After I became a widow

Ever since the second son of the Liu family rode a horse in the street and cut off the lifeblood of Tang Xu, the youngest son of the Tang family, the common people talked about this matter after dinner and dinner, and they had everything they wanted to say.

In the court hall, Tang Xicheng cried to the emperor for several days, asking the emperor to uphold justice for his son, and asked the Liu family to give his son an explanation.

When he was in court, the emperor's case was full of impeachment notes for Liu Qingfang, the minister of rites. He used to be a clean person, but he did all the bad things in a few days. Not punishing the nine clans is not enough to apologise.

The emperor had to order a thorough investigation of Liu's daily activities, and it seemed that he would settle accounts after the fall.

"Son, you haven't seen Liu Qingfang crying like a dead mother, with snot and tears, it's too ugly."

The three divisions tried together, and the Liu family's affairs were investigated very quickly, and the evidence was presented in front of the emperor just like those impeachment documents, so the Liu family was convicted before the twelfth lunar month was over halfway.

Father Su went to Prince Huai's mansion today to share the good news with his eldest son.

"Liu Qingfang said that he was not guilty and innocent, but the emperor threw the evidence in his face. The Tang family also did the same thing, directly brought witnesses to the Golden Palace, and held the charges to death. Liu Qingfang has a little room to turn around. nothing."

Su Jingqing said: "Of course there is no room for it, otherwise Xiao Yunyi would not be able to explain to the Tang family."

It was Xiao Yunyi who asked the Tang family to do things for him, but it was the Tang family who were hurt in the end. Xiao Yunyi had to do something.

Without the help of Liu Qingfang's former master, the Zhong family, how could he have collected so many criminal evidences in such a short period of time.It was Xiao Yunyi's confession to the Tang family that he killed the Liu family. He didn't dare to separate from the Tang family right now.

Father Su also scolded, "Liu Qingfang, that shameless old bastard, dares to claim a relationship with me, and wants me to intercede with him, that's a good idea."

"I didn't settle the score with him back then, it was my generosity," Father Su patted his stomach, proving that he was really pregnant.

Su Jingqing smiled, it seems that mother didn't tell father that his arrangement was made.

I don't know.

"What crime did the emperor condemn the Liu family?" Su Jingqing asked his father.

Su's father said: "The son of the Liu family was beheaded, and the female relatives and children were exiled. This is considered to be a heir for the Liu family."

"It should be impossible to keep it," Su Jingqing added tea to his father, "It depends on what the Tang family wants."

But so far, it has nothing to do with them.

Father Su also meant the same thing, and changed his tone after drinking tea, "Where is the prince? The emperor asked me to bring you a message, saying that you haven't entered the palace for a while, and the queen mother misses you too, so I want you to enter the palace to say hello. "

"There is also good news, the princess is awake."

Su Jingqing made father of Su laugh at what he said, the emperor was really interesting, he turned the corner and asked his father to inquire about Xiao Beihuai's movements.

Tell them the Su family is useful.

"My lord has something to do. I don't know when I will be back. Tomorrow, I will enter the palace to greet the emperor and the queen mother, and then go to see the princess."

Su's father also came to his senses, "I just said, the emperor specially called me to bring a message when he came to court, so he was asking about the whereabouts of the prince."

"Since you don't know when the prince will come back, why don't you go home and stay for a while, you stay in this palace, there is no one to talk to, don't be bored."

"Cough cough..."

Before Su Jingqing agreed, there was a coughing sound outside the door. Su Jingqing and Su's father looked up, and saw Xiao Beihuai standing at the door.

Xiao Beihuai entered the door with a helpless expression on his face, "I didn't expect that the first person who wanted to abduct this king and concubine turned out to be you."

Father Su was also a little embarrassed, with a straight face, trying not to let his embarrassment leak out, and then got up to salute Xiao Beihuai.

Xiao Beihuai stopped Su's father, met Su Jingqing's smiling eyes, and said to him, "I'm back."

Su Jingqing nodded and poured him tea.

