Xuzhou
Grain ships with deep drafts were moored at the ferry. Soldiers from the Xuzhou government office and the Jingying camp were carrying grain to the mule carriages. As the rain gradually stopped in the past few days, the originally turbulent river became calm. Come down.
In the south of Xuzhou City, in a house, the backyard is dotted with pavilions and pavilions. The heavy rain in Xuzhou has stopped for two or three days, and has been replaced by continuous rain, as dense as fog. In the courtyard, there are blue walls and black tiles, and beams are flying. The arched building is shrouded in mist and rain, making it shadowy and unclear.
"Auntie, why didn't you tell your husband before we came this time?" Princess Xianning looked at the beauty sitting quietly in front of the window, flipping through the album by candlelight, and said in a clear voice.
The eldest princess of Jinyang did not take her eyes away from the book. The candlesticks on the bank emitted light as soft as water, hitting the hibiscus jade face as beautiful as a peach and plum, gentle and quiet.
The beauty's long and curved eyelashes cast a shadow on her cheeks. Under her beautiful nose, her two peach-blossom lips spoke softly: "He was in Yingzhou and was in charge of the flood relief work with the cabinet minister Zhao Da. The day before yesterday, he couldn't get along with each other. I have asked Xiahou to inform him."
She closed the water atlas in her hand with her slender hands, turned her head, and looked out at the hazy mist and rain outside the window with a distant expression through the bamboo-wood window set up on her right.
At this moment, there is a four-cornered pavilion in the distance. Its eaves spread out and are about to fly, caged under the dark sky. They are like four winding and undulating blue dragons. They say softly: "These five hundred thousand stones of grain can help Huaiyang, Huaixu and other places." The shortage of food is very difficult."
From late May to late June, two river embankments under the jurisdiction of the Nanhe River Road Yamen were washed away and one was flooded.
The overflowing water from the Huanghuai River flooded Sizhou and Suining. The most serious situation was in Sizhou. Zhihong County was directly submerged by the flood. As for Suining, because there were official and military guards, the people had to be helped and evacuated elsewhere, but they only lost money. some belongings.
The embroidered shoes under Princess Xianning's green skirt moved and stepped on the carpet. Jia Heng was not there. The tall and bright girl was not wearing black silk. She sat down on the pear wood chair beside her. She looked curious on her elegant and snowy face and asked: "How did Auntie know that there would be soaring prices and a shortage of rice and grain in Huai'an Prefecture?"
The eldest princess of Jinyang didn't answer. She just stretched out a plain hand with slender fingers and bright knuckles, and patted the other shoulder.
Princess Xianning curled her lips slightly, with a helpless look on her ancient and beautiful eyebrows. She walked closer, as if she had changed her posture after patting her buttocks, and gently rubbed the beauty's shoulders with both hands. It was obvious that she was Has been trained for a long time.
Aunt... knows how to bully her.
The eldest princess of Jinyang said softly: "You are young and don't know the virtues of the people in Jinling. When I followed your grandfather on the southern tour, I saw the extravagance of Jiangnan officialdom. In the years since, I have also seen Gradually understand the methods of these people in the Jiangnan officialdom."
Princess Xianning had doubts in her bright eyes and said, "Auntie said that those in the Jiangnan officialdom are hoarding goods? Are they not afraid of the wrath of their father, Emperor Long Yan, when they act so recklessly and disrupt people's livelihood?"
The eldest princess of Jinyang chuckled lightly, and said with a cold tone: "Those people in the Jiangnan officialdom will certainly not go into battle naked. They still regard merchants as a despicable business, but their relatives are secretly engaged in commodity farming, or A concubine, a son-in-law, or a brother-in-law, I don’t know what to ask, how can your father accuse them? Besides, they are not just one or two, but a group, occupying grain fields in my hometown."
Princess Xianning frowned slightly, her jade face paused slightly, and she said softly: "This..."
The eldest princess of Jinyang said quietly: "I, the Taizu of the Chen Han Dynasty, did not listen to their policy of not competing with the people for profit, so I established the Ministry of Internal Affairs to harvest the benefits of the mountains, rivers and swamps! Otherwise, now that the national treasury is in dire straits, the northern provinces The people can't collect taxes, and forcibly raising taxes will lead to a civil uprising. What can be done? "
Princess Xianning said softly: "Why don't we just add business taxes and let them pay taxes?"
The eldest princess of Jinyang chuckled and said: "Xianning, the issue of increasing business tax has been mentioned a lot, and they were the first to object. This matter was mentioned during the Longzhi period, and your grandfather did not succeed. "
Princess Xianning thought for a while, her clear eyes flickered, and she said in surprise: "Auntie, how do you know this?
