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Chapter 1051 Raising Disaster Funds
Chapter 51 Raising Disaster Funds
This time, the emperor did not turn from behind the table to the front to talk with the fourth prince at a closer distance, but sighed and leaned on the back of the chair carved with golden nanmu wood, and asked the fourth prince to sit down and talk too.

"Now that the national treasury is empty, it is not easy for me to collect 800 million taels of grain for disaster relief." The emperor had already made plans in his mind at this time, and he planned to ask the bureaucrats and merchants in the capital and surrounding areas to collect donations, but this was not the case either. little things.

"General Ye's matter, I just entrusted you to thoroughly investigate, and suddenly there is an urgent matter of natural disasters in the northwest. I also want to entrust you to handle it, but I am afraid that you will be inseparable."

The emperor thought about it, and still wanted to leave this matter to the fourth prince. One was because of his special status, and with his backing, no one would dare not listen.

On the other hand, he also wanted to take this matter as an experience and hand it over to the fourth prince, and wanted to see if he was really a courageous and resourceful successor candidate who cared about the world and the common people.

"My son is willing to share the worries of the father!" The fourth prince quickly summed up in his heart. Although this matter is easy to offend, it is also a great opportunity to express himself and prove his ability.

As the fourth prince said, he got up and gave a big gift to the emperor.

Seeing that the fourth prince volunteered like this, the emperor was of course very happy in his heart, his eyes were filled with joy, and he seemed to temporarily put the worrying matter of the tightness of the national treasury behind his mind.

He got up and helped the fourth prince up, and said, "I know this is not easy, don't worry, I will assign you a few more capable officials and assistants to help you raise 800 million taels of silver as soon as possible."

After he gave some more instructions, he asked the fourth prince to go back and make preparations quickly, and started to sort out the list.

The fourth prince turned around, and when he was about to step out of the threshold, the emperor frowned slightly and thought for a while, then stopped him again.

"Your eleventh brother is not young now, but he never asks about the affairs of the court. I think he intends to be an idle prince in the future." Speaking of Huangfu Yunci, the emperor's mood was a bit complicated, and he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing. tone.

Huangfu Yunci is now almost 15 years old. When the emperor doted on Concubine Yu, he naturally loved him, Concubine Yu's only son.

Although Huangfu Yunci was born smart, his memory talent was different from ordinary people, and although he did his homework well, he was still greedy for fun and delicious food, and he didn't care about court and political affairs at all.

The emperor remembered that once three years ago, he casually asked about Huangfu Yunci's future ambitions, but he was unceremonious and told him directly without any modesty or cover-up, that he wanted to be a idle prince in the future and not care about political affairs.

At that time, he was very surprised and wanted to persuade him a few words, but Concubine Yu Gui interrupted him.

He even interceded for Huangfu Yunci, listed all the things he had done since he was a child, and explained his dislike of power struggles, and only asked the emperor to agree to their mother and son's request, as long as he is an idle prince, he will live in peace in the future That's it.

At that time, although the emperor felt a little sorry for the intelligence and talent bestowed by Huangfu Yun, but because he doted on their mother and son, he felt safe and safe, and it was good not to be involved in the court.

But now Concubine Yugui is under house arrest because of being implicated, and the emperor often misses and irritates in his heart. Seeing that Huangfu Yunci has also been depressed for a long time, he feels that he should not have indulged his playful character back then, which has resulted in nothing being achieved now.

What the emperor is really worried about is that if Huangfu Yunci has no protection after a hundred years, if this matter is revealed again, if he has no merits in the court, if he is alone and helpless, he may not even be able to be an idle prince .

Regarding this matter, the emperor has been thinking hard for several days. The natural disaster in the northwest is really urgent, but it happens to be a good opportunity for Huangfu Yunci to slowly start to get in touch with the court affairs.

"Even if you want to be an idle prince in the future, you still need the court to contribute to the country."

The emperor didn't want to expose his worries about Huangfu Yunci, and even his eccentric thoughts in front of the fourth prince, so he deliberately showed a somewhat stern and dissatisfied expression and said, "I will also arrange for him to assist you in this matter!"

The fourth prince was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, he was indeed a little surprised, and at the same time there was a faint inexplicable touch in his heart.

But the fourth prince still doesn't quite understand what this fleeting feeling is, facing the emperor's arrangement, he still gladly accepts it.

"He's used to being stubborn. If he doesn't obey orders and doesn't contribute to raising money and rations this time, you don't have to be polite, or come back and forth with me, and I will definitely punish him severely."

After the emperor finished speaking, he let the fourth prince leave at ease, and then ordered someone to call the eleventh prince to tell him about this matter.

However, what the emperor didn't expect was that after a few days of seeing each other, Huangfu Yunci seemed to be a different person calmly.

Regarding his arrangement, Huangfu Yunci didn't say a word, but accepted it with a very sincere attitude, and said that he would definitely do it well.

"Okay, if you can help your fourth brother finish this matter within ten days, I will definitely reward you very much." The emperor looked at Huangfu Yunci standing in front of the hall, and said very gratified.

Huangfu Yunci was slightly stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking for a while, his eyes were as bright as before, full of hope, and he said, "Father, you mean what you say?"

"Of course!" Seeing Huangfu Yunci talking to him in the same tone as before, the emperor was secretly happy, and immediately answered him without thinking.

Hearing this, Huangfu Yunci nodded, although he didn't say anything more, in fact, he already had a plan in his heart.

If he could really get the reward this time, he would definitely ask the emperor to forgive his mother concubine Yu Guifei. Even if he still had to be grounded, he hoped that the emperor would visit him and allow himself to visit.

At the same time, in the courtyard of the deep palace, Concubine Yugui, who had indeed lost a lot of weight, stood in front of the window. I don't know how long she had stood in front of the window, but even the little poems written by her on the desk were blown off by the wind. She didn't even notice it on the ground.

At this time, she was deeply worried about the safety of her son and elder brother, and every thought of the emperor turned into grief.

She even thought that as long as her son Huangfu Yunci was safe, even if she was locked up like this in the cold palace, she could bear it.

The night is dark, and the shadows of the trees are everywhere.

The fourth prince was concentrating on the list of wealthy businessmen in the capital handed up by the people below him under the lamp. He looked at it carefully from top to bottom. These people are the people he will deal with in the next few days, and let them take out of their pockets The man who fills the treasury with money.

He looked at it for a long time, and finally saw the last one. Then he closed the roster and took a deep breath.

(End of this chapter)