Chapter 105 106: The guilty emperor
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao's worried face, and was in a daze for a while. Song Yunzhao's affection for Song's mother was very weak, but he respected her father very much. This kind of affection was something he had never experienced before.
His father never saw him as a son in his eyes, and he never treated him as a father in his heart.
Thinking of this, he said to Song Yunzhao: "Your father turned the officialdom in the south upside down, and today the courtiers jointly wrote a letter to impeach him."
Song Yunzhao:…
So the emperor did not attend the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet because of this?
Xu Song Yunzhao's stunned expression pleased Feng Yi, and he said with a smile, "Why, don't you believe it?"
Song Yunzhao nodded, "Yes, I can't believe it. How is it possible? My father has been an official for many years and has always been prudent..."
The corners of Feng Yi's mouth twitched, prudence is the priority?
That is not necessarily the case.
Probably because the emperor's expression was too vivid, Song Yunzhao fell silent.
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao depressed and he was happy, he was in a good mood and his appetite was whetted.
What else can Song Yunzhao say?
All right, it is her skill to make the emperor happy, who can say no?
"There are many things involved in disaster relief, including local officials, the imperial court's allocation of money, and the people who handle it, not to mention the participation of local rich households."
Song Yunzhao nodded, she knew this, but she didn't know how her father overturned the officialdom.
"What did my father do?" Song Yunzhao was really curious.
"After the disaster money from the imperial court arrived in the local area, the officials withheld it and refused to release it. They wanted to fill their pockets. They exchanged good and bad rice, and the price of grain was high and low. Your father found out that the grain bought by the local grain merchants by the imperial court was medium-grade rice, but the victims were eating rice bran. Follow this line to investigate."
Song Yunzhao:…
"Then my father really ate the bear's heart and leopard's guts this time."
Feng Yi laughed loudly, "The imperial court lacks good officials like your father who speak out for the people. Well done, I will not only support your father in continuing to investigate, but also investigate to the end."
Song Yunzhao's heart skipped a beat, and he continued to investigate to the end. The courtiers teamed up to impeach him at the beginning of the investigation. If the investigation continues...she can imagine how dangerous it is.
"Your Majesty, if my father continues to investigate, you can definitely send someone to protect his safety." Song Yunzhao is really worried that her father will be in danger, and her father is really a person who treats her sincerely in this world.
Seeing Song Yunzhao worried, Feng Yi held her hand, "Don't worry, I have already sent someone south."
Song Yunzhao thought of another thing, turned to look at the emperor, "Your Majesty, I have an immature idea, just listen to it."
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao intently.
Song Yunzhao felt a little guilty when he saw it.
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao's guilty look, probably because her immature thoughts were really immature, but she had a lot of whimsical ideas, and sometimes gave him different inspirations, so he took her hand and walked into the hall, "Go in and talk."
The two entered the dormitory, Feng Yi sat down and looked at Song Yunzhao, "Speak."
The corners of Song Yunzhao's mouth twitched. Looking at this posture, he thought it was a thief interrogator.
Forcibly suppressing the complaints in her heart, she looked at the emperor thinking about it and said, "Your Majesty, is there any order from my father saying that the local merchants are worthy of the government's orders?"
Feng Yi was a little surprised that Song Yunzhao would ask such a question. After thinking about it carefully, he said, "I didn't elaborate, why, do you have an idea?"
"The concubine said it, I'm a bit immature." Song Yunzhao laughed dryly, "Your Majesty, think about it, the local wealthy households must be deeply involved with the local officials, and they have scruples about what they want to do. That's why the rice bran incident happened. Think about it, the imperial envoys will return to Beijing after finishing their missions. In the end, the wealthy households will face the local officials, so they dare not disobey their orders."
Feng Yi's face was dark, he naturally knew this, but there was no better way for a while, thinking of this and looking at Song Yunzhao, "Do you have a way?"
"There is one." Song Yunzhao had a pleasing smile on his face.
Feng Yi couldn't help laughing at her smile, and his voice softened, "Tell me about it."
