A Thousand Hills

Chapter 249

The banquet hosted by the Charity Palace this time is a banquet that has been recorded in the annals of history. Even Yu Fen, the father-in-law who was sent to help, had to sigh. This is extraordinary since childhood.

Suddenly, Eunuch Yu was very honored to be able to be ordered by Princess Xie in the past.He is also a bit old, and he is old and smart, not to mention that these servants are originally serving people in the palace, and observing the appearance is a housekeeping skill. Of course, Eunuch Yu also saw that it is so important for Princess Xie to preside over such a show. There were a few people who were a little uncomfortable in their smiles.For example, the Crown Princess; another example, Princess Yongfu; and another example, the First Imperial Concubine...

Hey.

Eunuch Yu sighed deeply, he didn't mention the quality of Princess Yongfu, she was mainly reincarnated, born a noble daughter, good or bad, the royal family always has its status.But the personal qualities of princes and concubines are really first-class, but you can't compare with geniuses.

At least in the eyes of the father-in-law, the crown princess and the eldest prince concubine are also considerate and appropriate in their positions, respectful to the superior and kind to the inferior, a model prince and concubine out of ten.Like Concubine Xie, she is a different kind. She is disrespectful to her superiors, saying to turn her back on her face; she is also disrespectful to her inferiors. Eunuch Yu has a deep understanding of this. At that time, he could barely be regarded as a little red man in front of the imperial court. Concubine Xie was just ordinary. A courtier can command him dizzily, not to mention making Eunuch Yu hold his breath.Of course, now Eunuch Yu is not holding his breath anymore, he is honored instead.

It is such a concubine who is quite controversial in terms of style, when she wants to show her style, her style and wisdom are simply admirable.

What is wisdom?
Wisdom is that everyone believes what you say.

Xie Moru undoubtedly has such abilities.

Xie Moru not only helped Emperor Mu Yuan clean up the sewage thrown by King Jingjiang, but also hosted a banquet where everyone ate together, and organized a wife's donation.These are all cooked by Xie Moru in Fujian.

Xie Moru said, "I look down on those who look down on women the most in my life. We women are naturally weak and weak, no more than men, so we need to unite more in everything. Back then when I went to Fujian with His Highness, most of you probably only heard about it. After crossing Fujian, Fujian is poorer, but there are also some wealthy households, including officials and family members in Fujian, who are willing to give. However, the power of one person is limited after all, and what we donate and donate is nothing more than rice, grain and medicinal materials. We Just thinking about this way together, it’s better to discuss a charter, everyone who is willing to donate can donate some, and gather the money and food given out on weekdays, and then we can do something great. Like Fujian, we donated money to build the state The official school in the government donated to build the official school library and built a bridge, donated food and grass to the army, distributed porridge in winter, and distributed cheap seeds in spring. Now the official school in Fujian and the wife's bridge have built stele pavilions. It contains the introduction of the Madam Association and records of donors."

Those who can come to the Mercy Palace will not be short of money. Mrs. Yongdinghou asked first, "Madam, we women and Taoists, can we still use stones to remember?" There is light in my son, so I will naturally help out at this time.What's more, the Marquis of Yongding was able to make meritorious service at the beginning, thanks to the Fifth Prince's willingness to give him the opportunity. Since then, the Marquis of Yongding's Mansion has a good impression of the Fifth Prince's Mansion.

"Why can't this be done? It needs to be known for being kind. If the men don't agree to build a stele pavilion for us, I won't donate the money." Xie Moru raised his eyebrows slightly, with a smile that seemed to be half a smile on his face. Like, "You don't know, at the beginning I saw that the state school in Fujian Province was really dilapidated, and there was not even a library, so I proposed to donate to build a library, and build a state school by the way, so as to improve the reading environment for students. The officials in Fujian Province agreed with the money donation and said a lot of good things about me. As soon as I mentioned that I wanted to build a stele pavilion and set aside stones to remember it, they were not happy. I didn’t force it anymore, so I’m afraid that the money will not be spent. Get out! It turned out that those officials wanted us to donate money, but they didn't want us to be named, so they begged His Highness around the bush. His soft ears dared to persuade me, and told me about the benefits of being an unknown hero. I just told him to shut up. People who don’t understand us just think we’re just trying to make a name, which is wrong. We need people to know about doing good, and we need to call on more people to do good. People remember that in this world, there are some people who are willing to donate their family wealth to be poor. And those who enjoy the convenience of being funded by others, if one day they have a future, a future, and wealth, they also hope that they will It is good to be able to remember to enjoy the convenience that day, and to be able to do good deeds.”

