Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1638 Information and Q power!
Seeing Ye Mingsheng open his eyes, Pei Zhixiu immediately asked:
"Your Majesty, do you cough in the middle of the night? Are you often irritable and angry?"

Ye Mingsheng heard this, hesitated for a moment and then said:
"That's true! He did wake up coughing in the middle of the night in the past half month. What happened to Jisoo?"

Pei Zhixiu glanced at Ye Mingsheng and said:
"Your Majesty, you are a little angry!"

"Then how should we treat it?"

"Cultivate your character and don't get angry easily. Keep your mind calm! Don't get anxious or angry about anything!"

Ye Mingsheng showed a bitter smile when he heard that. Recently, troubles have come one after another. First, the reform hit a bottleneck, then there was the drought in the north, and later the war on the grassland had no result, and there were floods in the north. Now the death of Censor Zeng Yang has exacerbated the conflict between the Coordination Office and the Censorate!
All these things made Ye Mingsheng feel very upset. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng sighed and said:
"Jixiu, can you give me some medicine?"

"Your Majesty, if you have a bad mentality, taking medicine will not make you better! Your Majesty, you are the emperor now, there is really no need to work so hard. Life is short, sometimes you can look at things more positively!"

Ye Mingsheng smiled and shook his head:
"Jisu is not as simple as you think! Some things are like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind!"

"If your majesty continues, I'm afraid your body won't be able to bear it. If you step back, the world will be yours!"

Feeling the anxiety in Pei Zhixiu's expression, Ye Mingsheng gently stroked her face and smiled and said:
"Jisu! I know my body, there's nothing serious! I'll take care of it, you don't have to worry!"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng who had made up his mind, Pei Zhixiu's worry became more and more intense. After pondering for a moment, she said to Ye Mingsheng:
"Your Majesty, you must control your desires. I will prescribe you a cup of tea. Remember to drink a few cups every day!"

"Tea?"

"Yes, it is tea! Chrysanthemum, wolfberry, honeysuckle and the like. If you drink it for a long time, your majesty, it will be more effective than taking medicine!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly and said:

"Okay! Jixiu, give me the prescription and I'll start taking it tomorrow!"

After chatting for a few more sentences, Ye Mingsheng and Pei Zhixiu took a rest. As the kerosene lamp went out, the room fell into complete darkness. Feeling the faint fragrance of the beauty beside him, Ye Mingsheng became a little distracted and his hands started to move.

However, Ye Mingsheng had just started to move, but before he could go any further, he was stopped by Pei Zhixiu.

Looking at her husband who was so close, Pei Zhixiu frowned slightly and said helplessly:

"Your Majesty, why are you thinking about that?"

"I just told you to control yourself! Why are you still like this?"

Ye Mingsheng smiled awkwardly when he heard this. Seeing this, Pei Zhixiu continued:

"Your Majesty, I know you have your ideals and ambitions, but no matter how big the ideals and ambitions are, they need people to realize them!"

"Your Majesty, I don't want to sound alarmist! Do you understand me?"

"Understood! Understood! I'll pay attention! I'll go to bed now, I have to work tomorrow!"

Although he said he wanted to sleep, Ye Mingsheng, lying on the bed, was inexplicably irritable. His body was obviously very tired, but his mind just couldn't calm down. At this moment, Pei Zhixiu held Ye Mingsheng's hand, and the next second, Ye Mingsheng felt a cool feeling entering his body, and the irritability in his heart gradually disappeared.

Seeing this, Ye Mingsheng looked at Pei Zhixiu with some surprise. However, Pei Zhixiu looked a little tired at this time. Facing Ye Mingsheng's gaze, she whispered:

"Your Majesty, please have a good rest without any distractions!"

Looking at Pei Zhixiu like this, Ye Mingsheng also understood that this action would be very exhausting for Pei Zhixiu, so in order not to disappoint Pei Zhixiu's kindness, Ye Mingsheng quickly closed his eyes. This time, he calmed down and fell asleep quickly!
Hearing Ye Mingsheng's snoring, Pei Zhixiu stopped what she was doing, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked at Ye Mingsheng sleeping soundly. Pei Zhixiu didn't know what she was thinking about, and couldn't help but sighed.

The next morning, Ye Mingsheng had breakfast with Pei Zhixiu and Jingxuan as usual, then came to the imperial study with the prescription written by Pei Zhixiu. Ye Cheng entered the room holding the memorial as usual.

