The first lady is sweet and sweet

Chapter 649 Poverty (four more)
Shen Zhouheng turned his eyes on Yongtai Emperor and the three of them, and it seemed that they didn't quite understand the point.

One is the new king who succeeded the throne, the other is in the harem, and the other is in Jinyiwei, all of which have nothing to do with political affairs.

"Such unanimous opposition is very abnormal." The Queen Mother said with cold eyes. "It is definitely not the law of the ancestors that can make them oppose so loudly. It must have moved their interests."

"What's the benefit?" Emperor Yongtai looked at them and said, "It's just a simple official family transportation of food."

"Beichen, let your people check along the canal." The Empress Dowager looked at Fang Beichen with her deep eyes and said.

"The minister obeys the order." Fang Beichen cupped his hands and answered.

Shen Zhouheng's mouth opened and closed, not knowing how to speak.

"What does Master Shen want to say?" Emperor Yongtai looked at the hesitant Shen Zhouheng and obviously had something to say!
"I don't know if I should say it?" Shen Zhouheng, who was named, said nervously.

"What should I do?" Emperor Yongtai patted his thigh and said, "I just like you to tell the truth."

"That minister dared to say, what is the specific need for Mr. Fang to investigate?" Shen Zhou turned his body sideways and cupped his hands, "The Empress Dowager is right, such an objection will definitely affect the interests of the yamen on both sides of the canal. Cutting off people's money is like killing people. Parents. This is all by sea, and the prosperous cities on both sides of the canal will naturally decline. They rise because of the canal, and naturally they will decline because of the canal.”

The Empress Dowager looked at him and said, "My son finds someone to look at the boats on the Tongzhou Wharf every day to know how busy the canal is, not only the official's boats, but also the merchant ships, there is enough oil and water in it. of."

"What if the official family simply transported food?" Emperor Yongtai looked at them with deep eyes and said.

"As soon as the opening is opened, you can't help it." The Queen Mother shook her head slightly when she heard the words, "These people will be very troublesome! It's more troublesome, either ban or open!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Shen Zhouheng's eyes, the queen mother also knew very well about political affairs, this was not because the harem was not allowed to do politics.

"Let's wait for the result of Beichen's unannounced visit! Now it's all guesswork." The Queen Mother stopped the topic.

"There is someone, there is someone." Emperor Yongtai looked at the children in the field and said, "What are they doing? They are carrying bamboo poles and tying cloth strips."

Shen Zhouheng looked back and smiled, "I'm catching sparrows."

"What to do with them?" Emperor Yongtai asked inexplicably.

"The sparrows ate the wheat, which had to be chased away." Shen Zhouheng briefly introduced.

"This is over, and when the people are gone, they will come again. The easiest way is to destroy them." Emperor Yongtai thought of a once and for all method.

"These sparrows are as numerous as mice, and it is difficult to kill them all. They lay eggs diligently and hatch many birds." Shen Zhouheng said with a smile.

"How tiring!" Emperor Yongtai said, looking at the children under the sun, waving bamboo poles vigorously.

"There is no tiring farm work this year." The Empress Dowager looked at the crops with her black and white eyes.

"Mother's tone has done it before." Emperor Yongtai looked at her with great interest and said.

"I haven't eaten pork, and I haven't seen a pig run!" The Queen Mother chuckled softly.

She was once excluded and sent to Zhuangzi outside the city to 'recuperate'.For farming, although not carrying a hoe to the field to do farm work.

But she has also heard, seen, not ignorant.

Of course, she never mentioned the downfalls of these early years in front of her son.

"I'll take a look at it." Yongtai said confidently.

The queen mother looked at the brazenness, he shook his head and chuckled, "Next year's farming ceremony, go down to the ground yourself and see if you can do it!"

"In person, just in person, I still don't believe that I won't." Emperor Yongtai said strongly, and he must not be looked down upon by his mother.

"Speaking of mice, did Lord Shen also arrest Pingyi County?" Emperor Yongtai asked curiously.

"Catch! There are also mosquitoes and flies, but also kill them." Shen Zhouheng nodded heavily, "Those harmful things will not be destroyed, why keep them? The key is that you can't kill them."

"That's right, there are too many of them." Emperor Yongtai said in agreement, "The master said that they would spread diseases, and I don't know if they are true or not."

"Really!" Shen Zhouheng blurted out.

"How did you know?" Emperor Yongtai asked in surprise.

"Uh...they are in such a dirty place, it's no wonder they don't get sick!" Shen Zhouheng said smartly.

"Yeah!" Emperor Yongtai smiled and nodded, looking up at the car window, "Yeah! Uncle's house is a village!"

"Yes!" Fang Beichen said, looking at the house hidden in the lush trees.

"Let's go, let's take a look." Emperor Yongtai said excitedly.

"Okay!" Fang Beichen responded, "I'm going to speed up."

After waiting for a while, he swung his whip to increase his speed.

They walked along the official road for a while, then turned into the trail and headed for the village.

From a distance, Emperor Yongtai saw bare feet, tattered clothes, and barely covered children playing.

"Hey! Why don't they wear clothes?" Emperor Yongtai asked curiously, "The tattered clothes should have been thrown away!"

"You can't throw it away, you'll be naked when you throw it away." Shen Zhouheng hurriedly said after hearing the words, "This piece of rags is already pretty good, and in some places there's not even a piece of rags to cover the body. Not only children, but adults too."

"Sir?" Emperor Yongtai looked at him in disbelief and said, "Are you joking!"

"It's true! I don't dare to make a joke about this. It's fine in summer, so I can wear straw clothes." Shen Zhouheng said with a serious face, "In winter, you will wear cotton-padded clothes. Whoever has something to do will go out."

"What about the others?" Emperor Yongtai asked curiously.

"It's all nestled on the kang, and it's a little warmer to be huddled together." Shen Zhou looked at them with deep eyes and said.

"Aren't you exaggerating." Emperor Yongtai said in disbelief.

"This dress is three years old, three years old, and three years of sewing and mending." Shen Zhouheng pursed his lips and said, "The adult's clothes are torn and can't be worn anymore, they are made smaller for children, older children I can't wear it anymore, so I'll change it to a small child."

The queen mother looked over and said, "Those clothes have obviously been changed."

"Mother can tell." Emperor Yongtai said in surprise.

"Whose children don't like to wear colorful and bright clothes." The queen mother turned her head slightly to look at him and said.

"That's right! All the common people have been wearing gray clothes along the way." Emperor Yongtai remembered and said, "Is it so difficult? The emperor doesn't even have decent clothes under his feet."

The answer to him was silence. I have seen this question with my own eyes. Needless to say?

"It's done."

A sudden sound interrupted the suffocating atmosphere in the carriage.

(End of this chapter)