Chapter 1591: Pushed into the hall
She has to open more medical clinics and recruit more apprentices, striving to improve the medical level of Chu State, so that the people can truly live and work in peace and contentment.
Royal palace.
Since the last time Hongyuan Emperor tasted the benefits of the elixir, he asked the queen to call Li Changliu into the palace and asked him to specially develop the elixir for him.
In recent days, after taking the elixir, he felt that he was brave in bed and conquered several concubines at once.
Therefore, he likes this elixir more and more, and he likes to take it every night when he spoils his concubine.
He also trusted Li Changliu more and more, and appointed him as a national teacher, asking him to develop a more powerful pill.
Today, when he and Concubine Xue were pour phoenix in Luozhang, they suddenly heard Gonggong Xu’s report, "The emperor, it’s not good! His Royal Highness tied Mrs. Wei into the palace and said that he would sue Mrs. Wei. A crime of corruption and disaster relief!"
"What? How could this be?" Emperor Hongyuan quickly got up from Concubine Xue with a solemn expression.
"Not only that, His Royal Highness also said that Mrs. Wei's embezzlement of disaster relief silver is related to the Empress Empress. Now he has gathered many ministers, and everyone has gone to the Imperial Study Room together, saying that he wants to see you." Xu Gong Gong said.
Emperor Hongyuan was taken aback, and quickly said: "Come and change my clothes, I will go to the Imperial Study Room immediately."
The common people are the foundation of the country. If the Queen and Mrs. Wei really embezzled the relief funds, he would never let them go!
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Soon, Emperor Hongyuan changed his clothes, led his servants, and quickly came to the imperial study room.
At this time, the ministers were already waiting in the side hall.
Seeing Emperor Hongyuan coming in, everyone headed by Chu Xuanchen hurriedly saluted him, "See the emperor."
"Flat body." After Emperor Hongyuan finished speaking, he looked at Mrs. Wei and others who were tied to the ground and kneeling, with a look of sullen expression.
He pointed to them and said: "King Li, you said Mrs. Wei embezzled money for disaster relief. What is going on?"
Chu Xuanchen immediately stepped forward and bowed his hand, "Going back to the emperor, this matter must first start with Mrs. Wei's porridge on the street."
"Porridge? What's wrong with this porridge? Isn't this a good deed?" Emperor Hongyuan narrowed his eyes gloomily.
Chu Xuanchen glanced at the victims and said, "The emperor, what's the problem. Can you ask the representatives of these victims to tell me that they have witnessed what happened in the past two days with their own eyes."
Only then did Emperor Hongyuan discover that in that corner were ten ragged, unkempt victims kneeling.
He was taken aback, and said: "Okay, you guys just talk about what happened in the past two days!"
When the victims heard it, they brought the rice porridge prepared earlier and presented it to the emperor.
The queen looked up and saw that the victims were holding bowls of porridge and some yellowed buns.
He looked into the porridge and saw that the porridge was yellowish-brown, filled with bugs and mixed with a lot of sand; the steamed buns were also yellow, exuding a strong sour smell, which made him nauseous.
"What is this?" he asked with a grimace.
One of the victims said: "The emperor, this is the porridge that Mrs. Wei gave to our people! Mrs. Wei and the empress raised three million taels of silver in the name of fundraising, but they actually gave us a drink. This kind of porridge!"
"There are also rotten buns. The buns are yellow and black, and they are all smelly. Someone vomited and diarrhea after eating the buns, and had abdominal pain for a day!"
"The emperor, Mrs. Wei and the queen didn't really want to provide relief at all. They just acted and wanted to fool the people with food that they didn't even eat pigs. The people are so miserable by them!"
Chapter 1592: Plant subordinates
Upon hearing these accusations, Emperor Hongyuan and the ministers were shocked.
Emperor Hongyuan looked at these porridges and was not angry. He slapped the table angrily, "Is this someone eating it? Mrs. Wei, what is going on?"
Mrs. Wei Guo was shocked and quickly said: "The emperor calmed down his anger. This rice noodle was bought by Gao Yang, who was ordered by his concubine. It was Gao Yang who bought this kind of rotten rice to fool the people without his concubine. It has nothing to do with the concubine!"
Gao Yang was hanging there, afraid to speak.
Emperor Hongyuan stared at Mrs. Wei with a gloomy face, squeezed the dragon chair with both hands, gritted his teeth and said: "Where is the queen? She told me a few days ago that she was trying to raise money and wanted to help the victims. How could it be like this? Come here, don't tell the queen soon!"
