Under the showdown of Gu Wenjing's direct piercing the window paper, Yuan gave up the trouble. Without Yuan's support, Yuan Susu also settled down. From then on, she lived in the west courtyard and stopped trying to get to Gu Wenjing's side, and no longer made any trouble.

Gu Wenjing observed for a while and found that Yuan Susu was really settled. In order to reassure Yuan, he said to Cheng Yuhua: "In the future, I will mention my cousin's treatment and treat her as her cousin as the cousin of the Marquis's house."

When Yuan Susu was a cousin, she was treated as the serious lady in the Marquis's house. Later, she was demoted to be a concubine. Even with Yuan's subsidy, her treatment was not as good as when she was a cousin.

Now Gu Wenjing has improved her treatment and specifically mentioned that it was the same as when Yuan Susu was a cousin, just to tell Yuan that as long as Yuan Susu did not cause trouble, he would take her as a marquis’s wife for the rest of his life.

Cheng Yuhua and Gu Wenjing have been with each other for the past few years, and after all, they know him. As soon as they hear it, they quickly agreed: "Don't worry, husband, I will take good care of my cousin."

When the fire in the backyard was extinguished, Gu Wenjing could devote himself to his career.

Now he is a minister of the Ministry of Revenue at a young age. He has just taken a high position. It is not enough to do things well. He has to work hard to make contributions to the promotion faster.

However, it is not easy to deal with to make meritorious contributions, and if you want to make meritorious contributions in the Ministry of Revenue, it will inevitably affect the interests of certain forces, which will be bad for his career.

While Gu Wenjing was still hesitating, news came from Liangzhou that the river broke the dam and flooded the fertile fields, and countless victims were killed, asking the court for disaster relief.

In the morning court, the emperor brought disaster relief matters to the court to discuss with all officials. For a candidate for disaster relief, many officials quarreled.

Gu Wenjing stood in his position and listened silently to the arguments of others, thinking in his heart which faction these officials belonged to.

The emperor is in his fifties and is not in good health. He has thirteen princes under his knees, eight of whom have entered the court to discuss politics as adults.

None of these princes are born in the central palace, so except for the eldest prince who takes over the eldest son, there are many old ministers who value tradition. The other princes basically depend on whether their mother's family is good or not.

Among the eight adult princes, there are only the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince, the strongest, the most powerful, and the most fiercer. Now, in order to compete for disaster relief candidates, the disciples under these four princes are all fighting for red faces and thick necks.

In addition to these four princes, the second prince is a sick man who is ill in bed all year round; the fifth prince is obsessed with calligraphy and painting, and he is just like a court, with his goal being a free king; the seventh prince has a low presence and his mother's family is not outstanding; the eighth prince is a die-hard supporter of the eldest prince, and the remaining nine princes and five princes are still young and not adults, and they still live in the palace and go to the study room to study every day.

However, among the five unemployed princes, the eleventh prince was born by the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine was the emperor's favorite concubine, and even the queen had to retreat. Her son, the eleventh prince, was naturally the emperor's favorite son.

In addition, the power of the imperial concubine's family is not weak. Although the eleventh prince has not yet entered the court to discuss politics, the hidden power is not simple.

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Gu Wenjing looked at the Seventh Prince who stood behind the Sixth Prince with a stern face and no words without a high sense of presence.

He knew the plot from the system, and naturally he knew that the final winner among these princes was the seventh prince who looked unremarkable.

It is still the dormant period for the seventh prince. In a few years, when the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and the sixth prince fought for blood. The seventh prince emerged and joined forces with the queen. He was recorded in the name of the queen and became a legitimate legitimate son. He was also made the crown prince by the emperor. In two years, the eleventh prince, who was the most threatening to the seventh prince, had not yet become an adult, and the emperor passed away due to illness, and the seventh prince ascended the throne and became the new emperor.

If he didn't know who was the final winner, Gu Wenjing would certainly remain neutral and would not stand in line. Anyway, no prince dared to force him if he didn't stand in line. But he knew that the Seventh Prince was a real dragon, so he would inevitably want to get the success of the dragon that came to his door.

However, the Seventh Prince is too low-key now, and he never dares to win over important officials. Whether it is the powerful Ning Yuanhou or Gu Wenjing, a rookie who has entered the eyes of the emperor, the Seventh Prince has never tried to win over.

Gu Wenjing had received an olive branch from the eldest prince and others, but he didn't accept it. He pretended not to understand anything about their hints.

The emperor sitting on the dragon throne suddenly spoke and interrupted the courtiers' quarrel: "Let Lao Qi lead the team to provide disaster relief!"

The seventh prince, who had always remained silent and had a low sense of existence, came forward to receive the order, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, especially those princes who were competing for the quota for disaster relief candidates.

However, the seventh prince still had a calm expression and seemed to be unaware of anything.

The emperor allocated one million taels of silver for disaster relief, and of course the money was from the treasury, and the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the treasury.

Gu Wenjing, the Minister of Revenue, was sent by the Minister of Revenue to hand over to the Seventh Prince.

Gu Wenjing had never found a good opportunity to contact the Seventh Prince before, but now the ready-made opportunity has been delivered to him. However, he did not take the initiative to come forward.

Of course, those who take the initiative to deliver the door are not trying to win over the talents that come and are more valued.

Moreover, the princes were suspicious, and at the most intense moment of fighting for the throne, he might have been taken over by the Seventh Prince as being sent by other princes to test. After all, a prince of the Marquis's family took the initiative to surrender to a low-key prince who seemed to have no competitive advantage on the surface. No matter how he looked, he felt that there was a conspiracy.

