Chapter IX Interest
As soon as the three-day deadline arrived, some people were waiting for the best strategies of the crown prince in the court, and some were waiting to see jokes. It is said that the crown prince had a visit to Jiaoshan Meiyuan outside the city on the first day, and practiced calligraphy at the crown prince's mansion the next day. Today was exactly the third day.
"Crown Prince, can you come up with a solution?" Emperor Yongyuan still liked the prince very much, and only spoke about countermeasures, rather than pointing directly at food and grass.
All civil and military officials looked at Qin Yuexi and saw that their crown prince was not anxious or slow.
"Your father, there is not enough food in stock now, and most of the floods in the mansion have been consumed. The only way to make up food is to make up now."
"Carrying grain? The prince said it lightly. Who doesn't know how to raise grain? But now it's still far from autumn harvest. If there is grain in Licheng and Yunzhong, the father will still use us to share our worries?" The wise king Qin Yueyong made a fuss without waiting for Emperor Yongyuan on the dragon throne to speak.
Qin Yuexi's face was normal and said calmly: "Brother, Licheng, there is no such thing as Yunzhong, but Qingzhou, Ruyang, and Fancheng may be there. All the officials and workers know that these three places are not far from Nanshu, with high grain production and many merchants. They are relatively wealthy places in Dayuan. Although they are far from Linzhou City, the food and grass military supplies do not need to be transported back to Linzhou. They can directly arrange food and grass officials to transport them to the north."
"What the prince said is true, but the Ministry of Revenue in the grain storage warehouses in these three places has records. Although it is better than other places, it is only tens of thousands of stones in total, which is far from enough." Li Zongyin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, did not want to undermine the situation, but just reported the truth. He would not participate in the battle between the two princes.
At this time, the Prime Minister, Mr. Luo, who had not spoken, also spoke, looked at Qin Yuexi and asked, "What does the Prince's meaning mean to be a business from the merchants and gentry in these three places?" After saying that, he lowered his head and stopped, "You can consider it, and there is a precedent." Prime Minister Luo knew the prince's private business, and when he heard the prince say this, he probably understood a rough idea, and naturally he wanted to speak.
Seeing the prime minister say this, the eldest prince's face turned bad in an instant. He was dissatisfied with the prince's reputation, but the two of them only occasionally faced each other in the court. Everyone knew it well. Emperor Yongyuan was just admonishing and did not obviously target any one, so everyone pretended to be confused.
Sometimes when the princes make a few words like this, Emperor Yongyuan feels normal.
After hearing the words of Prime Minister Luo, Emperor Yongyuan finally spoke out and looked at the ministers in the court and said, "I heard from my dear, what the prince said is also a way. I will tell you what the different opinions of my dear."
The emperor said this, and the prime minister clearly agreed. The prince offered advice. Of course, they all said it was good. There was no different viewpoint. There was no way to do it. If there was, he would have offered advice. Who would have wanted the merits? But this merit was not easy to make.
After hearing the sound of falling down, Emperor Yongyuan frowned. He knew that he could not figure out a better way, so he could only say, "Then do it according to the prince's wishes. It's just that, who do you think is suitable for this job?"
"Whoever thinks about the trick will go." The eldest prince has always been a master who says whatever he wants and is not afraid of being in a world. At most, he will be scolded for being useless, and he is used to it.
The court is quiet again. The eldest prince can say this, they can't. Look at me, I look at you, and they all lowered their heads. I know it's not easy to deal with, so I didn't say anything. Emperor Yongyuan slapped on the dragon throne in anger and said angrily: "What, the prince has come up with the solution. Is it necessary for him to do this? A prince ran over and asked for food from others? The prince is the crown prince."
Emperor Yongyuan naturally knew everyone’s thoughts. Even if he knew, he was so angry that he could not do this order.
"Your Majesty, it may be appropriate for one person!" Finally, one person stood up, Luo Lixun, the young and promising doctor of the Ministry of Personnel.
Finally someone took care of him, Emperor Yongyuan's expression was much more relaxed, and he waved his sleeves and said, "Li Xun, tell me who is?" His tone was a little closer, but those present dared not be upset. At least they helped to shut down the engine.
Luo Lixun stood in the court with a calm expression and replied: "Master Bai Yunxi, this person once served in the Ministry of Revenue and was clear about the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. He was later transferred to Qingzhou as the governor of the government. He was responsible for managing food, grass, fortifications and other things. He had been in office for three years and should have some understanding of the customs and customs of the office. This person happened to be ordered to return to the imperial city to wait at home."
After hearing what the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel said, everyone suddenly felt that it was appropriate. Even Emperor Yongyuan thought it was really good, but he couldn't remember what kind of person he was. Just as he was thinking, General Manager Yang, who was standing beside him, came forward to remind him. Emperor Yongyuan immediately remembered, wasn't he his brother-in-law?
"It's indeed suitable, but now I'm on duty, so it's not appropriate to do this." Emperor Yongyuan thought about what identity he pointed out, and seemed to have thought of something, and asked: "Li Aiqing, is there a vacancy for the Ministry of Revenue?"
When Li Shangshu heard this, he immediately understood what Emperor Yongyuan meant and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, that's right."
"I wrote an order, Bai Yunxi, the former Qingzhou Tongzhe, did his duty, and I heard that he had good deeds and rewarded him with virtue, and benefited him as the country. I highly praised him. From now on, I was appointed as the fifth-rank official of the Ministry of Revenue." Emperor Yongyuan waved his hand and a unknown wait-to-be-president of the post, suddenly became a third-level judge.
