Chapter 800: Keep It Secret

"Why are you so frightened?" Aunt Shen smiled and quickly stepped forward to help the Queen Mother, adding a pillow behind her back to make her lean more comfortable: "Are you feeling better?"

The Queen Mother sighed softly: "After all, I lost my health when I was young. Now that I am older, no matter how much medicine I take, it will still be like that."

Aunt Shen thought that the Queen Mother was already sixty-nine years old.

The Empress Dowager inevitably thought of Mrs. Yu: "Compared to Mrs. Yu, the Ai family is pretty good. There are people around who are proficient in taking care of the body. They started to take care of the body early. She is much older, but the Ai family has not survived until she Went to the front."

Aunt Shen smiled and said nothing, turned around, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over.

After saying a few words, the Queen Mother became a little nervous. After drinking tea and regaining her energy, she saw the booklet placed on the small table: "This is it?"

Aunt Shen hurriedly said: "It's the book that Princess Shaoyi handed into the palace from Liancheng. Also handed into the palace were some fragrant medicines made by Princess Shaoyi herself. Among them was a musk medicine fragrant pill. The slave girl has already sent it to the palace. Please go to the Imperial Hospital and hand it over to Dr. Hu for examination."

Princess Shaoyi had been granted the title of county lord before, so she often delivered things to the palace, most of which were fragrant medicines made by herself.

The Queen Mother liked Princess Shaoyi, and after being checked by the Queen Mother Hospital, there was no problem, so she used it without hesitation.

The more you use it, the better it will be.

Princess Shaoyi is talented, and the things she makes are better than others.

"She does have intentions, but it's a pity that she didn't support the royal family. Otherwise, the Ai family would be willing to pamper her like Mrs. Yu." There were several princesses in the palace, and they were not caring people. The Queen Mother felt a little regretful and took the book. While asking: "Isn't she recuperating in Quanzhou? Why did she go to the north?"

Just as he was talking, he had already opened the booklet.

Aunt Shen returned to the incense table and replaced the soothing incense in the incense burner with Tongqiao incense pills.

After a while, the Queen Mother finished reading the brochure: "Shao Yi mentioned in the brochure that King Wu Mu had set up refugee camps in the northern areas where drought was less severe and supplies were more abundant, and he planned to promote sweet potato cultivation to alleviate the drought. He specially invited She went north."

Aunt Shen was also stunned, and after a while she said: "The northern border is a bitter and cold place, Princess Shaoyi..."

The Queen Mother sighed again: "Since I have been granted the title of Congyi, I will definitely inherit his virtues. She deserves it."

Aunt Shen lowered her head and listened, saying nothing.

The Queen Mother thought slightly: "The auspicious snow heralds a good year. Last winter, there were few snowfalls in the whole north. It is already February, and the weather is still as cold as an ice cellar. It seems that this year will be another year of famine." "

Aunt Shen said softly: "You have tried your best."

The emperor took the elixir and caused erysipelas in his body. He was ill in the palace and had ignored the government affairs for a long time. In order to prevent the news from leaking out and destabilizing the government, the empress dowager ordered the palace door to be sealed. Concubine Lan wanted the second prince to leave the palace. The imperial study room went to the former dynasty to assist the government, took the opportunity to seize power, reached a consensus with the Queen Mother, and kept the matter secret.

At present, the emperor's palace is controlled by Concubine Lan.

She has controlled the harem for many years, and her influence is so deep-rooted in the palace that even Xu Guifei did not notice the clues. She only focused on joining forces with Xu Guogong's palace to create cliques in the court.

The Queen Mother looked at Zhezi, thought for a long time and asked: "Is the emperor's dragon body better?"

Aunt Shen's heart tightened: "Concubine Lan's people say it's still the same."

That means there is no improvement. The Queen Mother's eyes flickered, and she said after a long while: "Send Shao Yi's information to the cabinet."

Princess Shaoyi's excerpts are just gossips about common things, so it's hard for people to make mistakes, but if someone is interested, they will inevitably have some other thoughts after reading them.

Refugee riots occurred frequently across the three provinces of Beijing, and even the government could not suppress them.

If the imperial court cannot come up with countermeasures as soon as possible and more and more refugees gather together, the situation will become more and more serious, and it may even trigger large-scale riots and endanger the country.

But the treasury was empty and the courtiers were helpless.

At present, there is still enough capacity in the north to take in the refugees, so the cabinet can't sit still, so they immediately summoned the ministers to discuss the matter.

The cabinet was in great turmoil because of the resignation of Yu Zongshen and Dingyou, but the Ministry of Revenue was still in the hands of Yu Zongshen.

In order to consolidate the royalist party's voice in the cabinet, the royalist line mobilized their connections and sent an old minister from the direct lineage of the Yu family into the cabinet.

The Yu clan's position in the cabinet is unshakable.

Yuge Lao Zheng and Lao Shen were listening on the ground, and the courtiers were arguing endlessly about the resettlement of the refugees.

When both sides were quarreling and arguing, their faces were red and their necks were thick, and no one could convince the other. Everyone looked at Mr. Yu Ge: "What do you think of Mr. Yu Ge?"

Mr. Yu Ge received Yu Youyao's letter. He knew more about the situation in the northern border than others, and he was well-calculated. Naturally, he did not panic in the face of many cross-examinations.

He asked aloud: "Why does Princess Shaoyi want to go to the north?"

Master Qi, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, saw that he looked confident and had a guess in his mind: "It was mentioned in the booklet because King Wu Mu wanted to promote sweet potato cultivation in the less affected areas in the north to alleviate the drought. Since the sweet potatoes were successfully planted by Princess Shaoyi on trial and were related to the survival of tens of millions of people in the north, King Wu Mu asked Princess Shaoyi for help."

Yu Laoge asked again: "Why did King Wu Mu dare to take in a large number of refugees?"

Mr. Qi showed an expression of sudden realization: "That's because the drought in the three northeastern provinces is relatively mild, and it does not affect the cultivation of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are easy to work, can withstand dryness and ridges, and are still full. As long as planting is promoted in the three northeastern provinces, with sweet potatoes, King Wu Mu will Of course I’m not worried, the refugees have no food.”

The two of them came and went, and they cooperated so well that it was a tacit understanding.

Old Yu Ge smiled: "Isn't this the end?"

"Are you done?" The courtiers looked at each other.

Mr. Yu Ge simply made it clear: "Most areas in the north are suffering from drought. The fields are dry and crops cannot be grown. The three northeastern provinces have been lightly affected. It just so happens that King Wu Mu wants to promote sweet potato planting, so he will move the refugees to plant sweet potatoes. King Wu Mu holds a large number of troops, and the refugees do not dare to act recklessly because of King Wu Mu's fear."

The courtiers were suddenly speechless and a little moved, but they were afraid of King Wu Mu's power and worried that King Wu Mu would not be happy if they threw this big trouble to King Wu Mu.

"This, this is not good, okay? The Northern Territory is under the jurisdiction of King Wu Mu. It is reasonable for him to take in the refugees in the Northern Territory. If the victims from other areas are also brought there, there will be millions of mouths waiting for food, and the sweet potato will not be affected. Well, I’m afraid I’m going to waste all my money.”

"King Wu Mu has no obligation to accept refugees from places other than the northern border. If he refuses, there is nothing we can do."

"Yes, King Wu Mu is not easy to deal with either. It's better not to get into trouble with him..."

"This, if we offend King Wu Mu, it will not end well..."

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