I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

When the imperial court uses the people to do things, it must take care of the details in all aspects.Everything should be done in accordance with the regulations, and the people should neither be oppressed nor be taken by the people privately.

Admiral Sheng had a very tight schedule to make winter clothes, and the officials in charge of this matter worked hard to maximize efficiency.

Since ancient times, wars have been fought not only for soldiers, but more importantly, for logistics.Nomads use jerky as rations. They don't need logistics and can launch attacks quickly. This is their advantage. But now that locusts are raging and Daheng has enough food, they can't take advantage of this advantage.

When Gu Yuanbai was discussing with his ministers, relying on Daheng's confidence that the treasury and granaries are overflowing, he said bluntly, "I will not only send winter clothes to northern Xinjiang. Daheng's soldiers have worked hard, but hard work cannot be repeated year after year. After a hard life, I want them to live a good year in front of the nomads."

The courtier bowed and asked: "My lord, what is a good year?"

"Eat and dress warmly, have hot broth to drink, and delicious pancakes to eat," Gu Yuanbai looked at them, "Those tyrants sent [-] ducks to the border, and they are coming soon, right?"

"The letter from the post station is about to reach northern Xinjiang," Hubu Shangshu couldn't hold back his smile and narrowed his eyes, "General Xue said in the letter that locusts began to wreak havoc in the north in July. When he arrived in northern Xinjiang, the situation It is already very serious. Once the autumn locusts die in March, they should enter the nymph stage by mid-October."

Shenzhizhengshi continued: "One hundred thousand ducks were sent on the road in September, no matter how late, they can be delivered to Beijiang at the end of this month. It will be just in time for the nymph stage of locusts. After eating the locusts , it happens to be able to add more meat to the soldiers."

"Hao Qiang did a good job this time," several ministers laughed and joked, "Finally it's a great deed."

Gu Yuanbai smiled, "It saved us a lot of effort, but it's not enough. The locust plague is now, as long as the food in the rear can keep up, the crisis is over for the front. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to What we want is a victory against Nomad."

"Let the nomads know Daheng's confidence," said the Holy Master, "They have always been proud of their own achievements, their own horses and their own cattle and sheep. This time when the locusts came out and the army was overwhelming, let them not know that they have No matter how weak you are, you have wasted this opportunity."

"When they have no food to eat or winter clothes to wear, our soldiers must eat well and dress well, and have enough strength and energy to deal with the nomadic cavalry," Gu Yuanbai said, "food, winter clothes, meat... Well, even if the common people will have a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, these soldiers who have fought the world for me will also have a good New Year’s Eve.”

All the courtiers should be.

At noon, Gu Yuanbai left all the courtiers to eat in the palace.The meals in the palace were exquisite and delicious, but today there was a bright red and yellow dish, the privy envoy tried it tentatively, "Hey, what is this, it tastes good."

Sweet and sour, moderately salty, exceptionally delicious.

Tian Fusheng said: "Master Zhao, this dish is scrambled eggs with red lantern fruit."

The privy envoy was surprised: "What is the red lantern fruit?"

"The red lantern fruit is a kind of fruit discovered by the county magistrate of Huangpu City," Tian Fusheng said. "This fruit is beautiful in color, small and round, and harmless to eat. Whether it is cooking or making soup, it has a special flavor."

Eat too much big fish and meat, tomato scrambled eggs are really appetizing.Gu Yuanbai put the tomatoes on the table after the Tai Hospital determined that these red-light fruits were not harmful to the human body.Tomato scrambled eggs are just the basics, tomato beef brisket, tomato soup noodles, sugar mixed tomatoes... He has been eating for several days.

All the courtiers were very curious about the Red Lantern Fruit. After lunch, Gu Yuanbai asked someone to deliver the cleaned Red Lantern Fruit to each of them to taste.

All the ministers tried to taste it, the taste is very wonderful, the juice is sour, but the flesh is sweet, but not to mention, the more you eat, the more delicious it becomes.It can be eaten as a dish or eaten raw, and the courtiers praised it one after another: "My lord, this red lantern fruit is a good thing."

Gu Yuanbai couldn't help laughing, "But no matter how good things are, I don't have many here. It's good for all the adults to taste it, and we won't know how much this thing yields per mu until it is planted and grown next year." .”

The courtiers couldn't help showing a bit of disappointment, and when eating the remaining red lantern fruit, their chewing speed also slowed down a lot.

In the afternoon, all the courtiers returned to their respective yamen.But Gu Yuanbai left behind the Minister of the Household Department, took the people to change into ordinary clothes, and left the palace in a carriage.

His majesty the emperor brought people to the vegetable market in central Beijing.

Gu Yuanbai personally asked from the beginning of the road to the end of the road in the vegetable market, from the price of an egg to the price of a catty of rabbit fur.His temperament is outstanding, no matter how low-key his clothes are, he stands out from the crowd among the common people.However, Gu Yuanbai's tone was gentle and his attitude was kind. Although the people he questioned were cautious, they didn't have much fear.

"My lord, if you buy more, our price will be even cheaper." The farmer who sells his own eggs rubbed his hands and said cautiously, "My eggs are big and good, and they are the cheapest."

Gu Yuanbai looked at it, and nodded as expected, "Old man, if I buy a lot, how much cheaper can I get?"

"A catty of eggs is worth twelve copper coins." The farmer said honestly.

Gu Yuan understood clearly.

He walked all the way and roughly understood the selling price of each item.When the Minister of the Ministry of Households got on the carriage for the return journey, he said with emotion: "The eggs outside are worth twelve copper coins per catty, but when these eggs enter the palace, they become 120 copper coins each."

Hubu Shangshu dare not speak.

