Self-cultivation after the cannon fodder

After the beginning of spring, there was a long drought and no rain in the southwest, and the treasury successively allocated funds for relief, but it was a drop in the bucket, and the results were not great.

Facing the accusations from all parties, the Minister of the Household Department simply rolled up his sleeves and repeatedly accused the officials of the Ministry of Officials for their assessment.

In addition, other departments of the Six Ministries were also affected by Chiyu, and each of them would only ask for money for a big deal, but when something really happened, it was of no use at all.

Zong Qihao was sitting upright on the dragon chair, but his mind was not on the chaotic court below.

All the courtiers below were filled with righteous indignation and looked upright, but behind their backs, they were still drawing their own little calculations.

Of course there is a solution, but we have to wait for the right time, and now we can only try to slow down the loss.

Zong Qihao thought he would be in a daze, but suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Zhu Sining for several days.On the second day when he realized that those four numbers could not calculate 24 o'clock, Zong Qihao almost fled away from Jiaofangdian.

Zhu Sining didn't say it clearly, but it was still difficult for Zong Qihao to face the truth for a while.

The Secretary of the Household Department fired one by one, not letting any one go: "I don't know how much more will be allocated for the drought in the southwest, and the soldiers and horses on His Royal Highness's side are also waiting to be fed, everyone, when you are the treasury, will you make money yourself? There were not many taxes last year..."

When his name was called, King Qin Zhu Guang stepped forward: "My lord said that this king is like a debt collector. This king is also guarding the frontier for the country and protecting the people in the capital. What did I do wrong?"

There is nothing wrong with the goal, but the process of achieving the goal requires too much money.

The household department was stretched to the brim, and the hairlines of the officials in the household department all receded in a hurry.

After talking for a long time, there was no result, and the emperor sitting high on the dragon chair was also not satisfied with their attitude of pushing each other, and lost interest in listening.

Zong Qihao's gaze wandered upwards and landed on a young official at the end of the civil servants.

Sensing that Zong Qihao was looking at him, Xiao Yiming was excited and excited. He took a deep breath and came out: "My minister thinks that there is no war in the four sides now, so there is no need to spend too much on support. The most urgent thing is to relieve the people's livelihood. The drought in the southwest has a wide impact. In addition to the drought, there are also locust plagues, the springs are cut off, the vegetation is exhausted, and starvation is countless. If the people of one place go to another place, it will not only affect one generation."

Zong Qihao nodded in approval.

If Xiao Yiming had no talent, it would have been impossible for him to rise to the top and become his right-hand man in his previous life.

Zhu Guang squinted at Xiao Yiming: "This lord means that the military expenditure will be cut or not?"

Xiao Yiming said: "Of course it's not that we don't pay, but that we give less. Apart from military expenses, there are other aspects that can be reduced as appropriate. After all, the southwest side..."

These words are too naive, no matter whether the soldiers and horses move or not, they all need money to support them.Intensively raised and extensively trained soldiers have different appearances when fighting a war. If they refuse to pay more money now, they are afraid that they will lose their lives in the future.

For this kind of scholar who only talks on paper, Zhu Guang is too lazy to say much, and he understands what he understands, and he doesn't need to spend too much time talking with a small official.

King Qin didn't even want to give him a look, Xiao Yiming lowered his head slightly, and smiled wryly in his heart, the number one scholar is a good name, but one of them comes out every time in the imperial examination, and King Qin probably can't even remember his last name.

With a salute forward, Xiao Yiming raised his breath and said in a deep voice: "The treasury is in danger, and I am willing to donate my family wealth to the treasury to help the Southwest."

As soon as these words came out, Man Chao was shocked.

Could it be that the champion of the new department is crazy, no matter how urgent the national treasury is, he didn't say that he would take out his servants' wealth, just like what Xiao Yiming said before, the disaster relief funds are not enough to spend, just cut some from other places to make up for it.Otherwise, there is always a way to increase taxes.

Zong Qihao refused: "I know that Xiao Qing is sincere, but even if Xiao Qing fills in all the family assets, it is still a drop in the bucket for the treasury."