The Crown Princess Wu smiled, "It's a good thing, why don't you just take the lead with the fifth younger siblings, I also have some pockets in my hand."

Xie Moru smiled, "How can I take the lead in this matter, I don't have enough prestige." Looking at Queen Mother Hu, Xie Moru said, "Naturally, we have to ask the Queen Mother to give us a name, so that it looks glorious, and we don't need a name. What is it called Madam Hui, um, since it was initiated in the Palace of Mercy and borrowed from the Empress Dowager’s land, it is better to call it the Charity Society. Then ask the aunt and the princess to select a few highly respected wives to be supervisors and set up a charter. How to use the money , where to use it, you can’t be fooled.”

So, after the banquet, Emperor Mu Yuan heard that the women had organized a big fundraiser.

However, Emperor Mu Yuan did not receive the donation right away. His sister told him N conditions for wanting to be donated, "This is organized by our women, the name is Charity Society, and the money is donated by us women." It was collected. The money cannot be collected in vain, we have to erect a monument for us and engrave the names of our donors. It is best to issue an imperial edict, such an active donation of money is at least commendable."

Emperor Mu Yuan is not stupid, don't women just try to make a name, besides, women have donated money, men are even more embarrassing!Definitely will donate money too!

War is a matter of burning money!
Dongmu has not been established for a long time, and when it comes to finances, it is really not very rich.

Emperor Mu Yuan sighed in his heart, Xie Moru is really a good helper.Princess Wenkang didn't hide her admiration for Xie Moru, she sipped tea and said, "The fifth daughter-in-law is really well married. Although Mo Ru is usually not very friendly, she is very sensible. On such an occasion, that is She is gone, and she can help the court raise some money by the way." Don't look at it, it seems like a one-liner thing, but it depends on who will do it.Judging from what the Crown Princess said, it was not Princess Wenkang who was picky. Of course, Princess Wenkang was not a generous person.The main reason is why Princess Wenkang doesn't find fault with others, but instead finds fault with the Crown Princess.What you say is not level. Although Xie Moru mentioned the donation, you can't let Xie Moru take the lead. If this is said by a person with insufficient IQ, Princess Wenkang can't pick this. People are a hundred times smarter, and it seems that they have intentions when they say this.Just like what Xie Moru said, she lacks prestige, the empress dowager, eldest princess, prince concubine, prince concubine, and princess, it is certainly not appropriate for Xie Moru to be the boss.

The same goes for the princess, don't you dig a hole for Xie Moru?

When the unity of the royal family was needed, there was no one who could be in the Palace of Mercy except for the empress dowager Hu.The crown princess's self-assertive words, besides showing her narrow-mindedness, is there any benefit?Furthermore, if Xie Moru is stupid and really jumped into the pit, and the fundraising can't be done, naturally Xie Moru will be ashamed, but the court will not benefit from it!
This is the princess.

With just such a little heart, I don't want to see others show off, and I don't know where my usual demeanor has gone!It's useless to look smart at ordinary times, but to be stupid at a critical moment and lose one's life.

It was at this critical moment that Princess Wenkang didn't have an attack.

Because of this, Princess Wenkang said many good things about Xie Moru in front of his brother, and finally said, "This person, it doesn't matter what you do on weekdays, you have to understand when it is urgent, and you can really understand. Some of them are on weekdays. Look at it and understand it, but when it’s important, you’re confused and can’t take it seriously.”

Emperor Mu Yuan felt funny when he heard that there was something in the words, "You have always been outspoken, what's the matter today?"

Princess Wenkang originally thought that the status of the crown princess was different, so she just said something vague, but when her brother asked her, she pressed the tassel on her waist with one hand, and simply said, "I'm not the crown princess! She is full of wit and intelligence on weekdays." , this dizziness, I really have nothing to say." He told the story of the crown princess's dizziness.Princess Wenkang actually has first-class vision, but because of her temperament, she cannot become a first-class political figure.Because if it is a mature politician, the princess is the wife of the prince after all, so if there is something wrong, she will not be able to speak out.

