His Majesty is a sick beauty

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In the 14th year of Emperor Wen, there was a severe drought and people ate each other.The emperor ordered the clan to substitute millet and beans for rice and tea, and those who did not follow would be killed. Suiyang bleeds for ten days, proclaiming himself Emperor Li.Fifty-six out of ten people get food, and they are called Emperor Ren. ——"Biography of Emperor Wen of Yu Dynasty"

Yi Shu took the cleaning cloth handed over by the little eunuch, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.This year's weather is really weird, it's astonishingly hot, even if he has an ice box in the dark trough in the carriage, he needs to walk a few steps just to enter the palace, but he is still dizzy and sweaty .

He tidied up a bit and made sure there was no disrespect before entering the hall under the guidance of the little eunuch.

The door opened, and a gust of cold wind gushed out from the hall. A large amount of ice made the whole hall as cool as spring and autumn even in the hot summer. Dance on.Yi Shu didn't speak, just stood aside and waited quietly.

He had previously heard that His Majesty had recently acquired a group of dancers from the Western Regions, and they were very fond of them. It seemed that this one in front of him was likely to be successful.This year's severe drought has affected a wide range. Refugees from the grasslands, the Western Regions and other places entered the customs in large numbers, and a lot of conflicts broke out with the Yu Dynasty. However, all of this has little to do with the Mongolian Dynasty located in the south.The cruel and warlike alien races are endured by the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty. Both of them are the enemies of the Meng Dynasty. It is harmless for the Mongolian Dynasty to fight between them. They can naturally stay behind the Yu Dynasty and enjoy this opportunity peacefully. The peace bought by the bloodshed of the soldiers of the Yu Dynasty.

However, the whole family of nobles from outside the pass brought money, food and beauties to seek refuge, and this dancer was presented by a noble from outside the pass.Yi An stood with downcast eyes, while thinking carefully how much benefit Yi could gain in this process.

Because of the drop in river bed water level caused by the drought, many of Yi's businesses that rely on water transportation are facing a crisis of suspending production.As the patriarch, he must think about how to preserve the strength of the Yi family in the process.

Although the Mongolian Dynasty had a wetter climate and suffered the least loss from this severe drought, there were also many refugees in the territory.His Majesty also sent troops to attack, and the hungry, emaciated, unorganized and armed refugees were quickly defeated, but no matter how many times they were defeated, those refugees were like locusts, and they were often the refugees who had just been suppressed in one place, and two more appeared. Homeless riots.

A large number of farmers abandoned the barren land and left their hometowns. The Mengchao Nei clan took this opportunity to collect a large number of fields and tenant farmers. The Yi clan also made a lot of money in the process. The Yi clan's property almost doubled in a year!

The common people who were forced to sell themselves as tenant farmers depended on everyone. Although they have become the lowest slaves since then, they have obtained the right to survive in the catastrophe.Yi Shu didn't think there was anything wrong with his behavior. It was the "generosity" of their families that gave the people a chance to survive, and it was the "vision" of their families that greatly reduced the number and frequency of uprisings by refugees in the Mongolian Dynasty.

His Majesty is naturally aware of this, but as long as he can ensure that the aristocratic family does not backfire on the imperial power, he has always turned a blind eye to these matters.After all, their clan and royal family are truly one.

The practice of harming the clan and supporting the people like the little emperor of the Yu Dynasty is different. With such an emperor who "willed to degenerate" and associate with the untouchables, the Yu Dynasty became the clan of the Mongolian Dynasty for a period of time. laughing stock.

The sound of silk and bamboo slowly dissipated, and the deep-eyed dancer froze on a highly ornamental movement. She revealed her young and beautiful face, and looked at the emperor with a bold gaze.This is very different from the general restraint and shyness of Han girls, but it arouses the emperor's smile.He waved lightly, and a waiter brought a small tray with a whole set of headgear as pure as ice.

"It's a new thing from Yu Dynasty, let's play with it."

The dancer looked at the pure gem in the headdress, and naturally recognized that it was Jing Liuli, which was very popular in the clan recently.Jingliuli was produced in the Yu Dynasty, and it is very popular because of its ice-like transparent appearance. The aristocratic family praised the purity of this gem, and made it into jade pendants and other ornaments to wear on their bodies and compared themselves with it. Raised the value.

The dancer gave a soft cry, and looked at the emperor above with surprise and shy eyes.She doesn't necessarily like these ornaments very much, but these precious ornaments represent the emperor's favor, and the emperor's favor is what these beautiful but rootless women rely on to survive in the harem.

The emperor didn't answer this time, and the dancer saw Yi Shu standing aside, and expressed her desire to leave the stage empathetically.

After the dancer left, Yi Shu stopped staring at the floor in a daze, and slowly raised her head and walked forward.

"She is a smart woman, no wonder she has such a face, she can run all the way from the Western Regions to Mengchao, and run in front of me." Qu Zhuo, the fourth emperor of Mengchao, said to Yi Shu with a chuckle.

"It's indeed a smart woman." Yi Shu heaved a sigh of relief. From Qu Zhuo's teasing tone, it could be heard that although the dancer was favored, she didn't get much respect and care from the emperor.

