Atypical Heroine - Chapter 68

“Government has been very difficult recently.”

Ji Yu let go of her, the smile on his lips spread to the bottom of his eyes, “I can’t do without Sir Xie, from now on, how about continuing to enter the palace?”

“…”

After a moment of silence, Xie Huairou bowed and saluted, “Yes.”

—

The two have reached a settlement.

After the awkwardness passed, Xie Huairou realized that Ji Yu was more and more fond of touching her. Often when things started, she was bored and people leaned over.

He even pinched her chin and kissed her cheek lightly.

Xie Huairou seemed to have nothing to do with her, as long as she did not go any further, she would obey her.

The hidden joy in my heart is also treated as if nothing happened.

After the meal, Xie Huairou left the important things that had been dealt with until the last report as usual.

“The misconduct of the officials in charge of disaster relief has led to the worsening of the drought in Jizhou. It has all been found out,” Xie Huairou handed her the memorial, which contained a dense list of names, from top to bottom, followed by the place of dereliction of duty. ” How should I be punished?”

“Strictly deal with it.”

When Ji Yu opened it, she knew the list faster than Xie Huairou. His eyes swept over quickly, and he said without hesitation, “I’ll leave this to my sister.”

“Your Majesty…” Xie Huairou showed hesitation on her face, but she still said, “Gu Zimei assassinated a high-ranking minister, accepted bribes, and beheaded according to the law, but the minister wants to beg for mercy for him. It is more appropriate to be relegated to Xiliang from a distance to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds. “

“Are you begging for Gu Zimei?”

Ji Yu looked at her in disbelief, put down the memorial and said, “He made the idea to kill Luo Heng, instead of taking his life, should he continue to be an official?”

The first time the food was lost was an accident. The second time, Gu Zimei first realized who was doing the trick, and was about to stabilize the person, when Luo Heng slapped him and was startled. Weigh…

Xie Huairou was silent for a long time, her words only circled in her heart, she sighed softly, and tried to continue to plead, “I beg Your Majesty to spare his life.”

“Why,” Ji Yu straightened his back, “what marriage relationship does that person have with Lord Xie?”

“No,” Xie Huairou didn’t dare to intercede, noticing her obvious displeasure, “Gu Zimei should be executed according to the law, it’s absurd as a minister.”

Silence for a moment.

Ji Yu’s eyes stayed on her calm face for a long time, took a sip of tea, and sighed in a low voice, “…Sister, let me think about it.”

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Jizhou suffered a severe drought, and the people lacked food.

During disaster relief, the imperial court first copied the road from the surrounding cities where grain was stored, and sent grain to the nearest village for disaster relief. Jizhou is close to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the neighboring cities are all wealthy places.

It is a serious crime for businessmen to drive up the price of rice according to the law, and if they supply grain at a slightly lower price, they will be subsidized by the court, so businessmen are very benevolent and righteous.

As long as the imperial court is willing to manage, all kinds of natural disasters in various places in recent years have been passed smoothly.

I thought it was the same with this disaster relief.

The merchants first sold the grain to the common people at a slightly lower price, and then waited for the grain from the south to arrive, and the imperial court subsidized the silver taels.

Who would have guessed that the people of Jizhou this time would not be able to wait for the carriage of grain.

When the food stored by the merchants has long been exhausted, they wait and wait, but they still do not come.

The government’s food for disaster relief has not arrived, but a batch of high-priced food has quietly appeared on the market. The price has increased from ten to twenty times the original price, and even chestnuts are more expensive than meat.

In the end, people with a little family could not stay any longer, abandoned their fields and fled, and died on the roads that were closed everywhere due to natural disasters.

The rest of the poor people could no longer fill their stomachs with the bark and grass roots.

When the memorial was delivered, the whole country was shocked.

Originally, Jizhou was nothing more than a simple drought after locusts passed through the border and there was no rain for a long time. Obviously, it can be managed.

How did this happen?

After the early dynasty, Ji Yu sent another minister, led by Zuo Youhuan, to choose another way to relieve the disaster.

He is a new capable minister and a person from Jizhou, so Zhuge will not go wrong after taking the army with the grain to do things.

The courtiers blamed the disaster relief minister headed by the prefect of Nanzhou.

Hundreds of stone grains shipped from the south to Jizhou were transported three times and disappeared three times. Every time, due to various reasons that appeared halfway, they could not be delivered to Jizhou, but high-priced grain appeared out of thin air in Jizhou city.

The courtiers are playing, and Ji Yu is also investigating.

This matter has evolved into this, she is calm on the surface, but she is extremely angry and disappointed in her heart.

In the disaster relief work in Jizhou City, Ji Yu originally went from the disaster relief minister to the deputy, and then to the army that escorted the grain. Just be prepared to wait for them to come back, the promotion of the promotion of the reuse of the reuse.

Unexpectedly, the disaster relief will turn out to be such a result.

Even if it is a traitorous official slip history, embezzling more than half of the silver taels will not get to this point.

These large and small officials from the north to the south, if not all of them made some mistakes in key points, it is impossible to have such consequences.

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Concubine Chen’s father was from the south of the Yangtze River, and his ancestors were prominent. However, after three generations, the family became weaker and weaker, and his children gradually could only be low-ranking officials.

Only her brother Luo Heng was different, he was a famous juvenile jinshi.

Luo Heng was known as a child prodigy when he was young. When he grew up, he was handsome, with a face like a crown of jade and full of talent. He was the zhilan jade tree of the Luo family. A family that has been turned around by one person is on the decline.

He was the deputy in this disaster relief, but died suddenly on the way to Jizhou.

Luo Heng’s wife went to Beijing to visit Concubine Chen in the name of visiting relatives. Although she did not see her, she finally gave her a letter from her family.

