Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 92 Painted Skin
Zhao Guangyi immediately retorted: "Officials! Mr. Zhao is evasive. Let's not say that besides the prime minister, there are two political advisers in the center. The two months away by Mr. Zhao will not affect the normal operation at all, let alone the fact that there is something wrong. Big and small, serious, the prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, and Mr. Zhao will do his part in this matter."

"Master Fu Yin's words are wrong. I think..."

"Shut up!"

"Your Majesty!" Seeing Zhao Kuangyin's fury, Er Zhao and several ministers watching the excitement bent down in unison, and changed their address to the most formal "Your Majesty" instead of "Officials".

"you……"

Zhao Kuangyin angrily pointed at all the ministers and said angrily: "These are all the important officials of the Song Dynasty, but they can't think of a feasible solution. When encountering major events, will they just shirk and argue with each other?"

"Your Majesty, calm down, I will be convicted!"

"The matter of raising food is the responsibility of the third envoy, and it should be the responsibility of the third envoy!"

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin's words came out, Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu breathed a sigh of relief, and Chu Zhaofu didn't care about offending Zhao Kuangyin, so he knelt down with a "boom" and opened his throat to complain, when Zhao Kuangyin said again: "It's about Kaifeng. Millions of people, Kaifeng Funan Yamen should also give their full support."

Zhao Guangyi opened his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, Zhao Kuangyin continued: "Zhao Pu is my prime minister, the head of all officials, and Zhao Pu must fully cooperate in such important matters. All yamen must work together to overcome difficulties."

Everyone sighed in their hearts, no one could escape this time.

After Zhao Kuangyin's reprimand, his expression gradually returned to calm, he let out a cold snort, and shouted: "Zhao Pu, Kaifeng Nanya, the third envoy... Well! And Ye Chen! I will give you one day, and each of you will come up with one to solve this matter." The plan has come out, now retreat first! We will discuss this matter tomorrow morning! Remember, this matter is of great importance, and it must not be leaked out.”

"Minister! Obey the order!" Everyone bowed to answer, and then retreated outside the hall.

When Ye Chen heard that he had to come up with a plan, he couldn't help crying in his heart as he followed the crowd out.

Walking to the entrance of the Chongzheng Hall, it was only then that he remembered the original intention of entering the palace today, but under such circumstances, it was no longer appropriate to raise the matter of Yu Qingyan to the emperor.

"Hey! It's useless to put forward the method of building the reservoir and draw the map to please the emperor. If I had known about the Yellow River bursting embankment, I would say it tomorrow, and this day is not bad." Ye Chen murmured in his heart.

"It seems that we can only wait until tomorrow to find an opportunity to ask the emperor for a pardon for Yu Qingyan. Fortunately, Ren Zhiliang, the governor of the Kaifeng Mansion, has promised to take care of Yu Qingyan, and nothing will happen in a short time. It doesn't matter if it's a few days late.

Ye Chen left the palace, and as soon as he returned home, Luo Gongming sent someone to deliver a thick document.

This information is extremely detailed, including all detailed information about water transportation, river channels and river construction; the amount of grain that can be transported every day on weekdays; the daily consumption of rice in Kaifeng; the annual grain output of the Jianghuai area; Summarize the various methods that came up during the discussion.

Obviously, Luo Gongming sent these materials to help Ye Chen plan the grain transportation plan.

Ye Chen didn't express any opinions on raising and delivering food in the palace before, because he knew very little information about this matter, so he couldn't talk about it.At this time, after carefully reading the information sent by Luo Gongming, combined with the knowledge of later generations he had mastered, he had some ideas in his mind.

He first asked his servants to find some large sheets of paper, and then began to draw pictures.

After half a stick of incense, he drew a water and land transportation map including Jingxi North Road, Jingxi South Road, Jinghu North Road, Huainan East Road, Jingdong East Road and Kaifeng City.

Whether it is to successfully seek pardon from the emperor for Yu Qingyan tomorrow, or to prevent the tragedy in Kaifeng City three months later, Ye Chen will do his best to help Da Song resolve this matter.And he also wants to see if he has the ability to solve things that Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, and Zhao Guangyi can't solve.

He has already seen all the solutions that the ministers of the DPRK and China can come up with, although he already has some ideas in his mind, but he still needs to reason and improve them further.

You must know that buying and transporting grain from the Jianghuai region for thousands of miles is by no means a brainstorm, and it can be solved on paper. It involves all kinds of details.For example, the efficiency of the court of the Song Dynasty, the operational capabilities of the government agencies involved, the financing capabilities of local state and county officials, the transportation capabilities of water transport, and so on.

Ye Chen looked at the information, facing the map, and began to reason and demonstrate the thoughts in his heart.But half an hour later, Ye Chen stopped with a slumped face.

Although the information Luo Gongming sent was detailed, it was still far from enough.Ye Chen doesn't have the slightest practical experience in the operation of the local government system, grain merchants and landlords, ship canal workers, etc., so the methods he deduces now can only be on paper.

After Ye Chen frowned and pondered for a while, he remembered the staff system in the army of later generations and the method of reasoning and pre-planning where everyone gathers together for a meeting and deduces whenever there is a major event.I can't help but sigh in my heart, what is most needed and urgent now is to find some experts who may be involved in the completion of this matter, gather together for a meeting to discuss, brainstorm, and jointly deduce and demonstrate.Only in this way can we come up with feasible solutions.