The current Xiao Yiming has some money, but compared with the aristocratic family, it is still not enough.

Without giving Xiao Yiming another chance to speak, Zong Qihao directly announced the disbandment of the court.

When Zong Qihao arrived at Jiaofangdian, Zhu Sining hadn't gotten up yet.

"The empress is still sleeping?" Zong Qihao put down the tea bowl after hearing the palace man's report, and went straight to the bedroom.

Zhu Sining didn't get up, but it didn't mean he was sleeping, it just didn't want to get up so quickly and leave the warm and comfortable bed.

Before Zong Qihao lifted the gauze curtain, Zhu Sining heard a voice protruding from inside.

"It's so early in the morning, what's the matter, Your Majesty?"

Zhu Sining likes to wear looser clothes when she sleeps, and she doesn't move much when she sleeps, so she usually doesn't get too messy when she wakes up in the morning.After waking up, he didn't rush to get up, and dawdled on the bed, the loose robe was pulled apart quite a bit, when he poked his head at this moment, he pulled the loose skirt and slid down, one shoulder Completely exposed, the straight and thin collarbone is beautiful and fragile, and the collarbone socket is deep, as if it would break at the touch of a button, but he is smiling, his eyes are shining brightly, and the corners of his rosy lips are raised, As if filled with sunshine.

As soon as Zong Qihao stopped, he suddenly realized that Zhu Sining always asked this question every time he saw him.

"Can't you come if you have nothing to do?"

"Of course." Zhu Sining got up from the bed, put down all the messy hair, and tied it up again.

After quickly washing up, Zhu Sining invited Zong Qihao to have breakfast together: "Do you want to have some together, Your Majesty? I asked them to prepare more."

Zong Qihao was noncommittal, but just followed Zhu Sining.

Fine.

Zhu Sining didn't ask any more questions, tacitly agreed that Zong Qihao had already agreed, and sat down with him to have breakfast together.

Because I got up late and saved my stomach for lunch, Zhu Sining would not eat too much. Instead, Zong Qihao only ate some stomach pads early in the morning, and his brain was working at a high speed, and his calories were consumed rapidly. By this time, his stomach was empty and he was already hungry It's too bad.

Most of the things on the table fell into Zong Qihao's mouth.

After eating, Zhu Sining used to find some toys to pass the time, or read some strange novels to pass the time, but now that Zong Qihao is here, he can't let the guests have fun alone.

Zong Qihao actually came to see Zhu Sining on a whim, but after seeing him, he was a little at a loss.

——He was still not sure how to get along with Zhu Sining.

It was obvious that Zhu Sining didn't know anything about those elegant things, he was indifferent to economic and government affairs, and he couldn't talk to Zong Qihao, who had learned these things since he was a child, and his job was to do this.

The two sat opposite each other, more often than not, they looked at each other without saying a word.

Fortunately, not long after, someone from the palace reported that Wang Zhaoyi and other concubines asked to see him.

Considering that the harem concubine and Zong Qihao were not familiar with each other, and they were uncomfortable seeing each other, Zhu Sining kindly suggested: "Your Majesty, do you want to avoid it?"

"Avoid?" Zong Qihao suspected that he had misheard.

After the team building was over, Wang Zhaoyi said that she would prepare a new work, and then please comment on whether the new embroidery thread is good or not.

At that time, Zhu Sining felt that it might be Wang Zhaoyi and other concubines trying to bully Concubine Lu Gui, so he said that he wanted to watch it too, and invited everyone to come to Jiaofang Hall to play.

In Zhu Sining's impression, the meticulous work of embroidery should take a long time. I didn't expect Wang Zhaoyi to move so fast.

Zong Qihao asked the palace staff a few words, and then asked Zhu Sining: "Is Zitong interested in these?"

Zhu Sining: "..."

Brother, do you know what you are talking about?

He is only talented in using the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, but the only target is himself.

