A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 660 Let him die thoroughly
When the Empress Dowager was recovering from her injuries, the entire palace was sealed tightly, and no news could be revealed.The queen mother was kept in the palace and never showed up.

Now the situation is getting better day by day, and the door of the palace is opened.

The empress would come to visit from time to time, and if the empress thought of it, she would call some wives into the palace to ask about the situation outside.

The relationship between Xie's family and the Queen Mother has always been close, and when the Queen Mother is recovering from illness, people from Xie's family will often come to visit.

Today, Mrs. Xie's family entered the palace, and expressed her concern for the Empress Dowager's injury.

The young masters and young ladies of the Xie family, regardless of whether they are descended from the concubine or the concubine, the queen mother is always interested, but when they reach the age of marriage, they will pay special attention to it.

When Mrs. Xie's family was chatting with the Queen Mother, she talked about the matter of the second wife of the Xie family, and said: "A while ago, the second wife lost face in Shouwang Mansion, and also suffered thirty big boards at Dali Temple. Ask the queen mother for something, but she doesn't have the face. Xie Yu is 23 this year, and he is away from home all day, and the second wife is looking forward to finding him a daughter-in-law who can take care of him."

Xie Yu is the eldest son of the second room and Xie Chuying's older brother.Of these two brothers and sisters, one was clever and the other was well-behaved in the past, and they were very much liked by the Queen Mother.

Because Xie Yu didn't study or gain fame, taking over the Xie family's property outside, he naturally had to deal with the market, and made friends with many dudes.

The Empress Dowager acquiesced to this, and all the children of the Xie family cannot be involved in officialdom, and keeping a few is to leave a way out.

So as long as Xie Yu doesn't make too much trouble, the family will support him.

The Empress Dowager asked kindly: "Yu'er is still fooling around outside all day?"

The lady said: "That's not true, Erfang said that he has not seen him leave home for two days."

"This kid, no matter how playful he is, he should go home." The Empress Dowager said, "It's time to calm down. Gai Minger will ask him to come into the palace, and the Ai family will talk to him well."

The next day, Xie Yu was called into the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

He brought a lot of gadgets from outside the palace, and he was very good at speaking in front of the queen mother, which made the queen mother very happy.

The Queen Mother said: "What are you messing around with outside recently?"

Xie Yu smiled and said, "I'm not messing around, I'm just doing serious things."

The queen mother said: "Your mother is looking forward to you marrying a wife. Whether you have a favorite girl or not, my aunt will decide for you."

Xie Yu said: "I listen to my aunt, whoever my aunt tells me to marry, I will marry. My aunt is all for my own good, and the daughter-in-law she chooses will definitely not be bad."

The Empress Dowager said in a happy mood, "You are the only one with sweet lips."

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A few days have passed since Xie Yu made an appointment to meet Xu Chenfang, Xie Yu was confident at first, thinking that Xu Chenfang would wag his tail and come to him for protection if he thought it through.

However, there was no movement at Chen Ji Shop.

He continued to do his own business, and he had no intention of cooperating with Xie's shop to raise prices.

Xie Yu's steward said: "It looks like he doesn't intend to submit to the young master anymore."

Xie Yu knew that he had been slapped, and said angrily: "Since you want to fight against me so much, let him see how long he can be arrogant!"

As for Xu Chenfang, since Yanxiu Pavilion came back, he began to mobilize all his available manpower in the capital to make preparations as soon as possible.

The shopkeepers and clerks of all the shops cheered up. In addition to being vigilant when doing business during the day, there will also be people taking turns to keep watch at night.

Xu Shenfang handed over a box to the steward, and the steward opened it and found a stack of bank notes inside.

Xu Shenfang said: "Use these to buy people, it's the same everywhere, money can make ghosts grind."

Of course, the person who wants to buy this is not an ordinary guy. Xu Chenfang's followers cannot be transferred away, so naturally he has to be in charge to buy a thug who knows kung fu.

The steward responded, and Xu Shenfang said again: "After buying the manpower, distribute them. Then Mr. Xie's family would not dare to blatantly raise the banner of Xie's family to make trouble, and most likely invite people to come. Play by ear, if the other party secretly Hand, don't startle the snake, if you touch it down, there may be unexpected gains."

The steward asked: "What if they invite people directly from the government?"

Xu Shenfang said: "It's directly from the government, so I have to have a handle. As for whether he catches me first, or I catch him first, let's see."

Every day, the streets of the capital are bustling and bustling. On the surface, they seem to be peaceful, but in fact they have already started to fight each other secretly.

For Xie Yu, it was easy to deal with merchants with no foundation in the capital.

His usual method is indeed to find someone to hold the other party's handle first.There is no need for him to come out on his own, after his own people have taken hold of it, he will join forces with the government to put the other party to death.

So he sent people to keep an eye on Xu Shenfang's shop, and to attack whenever he had the opportunity.

Whether it is from the things sold in the shop or from the customers who buy things, as long as there is an accident, officers and soldiers are attracted to close Xu Shenfang's shop, and then put a group of people in prison, Xie Yu can guarantee , Xu Shenfang could no longer walk out of it alive.

It was just that there was an accident in Xu Shenfang's shop, but Xie Yu's people failed several times.

When the manager tremblingly came to report to Xie Yu, Xie Yu laughed angrily and said, "It seems that he has made up his mind to fight against me to the end. If that is the case, I will let him die completely."

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In the court hall, the ministers quarreled for several days about the specific flow of the treasury's silver, and finally finalized it.

Of course, the spring drought needs to allocate money, and water conservancy projects are also indispensable, but the military pay still accounts for the majority.

The emperor was never sloppy in the army, especially when the Jinlin country suddenly appeared in the northern border.

But those civil servants talk about people's livelihood, only when the common people are well, the country will be peaceful, prosperous and strong.

The emperor felt a pain in his head when he heard this, and asked: If the military defense is unstable and foreign enemies are around, once a strong enemy invades, who will keep the country safe?

In the end, the emperor asked the six departments to calculate the military salary and other silver taels as soon as possible.

The budget list submitted by the six departments made the emperor look really big.

Each of these items is a huge sum. If all of them are approved, the national treasury will basically be emptied.

So the emperor asked the cabinet to tighten up, and those expenses that could be reduced were cut vigorously.

Half a month later, the imperial court released Ku Yin, and all ministries acted step by step.

This time of year is the time when the emperor is most worried and the poorest; in time for spring planting, some places even suffer from drought, and it is impossible to raise taxes at this time, so the emperor always thinks about where to get some money.

In addition to the main tax revenue, the treasury revenue also includes some lifeline industries operated by the imperial court.

Among these lifeline industries, the main ones are salt and iron, and no one except the imperial court is allowed to smuggle them privately, otherwise it will be a death penalty.The harvest of salt and iron is also directly included in the treasury, becoming an important source of income for the treasury.

It's just that the salt and iron mining in the first quarter of this year will take some time until it turns into silver and flows back to the treasury.

At this time, the emperor was thinking about the gold mines in Langguo again.

He sent someone to investigate the current progress and situation of the gold mining.

(End of this chapter)