When Tian Fuhai outside the door heard this, he almost fell to the ground.
A jar is five thousand taels.
As an eldest nephew, I really don’t know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are because he is not a family man.
If you don't have money, you ask your uncle for money. You don't understand the hardships of making money.
If Gao Meng only brought a jar of wine, should he drink it or give it to Li He?
Fortunately, Gao Meng brought ten altars.
But arrangements have been made to give each person two jars, and the remaining two jars will be drunk tonight.
However, they didn't know that Li Heran was also there, so they were not included in the list and were missing two jars of wine.
Tian Fuhai didn't make it clear that he would definitely not be able to finish the two jars of wine.
Due to the strong strength of the acacia wine, I can't finish the entire jar, so I'll give the remaining jar to Li He.
As for Li Heran, they didn't prepare any wine for him.
It's already good to have a few sips with them.
After finalizing the notice, Tian Fuhai distributed the acacia wine to Shangguan's respective servants, and then returned to the house carrying a jar of acacia wine.
Li He frowned again when he saw there was only one jar.
"Tian Fuhai, won't Zhao Ping just send a jar of Acacia Bar?"
"Enough for who?"
"No, Mr. Zhao sent several altars, and I have distributed them to your respective slaves."
Tian Fuhai hurriedly explained: "This jar is left for all the superior officials to taste."
Tian Yi was worried that he would make mistakes if he spoke too much, so he hurriedly took the wine and said, "Come on, come on, let's drink. We won't go home until we're drunk tonight."
With that said, he filled everyone's cups with wine.
One bowl per person.
Half the jar was gone immediately.
"It's really a good wine!"
Smelling the aroma of wine, Tian Yi smiled, raised the bowl and said, "Dry it."
Everyone clinked glasses.
Tian Fuhai and others have tasted acacia wine and know that this wine is very strong and needs to be drank in small sips.
But Tian Yi and Li He didn't know.
The two of them were already greedy when they smelled the aroma of wine.
Pick up the wine bowl and drink directly.
However, after just a few sips, the two of them couldn't help but cough violently.
But it was only for a while. Looking back, they both praised the acacia wine as good.
Li impressively told the origin of the acacia wine and the poem at the right time, which made the two of them feel that Zhao Ping was a talent.
Especially when Li Heran said, "This wine can only be found in heaven, it is rare to taste it on earth", it immediately pushed the two people's admiration to a climax.
Penglai Immortal Lord lives up to his name!
Not only can he brew acacia wine, but he can also write good articles. In addition, he has superb medical skills and can solve plagues.
Such talents must be recommended to the emperor.
Both Tian Yi and Li He have made up their minds to push Zhao Ping onto the political stage.
With the help of wine, the atmosphere became more harmonious.
Even Li He no longer felt that Tian Fuhai's status was low, and he also imitated Tian Yi, calling him uncle one after another, and even the beautiful Tian Fuhai could not be found.
However, they are used to drinking low-alcohol alcohol.
It's easy to get drunk if you suddenly drink this kind of wine with over 50 degrees of alcohol content.
Before the bowl was finished, several people started talking garbled.
Peng Yue cursed the Dog Emperor for not being able to see his achievements and letting him stay in Donghai County for ten years without moving.
Li Heran also scolded him.
He said that the emperor was a reckless man who only knew how to fight and never know how to recuperate.
Sooner or later the world will be destroyed by him.
Tian Yi was more direct, waiting for Zhuge Yuanlang, the Hanlin scholar, to abdicate and replace him.
No one thought that Li He would reveal a shocking secret.
"Our family tells you that the current crown prince is not His Majesty's biological son."
"At that time, Queen Hao was born a woman. In order to consolidate her position, she secretly found a man who was born on the same day, who is the current crown prince..."
Buzz!
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked and sobered up.
Tian Yi hurriedly covered Li He's mouth and reminded: "Brother Li, be careful what you say."
"What should you say carefully?"
Li He swatted his hand away and said nonchalantly: "All the people present are brothers from our family, how can we still spread the word?"
"Brother Li is drunk, Ben Hanlin wants to help him rest."
Tian Yijian couldn't persuade Li He, so he could only warn the others: "It's all drunk talk today, you'd better rot in your stomach."
"If anyone dares to speak falsely, be careful that this Hanlin will punish his nine clans."
Poof!
Li Heran was the first to react, fell on the table and started snoring.
He pretends to sleep.
Peng Yue and Tian Fuhai were not stupid either. They clasped their mouths and kept retching.
Vomiting and vomiting, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
The other one kicked his stool crooked and fell under the table, unconscious.
Suddenly, snoring began everywhere.
"I guess you know each other."
After Tian Yi said this, he helped Li He to rest.
Before leaving, Li He kept yelling and talking about some palace secrets.
Tian Fuhai vowed never to invite Li He to drink again.
Hearing this news for no reason is a complete disaster.
Although Li He and Tian Yi left, they still did not dare to move rashly until the next morning.
Not a word was mentioned about what happened last night.
Li He couldn't care less and rode back to Beijing to resume his duties.
Tian Fuhai gave him three jars of acacia wine.
One altar is worth five thousand taels, and three altars are worth fifteen thousand taels of silver.
Plus the thousand taels of silver notes that Zhao Ping gave him yesterday.
On this trip, I made more than 10,000 taels of silver.
When he left, Peng Yue gave some more gifts. The trip to Yun'an County was really worth it, and he made a lot of money.
If you come here more often, wouldn't you make a fortune?
At this time, the third memorial arrived in Beijing.
In fact, he had arrived in Beijing last night, but it was too late, His Majesty the Emperor had taken a rest, and the ministers did not report it.
This morning, Su Wencheng, a cabinet scholar, appeared in court.
