The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 583 The Son of Heaven Forbidden [4000 words two in one big chapter]

Xie Shen at the side couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to the imperial doctor.

Diagnosis is really not something that can be done with brains.

The so-called medicine and medicine can not kill the disease, and the Buddha saves the predestined people.

If it is really a disease that cannot be cured, even if the emperor dies, it cannot be cured.

But the imperial doctor definitely couldn't say in public that he couldn't be cured, so he had to agree tremblingly.

On the other hand, under Zhang Yong's arrangement, Jin Yiwei's Tiqi has also been dispatched to start a comprehensive investigation of the matter.

Facts have proved that it is really easy to check the things that leaders care about.

The results of the investigation were soon available.

The carriage that knocked down Mr. Du belonged to the Xiao family, a wealthy family in the city.

Immediately after Zhu Houzhao's instruction, officials sent yamen servants to the door to inquire, but Mr. Xiao didn't protect his shortcomings, and immediately handed over the driver of the carriage that caused the accident to the yamen servants.

Although the coachman was brought back by a yamen servant, he was interrogated by Jin Yiwei.

At first, the driver insisted that the collision was an accident, and expressed his willingness to bear Mr. Du's medical expenses and other medical expenses.

But how could Jin Yiwei believe his words so easily, the coachman couldn't stand the torture.

In fact, this does not mean that the coachman is a coward.If it was the punishment of the yamen, he would definitely endure it.But Jin Yiwei has too many ways to torture people, it is really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

In the end, the driver admitted that his master Xiao Nanchang had ordered him to knock down Mr. Du.

It turned out that Mr. Xiao fell in love with Du Yun, the granddaughter of Mr. Du, and expressed several times that he would accept Du Yun as his concubine.

Although the Xiao family is a big family in Tai'an, the status of concubines is very low, only slightly higher than maidservants.

Mr. Du is such a precious granddaughter, how could he push her into the fire pit.

Therefore, Mr. Du made it clear that his granddaughter would never marry Xiao Nanchang.

Mr. Xiao felt insulted, so he planned to find a chance to become Mr. Du.

It's definitely not good to buy murder or something, it's too obvious.The best way is to create an accident without anyone noticing.

Xiao Nanchang knew that Mr. Du would come to Tai'an City to sell medicine at a fixed time every month, so he arranged for his servants to drive a carriage and wait on the street outside the raw medicine shop.

As soon as Mr. Du appeared, he would twitch his horsewhip and rush over to knock Mr. Du over and trample on him.

Mr. Du was not seriously injured when he was knocked down.It was not until he was kicked in the back of the head by a horseshoe that he fell into a coma.

Facts have proved that killing is still a professional killer, what kind of coachman, servants and servants are really unprofessional.

Moreover, these people's mouths are not strict, and they are all recruited as soon as they are tortured.

When everything came to light, Zhu Houzhao was naturally furious.

He didn't expect that the carriage deliberately ran into people because of personal grievances.

This old man Xiao is simply shameless, he committed murder to vent his anger.

What's even more exasperating is that he dared to play Du Yun's idea, which touched Zhu Houzhao's bottom line.

He has already regarded Du Yun as a taboo, not to mention a wealthy landowner and a squire, even any princes and nobles are not allowed to think about it!

Zhu Houzhao immediately issued an order, ordering the prefect of the state to arrest Xiao Nanchang.

On the day Mr. Xiao was imprisoned, he was beaten with fifty killing sticks, and he was on the verge of death.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao would not let him die so easily, he instructed Jin Yiwei to use all torture methods to make old man Xiao feel pain.

This kind of shameless person must be dealt with by shameless means, which is called treating another person in the same way.

If you don't do this, how can you be right with Mr. Du, who was knocked down and trampled by a carriage, and who is still unconscious? How can you be right with Miss Du Yun and Du?
Of course, old man Xiao will not be executed publicly.

Although he deliberately killed people, but after all, Mr. Du did not die.

Because of this, it is too far-fetched to sentence old man Xiao to execution.

Old man Xiao's execution was carried out in prison.

After being convinced that he has received enough punishment, the jailer hangs him, and he can make it look like he hanged himself, and outsiders can't tell the difference at all.

At this point, Zhu Houzhao's anger subsided a little.After His Majesty calmed down, he didn't get involved too much. He just instructed the Tongzhi of Tai'an Prefecture to order the Xiao family to bear all the expenses of Mr. Du during his recuperation.

This is of course to fight for breath.

Fortunately, Mr. Du, who is auspicious, has his own auspiciousness, and he woke up after a long period of coma.

The imperial physician repeatedly exclaimed about miracles.

"Your Majesty, it must be that Mr. Du entrusted His Majesty Hongfu to turn the crisis into safety."

