The queen wants to run away every day

Chapter 360
The Empress Dowager was getting old and her condition was capricious. After drinking traditional Chinese medicine for more than half a year, she gradually improved.It has only been a few months since the harem was a little stable, but there has been an uproar in the court.

The cause was that the seawall construction project in Haining collapsed, the dykes were washed away by the tide, the entire county was almost destroyed, the people were displaced, and the wailing continued.

The emperor always attached great importance to the seawall project, and visited the dikes and dams in person on several southern tours. Now that there was such a turmoil, Long Yan was instantly furious, and dozens of officials were held accountable, and imperial envoys were also sent to investigate.

However, the investigation was fruitless.

When Yingyun was supporting the Queen Mother for a walk, she occasionally mentioned this matter, and sighed: "There have been many disasters in the past few years, and something happened to Haining. It seems that our harem will be mobilized to collect donations again."

The Empress Dowager's body gradually recovered, and she walked slowly. She said: "How much money does the harem have, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't make ends meet. If the emperor wants money for disaster relief, he still has to use his brains outside. Relying on the harem to collect donations is nothing more than for people to see." .”

"That's true," Yingyun nodded, and said, "If I hadn't followed the emperor on the southern tour twice, my concubine would not have known that the emperor's salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are the real rich and invincible country."

The queen mother said with a smile: "Next year's southern tour, the emperor will take wool from them."

Speaking of the southern tour, Yingyun questioned: "My concubine heard from the emperor, Lafayette, you really don't plan to go to Jiangnan together this time?"

The Empress Dowager sighed and said: "I won't go. I have an old bone and a serious illness. It's better to raise it in the palace. Besides, the treasury is empty. If I go out, the emperor will have to make a fuss. Why bother him?" Woolen cloth."

Yingyun curled her lips and said, "If you don't go, this southern tour will be meaningless."

The queen mother patted her hand and said: "You can go with the emperor. He is in a state of desperation right now. It is a comfort to have you by his side. As for the palace, you can rest assured that I will take care of it for you. "

Yingyun reluctantly nodded and said, "Oh, that's fine."

In the first month of the 27th year of Qianlong, before the Lantern Festival, the emperor started his third southern tour.For this trip, the emperor only brought Yingyun with him, and the accompanying team was also very small, not as grand as the previous two trips.

After the emperor and empress boarded the imperial boat on the canal, they began to think about how to make money from the rich merchants in Jiangning.

Yingyun was lying on the table, watching a western clock ticking away, looked up at the emperor, and sighed: "Oh, it's really a poor trip to come with you this time. No one would have thought that the king of a country would have When you are shy in your pocket, no one will believe you when you say it.”

The emperor snorted helplessly and said, "I'm going to Jiangning Mansion soon, what does the Empress think?"

Yingyun smiled dryly and said, "I do have ideas, but my concubine doesn't know your intentions, Your Majesty, how do you want to deal with those wealthy businessmen? Do you want to take by force? Or should you be gentle and gentle?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is robbery? What is euphemism and gentleness?"

Ying Yun said bluntly: "Forcing and extorting is to put a knife on their necks and blackmail them one by one to see if they want money or life. As for being gentle and gentle...there are many ways."

The emperor said in a waned mood, "I would like to hear the details."

Yingyun said: "One way, the emperor can ask the wealthy businessmen for loans and promise them interest, that is, grant the emperor's loan. Another way, the emperor can use the excuse of disaster relief to hold a charity auction. If they can get a thing for the emperor, The concubine guessed that those wealthy merchants must be flocking to it."

(End of this chapter)