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This year's Hungry Ghost Festival was not very lively in the palace. Concubine Yun Gui, who was in charge, fell ill in bed, and reported to the report that she had no energy to do things, so she pushed it to Concubine Rong who was pregnant.

There are quite a few concubines in this palace, but the No. 1 concubine under Yun Gui is undoubtedly Concubine Rong.

It's a pity that Concubine Rong used to be an unknown person in the inner palace, and many new court ladies and eunuchs didn't even know that such a concubine existed.

However, Concubine Rong did not accept this important task, but refused due to the unstable fetal position, so that the huge palace did not even have a festive atmosphere.

Fortunately, the emperor was not in the mood to do these things, so he invited all civil and military officials to a banquet that day, and had a simple meal. As for the female family members, they were not called into the palace.

As soon as the Ghost Festival was over, the emperor's officials returned to court, and the memorials that had been accumulated for half a month had piled up into a hill. It took two days for Zhongshu Sheng to barely read these memorials.

The next day when he went to the court, an old minister came out tremblingly holding a memorial and presented it, "Your Majesty, the prefect of Huizhou submitted the memorial the day before yesterday, saying that Huizhou suffered a heavy snowfall that was rare in a century this year, and many people's houses were crushed. Countless, even thousands of displaced people cannot be resettled."

"Submit it quickly!" The emperor raised his eyebrows with a solemn expression.

No matter who wants to encounter such a catastrophe at the beginning of the new year, some ministers are worried that this year will be difficult.

The emperor read the memorial at a glance, and from the gorgeous essays, he remembered that the prefect of Huizhou was the number one scholar in Dechang for five years.

However, when he saw these flashy long speeches in memorials more and more times, he lost the intention of appreciating them at the beginning.

The emperor spent a cup of tea reading a nearly [-]-word memorial, and the summed up content is only two sentences. One is: the snow fell suddenly in Huizhou in the first month, and it didn’t stop for several days, so that the people had nowhere to live. , In addition, at this time is the time when the crops are not harvested, the people's meager food reserves are buried by heavy snow, there is no food to eat, and the number of people who freeze to death and starve to death increases sharply every day.

The second is to ask the imperial court to allocate funds and food to help Huizhou survive this crisis.

After reading it, the emperor ordered someone to pass the memorial to the ministers, and asked solemnly, "Do you have any good ideas?"

In fact, such natural disasters occur several times a year. Floods, droughts, and locusts crossing the border are not uncommon. Therefore, the imperial court has a set of practices for dealing with this matter.

It's just that this should be allocated to those disaster victims who have nowhere to live. The money is more eye-catching than the food. I'm afraid I have to add up how much money to allocate.

The Minister of the Household Department was also straightforward, showing his fat belly after a year, and came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to the situation in the letter from the prefect of Meng, I think that a batch of grain should be dispatched to the nearest emergency. Yinliang can be sent to a safe person, and after investigating the actual situation, he can handle it as appropriate."

"That's right. The granary in Huizhou has about [-] shi of grain stored in it. Let's transfer [-] shi from each of the three nearby state capitals to meet the urgent need."

"Emperor Shengming!"

"Then which love minister should be sent to help the disaster this time? Can anyone choose?" The emperor's eyes were burning, staring at the rows of black heads below.

Everyone knows that there are many twists and turns in the disaster relief matter. In each dynasty, there are countless officials who have been investigated and prosecuted for misappropriating disaster relief funds, let alone how many officials have not been investigated.

Moreover, this kind of corruption and fraud is often involved in a wide range of cases, so it is really hard to choose this candidate.

There was a silence in the hall for a while, and only then did a civil official stand up and recommend: "Your Majesty, I think Yun Guangyong, the left servant of the household department, can take on this important task."

Yun Guangyong, the left servant of the household department, is Concubine Yun's nephew, the most promising one in the Yun family.

Old fox!

Although what happened in the palace cannot be known clearly from the outside, but such things as Concubine Yang being thrown into the cold palace and the second prince being grounded cannot be hidden from others, so everyone feels more and more that the position of the eldest prince is as stable as a mountain.

Therefore, there have been many officials who want to climb up to the Yun family recently.

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyelids, and glanced at him indifferently, without saying whether it was good or not.

Some people felt that this was too obvious, so they came out and recommended another official who clearly knew that the royalist party had already fallen into the arms of the Yun family.

However, the emperor did not express his position from the beginning to the end, and only let the people below think about recommending people there.

It is also because of this that the emperor's previous affection was gradually replaced by coldness, and he slandered: Look, this is a group of officials who follow the wind, even if they die, I am afraid they will not shed a tear for themselves .

When the officials at the top could not recommend anyone, the emperor said slowly: "I heard that a new Treasure Pavilion has been opened in the capital city recently? Are all the things sold in it rare treasures?"

"..." Everyone didn't understand why, why the emperor suddenly changed the subject.

However, several officials who visited the Zhenbao Pavilion all lowered their heads in unison, covering up their worries.

They were able to buy those imperial gifts because they liked them so much. Everyone has something they love. Since the opening of the Treasure Pavilion, many people have found that the treasure they have been thinking about is in it.

How is this not exciting?

Although hesitant at first, when they knew that someone had bought it, many people secretly went to patronize it, and then spent a lot of money to hold their treasures and quietly go back to the house to hide them.

But when they bought it, everyone was naturally worried. The third prince has a noble status, and maybe the emperor won't trouble him after the incident, but the people who bought it like himself may not be the same.

But there are always lucky guests.

Yun Heran's eyebrows flashed with joy, and he winked at an official from Yushitai.

Then the official's cadence of reprimand sounded in the hall.

