After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

During the three volts of June, the city of Bianjing was hot and scorching. At noon, there were hardly a few living people on the street except for a few imperial guards who were looking for the city.Only those shops that sell ice are booming. Every family in Beijing with a few taels of spare money, no matter what officials or civilians, buys two ice bricks to keep them at home every day.

Even the king was exempted from the court meeting for the next forty days, and he will return to the court on the day of Liqiu.

The ice cellar in Gu Xiu's mansion is just a decoration, and it has not stored ice in these years.It was Gu You who discovered the shortcomings of Gu Xiu when he found that there was no crushed ice in the sour plum soup when he was talking to his house.

After two days, I gathered a dozen carts of ice bricks and transported them over.

Han Mochu was not there on the day when the ice bricks were delivered.Because that day, Gu Xiu approved the transfer of battle armor to the White Tiger Army, and the two of them remembered that since the first battle in Goguryeo, the arsenal of the King's Camp in the suburbs of Beijing hadn't had a good inventory.So Han Mochu took this opportunity to go to the outskirts of Beijing to supervise the military preparations for Gu Xiu.

"Seventh brother, you need to make good use of these. The price of ice this year is ridiculously expensive." Gu You is a child who grew up in gold beads. What can make him say an expensive word? It's really expensive: "Eight taels of silver for a brick, and I have to pull it with my own oxen and horses. Since the day when ice was available, I have never seen such a price!"

"What?" Hearing these words, Gu Xiu almost jumped up from the bench where he was living.

Eight taels of silver can be exchanged for more than 120 catties of high-quality japonica rice in Beijing.The second rice can be exchanged for four to five hundred catties, which is enough for a family of three to eat and drink for a year.Even the ice dug out from Tiangong is not worth the price.

"Sixth Brother, could it be that the ice seller saw that your home bought ice with the brand of Prince Ning's Mansion, and thought that your home was a rare commodity to live in, so he intended to kill you?"

"What, this is what your sister-in-law talked about in person. If not, there are also ten taels and twenty taels." Gu You fanned his fan back and forth: "It's only because the weather is too hot this year. Some local people and livestock died from the heat, and this ice has suddenly become a life-saving thing, so is there an inexpensive one?"

"If that's the case, I still don't need this ice." Gu Xiu turned over and sat up, two beads of sweat slid down his ears.

This summer, it's really too hot.

"Okay, don't worry about it so much. Don't say eight taels of silver a piece, even 20 taels a piece. I can afford it for you, your sixth brother. If it is really impossible, there is still a mother and concubine. The matter of 800 taels of silver is not enough. Are you like this? You are now recovering from your injuries, if Elder Sister knows that your ice cellar is empty, do you still plan to ask Elder Sister to squeeze out her palace rules for you?"

"Then..." Gu Xiu thought about it calmly, and then said, "Then I'll just use it."

"That's right, when you get better later, we have to go and help the elder sister move." Gu You happily waved his fan, since Gu You got married, under the restraint of Wangfu Xu Jingrou, he really had Be like a big brother.

Two days later in the evening, Han Mochu returned from the suburbs of Beijing and reported two things to Gu Xiu.

One is that because the weather was too hot, soldiers in Wang Shi's barracks had heatstroke one after another, their morale was low, and the army's morale was lax.

Another thing is that during the armament inventory, it was found that the number of wooden short guns used by the recruits entering the camp during the New Year did not match, and there was a difference of [-] pieces.

There is no record of receiving any armaments in the record file.I don't know whether it's self-stealing or excessive spending.

Han Mochu didn't have an attack at the moment, turned around and went back to the mansion to report the incident to Gu Xiu.

In order to stabilize the morale of the army, Gu Xiu, the war king who was seriously injured and had been in the mansion for less than a month, once again joined the army camp.He also told Aunt Wu in the mansion that the two of them would not return to the palace until autumn.He also left 50 taels of silver with Aunt Wu, so that she doesn't have to work hard to cook food these days, and just sent the servants at home to the restaurant to buy ready-made ones.

Gu Xiu also specially instructed her not to save on the ice stored in the ice cellar at home, if it is too hot at noon, just take it out and use it.