This time I don’t call me, but me, Song Yunzhao complained.
The emperor is a real dog. If it’s good, you and I are one family. If it’s not good, it’s Zhen and Aifei.
Tucao returned to Tucao, Song Yunzhao still thought about it and said: "This time the flood has radiated to many places, the emperor can definitely encourage the surrounding wealthy households who have not been affected to go to the disaster area to sell grain, breaking the big net woven by local officials and businessmen."
Feng Yi's expression froze when he heard this, he looked at Song Yunzhao and said, "If a merchant is going to go to another place for business, he needs a certificate from the road guide and the government."
Song Yunzhao knew that this was also a means for the imperial government to control merchants. This was a bit similar to the difference between local food stamps and national food stamps in the 1960s and 1970s. The national food stamps are used nationwide, and there are no obstacles anywhere.
"Your majesty, think about it. It is because of the court's laws that merchants are restricted from doing business. Once trapped in a certain place, it is easy to be manipulated by the local government. It is impossible to collude with officials. What if the emperor opens this restriction?"
"Open mouth?"
"Yes, for example, your majesty selects a group of merchants who have made great contributions to the country, allows them to go to various places to do business, and distributes them road guides to all parts of the country. If you want to get this national road guide, you have to make a certain contribution to the imperial court. Think about it, for this, those merchants must be willing to pay people and money to go to the disaster area."
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao, "Now merchants can also go out to do business."
"Yes, but with many limitations."
"How do you know this?"
Song Yunzhao had been prepared for a long time, and said without panic at all: "My second uncle failed to study, so he took care of the ancestral property and shop of the Song family. My second aunt was born in Xuanzhou. Your majesty, you know that there are many cloth merchants in Xuanzhou, and my second aunt is the daughter of a cloth merchant. When we were in Nanyu, our family had a close relationship. The second aunt had a niece who was a good friend with me, so I heard her talk about these things."
Feng Yi remembered that the Song family had an in-law surnamed Xie who was born in Xuanzhou. He looked at Yun Zhao, "You can come up with such an idea based on these?"
"Your Majesty, you are the son of heaven sitting high in the temple, how do you know the bitterness of the people at the bottom. You think it is a trivial matter, but in fact it is not a trivial matter for merchants. It is like Xie's family coming to the capital to do business. Not only do they have to pay various taxes to Xuanzhou, but the capital also has to pay a share.
Feng Yi thought of the books he had read, and they were indeed good for business, but because he read them in a hurry, he didn't have time to ponder them carefully. Hearing what Song Yunzhao said now, he felt a very fresh feeling.
"According to you, this is all the court's fault?" Feng Yi looked at Yun Zhao and asked.
Song Yunzhao immediately said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be simply said to be right or wrong. It can only be said that while the years are rolling forward, a wise and wise emperor like you needs to constantly correct the direction of the court. Get rid of the dross and use the essence. The concubine is just talking casually. You can listen to it."
Feng Yi snorted, just talk about it?
Not necessarily.
Song Yunzhao may have started thinking about these things since Song Nanzhen went south. As an emperor, it is impossible for him to be proficient in everything and see everything clearly, so he needs excellent talents, and he only needs to control the direction.
This is the first experience he has gained from studying the Theory of Emperors hard these days, otherwise he would not be proficient in everything if he was exhausted.
"Since you mentioned this matter, do you want to recommend one or two to me?"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Song Yunzhao thought to himself that it was a matter of course, since it would be of no benefit to his own family, who would take the trouble to do this.
"Xie's family?" Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao with a half-smile.
Song Yunzhao was serious, "Our family is only one in-law, of course only the Xie family. However, I just recommend it to the emperor. Whether it can be used or not depends on the emperor's will."
She has won such a good opportunity for the Xie family, if Xie Jinshu can't grasp it, then she is a fool.
How can the money spent on disaster relief be guided by the general guidelines throughout the country, or if the emperor wants to change the tax laws in the future, merchants like them who have contributed to the country will definitely have preferential treatment.
