Empress work daily

Chapter 164

Seeing that smile, Jiang Yousi felt creepy, His Majesty had never been so "kind and amiable" to him.

"Jiang Qing, I don't know how the household department's grain raising is progressing?"

Jiang Yousi: "..."

If you want to know the progress of the Ministry of Households raising food, why did you call him, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?

Jiang Yousi murmured in his heart, but on the face he answered respectfully and truthfully, "Returning to Your Majesty, it is reported that the Ministry of Households has successfully completed the three rounds of grain raising, and the rest is the issue of rice grains in place. Mr. Tang said that we will wait and see how the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is. Where there is a shortage of food, it will be sent there.”

"Jiang Qing is doing business, I really don't worry."

Jiang Yousi: "..."

Your Majesty's ears are fine, right?

He thought rebelliously.

"Your Majesty is wise, the fact of raising food is the result of the hard work of the household department, and I dare not take credit for it."

But Ji Qiang smiled without hesitation: "Jiang Qing is modest. If Jiang Qing hadn't been behind Tang Chongjian, the matter of raising food for the household department would not have gone so smoothly as expected."

In the 36 counties of Daliang and Kyushu, many counties and counties in Yongzhou and Jizhou suffered from drought and locust plagues last year. This year, I am thankful that I don’t ask the court for money or grain, let alone go to these two prefectures to raise rice grain.

This summer Liang, Jing, and Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River were flooded again, so they reached out to ask the court for money and food.

Therefore, the imperial court can only start with a few other states to collect grain from the local area.

The current situation is that there are huge piles of money, but there is no grain mountain that can be dispatched. They can only be dispatched sparsely from various places, or directly purchased from grain merchants in various places.

Therefore, when Ji Qiang heard that the household department had successfully completed the grain raising so quickly, it would be a lie to say that he was not surprised.

"Your Majesty, please listen to your minister's details. The first time the Ministry of Households raised grain was successfully completed, it was all due to Mr. Tang's precautions. At the beginning, after the king of Wuling County led his army to the north, Mr. Tang dispatched 40 rice grains from various places in the south of the Yangtze River, fearing that the army would be short of rations. Wan Shi. It’s a coincidence that as soon as this batch of rice left the boundary of Yangzhou, the army returned triumphantly, and then, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and other places suddenly encountered floods..."

For the imperial court, 40 shi of rice and grain can be directly distributed to the disaster-stricken areas without being dispatched from the north to the south, which is not too troublesome.

"The second batch of food was collected even more effortlessly."

"Oh? How do you say it?" Ji Qiang was even more curious.

"Return to Your Majesty, all because of one person—Shen Wanjiu."

When mentioning Shen Wanjiu, Jiang Yousi always wanted to say that he is His Majesty's movable granary and bank.Take it as you use it, without delaying your work at all.

When the imperial court raised rice grain for the second time, Shen Wanjiu went to the household department and volunteered to take out two grain stores of his own, willing to transfer all of them to the imperial court at a price that was [-]% lower than the market price.

Shen Wanjiu was originally from the south of the Yangtze River, and Shen Wanjiu accounted for two of the four major grain companies in the south of the Yangtze River. He was willing to lend a helping hand at this time. First of all, the court would save the court from major troubles in terms of scheduling.

For such a loyal person, the imperial court would naturally not take advantage of him and buy all the rice from the Shen Family Grain Company at the market price.

After being reminded by Jiang Yousi, Ji Qiang remembered that Shen Wanjiu's ancestor Shen Wanjiu made a fortune by dumping rice grains.

This time Shen Wanjiu solved the urgent need of the court again, and Ji Qiang silently remembered his contribution in his heart.

Then, she waited with full anticipation for Jiang Youpan to tell about the third batch of food collection.

Ji Qiang would never have thought that it had something to do with her little aunt.

According to Jiang Yousi, Princess Yan personally promised Tang Chongjian yesterday that if the court needed it, she would raise 20 shi from Wudi and dispatch it directly to the three states in the south of the Yangtze River.

Wudi is in the south of the three states, the distance is short, and the scheduling is extremely convenient.

