Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 420
Shen Zhezi glanced at the fidgeting little emperor, got up and saluted the empress dowager.

Probably in order to declare the national crisis to tide over the difficulties together, the empress dowager only wore an uncolored plain dress, her eyes fell on Shen Zhezi with a slightly gentle look, and she smiled and beckoned the palace people to invite Shen Zhezi to sit down again.But when he looked at the little emperor again, his eyes became a little sharper.

"Mother, I have finished today's homework."

The little emperor didn't dare to sit any longer, he raised the copybooks on the desk with both hands and whispered.

The palace people hurried forward to put away the copybooks and handed them to the empress dowager who was seated above. After looking down for a while, the empress dowager's expression eased a little, staring at the little emperor and sighing: "A king should have a gentleman, and a people You have Ji Gang. You are only struggling and you can’t be idle, but your brother-in-law can see that the two schools are sloppy, and the people can’t hear the truth. If you look down on the high and low, the structure is already owed! Your brother-in-law is also young, but he can succeed A good minister of Kuangfu Sheji shows himself in a small way, this is where you want to ask for advice!"

"My mother's teachings, my son dare not forget."

The little emperor bowed his head respectfully and said, and then saluted Shen Zhezi: "Thank you brother-in-law for your enlightenment."

Shen Zhezi was honored to be someone else's child once, and got up to return the salute.

The empress dowager taught a few more words, and then let the palace servants take the little emperor down. Looking at the little emperor's back, he sat on the mat and sighed, and smiled wryly at Shen Zhezi: "You brother, who grew up in the garden, even If you don't have a lot of history, you will inevitably have a superficial view of the world. You are very capable, Wei Zhou, and you have to come to the garden often to discipline him for me."

After returning to the capital this time, Shen Zhezi listened to the empress dowager complaining to him a lot, either that he was poor and difficult to teach, or that the situation was difficult and difficult to maintain.This is to regard Shen Zhezi as a real family member, and to rely on him invisibly.In fact, right now, the minister is untrustworthy, the mother clan is untrustworthy, and she has almost no choice.

Shen Zhezi said with a smile: "Your Majesty is only young, with a pure and gentle disposition, not disturbed by chaos, and has long been calm. When I returned to the capital a year ago, I often heard the princes praise the emperor. It is appropriate, there is no derogatory act, and it is better than many high-ranking celebrities. The mother returned to the capital, reunited after a long absence, and she has her own admiration, even if there are occasional negligence, it is also an expression of pure filial piety."

Parents may be dissatisfied with their children, but there are many faults they can say that others cannot.

The empress dowager heard that Shen Zhezi had a good opinion of the little emperor, and a smile gradually appeared on her face: "Maybe I treat him a little harshly, but if you are so pertinent and biased, only you, Wei Zhou, will say it in front of me right now." rise."

"But I also have difficulties in my heart. The late emperor abandoned his family and took care of the country. His sons and daughters have not yet grown up, and the fate of the country is difficult. I can hardly shirk the blame, and there is nothing I can do. The only thing I can do is to redouble my efforts to educate the emperor. I hope he can grow up early. Take charge of the king's affairs."

Speaking of this, the Empress Dowager looked gloomy again, looked around the hall and said with emotion: "Not to mention anything else, just because the garden is full of mess, it is inevitable that many complaints will arise. If you gather together, even if you don't want to hear it, A lot of sneering words have also come... well, it makes me restless."

This has already involved the privacy of the inner curtain, and Shen Zhezi is not easy to talk about.But after a little thought, he also understood that the empress dowager's situation should be bad.This disaster has caused the Yu family, which has become a consensus both inside and outside.

The empress dowager credulously trusted her mother's family, making Jiangdong a mess.But now the Yu family is weak again and was kicked out of the court.Before Yu Yi made any big moves in Yuzhou, he couldn't support the empress dowager.If there is any gossip in the inner court, it is also common.

"Forget it, these women have nothing to say in their ramblings."

Although the empress dowager is politically slow, she has shown enough resilience in this difficult situation.After complaining a few words, he straightened his face, no longer indulging in depression, looked at Shen Zhezi and said with relief: "I heard that Weizhou, you are in charge of disaster relief in Dunan, and it has been very effective. Although I have never seen those little people miserable, but this time The matter dragged on from one year to the next, and the princes in Taiwan can’t sort it out, so it’s difficult. If Wei Zhou doesn’t return to the capital, I really don’t know who to trust.”

"The minister was obsessed with fatness for a while, and he was ashamed of not being able to work diligently. The empress mother gave me a lot of trust, so naturally I didn't dare to belittle, and I did my best to just do my best."

After the empress dowager heard the words, she laughed and said: "You young man is good at everything, but you are clumsy at striving for merit. But family affairs are state affairs, and it is determined by etiquette. If you have merit, you should praise it. You really don't have to be afraid to talk about merit."

Shen Zhezi responded with a smile, and then brought the topic back to the purpose of returning to the garden: "The disaster relief in Dunan is coming to an end, and many Ding households have returned to their hometowns. It's just about how the disaster victims will be resettled in the future. I also want to ask who is the queen mother?" view."

"Dinghu has returned to his hometown? So soon?"

After the empress dowager heard this, a gleam of joy appeared on her face, which meant that the preliminary order had been established, which made her feel relaxed.Now she is already a frightened bird, and every time she dreams back at midnight, she is awakened by the messy picture of refugees attacking Taiyuan in the nightmare, and she has endured a very hard winter.

"It's really difficult for me to teach Weizhou specific business measures. You can stabilize the situation so quickly, so it can be seen that you can do it. What to do in the future, you can draft a memorandum and hand it to me directly. I will send an edict to Taichung, and I will definitely not do it." will hold you back."