It is understandable that the imperial doctor flattered Zhu Houzhao at all.After all, if Mr. Du can't be cured well, he has to come to see him.

Du Yun naturally learned of Zhu Houzhao's true identity after this incident.

Although he knew that this would happen sooner or later, Zhu Houzhao still felt a little lonely.

I'm afraid it will be difficult to have the vague affection between the two of them again.

Although Mr. Du has regained consciousness, his vitality is seriously injured.

Du Yun fulfilled his filial piety in front of the bed, and the soup has never been short.

In Zhu Hou's eyes, his affection for Du Yun increased even more.

One month later, when Mr. Du was finally able to get out of bed, Du Yun could take a breather and catch up on sleep.

In the past month, she has been haggard a lot, and her eyes are even more red.

It hurts in Zhu Hou's eyes to look after her.

He vowed to protect this woman well and never let her be wronged again.

In the blink of an eye, it will be August, and Zhu Houzhao is still going back to Beijing after procrastinating.

Naturally, Zhu Houzhao wanted to bring Du Yun back to the capital.

After all this, Du Yun admired Zhu Houzhao and agreed to return to Beijing with Zhu Houzhao.

Although the element of gratitude is higher, Zhu Houzhao is still very moved.

Mr. Du has nothing to say, Zhu Houzhao is like his savior.If there is no imperial doctor to do bloodletting for him, I am afraid that he will have to die in a coma for the rest of his life.

Zhu Houzhao originally intended for Mount Tai to enshrine Zen. Although he did not make the trip, he embraced the beauty and returned. This wave is not a loss.

Zhu Houzhao learned his lesson on the return journey this time, and instead of choosing land, he went all the way north along the Grand Canal to Zhangjiawan Wharf.

The civil servants were the ones who were most excited about Shengjia's return to Beijing.

They felt uneasy every day the emperor was not in Beijing.

Maybe this is why a country cannot live without a king.

Of course Du Yun's status is a problem.

Even if Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, he can't let his temper do everything.

There is a whole set of procedures for registering an imperial concubine, and one cannot be called a concubine without going through this procedure.

Of course, this does not affect Du Yun's staying with Zhu Houzhao.

After bringing Du Yun back to the Leopard Room, Zhu Houzhao and this beautiful woman rubbed each other's ears for a while, envious of Sha Ren.

After a long wait, Du Yun was officially canonized as a concubine, and became Zhu Houzhao's woman in a legitimate way.

The courtiers didn't have any opinions on this, and even the Queen Mother just asked a few words and kept silent.

Zhang Yongzhi was overjoyed about this, and even thanked Mr. Ge for being like a god and having supernatural powers.

Xie Shen naturally doesn't care, the emperor has one more woman, one more, one less, as long as this Concubine Du doesn't affect the crown prince registration, then it's all up to Zhu Houzhao to make a fuss, as long as he is happy.

It has to be said that Du Yun is deeply favored by Zhu Houzhao.

Not long after being registered as an imperial concubine, she won the favor of the harem alone, and soon became pregnant with a dragon heir.

The balance of the harem was broken, and the most worrying thing was the little prince's biological mother Concubine Liu.

She was originally a court lady, but she was conceived by the emperor by accident, so she was registered as a concubine by virtue of her son.

I thought that this would lead to a good life, but who knew that the emperor brought back a woman after his east tour of Mount Tai, and named her a concubine.

That's all right, the emperor likes the new and dislikes the old, maybe soon he will forget Concubine Du.But at this time, Concubine Du is pregnant with the dragon seed, and it is even more impossible for Zhu Houzhao to leave him.

It would be fine if Concubine Du gave birth to a princess.If it gave birth to a prince, then there would inevitably be a bloody storm in the harem.

Concubine Liu is docile by nature and doesn't want to fight, but she has to think about her own future, and the little prince's future.

The harem is a bloody battlefield, and only the strong can survive.

For this reason, Concubine Liu went to Elder Xie Ge without hesitation, hoping that Elder Xie Ge could come forward and say something for her.I don't ask the emperor to empathize with her, I just hope that she won't be too cold.

Of course, Xie Shen refused this kind of thing.

The affairs of the harem are unclear, and if you plunge into it, you will be courting death.

Xie Shen doesn't need to care about anything else, except for matters like the harem, Xie Shen maintains a high degree of vigilance and will not make mistakes easily.

For courtiers, private contact with concubines is a taboo.Although Zhu Houzhao trusted him, this was not an excuse for him to make an exception.

What's more, Concubine Liu's situation is special. She is the only concubine who gave birth to an heir for the emperor, and she is the most likely person to become queen.

Xie Shen getting involved with such a woman will not only make Zhu Houzhao jealous, but may also be mistaken for wanting to interfere in the establishment of the crown prince.

This is not a joke.

Xie Shen really wants to have a good relationship with the future prince, and it is best to cultivate the relationship from a baby.

