After the queen left, Li Jingxing looked at the letter under the memorial and said, "Princess Che just donated one million taels. If I decree a marriage now, wouldn't it be too unkind?"
What's more, that face is clearly similar to Princess Che's, which is really strange.
The eunuch waiting by the side arched his back and replied, "What the emperor said is absolutely true."
Li Jingxing stood there and pondered for a while, "Princess Che is not in good health, so I sent all the precious medicinal materials in the treasury to replenish her body so that she can give birth to royal children as soon as possible."
Wen Jinhe looked at the imperial gifts all over the courtyard with a smile on his face. It seemed that the emperor was very happy.
After the queen returned to Changle Palace, she looked at the two portraits and tore them into pieces on the spot in anger.
Wasted effort.
After Li Yuheng received the news from the palace, his brows were completely furrowed. Why did his father suddenly change his mind?
Half a year?
It's really strange.
early morning.
The emperor was wearing a dragon robe. Yesterday, he specially sent someone to check Wen Jinhe's assets.
As a result, he was so shocked that he almost smashed the bowls and chopsticks.
What kind of daughter did Wen Yanru of Linyue Kingdom give birth to?
He was able to accumulate so much wealth in such a short period of time, and his business spread all over the country.
"Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the relief funds for the drought in the north have been withdrawn from the national treasury and will not be allocated for the time being." Li Jingxing said, looking at You Zhicheng who was standing at the bottom.
You Zhicheng was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped to the ground. On the first day of July, Shu Ling and General Ning Yuan were going to Nancheng in the north with disaster relief money. What was the emperor doing?
Zhongshu Ling, who was the Minister of Disaster Relief, looked slightly confused and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, do you want to postpone the departure time?"
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and even the capital has not rained for more than ten days.
The emperor shook his head and said loudly: "There is no need for disaster relief in the north, and there is no need for Zhongshu Ling and General Ningyuan to go."
Everyone was stunned. What do you mean there is no need to go to disaster relief?
Doesn't the emperor intend to take care of the people affected by the disaster in the north?
Shangshu Ling felt the wind at his feet and hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty, the drought in the thirteen cities in the north is getting more and more serious. If the court ignores it and the people are displaced, it will not take long before riots will definitely occur."
The civil servants in the court fell to their knees one after another, making Li Jingxing think twice.
Li Yuheng was hit yesterday by Li Junche's refusal to take concubines. Now the incident of General Ning Yuan escorting the disaster relief funds has also come to light. It was like a bolt from the blue.
What on earth is this father going crazy about?
Even the prime minister and others standing on Li Junche's side were begging the emperor to take back his life.
When the people suffer due to natural disasters, it is natural for the court to provide rescue, and it is the responsibility of the emperor.
If we don't care about it and just collect taxes, then where will the country be?
Li Jingxing looked at the courtiers kneeling below and felt like a foolish king.
"The eight major imperial merchants in the north are already providing relief. The grain and seeds worth one million taels are enough for the affected people to tide over the crisis. Naturally, I don't need to intervene anymore."
Everyone looked up at the emperor in confusion.
Li Yuheng reacted instantly and turned his head to stare at Li Junche, who was standing there with no reaction from the beginning to the end.
Eight great imperial merchants.
It's Wen Jinhe.
It's King Che...
Shangshu Ling stood up tremblingly, "What do you mean by this, Your Majesty? How could one of the Eight Imperial Merchants donate one million taels to help the victims? Unfounded rumors have spread to the Imperial City. Your Majesty must not believe them. It will delay the disaster relief work in the north." thing."
The emperor looked at Li Junche, who had no expression on his face. He would have handed the matter over to Prince Che if he had known it, "The Eight Imperial Merchants are Princess Che's property. She couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so she was so charitable that she purchased a million dollars." Two taels of grain and seeds will be distributed free of charge to the people affected by the disaster in the thirteen northern cities. Presumably, the memorials from the thirteen northern cities will be delivered soon. "
Everyone's eyes were suddenly focused on Li Junche, who was King Che's concubine.
After the morning court, many mansions sent people to the northern and southern city, and another wave went to the shops of the imperial merchants to inquire for information.
"Sir, the shopkeeper of Zhujingfang said that their boss is Princess Che."
Officials from three provinces and six ministries, including Xipin and above, looked at the sky above their heads and felt that dark clouds were covering the sky and the situation was changing.
The eight major imperial merchants are all the property of Princess Che, and with the apparent property of Princess Che, it seems that all the business in the capital has been owned by Prince Che.
What a fortune.
Comparable to the national treasury tax.
With a prince who has outstanding military exploits and powerful power in the court, and a princess who is extremely wealthy, does King Heng still have a chance of winning?
When the memorials from the thirteen northern cities were sent to the capital, all of King Heng's advisers gathered in Prince Heng's palace and racked their brains to make plans.
The governors of the three provinces were the first to see the memorial. They saw Princess Che's words of praise in the memorial, saying that for one million taels, there were thousands of porridge stalls in the thirteen northern cities.
The Eight Imperial Merchants even said that after the drought passed, the affected people could go to the local Princess Che's shop to receive free grain for the next sowing season based on their family size.
One million taels is twice as much as the disaster relief funds allocated by the court. Princess Che is really a generous person.
Even the local magistrate's memorial was full of praise. In the eyes of the disaster-stricken people in the thirteen northern cities, Princess Che's move could not be compared to the descending of a living Bodhisattva.
If anyone dares to speak ill of Princess Che in the future, they will be going against the millions of people in the thirteen northern cities.
Thirteen memorials were delivered to the imperial study. Li Jingxing sat on the dragon chair and looked up at the empty air.
Li Junche has no shortage of power. He is a prince himself. He has a large army and has no rewards.
As the daughter-in-law of the royal family, Wen Jinhe holds royal merchants, and gold, silver and jewelry are just the icing on the cake for her.
The speed of word of mouth among the people was not much slower than that of the government post, and Princess Che's righteous deeds spread everywhere.
Under the influence of public opinion, in the morning of the next day, Li Jingxing issued an imperial edict, which suppressed the entire Beidi Kingdom.
He gave the northern Nancheng to Princess Che Wen Jinhe as a fief, which was hereditary.
When the eunuch read out this imperial edict in front of all the civil and military officials, even Li Junche was a little stunned.
Fiefdom is a gift given to princes and princesses only after they reach adulthood.
Since Li Jingxing's three princes and a princess lived together in the capital, they were not given a fiefdom.
But Wen Jinhe was only the concubine of the second prince and the princess of Linyue Kingdom. The emperor would actually grant a fiefdom to such a special person. What a favor.
Of course, some officials disagree with this.
The censor knelt down on the spot, reprimanded Li Jingxing for not complying with the ancestral rules, and asked the emperor to take back his order.
Li Yuheng lowered his head and gasped with anger. He didn't take Nancheng in the north at all, it was just a barren land, but this move showed the emperor's attitude to the world.
When Wen Jinhe received the imperial edict, he subconsciously asked Man Qiu, "How big is the area of Northern Nancheng?"
Man Qiu replied: "About nine million acres."
Wen Jinhe's eyes shone. The emperor actually gave him a fief with an area of 9 million acres. This abbreviation was incredible, "Zhao Bi, where is the prince's fief?"
Zhao Bi suppressed the uneasiness in his heart: "Back to the princess, the prince does not have a fief yet, neither King Heng nor Princess Qinbao."
