Poor family mother and son

Chapter 449 "My Generosity!"

"The emperor is wise!" Hu Hengqiu flattered him.

The emperor looked at the locusts on the plate, different from last time, this time they were skewered and roasted without being battered, and the locusts were neatly skewered on bamboo sticks, which was very eye-catching.

"Don't hide it this time?" the emperor asked again.

Hu Hengqiu: "Your Majesty, this is what the common people eat."

The emperor nodded, picked up a bunch, frowned at the locust, but still opened his mouth and ate one.

"It tastes good too!" the emperor commented.

The last time Hu Hengqiu brought fried locusts, the emperor ate them. Although it was delicious, he heard that they were locusts, so he wanted to spit them out.

Hu Hengqiu submitted a report to the emperor, which read: "...Master Chu said: 'People live on the grain, but you eat it, which is harmful to the people. If the people have faults, if you give them to one person, you will have a spirit. But when it hurts my heart, it will not harm the common people.' When Master Chu said that, his expression was sad and indignant...."

It was the report submitted by Deputy Wang Qianhu of the Yibin Mansion Council Office after hearing Chu Qing's muttering to himself at that time, because of his excitement, he wrote quickly.

After Hu Hengqiu presented it to the emperor, the emperor didn't want to vomit at all.

An official, no, a woman, has this kind of act of "eating hearts" for the people of the world. As the father of all people, how can he spit out a locust that is fried to a scorching fragrance? !

So this time Hu Hengqiu presented the locust skewers in such a big way, and the emperor ate them without saying a word.

The emperor asked: "How is the exchange of locusts for food in her place?"

Hu Hengqiu: "It's in full swing! Don't say that Chuqing's exchange is very hot, even the government office is full of queues;
The Yibin Mansion Council reported that what Chu Qing bought was last year's grain, and two catties of locusts could be exchanged for one catty of grain, but at the government office, one catty was exchanged for one catty, or even one catty of grain was exchanged for eight taels of locusts;

However, the common people are more willing to exchange for Chuqing's food, but Chu Qing's food is not much. "

Emperor: "Why?"

Hu Hengqiu: "The Gao Zhifu took out all the stale food."

Use quantity to offset quality, and if you don’t exchange it at such a discount, you will not be able to achieve political achievements.

Emperor: "Have you checked?"

Hu Hengqiu: "We are investigating, and I am afraid there will be no results. Last year's flood, although Yibin Mansion was not very serious, but Gaozhi Mansion can be said to be full of resources to relieve the disaster."

The emperor nodded.

Corrupt officials who are capable and capable of being greedy must not be stupid, and they must have found a way out.

As a granary for mediating grain prices and storing grain for shortages, Changping warehouse is most likely to be embezzled by corrupt officials in the name of disaster relief.

Even if it is a good year, it will be replaced with stale grain, and the new grain of the year will be used for private enrichment.

Corrupt officials have a common way of thinking: Why have I been poor for several years?Why do I get up early and work late if I don't want fame and fortune?
If it is a corrupt official from a poor family, it is even worse. They don't want to be famous, and money comes first.

Chu Qing didn't name her name, the emperor thought, what kind of scolding has been done to her as a woman?
I can't figure it out even if I want to.

If she wanted to make money, she did it at the beginning. She had to raise children, but now that people can afford to raise children, they don't want to.

No... no, my money!

"Changfeng, you said that Chuqing traded all the food for locusts, how can I get back the money? Could it be the worms?" The emperor chewed a little bit, gnashing his teeth, money!
Hu Hengqiu: "Your Majesty, how much can locusts be exchanged for? Besides, there will be no locusts after autumn. It is impossible to rely on this;

The minister thought that if she gave chicks and ducks to the common people on credit, she should repay the cost by recycling the chickens and ducks. "

The emperor nodded: "It makes sense!"

Then she shook her head again: "No! She sold countless chicks and ducks on credit, and bought them all back. Isn't that another big sum of money?"

Hu Hengqiu: "It's because there are so many, so when recycling, the farmers can't sell the price. She can't spend too much money. Once the chickens, ducks and eggs are recovered and sold, won't they get back the cost?"

Emperor: "Can't you lose money?"

Hu Hengqiu: "I can't lose money, but I guess I can't make much money either."

The emperor couldn't take it anymore: "My generosity!"

The emperor hated those officials who had a vegetarian meal even more.

Hu Hengqiu didn't say a word. After such a calculation, he also felt sorry for money.

Hu Hengqiu suddenly remembered the purpose of today's visit: "Your Majesty, some merchants in Chongyu Mansion spontaneously carried out locust food exchange measures. They carried out the initiative for four or five days before the imperial government's decree was passed to Chongyu Mansion;
The minister said, it is estimated that the merchant heard about the Yibin mansion's food exchange, so he made such a move;

However, for an ordinary merchant, this act was a righteous act. After all, Chu Qing did not dare to carry out this matter in Yibin Mansion by himself, but in the name of the Secret Investigation Division Director's Office. "

The emperor shook his head: "Couldn't it be that the merchant is making a splash for the sake of gaining fame?"

Hu Hengqiu: "Probably not. According to the report from the Chongyu Mansion Council, that business owner, like Chu Qing, suggested that people could catch locusts to feed their hunger, but they were abused. Some even threw dung at his bodyguard and stones at him."

The emperor: "Why? Is it also the kind of rumor that Chu Qing encountered? What kind of locust god?"

Hu Hengqiu: "Yes, your Majesty is wise, it is this kind of rumor. In fact, it can't be regarded as a rumor. After all, the common people believe in the Locust God, and the origin of the Locust God was passed down by literati hundreds of years ago."

Emperor: "You just said that the merchant is running an escort agency?"

Hu Hengqiu: "Yes, it's called Sanshun Escort Bureau. It opened a branch in Kyoto two months ago. The merchant I mentioned is the young owner of the Escort Bureau. Qian Sanshun is a boy of twelve or thirteen years old."

The emperor: "How old is the child of Chu Qing's family?"

Hu Hengqiu: "Ten years old next month."

The emperor nodded: "Oh. It seems that this young master is also young and promising."

Hu Hengqiu: "He is the third nephew of Qian Pingjian, the owner of a small boat workshop in Chongyu Mansion, and he has some business sense."

The emperor: "What happened to that kid from Chu Qing's family?"

Hu Hengqiu smacked his lips, and was a little embarrassed to answer: "I think... I think that child is raised badly."

The emperor raised his eyelids: "How?"

Hu Hengqiu: "According to the report below, the child opened schools everywhere, and then inspected each school. He was just a dandy. Someone's student."

The emperor laughed: "Does it work?"

Hu Hengqiu: "It works, but it kind of tarnishes his mother's reputation."

The emperor laughed out loud: "Hehehehe, it's good that it works. His mother doesn't necessarily have any reputation, didn't you hear that the whole court is impeaching his mother?"

Hu Hengqiu: "It's difficult to admit that others are better than yourself, let alone ask them to recognize a woman."

These emperors don't mind, all he has to do is balance, what the courtiers say is not important, and the reputation of the courtiers is not important.

As long as the imperial power is not threatened, what does the reputation of others matter to an emperor?
What the emperor wants is the result, the result of reducing the loss caused by the disaster, the result of whether the treasury is full or not, and the result of whether it can help the emperor expand his territory and achieve great achievements.

(End of this chapter)