"My Majesty, I reported this matter yesterday. As far as I know, this Treasure Pavilion is owned by the third prince, and the items sold in it are all gifts from the palace, and many of them are even printed with the palace seal. The actions of the third prince not only violated the law, but also contemptuous of the emperor, I implore the emperor to seal this treasure pavilion, so that in the future, everyone will follow suit and not pay attention to the things bestowed by the emperor."

"It's unreasonable! Come... Third Prince Xuan goes to the palace!" The emperor jumped up, his face full of anger.

All of a sudden, the wind in the court changed, and the important disaster relief had been thrown aside. One courtier after another stood up to impeach Teng Yu, and even an official who had visited Zhenbao Pavilion came forward to plead guilty.

Everyone obviously believed that the emperor would severely punish the third prince. After all, this matter was absurd in the first place, and no prince in the past dynasties had ever heard of a prince who dared to sell what was bestowed by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this old minister really doesn't know that the Treasure Pavilion was opened by the third prince, let alone that what is being sold is an imperial gift. This old minister is guilty!"

When Teng Yu entered the hall, he saw an old official kneeling in the hall crying out of breath, as if his whole family had died.

This is not the first time he has attended Chengde Hall. The prince can attend the court when he is 15 years old, but Teng Yu only came a few times and then he didn't come. Anyway, he was playing the role of a prince who had nothing to do.

"What's the matter? Is the sky about to fall?" Teng Yu walked in with a smile on his face, saluted the emperor, and then stepped aside and stood up.

"Hmph, you still have the face to ask, isn't that what you did?" The emperor slapped the imperial case and shouted.

Teng Yu patted his chest as if mentally ill, coughed twice, and asked in a weak voice: "Father, my son has been recuperating in the palace recently, but he didn't do anything stupid!"

"Then tell me, where did you put the things I rewarded you?"

Teng Yu blinked, "Which one are you asking? You have rewarded so many things that I can't remember."

The emperor asked with a stern face: "You opened that Zhenbao Pavilion in Beijing?"

"What Zhenbao Pavilion?" Teng Yu was confused, but his expression was quite sincere.

"You sold all the things I rewarded, and you dare to say that you don't know? Could it be that there are slaves in the mansion who are so bold?"

"Oh, what you're talking about." Teng Yu rubbed his nose and said coyly, "It's true that I asked the minister to take out some of the useless things in the warehouse and sell them, but I don't know that these slaves How did you sell it?"

"How dare you? Are you in a hurry to spend money? Could it be that I can't do without your food and clothing?"

"Of course not, it's just that one day the steward of the mansion came crying and said that the storehouse could no longer hold anything, and wanted to expand the warehouse, but I heard that last time, someone participated in the book because of the expansion of the warehouse in the mansion. , so my son is afraid!"

"But what should I do if I can't put the things away? My son looked at the inventory in the warehouse and found that many of them are old and old things that are not needed. Instead of putting them in the warehouse and collecting dust, it is better to give them to those in need."

"So you just took it and sold it? Do you know what crime should be for selling an imperial gift?"

Teng Yu blinked, straightened his chest and said loudly: "Father, there is no such provision in the Daliang Law, right? And there is a reason for it."

Everyone thought: So you still know the regulations of Daliang?It's not easy!

The emperor snorted coldly, "Tell me, are you still reasonable?"

"Yes!" Teng Yu walked to the middle and kicked away the old official who was still kneeling there, "Father should also know that many of the things you reward every time are useless things, and sometimes you reward everything you see. What, if the son-in-law can't deal with it all the time, after a hundred years, the entire prince's mansion may be full of piles.

And since they are useless things, it would be a good thing if I can find a way to get the best of both worlds. I can remember how much money these things were sold for. The things, the money is supposed to be what the minister deserves, but it is useless for the minister to keep it, so I have an idea, want to use this money to help the world! "

"what?"

"..." Everyone was stunned, never expecting the third prince to say such words.

Although the emperor was also very surprised, but because of the fact that he was hiding his clumsiness before, it was acceptable.

"You mean...you want to use this money for disaster relief?" the emperor asked uncertainly.

"Yes, since it is a gift from the emperor, it is a gift from the Great Liang, and it should be taken from the people and used for the people."

"Haha! Good! Good!" The emperor praised repeatedly, no matter if it was sincere or false, he was certainly happy to have money delivered to his door.

As for what kind of scheme Teng Yu was playing, he was not ignorant of it, it was nothing more than trying to reverse his image and establish a good reputation.

He was still wondering what the son would do next, but he didn't expect to have an answer so soon.

What is on the surface is not terrible, and the emperor has no reason to refuse.

"Since you have such a heart, it's very good. Just in time for the disaster in Huizhou, you should send the money along with the relief money!"

Teng Yu agreed without even thinking about it, "I will obey the order, but there is only one condition."

"Well, under what conditions?"

"My son wants to go to Huizhou to provide disaster relief in person, and see that every penny of the money is used among the people, so as not to be filled by some moths, which is a waste of my heart."

This request was not too much, but Emperor Dechang still narrowed his eyes, condescendingly examining this son whom he regarded as a waste.

He laughed in his heart: Teng Yu, you have hidden so deeply and for such a long time, your mind and endurance are incomparable. "Okay, since you want to go, then you will be solely responsible for this disaster relief. How much food and how much silver should be distributed, you go to check and report back to me carefully. If there is any mistake, I will ask for you!"

The officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing why the situation had developed like this. Isn't the third prince, Teng Yu, always indifferent to political affairs?Does this mean to work hard?

All the officials couldn't hide the horror in their hearts, but they didn't show it on their faces, they just waited to see the embarrassment of the third prince after he messed up his errand.

Yun Heran made up his mind even more, he must not let this kid handle this matter well, as long as he makes a good start, it might really be a big success in the future.