Seeing Ye Cheng coming, Ye Mingsheng handed the prescription he had just received to Ye Cheng and said:

"Make me tea according to this recipe!"

"Yes!"

"What important matters are there at the court today? Is there any news coming back from the grassland?"

Facing Ye Mingsheng's question, Ye Cheng spoke without hesitation:
"Your Majesty, there is nothing important in the court today, and there is no news from the northern grassland..."

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this. The drought and flood in the north are almost inevitable. In such a situation, Ye Mingsheng's main idea is to focus on disaster rescue and relief to ensure that the northern regions that have just recovered will not lose all their efforts because of this natural disaster! As for the reform matters that are stuck in a deadlock, it can be slowed down for now. Now is a troubled time, and all kinds of things have appeared in front of Ye Mingsheng. Ye Mingsheng now needs these GLs to help him maintain the operation of the court and the stable development of various places!
Therefore, Ye Mingsheng did not want to stimulate the GL groups at this time, so as to prevent these people from taking more extreme actions!
Ye Mingsheng knew very well that cutting off someone's financial resources was like killing their parents. If those people were pushed into a corner, they would really do anything. Ye Mingsheng was not afraid of what they would do to him, but he was worried that these people would deliberately create some natural disasters and even arouse public resentment!
With such an overall idea, Ye Mingsheng believed that the key to solving the current dilemma was the war in the north, and only the war in the north could be successfully resolved!

Xun Ke can lead his troops back to the court, and the court can save more than 100,000 taels of silver in expenses every month. In this way, Ye Mingsheng will have more room to maneuver in dealing with internal issues!
Now there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers floating around outside, and the imperial court has to spend more than 100,000 taels of silver every month to support them. Ye Mingsheng is more or less worried...
Just as Ye Mingsheng was thinking secretly, Ye Cheng suddenly said:

"Your Majesty, although there is nothing important in the court, there are some things in the palace that I think I should report to you!"

Ye Cheng's words interrupted Ye Mingsheng's thoughts. Ye Mingsheng glanced at Ye Cheng and said:

"If you have something to say, just say it! Don't be so ambiguous here!"

"Yes!"

"After the Empress bought bonds worth 150,000 taels of silver, she called a meeting of all the concubines in the palace and asked them to work together to face the national crisis!"

After hearing this, Ye Mingsheng was stunned for a moment before he asked back:

"The Queen asked others to buy bonds as well?"

"Ok!"

"How much does she let you buy?"

"The Queen first asked the other ladies to express their opinions. Imperial Concubine Murong directly expressed her willingness to buy bonds worth 100,000 taels of silver. Imperial Concubine Rou was only willing to buy 1,000 taels at first, and Imperial Concubine Bai was willing to buy 5,000 taels. The Queen reprimanded the two of them and told them about their industries in Yijing City, as well as the development of the Chen and Bai families over the years!"

"Finally, the Queen asked Concubine Rou to buy 30,000 taels of silver, Concubine Bai to buy 50,000 taels of silver bonds, and Concubine Shen was asked to buy 10,000 taels of silver, Concubine Pei to buy 5,000 taels of silver bonds, Concubine Yun to buy 10,000 taels of silver, and the other concubines to buy several hundred taels of silver!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng asked back:
"The Queen asked Concubine Pei to buy bonds worth five thousand taels of silver?"

"No! The Queen said that Concubine Pei was indifferent to fame and fortune, and that she had no property outside the palace except the Changshan Medical Clinic which didn't make any money. So she asked Concubine Pei to buy bonds worth one thousand taels of silver. It was Concubine Pei who took the initiative to ask to buy five thousand taels..."

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frown when he heard that, and his mind was recalling the scene last night when he went to Pei Zhixiu's courtyard and the palace maids and nannies around Pei Zhixiu were packing up Pei Zhixiu's jewelry!

Ye Mingsheng didn't know about this at the time, so when he heard Pei Zhixiu say to pack up the jewellery, Ye Mingsheng didn't doubt it. But now it seems that Pei Zhixiu is going to do more than just pack up the jewellery!
Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frown when he thought that Pei Zhixiu might have to sell her jewelry to raise the five thousand taels of silver.