Just these two heartfelt words brought tears to Aunt Wu's eyes.Gu Xiu's age was four or five years younger than when his son left.At this age, in their village, they are still half-children who chase after cattle and chickens, and they don't even know one, two, three, four, five.

Although she is lonely and widowed at the moment, being able to guard Gu Xiu for the rest of her life is considered her blessing over the years.

The heat was soaring outside the palace, and there was a burst of coolness in the big ice jar in Chongning Palace.

King Gu Hong was wearing a close-fitting and cool silk robe, leaning comfortably in the arms of the almost naked Young Master Nan Xi, letting someone rub his throbbing and painful temples.

The old eunuch Cui Shang brought a bowl of chilled snow lotus seed soup to the king.The king took a sip, his face became more relaxed, and he cleared his throat and asked, "I haven't been to court these days, what are my sons busy with?"

Although the king is getting older and his physical strength is not as good as before, he doesn't want to just let it go.

So the old eunuch Cui Shang became a pair of eyes for him to stare at the former court.

"Returning to Your Majesty, it's hot these days. Marquis Jing Yuan has always lived in seclusion and hardly interacted with any outsiders. His Royal Highness Duan Wang is weak, and he only goes to the door every day for a visit before returning home. His Royal Highness Xun is busy, busy." I am waiting for you to tell him about Enke this autumn, and your Longevity Day. Your Highness King Ning knows that you will never go out in such weather. The document of Shang Shusheng turned a corner at King Ning’s mansion and directly It got into the hands of His Royal Highness Zhanwang."

"Lao Liu, you're really rude." Gu Hong sneered and put the bowl on the small table next to him, and asked, "Where's Xiu'er? I heard that he moved to the barracks?"

"Yes, because of the scorching heat, the morale of the army was low. His Royal Highness Zhan Wang moved into the barracks by himself, and ate and lived with all the soldiers, so as to calm down the army."

"The environment in the military camp is harsh, and he is still in good health, don't get sick again." Gu Hong propped his forehead, pulled the little hand of Young Master Nan Xi behind him and kissed: "Turn around, give him this snow lotus seed soup as well." One bowl to go."

"Yes, the old servant obeys the order." Cui Shang shook his hand and said, "Actually, if Your Majesty really wants to reward His Highness the King of War, you might as well give him some ice bricks."

"What? Did you say this suddenly? But the King of War told you to say it?" Gu Hong's gaze fell on the old eunuch Cui Shang: "You have been by my side for so many years, and I have never heard of you giving it to anyone." It's affectionate."

"Your Majesty's forgiveness, it's not that the old slave wants to intercede. It's just that the old slave's people said back and forth the day before yesterday that in order to get rid of the dampness and heat in the army, His Royal Highness bought a lot of medicinal materials and ice bricks with his own money. This year's ice price You are expensive, since Your Majesty wants to hurt His Highness, why not just relieve His Highness of his distress?" Cui Shang, the old eunuch, was always very measured in his words, and he knew very well that the King's loving father towards Gu Xiu at the moment was not enough. I really want to sell a favor to Zhan Wang.

"This child is very generous when it comes to this matter." Gu Hong rubbed his forehead and shook his head, and once again fell into the arms of his favorite minister Nan Xi: "Forget it, you dial 1 from my private bank. Give him [-] taels of silver, and don’t let him make a fuss about it. Tell him to keep his yearly reward, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will be two months away, and tell him that this year’s gift to ministers and workers should no longer be the Four Treasures of the Study.”

Gu Hong's meaning was very clear. Given that Gu Xiu suffered a big loss earlier, he decided to teach his son what it means to win people's hearts.

Another seven or eight days passed.

Jiang Li, Yin Jiangli of Jingzhao Mansion, who seldom enters the palace, suddenly enters the palace to ask to see the king.

Jiang Li, as a magistrate on the ground in the capital, has always been incapable of speaking to the king if there is no important matter, so Gu Hong did not neglect.Meet Jiang Li in the study of Chongning Palace under the scorching heat.

What Jiang Li played is not too big, nor is it small.

The cause was just a brawl on the streets of the capital, where two ice shop guys smashed up a stall that was distributing decoctions for treating dampness and heat to the common people.It is said that the common people went to the stall to get medicine, which affected the sales of ice bricks in the shop.