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Princess Yang suddenly turned around and looked at the girl with delicate features and eyes, and said with a half-smile, "Of course...your husband taught me on the bed."
Princess Xianning: "???"
Aunt... I want to make her angry again! These days, when I have nothing to do, I like to stab her with my husband.
The eldest princess of Jinyang picked up the tea cup, pressed her plump and glossy lips against the porcelain cup, and said softly: "It's not easy to deal with them now. The officialdom tree in Jiangnan has big roots and deep roots, and a single move can affect the whole body. The country is in troubled times, and the two rivers are There’s no room for chaos.”
The clear eyes of Princess Xianning's beautiful eyebrows were condensed, and she whispered: "Auntie came here this time because she is worried about your husband. He is very upright and would rather break than bend. If you conflict with these people, you will suffer."
"Although he has an upright temperament, he may not be able to adapt to changes. I am not too worried about her." The eldest princess of Jinyang had a beautiful smile on her graceful and charming face. She looked at the girl opposite, her phoenix-like eyes shining brightly. The mole of tears lingered on it for a while.
She secretly thought that she heard from Chan Yue that Xianning asked him to give him a few pairs of black stockings and practice dancing secretly... She took a sneak peek at the black fishnet stockings that day. Why did she feel that they looked a little immoral?
Princess Xianning said in a clear voice: "Then why did my aunt come here in person?"
"I miss him, don't you?" Princess Jinyang said softly with a smile in her shining eyes.
Princess Xianning: "...."
The eldest princess of Jinyang picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "He should have come over when he heard the news about Xia Houying. If he hadn't seen that the rain had eased a lot, I wouldn't have come over. "
When mentioning the floods, Princess Xianning was worried and said: "It seems that the rain has become much lighter. I'm afraid it will rain for a few more days in the south. It's best if nothing happens."
At this moment, laughter like silver bells came from outside, and then Yuanchun, who was dressed as a female official, opened the bead curtain from the outside, and under his curved eyebrows, a pair of eyes as moist as water looked towards him with a smile. The beauty said softly: "Your Highness."
As the words fell, three girls, Tan Chun, Xiang Yun, and Li Chan Yue, also came over one after another, leading behind them Xi Ren, Shi Shu, Cui Lu and other maids and female officials.
For a moment, I wore a jingle ring, and the scent of orchids, roses, or peonies came to my nostrils, filling the room with pink and willow greens, hairpins, skirts and coats, which seemed to brighten the slightly dark room.
Princess Jinyang looked at the plump Yuanchun, smiled softly, and asked, "Are you all here?"
Looking at all the girls, big and small, I don't know why I always feel like I am a mother, leading a group of children.
Yuan Chun approached, with a soft smile on his plump and beautiful jade face, and said softly: "Your Highness, how long will it take for Brother Heng to fight against the flood?"
"Over there in Huai'an Mansion, it's still raining. According to the flood season in previous years, it may only last four or five days." Princess Jinyang said in an uncertain tone.
In the past few days, I have been reading the water conservancy pictures and texts from the Kaifeng River Yamen, which roughly record the flood season in previous years. However, it is still difficult to say how long it will rain on this day. After all, God has the final say.
Tan Chun said in a charming voice: "Your Highness, I saw in the newspaper that Brother Heng went to Yingzhou to release floods a few days ago?"
"You should be back by now, now in Huai'an Mansion." Princess Xianning said.
Xiang Yun pouted her moist lips and said gloomily: "Brother Heng went from Luoyang to Kaifeng Mansion, then to Huai'an Mansion, and then to Yingzhou. Brother Heng has hardly had much rest in the past few months. He has been traveling back and forth. .”
Yuan Chun rubbed Shi Xiangyun's bangs and chuckled, "Your brother Heng is an important minister in the court. He travels frequently and is diligent in royal affairs."
"Brother Ai, why do you..." Xiangyun said subconsciously, but suddenly realized that this was very inappropriate.
There was a trace of unnaturalness on Yuanchun's plump and smooth jade face, and she said softly: "It's nothing, you love your brother and he is still young."
I'm afraid that when he gets older, he won't be able to compete with Hengdi, but Hengdi will take care of him, he is a brother-in-law after all...
The eldest princess of Jinyang looked at Yuan Chun, put down the tea cup in her hand, and asked: "Your jade-bearing
And the younger brother who was born, didn’t he take the exam in March? "
Yuanchun whispered: "He has been naughty since he was a child, and he didn't go to school this time."
