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Prime Minister Wang's move is indeed shameless. In front of the new emperor and all the ministers, he pulled down the old face of the prime minister and begged the princess for forgiveness, and also asked for grain seeds.

If Jiang Shaohua doesn't respond, he is narrow-minded and ignores the overall situation. If he agrees, he will be severely cut to provide food and strength.

Prince Wu'an's eyes flashed with gloating. A yellow-haired girl insists on showing off her talent and irritating Prime Minister Wang. From now on, just wait for Prime Minister Wang to make moves overtly or covertly, and wait for your flesh to be cut with a soft knife!

Duke An Guo frowned slightly, thinking about how to deal with Jiang Shaohua. Since Jiang Shaohua is an iron-clad "Queen Mother Party", he must protect her.

Even Emperor Taihe frowned, thinking that Prime Minister Wang, you are too shameless. Prime Minister Liang, a young man, bullied a teenage girl. No matter how wealthy Nanyang County is, it still belongs to Shaohua's cousin. Opening your mouth like this is no different from trying to grab someone.

No one expected that Jiang Shaohua did not hesitate at all and immediately responded: "I will write a letter back to the Nanyang Palace immediately and ask the officials to prepare grain seeds and send them to Yan County."

The amount of grain in a county is by no means a small amount.

All the ministers looked at him in astonishment.

Emperor Taihe was also moved and blurted out: "How can this be done?"

Jiang Shaohua looked sincere and sincere: "I am the princess of Daliang County and a minister of the emperor. It is natural for me to contribute to Daliang and share the emperor's worries. Last year, Nanyang County was very successful in promoting new grains. The county had a bumper harvest, and the corn output was The yield per acre of sweet potatoes is four to five times that of wheat and millet, enough to feed twice as many people.”

"It's a pity that the minister wanted to donate grain that day, but Prime Minister Wang blocked it. Otherwise, if the court acted quickly enough, it would have been able to replant a crop last winter, and now it would be possible to harvest a crop of new grain."

These words made all the ministers feel excited, and they couldn't help but raise their eyes to look at Prime Minister Wang.

The die-hard followers of the Prime Minister, such as Zhang Shangshu and Zhou Shangshu, felt at most a little regretful. The rest, such as the Queen Mother's party, neutral ministers, and ministers close to the Nanyang Palace, were particularly angry.

If it weren't for Prime Minister Wang's many complications, we wouldn't be in this situation today.

"The princess's noble character is admirable." Prime Minister Wang calmly handed over to Jiang Shaohua.

Jiang Shaohua finally turned around, with sarcasm flashing in his eyes: "I am willing to donate grain and seeds to the court and send them to Yan County. This is my duty as a minister. It has nothing to do with Prime Minister Wang."

"That day in the court, Prime Minister Wang made unreasonable accusations against me, Princess Nanyang, and insulted my reputation for no reason. Today I want to ask Prime Minister Wang. Have I, Jiang Shaohua, made any rumors to confuse the public? Do I have ulterior motives?"

Snapped!Snapped!
The ministers vaguely heard two loud slaps, which landed heavily on Prime Minister Wang's face.

The previous conflicts were all in a small area, and not many people witnessed them. Today, it is a large court gathering where hundreds of officials are present.

Princess Nanyang spoke sharply and refused to give in: "Prime Minister Wang's gentle apology will smooth over this matter, ask me to forget the past, and ask me to be magnanimous. Isn't it too beautiful?"

Prime Minister Wang has not experienced the feeling of being bullied like this for a long time.

However, in order to force Jiang Shaohua to provide grain seeds, he had already admitted that he was wrong before. It is not appropriate or possible to change his words now. I had to swallow this suffocation: "What does the county master want?"

Jiang Shaohua said coldly: "Then it depends on the sincerity and sincerity of Prime Minister Wang's apology."

How could Duke An be willing to let go of such a good opportunity to add insult to injury? He stepped forward and said, "The Prime Minister has issued an official document to refute the Princess's memorial. Now that I know it is inappropriate, I should write a formal apology document. The words are written in black and white on the paper. This shows your sincerity.”

This move can be described as precise and vicious. It was common to pay money and give generous gifts, and the farm shop was nothing. If this apology document were written, it would become an indelible stain on Prime Minister Wang.

Prime Minister Wang's pupils shrank sharply, and he was about to retort when he heard the emperor on the dragon throne say: "Just follow what Duke An said! I will bear witness and clear up this misunderstanding." Prime Minister Wang felt a chill in his heart.

Emperor Taikang would never treat Prime Minister Liang like this to him.

The young and passionate emperor in front of him was completely different from the weak-tempered and loving Emperor Taikang. When the ministers quarreled and tried to distract the emperor, even the prime minister would suffer.

Emperor Taihe looked over.

Prime Minister Wang swallowed down the shame, anger and displeasure in his heart and handed over his hand.

Emperor Taihe then relaxed his brows, comforted Prime Minister Wang with a few gentle words, and said to Minister Ji: "The replanted grain seeds will be sent from Nanyang County to Yan County. The food for relief must be arranged by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It's hard work." "Ji Shangshu."

Most of it has come from Nanyang County. The remaining relief food can be squeezed out as much as possible!
The heavy stone in Ji Shangshu's heart was lifted, and he accepted the order quite briskly.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Taihe said in a deep voice: "There is a locust plague in Yan County. Next, other counties must also be affected by the locust plague. Do you have any advice?"

In fact, the court had no good way to deal with such natural disasters. It is nothing more than reducing or exempting land taxes, allocating grain, providing relief to appease the people, and so on. How exactly it will be implemented depends on the officials of each yamen.

These specific matters cannot be resolved by the Great Council.

The ministers gave me advice one by one and discussed several countermeasures.

The first imperial meeting of hundreds of officials in the first year of Taihe ended with anxious voices.

When the emperor retreated from the court, he deliberately left Princess Nanyang behind: "Cousin Shaohua, come with me to Jingyang Palace for lunch."

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From the prince to the emperor, just one word difference made the pressure he felt more than doubled. At the first court meeting today, there was a memorial from Yan County to report the locust plague. The young Emperor Taihe was so anxious that he was almost smoking. After half a day, I was exhausted both physically and mentally.

“This position is so tiring.”

Emperor Taihe walked out of the Golden Palace and was dazzled by the bright sunlight, and couldn't help but murmur.

Jiang Shaohua was right behind the emperor. He heard this sigh clearly and comforted in a low voice: "Locust plagues often occur after severe droughts. This is a natural disaster. No wonder the emperor."

Emperor Taihe sighed: "Thank you for stepping forward and donating grain and seeds, which solved a big problem for me."

Jiang Shaohua did not take credit at all: "I am a minister of the emperor and the princess of the Jiang family. My status, honor and power all come from the Jiang family. Now is the most difficult time for the court, so I can do my best for the court. It should be."

After a pause, he laughed in a low voice: "Actually, it's a good deal to exchange grains for a black-and-white apology document from Prime Minister Wang."

The bad energy that had been stuck in my heart for more than half a year finally came out today.

Emperor Taihe turned his head to look at his cousin, who was smiling and not hiding his happiness at all, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. But he warned: "This matter can never happen again. The Prime Minister is an important minister of the court, and he must still be given the dignity he deserves." (End of Chapter)