Although the son didn't say a word, but Su's father always felt that there was no place for him here. Anyway, he cleared his throat and said that he wanted to leave.

Xiao Beihuai wanted to stay with Su's father for dinner, but Su's father waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no." He didn't need anyone to see him off, and he walked quickly, looking at his back as if he was running away.

Xiao Beihuai spread his hands innocently, "It seems to have scared Dad."

Su Jingqing always felt that his father wasn't scared away, but he didn't say anything, he just asked Xiao Beihuai, "Have you eaten yet?"

"No," Xiao Beihuai shook his head, "When I came back, I met your two maids, and they went to the back kitchen to pick them up."

"That's fine," but Su Jingqing still contributed a piece of his mung bean cake.

The appearance of digging and searching made Xiao Beihuai laugh, "Thank you, Princess."

Su Jingqing raped him, if someone hadn't restricted him from eating too much, would he, the son of the dignified Lord Hou, the dignified Princess Huai, have picked up a few dim sums?

The mung bean cake was divided into two, and Xiao Beihuai fed half to Su Jingqing's mouth, "When the New Year comes back, I will buy you some more."

Su Jingqing was happy now, and ate the mung bean cake in small bites, showing a little childishness.

"How are things going?"

Speaking of business, Xiao Beihuai's expression instantly became serious, "The news has already entered Beijing."

After Su Jingqing returned to the city, Xiao Beihuai left the camp and went to the disaster-stricken place, recalling the scene he saw at that time - everything was quiet, covered with snow.

After several days and nights of heavy snow, no matter whether people were buried or froze and starved to death, it is a blessing that three or four out of ten can survive in the end.

Even though he took people and food as soon as he received the news, it was still too late.

Natural disasters are never forgiving.

It was also when he arrived at the locality that Xiao Beihuai discovered that there were not many local officials left. The officials who really worked for the court and the people either died or retired, leaving behind only stupid and corrupt officials.

When Xiao Beihuai arrived, these people were still thinking about how to hide the snow disaster from the higher-ups. They never thought about organizing personnel to rescue the people and reporting to the court for help.

They don't care how many people died down there, they only care about whether the official hat on their heads can still be worn firmly.

"My king has arranged for people to stay there for disaster relief, and here in the capital, my king must come back."

Whether it's wars, disaster relief, or anything else, the officials in the DPRK and China have always played tricks for a few rounds before there is a result.

In order to fight for credit, the officials sent to the disaster relief had to quarrel several times, and they were only interested in profit calculations.

Su Jingqing knew what the imperial court was like. Su's father used to scold people at home a lot.

It's just that the imperial court is controlled by such a group of people. If you can't suppress them, you can only be led by them.

And even if it is overwhelmed, you have to beware of villains stumbling behind your back, and guarding against the emperor's suspicion, because if you are careless, all the families will be wiped out.

Over time, there are still a few pillars left in the rotten imperial court.

Su Jingqing smiled, and told Xiao Beihuai, "My lord, in fact, things don't have to be so troublesome, just treat yourself as a soldier ruffian, a general who can only use violence to kill people is enough."

"You are different from others, the emperor will not kill you, at least not now."

Obviously, they wanted to go together, Xiao Beihuai took a sip of tea, "So this is why this king came back."

He was about to say that he and the concubine had a heart-to-heart connection, when Bai Shu hurried through the door with unmelted snow on his body, "Princess, it snowed heavily in Mizhou, half of the state was buried under the snow."

At the same time, on Jingdu Avenue, a courier rode his horse and ran across the long street, shouting: "Eight hundred miles, hurry up, there is a snowstorm in Mizhou."

With the sound of horseshoes, they galloped across the long street, all the way to the palace.

The people who heard the messenger's call were left to gather and talk.

The officials' mansions and servants also hurriedly reported to the master.

Many officials who had just come down to the court came out in a hurry and went straight to the palace.

Prince Huai's mansion also received the news, Xiao Beihuai stood up, "It's time for me to enter the palace."

The food has just been served on the table, and I haven't had time to eat a bite.