Princess Wenkang is not, she usually has something to say, she was upset when she saw Xie Moru, and she also embarrassed Xie Moru, of course, that was a long time ago.Because Xie Moru's IQ passed the test, he has a good relationship with the three sons of the Li family and Princess Changtai. Therefore, the relationship between Xie Moru and Princess Wenkang has also been decent in recent years.What Princess Wenkang disliked about the Crown Princess was, "She will be the mother of a country in the future, why is she so incompetent? This time I asked Mo Ru to preside over the palace banquet. Isn't this related to the court situation? Mo Ru wants to raise some money for the court. , It’s not a good intention. The crown prince doesn’t know what to do in the south of the Yangtze River, and she has shallow eyelids. She is not happy even if her younger siblings are in the limelight. I think she has made a smart appearance for nothing.”

Emperor Mu Yuan had no choice but to smooth things over for the Crown Princess, "Since Mo Ru was the first to advocate, of course Mo Ru has to give way first, which is what should be done. You think too much."

"I think too much?" Princess Wenkang rolled her eyes at her brother, curled her lips and said, "You know more about important affairs in the court than I do, and I know women's thoughts better than you! Okay, I'm just bored and panic, and I can't Tell others, brother, if you insist on asking, I will tell you. Don't tell me!" Princess Wenkang is also unwilling to offend Donggong.

Emperor Mu Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "After all, the Crown Princess is in the palace, so it's not very cheap. The queen mother always ignores these trivial matters. You and Mo Ru can discuss matters between you women."

Princess Wenkang nodded in agreement.

You know how difficult it is for the princess, right?

Chu Jun Zheng wife.

Every move will be magnified several times by people, aftertaste carefully, and think over and over again.The princess's handling of this matter is indeed not very thorough.

Of course, some people would say like Emperor Mu Yuan that the fundraising was initiated by Princess Xie, and it was justified for the Crown Princess to propose that Princess Xie preside over this matter.

But that's not how it's said, and that's not how things are done.

For example, the minister of the imperial court proposed a good idea, and the emperor decided to adopt it, but in the process of implementing this matter, can you avoid the Lord Shangshu on the head of the minister?

That's why, more or less, at the time or afterwards, everyone felt that the Crown Princess didn't deal with it very well this time.In particular, Xie Moru didn't know whether he was too smart or honest. The Crown Princess suggested that Xie Moru preside over the fundraising. Xie Moru directly moved out the name of Empress Dowager Hu, and brought out Princess Wenkang and the Crown Princess as supervisors, which further showed that the Crown Princess omissions.

In fact, the Crown Princess can completely say, "The fifth sibling's idea is really good. There are the emperor's grandmother, aunt, sisters-in-law, siblings, and all the wives here. Let's discuss a charter together, how about it?"

There is no problem at all with these words, I lifted Xie Moru lightly once, and did not leave anyone else behind, which is more in line with the status of the princess.

Or, the princess can also say, "What the fifth sibling said is that the emperor's grandmother happens to be here, so why don't we ask the emperor's grandmother to lead the way for us?"

That's fine too.

However, the Crown Princess said the most omission of a sentence, which was so rude that "Let the fifth younger siblings be the leader", Mrs. Wu Guogong felt that something was wrong at that time, but she was sitting in the heap of orders, and she couldn't remind the high-ranking Crown Prince Concubine and daughter.Fortunately, everyone's focus this time was on Princess Xie. After the banquet, many orders said, "You deserve to be from a famous family, and your blood is noble." This blood, of course, refers to the royal blood.Think about it, no matter from the paternal line or the matrilineal line, Princess Xie really didn't have a faint heart in her ancestors.Especially on the side of the matrilineal family, they are all looked up in the history books one by one, and they are all people with names and surnames.

For example, Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Pingguo, Mrs. Qi Guogong and other people who bet on the fifth prince, seeing Princess Xie's demeanor, felt that their own bets had a good eye, looked at each other and smiled, and became closer.

Of course, there are also those who are impatient, muttering in their hearts that the law of heaven is unfair, why did they call this guy named Xie in his early years?

This is not a good sign!

Of course, more people don't care whether it's a good omen or a bad omen. The court has been fighting all the time, so it's good to be safe.What a sign, Princess Xie is willing to make a clear statement on the matter of King Jingjiang, and at the same time whitewash His Majesty's reputation, and at the same time collect some money for the imperial court. My brain is pumped, and now I have to ask Princess Xie.

This is not to seek Xie Wangfei, this is to seek death!
Of course, Mrs. Xie is the happiest one. Mrs. Xie is really gratified and proud to see Xie Moru who is talking and laughing freely above her!Although Xie Moru's abilities were not cultivated by her, they all have the surname Xie~
At the end of the palace banquet, I don't know how many times Madam Gao ordered Mrs. Xie to say hello and praised Xie's family education.Fortunately, Mrs. Xie was complacent, and finally managed to hold back, and said very modestly, "That child has always been an honest temperer, and he can say whatever is on his mind. When beating up a child, what is taught at home is nothing more than loyalty to the emperor and patriotism."

