Red House Shoufu

Chapter 264 Continue to play music and then dance

Creak, creak...the rut where the carriage rolled over again returned north.

Lin Shu's thoughts were not fully recovered from the previous question and answer, Gao Wanxuan even yelled several times, but only responded a few words mechanically.

The inner eunuch who was serving in the carriage opened his mouth several times, but was stopped by the eyes of Prince Gao Wancheng.

Compared with the current emperor who became a monk halfway, the prince Gao Wancheng, who has been taught by the Supreme Emperor, is always imitating his imperial grandfather.

On these insignificant issues, Gao Wancheng would not mind the occasional disrespect of his courtiers, not to mention that Lin Shu was still his teacher in name, and he was the future assistant minister chosen by his father for him.

Seeing that Lin Shu was absent-minded, Gao Wanxuan turned his gaze to the snow scene outside the car.He lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the passers-by who retreated on both sides of the convoy and bowed in salute.

This is the official road to Beijing, no matter the wind or rain, there will be vehicles, horses and pedestrians traveling to and from the capital through this road.Gao Wanxuan saw many people in ragged clothes shrank aside on both sides of the road, and their thin clothes could not resist the cold at all.

He frowned and said to his elder brother: "Brother Huang, why don't you send some winter clothes to these people?"

"It's not just these people who are starving and freezing. How many people do you think His Highness can help with just a temporary rescue?"

Lin Shu cupped his fists to apologize to Gao Wancheng and said, "His Royal Highness, forgive me, I was just rude!"

Gao Wancheng waved his hand with a smile and said, "Master Lin is enlightening, how could I care about this?"

"How dare you say it's enlightenment, it's just that I was suddenly alerted by Master Qian's words today, so it's an occasional gain."

The blank look on Lin Shu's face finally went away, and he seemed to be much more energetic.He looked at the group of beggars outside the car, and sighed: "Great Chu has a vast territory, and there are more than hundreds of millions of people. I don't know how many poor people account for. Sending clothes and food is always just a temporary solution, not the root cause. In the end, we still have to give them An opportunity to support a family."

"Master Lin is talking about the policy of substituting work for relief in Henan?"

Gao Wancheng asked curiously, this work-for-relief has existed since ancient times, but it has been used very rarely in the past dynasties.One is that it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the other is that it costs a lot, which is not as convenient as direct disaster relief.

Lin Shu carried out work-for-relief in Daming Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, repairing rivers and official roads, renovating cities, reclaiming wasteland, building canals, etc. Although he achieved great success, it also caused the Ministry of Households to complain.

If the emperor hadn't trusted Lin Shu and wanted to see what kind of miracles this work-for-relief could bring, a different monarch would have lost Lin Shu's black hat long ago.

The investment in the early stage is too large, and the profit period is too long. How can a person who is only thinking of making some big political achievements to get promoted and make a fortune have the patience to do these things.

Lin Shu nodded solemnly when he heard Gao Wancheng mention work-for-relief.Da Chu is now in the heyday of the dynasty. Although the court's taxation is a bit tight, it can still accomplish many things if it is used well.

He briefly talked about the advantages of work-for-relief compared with traditional relief. For example, work-for-relief not only supports a group of refugees, but also saves part of the labor while providing relief. The reclaimed wasteland can also increase land. By the way Settle the landless people and so on.

When it came to business, Lin Shu talked eloquently, and Gao Wancheng also smiled and listened silently, occasionally expressing his own opinions.

When the motorcade arrived at Suzaku Gate, Lin Shu came back to his senses and ended the conversation: "It's the minister who disturbed His Highness's cleanliness..."

"Master Lin was joking. I have benefited a lot from what I said. Not to mention anything else, this work-for-relief strategy can be used in the capital at this time. The coal mines in Xishan are short of people, and the refugees flocking to the capital There are more and more people, and the nursing home is almost full of people.”