"Should I say that I am worthy of being an emperor? Even this identical egg becomes the egg of a golden rooster when it arrives at my dining table," Gu Yuanbai joked, "It's because I don't deserve to eat these twelve cents a catty." eggs."

"Your Majesty," Minister of the Household Department was sweating profusely, "The accounts of the inner court, this..."

"Master Tang, look how long it's been." Gu Yuanbai shook his head and sighed, "It's been less than a year since I cleared the inner court, right? For the sake of profit, in less than a year, someone dared to take advantage of the loopholes under my nose."

Hubu Shangshu didn't know what to say at this moment, the carriage swayed, and the sweat on his back had already soaked through his clothes.

"Taifu Temple, Shaofu Supervisor. The Taifu is in charge of the inner court's treasury and cashiers, and the current Taifu Qing and Tang Qing are also familiar," Gu Yuan said leisurely, "The Shaofu Supervisor has never had anything wrong. Things happened one after another at Taifu Temple. Just after the anti-corruption campaign a few days ago, the former Taifu Minister happened to have Ding You sewn up, so he resigned from office and went back to his hometown to observe his filial piety. The newly appointed Taifu Minister Mo Yue did not understand My temper, he has been honest for two months, he has turned an egg into a golden egg, tell me, will I still be able to afford eggs in the future?"

Hubu Shangshu's nerves were tense, he was frightened by this sentence of "familiarity", but also hated Tai Fuqing's mindless money-greedy behavior.

Doesn't this Tai Fuqing understand His Majesty's temper, attitude and tolerance towards corruption?

The carriage just stopped, and Gu Yuanbai patted the Hubu Shangshu on the arm, and said in a deep and deep voice: "I heard that Tang Qing is looking at the marriage of the daughter in the family. The marriage of the daughter's family is extremely important. Tang Qing wants more money." Don’t just make a random decision.”

It was only then that Shangshu Hubu realized what the Holy Majesty meant by what he said to him.

Recently, the Minister of the Household Department is indeed hesitating whether to form a family with the Taifu Qing. Now the Holy Majesty said such words to him alone, I am afraid that he is reminding him in advance not to have too much involvement with the Taifu Qing. This is the Holy Majesty. Love him.

Hubu Shangshu felt relieved, and was so moved that tears filled his eyes. He leaned over and made a big gift, "I remember every word said by the Holy Majesty today. It's hard to say one thing, I just wish I could die for the Holy One."

Gu Yuanbai nodded, and after comforting him with a smile, let him get out of the car.

In fact, Tai Fuqing has been honest since the anti-corruption campaign, and only recently began to have the intention of embezzlement, but he was discovered by Gu Yuanbai just after he did this, and he has to be said to be unlucky.

In the capital, while Gu Yuanbai was busy dealing with the Tai Fuqing, he was also busy watching the matter of the cotton-padded clothes.

And in northern Xinjiang.

In mid-October, the food delivery army that had been camping all the way finally joined the northern Xinjiang soldiers.

General Xue ushered in the long line in the strong wind, and also welcomed the grain carts that were so long that they couldn't see their ends that were protected by this line in the center.

These grain trucks were piled up like a mountain, one next to the other, on both sides of the flat and desolate plain. Refugees who heard the sound came out of the victims' houses and looked at the grain in a daze.

The grain carts passing in front of them cast shadows, and the shadows covered them, covering both the sun and the clouds in the sky.

The soldiers stationed at the border looked at the food without blinking, and the haggard expression on General Xue's face became radiant at this moment.

"Did you see it? Did you see it?" The veteran excitedly said, "I'll tell you! I told you that His Majesty will definitely send a large amount of food! Do you believe it? Do you believe it or not!"

The soldiers stationed at the border and the victims rescued by General Xue have been eating porridge for ten days.

After General Xue arrived in northern Xinjiang, he did everything he could to help the victims. However, there were too many victims and the food he brought was not enough.During the period of waiting for the court to send food, rumors spread from nowhere that the court was unwilling to send food to northern Xinjiang.

The soldiers who were brought from the capital to the northern border by General Xue dismissed this statement. They were soldiers raised by the Holy Majesty, and they knew best how the Holy Majesty treated the soldiers.But the soldiers who were originally stationed in the northern border panicked. They had experienced the darkest period. It was spread among them that General Xue, who heard about this, directly seized the source of the rumors and beheaded them, only to temporarily stabilize some of the soldiers.

But this part of the soldiers were still worried, and as time passed, they even began to feel hopeless.

Then in this despair, they waited for the food sent by the court.

The army that brought the food was already approaching, but even if they got closer, the food still had no end in sight, as if there was no end.

The soldiers stationed in northern Xinjiang who never left said in a daze: "How can there be so much food..."

The soldiers in the capital said proudly: "The Holy Majesty loves us, of course he will send us a lot of food. Don't you just eat gruel for ten days? I don't even know why you are so panicked."

The soldier was only looking at the food, and he couldn't turn his eyes when he didn't have time to answer his words.

With so much food, how many people can see so much food in their lifetime?

On the other hand, among the soldiers stationed at the border all year round, few of them have ever seen so much food.Unknowingly, these people who had never seen so much food were reminded by the people around them, and they touched their faces, and then they knew when their eyes were moist.

What are you crying for?

The soldiers were at a loss.

They just took a look at the grain, but it wasn't enough, so they took a few more glances. They haven't figured out the taste in their hearts, so why are they crying at so much grain?

Just as they were thinking, they heard whimpering and crying suddenly, getting louder and louder.The soldiers turned their heads and saw that the disaster victims gathered here by General Xue were hugging each other in twos and threes and crying bitterly.These disaster victims, whose faces were full of numbness a few days ago, seemed to have a channel to vent after seeing so much food. One person cried so much that it caused a lot of crying, which could not be stopped.

There is food, they are saved.