As long as he is not short-sighted, he will know that this is only good.
Feng Yi glanced at Yun Zhao again, "What if I don't need to thank the family?"
"It must be that the Xie family did not do well enough."
Anyway, the emperor was right.
Feng Yi is in a good mood, or Song Yunzhao just suits his heart, every word speaks to his heart, and he feels at ease listening to it.
Promoting an in-law is not a big deal, as long as the Xie family can use it, he will naturally give her this dignity.
"I want to think about it."
Song Yunzhao looked at the reserved little appearance of the emperor, and gritted his teeth angrily, but rushed towards him with a joyful smile on his face.
No matter how good you are at making steel, sooner or later you will turn into soft fingers.
Feng Yi stretched out his arms to hug Song Yunzhao who was rushing over, and chuckled lightly, judging by his words and demeanor, she did not disappoint him.
The beauty took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, Feng Yi naturally accepted it with a smile.
After a night of spring breeze, Song Yunzhao really used all his skills to serve the emperor comfortably, and sent him to court very courteously the next morning.
When she turned around, the smile on her face disappeared instantly, and she had to go back to sleep.
Feng Yi, above the court, mentioned the matter of disaster relief, and half-covered the matter of merchants entering the disaster area, so that the courtiers could discuss and come up with a countermeasure.
Let him, the emperor, do everything, so what do you need courtiers for?
Besides, the method Song Yunzhao proposed is too general, and many details need to be carefully considered, just to let these courtiers roll up their sleeves to work, so as not to cause trouble for him when they have nothing to do all day long.
The Song family still has in-laws like the Xie family. How could other important court officials not have in-laws or family relatives to engage in business?
The left and right sides have been in the ring for many years, and this time he also personally lit a fire for them, so as not to stare at him all day to sleep with someone.
Song Yunzhao didn't know, she just made a small suggestion to the emperor, but the emperor was able to use the emperor's art to set traps in the court.
If she knew about it, she would probably also admire that she is indeed a hero who can be the hero. This brain is really good.
After Song Yunzhao knew that the emperor had sent someone to protect her father, she let go of her worries for the time being. She did not plan to give a message to the Xie family this time.
The emperor is not an ordinary emperor, this is an emperor who can be a hero, and his IQ is quite online.
Since she said to let the emperor see if the Xie family can be used, she would not cheat secretly. She had to let the emperor see her loyalty to him, so that she could seek more benefits in the future.
As a female supporting role, she cares about the heroine's heart, and she doesn't know if she can kill the heroine in the future and succeed.
The news that the emperor stayed overnight in Wangyou Palace in Mid-autumn night spread quickly. Song Yunzhao didn't intend to hide it, but he also knew that he couldn't hide it. With such a big movement from Yujia, could it be possible that Concubine Wan next door is blind?
The emperor's move once again stabilized Song Yunzhao's position as the favorite concubine. No matter what others think, anyway, Song Yunzhao doesn't itch if he has too many lice, and doesn't worry if he has too many debts.
Song Yunzhao got the news that Qin Xiyue fell ill before waiting for the news of Qiu Wei's scientific examination.
She's here, she's here. Although Song Yunzhao had been prepared for a long time, when it really came to this moment, he still sighed a little.
The heroine in the book made this bad move to fight against the three concubines. At that time, the comment area was full of applause. After all, the three concubines are not human, so it is true that the heroine fought.
But now, the third concubine has not suppressed Qin Xiyue, Qin Xiyue still makes such a decision, this is not to fight against anyone, she is to win favor.
Song Yunzhao didn't think right, Qin Xiyue wanted to fight against her, and wanted to get favor from her.
Song Yunzhao sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, holding the attitude of not inquiring, not visiting, and not curious about this matter. She just watched how the heroine would act.
Anyway, she must not be the first cannon fodder, probably Chen Guiji will be in trouble.
After Qin Xiyue fell ill, many people went to visit her. The heroine's popularity was not so good but very good, and Song Yunzhao couldn't match it.
