The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

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Hearing that her second brother was in trouble, Cuihua didn't even bother to check how much the crops in the farm had been lost to locusts this year.Hastily urging Hei Wa to investigate, this heroine who is suspected to be a plotter.

A few days later, Zhao Leiting sent Cuihua the results of the investigation.

Hearing what Zhao Leiting said, Cuihua could only sigh: The capital is really small!You can meet acquaintances everywhere.

Isn't this heroine, You Shi, the Shangsi Festival, the niece of the Minister of Rites whom they met in Biluo Lake?

Well, she is still a widow, only 22 years old.

The hometown of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is from Jiangnan. When his younger sister married, he had just won the exam. His younger sister married a small landlord in Jiangnan. Later, this brother-in-law sponsored him to enter Beijing to take the Jinshi examination.

He also received financial support from his younger sister. When he heard that his niece had returned home as a new widow, he was taken to the capital, thinking that he could arrange a good marriage for her in order to repay his younger sister's kindness in supporting her back then.

This year's spring banquet, Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites took You Shi to participate several times. Unfortunately, the market for this kind of woman who has been married for many years and has nothing to do, and who returns home after half a year as a widow is not good.

Youshi thought that his uncle was a first-rank official and he would be highly praised in the capital, but he didn't expect the marriage to be so unsatisfactory.

In midsummer, when they went out of the city to burn incense, the horse that was pulling them in the carriage lost control on the official road. They thought that the horse would have to be pulled into a ditch for them, and it would be seriously injured if it was not disabled.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, the horse was pulled back by a young man. It is conceivable that this strong man's body is not ordinary strong and powerful!

You's previous man was a scholar, and his health was not good. She was so sick that she couldn't get out of bed after only a few years of marriage. This short-lived ghost died after lying on the bed for two years after taking so many decoctions and supplements. .

Therefore, when you met such a strong man who could ride a crazy horse, You Shi, who had already disliked frail scholars, his eyes lit up.

Hu Erniu, although he has been busy on the construction site this year, his outfits are not bad, even if he lost his wife, he still has a worried old lady.

A man in his twenties, well dressed, with a strong face and a clean face, isn't he the man of You Shi's dreams?

It's a pity that after inquiring about the identity of the benefactor, I felt scared, her eyes were so kind.

Mrs. Zhongqin's second brother is still divorced. If only the time could be turned back, it would be great if he didn't have the experience of Shangsi Festival.

I also know that I can't count on my own sister to forget about this matter, and I want to give up, but I am not reconciled.

He procrastinated, and even delivered food to Hu Erniu a few times, trying to build a good relationship with the man first.

Cuihua was a little entangled. Although she didn't have a good impression of Youshi, the choice was ultimately in her second brother's hands.

She didn't hide it either, and asked someone to bring a letter to Hu Erniu, called him to the uncle's house, and then told him what happened to him on the Shangsi Festival, and let him make his own choice.

Hu Erniu scratched his head, with a bitter face: "Sister, let's forget it, she hasn't told me for so long, what's the origin, hearing you say that, my heart is cold, this woman is really kind Change."

"Second brother, it's not that people are fickle, but that they are used to talking to people of any class. Believe it or not, if she wants to see your sister and me again, she has to rush to make things better. This is their The way to survive!"

"Then our Hu family doesn't have such people, we are just a slightly richer peasant family!"

"Forget it, forget it, I'd better find someone who is similar to our family, your second brother can't bear it if you have too many thoughts!"

"Second brother, don't worry. In the future, you should pay more attention to this kind of thing. It's better if it's not a trap designed by others. In case someone deliberately asks you to be a hero to save the beauty, you won't be able to get rid of it!"

"Ah! I'm scared by what you said, and I will go in and out with my elder brother in the future!"

Cuihua didn't use the examples that Heiwa encountered, and she often made up ten different ones by Pengci and Xianrendiao, which frightened an honest man.

Both brothers and sisters didn't dare to let Mrs. Zhang know about this matter. One thing more is worse than one thing less.

Two-thirds of the crops in the entire summer of this year have been destroyed by locusts. It is already too late to replant, and there is not enough food for a year.

I am also afraid that the grain merchants will drive up the price of grain collectively, causing the common people to suffer.

Wei Shangshu, a dry old man, is even more dry. Seeing that the new sea-going ships of Jiangnan Shipyard are about to make a name for themselves, the investment here cannot be cut off.

The construction of the embankment is also the top priority, but two-thirds of the people have no food to eat this year, and the gap is not so big.

After the court's discussion, the government still needed to use the government to reserve grain. However, when the little emperor was in office, he would transfer the army to the northern border, and those who followed him would be grain reserves.

From the first year of Tianshun to the second year of Tianshun, the imperial court continued to distribute relief grain to the severely disaster-stricken areas, and these were also grain reserves over the years.

Old man Wei really wanted to hold Xia Hongdi's thigh and cry: The landlord's family is running out of food!
Xia Hongdi used to want to talk to Uncle Zhongqin when there was something in the court. There were no good ideas, but bad ones could always be squeezed out.

Looking at the bitter Wei Shangshu and the emperor who had high expectations for him, Hei Wa swallowed her saliva: "Your Majesty, the most food must be at the merchants' homes. Either we, or let the merchants donate some of it." ?”

Old man Wei was puzzled: "How much can I donate? Those big merchants are very treacherous!"

"Hey, Wei Shangshu, you can't always stare at those big merchants, mid-level merchants, and small merchants, you can't let them go!"

"That's even more difficult. These people, asking them to pay for food and money, isn't it killing them!"

