serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 319 The Current Situation of the Court
The room smelled of medicine, and the medicine jar on the small stove was steaming.

A slight cough came from the study room. Dai Quan, who was squatting by the stove, had a flash of sadness in his eyes. He sighed silently, opened the lid of the medicine jar, picked up the medicine jar and carefully poured the soup into the medicine. In the bowl.

He picked up the tongs and stirred the charcoal fire, put the copper kettle on, and walked into the study room with the bowl of medicine. When he walked up to Emperor Jianwu, Dai Quan took a sip himself and said with a smile: "Just right. The emperor drank quickly." "

Emperor Jianwu took the bowl with both hands and drank it in one breath.

Dai Quan handed over another bowl of water and brought it to Emperor Jianwu's mouth.

Emperor Jianwu rinsed his mouth, leaned back on the chair, and sighed softly: "Since the last time I vomited blood, I feel that my body and bones are not as good as before. I get sick after a little wind."

Dai Quan immediately followed up and said: "I was just about to say something. The weather this year is very evil. It's snowing in October, and it's very cold. Many people have fallen ill in the city and outside the city, and various ministries have Officials in the Yamen have complained of illness, and even many military attachés in the Infantry Yamen and the Military and Horse Department were knocked down by the snowy wind last night."

He twisted a hot face towel from the copper basin and handed it to Emperor Jianwu, "People from the Ministry of Internal Affairs told me just now that the people were queuing up to buy sheepskin coats. Everyone feels cold."

Emperor Jianwu then showed a little smile, took the towel, spread it out, covered his face, wiped his hands after a while, handed it to Dai Quan, and said: "Tell the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs that hoarding is not allowed." , In addition, we sell beef and mutton at a reduced price to the common people. Only when they are full and warm can they resist the wind and cold. Well, let’s reduce the price by [-]%.”

"According to the order."

Dai Quan knelt down and said loudly: "The emperor cares about the people so much. The people will burst into tears after hearing this."

Emperor Jianwu raised his hand and said with a smile: "Flattery." Suddenly he remembered, "How is the investigation of that matter?"

Dai Quan shook his head: "Except for finding some Cao Gang and Manchu remnants, nothing was found. It seems that there has never been this force in the capital."

"Do you think the person who poisoned the third and fourth children and the one who killed Zhongshun are the same person?" Emperor Jianwu suddenly looked out the window and asked.

Dai Quan lowered his eyes: "This old slave is incompetent."

Emperor Jianwu: "Check it slowly."

Dai Quan: "Yes." After thinking for a while, he asked: "Now that the palace has been cleaned up, should we pick a good day to bring the two empresses and three princes back to the palace?"

"Wait a minute." Emperor Jianwu was still looking out the window, "I still have some things I haven't figured out yet. I'll wait until the Supervisor of Ceremonies has checked out all the maids selected."

Dai Quan: "Yes."

At this moment, the deputy general manager of Qianqing Palace came in hurriedly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is ill again, and I am anxious to see you now."

Emperor Jianwu was startled and stood up in a hurry. He was slightly startled, then sat down again and asked, "Has the imperial doctor been sent to you?"

The deputy general manager replied: "Xu Yuanzheng is leading Doctor Wang and others to go there in person."

Emperor Jianwu nodded: "Go back to the Queen Mother and tell her that I am busy now. When you are done, you will go over to say hello."

"Send the 500-year-old wild ginseng that Duke An Guo sent." Emperor Jianwu added.

Deputy General Manager: "Yes." Withdrew.

Emperor Jianwu looked at his back as he disappeared outside the door, as if asking himself or Dai Quan: "It is said that the imperial family is the most ruthless. Is the imperial family really so ruthless? I know that the whole thing is... There is her shadow, tell me, what should I do?"

Dai Quan didn't dare to answer directly, but he couldn't remain silent, so he had to say: "I see, the Queen Mother still has family affection for the Emperor."

Emperor Jianwu sighed: "I have also tried to forget and let go. But, I can't do it. I am even more afraid that my other three princes will also have accidents."

Dai Quan seemed to understand some, but not all, and hesitated for a moment, "The famous doctors who came from all over the country have not been dismissed yet. Should they be summoned to the palace to show the Queen Mother?"