Gonggong Xu quickly said: "The emperor, the minion has already sent someone to pass the message."
He just finished speaking, and the queen in red had already led the crowd to rush over.
When she saw Mrs. Wei Guo who was tied up, her face was pale for a while, and her heart trembled.
Could it be that Mrs. Wei and her corruption of silver have been exposed
She hurried forward and greeted Emperor Hongyuan, "The concubine please greet the emperor, the emperor, I don’t know why King Li wanted to tie Madame Wei to the palace? Did Madame Wei commit anything?"
When Father Xu saw King Li tied up his wife into the palace, he sent someone to tell her.
When she heard this, she was immediately angry and angry, and hurriedly led the people to the Imperial Study Room.
"You came just right, I ask you. The victims said that you and Mrs. Wei raised three million taels of silver, but let them drink this kind of porridge. What's the matter?" Emperor Hongyuan said angrily.
The queen hurriedly glanced at the porridge, she was shocked, "The emperor, the concubine did not leave the palace, I don't know what happened."
Having said this, she hurriedly looked at Mrs. Wei Guo and winked at her, "Sister, tell me, how could the rice porridge I asked you to serve like this? Have you been deceived too?"
Madam Wei hurriedly nodded and stared at Gao Yang angrily, "Sister, I left Gao Yang to do the porridge. I gave Gao Yang 120,000 taels of silver. Ask him to buy good rice noodles to give alms, and it turned out. He bought this kind of rotten rice, and he must have deducted a lot of money from it."
Having said that, she hurriedly begged the emperor for mercy, "The emperor, Gao Yang alone did this. He deducted the relief money and bought this kind of rotten rice for the people to eat. This matter has nothing to do with the concubine, but it is also the matter. Blame the concubine body. This happens because the concubine body is not strictly supervised by the people. You can rest assured, the emperor, that the concubine body can go out of the palace immediately, buy good rice noodles and give it to the people, and restore the reputation this time."
Zhang Fuyin immediately said: "Ms. Wei is not bothered. When these bad porridge aroused public outrage. The lower officials saw that His Royal Highness Li had already paid out his own money and offered good porridge to the people, saving the royal face. ."
When the ministers heard this, they immediately looked at Chu Xuanchen with admiration, and gave him thumbs up in their hearts.
Emperor Hongyuan was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect that Chu Xuanchen would also cook porridge.
He glanced at him sternly and said, "King Li, you are doing a good job. But with this rotten porridge, could Mrs. Wei be blinded by this Gao Yang? Mrs. Wei and the queen have been working hard these days. They were so busy planning for disaster relief that they didn’t even have time to go to bed. They were sincere, but this kind of thing happened. It must be that the subordinates saw the money open, and when they saw the money, they bought rotten rice behind their backs. Give to the people!"
Chapter 1593: The matter was revealed
Emperor Hongyuan said this to protect the face of the empress and Mrs. Wei.
After all, they represent him, and if they are corrupt, it will also affect his image.
When the queen heard this, she hurriedly said: "The emperor said it is true that the fundraising and disaster relief of the concubines are all left to her younger sister. The younger sister will leave it to her servants. It must be these servants who are full of private pockets and embezzled money. In the end, the incident was revealed, and it was pushed on us again, and the emperor asked the emperor to investigate it."
Mrs. Wei Guo also said: "The emperor, these things are done by Gao Yang alone, and have nothing to do with the concubine and the queen. Please don't listen to others' plantings, and don't make the queen feel cold."
When she was tied up just now, she was very worried when she knew that things had been revealed.
After thinking about it later, she could plant things on Gao Yang, anyway, the emperor would protect the queen.
The queen is her elder sister, and she will protect her. As long as there is a scapegoat, she must be fine.
She was relieved now.
When Gao Yang heard this, he said anxiously: "Madam, how can you push everything to the little head? The little one admits that the little one has embezzled a little bit of money and bought some poorly made rice. But this is the little one. It’s learned from you. If you were not brave enough to embezzle all the relief funds, the younger ones would not dare to learn from you."
These two old women, as soon as things were revealed, they wanted to plant them on him alone and let him take the blame.
Anyway, he is alone and has no relationship with them. Since they are unkind at first, don't blame him for being unrighteous.
When the Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he was puzzled, "What is going on and what is going on, and what is going on?"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Fuyin hurriedly said, "Qing to the emperor, this is what the Weichen wanted to report to the emperor. The queen and Mrs. Wei had previously raised a lot of money in the name of disaster relief. The people thought they were sincere in providing relief. As a result, some people came to tell Weichen last night that the porridge made by Mrs. Wei on the street was actually mixed with sand."
"Weichen hurried to the street this morning to see and found that what she was serving to the people was really rotten porridge mixed with sand. Weichen suddenly suspected that she was not sincere in providing relief, so he went to investigate immediately. He heard some people say, After seeing Mrs. Wei’s servant Gao Yang, all the money they had raised before was transported to Mrs. Wei’s Bezhuang, Wei Chen hurriedly sent people to search that Bezhuang."
Having said this, he paused, and then said, "When the Wei minister and the official sent to Mrs. Wei’s Bezhuang to search, he found that there were nearly three million taels of silver hidden in her cellar. At that time, Gao Yang was stealing. Yinzi, Mr. Accountant was making real and fake books. Weichen learned that Mrs. Wei Guo was using fundraising to make money. Weichen felt that the matter was serious, so he quickly arrested them and seized the two books. Ledger."
With that said, he handed back the two books that Chu Xuanchen had given him, and handed them to Duke Xu, "The emperor, this is the one that the Weichen searched. These two books are true and the other one is false. It is true that the queen raised a total of funds. Three hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver; the fake ones only recorded two million taels. It is true that they see it for themselves, and the fake is used to fool everyone."
At this time, Chu Xuanchen also said: "The emperor, the ministers can also testify about this matter. When the ministers were on the street today, they heard Mrs. Wei say with their own ears. They said that the reason they gave the people bad rice porridge was because she and The queen transported all the money raised for disaster relief in the south of the Yangtze River, so she didn't have the money to buy the porridge. But Master Zhang found the money in her other village. After Master Zhang caught these thugs, they all recruited. So, this The matter was that the Queen and Mrs. Wei jointly raised money for themselves in the name of disaster relief. They didn't really help the people at all, they just wanted to embezzle the money!"
Chapter 1594: All backwater
When the emperor heard these truths, he stared at the queen in disappointment.
He can cover her for other things, but this kind of thing can't!
He approached the queen step by step, gritted his face, gritted his teeth and said: "Queen, don't you say that you are very pitiful and sympathetic to the people? Why is the relief fund in Mrs. Wei's other village?"
The queen was very panicked, and she said calmly on the surface, "The emperor calmed down, and the concubine raised funds for disaster relief. The concubine had told her sister that she wanted her to send all the money to Jiangnan for disaster relief. I don't know this. How did Yinzi get to her other village, sister, what is going on?"
With that said, she hurriedly winked at Mrs. Wei Guo.
Mrs. Wei Guo was a little nervous at this time.
She suddenly stood up, walked towards Gaoyang, slapped him in the face, and said angrily: "Okay you eat something inside and out! Mrs. Fuben trusted you so much and asked you to lead a team to transport the relief funds to Jiangnan. As a result, you actually gave the relief. The money has been transferred to my wife’s other village! Gao Yang, I have treated you well, why do you do such a thing? Are you worthy of the emperor and queen, and the people of the world?"
Gao Yang was stunned by this slap.
He stared at Mrs. Wei Guo angrily, "Madam, didn't you tell me to transfer? We all listen to your orders. Now you want to fall on me alone?"
Chu Xuanchen also said at an untimely moment, "That is, Mrs. Wei, if Gao Yang really coveted your silver, why would he move to your Biezhuang? Why didn't he just take the plan and transport it to Jiangnan, and then embezzle on the way. This batch of silver?"
Mrs. Wei's eyes flickered, and she said flustered: "Who knows him? Maybe he hasn't had time to transfer. In short, my lady ordered him to transport all the relief funds to Jiangnan, but he transferred it privately and returned the porridge to the people. The emperor. , The queen and I were both wronged, please tell me!"
Chu Xuanchen smiled coldly, "Mrs. Wei Guo, if Gao Yang's testimony is not credible, what about your thugs and the accountant?"
Speaking of this, he handed over to Emperor Hongyuan, "The emperor, I want to know whether the money was corrupted by Mrs. Wei or Gaoyang. You can imprison all these servants and torture them to extract a confession. The minister believes that it will come to light soon."
When Mrs. Wei Guo heard this, her body suddenly softened.
These thugs of her are all mobs, they all listen to Gao Yang alone, and only if they have money, they will do things for her.
Once she falls, they will quickly turn back.
Sure enough, the thugs were afraid of being tortured to extract a confession, and wanted to defend Gao Yang. They all said: "The emperor, this matter is because Mrs. Wei wants to embezzle this batch of silver. The young ones follow her instructions. With a thousand courage, the younger ones don't dare to embezzle so much money."
The accountant's body was shaking like chaff, and his forehead was dripping with cold sweat.
He trembled and said: "The emperor, this account book is also called by Mrs. Wei Guo. She asked Xiao Xiao to write down a real account book and a fake account book for her. I will show it to the queen if it is true, and you to see the fake one. Just for corruption and disaster relief. Not only this year, but also in previous years."
Gao Yang also made up the knife in time, "Yes, the emperor. In previous years, Mrs. Wei used the name of fundraising to embezzle a lot of silver. Last year, she embezzled half a million taels of silver, using the same method. First transfer the money to her other village for her, and when the limelight passes and no one pays attention to her, she then asks the young people to transfer the money to her national government mansion and let her squander it. The young people just do it for her. She only got food and clothing, but didn't get any benefits. She had all the benefits, and it really has nothing to do with the little ones."
Chapter 1595: So disappointed in you
Mr. Accountant also quickly kowtowed his head and begged for mercy, "The emperor, all the children are recruited. I beg the emperor to spare the little ones, and the little ones are also for subsistence. I have to do things for the wife and ask the emperor to forgive me!"
"Pray for mercy from the emperor!" The thugs also begged for mercy.
"You guys, how dare you spit people..." At this moment, Mrs. Wei's body was already limp to the ground, her face turned pale, and her whole body was shaking with fright.
When the queen saw this, she knew that the major event was not good, and the matter was revealed!
Nowadays, there are all human and physical evidence, and the Dongchuang incident happened.
Not only could she not protect Mrs. Wei Guo, but she would also put herself in.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Madam Wei in pain, suddenly rushed up, and slapped Madam Wei in the face, "Sister, you really did these things? It's so important for me to trust you so much for disaster relief. Leave it to you. I didn't expect you to embezzle the relief money and use it to squander it. My palace is really disappointed with you!"
"Sister..." Mrs. Wei was slapped abruptly, and her body became frightened.
Seeing the pain in the queen's eyes, she suddenly knew that her time for death had come.
The queen was going to sacrifice her and protect herself.
At this time, the queen said angrily: "This year there is a severe drought in the northwest and the worst flood in the south of the Yangtze River in a century. The palace has always been worried, unable to eat every day, sleepless at night, and still a vegetarian, praying to the Bodhisattva to bless the people. The emperor also worries about the people every day, and sleeps and sleeps! The palace racked his brains for disaster relief, tried every means to raise funds, and gave you such an important task of disaster relief. It is because the palace trusts you and thinks you are a country. Madam, you must be sympathetic to the people, sympathetic to the people, and will not fill your pockets like other people. But you are good, you actually used the name of disaster relief to embezzle, deceive and deceive, and harm the people. The people are not living, the people's grievances are boiling, and the people are repaid. Endanger the reputation of the emperor and the palace. If you know the law and break the law, the crime will be a plus!
Having said this, the queen stared at Mrs. Wei again and lowered her voice, "Sister, when you are doing these things, have you ever thought about Wei Guogong's only son, Jiang Heng? Have you accumulated virtue for him? "
Mrs. Wei Guo was startled when she heard her son's name.
She knew that when the queen said so, she was blaming her.
There are all personal and physical evidences, and it is useless for her to quibble.
The emperor would not trust her, and would harm the queen and harm Heng'er.
She believed that as long as she had committed the crime, the queen would take care of Jiang Heng for her.
Thinking of this, she stared at the queen deeply, and said: "Sister... I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. I was just a temporary financial fascination, and I was blinded by lard, so that I would embezzle the relief silver on my back. Sister, I'm let down. Thanks to your painstaking efforts, I am sorry to the emperor and to all the people in the world. I deserve to die!"
When she said this, she burst into tears.
Seeing her confession, the queen breathed a sigh of relief.
She angrily said: "You really did it, I'm so disappointed in you!"
Seeing Mrs. Wei's confession, Emperor Hongyuan's face was ashen.
According to his instinct, this matter must have nothing to do with the queen, but Mrs. Wei Guo chose to commit the crime for her.
He glared at the queen in hatred, eyes full of anger.
She was so courageous that she dared to embezzle money for disaster relief. She was afraid that the people's grievances were not boiling enough. Did she think he was too stable
The common people are the cornerstone of the country. Now many victims have fled to the capital. If the people's sentiment becomes unstable and the cornerstone is turbulent, his country will be overthrown.
