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054 Danger and wealth


That afternoon, Li Weiyang accompanied the old lady into the palace.

It has been snowing heavily for several days and it is very cold.

Even if there are seven or eight large heaters placed in Cining Palace, it is of no use.

It still cannot withstand the cold intrusion.

The old lady wore a scarlet woven gold cloud coat, with Chen embroidered lion patch on the chest, a very narrow tooth lace collar between the collar and gold and silver buttons, and the Xia Pei on her body was shining brightly.

Li Weiyang lowered her head, staring intently at the three-foot-square white jade bricks on the ground, and followed the old lady to kneel down and worship as expected.

At this moment, the whole hall was silent, and even the slight rustling sound of the hems of clothes and skirts could be heard.

"Which one is Li Weiyang?"

The Queen Mother said slowly with a dignified face and kind eyes.

Li Weiyang took a deep breath, stepped forward, saluted, and said: "The Queen Mother is in good health and will be blessed forever."

The Queen Mother's eyes fell on her, and she smiled and said, "Raise your head and let me take a look."

Li Weiyang raised her head as she was told, with respectful eyes and polite manners.

The Queen Mother looked at her face, nodded with a smile, and said, "He is a beautiful child."

Then she said, "Did you come up with the coping methods in that booklet?"

Li Weiyang said quietly: "Yes."

"Oh," the Queen Mother pondered and looked at her carefully, "It is rare to have such knowledge at such a young age."

Her eyes were obviously very gentle, but the old lady felt that her eyes were omnipresent, and she felt a little uneasy in her heart, but Li Weiyang next to her didn't seem to be affected at all.

The old lady was surprised for a moment.

How could she have thought that such scenes were already common for Li Weiyang in her previous life.

After they stood up, they were given a seat by the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother ordered them to be exempted from the formal ceremony.

Then they talked to the old lady and never mentioned the incident again.

Li Weiyang looked at the white porcelain blue and white tea cup in her hand very calmly and sat quietly at the bottom.

She knew that the Queen Mother did not want her to be too proud and deliberately suppressed her temper.

Soon, a servant outside the curtain announced: "The Emperor has arrived."

Everyone hurriedly stood up to greet them, and the emperor, who was dressed in a bright yellow official uniform with dragon patterns, walked in.

Without saluting the queen mother, he called out: "Mother."

He turned around and waved his sleeves to everyone who was about to kneel on the ground.

He said nonchalantly: "Everyone, get up."

The emperor was tall and tall, and he seemed to be a handsome man when he was young.

However, his long life as an emperor gave him an intimidating temperament that made people involuntarily fear him.

He sat down and naturally stared at the girl in the hall.

When Li Weiyang met the emperor's eyes, she showed no timidity at all.

Instead, she rolled her eyes mischievously, and then smiled openly.

Her eyes were as dazzling as black diamonds.

Such a turn made the emperor feel that his eyes were full of brilliance and he couldn't help but look at her carefully.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, although he is tall and tall, he is obviously not mature yet and is just a child.

"You said there are problems with the five disaster relief strategies."

The emperor looked at Li Weiyang and said.

Li Weiyang calmly lowered his head: "Yes."

"Tell me about it."

"After my father returned home in the past two days, he sighed and said that he had failed to share the emperor's favor and failed to share His Majesty's worries.

Seeing that my father was sad, my daughter couldn't bear it, so she inquired about the actual situation of the victims in detail, and later analyzed the eldest sister's strategy.

I found that there are indeed many omissions in the five disaster relief strategies.

If your Majesty wants to hear them, I will explain them to you one by one. " The emperor didn't expect that a weak and slender little girl could actually speak in an orderly manner, so he couldn't help but become more interested: "You tell me."

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"The five disaster relief measures mentioned by the eldest sister could have effectively alleviated the disaster.

However, my father mentioned to me that the victims rioted and claimed that they had not received any relief at all.

However, His Majesty's relief food has clearly arrived in the disaster area.

Details If you think about it carefully, the problem lies in the middle step: registering the disaster.

To ensure that relief can be provided to everyone, however, during the disaster relief process, His Majesty and the supervising censor cannot directly distribute the relief food to the victims.

Instead, they allocate it layer by layer, and the final distribution rights rest with subordinates, subordinates, and officials.

They took advantage of the disaster for their own benefit and concealed, made false reports, and lied to the victims. " Li Weiyang gently raised his eyes and found that the emperor had sat up straight, looking thoughtful.

She went on to say: "The second policy is to persuade the victims to share the system, allowing wealthy families to provide free relief to the victims, or to sell food to the victims at reduced prices.

As for the loopholes in this policy, your Majesty must pardon my daughter's sins.

Dare to say it.”

The emperor frowned: "I don't blame you, just tell me."

The Queen Mother looked at this little girl in surprise.

There were so many princesses and princesses around her, but she had never seen someone so calculating at such a young age.

Li Weiyang smiled gently: "Yes, the flaw in the second policy is that His Majesty implemented the persuasion system, and many local officials secretly hid the originally allocated disaster relief grains, and then forced local wealthy households to pay for the grains. , As a result, it is inevitable that the local wealthy households will be dissatisfied and incite the victims to cause trouble."

What I was talking about just now was just subordinate officials and Li Zheng, but now it has involved court officials.

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "You mean my officials are lining their own pockets?"

Li Weiyang lowered his head and said seriously: "Not to mention ten out of ten, there are always three or four out of ten.

The richer the food in the warehouse, the fatter the mice will be.

Your Majesty is a wise king, so he must know it well."

The old lady was a little anxious, but seeing that the emperor didn't look angry, she calmed down and listened to her continue.

"The third strategy is to set up porridge factories.

All major yamen set up porridge cooking places and give porridge to the victims.

Your Majesty urgently sent ministers to transport food to the disaster areas, and local officials also set up porridge factories to provide relief.

But even when the relief food is sufficient , there are still a large number of victims starving to death.

The secret lies with the local officials. " He kept saying that officials were corrupt, and the emperor's brows furrowed even more, and he couldn't help but get angry: "It's full of nonsense."

Li Weiyang suddenly fell to her knees, but there was no trace of fear on her face, only calmness.

It's just a gamble.

As long as the gamble wins, she will get the maximum benefit.

Losing is nothing but death.

Anyway, she had saved her life, so what was there to be afraid of?

Besides, she knew the emperor's personality very well.

Although he had a bad temper, he was a very wise emperor.

Otherwise, Dali would not have So rich and powerful.

She lowered her head and said nothing, but straightened her back with a firm expression.

There was a deathly silence in the hall for a moment.

Finally, the emperor was heard saying coldly: "If you can't tell me the reason, I will give you the death penalty for falsely accusing Zhongliang."

At this moment, the old lady’s back was already soaked: