Rebirth of the Merchant Girl

Chapter 203
Just as Mr. Xie was about to take the risk, it was better to provide him with a good solution.

Nine out of ten bets lose, but there is still one big winner, how can Mr. Xie not be tempted?
He has always believed that God is for him, and will definitely give the Xie family a chance to make a comeback.

"Do you want to tell Miss Xie about the conspiracy between the daughter of the Xie family and the daughter of the concubine?" Pang Yudi raised his eyebrows, and he didn't like the two girls of the Xie family who had ulterior motives.

One by one is calculating each other, but still laughing and calling them sisters, just listening to it feels extremely ironic.

"There's no need to pollute Miss Xie's ears with these bad things." Ruan Jingxin thought that Xie Yanniang's eyes were red from embroidering the dowry, so why bother her?

Pang Yudi said with a smile: "It's more than enough to prepare a dowry of 160 four for the Qizhuang that Miss Xie asked adults to buy. If the girl sees it, she will be shocked."

There are no maids and women in the mansion, and he can't trust the two nuns who came from the palace.

Even if An'an is in good standing, his net worth is still innocent. After all, he is an outsider, so Pang Yudi simply asks someone to prepare it himself.

The dowry of the future mistress must not be sloppy.

Ruan Jingxin nodded, thinking of Xie Yanniang's words again, these things belonged to Long Zhiyu in the dream.

She and the fifteenth prince got married in a dream, they must have a very good relationship, otherwise how would such a secret matter be known?
Even if it was a dream, Ruan Jingxin felt a little unhappy.

"Has there been any movement in the palace recently?"

Pang Yudi said with a cold face: "The side concubine is pregnant, the prince went to the palace and invited three or four imperial doctors to stay in the palace, as if preparing to be a father, but how I see it, the prince doesn't seem to believe Mr. Xie Girl, get ready to be verified."

"The newly-appointed Minister of the Household Department frequently enters the palace, but the place where he meets the emperor and the auxiliary ministers is the Huzhong Pavilion. It is too far away, and the eyeliner can't find out at all."

Ruan Jingxin tapped the table with his fingertips: "If people keep watching, especially the assistant minister, there will definitely be some clues."

"Yes, boss." Pang Yudi thought that the Rong clan had stopped now, but the palace began to treat Ruan Jingxin as a thorn in his side, which was really unpleasant.

Before the young emperor was born, they were already fighting to the death on the battlefield.

How many brothers were buried in the border town and never came back.

The emperor and the auxiliary ministers lived comfortably in the middle of the capital, eating and drinking hot food, but looking back, they were not pleasing to the eye!

Don't even think about it, without Ruan Jingxin, without the Li family army, Qing Kingdom would have been swallowed up by the Rong people long ago, where would there be any chance for these people to enjoy themselves?
If the Rong tribe breaks through the city in the middle of the capital, those ministers and their families can only be reduced to slaves, and they will work as cattle and horses for the rest of their lives, and their children and grandchildren will be slaves of foreign tribes!

It's just that these people don't appreciate it. As soon as the Rong people retreated, they immediately pointed the finger at the regent.

If it weren't for the fact that the Rong people were really hateful, Pang Yudi would have let the turtles in the city fight in person to see if they could survive under the sword of the Rong people!
Soon, with the imperial decree, everyone finally knew what the palace was planning.

Xie Yanniang was taken aback when she heard Xueyan's words: "The emperor wants to cut the military salary?"

"Yes, it has been announced to the world that the Rong clan was defeated and the Qing Dynasty was victorious. Now that the people are struggling to live and need to recuperate, the military pay has to be reduced by [-]%." Xue Yan also heard the porter scold a few words bitterly, and hurried to tell her family girl.

Xie Yanniang frowned, Meng Mingqi hadn't been caught, and the people in the palace felt that the world was peaceful and there was no need to be wary of the Rong people?
How ridiculous!

It is estimated that the Regent's Li family army was too brave to keep the rear safe and sound. They have lived in the comfortable capital for a long time, and they did not pay attention to the Rong people.

She squinted her eyes, thinking of those soldiers who died. Now that their bones are still cold and their salaries have been cut, those who died will be fine. Will the remaining family members even have their pensions swallowed up?
I'm afraid it's the Prince Regent who is plotting in the palace. He clearly sees that Ruan Jingxin feels sorry for the soldiers under him. Even though the military pay has been cut, he will still pay to appease the family members of the dead soldiers. Does this hurt his vitality?

Xie Yanniang smiled, but those people were afraid that they would be disappointed.

"Don't worry, my lord can afford this bit of money. It's just that it's so cheap for those people in the palace, it really makes people feel unhappy."

Xue Ling frowned and agreed: "Young lady is very right, this purpose is really not kind."

"It's really not kind, it's a good thing for adults." Xie Yanniang smiled and bit off the thread in her hand.

She was worrying about how to make Ruan Jingxin's prestige more stable, and someone would bring a pillow when she fell asleep, and she didn't know which auxiliary minister came up with this stupid trick of the emperor.

Want to see Ruan Jingxin sell things for this, spend a lot of money to appease the families of the soldiers, and then become penniless, no longer able to compete with the emperor?

However, the regent has to raise enough money to sell everything. Those soldiers will only be devoted to him, but they will be even more disappointed and divorced from the young emperor.