Chapter 1596: Beheaded three days later
Afterwards, he swept to Mrs. Wei Guo, smashed the two books on her, and said angrily: "Oh, you Su Ruoqing, since Jiang Jing died, I have been taking care of you mother and son since Jiang Jing died. It’s a plus. Unexpectedly, you turned into a rat, embezzling everyone’s donations for disaster relief. You are greedy, you are worthy of the dead Jiang Jing, are you worthy of me?"
Mrs. Wei languished on the ground and muttered: "The emperor, the concubine knows that she is wrong. The concubine is willing to hand over all the corrupted money, so that the emperor can spare her life..."
"It's late! You have been able to embezzle for so many years, you must be a person who has never repented. This time because of your bad porridge, the people have been resented, and I have lost the hearts of the people and damaged the royal reputation. My spies also found out, Your son Jiang Hengsheng was cruel and killed several people in the mansion. I decided to revoke the eligibility of Wei Guogong Mansion’s hereditary insufficiency and deprive Jiang Heng as the first son. At the same time, I want to punish your family property and take all of your family property. Confiscated."
When Mrs. Wei Guo heard this, she panicked immediately.
The glory of the Jiang family and the money she had saved so hard were gone, she hurriedly said: "The emperor is forgiving, the emperor, the concubine knows that he is wrong, and I beg you to take it back. Otherwise, once Heng'er leaves the Palace of Wei, how can he survive? "
Emperor Hongyuan yelled coldly: "You are guilty of great crimes, and you want to bargain with me? Come, drag her out and lock her in a jail. Three days later, she was taken to the vegetable market and asked on the spot. In order to behave like you and the civilians complain. !"
Only by killing Mrs. Wei in public can the matter be put down.
When Mrs. Wei Guo heard the punishment, her body became weaker to the ground.
She stared stunned, her body was dripping with cold sweat, and her body was trembling with fright, "The emperor, are you going to cut off my head? Sister, please, please plead with me, I really don't dare to commit another crime!"
The queen closed her eyes slowly, a tear shed from the corner of her eyes.
She stared at Mrs. Wei ruthlessly, "Sister, you have committed a big mistake and cannot be forgiven. You can go with peace of mind, rest assured, after you die, the palace will take good care of Heng'er for you."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Wei knew that she was really over.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense with her, come here, don't hesitate to pull the sinner out, and ask to be cut three days later!" Emperor Hongyuan said angrily.
"Yes, the emperor."
An imperial guard walked in immediately and dragged Mrs. Wei to leave.
Mrs. Wei Guo's body was already too frightened, so she had to watch her being dragged away.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of Chu Xuanchen's cold eyes, and she shrank in fright.
Chu Xuanchen must have done this, and he and Zhang Fuyin searched her villa.
She stared at Chu Xuanchen bitterly, really wanting to tear him apart.
But she also knew that it was she who poisoned Yun Ruoyue first, and Chu Xuanchen avenged Yun Ruoyue.
She hated her in her heart, but she was already a prisoner and couldn't resist.
She didn't dare to curse Chu Xuanchen now, for fear that he would do something with Heng'er.
She only hopes that Heng'er can live well.
But it's useless to live, the Jiang family has been cut off!
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After seeing Mrs. Wei being dragged down, Emperor Hongyuan stared at Gao Yang and Mr. Accountant with a look of disgust, and said: "As for Mrs. Wei, all these minions are dragged out. Three days later, beheaded with Mrs. Wei. I want to. Kill the chickens and warn the monkeys, and see who dares to embezzle disaster relief silver again!"
"Ah, the emperor is forgiving, and the emperor is forgiving..." Gao Yang and the others begged for mercy in fright.
They thought that if they confessed Mrs. Wei Guo, they could save their lives anyway.
Chapter 1597: The donation was handed over to King Li for disaster relief
Unexpectedly, there is still a dead end.
Immediately, the royal guards came up and dragged them all out.
After dealing with these people, Emperor Hongyuan glared at the queen, "The queen, as for you, although this matter has nothing to do with you. But Mrs. Wei is your sister. Her fault is your fault. Who told you to treat her? Lax control, allow her to be arrogant outside! From now on, you will go to the Taimiao for a month and copy the Buddhist scriptures a hundred times. You will be fined another 500,000 taels of silver for disaster relief. Can you be convinced?"
The queen was of course not convinced, but on the surface she had to say, "Yes, the concubine knows it!"
At this time, Emperor Hongyuan looked at Chu Xuanchen, "King Li, today is your deadline for fundraising, how much did you raise?"