A smile flashed across Zong Qihao's eyes: "Let's take a look together. A long time ago, I heard that the daughter of the Wang family is unmatched in embroidery, but I have never had the chance to see it."

When I met the queen, I didn't expect that there would be an emperor as a gift.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Zong Qihao sitting next to Zhu Sining, seeming to be talking and laughing. Except Lu Guifei, the other concubines suddenly felt that they were all bad.

Did you agree that His Majesty will ignore the harem?

Besides Wang Zhaoyi, Lu Jieyu also prepared a painting, Zhao Chongrong brought a piano, and others also prepared other talents.

"What... is this for?" Zong Qihao was also shocked by the large and small bags of the concubines.

He knew that Zhu Sining had a tea party in the Imperial Garden, and he thought it was just too boring so he found something to do, but he didn't expect that there would be a follow-up.

As soon as Zong Qihao made a sound, he confirmed that this was the real emperor, excitedly preparing to show off, and by the way, Wang Zhaoyi, who was suppressing Concubine Lu, suddenly withered.She organized this trip today, it was almost like dragging Concubine Lu over here and taking her place, so she must go ahead and be the first to meet Zhu Sining.

Zhu Sining calmly faced the concubines, his lips moved slightly, and whispered: "...Probably the second spontaneous harem tea party for the masses."

If Zong Qihao is not there, there may be plots such as tearing up X Gongdou.

Thanks to Zong Qihao, he calmed down a turmoil that had not yet arisen.

Zong Qihao could only vaguely catch a few words in what Zhu Sining said. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of him pretending to be calm, and then looked at Wang Zhaoyi, who was at the top of the list even though he didn't know what to say. He could somewhat guess why. .

Zong Qihao was in a good mood: "Do you still want me to avoid it?"

Zhu Sining began to hold back his words: "Meeting is fate, why don't you sit down for a while, take a rest after a while, let's have a look at calligraphy, painting and embroidery, and relax?"

Zong Qihao raised his hand to pick up a cup of tea, covering the corners of his upturned mouth: "Okay."

The empress was waiting for them in the upper seat, but Wang Zhaoyi had stage fright temporarily, Concubine Xu Shu was hiding her clumsiness, Concubine Lu Gui had no choice but to step forward bravely to maintain the scene.

First salute, then explain the purpose of coming, and invite the emperor and empress to appreciate it together. Even if she came involuntarily, she would not say anything to dig a hole for Wang Zhaoyi.

Zong Qihao nodded in satisfaction.

Lu Qingyan was able to leapfrog the ranks and become a concubine because she was honest and rigid. Although she was a bit stupid, a harem management was enough.

Wang Zhaoyi was dumb, Lu Guifei scanned around and ordered Lu Jieyu to present a painting.

Lu Jieyu led the order to step forward and spread out the painting: "I heard from Your Highness earlier that the paints that were tributed from the southwest side were never used, so the concubine borrowed some, and the colors produced by grinding are really bright."

Lu Jieyu's painting is a scene of the imperial garden, with delicate brushstrokes and appropriate shades of paint, expressive and vivid.

Zong Qihao's focus is another: "Paints from the Southwest? The Ministry of Internal Affairs still purchases this."

In the previous life, Xiao Yiming took in a subordinate during this drought. The man thanked him for donating his family property during the drought, and told him that there are many special plants in the Southwest, which are easy to grow and can be used to make paints.Later, Xiao Yiming went to the Southwest for disaster relief inspections, recruited refugees to plant and harvest, and then extracted and sold them to various places. This not only achieved Xiao Yiming's political achievements, but also brought the Xiao family's business to a higher level.

Zhu Sining explained: "The internal treasury has been stored for a long time. I saw that it would be a waste if it was not used for a long time, so I distributed it to the palaces for use."

Zong Qihao pondered for a moment, then suddenly stood up and strode forward, which made all the concubines startled.

"Don't panic, Your Majesty just..." Just as Zhu Sining finished speaking, Zong Qihao came back again.

"Get up and move your body."

Zhu Sining turned a corner urgently: "Sitting for too long is not good for the spine."