Perhaps for the high-ranking auxiliary ministers, as long as they take back the tiger talisman, they will be able to control all the soldiers and have to obey orders.

But it would be too naive for them not to teach them outside.A pair of Tiger Talismans can indeed mobilize soldiers, even Li's army, but whether they will really obey what they say is not certain.

Will there be fewer people in the upper ranks who cannot convince the public?

As soon as Xie Yanniang finished speaking, she heard someone clapping and laughing at the door, it was Ruan Jingxin in a green robe, and the two servant girls immediately backed away after saluting.

He walked in slowly, looked at Xie Yanniang and said, "The one who knows me is not a girl."

Hearing this, Xie Yanniang smiled and said, "Your Excellency is really planning to sell everything to raise a large sum of money?"

Ruan Jingxin smiled lightly: "If not, how could the Emperor and others get what they want?"

The regent did what he said, and immediately asked Pang Yudi to sell the two other courtyards and one Zhuangzi in his hands in a high-profile manner, leaving only Qizhuang and Wenquan Zhuangzi.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in Qing Kingdom.

It's just that they didn't say anything, and the soldiers were quite critical of the emperor's will.

They worked their lives for the emperor, and if they died in battle, they would not even pay money to take care of their affairs, which is really chilling.

Fortunately, the regent was sympathetic. Even if he wanted to sell the other courtyard and Zhuangzi, he had to raise enough money for the dead soldiers to make the family members worry about their livelihood.

Comparing the two sides, the hearts of the soldiers gradually turned towards Ruan Jingxin.

As the regent, besides the palace, he only has two Zhuangzi in his hands, which is really shabby, and it is like slapping the emperor in the face.

With a "crash", the bedroom in the palace was in a mess.

The maids outside the door trembled and prostrated themselves on the ground begging the people inside to appease their anger.

The young emperor had a sullen expression on his face, and vented his anger. The steward who was serving at his side immediately asked someone to come in to clean it, and cautiously advised: "Your Majesty, don't get angry, just take care of yourself."

"Look at Mr. Fu's good idea. Not to mention helping the regent for nothing, it also makes me lose face!" The young emperor was so angry that his cheeks were flushed, and he wished that the minister surnamed Fu could be taught a lesson.

If it wasn't for the fact that the auxiliary ministers were so powerful, he wouldn't have endured it any longer.

The steward rolled his eyes, and suggested in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I heard that Mr. Fu has added another beautiful concubine, and he bought both the other houses sold by the Prince Regent, and he paid this amount!"

Although the young emperor was young, he was smart since he was a child, and he knew the people's livelihood very well. Seeing this number, he couldn't help but frown: "It's really an abominable thing. It really is a person with a foreign surname, who can only plot against me!"

The amount given was not low, it was obvious that Mr. Fu did not want to offend the regent, but also wanted to curry favor.In the end, he was the one to take the blame, and Mr. Fu took advantage of all the good things.

Looking back, the common people murmured that they would only say that the emperor was stingy, but they would say that Mr. Fu was righteous!

The young emperor was so angry that he dropped two more white porcelain teacups, and said indignantly: "No, if this continues, they may climb on my head."

The manager paused for a moment, and the look of hesitation fell into the eyes of the young emperor, and he said displeasedly: "If you have anything to say, just tell me, besides you, my confidant, everyone around me is the eyeliner of those ministers!"

"The villain is terrified. The other Zhuangzi sold by the regent fell into Lord Lian's hands. Originally, Lord Zhang was going to buy it, but Lord Lian raised the price and used some tricks to kill Duan Ai. "

These words undoubtedly added fuel to the flames. The young emperor had a ferocious face, and the violence between his brows could not be concealed: "Okay, everyone pretends to be noble in front of me, and when they turn around, they want to seek refuge with the regent. Put me in your eyes!"

He paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and after a moment of silence he asked: "Then what about Mr. Jiang, why did you get involved in this matter?"

The manager bowed and replied: "As far as the villain knows, Mr. Jiang does not see visitors behind closed doors, and did not get involved."

The young emperor let out a sigh of relief. Among the four, he liked this one the most. After all, Mr. Jiang was his enlightenment teacher.If Mr. Jiang is also in the same boat as the other three, he really doesn't know who to trust.

"Master Jiang is entering the palace, don't let anyone know."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The head steward responded with a low eyebrow and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Wait," the young emperor suddenly said, and stopped him: "Didn't Mr. Fu buy two other courtyards as soon as he made a move? It happened that the treasury was empty, and the decree was passed on to let all the ministers generously donate their money to the people of the Qing Kingdom. Good thing."

The manager twitched, isn't this forcing all the ministers to donate money to fill the treasury?
But when the emperor spoke, there was no chance for the ministers to refuse, unless they didn't want the hat on their heads!
Sure enough, as soon as the decree came out, the people secretly applauded.

Those corrupt officials eat well, wear well, and don't know how much hard-earned money the people have swallowed. Now asking them to take it out of their pockets is probably more uncomfortable than cutting their flesh, but the emperor is wise.

At any rate, the emperor's face was saved, but the money bags of the ministers below were not saved.

Those in high positions naturally don't need to make a move, and there are people below who are willing to pay more.

As for where the filial piety came from in the past, it was naturally the lower level officials.

(End of this chapter)