Si Yan and Xiang Yu glanced at each other, one went to look for oiled paper, the other kneaded rice balls with vegetables in the rice, packed them in oiled paper and handed them to Xiao Beihuai, "My lord took the road pad to pad his stomach."

Xiao Beihuai turned his head and glanced at Su Jingqing, Su Jingqing nodded at him, "Go."

The table of dishes was given to Bai Zhu who also had not eaten after rushing back. Knowing that the medicinal materials bought had been sent to Mizhou, Su Jingqing was slightly relieved.

A little late, but there is still time for the rest.

They can't count the snowstorm, but they can guess what those people will use the snowstorm to do.

Su Jingqing said to Bai Shu who was eating, "Tomorrow, you will take two people to Mizhou together, and you will stay in Mizhou. If you find an unexpected epidemic, please write."

No matter who, if anyone wants to use the epidemic to make trouble and threaten him and Xiao Beihuai, then no one should think about it.

Su Jingqing doesn't like being threatened, especially threatening him with his relatives.

Hearing the word "epidemic", Bai Shu understood how serious the matter was.

The snow disaster is just the beginning, and the real death is yet to come.

If it is not handled well, the entire Mizhou will be affected, and the disease may even spread out of Mizhou to other places.

Bai Shu's expression became serious, and after a few mouthfuls of food, "I'll go now."

"Come back!" Su Jingqing called him, "Don't worry, we will go with the imperial team tomorrow."

Si Yan couldn't help but interjected, "Is the court team going to leave tomorrow?"

Siyan expressed his disbelief, and took the fact that Beiyi attacked Liangzhou two years ago, half of Liangzhou was occupied, and the imperial court took half a month to appoint the general and prepare the food and grass.

"Yes," Su Jingqing said with certainty, "people and silver are readily available." As for food, roads were blocked by heavy snow, it was impossible to transport it from Kyoto, as long as you brought enough money, you can buy it along the way.

And Xiao Beihuai has been busy for so long, not just inquiring about the news of the snow disaster.

What is missing now is the name of the imperial court to go to disaster relief.

Bai Shu remembered that he was ordered to buy medicinal materials, and realized that the prince and concubine had noticed the snowstorm in advance and were preparing for the disaster relief later.

But he also felt worried, "Princess, what if someone impeaches the lord and does not report it, and deliberately delays the time for disaster relief?"

"So many people died in Mizhou, I'm afraid that the remaining people will resent the prince."

Mentioning this, Su Jingqing's eyes turned cold, "Do you think that no one in the court knows that there will be a snow disaster?"

Doesn't the national teacher who is said to be Bo Gutong know everything today?

Luo Lingchuan said that when the Luo family passed the news to him, they sent letters to some officials in the court, but no one ever mentioned it in the court.

"They all know that there will be heavy snow this year, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't fall on their own heads."

Su Jingqing used to think that the imperial court was rotten and rotten, and he still thinks so now.

It's even worse.

"So many people know it, and the common people will know it too."

Su Jingqing's gaze fell on him, and Bai Shu quickly understood, "Don't worry, Princess, I will inform the people of Mizhou."

"Eat, eat well and go to rest, tomorrow we will go out again."

Su Jingqing was in the palace calculating thousands of miles away, calculating what might happen in the future, while Xiao Beihuai was in the palace calling the names of the officials who were going to provide disaster relief.

Whoever objected to prevaricating would go there, not just them. Those who had sons at home should take their sons with them.

If anyone uses the lack of money in the national treasury as an excuse, that's just right. They are all court officials, parents officials, and they should contribute their family property for the country and the people.

Xiao Beihuai was not afraid that they would cry poorly, anyway, he knew what kind of business each family was in and how much money they made each month.

Before entering the palace, in addition to the rice balls wrapped in oiled paper, his princess also gave him a booklet. Xiao Beihuai glanced at it on the way, and it was enough.

Hearing him tell the money their family earned as if reporting his own money, many ministers changed their faces on the spot.