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Jianwu turned his eyes to Dai Quan: "Can they cure diseases that cannot be cured by the Imperial Hospital?"

Dai Quan: "Whether it is cured well or not, everything is destiny." Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed and he nodded deeply.

Dai Quan understood and whispered: "Old servant, go and bring them in to see the Queen Mother." No longer waiting for the emperor to speak, he bowed and left.

Emperor Jianwu closed his eyes, and two tears flashed out of the corners of his eyes.

There was silence in the study room.

After a long time, the voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhao Ge is here."

Emperor Jianwu slowly opened his eyes, took out his handkerchief and wiped away his tears: "Come in."

After a while, Zhao Zixun came in holding a memorial and said to Emperor Jianwu: "Your Majesty, the trophies sent by Beining County Prince from Horqin Grassland have been counted and stored in the warehouse. The total value is about 200 million. Those precious medicinal materials have also been sent. Went to the Royal Pharmacy."

Emperor Jianwu nodded and looked at the chapter in his hand, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Zixun: "Back to Your Majesty, the cabinet convened the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Industry and the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen to discuss it, and requested that 360 million taels of silver be allocated for disaster relief, of which 300 million taels of stone, grain, and rice were purchased to assist the victims, and the remaining two million were allocated to Shanxi and Xuanfu. and the Zhili government to help the people build and strengthen their houses." After that, he personally sent the memorial.

"So many?" Emperor Jianwu asked Zhao Zixun first, holding the memorial in his hand.

Zhao Zixun: "Yes. This is because grain and rice are cheap. A total of more than five million taels were spent around the second year of Jianwu. In addition, the emperor's feet are densely populated. For example, Wanping and Daxing counties will allocate 50 taels."

Emperor Jianwu unfolded it and read it, then thought about it, picked up a pen, dipped it in cinnabar, and wrote a big word "accurate" on the memorial!

Looking at the word "accurate", Zhao Zixun sighed in his heart. The current cabinet and the six yamen have undergone great changes. First of all, the cabinet has not only lost the power to draft decrees, but also lost its financial power.Another thing is bigger than this. Those Enke Jinshi who have been practicing abroad for more than a year have been called back one after another. Their presence can be found in various yamen in the capital.

There is accurate news that the emperor will take action against the Army and Horse Division next and recruit elites from Jiubian to join the Army and Horse Division.

This frightened Zhao Zixun. The commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, Jingtian Hou Qiu Liang, was a die-hard supporter of the Jia family.

Emperor Jianwu spoke: "Is there anything else?"

Zhao Zixun came back to his senses: "Yes. Tomorrow, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Ziteng, will summon the representatives of the Western Yi."

Emperor Jianwu: "Let the Ministry of War send someone to take a look. Well, let Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding and Zhongqin Bo Zhao Yi also go, as well as Nan'an County Prince Prince, and other yamen will send people to fight sooner or later."

Zhao Zixun understood, and continued: "The cabinet has discussed it, and we will only talk about compensation tomorrow. Once this matter is settled, we can continue the discussion."

Emperor Jianwu: "Go ahead."

Zhao Zixun: "Yes. The Western Yi generals who instigated war against our Zhou Dynasty will be handed over to the imperial court for execution. The Guangdong Navy will be compensated for the losses of 370 cents and five cents. The merchants will also be compensated for the losses of 71. 800 taels.”

Emperor Jianwu was shocked: "The Guangdong Navy suffered such a big loss?"

Zhao Zixun cleared his throat: "The Ministry of War did some calculations and found that this money is just enough to form another naval division."

Emperor Jianwu looked better: "Don't be too greedy."

Zhao Zixun smiled: "You can bargain appropriately. In addition, twenty warships from two shipyards in Zhejiang and Fujian have already been put into sea trials and can be delivered to the old Duke's navy before the end of the year."

Emperor Jianwu nodded with satisfaction: "This matter should be discussed and handled by the cabinet and the Ministry of War."

Zhao Zixun: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu looked at him and picked up an imperial edict from the imperial case: "I went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to declare for me that Li Shouzhong should join the cabinet as Zuo Du Yushi."

Zhao Zixun was secretly surprised: "Yes." He took the imperial edict with both hands and walked out with a complicated mood.
(End of this chapter)