Princess of the auxiliary country

After hearing this, the eldest princess was silent for a long time.

She could understand the operations of these people, which simply exploited the people to the extreme and squeezed out all their last value.

There are also those officials who could have saved the people from persecution simply by releasing disaster relief grains, but for the sake of profit, they concealed and delayed the situation.

He doesn't care about the life or death of the people, he only thinks about his own interests.

"These bastards deserve to die."

The eldest princess was furious.

She is a member of the royal family, and the world in the Yu Dynasty belongs to her family. Her father and brother, for the sake of the stability of the people of the world, work hard and work hard, and are busy with every disaster relief.

There were countless times when I was still dealing with government affairs in the middle of the night.

Just like now, his imperial brother is worried about raising money and food for disaster relief. What would he think if he knew that after distributing these things he made, local officials would do this?
This is simply more despicable than directly embezzling money and food for disaster relief. This is completely exterminating the people.

"No, I cannot sit idly by and watch this matter."

"Mom has to go to the palace."

She knew that her mother was going to give advice to the emperor, and at the same time, she wanted to inform the darkness below so that the emperor could have a countermeasure in advance.

"Then please be careful on the road."

Soon the eldest princess left in a carriage.

Hot Spring Villa is not far from the capital, and it is on the official road, so even if there is snow, it is not deep. After all, so many people come and go from the official road every day.

"Miss, are those officials really so hateful?"

Xiaochan has grown up in the Duke's mansion since she was a child, but she has never been exposed to such things outside.

"Far more abominable than you think."

Royal study.

Emperor Zhaowu has been so anxious in recent days that he has become angry.

At the beginning of winter, urgent reports of disasters in the north came over. Fortunately, we had taken some precautions before, and the situation was not too serious so far.

But there are still a few months to come, and he must make follow-up arrangements, otherwise he doesn't know how many people will die by then.

At this time, there were several important ministers in the Imperial Study Room, all of whom were offering suggestions on what to do.

Huo Jingzhi is also among them. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry and there will be some things that require the Ministry of Industry to get involved.

What's more, he is also one of Emperor Zhaowu's most trusted ministers. Even if there is no business in his department, he still has to come over to share the emperor's worries.

"This year can be considered a bumper harvest year, and all states have stored a lot of it, so the food supply is quite sufficient."

It was Left Prime Minister Fang Qiao who spoke at this time, but then he frowned.

"It's just the place to resettle the victims, heating, and subsequent resettlement. Post-disaster reconstruction requires a lot of money."

"You can put the last two away first."

Emperor Zhaowu spoke directly, and finally looked at Chen Hua, the Minister of Household Affairs.

"How much money does the Ministry of Accounts have now?"

"The autumn tax has come up. According to the previous discussion between His Majesty and his ministers, the part reserved can only be used to produce 12 guan at present."

When the Yu Dynasty was first established, there were many wastes waiting to be revitalized. In addition, taxation had always been lax, so the current tax revenue of the Yu Dynasty was only over 200 million yuan a year.

It has been sent once before, about 80 guan, and the autumn tax has also been sent, which is a little more than 110 guan.

It's just money, not food and silk.

But because it was winter, the frontier generals frequently wrote letters requesting for funds.

According to their application, they would have to spend at least 80 million guan, and then there was the civil and military salary of the Manchu Dynasty, which was also a huge expense.

Fortunately, the emperor cut off half of the money applied for by the border, leaving some more for the Ministry of Revenue.

But the remaining ones are all spent at a high cost. After all, there are many places where a country needs money. Those who are not too anxious will be temporarily suppressed by the Ministry of Revenue.But for some things that must be paid immediately, the Ministry of Accounts dares to delay them.

Therefore, the total remaining money in the household department now is only about 12 yuan, and some must be reserved for emergencies, so only [-] yuan can be used.

It seems like a lot, but this year's snow disaster is not just in the North, there are already signs of it in some other places.

There are also signs of being out of control here in the capital.

12 yuan, is that enough?
Moreover, this is a snow disaster, and it is not only enough to provide food. Many people's houses have been crushed. In this cold weather, they must be given a place to shelter from the wind and snow.

Otherwise, even if there is food, many people will freeze to death.

Everyone was silent. With so little money, they really couldn't think of any good ideas.

At this moment, a little waiter walked in from outside.

"Your Majesty, Princess Ningyang wishes to see you."

Hearing this, Emperor Zhaowu frowned. He was discussing national affairs here.

Women in the Yu Dynasty were not allowed to participate in politics. This imperial study was not a place where just anyone could come. Normally, when he was not discussing government affairs with the ministers, Ning Yang would come over.

But now that they have so many ministers here, what is Ningyang doing here?
And this little waiter really has no discernment at all.

He glanced at Gao Fu beside him. At this time, Gao Fu also looked ugly and was terrified.

This little chamberlain was his godson, and now that he was so lacking in discernment, he was afraid that it would implicate himself.

He quickly walked over, raised his hand and slapped the little waiter.

"Didn't you tell Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess that the Emperor is discussing important matters with your ministers?"

The little chamberlain quickly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It was Her Royal Highness the Princess who said she had a disaster relief plan. She also said she was very anxious. She is so talented."

Hearing this, the dissatisfaction on Emperor Zhaowu's face faded a lot.

"In that case, please invite the eldest princess to come in."

At this time, everyone is having a headache. Although women are not allowed to participate in politics, it would not be a bad idea if they really have good suggestions.

Soon Princess Ningyang came in from outside.

Because she knew there were ministers in the imperial study, she was not as casual as she usually was when there was no one around.

"Ning Yang has met the emperor."

"Exemption."

After the emperor finished speaking, all the ministers also bowed their hands to Princess Ningyang.

"Just now you said you had a disaster relief plan?"

"Yes."

Princess Ningyang nodded and continued; "To be precise, it was Princess Zhaode who came up with it. My sister thought it was very good and had many merits, so she came to report it to the emperor to see if it could work. "

"Oh? Zhao De thought?"

Emperor Zhaowu was quite surprised.

At the same time, all the ministers around him were also surprised, especially Huo Jingzhi, whose eyes widened.

How could his daughter still come up with a disaster relief plan?How old is she?
"Princess, please be careful."

Huo Jingzhi stood up quickly, then looked at the emperor and the ministers and said with cupped hands, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My colleagues, please forgive me. My daughter is also kind-hearted."

The other ministers all smiled warmly.

Emperor Zhaowu waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be like this. Zhaode is a good boy with kindness and filial piety. I understand that she just wants to share the worries for my uncle, and her heart is good. Besides, she is just a suggestion. Listen to it." It’s okay.”