Chu Xuanchen glanced at the queen and said, "Back to the emperor, the minister only raised fifty thousand taels of silver."
"What? I asked you to raise 1.8 million taels of silver, but you only raised 50 thousand taels. Why is this?" Hongyuan asked angrily.
Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows calmly, "Because all the silver has been raised by the Queen. On the first day of fundraising, the ministers had already put down the booze, and invited the important ministers and nobles to come to dinner and encourage them to donate. But he has already donated it. The queen refused to donate money to the minister. Fortunately, Taifu Han and the others donated some silver to the minister, otherwise it would be difficult for the minister to even raise fifty thousand taels."
When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, he was taken aback.
The queen hurriedly said: "King Li, people trust this palace and want to donate silver to this palace. This is their business, but this palace is not deliberately embarrassing you."
"The minister knows, but the minister thinks that so much money is not used on the people, and the minister is extremely worried." Chu Xuanchen said.
When Taifu Han saw this, he quickly said: "The emperor, in the opinion of the old minister, since the queen has already raised the money and the time is urgent, why not call King Li to raise money. The minister thinks that the money raised by the queen should be given to King Li. , Let King Li take to Jiangnan for disaster relief."
Taishi Li also said: "Yes, the emperor. Nowadays, people are resentful outside, and the people are displaced. If this flood is not cured, I am afraid it will shake the foundation of the country."
Zhang Fu Yin also said: "The emperor, the empress Empress also raised funds for the victims. But before the incident of Mrs. Wei, Empress also suffered a great loss. The minister believed that the donation should be handed over to King Li for disaster relief. The people are convinced. And this matter can't be delayed any longer. If it is dragged on, I am afraid that the popular anger will not be quelled. The minister has heard that in the Jiangnan area, there are already victims plotting a rebellion!"
When the queen heard this, she gave Zhang Fuyin a look of hatred.
Emperor Hongyuan also knew that the eyebrows were burning at this time, and disaster relief was necessary as soon as possible.
But when he thought of the money raised by the queen, Chu Xuanchen was finally asked to use it for disaster relief, which made Chu Xuanchen a good reputation, and he felt very uncomfortable.
But the uncomfortable returns to the uncomfortable, and now the people are the most important.
No matter how uncomfortable he is, he must first come close to the people, otherwise his dragon chair will not be stable.
He said: "Well, since everyone said so, then I decided to give the Queen's three million taels of silver for charity, plus the 500,000 taels she fined, to King Li to take to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief. Wang, I entrust this burden to you, and you must not let me down!"
Chu Xuanchen immediately handed over, "Please rest assured, the emperor, the minister will make good use of the donated money and use it for the people. The minister will never do that like Mrs. Wei Guo, doing that to deceive the top and conceal the bottom and fill his own pockets."
Chapter 1598: Xian Wang donated money
Taifu Han grabbed his beard and nodded, "The emperor, his ministers and others believe in King Li's character. King Li has a valuable character. The minister heard that he sent people to Tiansheng to buy rice ten days ago and spent a million taels of silver. It can be seen that he really cares about the people, and he is not the kind of person who would embezzle donations. The old minister felt that this disaster relief was the responsibility of every minister, and that it should not be burdened by King Li alone, but by everyone. King Li The one million taels used to purchase food should be deducted from this relief fund. Otherwise, the pressure on him alone would be too much for him to spend so much money and carry such a heavy burden."
"Yes, the emperor, this time thanks to the vigilance of King Li, he went to Tianshengguo to buy food in advance. Otherwise, if you wait until now to buy food, people will definitely not sell it if the price of food goes up." Taishi Li said.
From this incident, it is clear that King Li had far more foresight than Emperor Hongyuan.
Emperor Hongyuan didn't expect Chu Xuanchen to think so long-term, he would be compared to him by Chu Xuanchen.
He had no choice but to say: "Okay, according to your opinion, one million taels of silver will be allocated from the relief fund to replenish the Royal Palace of Li."
"No need for the emperor." Chu Xuanchen suddenly stepped forward, "The emperor, the ministers would like to thank Taifu Han and Taishi Li for their kindness, but when the minister was buying food, he made up his mind to donate from the Li Prince's Mansion and never thought of asking the emperor to compensate. Thank you for the emperor's kindness, but the minister is not prepared to ask for this compensation. With the grain purchased by the minister, plus the 3.5 million taels of silver, the minister believes that this disaster relief will be twice the result with half the effort."
When Taifu Han heard this, they praised Chu Xuanchen in their hearts.