So when facing the Seventh Prince, Gu Wenjing acted neither humble nor arrogant, and took out a detailed form and information: "Seventh Prince, this is the use of disaster relief silver. Although a million taels are a drop in the bucket for the victims, it is enough for them to survive this difficult period and rebuild their homes."

The Seventh Prince took the information and read it. He saw that the use of each million taels of disaster relief silver was clearly written, such as how much money to buy medicinal materials, which shop to buy medicinal materials can get the lowest price, how much money to buy grain, which grain-producing city to buy grain is the most cost-effective... The budget after budget is planned in extremely detailed, and it can be said that he can completely use this information to provide disaster relief.

The Seventh Prince was shocked. If all the words on it were true, then Gu Wenjing's ability should not be underestimated.

However, the Seventh Prince noticed a large expense listed. He couldn't help but look up at Gu Wenjing and asked, "What does the car and horse fee mean for this disaster relief team? Does the car and horse fee cost only 50,000 taels?"

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Gu Wenjing glanced at the words "The carriage and horses cost 50,000 taels" pointed at by the seventh prince, and said respectfully: "Your Highness and several other adults traveled thousands of miles to Liangzhou. There is always a cost to train, horses, food, clothing, housing and transportation."

The Seventh Prince frowned and said in a deep voice: "I am going to provide disaster relief, not to travel around the mountains and rivers!"

Gu Wenjing was not panicked by the slight anger of the seventh prince, and his tone was still calm: "I just hope that the victims of Liangzhou can get relief from the court, so that they will not be like the disaster relief seven years ago."

When the Seventh Prince was reminded of this, he also remembered that his eldest brother went to provide disaster relief seven years ago. As a result, he owed 30,000 taels of disaster relief silver. His dignified prince brought a bad idea, so the people below followed suit. A huge amount of disaster relief silver was scrapped layer by layer, and in the end, less than 20,000 taels of disaster relief were finally put into the hands of the victims.

He immediately understood why Gu Wenjing wrote this detailed information for him. The 50,000 taels of carriage listed were actually the 50,000 taels saved by Gu Wenjing from all aspects of disaster relief purchase of medicinal materials and grain for him, the prince.

The seventh prince couldn't help but sigh, angry and angry, Gu Wenjing regarded him as the same person as the eldest prince, thinking that when he went to provide disaster relief, he would learn from the eldest prince's greed for disaster relief money, so he simply saved 50,000 taels for him in the name of carriage and horse fees, so as not to cause the same tragedy as seven years ago.

However, the Seventh Prince had to admit in his heart that Gu Wenjing was not only capable, but also quite loving the people.

After understanding Gu Wenjing's real intention, the Seventh Prince was no longer angry and slowed down and said in a slowing down: "Don't worry too much. Your Highness will definitely spend all the disaster relief money on the victims." He looked at the information in his hand and smiled slightly, "As for the carriage fee, I will pay for it myself, anyway, it will also be used on my Highness himself."

Gu Wenjing looked at His Highness Seven in a slight surprise and smiled, "Your Highness is righteous, I admire you."

"Since your highness can't use these 50,000 taels, then use it to buy cloth kapok and firewood. The temperature difference between Liangzhou day and night is large, and it's okay during the day, but it's cold at night, and the victims are afraid that they can't stand it."

The Seventh Prince nodded with a smile.

Gu Wenjing looked at the Seventh Prince and saw that he seemed to be able to listen to his words. He paused and continued to talk about what work should be done during the disaster relief process, such as preventing plague and appeaseing the victims.

The more the Seventh Prince listened, the more surprised he looked at Gu Wenjing. After he finished speaking, the Seventh Prince couldn't help but said gently and kindly: "Mr. Gu is really talented!"

Gu Wenjing lowered his head slightly and said respectfully and distantly: "Your Highness praises you, I just read more miscellaneous books."

The Seventh Prince also realized that his attitude had changed a little too quickly, but such a talent was placed in front of him, which really made him happy to see the hunting, and he wanted to pull the person under his command immediately.

Just thinking about his current situation and Gu Wenjing's identity, the Seventh Prince was no longer anxious and smiled and said, "Mr. Gu doesn't have to be too humble. You can sit in your current position at a young age, which is enough to prove your ability."

The Seventh Prince didn't stay for long and handed over Gu Wenjing. He carefully put the disaster relief materials he wrote in front of him, and then left.

Gu Wenjing looked at the seventh prince's back as he left and sighed in his heart. He is indeed a winner in the future. His Taoism is indeed much higher than other princes.

At least the seventh prince's attitude of being respectful and polite just now was very comfortable.

As a dignified prince, he put away his minister's handwritten books like a treasure. Even if it is just a show, it is much more convincing than other princes' attitude of being respectful and polite but actually arrogant.

There is also the praise the Seventh Prince just praised him, but Gu Wenjing didn't think that the words he had talked about before could easily convince the Seventh Prince.

Even if the Seventh Prince thinks it sounds quite reasonable, he still has doubts in his heart. Only after he implements it and confirms it correctly will he believe that what Gu Wenjing said is true, not a paper talk.

But even if the Seventh Prince was just half-believing and half-doubted, he showed a look of total belief and admiration. If someone else was here, he would be fooled by him and would be so vain that he would express his vanity. He would like to give in to him to give in a cordial hint, and immediately bow to him.
Chapter completed!