Fights broke out between the two sides who came and went, and three or four innocent people were injured.The forbidden army in Xuncheng directly arrested the two groups of people and sent them to Jingzhaoyin Mansion.

Jiang Li was promoted to trial the case, and the more he asked, the more frustrated he became.

It turned out that the stall that distributed the medicine was not set up by an ordinary country gentleman's family at all, but by Gu Xiu, the king of war.

War King Gu Xiu got the king's money that day, so he recruited all the homeless beggars in the capital, gave them food and clothing, and asked them to set up stalls in various crowded places in the capital to serve the people and the city-hunting soldiers. Distribute heat-relieving decoction.Just this stall was placed at the door of an ice shop, and it was thrown away after just two days.

By the way, the decoction was originally a prescription that Su Che painstakingly formulated when the weather was just hot, and it is more effective than ordinary heat-relieving medicines.Originally thinking of making a small profit, Han Mochu tricked Fang Zi away with two ginseng before warming it up.

If the matter came to this point, Jiang Li could also close the case on the basis of bullying and bullying the market.Unexpectedly, when I went to check the accounts in the ice shop, I found two official seals of the Ministry of Households on a merchant's official deed issued by the exchange shop.In addition, the price of ice has remained high this year, and the old mother in Jiang Li's family can't stand the scorching heat, so she also paid a lot of money to buy ice.Now that he had grasped the handle, he simply stopped the self-examination and directly brought the matter to the king.

After listening to the reason, King Gu Hong flipped through the booklet presented by Jiang Li in his hand. It doesn't matter if he doesn't flip it over, his eyes almost popped out: "An ice brick 12 taels? What is this ice?" made?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the price of ice shops in Beijing this year is more than ten times that of previous years. This ice brick is only enough for one room for a day. It's like a minister's family who only uses ice for the old mother. It has cost a hundred and ten taels of silver for half a month." Jiang Li said truthfully.

Gu Hong flipped through the pages, and even turned to the first few pages, the signatures purchased by Wang Shijun in the suburbs of Beijing.Fifteen carts of ice bricks per day, 200 taels of silver per day.

From the day of signing to today, it has consumed nearly 2 taels of silver.And those silver coins were taken out by Gu Xiu from his own pocket.

"You said that all the ice shops in Beijing are at this price now?" Gu Hong squinted his eyes, remembering that the old eunuch Cui Shang had also mentioned to him that the price of ice bricks in Beijing was expensive this year.He didn't care too much. In his opinion, how expensive can an ice brick be?Seeing it today, this is no longer a matter of price.Instead, they took advantage of difficulties to make a fortune and seized the market.

"Yes, at present, more than 15 ice brick shops in central Beijing all have this price, and it changes every day, maybe tomorrow it will be [-] taels of silver a piece."

"15 taels of silver, you really dare to say that." Gu Hong closed the account book angrily: "Jiang Qing, I already know what you said, and you can deal with it as you want when you go back."

Jiang Li got the order, so he didn't stay any longer, and left.

In the early morning of the next day, King Gu Hong passed on Zhang Zixing, Minister of the Household Department, to the inner palace.Make people kneel down under the open space under the sun in the courtyard.

The scorching weather was hot and the sun was under the sun. Poor Mr. Zhang, who was over half a hundred that year, knelt down and fainted twice before being dragged before the king to answer.

Holding the teacup, Gu Hong looked at the limp Zhang Shangshu and asked with a smile, "Zhang Aiqing, is it hot outside?"

"Return to Your Majesty, it's hot." Zhang Zixing knelt in front of the king, beads of sweat on his face fell onto the brick floor in front of him.

"So, you also know about heat? I thought you didn't know." Gu Hong snorted coldly, and threw the ledger of the ice shop in front of Zhang Zixing: "You have a good look at it yourself, 12 taels of silver for an ice brick. Is it mixed with real money? Who can afford ice bricks at this price in Bianjing? There are more than [-] ice brick shops in Beijing. The price of ice bricks changes three times a day. Hey, what do you do as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance for the job of evaluating prices?"