But yes, after all, apart from her appearance, figure and dance steps, that dancer couldn't bring any benefits to Rong Zhuo.As an emperor, he can pamper beautiful women, but the only ones who can occupy the position of queen and concubine are ladies from those aristocratic families.

"Look at this." Qu Zhuo said, and handed Yi Shu a piece of silk.

Yi Shu opened it up and saw that it was a list, a list of children from aristocratic families who had been killed by the little emperor of the Yu Dynasty in the past few months.He roughly counted and was shocked to find that there were at least four to fifty people, many of whom had surnames that ranked quite high in the family book.

Although he had heard about it a long time ago, Yi Shu was still shocked when he saw it in detail.

The emperor of the Yu Dynasty, how dare he treat the family like this?Scholars and officials rule the world together, this world is not the world of the emperor of the Yu Dynasty alone!

"Your Majesty, this..."

"Hehe, in terms of courage, you and I lost to that kid who just got crowned." Although it was a compliment, Qu Zhuo was obviously secretly satirizing Su Xun for being too reckless, "However, in recent days, because of disobedience to the emperor's orders, I have been killed. There are very few dead families."

Yi Shu: "The aristocratic family bowed their heads?!" It's unbelievable that the proud aristocratic family would agree to such an outrageous request to plant inferior millet and beans in the family property?What kind of dignity and face can there be in planting this kind of food that only the untouchables eat in the family property, and face is more important than life to the family.

"Didn't you notice? No one in this list has the surname Murong. With the Murong family taking the lead, how can other clans have any intention of fighting?" The clans ranked so high have shown their attitude of obeying the emperor's orders. If these later clans talked about the ostentation of the aristocratic family, they would be suspected of trying to gain fame.

"No wonder..." Yi Shu nodded, "But I really didn't expect that the Murong family would be the first to support this order."

Ordering the aristocratic family to give up part of the land used to grow spices, tea, and polished rice, and urgently plant drought-resistant crops, which will then be purchased by the state for disaster relief, naturally sounds like a good idea.But it is extremely difficult to actually implement it. After all, this is a harmful suggestion for the family, and for the king of a country, it is not worth the loss to offend the family that supports him for the sake of the people.

After all, no matter how many people die, with their ability to reproduce, they will always return to their original state in a few years.On the contrary, if the number of people reproduces too much, the monarch will have a headache how to settle them. After all, the arable land in the whole country is limited, and most of them are controlled by the emperor and the family.Let them spit out the fields again?Don't even think about it.

For a while, Yi Shu wondered whether the little emperor of the Yu Dynasty had taken too much medicine and had ruined his brain.

He frowned: "In this way, although the Yu Dynasty experienced more severe drought than us, but because the Yu Dynasty purchased a large amount of grain in advance, coupled with these drought-tolerant crops, with reasonable disaster relief methods, they are not affected by the disaster. will be worse than ours."

Qu Zhuo glanced at Yi Shu lightly: "Yes, white wine and sugar are all good things."

With just one glance at the majesty of the emperor, Yi Shu felt a chill hit him.When the Yu Dynasty purchased grain in the early spring, the companies under the Yi family made great efforts.The white wine and sugar produced in the Yu Dynasty had become indispensable items in the Mongolian clan. Even the banquets in the palace had long ago replaced the bland wine with more mellow white wine.

Naturally, they would not miss that opportunity. After all, the signs of drought were not serious at that time, and the Mongolian court did not strictly prohibit grain trading, exchanging worthless miscellaneous grains and old grains for liquor and sugar.As long as it can be transported back to the Mongolian Dynasty, it will be a hundredfold profit!

As a result, although the sale of grain was banned in the later period of the Mongolian Dynasty, smuggling continued to be banned repeatedly.After all, such a terrible profit is enough to make anyone take risks.

A drop of cold sweat slipped from the corner of his forehead, Yi Shu really wanted to say something to Qu Zhuo in front of him, you obviously agreed to this deal at that time!If, like the emperor of the Yu Dynasty, he had planned ahead and banned the sale of grain when there were first signs of drought, how could things happen today?

But the emperor can't make mistakes, the only ones who make mistakes are their courtiers.It's because they didn't persuade the emperor well, and they didn't die in the hall in the spring of this year!

The Yi family started as a merchant. Although they gradually established themselves in the Mongolian court by relying on marriage, their foundation was too shallow, and it was too easy to become a scapegoat for being pushed to the fore.

Yi Shu knew that he had to give an explanation to the emperor in front of him.

Yi Shu bowed deeply, lowering his head: "This matter is the fault of the minister."

Qu Zhuo sat at the head, propped his head with one hand, and looked at Yi Shu expressionlessly.

"...But Your Majesty, although we missed an opportunity to attack the Yu Dynasty, there is also a brand new opportunity."

Hearing this, Qu Zhuo slightly raised his eyes as if interested: "Oh?"

[The author has something to say: Hey, the comparison between the emperors on the two sides should not be too obvious. The Mongolian Dynasty is completely a feudal emperor's idea, and the people are not treated as human beings]