"Your Majesty, this is what I think. In the imperial court's policy on merchants, the imperial examination is the most restrictive. Many merchants' children, who have young students, have to find ways to engage in crooked ways.

What if we give some businessmen some places in the imperial examination?
For example, this time we propose: abundant food reserves, willingness to donate a certain number of merchants to the imperial court, and give to the direct descendants of the family, a corresponding number of places in the imperial examination!

I thought, someone should respond positively!
In addition to donations, the imperial court can also invest in purchases. Doesn’t our navy have ships?

You can go to some convenient countries around you. Firstly, you are familiar with sea routes, and secondly, you can buy or trade them. For example, exchanging silk and porcelain for foreign grains is one more choice, isn’t it? "

"This exchange of silk and porcelain for food, I think it's good! It can also test how far our sea-going ships can travel!"

Didn't these words touch Xia Hongdi's heart?He can't let his brother-in-law stay on the shield fish island for military training.

The rest of the specific countermeasures can be controlled by Wei Shangshu's general scheduling ability. Sometimes, what is lacking is a direction, and the ideas of Hei Wa, who has been baptized by various information in later generations, come up with clear ideas. .

Fifth prince Xia En's full moon banquet was held in the palace.

After a month of careful care, the little prince survived safely. The baby who was just born weighed more than three catties, will grow to five catties in a month.

Empress Gao specially asked Cuihua to hug the fifth prince, and said to her with a smile: "En'er was born safely because of your great kindness. From now on, you can treat him as a godson!"

Cuihua giggled: "That minister's wife has made a lot of money, this is a golden bump!"

"I hope that there will be one more person to love him, so that he can grow up safely!"

"With your care, the little prince will definitely grow into a healthy, handsome man!"

"Then everything will be safe in this palace."

After the fifth prince's full moon, Xia Hongdi announced his punishment for Concubine Xian: put into the cold palace, and never see each other again in this life.

This should be the cruelest punishment for the concubines. They will never see the sky for a lifetime, and there is absolutely no possibility of being out of the cold palace.

The ten-year-old second prince Xia'an and the eight-year-old Princess Fangyi did not dare to intercede with their father after knowing what their mother had done. Empress Gao, the aunt, treated them sincerely.

When they were in the Shu Palace, their food and clothing expenses were no worse than the prince's, and they even allowed Xia An to study in his natal school.

Concubine Xian went to the cold palace, smiled wryly and said to her children:

"My concubine was blindfolded by jealousy, and she was used as a swordsman. You two are good and don't cause trouble. The empress should not do anything to you. Hehe, at the end of the day, the concubine mother relied on the empress. Personality, hehe"

Princess Fangyi was out of breath from crying, Leng Gong would not allow them to visit frequently, she would not see her mother and concubine in the future, a motherless child would be bullied!

The Empress Dowager's Compassionate Palace had long been sealed off by the imperial guards, except for a dowry nun, the palace people inside had long since disappeared.

The Empress Dowager Shangsheng was lying on the bed, and asked the nanny: "Has everything been arranged?"

"Your Majesty, the arrangements have been made. All the Anbu have been evacuated. The old slave has already handed over the master token to the young master. After the old slave accompany you to leave, they will go to sleep."

"Hmph, did you tell Wan'er? After Ai's family left, it was her beginning!"

"I've already told you that the young miss is a smart person. She hasn't strayed from the palace all these years. You've been treating her coldly these past few years. Who can't see that she's fallen out of favor with you?"

"Well, without the burden of the Ai family, the king will no longer have to worry about it!"

At the end of the clever month, the torrential rain continued, and on a night of heavy rain, the Holy Empress Dowager collapsed.

On the day when the Empress Dowager Shangsheng passed away, Xia Hongdi recruited all the ministers into the palace and read the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager Shangsheng.

According to the convention, the empress dowager needs to stay for three months after her death, and the emperor needs to keep mourning for his aunt for three years.

However, the Empress Dowager Shangsheng is sympathetic to the elderly, the locust plague, the people are suffering, and she hopes that the funeral will be simple:
Suspend the coffin for three days, the emperor and the empress use the month to guide the year, and keep filial piety for three months.

All the ministers shouted: The empress dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!

Heiwa and Cuihua need to go to the palace to cry and mourn, and they are not allowed to leave for three days. Seeing their parents entering the palace in white clothes every day, their eyes are still red when they return home.

The children stopped playing around, and Xiao Liu asked cautiously: "Mother, which old ancestor is gone?"

"Well, it's just that the eldest brother's grandmother is gone!"

"Oh, fortunately, Xiao Liu's grandmother is still there, but luckily!"

Alas, I didn't expect Ma's step-grandmother to have a certain status in Xiaoliu's heart. On weekdays, it is rare for Ma to hug them, and only Lao Yuantou is rare for them.

"Mother, do people die when they get old?" Xiao Wu experienced death for the first time, and he didn't like this feeling very much. The adults were all sad, didn't they see that her mother's eyes were swollen from crying?

Cuihua: Ginger juice is too domineering. How many ladies don’t use this prop and cry as they please?

"Well, people will die when they get old, but it will take decades to go from young to old!"

"Mom, don't get old!"

"Mom, you're not dead!"

"Ouch, mother's precious son, mother strives to live longer!"

Hugging the two small stoves, Cuihua's heart was so soft that she thanked God again for allowing the couple to be born again, with so many precious eggs.

The warmth is only a few seconds:
"Mom, it's so hot!"

"Mom, don't hug!"

Cuihua: Humph!When a man was a child, he was a pig's hoof!When he grows up, he will be a big pig's trotter!
(End of this chapter)