The three times of raising food were promising, the speed was fast, and the plan was the best, which solved Ji Qiang's serious worry.

In the final analysis, she didn't think it was all due to Tang Chongjian's precautions and Shen Wanjiu and Princess Yan's initiative to offer advice. Without Jiang Yousi's advice behind the scenes, it would never have been so smooth.

Ji Qiang was very clear about the old fox's skills.

For some reason, Jiang Yousi felt that creepy feeling coming again.

He also never thought that His Majesty summoned him in a hurry to understand the matter of raising food.

Sure enough, Ji Qiang said in a serious manner: "I am most optimistic about Jiang Qing in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. Do you know why?"

Jiang Youbang was touched on the surface, but he was even more depressed in his heart. He knew that His Majesty would probably set him up, but he couldn't resist.

The girl on the dragon chair praised without hesitation: "Jiang Qing is not only a strategist, but also a warm-hearted person. No one in the six departments can lack Jiang Qing."

Ouch, hello... Jiang Yousi knelt down and refused, "Your Majesty is too honorable, I am terrified, terrified."

"You don't need to be humble when you love Qing." Ji Qiang stepped down from the dragon chair, and personally helped Jiang Yousi up, "I have something that I want to entrust to Qing."

Jiang Yousi: "..."

I'm coming!

That is to say, the top hat is not something you can wear whenever you want.

Jiang Youpan's heart had collapsed, so he bit the bullet and asked what was the matter.

Ji Qiang: "I want to retreat for a month, and I hope you will take care of the six affairs."

"Your Majesty wants to retreat?" Jiang Yousi thought he heard it wrong.

Isn't retreat a common practice of national teachers?Why, Your Majesty wants to stop?

"I'm incompetent, I'm terrified." Jiang Yousi just got up and knelt down again, with a face full of refusal.

"I believe you can do it." Ji Qiang pulled him up again.

"Your Majesty..." Jiang Yousi wanted to cry.

"I'm afraid that I'll lose the emperor's favor!"

Jiang Yousi wanted to kneel again, but this time Ji Qiang refused, "I know exactly what you can do."

When the words fell to the ground, Shang Liujia and Linglu, who were standing by, suddenly started acting face to face.

Shang Liujia: "Your Majesty has reached Ji, so it stands to reason that the Ministry of Rites' selection of a husband is a routine proposal, and it is not out of the ordinary. Even if Your Majesty does not want to mention it for the time being, he should not embarrass Mr. Liang in public like this."

Linglu: "She didn't want to, she was... extremely disgusted, and the national teacher, you didn't see his eyes at that time, sharper than a sword..."

Jiang Yousi: "..."

The above is clearly a conversation between him and Tang Chongjian, yet Shang Liujia and Linglu recounted it verbatim!

That is to say, His Majesty knows exactly what he and Brother Tang said while standing on the alley after going down to court!
horrible!terrible!

Jiang Yousi almost fell to the ground, "Your Majesty! I'm guilty of capital crime! Capital crime!!"

"Qing's words are serious. I didn't care about it at the time, and I won't settle accounts with Qing afterwards."

"It's just that I have encountered difficulties this time, and I hope you will help me."

Ji Qiang showed both kindness and power this time, no matter what Jiang Yousi said, he agreed repeatedly.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Jiang Youpan said pitifully, "Your Majesty is going to Jiangnan, can you really return in a month?"

Ji Qiang: "..."

She never said that she was going to Jiangnan.

The old fox!He obviously knows everything, but he still pretends to be stupid in front of her. If he had known, he should have asked Liujia and Linglu to say a few more words to scare him.

"I promise Qing that I will return within a month at the most. You only need to worry about political affairs, Wang Shengjun will take care of the palace affairs, and brothers Zhao Qian and Zhao Kun will take care of the safety of the palace and the capital, so there will be no trouble."

Jiang Yousi took orders again and again, and looked very well-behaved.

Five days later, when the news of His Majesty's closed-door retreat was released in the palace, Ji Qiang had already led the four great king vajra horses to raise their whips, and they were already close to the boundary of Yangzhou.

(End of this chapter)