It's just that the colder the earlier the snow and the earlier it will not cause people's discussion, but it has snowed for seven days in a row in Jinguan City, and many people's houses were crushed by the heavy snow and people died. The weather has become a topic that the ruling and opposition parties have to talk about.

Just as Fu Donglou expected, the aristocratic family headed by the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Chenjun Xie family, used their own shops and influence in the business world to gather a large number of merchants to stock up. If it is more expensive than one day, it is no longer affordable for ordinary people.

Bai Junhao lives in the deep palace, although he knows that it has been snowing heavily for several days, he doesn't know that the snow has already caused a disaster.Regardless of whether the major clans colluded with Mu Yan or not, it was always a good idea to take advantage of it, so how could they ask Bai Junhao to help the victims.In the court hall, whenever officials from poor families did not share the truth with them, they formed a group to criticize and point at others for deceiving the saints. The two parties had a heated argument in the court hall, which made Bai Junhao very annoyed.

Speaking of it, what really annoyed Bai Junhao was not the faction between ministers, nor the struggle between the aristocratic clan and the poor family, but how to deal with Chuanguo Yuxi and Ruiwangfu.

It's been almost a month since Fu Donglou revealed the jade seal, and he still has no clue.Originally he wanted to rely on Mu Yan, but now he feels that Mu Yan is not reliable.Ever since he was a child, he rarely had the opportunity to make decisions according to his own wishes. He either compromised with this party or was used by the other party. He always comforted himself that everything was for the throne, but now he clearly realized his incompetence.

Bai Junhao lay on the soft couch with his eyes closed. He wanted to take a nap for a while to refresh himself, but his mind was disturbed by the messy thoughts. Although he was very tired for a while, he didn't feel sleepy. It was really uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Wang Taiqing asks to see you."

Instinctively wanting the visitor to get lost, when he heard that it was Gu Xian, Bai Junhao was stunned for a moment, then picked up the pillow and threw it at Li Quan, who came forward to report: "No, get lost!"

Li Quan was hit by a pillow and almost cried. It wasn't that the pillow hurt him, but that he didn't know how to reply.Tell Wang Taiqing directly, "The emperor tells you to get out", and you dare not kill Li Quan.Who doesn't know that His Highness Wang Taiqing seldom fights in close quarters on the battlefield, but when he strikes, blood flows into rivers. He is a famous killer. His Highness can break his own neck with just two fingers.

"Your Majesty..." After thinking about it, Li Quansi still felt that the emperor would be offended, so he boldly persuaded him, "His Royal Highness Wang Taiqing said that he has something important to see His Majesty, and His Majesty considers that His Highness is an elder, why not..."

"I said get lost, can't you hear me!" What's the matter!Help his adopted son to claim the throne!I am the emperor, if I say I won't see you, I won't see you again, how could even a eunuch dare not take my words seriously!

Not knowing what kind of evil fire his master sent out today, Li Quan had no choice but to withdraw and answer.

Gu Xian came to see Bai Junhao today, in the words of Fu Donglou, he thought that Bai Junhao could still be rescued.In other words, Gu Xian didn't think that Bai Junhao could be saved, but at least he called Bai Yan the emperor's brother. The monarch and ministers had been kind to him for many years, but he felt ashamed of Bai Yan, and now he doesn't teach Bai Yan's own son. And Zhu Guxian felt very sorry, so he wanted to see Bai Junhao and Bai Junhao to discuss the matter of stabilizing prices.

Before coming to Bai Junhao's bedroom, Gu Xian went to the Taimiao to offer incense to Bai Yan, and now his sleeve still smelled of sandalwood.

Li Quan did not dare to let Gu Xian wait outside the hall, but invited him to the front hall to serve tea.At this time, seeing Gu Xianyu leaning on the bed with tea in his hand, the peerless elegance of the Yushan Mountain only made Li Quan feel more pressured, and he was full of thoughts about how to talk to Gu Xian.

"Eunuch Li, but the emperor doesn't want to see an orphan." Gu Xian is a martial arts practitioner with sharp eyes and ears. Li Quan came from behind him, walking and stopping, and every sound fell on Gu Xian's ears. How could Gu Xian not guess? to the reason.

"Your Highness, it's been freezing cold recently, and your servants didn't serve you carefully, which made His Majesty catch a cold. Your Majesty is not feeling well, you don't want to see people, and you are afraid of getting sick. If you have a memorial, why don't you give it to your servant? Forward to His Majesty."

Gu Xian put down his teacup and stood up with a faint smile: "God's will is high and difficult to ask, you can't help it at all. Forget it, Eunuch Li, I don't have to see His Majesty, so I'll go back. Since the emperor is not feeling well, he should pass on the imperial doctor, don't worry about it." It's all up to the emperor's temperament. You don't have to send the orphan away, go back and take care of yourself."