After all, he is his younger brother who he has watched grow up, and talking about it now makes him feel quite sad.
The eldest princess of Jinyang comforted him: "If he likes to study, let him study hard. If he doesn't like to study, there is no need to force him too much. As long as his nature is not bad and he lives a safe and smooth life, there is nothing wrong with him."
Regarding Yuanchun's caller Baoyu, this beauty had also heard some rumors. She was born with a jade in her mouth and was famous for her magical properties. However, she did not like to study.
Yuanchun pursed her lips and said softly, "Your Highness is right."
A few people were talking, and suddenly a nun came in from outside and reported back: "Your Highness, Uncle Yongning is here."
Everyone was overjoyed, and most of them had happy faces.
Jia Heng had previously personally dealt with Jia You and his son, who lived in the twelfth room of Jia's family in Jinling, in Huai'an Mansion. Then he came to Xuzhou on a fast horse under the retinue of the guards of Jinyi Mansion.
Under the guidance of the female officer, Jia Heng came to the backyard and entered the flower hall. What he saw was a crowd of orioles and swallows, each with a beautiful smile that made people feel happy.
"Brother Heng..." Xiangyun ran over quickly and rushed into Jia Heng's arms like a butterfly.
Jia Heng could only open his arms, hug Xiang Yun, and joked with a smile: "Sister Yun, you are so old, why are you still like a child?"
Xiangyun has really grown up, and the jade unicorns in his clothes are frightening.
"Sister Yun, no matter how old you are, you don't have to be shy." Tanchun smiled at the side and said jokingly, with complicated thoughts.
She also wanted to... throw herself into Brother Heng's arms like Sister Yun did.
"Brother Heng, I miss you. Why did you come back?" Xiangyun raised a round face as red as an apple, and said in a clear voice with a sweet smile between his charming brows and eyes.
Others looked at Xiang Yun and Jia Heng talking with envy.
Jia Heng took Xiang Yun's hand and said with a smile: "I heard you guys are coming, come and take a look."
After saying that, he raised his eyes to look at Yuanchun and said, "How are you these days, eldest sister?"
"Brother Heng, everything is fine." Yuan Chun's eyes were as bright as water and charming. He looked at the young man whose face was becoming more and more straight, and called softly.
Jia Heng nodded, and then looked at Tanchun aside. It was summer, and the girl who was approaching her cardamom years had changed into an indigo, moon and white printed cross-collar long coat, and a white pleated skirt, which looked a little more elegant than before. Mature and quiet.
Well, the little girl's temperament has been diluted a lot.
Could this outfit be influenced by Xianning?
Jia Heng thought about it, and when he met a pair of bright, shining eyes, which seemed to contain some inexplicable confusion, he smiled and called out, "Third sister."
Tanchun called "Brother Heng" charmingly, her beautiful eyebrows curved and her bright eyes glowing.
On the other side, Li Chanyue looked at the young man. Under his gloomy and beautiful eyebrows, it suddenly seemed like the hazy mist and rain clinging to the courtyard. He squeezed the handkerchief in his hand.
Mr. Xiao Jia didn't pay much attention to her, and her mother even said that she and Mr. Xiao Jia would be together in the future.
Just at this moment, Jia Heng cast his gentle gaze over and nodded at the little princess, who quickly looked away.
Jia Heng met several people and sat down in the room. The female officer offered him tea. Princess Jinyang asked: "Ziyu, how is the situation over there in Huai'an Mansion?"
"The danger has stabilized. Now the price of rice has risen, and the people are suffering a lot. Also, the two places have been severely affected by disasters. You should have seen it in Xuzhou. People in Suining fled to Pizhou, and many people in Xuzhou. In these floods, several Thousands of people died unexpectedly, and more than 20,000 people were left homeless." Jia Heng mentioned this matter with a gloomy face and a low tone.
The eldest princess of Jinyang sighed softly and said: "You have tried your best. You were responsible for cleaning up the mess left by Gao Bin by supervising the river platform. Although there were two executions on the embankment, luckily there were no casualties among the people. .”
Jia Heng was originally ordered to be in danger and was sent by the imperial court to the Hedao Yamen to put out the fire. After all, the river embankment was not built by Jia Heng. However, no one was executed on the river embankment built by Jia Heng.
Comparing the two phases
, it can be said that the image of capable ministers and capable officials is shown to everyone.
In other words, Jia Heng already got a perfect score in this performance, but he was still upset that the steps for answering the last big question could not be simplified.
Jia Heng sighed: "I only lament that the floods are ruthless and the livelihood of the people is very difficult. Speaking of which, this natural disaster is divided into three parts natural disasters and seven parts man-made disasters."