Those numbers, calculated year after year, were equivalent to half of the national treasury's tax money, and even the emperor's face was as black as ink.

His courtiers have collected so much money under his nose, is there more in places he doesn't know.

Apparently, many people saw the emperor's face, guessed this, and felt drummed in their hearts, fearing that the emperor would settle accounts with them.

Finally, the chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Xu Ge, was the first to speak, "Now that the treasury is not abundant, Mizhou urgently needs money for disaster relief. I have also saved some money over the years, and I am willing to donate 2 taels for disaster relief."

There were no names of the three Ge elders on the list, and now Xu Ge stood up and took the lead to donate only 2 taels, which was considered to be a set amount, and many people felt grateful and opened their mouths to donate money.

The elders of Ge only donated 2 taels, so they must not be older than Xu Ge.

Xiao Beihuai just watched indifferently, and when the counting eunuch finished the final count, he immediately had tens of 10 taels of silver.

Xiao Beihuai said: "Counting the money that can be appropriated by the treasury, there is no shortage now."

"If it's not enough, I still have a list here." Xiao Beihuai took out a booklet, "Guess what it is?"

With a ghost in his heart, his face turned pale, and his forehead was sweating in the cold.

They didn't know what was written in that booklet, but they were afraid.

The Son of Heaven glanced over the crowd, and said to Xiao Beihuai: "Duke Huai, you will be fully responsible for this disaster relief, who do you want to go with?"

The emperor hoped that enough was enough for him to stop talking.

Xiao Beihuai looked at the Son of Heaven and smiled indifferently.

For so many years, his father's favorite thing to do is to stop in moderation.

Xiao Beihuai said: "Men, my ministers have already made an appointment. It is those adults and their juniors just now. Don't worry, Father, wearing these official uniforms, they will do their best to relieve the disaster and settle down the disaster-stricken people."

Obviously, Xiao Beihuai's intentions were also very obvious, if he didn't do well, this official uniform would end here.

There are also juniors who went there together, if they don't do well, they will be juniors for the rest of their lives, and they can't even think about becoming an official.

A booklet with unknown contents and an official hat that could be taken off at any time made this discussion on disaster relief extremely smooth.

All the rules and regulations were decided on that day, and it was only waiting for the next day to gather people and horses to escort Yinliang to Mizhou.

When the courtiers dispersed, the emperor left Xiao Beihuai to speak.

"Don't be too radical, these old things are hard to deal with, how many times have I told you, why don't you listen?" The emperor looked earnest.

Xiao Beihuai threw the brochure for him to read, and what was written on it was exactly the records of the income of the shops in the ministers' homes that he had reported, without any additional evidence.

Xiao Beihuai said: "One thing, it's not worth me to use two things to threaten people, it's just to remind them, don't give out 2 taels, turn around and double the cost plus ten times the return go."

After flipping through the booklet, the Son of Heaven returned it to him, "It's good that you know what to do. Corrupt officials can't be killed cleanly. As long as it's not too much, just turn a blind eye and let it go. You have to employ people."

"However, it doesn't mean that none of them move. Just choose the fattest one to move. It can fill half of the national treasury at a time, which is enough."

After conferring the emperor's way of governing, the Son of Heaven complained to Xiao Beihuai again, "You don't want to tell me anything now, as expected, you married a princess and forgot about your parents."

"You dare to hide something as big as the snow disaster. You are going to Mizhou tomorrow. I have written down this account for you. I will settle it with you when you come back."

"Okay, back off."

Xiao Beihuai thought about it, and then explained, "I didn't want to hide it from you. Someone sent a message to Beijing about the snow disaster, but I don't know where it will happen. You can ask yourself."

"My son retire."

After Xiao Beihuai finished speaking, he went out instead of leaving the palace, but went to the harem to see the queen mother.

The emperor stared at his receding back, feeling that the son was becoming more and more alienated from him.

Sighing, he said to Xu Cai who was beside him, "Your concubine is right, Duke Huai values ​​his concubine too much."

The author has something to say:

I saw that I kept writing before twelve o'clock, and it reached 4500.