After Gu Xian finished speaking, he swaggered away, leaving Li Quan repeatedly smacking Gu Xian's words.Li Quan always felt that there was something in Gu Xian's words, but he, a servant, couldn't figure out the riddle between the masters, he sighed and turned back to the apse.

The plan of Prince Rui's Mansion was somewhat different from what Fu Donglou had in mind. Prince Rui's Mansion did not step on the imperial court to step on the throne.

Gu Xian first sent a large amount of rice noodles to Qingfeng Grain Store and Zhanluju, and the two places were selling porridge in the city at the same time.Considering that it is not easy to go out in snowy weather, and more poor people may not be able to enter the city, Gu Xian also specially allocated people to set up sheds, congee and steamed buns outside the four city gates in the southeast, southeast and northwest of Jinguan City.

Boguyuan was sealed off after the "Floating World Records" incident. Even though the Sanfa Division failed to find out that there was a problem with Boguyuan, Gu Xian didn't mention the matter of unblocking it because of the emperor's face. Now there is no need to worry about it. Gu The virtuous people cleared out the Bogu Garden again, and took in those poor students who spent the winter in Beijing and prepared for the spring.

The two of Huayuan Yueqiao had nothing to do in Dongfu, one went to Qingfeng Grain Store to help manage the daily food expenditure, and the other opened a free clinic in Boguyuan to consult the ordinary people who could not afford to see a doctor.Because the relief everywhere is free, and they are all done under the banner of Fu Donglou, Fu Donglou's reputation among the people has been unparalleled for a while.

With Gu Xian's instructions, wherever there are storytellers in teahouses and restaurants in Chengdu, everyone will tell a story about the bloodless defeat of Linghu Chun by King Ruixiang. .

Since Fu Zekai was determined to follow the palace, he was also happy to contribute to his son's good reputation.Fu Zekai allocated a large amount of medicinal materials from the pharmacy run by his family to cooperate with the free clinic of the palace, which really solved the problem that the common people could afford to see a doctor but not to eat medicine.

But Fu Zekai is very low-key, he only has people transport medicinal materials to Boguyuan to help the garden every day, he has never used the banner of Dingguo Gongfu, many people don't know that Dingguogong is a part of the benefits Kindness, this move made Gu Xian have to look up to Fu Zekai, and praised Fu Zekai that he was really smart, and it was impossible for people not to think of him well.

Of course, I won't mention how bored Qu Shi was when Fu Zekai did it like this, how many pieces of handkerchiefs were torn.But it was useless for her to get angry again, because Fu Zekai had treated Fu Donglou harshly, and Fu Zekai had left her cold for a long time, not to mention that Fu Zekai had a lot of pets, so how could he care about her now.

Although Prince Rui's mansion made a high profile out of selfishness, Da Chu's interests were still put first.From Bai Yi and Gu Xian to Bai Jun and Fu Donglou, everyone knew that those big families with surnames had to deal with not Prince Rui's Mansion but the whole Great Chu.What Mu Yan wants is not to manipulate the emperor of Chu, but to change the dynasty.If he only cared about the palace at this moment, he would have picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelon.Therefore, it is necessary for the imperial court to open warehouses to release relief to the common people, and this has nothing to do with whether the palace can afford the money.

Gu Xian didn't go to court very much after Xie Cairen had a miscarriage. After the royal family spent money and efforts to gain a good reputation among ordinary people and scholars, Gu Xian came to court with the ceremonial knife inlaid with gold and jade bestowed by the late emperor. .

"Your Majesty Qizuo, the weather is different this year. First, it snowed heavily for seven consecutive days in Jinguan City, and then the snow fell intermittently. From Sichuan to Jiangnan, the weather is colder than usual, and many people are not fully prepared. Over the winter, coupled with crop failures, there is a sign of a famine. I implore your majesty to open warehouses for relief as soon as possible, and severely punish merchants who take the opportunity to drive up prices, so as to calm the hearts of the people."

These words were what Gu Xian wanted to say when he came to see Bai Junhao that day.Recently, Bai Junhao has not summoned Mu Yan frequently, and his trust in Mu Yan is not as good as before. Gu Xian felt that Bai Junhao might be saved, so he wanted to mention him.But no matter when or what the situation is, Bai Junhao always regards the palace as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh. If the bone is stuck in his throat, if he is unhappy, there is no room for repayment.

Today, Gu Xian brought this matter up to the court, and Bai Junhao agreed, and the benefits were all on the palace's head; if Bai Junhao didn't respond, one can imagine how the common people would talk about the emperor when the news was released.No matter how Bai Junhao chooses, it doesn't count, and both inside and outside will suffer.