Concubine Chen handed the letter to Ji Yu with red eyes.

The direct brother, the ambition is unpaid. It is full of what we have seen and heard during the disaster relief all the way, as well as the evidence that was quietly sent out for investigation by the court when it was noticed that something was wrong.

Not to mention that Ji Yu had a good relationship with her since he was a child, just because the young and promising Luo Heng was so obscurely framed by a traitor that Ji Yu had to compensate the Luo family.

The imperial decree a few days ago, the courtiers thought it was her nonsense, but Ji Yu was serious.

Such fierce opposition also made her quite annoyed.

Ji Yu didn’t think about it for a long time, and still ordered Gu Zimei and others to be beheaded. Those officials were exiled to death, and even those who had little responsibility were implicated in their dismissal.

the next day.

Ji Yu said that he didn’t go to Zaochao because of his illness, and ordered Xie Huairou not to go to the palace.

The first time she begged her, Ji Yu still beheaded him, and he didn’t really want to see her.

The group of officials who were to be promoted in the DPRK was exiled and half of them were constrained in their work, which made her a little tired. Due to “sickness”, he did not go to court for two consecutive days.

Ji Yu stayed in the Palace of Concubine Chen all day, watching flowers and amusing birds, and refused to leave.

“It’s been three days,” Concubine Chen said, “Is Your Majesty busy with the affairs of the state?”

“What to do,” Ji Yu lay lazily, opening the folding fan in his hand, and the broken gold on the fan’s face folded brightly on her face, “Life is exhausted, political affairs are infinite, and everything is endless.”

She fanned the wind again and again, and dragged her tone, “…It’s almost gone.”

“Okay, Your Majesty has worked hard.”

Concubine Chen made her a cup of tea, and when she brought it over, there was a small saucer with dried flowers next to her, “Come here to steal for half a day, it’s fine.”

“Hey,” Ji Yuyi grumbled to get up, leaned back on the sandalwood rocking chair like a boneless one, lifted the tea cup with one hand, picked up the small saucer and poured the dried flowers into it, “Is this flower delicious too? “

“Your Majesty, this is not for tea…” The white jade tea cup that Concubine Chen had just held in her hand, neither holding it nor putting it away, stood there for a while, pursed her lips and laughed helplessly, “Your Majesty!”

Ji Yu was stunned and asked nervously, “What’s wrong? Is this flower poisonous??”

Concubine Chen pouted, “Non-toxic, this is the elegant practice of the children in Beijing when they taste tea. The flowers are placed in a lacquer dish and watered with soup, and when they bloom, spices are added, and the fragrance is mixed with a spicy and sweet taste.”

“Oh,” Ji Yu said indifferently, blowing hot tea with his eyes down, “I am a native of Tianshe, I don’t understand this.”

Concubine Chen smiled and shook her head, “Your Majesty, from the golden branches and jade leaves to the ten thousand golden body, I am afraid that the five grains have never been divided. This can’t be regarded as a farmer.”

The dried flowers are beginning to bloom, floating in the tea cup half-floating.

Ji Yu raised his wrist and was about to take a sip, but the whole tea cup was taken away.

“When the flower dried, it did not avoid dust, it was not clean, and it was not drinkable.”

Concubine Chen took the tea cup and was about to pour it into the bronze statue next to it.

Her cup of tea is very particular, and the dew from the tea will be collected for a long time, and it will definitely be gone when it is poured out.

Ji Yu hurriedly leaned over and grabbed her sleeve to prevent it from falling out, “It doesn’t matter, since this flower has been cleaned before drying, it is clean, how much dust can it get when it is dried? “

“No, it’s not good if you drink it and make your stomach upset.”

Concubine Chen was still about to fall. Ji Yu grabbed her wrist and was waiting to make a coquettish pout. The maid’s announcement came from outside the door, “Master, Lord Xie is here.”

Ji Yu raised his eyes and looked, behind Yi’er was the Right Prime Minister in a crescent-colored robe. She had a jade crown in her hair and elegant sleeves. This dress, which she usually wore when she came to see her, made Ji Yu’s heart skip a beat.

There is a kind of truancy when I was young, and I just ran into the Taifu’s guilty conscience when I turned the corner.

“…”

Xie Huairou bowed and saluted, her eyes were flat, and she paused thoughtfully for several seconds when she looked at Ji Yu.

Following her gaze, Ji Yu saw that his hand was still clutching the sleeve of Concubine Chen, and he hurriedly retracted. When he sat back on the rocking chair, he straightened his back, and then hesitantly raised his head and smiled at her. meaning.

Xie Huairou “…”

She lowered her eyes without saying a word, but turned her head and said to Concubine Chen, “I have something important to report to Your Majesty…”

Concubine Chen looked back and forth between the two of them, sat down and picked up her cup of tea, and interrupted her with a slow sip, “Send Your Majesty.”

Ji Yu “…”

Ji Yu turned his head and gave Concubine Chen a wink to show that he didn’t want to go back so early, and asked Xie Huairou in a warm voice, “What’s the matter, Qing?”

“Your Majesty, why don’t you go back to the palace and talk about it.” Concubine Chen clearly saw it, but she lowered her eyes and plucked the tea cup while pretending not to see it, “If there is something important, it’s not easy to discuss it here, go back.”

Xie Huairou continued, “My minister, please drive back to the palace.”

Ji Yu “…”

On the way back, Xie Huairou had already finished what she wanted to report.

It’s not a big deal to decide.

Ji Yu raised his eyes and glanced at her, there was always a feeling that she knew that she was in the Palace of Concubine Chen, and she deliberately found a trivial thing in order to drag her back. The website has been changed, the website has been changed, the website has been changed, everyone re-collects the new website, the new computer version, after everyone saves it, open it at the new website, the old website will not be able to open in the future,