Princess Xianning's eyes flickered and she said in a clear voice: "Sir, after this flood, the river affairs should be reorganized, right? Sir, do you still want to stay in Nanhe?"
Jia Heng said: "I'll go back to Beijing first this time. I've been away from the capital camp for too long, and I miss my soldiers very much. When I go back, I will pursue those who deserve meritorious service, rewards and rewards, and those who deserve pension."
In this flood fighting and rescue operation, the Beijing camp showed the attributes of a strong army and enforced orders and prohibitions, while Jia Heng almost shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers on the river embankment.
Princess Jinyang asked with concern: "Where is the officialdom in Liangjiang?"
As soon as he said this, several other eyes turned to the young man.
Jia Heng said: "It's mainly the dignitaries of Jinling City who are facing a national crisis and still don't understand the general situation. I have already made arrangements."
The eldest princess of Jinyang said: "That's good. This time the food has been shipped to us with 500,000 dan. I think it should be able to last for a while. I hope it stops raining soon."
"Of these five hundred thousand shi, I will ship 200,000 shi to Huai'an Prefecture to stabilize the price. This amount of grain is considered. The other amount is borrowed from Henan by the Jiangzuo clan." Jia Heng said: "There is not much food left. It can be used Do post-disaster reconstruction.”
Because the two vassal kings were in arrears with grain taxes from Henan, the grain in Taicang was the grain reserve of the Henan vassal.
But that's not necessarily the case, if it weren't for Jia Heng, the powerful and tough Yongningbo governor of Henan's military affairs, who would have been "coordinated" by the central household department for no reason.
However, after all, it is the people's support for the people of the Central Plains. Except for the previous one million stone grains and rice delivered to Shenjing, which can be regarded as compensation for exempting some prefectures and counties in Henan over the years. Otherwise, a province's millions of stone grains will not be paid to the central government. How much will it cost? Seems ignorant.
Is it really just an independent regiment that built a cavalry battalion?
Princess Jinyang's eyes flashed and she said: "As long as you have an idea, there is a gold mine in Henan. Now Beijing has been saying that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce should be in charge of the excavation, and that the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge. The gold and silver mines were profitable, and he even said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was corrupt, and cited the example of King Zhongshun, and also said that I am a woman in politics?"
Jia Heng narrowed his eyes and said, "Who holds this opinion?" Princess Jinyang said softly, "Forget it...it's not worth mentioning."
I just regretted saying this to him in front of the children. Well, something is wrong?
Jia Heng said: "It doesn't matter, I'll learn how to teach."
With his current status, as long as he denounces the corruption and incompetence of the household department in matters such as river work and military pay in his memorial, and yes, there are also the previous incidents of Nanjing officials reselling official grain. Each of these people, he It’s not directed at anyone, it’s all rubbish.
If it were him, he could tolerate his anger for a while, but if these people want to attack the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are digging up the foundation of Chen Han State.
Half of the military pay is coordinated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was behind the emergency repair work this time.
Tanchun watched from the side, his bright eyes flashing, and for some reason, he felt something was unusual.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit serious, Yuan Chun chuckled and said, "Brother Heng, you have been running all the way here, and you must be tired from pommeling and horse work. Why don't you take a shower and change clothes, and let's have dinner together later."
Jia Heng nodded and said in a clear voice: "Yeah, that's fine."
With that said, under the guidance of the female officer, he went to a side room in the courtyard.
Just as he was about to take off his python suit, he suddenly heard a series of light footsteps coming from behind him.
Jia Heng went back to take a look, and saw the eldest princess of Jinyang, dressed in gorgeous palace clothes and with pink hair and pink hair, walking towards her, holding a pile of clothes in her hand, and said with a sweet smile: "Come here to bathe you."
"Li'er." Jia Heng called softly, and hugged the beauty. He found the two peach blossom petals, picked off the branches and smelled the pistils, and was overwhelmed by the longing for these days.
"Ziyu..." Princess Jinyang said in a trembling voice, pressing
He grabbed Jia Heng's shoulder and gently pushed Jia Heng away who was eating snow. With a doting look in his beautiful eyes, he said shyly and angrily: "I want to talk to you about business."
Jia Heng's eyes were suppressed and hot, his breath was a little heavy, and he whispered: "I miss you."
The eldest princess of Jinyang listened to the young man's gentle words and words of love, her soft and delicate body suddenly became as soft as water, her eyes were wandering, and she almost whispered: "I miss you too."
Jia Heng chuckled and said, "How about we wash together?"