The Empress Dowager also knew that many affairs in Taichung were inefficient and procrastinated, so she said: "Food, food and agriculture are also the foundation of the country. These small people also need to be resettled as soon as possible, so as not to delay the farming time. Weizhou, let it go Do it, and in a few days I will also go out of the garden to summon my wife to Nongsang and encourage farming."

After the chaos, there is an urgent need to recuperate, which is also the usual way of thinking.But this is contrary to Shen Zhezi's idea. If he directly sends his plan to Taichung, there will definitely be objections again and again. It is better to follow the path of the Empress Dowager Yuanzhong.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi said: "The concerns of the ministers are different. It is true that agriculture is important to the country, but the current situation in the capital is different from the past. The meritorious people occupy their own land, and it is difficult for the small people to settle. If we recultivate Xintian will not be able to make meritorious deeds at the end of the year. Donating again and again is not a long-term strategy."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she also showed a trace of solemnity on her face. She also understood Shen Zhezi's meaning, that is, there is no ready-made farmland around Gyeonggi to house these small people.She presided over the reward for returning to the capital. Because of the lack of money and food, she rewarded the land generously.At that time, she thought it was an expedient measure, but she didn't expect that it would cause the current difficult situation for refugees to resettle.

After a long silence, the empress dowager said quietly: "Women are superficial, don't you know that? It's really hateful that no one has made any suggestions! I thought Wei Zhou's reward was pure in meaning. It seems that you have foreseen this kind of situation. The situation..."

Shen Zhezi didn't mind the empress dowager's brainwashing to beautify her image, but continued: "The family speaks privately, the ministers speak in vain, and the mother and queen aunt listen to it. Now every house around Gyeonggi is full of Toyota Boli. In the wild, I am afraid that most of them will be exiled in a short time!"

"This, this... so it is so, so it is so! The day before yesterday, there were still a few people who participated in the Wei Zhou. You are very harsh on the people. It turns out that they are sneaky!"

The empress dowager gasped, and her tone turned into hatred. In the early years, she entrusted most of the political affairs to her elder brother. Now she asks the matter in person. At first, she thought that those people were just criticizing Shen Zhezi with some criticisms, but she didn't expect that there was hidden in it. The sinister intention of the country to fight for the people!
After realizing this, the empress dowager was a little afraid. Fortunately, she trusted her son-in-law more at that time, and there was no edict to reprimand her.Otherwise, if someone else replaces Shen Zhezi, I'm afraid I will fall into the trap dug out by those people!

"The small people are difficult to deal with, but it is only one end. Now that the capital is dilapidated, it is unbearable to live in. This is also an urgent matter, and we have to make a plan early."

After hearing what Shen Zhezi said, the Empress Dowager was helpless.Originally, in her opinion, as long as the refugees could be resettled to recuperate and the imperial court remained calm, they would gradually regain their vitality in a short time.It is only now that I realize that many problems are intricate, intertwined and intertwined, and they cannot be solved at all!
After thinking for a long time, the empress dowager didn't think of which way to solve the problem, so she could only turn to Shen Zhezi for help: "Wei Zhou, you already have a solution?"

Having said that, Shen Zhezi has basically outlined the predicament to the empress dowager.Small people are difficult to resettle, and once released to the countryside, they may be shaded in large numbers, causing the imperial court to lose this part of the population and at the same time lose the source of taxation.The worse the finances are, the longer the capital will be unable to repair. If it relies on local aid, the center will be even weaker.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager was aware of this deadlocked cycle, Shen Zhezi took out the plan he had already prepared: "What I mean is that the citizens who are currently registered do not need to rush back to their hometowns. Now all the citizens who are registered within the country, since ZTE, Nothing more than this. If you can use it well, you can gain a lot."

"To build a new capital, a large number of servants are required. Instead of recruiting and disturbing the people afterwards, it is better to change the situation now and use the people who are currently registered."

"However, the current treasury is empty, and it is already difficult for the country to use it. If we continue to build buildings in a hurry, can we maintain it?" The Empress Dowager said worriedly.

"What's the point of the center? Gather things from the four directions and use them as resources. The current chaos has hit Gyeonggi especially hard, but the four sides still have spare power, so it's time to recruit reinforcements..."

Today, the Eastern Jin dynasty is like a dying and dying enterprise. It is not that there is no foundation accumulation, but the circulation channels of resources are too blocked, resulting in a large amount of capital accumulation, which cannot burst out the vitality of old trees to renovate.

Building the new is a concept created by Shen Zhezi. If the accumulated capital can be leveraged to surge and break through the blocked channels, there is still a lot to be done in state affairs.

Although Shen Zhezi tried his best to explain in a simple tone, it was difficult for the empress dowager to understand such a grand idea.

In the end, Shen Zhezi could only tell the Empress Dowager from his own interests: "Now the Taiyuan is dilapidated, unobstructed inside and outside, and unbearable to live in. The monarch cannot live in peace, and the subjects are like pins and needles. It is imminent to build a new garden."

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her eyes could not help but brighten. The rebuilding of Yuancheng, even without considering other aspects, is something that must be done.It's just that she knew that the country's employment was difficult, so she couldn't take the initiative to propose it.Now that Shen Zhezi talked about it, she felt even more that this son-in-law not only made a lot of contributions in state affairs, but also cared about every detail in life.

"How about this, Weizhou, you stay in the city for a while, and we will have court discussions in the next day. It's already getting late, so you stay here, and I will ask the palace servants to invite your wife, and I will live in the garden tonight."

(End of this chapter)