King Li is willing to contribute one million taels of silver to participate in disaster relief.
Such a person can't look down on those millions of taels, so how can they be corrupt.
Of course they believed him.
Emperor Hongyuan didn't expect Chu Xuanchen to be so generous. In order to show kindness, people would donate at most tens of thousands of taels of silver.
He actually donated one million taels.
He can't understand him a bit.
This world belongs to him, so why bother with Chu Xuanchen.
At this time, the voice of Father Xu came from outside, "The emperor, the palace of King Xian has come down."
After he finished speaking, the virtuous king dressed in a white robe with flowing clouds had already walked in as gentle as a jade.
When the virtuous king was waiting outside the hall for the summons, he had already heard what Chu Xuanchen said, and he smiled: "The emperor, since the emperor is willing to donate one million taels to the people, the minister is also willing to donate one million taels. ."
In the presence of ministers, princes generally call themselves ministers, and the title of "father emperor" is changed to "emperor".
When the ministers heard this, they all boasted of the virtuous king.
"The emperor, His Royal Highness and His Royal Highness are so benevolent and kind. My Chu Kingdom is full of talents and vigor, and everyone is rushing to donate. I believe that the country will be hard for generations!"
"The emperor, with so much money, I believe that the floods this time can be rescued. Both of your Highnesses are dragons among the people, and the lower officials admire them."
Emperor Hongyuan immediately laughed with his beard captive and said, "Okay, Xuanchen, Liuyun! Since you two are so interested, then my people are saved!"
Having said that, he looked at the two of them, "Since the fundraising has been done, the two of you will set out tomorrow and rush to the disaster area for disaster relief. Remember, in order to prevent the recurrence of Mrs. Wei, the people will doubt it. You use Every dollar of money must be booked, and the books must be true and clean."
"Yes, please rest assured, the emperor." Chu Xuanchen said.
Chapter 1599: Bring troops together
After he finished speaking, he said, "The emperor, if the disaster is severe today, there are many bandits and robbers in many prefectures. If they know that the ministers and kings are going to the disaster relief, in order to obtain the relief funds and food, they will definitely find ways to go everywhere. Ambush. The minister believes that the minister should lead two thousand Xuan Ce troops to escort the relief bank, otherwise it is still a question of whether the money and grain can be delivered to the disaster area."
He wants to go outside for disaster relief, of course, with enough manpower, for fear that someone will take the opportunity to assassinate him.
Taifu Han also said: "The emperor, the minister agrees with King Li's idea. This disaster relief road is very thrilling, and there are countless powerful bandits. If the prince does not bring more people to protect, I am afraid that this food will really be robbed. And the prince has arrived in the states. If there are no soldiers in the government, I am afraid that those officials will neglect him and ignore his instructions, which will affect disaster relief."
Master Li also said: "Yes, and there are many local officials in those state capitals who are resident. Every time a disaster relief, they will embezzle and embezzle the relief funds of the people, but the people have nothing. For the sake of corruption, some officials will buy imperial envoys. Ministers, if the bribery fails, they will take advantage of the emperor Shangao to punish the imperial envoy. And there are people plotting a rebellion in the Jiangnan area. If King Li brings more soldiers, maybe they can take the opportunity to quell the chaos!"
Emperor Hongyuan did not expect that Taifu Han and Taishi Li, who had always been neutral, often spoke for Chu Xuanchen recently and appreciated him very much.
He felt very uncomfortable, but he knew that these two ministers were for the sake of Jiangshan and Shiji, not for Chu Xuanchen, so he felt more comfortable.
If Chu Xuanchen had been so honest and devoted himself to the people and didn't covet his throne, he would keep him temporarily.
He looked at Chu Xuanchen solemnly, and he was really a little jealous for Chu Xuanchen to bring so many soldiers with him, for fear that Chu Xuanchen would lead his troops to rebel.
But then I thought about it, this only took two thousand people, and there shouldn't be much to do.
He has an army of hundreds of thousands.
Moreover, Yun Ruoyue is still in Shengjing City, forgive him for not daring to rebel.
Thinking of this, he said: "Well, for the safety of this food and silver, I agree to King Li to bring two thousand Xuance troops to follow. As for King Jin, you can also bring five hundred generals with guards."
King Jin is now his favorite son, and of course he has to send someone to protect him.
In addition to the guards on the bright side, he will send secret guards to protect him secretly.
"Thank you, the emperor," Chu Xuanchen and King Jin said.
Seeing Chu Xuanchen's high spirits, the queen was angina with anger.