But the problem is that the boy born by Concubine Liu may not necessarily become the prince.It is true that Zhu Houzhao is such a treasure now, but the emperor is still very young, and no one can say for sure what will happen in the future.

What if Du Yun gave birth to a prince?Or other concubines gave birth to a prince?
Zhu Houzhao has so many women, and his desire is so strong, there must be one or two concubines who can give birth to an emperor's heir, right?

Therefore, Xie Shen decided to wait, and wait for Zhu Hou to register as the prince before making a move.

This is the safest and wisest choice, and it is also the choice that can make yourself invincible.

Of course, Xie Shen would not take the initiative to contact Concubine Du.

Although he admired Du Yun very much, that was before she became the imperial concubine.

Now that she has been registered as the imperial concubine, everything will be different.

The inner palace has its difficulties, and the people also have their difficulties.

Since the beginning of autumn, there has been a food shortage in the capital.The price of rice in the rice shop has soared, and the common people have reached the point where they can't afford Shengdou rice.

This is because the Hangzhou section of the Grand Canal was silted up, and a large amount of grain from the south of the Yangtze River could not be transported to the capital through the river.

The grain merchants in the capital saw the business opportunity, so they hid the grain they had stockpiled in advance and let the price of grain soar.

If it hadn't been for the imperial court to open a warehouse and sell the stored rice at a par price, the price of rice might not have risen to such a crazy level.

Of course, the rice released by the imperial court is just a drop in the bucket, and it is unrealistic to expect these warehouses to solve the food shortage.

The approach proposed by the Cabinet is a two-pronged approach.On the one hand, step up the dredging of the silted section of the canal, and transfer the grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the capital as soon as possible.The second is to strictly investigate the grain stores in the capital, and find that those who hoard goods are severely punished.

This does not conflict with Xie Shen's idea of ​​promoting the status of a merchant.

Xie Shen wanted to increase the voice of businessmen so that businessmen would have greater enthusiasm for politics.But it is not to say that the greed of merchants can be tolerated endlessly.

He hopes that the businessmen he cooperates with are Confucian businessmen who understand the general situation and take into account the overall situation, rather than profiteers who work hard and study hard.

This strict inspection of the Jingshi Food Industry is a warning to those businessmen who are trying to make money in the country through crooked ways. In the face of national interests, no one has any privileges, and the same goes for businessmen.

Through the regulation of the imperial court, the once soaring rice price finally fell back. Although it is still much higher than before the food shortage, it is within a reasonable range. is to keep it within a relatively reasonable range.Excessive control will only deform the market.

However, this food shortage gave Xie Shen a warning, that is, the Ming Dynasty was too dependent on the Grand Canal.

Whether it is food, silk cloth, or porcelain, they all rely on this link between the north and the south for transportation.

If the canal were to be blocked unexpectedly on a large scale, I am afraid that the entire Ming Empire would be paralyzed.

So, what is a good solution?

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xie Shen must face up to this problem.

For this reason, he discussed countermeasures with Wang Shouren, Gu Dingchen and others in the cabinet several times.

Different people have different opinions, Gu Dingchen seems to be the best way to respond to all changes without change.The possibility of large-scale silting and outage of the Grand Canal is too low, so worrying about it is unfounded.

Wang Shouren's view is more radical. He believes that it is necessary to dig another canal.The so-called "preparation for a rainy day" refers to this.

The two canals can not only increase the capacity, but also avoid risks.

But digging canals requires a lot of manpower and financial resources.After Hongzhi ZTE and the Zhengde New Deal, the Ming Dynasty was in a state of prosperity.

If it is said that the whole country is digging the canal at this time, it may eat up all the money.Moreover, such a huge project is likely to arouse public resentment. It would be a pity to make wedding clothes for others like Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty.

In Xie Shen's opinion, Gu Dingchen's and Wang Shouren's viewpoints are too radical, and the other is too conservative, neither suitable for the present Daming.

So he took a different approach and put forward a new point of view.

Establish a storage system around key state capitals to ensure food supply under special circumstances.

In fact, this is not a completely new proposition, after all, Daming has granaries in important cities such as the capital and Suzhou.But this is not enough. Xie Shen wants to build a storage system that is not just as simple as a granary, but a granary-based storage system.

This includes transportation, distribution, etc., which is far beyond what a static warehouse can match.

This plan is of course advanced, so Gu Dingchen and Wang Shouren didn't quite understand it after hearing it.

Xie Shen took the trouble to explain the advantages of the storage system to them, and finally convinced the two of them that this model is conducive to the healthy development of Daming.

The next step is to explain the plan to the emperor.

As long as Zhu Houzhao agrees, then Xie Shen's storage plan can be officially implemented, and the network will be connected with the line.

(End of this chapter)