However, things soon turned around, Qin Xiyue was not sick but poisoned!
There was a real bang, blowing up the entire harem.
Song Yunzhao continued to eat and drink behind closed doors. What does it have to do with her? First, she didn't learn flower arrangement, and second, she didn't participate in flower arrangement.
Qin Xiyue is Qin Taifu's daughter after all, Concubine Zhuang immediately wrote a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to investigate the matter strictly, and of course she reported back to the emperor and hoped that the emperor could come to visit Qin Xiyue.
Song Yunzhao's family dominates the harem, and the three concubines have been dissatisfied for a long time. Now they have the opportunity to push Qin Xiyue to the emperor. If Qin Xiyue can win the emperor's pity and Song Yunzhao's favor successfully, this is their real goal.
Song Yunzhao was speechless for a moment, she still underestimated the heroine, Qin Xiyue had calculated that the third concubine was afraid of her, and wanted to borrow the third concubine's favor after being poisoned.
It is really not easy to be a heroine.
Song Yunzhao looked at Nanny Yu and said, "Mommy, if the emperor goes to Huayang Palace, come back to me right away."
Hmph, if you want to cut her beard, you have to see if she raises her hand!
Song Yunzhao was really angry this time.
Waiting until the first quarter of the sixth hour, Nanny Yu hurriedly replied, "Master, Meng Jiuchang is going to Huayang Palace to deliver a message."
Song Yunzhao had already finished dressing, and immediately walked out holding Xiangxue's hand.
Out of Wangyou Palace, head west all the way, go straight and you will arrive at Huayang Palace without making a turn.
She was not walking fast on the road. After passing through Changle Palace, when she was about to reach Concubine Zhuang's Zhaoyang Palace site, she heard the sound of driving behind her.
Song Yunzhao immediately gave way to the side of the road, looking at the emperor's shoulders with his eyes.
Seeing Song Jieyu, Zhang Maoquan immediately stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, Song Jieyu is in front."
Feng Yi waved his hand, his shoulders stopped, he turned his head slightly, and saw Song Yunzhao standing by the side of the road, "Aifei, what are you doing?"
Song Yunzhao didn't move his eyes when he heard this, but he complained in his heart, why can't she be here?
Yes, she was waiting for him here on purpose, she was walking with the emperor, let's see how Qin Xiyue won the emperor's pity!
"The concubine heard that Concubine Qin Gui was ill and was going to visit. I didn't expect to meet the Emperor here." Song Yunzhao showed a surprised look on his face just right, and then turned his eyes, and the expression on his face became more meaningful, "Isn't the Emperor going to visit Concubine Qin too?"
Facing Song Yunzhao's meaningful expression, Feng Yi suddenly felt guilty for some reason.
Why is he guilty?
He coughed lightly, then nodded, "You can go with me."
Song Yunzhao went up to Yuxuan happily without hesitation for a second, sat next to the emperor, hugged his arm, and said with a smile: "I knew that the emperor was going to visit Concubine Qin, I will wait for your majesty in Wangyou Palace, and you can give me a ride."
Feng Yi:...
I don't really want to talk.
Song Yunzhao pretended not to see the embarrassment of the emperor, hum, he still knew the embarrassment, and he could barely rescue him.
She is already familiar with the complaints. In order to prevent Qin Xiyue from being a demon in front of the emperor, she had to vaccinate the emperor, so she said: "I heard that Qin Guifei was not just sick. At that time, she went to Wangyou Palace and invited me to learn flower arranging with everyone. The emperor knew that the concubine was not very active, so she refused."
Feng Yi listened to Song Yunzhao's words, looked at her sideways and asked, "Concubine Qin Gui invited you to arrange flowers?"
"Yeah, do you think it's strange that every concubine who wants to fill the harem has to learn this. When I have that time, I would rather read the book the emperor found for me." Song Yunzhao complained.
"Aren't you curious?" Feng Yi asked again.