Gao Wancheng lifted the curtain of the car, and many beggars gathered at the gate of the city, staring eagerly at the dozens of cauldrons under the city wall.

A bowl of hot porridge gave them a chance to survive, but at the same time deprived them of their dignity.Of course, dignity is worthless in the face of hunger.

Lin Shu reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, the value of charcoal will become more and more high, so be careful to exchange your life for black silver!"

Mining coal is not easy and easy. In the eyes of some unscrupulous people, the value of human life may not be as valuable as a basket of coal balls.

Gao Wancheng glanced at Lin Shu in surprise, and after a while of silence, he said appreciatively: "The people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least. Master Lin should be called a great Confucian!"

Lin Shu cupped his hands and turned to the north: "The Son of Heaven is the father of all the people, and the strength of the people makes the country strong, and a strong country will have the foundation of eternal life. Does your Highness think so?"

Gao Wancheng bowed to Lin Shu and said: "Master Lin's words, students should remember, when engraving seals in the room, always be alert to yourself!"

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Prince Zhongshun returned to Beijing, and the crown prince led a group of officials out of Beijing for twenty miles to meet him.

The emperor waited in front of the Great Chu Gate, and brought his younger brother into the Dragon Head Palace to meet the saint.The Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple prepared the palace banquet, and all civil and military officials of the seventh rank and above in Beijing entered the palace to attend the banquet.

Lin Shu mixed in the ranks of the Imperial Academy, chatting with Wang Huan and other colleagues.It would be fine if this palace banquet was held in spring and autumn. In the cold winter months, the hot dishes are served without even a bit of heat, so it is really hard to swallow.

The imperial wine was pretty good, and with a few mouthfuls of cold dishes, Lin Shu also drank two cups.As for the toasts of the people who came later, most of them were made by Wang Huan to drink for him.

The emperor was in a good mood today, and he even wrote a poem on the spot to celebrate Gao Yongheng's triumphant return. The Supreme Emperor happily watched the scene of brothers and sisters respecting each other from the throne, and didn't take the loyal and loyal Wang Gao Yongyi with a livid face at all. .

As for the Yizhong Prince Gao Wanjin who was lying unconscious in the palace, no one would mention this unpleasant incident at this time.

On the day of great joy, everything is closer to singing and dancing, and the gap between civil and military has been greatly reduced. Lin Shu saw with his own eyes that his cheap uncle Jia She, together with several martial arts elders, poured wine on the three cabinet scholars.

When chief assistant Wei Qinghe was poured several glasses of wine, he leaned against Jia She, closed his eyes and started snoring.

At the beginning, everyone was taken aback by the old man. Jia She, dumbfounded, picked up the old man and followed Xia Shouzhong to the side hall.

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and laughed loudly: "It's just drunk, come on, let's play music and dance, if you don't get drunk today, you won't return!"

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Singing and dancing in the palace promotes the peace, and the wine is intertwined.In Qian's Mansion in Zhengxifang, Daiyu, Wang Yuan and several other official girls who attended the banquet, were accompanying Qian Moshi leaning on the stove to make tea and enjoy plum blossoms.

The decoration of Qian's mansion is mainly simple and elegant. These blooming winter plums are the only flowers that adorn the mansion of Qian's mansion.As for other seasons, the flowers of vegetables are the most beautiful scenery in Qian Mo's eyes.

Most of the people Qian Moshi invited to the banquet were family members of Qian Qianli's disciples.Daiyu has the highest status among these guests.But she doesn't care much about these, as long as no one troubles her, she will definitely have a smile on her mouth, gentle and pleasant.

After a while, Daiyu became friends with these people of similar age.

Qian Mo seemed to like the current situation very much, and handed the boiled tea to several people one by one.She exclaimed: "It's a pity, it's a pity, the old woman's sons have already married wives and had children, otherwise you will be detained at home and be my daughters!"

(End of this chapter)