Everyone could only listen silently, and even envy him, he could only say insincerely that this guy is lucky.
Then another imperial edict was sent to the Bai family in the west of the city. The matter came to an end, just to see how the errand was done.
No one thought that the inclusion of the middle joint was actually a woman's work, and the calculation was not leaked, and even Emperor Yongyuan's reaction was accurately pinched.
Retreating, Luo Lixun looked at Qin Yuexi thoughtfully. He didn't know what role the prince played in this matter, but he just asked him to help him to mention a suitable person to do something wrong, but he did not point out Bai Yunxi directly. But Bai Yunxi was indeed suitable. After thinking about the whole matter carefully, there was only the word "perfect".
Before the two imperial edicts arrived at the Bai family, Bai Zhaoyi had already heard the news. He was happy first and then shocked. He sat there for a long time and wrote a letter and sent a letter to Bai's confidant.
The Bai Mansion burned incense and put up a case to receive the order, which was considered a happy event for the Second Master after that. It was a great event. It was not everyone's luck to be promoted to the third level. If you are a fifth-rank, you can enter the court for discussion.
The old lady was happy to reward her servants. She was not willing to congratulate her with great fanfare during the mourning period, and she didn't want to serve wine to the table. She just suppressed her joy, closed the door and kowtowed to her ancestors, and ordered the mansion to be respectful.
The Bai family's eldest son was even more happy. The old man himself did not expect that he would be able to enter the Ministry of Revenue again, and it was still a fifth-rank official. It was fake to say he was unhappy, but he did not have the fever in his forehead because there was an imperial edict that those women didn't know that if the food and grass were so easy to raise, the job would never fall on him. After thinking about it, he received a letter from the palace.
Bai Yunxi took the letter and went to the study alone to close the door. The letter must have been given a request for the letter at this time. Sure enough, the letter stated that the promotion was related to the prince and the niece of the second wife. In addition, the matter of food and supplies made him ask his niece to find the niece to talk about it, which might be helpful.
After holding the letter for a long time, Bai Yunxi got up and took out the fire note and burned it. The joy at the beginning had diluted a lot. His sister must have known something, otherwise she would not have written such a letter to him. The imperial edict clearly stated that he would set off immediately, that is, he would have set off early tomorrow morning. Only then did he remember that it had been nearly ten days since he came back, and he had never seen his niece mentioned by his sister. He just heard that he was not very good and lived in the courtyard.
There were not many times and he couldn't bear to think about it carefully. Bai Yunxi got up and went to the courtyard. However, when he arrived, he found that the gate was wide open, but there was not even a servant guarding the courtyard. He couldn't help but look unhappy.
"Hello, master! Miss inside, go in." Luyaer walked out of the house and saw the people in the yard asking obediently as ordered.
Bai Yunxi paused, knowing that he would come and was waiting for him. What was going on? The more I wanted to figure it out, the faster I could walk.
Qing Jin was holding a pen and writing at the table in the side hall in the middle of the house. This was the only thing I insisted on doing in recent years.
When she saw someone coming in, Qing Jin just finished her writing. It was the first time she saw this uncle. She was a bit similar to her father and also knew him from the file.
At the same time, Bai Yunxi was also looking at his niece, not saying a word about the other party's reexamination. After just looking at it for a while, he walked to the table and looked at the rice paper with the ink on the table. He said that he could recognize people by observing the words.
The beautiful style of a woman's brushstroke is appropriately used, and the strokes are neat and hidden. The end is a magnificent cursive script. It can be seen that it has at least more than ten years of experience. It is rare. Looking at the content, "Who is the master of the ups and downs of thousands of miles of beautiful rivers and mountains?" If it is a man, it is a blessing for the Bai family.
"Good words!" This is the first sentence Bai Yunxi said a long time after coming in.
"Uncle! Please sit down." Qing Jin raised his hand to the chair beside him, walked around the table and walked out.
Bai Yunxi did not criticize her for being unruly. She followed Qing Jin's side and drank the tea handed over by Qing Jin, but she didn't say anything for a long time.
"I haven't congratulated my uncle on his promotion yet." Qing Jin didn't mind his silence. This elder brother, whom his father respected, was indeed a man with a grove in his heart as the sect said.
Bai Yunxi put down the cup, sighed and finally said in a deep voice: "My second brother has given birth to a good daughter, which can actually influence the promotion of court officials."
I can't hear the praise or criticism, but I can hear the joy I should have because of the promotion.
Qing Jin did not comment. Bai Zhaoyi heard the news and could not tell his brother. After his uncle knew about it, he could not be unwilling to be irresistible. He stood up to the table and picked up a letter that had been written long ago and handed it to Bai Yunxi: "Uncle doesn't need to worry about it. Since ancient times, heroes have not yet asked where they come from. In the future, it is because you are suitable. It is all because of how you act in the court in the future. There are too many capable people in the world, and what they lack is just opportunities for display. Here is a list, and Uncle will be able to come back soon to report. No matter what, they will always be the soldiers on the frontier who will not worry about the winter. The court can also take care of the emergencies in case of emergencies. The contribution is in the country. Why bother with the rest?"
It took Bai Yunxi a long time to accept the letter. After all, he still listened to one of the achievements in the country. Why bother with the others? No matter what the niece is involved with the prince, even if he looks at the words, he will not be as he thinks. It is better to read while walking. At least, he has just obtained a promise and decides what the court will do in the future, so he will take this love.
Chapter completed!