Song Yunzhao looked up at the emperor suspiciously, "What's so curious about this? When we were at home, our sisters sometimes planted a few vases of flowers for fun when we came, but we didn't learn it seriously. Let's just play around with it. At that time, I didn't like these things very much."
"dislike?"
"Chen Qie is a very vulgar person, unable to do such elegant things."
Feng Yi agreed somewhat when he heard this. After all, Song Yunzhao is a person who likes gold and silver things. Well, as an emperor, he also likes them. "If you refuse, you can refuse. If you don't like it, you don't have to go."
"Well, I didn't go. However, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet later, Qin Guifei and Chen Guiji arranged flowers for everyone and put them on the food table. I think the fragrance of flowers is too strong. Given that such a strong flower fragrance affects my appetite when eating, I refused to put them on my food table."
Speaking of this, Song Yunzhao raised his head to look at Feng Yi, and lowered his voice slightly: "After Concubine Qin Gui fell ill, I thought about it afterwards, and I'm glad I didn't participate in these things. A good-looking person ended up getting sick."
"Do you think Concubine Qin's illness has something to do with flowers?"
"I didn't say that, I just think that Concubine Qin Gui is too busy with flower arrangement." Song Yunzhao said righteously.
Feng Yi laughed, but his expression gradually became serious.
Song Yunzhao was very happy to see the thoughtful look of the emperor, so he had to let the emperor think about it, think about it, and think about it seriously. Qin Xiyueshu was very patient. That was because she didn't disturb the situation herself. The fighting power of the third concubine was not as strong as hers, so she was able to calm down and play with them slowly.
However, in order to survive, I don't want to go around in circles with them. There are powerful families behind each of them. She has no other way out except to hug the emperor's golden thigh tightly.
Song Yunzhao estimated that his overly positive attitude might have affected the stable performance of the heroine.
No way, everyone wants to live, and she doesn't want to be a vicious female supporting role, right?
Song Yunzhao didn't disturb the emperor's contemplation. She lowered her head and put her palm on the emperor's palm. After such a comparison, she found that the emperor's fingers were longer than hers, and the emperor's fingers were slender and well-defined, in stark contrast to her fleshy fingers.
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao's strange behavior and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Song Yunzhao was sighing, and blurted out without thinking for a moment: "The emperor's hands are so beautiful."
Feng Yi:...
I can't hear a single serious word from her mouth!
As soon as the words came out, Song Yunzhao blushed a little, glanced at the end of his eyes, and saw Zhang Maoquan's shoulders shaking when he smiled.
Song Yunzhao looked up at the emperor, and said bluntly and confidently: "I'm telling the truth. You see, I dream that my fingers are as slender as His Majesty's, but look at my fingers?"
Feng Yi looked at Song Yunzhao's chubby little hands, suppressed a smile, and said, "I think Aifei's hands are different and quite charming." After speaking, he wrapped her little hands with his big hands.
What is different is fat.
Song Yunzhao poked the emperor's palm with his fingertips to show his resistance, but he was gripped even tighter.
He arrived at Huayang Palace, Zhang Maoquan stepped forward to open the way, and when he landed, the servants of Huayang Palace greeted him. When he saw Song Yunzhao coming down with the emperor, the expression on his face was really beautiful.
Song Yunzhao looked at the mother in charge of Qin Xiyue, Nanny Zhuo, whose face was not very good. She didn't care, and put her arms around the emperor's arm. Her only task now was to be a mascot.
"My maidservant pays homage to the emperor and Song Jieyu."
The emperor said lightly: "Get up, how is Concubine Qin Gui?" As he walked in, he didn't shake Song Yunzhao's hand away, letting her walk with him.
Nurse Zhuo's eyes flickered, and then she lowered her head and replied: "Your concubine hurt her body this time, and the imperial doctor said that she needs to take good care of her for a while. The emperor came just right, and your concubine is awake."
Song Yunzhao complained in his heart, anyway, no matter what time the emperor came over, Qin Xiyue must be awake.
Feng Yi didn't say anything when he heard the words, and walked directly into the hall.
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