In recent years, An Miaoyi has made money in every business she does by taking advantage of information asymmetry and monetizing her Q power. Ye Mingsheng has seen all her actions, and he also wants to do something about it, but An Miaoyi always has a way to shut him up!
She said that she was not the only one in the court who used information and Q power to make money. If you were capable and powerful, you could deal with those people. She said that Ye Mingsheng would bully her!
Although Ye Mingsheng was helpless, he had to admit that what An Miaoyi said was true. Although Ye Mingsheng wanted to change, some things were too deep to be reversed. It would be difficult to make much improvement without changing the root. Ye Mingsheng did not have the courage to carry out a completely subversive action, so he could only patch things up, which was better than nothing!
Later on, seeing that he really couldn't control An Miaoyi, Ye Mingsheng gave up a little. In fact, it wasn't just An Miaoyi!

Just like Murong Qingwu, Bai Yuanyuan, Chen Rouer, and even Shen Yutong, as well as some other concubines mentioned above, none of them were idle. They were all using the information advantage in the palace to make money and seek benefits for themselves!

Although Ye Mingsheng was helpless about this, he also understood that if the water was too clear, there would be no fish. As long as he didn't go too far and cause public outrage, Ye Mingsheng would just turn a blind eye...
After all, as An Miaoyi said, it doesn't matter whether the money is earned by others or by her, so why should she just watch others take the money away? Is she worse than an outsider?
Although he tacitly allowed An Miaoyi to use information and Q power to make money, Ye Mingsheng would not let her go so easily. After all, An Miaoyi was a traditional aristocrat at heart. She would not do good things with her money. She either bought houses and land, or spent it on food and pleasure, or she would hire assassins and assassins!

Therefore, regular harvesting of An Miaoyi is a must. In addition to harvesting An Miaoyi, Ye Mingsheng also has no psychological burden in harvesting Murong Qingwu, Bai Yuanyuan, Chen Rouer and the like. After all, these people are of the same kind as An Miaoyi, but they are not as brave as An Miaoyi, and they don't dare to keep so many killers like An Miaoyi!
But Pei Zhixiu is different. Although she doesn't regard gold and silver as dirt, her demand for material things is also very small. Having been with Ye Mingsheng for these years, she has every opportunity to acquire countless properties for herself like An Miaoyi and Murong Qingwu!

But Pei Zhixiu has never done so. Her only business in Yijing over the years is Changshan Medical Clinic, which does not make any money but even costs money!
Sometimes, when he sees others making a fortune while Pei Zhixiu is living a simple life, Ye Mingsheng can't help but reward Pei Zhixiu. But even so, Pei Zhixiu doesn't want any of the gold, silver, jade or jewelry!

Finally, under Ye Mingsheng's strong request, she reluctantly accepted the jewelry...

The money Pei Zhixiu received in recent years was her allowance in the palace. Although she received a lot of allowance as an imperial concubine, Pei Zhixiu usually subsidized the palace maids and maids around her who had difficult families, so Pei Zhixiu could not save much money.

An Miaoyi obviously knew this situation and knew that Pei Zhixiu was different from other concubines, so she asked Pei Zhixiu to buy one thousand taels of silver.

But Pei Zhixiu buying bonds for 5,000 taels of silver was a bit too much!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng also had a headache. He knew that although Pei Zhixiu looked weak, she was actually strong inside. Once she made a decision, it was difficult to change it. She must want to sell those jewelry for five thousand taels of silver!
If I don't allow it, Pei Zhixiu will definitely not like it, and may even be angry with me for it!
But when Ye Mingsheng thought about selling the jewelry he had carefully selected for Pei Zhixiu to someone else, he felt a little reluctant!

Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng looked at Ye Cheng and instructed:

"Withdraw some money from my account. If Concubine Pei asks someone around her to sell her jewelry, you buy it back for me. Be sure to do it quietly and don't let anyone else know!"

"Yes!"

Ye Mingsheng waved his hand, and Ye Cheng immediately bowed and left.

After Ye Cheng left, Ye Mingsheng started to think in his mind. Although An Miaoyi's actions were beyond his expectations, An Miaoyi's operations did raise more money!

There should be no problem with the one million taels of silver from the Dadongsheng Bank!

With this one million taels of silver, the disaster in the north can be dealt with more calmly. Even if all the local granaries are opened this year, it will not be enough to feed the millions of disaster victims. We also have to see how the wheat in Guanzhong and Yongliang and the rice in the south grow this year!
Transfer food from these places to feed these disaster victims first, then things won't get out of hand...