Her hand squeezed her fist fiercely, her nails pierced and bleeds from her palm, but she didn't notice it.
She had worked so hard to raise so much money, but she didn't expect that Chu Xuanchen would gain fame in the end and made him a wedding dress.
When Chu Xuanchen has contributed to disaster relief, the people will be grateful to him, and his reputation will skyrocket.
And her queen, because of Mrs. Wei Guo's involvement, has become a rat crossing the street that everyone shouts and beats.
Once the nobles who donated money to her knew about this, they would never believe her again, and I'm afraid they would not donate money to her again.
At this time, Chu Xuanchen folded his hands again: "The emperor, the minister has heard that there may be a major epidemic after the disaster, and the minister is afraid that the plague will be rampant at that time and cause disaster. The minister thought, can he bring the courtier's concubine with him? Ruo Yue? She is proficient in medicine and knows how to treat water. If the minister can take her with her, she will definitely get twice the result with half the effort."
The virtuous king suddenly said, "Yes, the emperor, Princess Li is skilled in medicine. With her here, she might be able to help more people."
Chapter 1600: Set out for disaster relief
He was also afraid that if Yun Ruoyue stayed in the imperial city, someone would harm her.
All he is fighting now is for her.
If something happens to her, then what is the point of arguing for this
Upon hearing King Xian's words, Chu Xuanchen glanced at him indifferently.
Although Emperor Hongyuan didn’t want Chu Xuanchen to take away Yun Ruoyue’s weakness, but thinking of the terrifying plague, he had no choice but to say: “Okay, then you will take Princess Li along with you. It’s just that her fetus is unstable and her body is very poor. How to travel a long distance to Jiangnan with you?"
Chu Xuanchen said: "When the time comes, the minister can ask the king to transport part of the grain to Jiangnan for emergency, and the minister and the princess will speed up the disaster relief."
Emperor Hongyuan nodded, "Okay, Princess Li is not in good health. Xuan Chen, you must take good care of her along the way."
If there is a major epidemic after the disaster, Princess Li must help to solve it, so she can't have a problem.
"Yes, the emperor." Chu Xuanchen said.
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In the early morning of the next day, Chu Xuanchen put on a golden armor, a fiery red embroidered auspicious cloud cloak, and a golden helmet on his head. Riding a white steed, he led the team towards the gate of the palace. Go and participate in the sword award ceremony held by the emperor for him and the virtuous king.
The flags fluttered, the horn blew, and a group of Xuance troops in silver armor led the way.
Chu Xuanchen wore a cloak and sat on the horse, majestic and majestic.
Behind him were several carriages. In one of the red carriages, Yun Ruoyue, Feng'er and Xiaodie sat.
Behind Yun Ruoyue and the others, there are teams of well-trained and uniform Xuan Ce troops.
They were guarding carts of food and relief money, looking indestructible, no one dared to break through.
Carts of grain lined up in long lines, from the west of the city to the east of the city, following the line forward, making people out of sight.
When the people who heard the horn opened the door, they suddenly saw the carts of grains about to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River, and they were moved to tears and blood boiled over.
The emperor finally sent the imperial ministers to Jiangnan for disaster relief. They hoped that the disaster would end soon and everyone could restore a peaceful life.
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Soon, the team arrived at the gate of the palace, which was already under martial law.
Layers of imperial forest guards guard the surroundings, like a copper wall with iron arms, cold and majestic.
The civil and military officials had come here early to wait, and their chattering voices came from all around.
When Chu Xuanchen led the team to the gate of the palace, he happened to see King Xian's team coming from the opposite side.
Chu Xuanchen stared at the front, his eyes were cold and domineering, and his appearance was heroic and heroic.
The virtuous king opposite him also rode a vigorous white horse, but instead of wearing armor, he wore an elegant brocade robe with moon-white embroidered bamboo branches. The robe was embroidered with sophisticated embroidery.
He wore a jade belt on his waist, a jade crown on his head, and his hair was black and shiny.
As soon as he saw Chu Xuanchen's team, he arched his hand at him, nodded slightly, "Brother Emperor is here."
"Yeah." Chu Xuanchen's eyes were cold, and he nodded back at him, with a cold expression on his face that strangers shouldn't come near.
At this time, the gate of the imperial palace slowly opened, and rows of palace ladies and imperial guards walked out surrounded by the emperor's sedan chair.
There were a few canopies in the middle, and under one of them was a bright yellow canopy embroidered with a flying dragon, sitting with a majestic Emperor Hongyuan.