"I haven't prepared any clothes yet, please tell Lianxue." Princess Jinyang said softly.
The two of them are considered an old couple, so there is nothing shy about bathing together.
Jia Heng waited for Jinyang to turn away and give instructions to Lingxue, then took off his clothes, got into the tub and started taking a bath.
"Did you just say Shang Shu?" Princess Jinyang asked softly, reaching for the clothes on her body. Not long after, her glazed jade feet stepped on the bamboo steps, and with the sound of "clatter", her exquisite and graceful body entered the bath. Bucket, the waxing moon entered the water, and the warm water in the bathtub overflowed the two sea bowls.
Jia Heng immediately hugged the beautiful woman, piled up a snowman, and said in a clear voice: "It can be said that since leaving the capital, I have witnessed the strange current situation, from the corruption of officials in Henan, to corruption, to corruption in Hetai, and to people coming from Jinling. Regardless of the overall interests of the imperial court, they drive up food prices."
If he doesn't occupy the high ground of public opinion, others will.
"Would you offend too many people if you do this?" The beauty's jade cheeks were slightly red, she snorted, pursed her pink lips, and said softly.
This man... likes to speak to her conscience every time.
You can feel the young man's love and even obsession with him, and his heart is filled with sweetness.
To put it bluntly, if Jia Heng really stopped building snowmen, the beauty would be worried about whether she was getting old and losing her beauty... and would be dejected.
Jia Heng said warmly: "If it were someone else, there might be a risk of a group attack. If it were me who went up to the top to expose the long-standing shortcomings and return with a great reputation, it would cause a shock to the central nervous system. I have sorted out a lot of chaos, but only Even if the officialdom of Liangjiang cannot attack with all its strength, it still needs to knock down the mountain to sway the tiger."
He tolerates the complicated officialdom of Liangjiang and does not go on a killing spree, but that does not mean he does nothing. If he keeps silent and avoids the chaos in the officialdom of Liangjiang, this is not called tolerance, it is called weakness!
First, we need to gather public consensus. These people are seriously ill and need serious rectification.
While making them jealous, it also united a group of knowledgeable people among northern scholars and southern scholars. This is called winning over the centrists.
Like... young people.
There is no class that betrays the class, but there are individuals that betray the class.
There are always some scholars who were born in the southern gentry and came from small and medium-sized landowners. After material satisfaction, they began to pursue the realization of self-worth. These people have inconsistent ideas with the old guys. They prefer grand narratives and sympathize with the people at the bottom.
In the history books, such things happened one after another. Prime ministers who came from big landowners shouted to restrict land annexation and restrain the powerful nobles.
Because once an individual with undiminished ideals reaches that position and is expected by everyone, he can really have a lofty sense of historical mission that transcends the limitations of class, because what he pursues is to establish immortal achievements in the vast river of history!
Life is only a few decades...
The eldest princess of Jinyang looked worried and said softly: "Ziyu, is it too early now?"
According to what Jia Heng and Li Ren revealed, they should do this after Beibianer won a big victory.
Jia Heng said warmly: "You don't use your words, but put people on the grill first. This is not serious yet, it's just lip service. This can also cooperate with the emperor's brother to suppress the southern nobles."
This political tacit understanding is his political consciousness as his status increases. Once the Qi Party becomes weak, he must use his political role as a noble and foreign relative to shoulder the important task of suppressing the southern gentry and carry up the banner that the Qi Party has carried before.
It's almost impossible to hide someone so big.
"Call my brother again. When Xianning comes back, I might as well change your name to father." The beauty's face became brighter and more gorgeous, and she gave Jia Heng a scolding look. The enchanting look between her eyebrows was almost shocking.
soul.
Jia Heng chuckled and said, "Then what shall I call you in the future?"
After saying that, Fu Er called out in a low voice and gently leaned close to the beauty's delicate body.
Princess Jinyang's heart skipped a beat, and she felt something strange beyond words. Her jade turned crimson, and she said in a disgusting voice, "What are you shouting about...huh?"
Under the beautiful eyebrows, his eyes were condensed, and he let out a soft snort, and said angrily: "You..."
Jia Heng blew hot air into the beauty's ear and whispered: "It misses you, Li'er." Jinyang: "???"
But without thinking, he already knew what Jia Heng meant, and welcomed the lonely boat drifting outside into the warm harbor.
The beauty's jade face was slightly red, and she held up the edge of the bathtub with both hands. The gold hairpin and beads in the bun were swaying slightly. There was silence in the side room, except for the sound of gurgling water in the bathtub.
The wind and rain clinging to the courtyard outside the window seemed to be getting more intense.
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