Lonely non-good minister

Chapter 326 Refuting Lin
She has never had Emperor Hong Ming in her heart, which is what makes Empress Shen most at ease.

"That's right. I heard that the emperor has already said that if Yuan'er can solve the difficulties in the Northwest and turn the Northwest into a land of prosperity, he will be given a prince. You can feel more at ease."

Xiao Shen smiled lightly: "Your highnesses are all in the northwest. If the northwest can become prosperous, it must be due to the concerted efforts of all the brothers. How can it be attributed to A Yuan alone? She also said in the letter, if nothing else His Highness is supportive, she can't do many things well, and I'm still thinking about how to express my gratitude in order to repay Second Highness."

When mentioning her second son, Empress Shen's expression became much gentler: "Brothers help each other, so there's no need to see outsiders like this."

"In two months, the Second Highness will return to Beijing to report on his duties. I don't know which young master to bring back this year?" Xiao Shen chatted along her words.

Empress Shen's smiling eyes looked a little lonely: "Bringing any child back is not as good as the whole family. I hope that all the children and grandchildren will be there, and it would be good for the whole family to eat a meal. This thought , I don’t know if it will be possible this year.”

Xiao Shen remained silent, this involved old things, outsiders like them are not qualified to judge, Queen Shen herself has no idea, Lin is now the crown princess, if Song Run and his wife really come back, they will meet each other How should I deal with myself?
After sitting in Jingyang Palace for a while, Empress Shen got sleepy before she got up and left. When she returned to Leyang Palace, Mrs. Shen chose five suitable cotton-padded clothes and told Chunyang to send them to the East Palace in person, and then chose a few more. For the small ones, have someone send them to Concubine Li Gui.

Today, there are not many female relatives living in Jingzhao, only Crown Princess Lin and Liangdi Mu, and the grandchildren are only Song Wei and Li Guifei's grandchildren, Xiao Shen has taken care of each of them.

Chunyang came to the East Palace with her things, and Lin was staring at Song Wei studying. She has been focusing on Song Wei for more than ten years, and the people in the palace have long seen this.

"My maidservant sees the Crown Princess." Chunyang saluted.

Seeing her, Song Wei quickly put down his pen and stood up, although he didn't need to salute, he looked respectful.

"Why is aunt here?" Lin's smile was false, and she was always worried about the people around Xiao Shen.

Chunyang respectfully said: "My Highness sent some high-quality cotton into the palace, and the empress ordered someone to make cotton clothes. Thinking that the cold winter is coming, after asking the empress's order, I ordered my servants to send some over."

"Is it the cotton that many people went to the northwest to scramble for?" Song Wei was very interested, and came over and took one and shook it open for a closer look: "Father said, this thing is very good, but unfortunately I only saw it in the funeral objects of the late emperor. Once."

Chunyang explained: "The late emperor's quilt is full of materials, if you like it, the servant will tell you to prepare another one for you."

"That's not necessary. The father said that the price is expensive, and it is very rare. If the royal family wants to prepare all the cotton-padded clothes and quilts, the common people will suffer a few more years of bitter cold." Song Wei took the clothes and compared them. : "This one looks like it was prepared for me."

Chunyang nodded: "Yes, this one is just for the young master."

"Thank you, Madam Shen, for caring, I like it very much." Song Wei loved the cotton-padded clothes very much.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lin got up unhurriedly and came over: "Ms. Shen, don't worry."

Chunyang ordered people to put down the cotton-padded clothes, then bowed and left.

Song Wei took out another one: "This one is so spacious, it must be for the father." "Your father has a lot of thick clothes to avoid the cold, why do you need this?" His eyes were distasteful and picky: "Don't wear it either, aren't those silk clothes enough to protect you from the cold?"

The smile on Song Wei's face froze, and he said seriously: "Mother, this is the kindness of Shen Niangniang, the child must not be spoiled, and how many people in the world can afford silk silk clothes? As the grandson of the emperor, how can the child Proud of being extravagant? My child thinks this padded coat is very good."

Now he was studying with Song Chun, and dared to refute Mrs. Lin. After speaking, he took both cotton padded clothes and handed them to the maid: "Put them all away. I will wear them to pay my respects to my father tonight."

"You" Mrs. Lin was so angry that her heart ached: "Now you don't even listen to my words."

Song Wei clasped his fists: "Mother, don't be angry, the child didn't intend to disobey the mother, but this thing is indeed precious, and it is the heart of Shen Niangniang and Jiushu, how can it live up to it?"

He was ready to refute his reasons, and Lin became more and more displeased, and immediately turned around and left, ignoring Song Wei.

Seeing this, Song Wei couldn't help blaming himself, but soon he remembered Song Chun's teaching that parents should not blindly obey when they make mistakes. The elders' favor is the most important thing, and they will definitely make a big mistake. Even if they blame themselves for a while, they must never give in on right and wrong.

He couldn't bear it for a while, then he quickly returned to normal, and continued to sit down and study. The waiter next to him saw this and was about to persuade him to go to Mrs. Lin to confess his mistake, but he was frightened by the cold stare of the guard beside him on the spot. Open your mouth.

Before the beginning of winter, all 12 cotton-padded clothes were completed, and all textile merchants sent people to check them carefully. After weighing and checking the materials used in the workmanship on the spot, the money was settled.

After all the cotton-padded clothes were put into storage, Song Chun transferred [-] pieces of cotton-padded clothes to the northern army and the southern army respectively, and the remaining [-] pieces were handed over to Song Run for distribution.

Song Fu had extra cotton-padded clothes and quilts approved by Song Yuan, and he did not have much objection to this. Song Qian protested twice, but the reaction was not big. He swallowed 1 catties of cotton all by himself, and he had no idea how Song Run would distribute it. I don't care, although other people are dissatisfied, but there are so many things, if they want more, they have to ask Song Chun, but they dare not, so they can only yell in front of Song Run.

When the 20 taels of silver approved by the imperial court arrived in Zhangye, all the prefects of the counties in the northwest were called to Zhangye by Song Yuan. Everyone gathered in the governor's mansion, and several gray-haired and energetic craftsmen were also invited.

The water conservancy map was spread out, and they all surrounded it, looking at the detailed and complicated water conservancy map, each of them looked unpredictable.

"The imperial court approved 20 taels of silver for the construction of water conservancy projects, and the finance of the Northwest also provided 20 taels of silver for the construction of water conservancy projects. A total of 40 taels of silver was allocated for the construction of water conservancy projects. This is far from enough for the budget. This official believes that it does not need to be done overnight. The water conservancy has been repaired, and next year we will use the surplus money to continue repairing, and in this way, the whole project will be repaired in less than three years."

Immediately someone asked: "I don't know what are the important places that the adults are talking about?"

"Naturally, it is a place with high grain and cotton production." Someone rushed to answer: "If the cotton grain production is guaranteed, there will be money next year."

"The most important places should be places with severe water shortages. If water conservancy is not built, the people will really not be able to survive."

"Where there is severe water shortage, it is a waste of effort to repair water conservancy."

(End of this chapter)