Shu Blossoms

Chapter 371
The Queen heard that Zheng Wei was going to personally deliver food to His Majesty and the ministers inside, worried that she would delay His Majesty's political affairs, Zheng Wei begged repeatedly, and promised to wait until the matters inside were almost settled before sending them in.

The queen thought this was a good thing, and maybe it could calm down a little bit of His Majesty's anger.

Even if His Majesty doesn't like it, according to his love for Princess Danyang, at most he can only scold a few words, and he won't be severely punished, and he can still sell the face of the princess and the princess.

Zheng Wei stood outside the door, vaguely listening to some inside information, she seemed to hear that the granary in the capital was destroyed, all the grain shops in Jiankang City and the grain stored in the palace could only last seven or eight days, and Jiankang City would face another A catastrophe.

She thought in her heart that there was still some food in the Zhuangzi in Danyang, where she lived, and the eldest princess had also stocked up a lot in the past two years, but these were just a drop in the bucket for the people of Jiankang City.And these things have to be used as a backup, and they cannot be taken out until the last moment.

Just now the adults inside said that they would transfer grain from nearby counties and counties, but now the new rice is unripe and seventy-eight out of ten of the old rice is used up. It is the time when the young crops are not harvested, and the grain that can be transferred will not last for a few days, so I have to think about other things way!
Zheng Wei was thinking about it in his heart, and heard a minister inside mentioned the matter of natural disasters, and asked the national teacher to enter the palace to discuss ways to appease the people.

She subconsciously wanted to rush in to stop him, but her outstretched hand stopped abruptly. If Zhang Ruo's old magic stick didn't know his details, he would really look like a compassionate old fairy.

She thought that Da Zhou couldn't raise this old magic stick in vain for so many years, so she should do something, if it can reassure the hearts of the people, it would be of some use.

It's just how to use it, you have to think about it carefully. After all, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty should admire the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not some old grandstanding stick.

After more than half an hour, the discussion in the hall gradually subsided, Zheng Wei thought it was almost done, so he gently pushed the door in, Gao Han saw Zheng Wei's face was surprised, Zheng Wei pointed to the food that was carried by the waiter behind him box.

Gao Han smiled knowingly, then came back and whispered something next to Emperor Zhou, and Emperor Zhou suddenly looked outside the hall, "Is this the hour already?"

Then he smiled slightly apologetically, "I left Zhuqing for a day, and all of you only ate a bowl of rice porridge all day, so let's leave today, let's eat here and go home to rest!"

Said and waved his hands, Gao Han and Zheng Wei put side dishes and rice porridge in front of the courtiers, after that Zheng Wei did not leave, but stood behind Emperor Zhou together with Gao Han.

Emperor Zhou took a sip of the rice porridge in front of him, and the ministers began to eat it.

After dinner, Gao Han sent all the ministers out of the palace, leaving only King Ling and Zheng Wei in the palace.

Emperor Zhou sighed wearily, and rubbed the center of his brows with some headaches, suddenly a pair of soft but rough little hands pressed on his head, rubbing it neither lightly nor hard.

Emperor Zhou was startled for a moment, and then he knew who the owner of these small hands was, his brows relaxed slightly, and he closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

After a while, Emperor Zhou's joking voice came to mind, "When did you learn this skill, and don't show it to be filial to your uncle?"

Zheng Wei pouted, "Wei'er is not filial and always makes grandparents and aunt angry, so I can only sell my skills in order to avoid punishment!"

Emperor Zhou gave her a reproachful look, "No wonder you are so attentive, so you are afraid of being punished! After all, what are you doing breaking in?"

"Wei'er heard something outside and wanted to say something, so he came in boldly." Zheng Wei walked in front of Emperor Zhou, and said solemnly: "Wei'er knows that your original intention of sending soldiers to temporarily take over all the grain stores in the capital is to Jiankang, in case someone takes the opportunity to make trouble, it also prevents those merchants from taking the opportunity to drive up prices, but many large grain shops have the support of the gentry behind them, so it will offend them."

"I know, and if we control the grain store in this way, we will tell the people that something happened to the grain store in the suburbs of Beijing, which will cause panic more easily. This is also a helpless move!" Emperor Zhou sighed.

"But those grain stores may also be the source of livelihood for merchants' families. Those merchants naturally dare not disobey the order of the emperor, but they will inevitably feel resentful when you cut off people's livelihood. There are too many such things, and as time goes by Lost hearts. Wei'er thinks Uncle might as well use another method!"

"According to your plan, what should this matter be?" Zhou Di sat up straight after hearing the words, and asked quite solemnly.

"I think it's better to change the expropriation into guards. The grain store is open as usual, but the price must be controlled within the reasonable market price, and the sales are sold. Every day, each household can only buy the quota according to the account, and can't buy more." Zheng Wei said. Thinking about it, he said: "Maybe the rice in the city can last longer if we do this. The common people line up to buy rice every day. With important things to do, there will be less chance of chaos." The King of Ling disagreed, "This move It can be used for ordinary people’s homes, but not for those powerful families, such as the Wang family and the Liu family, who have hundreds of servants alone, and a single family can empty a rice shop!”

Hearing this, Zheng Wei smiled and looked like Emperor Zhou, "Most of these powerful clans have their children serving in the court. Even if those patriarchs and principals have no official positions, they still have titles and enjoy the court salary. They enjoy the support of the court people, everyone When Zhou is in trouble, it is natural to stand up and protect him."

Zheng Wei poured himself a bowl of water from several cases, and then said: "As for how to act, it depends on our Majesty's ability. His Majesty can discuss it with the patriarchs of various clans tomorrow. All aristocratic families have fertile fields. The stored grain can’t be used up in a year, as long as they can manage the people in the clan well and take care of the relatives in the clan, they can solve the big trouble for Jiankang!”

"Is this possible?" Emperor Zhou and King Ling looked at each other, they never thought they could do this.

After all, in the past hundred years, many emperors have been controlled by the gentry. Emperor Zhou has always used and guarded against them. In his heart, he has always felt that most of the gentry are greedy. Are they really willing to do things that are not beneficial to them?
"Why not? Jiankang City is also their base. If Jiankang falls into turmoil, what good will it do them? Wei'er feels that no one wants Jiankang City to be destroyed except for those villains who want to make money in the country! Can it be done?" See how His Majesty talks to them!"

Emperor Zhou nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe we can try it tomorrow, even if they can't help, it's good not to cause trouble! How to implement it later, Weier, please write a charter and hand it over, and let Jingzhaofu send someone to do it."

Zheng Wei agreed, "Gao Weng, please get your pen and ink, Wei'er will write here, if there is something wrong, His Majesty can correct it."

Gao Han hurriedly agreed, and turned around to make arrangements.

Zheng Wei took the opportunity to ask King Ling, "Little uncle, how is the situation in the granary? Is it really a natural disaster?"

King Ling shook his head in pain, "The granaries are all destroyed, everyone is dead, and many people have only a few stumps left. If it weren't for natural disasters, what is so powerful?"

"Is it only the granary that was destroyed? Did the nearby villages suffer?"

Zheng Wei felt that this was a bit familiar, and continued to ask.

"The area near the granary is relatively empty, and the nearest village is five miles away, but when you say that, I suddenly remembered the vicinity of the granary."

The trees a mile away were not destroyed. It is a little strange why the natural disaster only targeted the granary!
Zheng Wei's face suddenly sank, she had a bad guess in her heart, she did this kind of thing of blowing up the granary in Da Wei, and many Wei people saw it!

(End of this chapter)