"Return...Return to Your Majesty...The ice bricks are different from salt, iron, and rice grains. They are sold as they go. This year it is hot and there are many people using ice, so the price of ice has risen." Zhang Zixing trembled Weiwei replied, just now the sun had made his eyes black for a while, and his throat felt uncomfortable like smoke.

What Zhang Zixing said was the truth, ice bricks were not necessary for everyone.Just like silk and satin, whoever has money can use it.

But this year is different, the weather this year is already abnormally hot.People and livestock have died in the outskirts of Beijing, and there have been patches of dampness and heat in the army.In this capital city, there are ice cellars in the palaces of the imperial city and the senior officials of various clans to store ice, and the price of ice bricks remains high. Some mean to disregard human life.

The price of ice is high, that's all.The King of War moved his money to save those people who could not afford ice, but let this "regardless of human life" ice brick shop overturn its stalls and injure people.

What's the difference between something like this happening at the emperor's feet and pouring dirty water directly on the emperor's face?

"Zhang Aiqing is really an old man from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and she's the same way to scare me." Gu Hong laughed angrily, and threw the two official business deeds stamped with the official seal of the Ministry of Household Affairs to Zhang Zixing's face: "Look again, is this the official deed you signed?"

Zhang Zixing stretched out his hands and dragged the two forms, his heart was startled, and he said in a panic: "Impossible, the official deeds signed by the minister should have been burned long ago... um... no, no... the minister didn't sign it. This kind of official deed... no... the minister signed it, but it's not this kind of official deed..." Zhang Zixing reasoned incoherently, and his whole body was about to pass out.

"Okay, I know you don't dare to do this alone." Gu Hong glanced at him, leaned back and said leisurely: "You are a third-rank minister, and there are people in Beijing who can be your master. You tell me, How many of the more than [-] ice shops in Beijing are related to you? Who is your master? It’s fine if you don’t tell me. According to Zhou’s law, anyone who colludes with government and businessmen for profit will be punished with a stick of one hundred and three thousand miles. Outside the army, the three members of the family are not allowed to take scientific examinations. If you say so, I can spare your life and let you return home when you are old."

Zhang Zixing hesitated again and again, quickly weighing the pros and cons in his mind.In the end, it was compromised in the future of the descendants of the family.He raised his eyes and glanced around, then said softly: "Your Majesty, please step back from the left and right sides."

According to Gu Hong's words, all the inner eunuchs, including Cui Shang, were resigned, leaving only Zhang Zixing: "Okay, tell me, who is your master?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Zixing slowly opened his mouth and said, "Return to Your Majesty, it is His Royal Highness Xun Wang. Among the more than seventy ice brick shops in Beijing, only three were originally owned by His Royal Highness Xun Wang, and they have been open for four or five years. It was hot this year, and the price of ice was soaring. His Royal Highness, King Yu, approached the minister, and asked him to come forward in the name of the Ministry of Households, and sold the more than 70 shops at a price of 30 taels each, completely monopolizing the market. Silver, with my minister...with my minister...[-] points..."

"Money? Is he so short of money?" Gu Hong gritted his teeth with hatred and said, "Tell me, what is the purpose of King Xun doing these things?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...you...you calm down...His Royal Highness said that this year is your [-]th birthday, and he wanted to give you a generous gift on your birthday...so... . " Zhang Zixing didn't realize yet that his words were actually his death talisman.

When the prince of the dynasty, he not only opportunistically, but also made huge profits.It was actually to celebrate his birthday as a king.If this word reaches the ears of the common people, he will really become a complete and complete fool.

That night, Zhang Zixing, Minister of the Household Department, died suddenly at home, and the cause of death could not be found out at all.

Two days later, Gu Hong decreed that those ice brick shops should be nationalized at a price of 50 taels of silver each, and returned to the original shop owners after going around the circle.

In addition, Yin Jiangli of Jingzhao Prefecture inspected the commercial tax, and collected nearly [-]% of the tax on the ice bricks that were extremely expensive in those days.

This time and again, the price of ice in Beijing dropped all of a sudden.

The money that Gu Xiu bought ice a few days ago went around and returned to Gu Xiu's pocket.