, give me a massage before leaving, the information is too much and inaccurate, and I don't have enough time, I don't have time Taking a bath, my body is stiff after doing it for a long time."

Mou Yu: "..." Resigned to his fate, with Mu Ruosong's cooperation, he wiped Mu Ci's body and then massaged him.

Mu Ci almost fell asleep comfortably, and still remembered to ask: "What did the Yuwei who took away say?"

Mou Yu wiped Mu Ci's face: "Don't worry about it, my father and I will take care of it."

"Oh."

"How much did you eat for lunch?"

"no appetite."

Mou Yu didn't come over for lunch today, so he looked up at Mu Ruosong.Mu Ruosong frowned, and shook his head worriedly, which meant he didn't eat much.

"How can we go on like this?" Mou Yu worried, touched Mu Ci's body, and there was no flesh, only the difference between skinny and skinnier.

"Get me some milk or goat's milk, no human milk..." Mu Ci closed her eyes and said.

"it is good!"

"I can taste it, don't fool me."

"Sleep, Your Highness, I still have a task to go."

"You go."

"No, if I don't stare at you to sleep, I will have to get up and read the information later."

Mu Ci sighed: "Okay, grandma..." Resigned to fate and began to recite "Periodic Table of Elements" silently.

Mou Yu: "..."

Mu Ruosong watched the bickering and interaction of the two righteous brothers with envy, and always felt that the two of them were really in harmony, and he felt a little unable to blend in.In fact, even Mou Yu felt that he was not like himself anymore. Facing Mu Ci, his cold face in front of others would involuntarily soften, and he would talk more and become gentler.Although he realized that this kind of "softness" did not match his ruthless image, he couldn't control himself.

automatic.

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At dinner time, Mou Yu came back from work and replied to Emperor Tianshou...

Yuquan spring wine, the princes all drank it...

The prince pretended to be crazy and foolish, refused to drink, and broke a pot. Fortunately, Mou Yu had a backup, and personally grabbed the prince and forced it down; the third prince did not refuse or be sad, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the palace, thanking the emperor for his kindness , just asked, "Is the ninth brother in good health?" Mou Yu replied, "It's good." The third prince drank it voluntarily; Yu grabbed it and poured down the spare pot.

The sixth prince cried, took the initiative to drink half, vomited, and was forced to drink the other half.

The Seventh Prince also cried, crying until the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dark. He didn't dare and had no strength to drink, and then he forced it down.

Emperor Tianshou considered the reactions of his sons, and sneered: "I really don't cry when I see the coffin, someone recognizes it?"

"admit!"

"Check it out?"

"Yes." Mou Yu explained what he had found.

"Okay!" Emperor Tianshou said with a smile, "I finally have the face to meet Jiulang. Drive to Chonghua Palace."

……

Hall of Hehuan, dinner time.

Mu Ci held a quill in his hand: "Leave it alone, I'll eat it later, you go and eat it, I don't have an appetite right now."

Mu Ruosong was dying of anxiety, but it was really not something he could persuade Mu Ci to eat or not.

But still have to advise.

Mu Ci had no choice but to say, "I've got all my hands, will you feed me?"

Mu Ruosong saw Mu Ci's first-hand materials and the quill pen, so busy that he flew up, and actually fed him with chopsticks.

Mu Ci was not polite either, she just opened her mouth to eat.

Mu Ci's appetite was still bad, so he barely ate some and didn't want to eat any more. Mu Ruosong tried various methods, but in the end Mu Ci couldn't bother him anymore, so he teased him again, and said coquettishly, "Hey, you can change it in another way. Eat more."

"How are you?"

"This way..." Mu Ci grabbed the back of Mu Ruosong's head and moved closer, almost touching his lips, "Mouth to mouth, do you want to feed?"

Mu Ruosong: "..." Even his neck was red.dare not.

Because there is no way to get Mu Ci to eat more, and he can't just watch him lose his appetite and become pale and thin bit by bit...

Mu Ruosong simply put down the chopsticks: "Your Highness, from now on, I will eat as much as you eat. If you want to starve yourself to death, then I will accompany you."

When Emperor Tianshou came over, he gave the little servant reader a thumbs-up in his heart when he heard such a statement from the little servant reader, and then saw the untouched dinner.

"I don't feel comfortable eating too much, I really can't eat." Mu Ci said.

The original owner had anorexia, but Mu Ci was able to overcome the mental illness.But this body is really dilapidated, the speed of improvement is very slow, the spleen and stomach are out of balance, and the deficiency cannot be replenished.That is to say, the stomach is broken early, and if you force it to eat, you will not be able to absorb nutrients, but will increase the burden on your stomach.

"Then eat less and eat more." Emperor Tianshou came over and touched Xiao Jiulang's face, "Stubborn cow, what are you busy with, and you refuse to eat well. I heard from Linyuan that you found a problem related to Is the country alive or dead?"

Mu Ci said: "I haven't come to a conclusion yet, give me eight to ten days."

"No, you can't stand it!" Emperor Tianshou waved, Wei Duan came over with a cup of milk, Emperor Tianshou took it to Mu Ci, "Milk, do you want to drink?"

Mu Ci took it and poured it without looking at it.

Seeing that Jiulang trusted him so much, or that he could see the situation clearly, the Emperor Tianshou laughed, "Don't be busy, Father, I have something to say to you."

"It's okay, tell me what you say." Mu Ci went to draw with a pen and paper again, and only drew two strokes, when suddenly the quill pen in his hand pierced the paper, and there was a slight crisp sound...the tip of the pen broke.

Then, Mu Ci vomited, spitting out milky white bloodshot liquid...

Then cover your belly...

fall slowly...

"Kuro!"

Broken paper, broken feathers...

Falling, turning a light arc in the air, fluttering, falling into the dust...