Bai Junhao stared straight at the luck of Gu Xian's constant effort, before he could open his mouth, someone stopped and dismissed Gu Xian's proposal.

"His Royal Highness Wang Taiqing's words are wrong. This winter is a little earlier, but it is not as early as the autumn harvest and it is cold. All the people who do not have a good supply of food at home are mostly lazy people who have been procrastinating and refusing to harvest. Today is the end. These people not only delayed their own jobs, but also delayed the collection of taxes by the court. It is their luck that the court has no law to punish them, so how can they open a storehouse for relief? Is it to encourage the people to be lazy?"

"Furthermore, the transportation in Sichuan and Sichuan is inconvenient. A heavy snow blocked many roads in and out. Merchants are short of goods, so things are naturally sold at a higher price. This is human nature, so how can we say that merchants Raising prices. If Wang Taiqing wants to severely punish these merchants who sell their goods in the wind and snow, won’t they scare all the merchants from opening their doors to do business? At that time, I don’t know how many people will freeze to death and frostbite because they can’t buy charcoal fire.”

Gu Xian stood on the imperial steps, only turned his body slightly, his phoenix eyes squinted at the person who reported it, and sneered: "It turns out that it is Mr. Wang Zhenwang, the servant of the household department. Mr. Wang is worthy of being in charge of the household department." The cashier of the state treasury really treats the state treasury as your royal family's private treasury, and he sees it so strictly, getting some rice, noodles, money and food from you is like killing you."

Wang Zhen was flushed by Gu Xian, and just about to refute, he heard Gu Xian continue: "I heard that the Wang family is good at doing business, but I didn't think so, but this time the heavy snow in Sichuan and Sichuan has seen it. The charcoal used to cost ten coppers a catty, but now it has risen to five hundred coppers a catty in Wang’s Yunheng Trading Company. Is this what Mr. Wang calls “expensive”? I don’t know the black charcoal used by ordinary people. It is actually ten times more expensive than the silver charcoal used by the emperor!"

The rich family with the surname has always pretended to be noble and despised the business business, but no one would be troubled by money. All business transactions were entrusted with the names of the family servants. Therefore, who owns what property is relatively private. Generally speaking, it is difficult for outsiders to find out. of.Wang Zhen never thought that Gu Xian had found out his family's background clearly, and suddenly felt a little panicked.

"Gu also heard that in the early winter in the south of the Yangtze River, many big families' farms in the south of the Yangtze River suffered a lot of damage. Yesterday when I entered the palace to greet the queen mother, I heard the queen mother mention that when the wife of the Wang family entered the palace, she complained that this winter was not good. Many of the farmlands were frozen and less harvested. It turns out that the farmers in Mr. Wang’s family are all lazy people. It’s hard for the Wang family to use these lazy goods for more than ten years. Other people, high-spirited and bright."

In the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, the Zhuangzi of the rich families is the main income of the family, and they are usually sent to guard by capable long-term workers. Generally, new servants who don't know their roots are not allowed to go.

As soon as Gu Xian's words fell, there was a slight roar of laughter in the hall, even Bai Junhao couldn't help but laugh.It's good that he hates Prince Rui's Mansion, but these so-called aristocratic families who don't treat ordinary people as human beings disgust him even more.Bai Junhao wanted to use them, but he looked down on them, and was even more dissatisfied that they didn't take the emperor seriously. He was more or less interested in watching Gu Xian taunt Wang Zhen.

Looking at Wang Zhen's flushed face, Bai Junhao's thoughts flashed in his mind and said to Gu Xian: "What Uncle Wang said is true. I heard that in Jinguan City, the Wangfu is the leader, and many honorable families have come out to do charity. It is imperative, and this matter should be handed over to the household department, and Yu Shitai, a good student, will supervise the household department to release relief, and anyone who dares to corrupt ink will immediately be punished by the three laws."

"As for punishing profiteers, it's better to let Uncle Wang do the job instead. Uncle Wang is a veteran in the battlefield, so he will be able to deter those unscrupulous traders. I don't know what Uncle Wang thinks?"

Do you want to provoke the palace to confront the family head-on?Gu Xian smiled contemptuously, "Bai Junhao, don't forget that the residence of Prince Rui is also named Bai.The goal of the aristocratic family is not the Rui Palace, what they want to fight against is the royal family of Chu.Gu Xian felt more and more that it was right not to disclose Mu Yan's identity to Bai Junhao. Even without Li Tang's survivors, Bai Junhao's unclear mind could only disrupt the situation.

Gu Xian fluttered his long sleeves and bowed in a salute: "I will accept the decree, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's entrustment."

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