Mrs. Wu Guogong especially said, "You must have this kind of spirituality to have such a demeanor."

Mrs. Xie is also familiar with carrying people in a bridal sedan chair. She smiled, "My in-laws praise her too much. All the empress dowagers, princesses, princesses, princesses, and concubines are willing to take care of her."

Wu Xie and his family are also in-laws, everyone chatted and laughed, and then left the palace.

In short, a palace banquet had different tastes in everyone's hearts, especially the two noble concubines Zhao Xie in the palace, they also sat beside the Queen Mother, in the end, Xie Moru didn't mention anything about them.

It is reasonable not to mention Concubine Zhao, Xie Moru used to have quite a rift with Duke Zhao's mansion or the First Prince himself.However, Concubine Xie is Xie Moru's biological aunt, Concubine Xie even responded to the Marquis of Yongding, but in the end, Concubine Xie was not mentioned.

Concubine Xie Guifei didn't show her face, and it was inevitable that she would be sulking again when she returned to the palace.

Last time when the mother entered the palace and mentioned the past, Concubine Xie Guifei is extremely lucky that she didn't marry such a scornful daughter-in-law to her son!Otherwise, this day will be impossible!

Concubine Xie was so angry that her teeth were itchy, it was useless, Xie Moru never thought of them, Xie Moru always valued etiquette, in her eyes there was no difference between noble concubines and beauties, they were all concubines anyway.

When Princess Wenkang discussed things with Xie Moru, she also mentioned that the two concubines, Zhao Xie and Xie Moru, had been in the palace for many years and asked Xie Moru to take care of their face. It's not the queen of the middle palace either. Aunt, how many people can't handle our matter, so why bother with the concubines of the harem."

Princess Wenkang was speechless for a while, and said with emotion, "Finally, there is someone who is straighter than me." The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead!
"Go straight on the road, why bother to beat around the bush." ​​Xie Moru said, "If the concubine is asked to intervene, a noble concubine can ask today, which one will be favored for three days tomorrow, and those who don't know the heights of heaven and earth will inevitably come to ask. First set the rules, so as to save trouble There are many things to do."

As soon as she heard about "the future" and "rules", Princess Wenkang knew that Xie Moru had a long-term view on this matter, and Princess Wenkang simply didn't mention the concubines, and discussed with Xie Moru how to donate the money to the court , Whether to donate money directly or donate food and grass.Of course, Princess Wenkang, the son of Emperor Mu Yuan, also negotiated terms.

Xie Moru obviously thought about this matter long ago, and said, "It's fine for a woman to take the lead, just donate two taels of silver. However, if the money is donated, how will the Ministry of War plan to spend it? We have to give us a written document detailing the expenses." Expenses must be clearly recorded. You can’t ask them to play tricks. Attach a breach of contract compensation letter. Ask His Royal Highness to come and sign and seal with me, so that he dare not perfunctory me.”

Princess Wenkang laughed when she heard that, "Which one of them dares to offend you now?" The princes and concubines were called to discuss the terms together. In fact, most women are good at doing these things, mainly because women are careful, especially, the six princes and concubines are the censors at home. , in perfecting the terms, he is simply amazingly talented.

After discussing it properly, we will show it to the princess.

As soon as the Crown Princess got her mother's persuasion, Mrs. Wu Guogong said, "In the current situation in the court, Princess Fusheng is the only descendant. Why don't you ask Princess Min to express her position?"

Because it was a mother and daughter's private conversation, no one was left in the palace, the princess blushed when she told her mother, twisted the veil in her hand and said, "I don't know why, I saw her in the Palace of Mercy that day, and it was better than that." The emperor's grandmother is more like the owner of the Palace of Mercy, and she feels a little unhappy in her heart." The Crown Princess herself has never been so comfortable in the Palace of Mercy.

Mrs. Wu Guogong persuaded, "Your Majesty, there are many capable people in this world. However, everyone has their own position. No matter how capable Princess Min is, she has to salute her when she sees her."

"It's still the same sentence, as long as you don't make mistakes, my lady, no one can shake your position."

"Don't worry, mother, I know." The princess actually regretted it afterwards, thinking that she shouldn't have spoken so impulsively at the time, it was obvious that she was inappropriate, which contrasted with Xie Moru's comprehensiveness.

Some jealousy just happened for no reason.

