Chapter 530 531 [Prince Shaobao]
Qianlong came to the bow of the ship and showed his guard of honor. The flags are fluttering, and the gongs and drums are beating together, which is quite grand.
When the people on both sides of the canal and on the boat saw it, they knelt down and shouted long live.
"Fellow folks offer sacrifices to the Dragon King and pray for the rain, and I will do my best!" Qianlong said loudly.
Hearing what he said, the common people shouted long live even louder.
Seeing this, Qianlong couldn't help being in a good mood.
After a while, the sacrifice was over.
The common people kowtowed again and again, which made Qianlong very happy. It's just that the wood is still in the river, blocking the river, making it impossible for the imperial boat to move forward.
"Ji Xiaolan, what should we do?" Qianlong looked at Xiang Nan and said.
"Your majesty, I can't help it. You have to order the people to remove the yellow beams, so that we can pass." Xiang Nan waved his hands.
Qianlong nodded, "Then make an order to remove the yellow beams!"
"Obey!" Xiang Nan stepped onto the bow of the boat and shouted loudly, "The emperor has an order to remove the yellow beams!"
"The emperor's kindness, exempting the emperor's food, we have a way to survive! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" As soon as Xiang Nan finished speaking, all the people on both sides of the canal and on the boat knelt down and kowtowed.
"Ah, what?!" Qianlong was taken aback.
He just wanted to remove the wood, but he didn't mention the matter of handing over the royal rations.
Jiangnan is an important source of grain and taxation for the imperial court. If Jiaxing's imperial rations were waived, then he would not only earn a little less.
"Your Majesty, the villagers are ignorant, so they mistook the yellow of 'yellow paper' as the 'emperor'; the beam of 'liang wood' as the grain of 'grain'." Xiang Nan quickly explained, "so They thought that the emperor withdrew this year's imperial rations."
"Then what should we do?" Qianlong said speechlessly.
"Your Majesty, it's actually good. You have always been a good emperor who is sympathetic to your subjects and benevolent to the people. Now that Hangzhou, Huzhou, and Jiaxing are suffering from drought and there is no harvest. Your Majesty, you have the intention to exempt the imperial grain."
Simply make a mistake, let’s announce it here, and save those local officials from misinterpreting the holy will and harming the people again. Xiang Nan laughed.
Qianlong thought for a while, and nodded.
"On behalf of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, I thank the emperor for his kindness." Xiang Nan hurriedly said, and then announced loudly, "My emperor has a decree. The three prefectures of Hangzhou, Jia, and Hu have a severe drought every year. This year, the imperial food will be withdrawn!"
"Long live, long live, long live!" The common people shouted together, and the cheers shook the sky.
Seeing this, Qianlong dispelled some unhappiness.
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Afterwards, the villagers scooped up all the wood, and the river was quickly cleared, so the imperial boat continued to go up the river.
"Mr. is clever and sagacious, with clever calculations, clever punishment of corrupt officials, and righteous help to the common people. He has benefited millions of people in Hangzhou, Hu, and Jia. Such behavior really makes Qing Lian admire him." Su Qing Lian said to Xiang Nan with a look of admiration. .
She has always been pretentious, thinking that she is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and poetry, and the Four Books and Five Classics.
It's just that now that she saw Xiang Nan's plan to punish corrupt officials and save the people from the imperial grain, she realized that she was too frivolous before.
"It doesn't have to be like this. Doing things for the people and eliminating evils for the country has always been my purpose." Xiang Nan laughed.
"Mr. is so broad-minded, Qing Lian feels ashamed." Su Qinglian said emotionally, "I only wish to stay by Mr.'s side and serve Mr. for the rest of my life."
"Qing Lian, with your words, Ji has no regrets." Hearing what she said, Xiang Nan hugged her emotionally.
"Yo, I'm hugging it now, so I don't have to pay homage." At this moment, when the cabin door opened, Du Xiaoyue flashed in and said.
When Su Qinglian saw it, she was immediately very shy, and quickly let go of Xiang Nan.
"Xiaoyue, the smooth implementation of this plan is thanks to your operation." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "You are the number one contributor to the survival of the people in Hangzhou, Hu, and Jia."
"It's still Mister's clever calculation, even the emperor was fooled." Du Xiaoyue waved her hand and smiled.
"Hey, the emperor didn't fall for my tricks." Xiang Nan waved his hands and smiled, "Actually, he has seen my scheme, but he just doesn't want to expose it, so he just followed the scheme."
"Ji Xiaolan counts on you to understand." Qianlong opened the door and said, "What are you still doing, you are really good enough."
"I deserve to die. I already knew that the emperor is wise and wise, and I can't hide what I think from the emperor." Xiang Nan hurriedly apologized.
"Hmph, you know you can't hide it but still do it? It seems that you are indeed courageous enough." Qianlong said with a straight face, "Forget it, if this is the case, I will reward you for your courage again. Ji Xiaolan, make the crown prince Shaobao. Continue to publicize Be loyal to the country and benefit the people."
"Long live thank you." Xiang Nan saluted.
Qianlong nodded with a smile, glanced at Su Qinglian, and showed a trace of regret.
I missed such a beautiful and talented girl after all.
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After returning to the capital, Xiang Nan took Su Qinglian back to Ji Mansion.
Xiang Yun was taken aback when he saw Su Qinglian.
A girl with such beauty and temperament is really rare in the world.
Letting her stand in front of her made her feel a little ashamed.
After hearing that Su Qinglian would also stay in the Ji Mansion, Xiangyun's heart was inevitably a little sour.
She stayed in the capital for half a year, but Xiang Nan came back this time and brought back another woman. It made her feel a little mixed.
"Xiangyun, Miss Su's life experience is very pitiful. She was sold into Yanhualiu Lane since she was a child, where she studied poetry, song and fu, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the Five Classics and Four Books. Later, she was redeemed by Wang Danwang and raised as a foster daughter.
But in fact, Wang Danwang wanted to live in rare goods, and regarded Miss Su as a sharp weapon to make friends with powerful people and climb dragons and phoenixes. In order to curry favor with the emperor, He Shen and me, he used Miss Su as a bargaining chip. It can be said that to him, Miss Su is just a tool that can be used.
Now Wang Dan is beheaded everywhere, and his family has also been dismissed. Miss Su is helpless, if I hadn't taken her in, her fate would have been very miserable.
So please be more tolerant to her, I know, you have always been the kindest. "At night, Xiang Nan said to Xiang Yun.
Xiang Yun hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.
The execution of Wang Danwang, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, was a sensation all over the world, and she had heard about it in the capital.
Wang Dan was greedy by nature, amassed people's wealth, and embezzled three million taels of silver, which can be said to be a heinous crime. As his adopted daughter, Su Qinglian would naturally be implicated.
If Xiang Nan doesn't save her, with her beauty, she might become a plaything of the powerful and lead a life of darkness. So although Xiangyun was a little concerned, she still decided to keep her in the thatched cottage and be her sister.
(end of this chapter)