"Your Majesty, Yun'an County reported yesterday that the plague has been lifted."
"Let them wait."
Chen Xuan didn't hear clearly and thought it was the plague that was continuing to spread. He said with a dark face, "I have sent an imperial doctor there. I believe he will arrive soon."
"It's useless to worry now."
"Your Majesty, you heard wrong. What I said was that the plague has been lifted."
Su Wencheng could only remind him.
"What did you say?"
Chen Xuan stood up from the dragon chair fiercely, "The plague has been lifted?"
"Is this true?"
"Here is the memorial."
Su Wencheng submitted the memorial, "It not only has the autograph of Huang Fengnian, the magistrate of Yun'an County, but also has the official seal stamped by Peng Yue, the magistrate of Donghai County. It should not be fake."
Li Yan handed over the memorial, and Chen Xuan quickly read it.
It is written very clearly above.
On the day the plague broke out, the county magistrate Huang Fengnian ordered the closure of villages and urged major textile workshops to make masks.
He also reported to the county governor and requested to collect medicinal materials.
At the same time, we call on all major merchants to work together to fight the epidemic and contribute their talents, efforts, and supplies.
The entire Yun'an County is united as one.
Coupled with the special medicinal soup prepared by Zhao Ping, the plague was finally solved after seven days.
There were no casualties.
Miracle!
This is a miracle!
Looking at ancient and modern history, is there any precedent for conquering plague?
And their Dawei Dynasty did it.
When Li Yan read the contents of the memorial aloud, the entire imperial court was boiling.
One by one, they knelt down and worshiped.
"Congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty, the plague has been lifted. This is an auspicious sign from heaven! Celebrate!"
"Your Majesty's great blessings have filled the sky, moved the heavens, sent down the magic medicine, and lifted the plague. Your Majesty is truly the Dragon Emperor, a blessing to all people."
"..."
The flattering sounds were endless, and Chen Xuan enjoyed hearing them very much.
Just listening, he felt something wasn't right.
Then he asked: "My dear friends, do you believe that anyone can really conquer the plague?"
"this……"
Ministers, you looked at me, I looked at you, and finally their eyes rested on Su Wencheng.
He is a bachelor of the cabinet and the minister that the emperor relies on most. If he really said something wrong, your majesty will forgive him.
Su Wencheng had no choice but to stand up again and said: "Your Majesty, if someone said before that the plague could be conquered, I would not believe it."
"But there is a memorial in front of me and it is stamped with the official seal. I can't help but believe it."
"After all, Your Majesty is the son of destiny and will bring blessings to all people."
"It is your brilliance that has influenced the people of Yun'an County and is benefiting them."
"hehe."
Chen Xuan sneered, "A bunch of flatterers."
"No matter what you think in your heart, I don't believe it."
"But since the magistrate of Yun'an County has personally submitted a letter, let's recover all the food and money that have been allocated."
"Send someone else to Donghai County to investigate the truth."
"I want to know all the details."
"If Huang Fengnian dares to deceive me, I will kill his nine clans."
"If he really conquers the plague, I will definitely reward him heavily."
"Besides, if the plague is confirmed to be over, let's recall Song Ming."
"He is my loyal minister, and we cannot compromise his talents."
The emperor had given an order, and no one could refute it.
But Su Wencheng was worried.
Sending people is easy.
After all, Tian Yi is in Donghai County. If he finds someone to pass on an oral message, he can thoroughly investigate the matter as an imperial envoy.
We can also recall Song and Ming together.
But the problem is recovering the money and food allocated.
That thing should still be on the way, but at least half of it is missing.
They were all deducted by officials along the way.
If he wants to come back, he will offend those local officials. So, as a cabinet bachelor, should he still do it?
If you don’t pursue it, you can’t pay for it yourself, right?
After retiring from the court, Su Wencheng discussed with Xu Chun, the minister of state, and Zhuge Yuanlang, a scholar of Hanlin University, in the political affairs hall.
After all, they also had a share of the food and silver provided by Tan Mo for disaster relief.
Although he is not as good as his own master, Su Wencheng, he will not show any mercy when it comes to pulling them into trouble.
"You two, His Majesty has asked us to recover the grain and silver that have been allocated. What should we do?"
Su Wencheng asked.
"What else can be done?"
Zhuge Yuanlang said angrily: "Whoever took it can ask for it."
"No."
Xu Chun shook his head and said: "If money goes into those people's pockets, it will be extremely difficult to get them to take it out."
"If they are desperate, they can only take advantage of the common people."
"Now that we are collecting taxes, if we scrape another layer of food from the people, we will force the people to rebel."
"what is it now?"
Su Wencheng said angrily: "We can't fill it in ourselves, right?"
"That's hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If we really make up for it, our family will be empty, right?"
"Hahaha, Bachelor Su, why are you so confused?"
Xu Chun laughed loudly, "Let me ask you, how is the world now?"
"What's the meaning?"
Su Wencheng frowned.
Xu Chun stopped trying to be submissive and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a war-fighter. Not only are taxes increasing year by year, military service has also been increasing."
"Public dissatisfaction has long been boiling."
"Many ordinary people cannot afford to pay taxes and are unwilling to serve in the military, so they can only become refugees. There are many people who occupy the mountains to become kings and the grass to become bandits."
"We will recover what we can, and the rest will be robbed by the bandits. Is there anything your Majesty can do to us?"
"Okay, that's a good idea."
Zhuge Yuanlang patted the table and praised.
The three of them unanimously agreed to put all the blame on the bandits.
If the emperor wants to get angry, the best he can do is suppress the bandits.
And suppressing bandits requires military expenditures, which can bulge their pockets again.