Fortunately, after being persuaded by my mother, the princess is also smart and restrained, and she quickly regained her former grace.Seeing everyone's drafting of the chapter, he was full of good words.

On the contrary, when the first prince saw these clauses, his head became dizzy, and he said to Cui, "This woman's money is just not easy to spend."

Cui Shi said, "Look at what Your Highness said, is it possible that we donated the silver, so we can't ask? Is there such a good thing in the world?"

The eldest prince thought about it, and there was his wife's matter involved, and immediately understood that he was complaining to the wrong person, so he didn't say anything.

Xie Moru just helped to set up the rules for the use of the donation money, so he didn't care about it anymore.In addition, Emperor Mu Yuan used women to solicit donations in the middle and middle courts. Men would be ashamed, and women would donate their salaries. Naturally, men could not let women steal the limelight. As a result, Emperor Mu Yuan earned a lot of money.Of course, the money was not used elsewhere, it was used to buy medicine, food, soldiers, and various emergency supplies.

Xie Moru was busy with other things, Xie Moru regained the sense of existence for the "fifth prince recuperating from illness", she invited the fourth prince to her home, and said, "I don't understand military strategy, I don't understand There are courtiers in charge. But the Imperial Academy’s scolding war is only useful to those who have studied. It’s not like that. Who can understand the people on the street. At any time, the people should not be ignored. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty In other words, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. This water does not refer specifically to the gentry. The gentry has the power of the gentry, and the common people have the power of the common people.”

The fourth prince knew that the fifth prince was going south secretly, so there was no need to mention the relationship between the two families. The fifth prince thought that the Marquis of Nan'an might be in danger, so he had to inform the fourth prince in the middle of the night.After hearing Xie Moru's words, the fourth prince thought about it, "My brother and sister said, let Hanlin write those words in a more understandable way." However, this matter is related to the government, Xie Moru is a female family member after all, so it is not easy to intervene.

I heard Xie Moru say, "When I was in the feudal domain with Your Highness, Your Highness thought about how to contain Jingjiang from the public opinion if Jingjiang turned his face. All the pens of the gentry, the articles written are naturally beautiful and beautiful, but the spring is white and snowy." No matter how easy it is to understand, it is not applicable to the lower Liba people. At that time, His Highness had thought of an excellent candidate, Su Buyu."

Su Buyu was born in Tanhua... Fortunately, the fourth prince understood it very quickly, and said, "But it's too late for Su Buyu to write a script now." Su Buyu's most famous thing is really not Tanhua's background, Su Buyu The script written in Chinese is a must, and the script written by him is really appreciated by both refined and popular tastes, and no one doesn't like it.

"When he was in Fujian, not far from Nan'an Prefecture, His Highness asked him to write it. At the beginning, His Highness also wrote some plans, but they were only a few words and could not be written. I think, Fourth Brother Lao can help him sort out and hand them over. Go up, can it work, it was useless in Fujian, if it can be used by His Majesty now, it is also our Highness's wish."

Xie Moru asked him personally, and the fourth prince naturally agreed.

No matter how powerful the public opinion attack on Jingjiang is, it can't compare to the direct publication of books by the imperial capital.Moreover, since it is a book of Su Buyu's words, the one with the highest sales volume will become a bestseller on the same day. Xie Moru did not forget to ask the bookstore to pay for the edition fee.She ordered people to send the royalties to the Su family, and Prime Minister Su ordered people to donate them to the court.

Moreover, there is no need to publicize it at all. Once you hear that it is a book of Su Buyu's words, in theaters, teahouses, street singers, storytellers in halls, and even brothels, they will pick out a few good words and sing a song on it. Sing.

The key point is that it is not just sung in the imperial capital, but soon follows the footsteps of popular culture, all the way to the west, east, south, north... spread away.

Then, Xie Moru did not forget to ask someone to go to the imperial hospital to ask the imperial physician Dou, saying that the fifth prince was exhausted from working for the court, and his illness became urgent again.

This time, Emperor Mu Yuan not only rewarded the "Five Princes" with a lot of medicinal materials, but also rewarded Xie Moru once. Of course, he didn't forget to ask someone to give Xie Moru a parrot.

Xie Moru looked at the bird with gorgeous feathers and smiled, and said to Fen, "I don't want to be the father-in-law who gave me the bird today. Thank you His Majesty for me, I like this bird very much."

Yu Fen said respectfully, "Yes."

Xie Moru ordered people to reward Eunuch Yu, and ordered Eunuch Yu to go.

(End of this chapter)