Just when Ye Chen was thinking about whether to go to Luo Mansion or the third envoy, he asked Luo Gongming and his party to discuss the matter together and come up with a plan together.The conversation between Yu Daoxiang and Ma Gangzi came from outside.

Yu Daoxiang wanted to come in, but was stopped by Ma Gangzi.

Ye Chen faintly heard the word 'Yu Qingyan', and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and called for Yu Daoxiang to come in.

"What! You robbed Yu Qingyan from the Jiaofang Division, and now you are in the mansion." Ye Chen was shocked, and shouted sharply while looking at Yu Daoxiang.

"Ye Lang! You are wrong about my concubine. I rescued sister Yu, not robbed her. Ye Lang just entered the imperial city not long ago in the morning, and my concubine could not enter the imperial city. I was idle and bored. I went to the Jiaofang Division to see Sister Yu, but happened to bump into the Jiaofang Division and forced Sister Yu to pick up the guests, and Sister Yu wanted to commit suicide with the scissors. The situation was urgent, so my concubine rescued Sister Yu." Yudao Xiang's face was full of resentment, and there was a faint sparkle in her alluring beautiful eyes.

As soon as Ye Chen heard Yu Daoxiang's words and looked at his expression, the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he was even full of guilt towards Yu Daoxiang unconsciously.

But then, Ye Chen thought of something, his face changed slightly, and he said: "Did someone see your figure? Did someone notice when you entered the mansion?"

Yu Daoxiang laughed through tears, like snatching a blooming narcissus, the world suddenly turned pale, and Ye Chen couldn't help being in a trance.

"Ye Lang, don't worry, the client who wanted to bully Sister Yu, as well as the three Jiaofang officials and the eunuch in charge who accidentally saw us, have all been killed by my concubine. After leaving the Jiaofang Secretary, my concubine Sister Yu and Sister Yu put on makeup and dressed up as a pair of cooks and entered the mansion through the back door, so that no one would know that it was my concubine who rescued Sister Yu." Yu Daoxiang said softly as if asking for credit, with an understatement and kindness in her tone. Indifference to life.

However, after Ye Chen heard this, he staggered and almost fell like a thunderbolt.

Not to mention the robbing of the imperial court criminals, killing the eunuch in charge of the Jiaofang Division and three minor officials, this is not much different from killing the imperial court officials. Qingyan is in her own house, and Yu Daoxiang is her own person, so she is the mastermind. If this matter is exposed, the light ones may be demoted to rank or rank, and the serious ones may be sent to prison.

Presumably at this time, the entire Kaifeng mansion has been searched throughout the city, and I just asked the Kaifeng mansion pusher Ren Zhiliang to take care of Yu Daoxiang this morning, so I must be the biggest suspect.I'm afraid that people from Kaifeng Mansion will find the mansion soon.

Naturally, Ye Chen couldn't believe the whole process based on Yu Daoxiang's few words.He followed Yu Daoxiang to a wing room in the backyard and saw Yu Qingyan.Yu Ye and Yu Wen are also here.

"Thank you Sir for saving your life!" Yu Qingyan knelt down to Ye Chen with tears of gratitude when she saw Ye Chen.The same is true for Yu Yeshao and Yu Wen next to him.

Ye Chen saw this!He sighed secretly in his heart, the matter has come to this point, can he do something like handing over Yu Qingyan or killing her, destroying her corpse?The answer is naturally no, at the moment, Ye Chen can only think about how to make this matter complete.

After asking Yu Qingyan about the whole process, Ye Chen's doubts about Yu Daoxiang were relieved.However, he was puzzled and annoyed by Ren Zhiliang's promise to himself, but then backtracked.If it wasn't for Jiaofang Sifei forcing Yu Qingyan to pick up the guests, how could things have developed to such an extent?

"Is there a secret room in the mansion, people from Kaifeng Mansion may search it soon." Ye Chen took a deep breath and got the three of them up.Suppressing the depression in his heart, he said solemnly.

"Hee hee! Ye Lang, please look!" Yu Daoxiang smiled sweetly and gestured to Yu Qingyan.

Seeing this, Ye Chen looked at Yu Qingyan, only to see a blush flashing across the latter's face, carefully took out an extremely thin mask from his sleeve, carefully stuck it on his face, and looked in the mirror Spread carefully.

After four or five breaths, when Yu Qingyan turned her head to look at Ye Chen, Ye Chen was stunned.Yu Qingyan has become a completely different person, standing five or six feet away from him, he can't see a piece of skin on Yu Qingyan's face at all.

Ye Chen's eyes lit up, his heart was full of curiosity, he walked two steps involuntarily, stretched out his hand to touch Yu Qingyan's face, Yu Qingyan's body trembled, but she didn't dodge, feeling the temperature and warmth of Ye Chen's fingers. The itchy touch, especially a good-smelling male masculinity rushing towards her face, made her heart beat suddenly faster, and the neck and ears were even more bright red. She looked shy and dared not look at Ye Chen anymore, but trembled slightly look away.

(End of this chapter)