Chapter 73

As soon as the time came to the twelfth lunar month, the whole capital seemed to be busy.The emperor is busy giving blessings, and the people in the palace are busy preparing things for the New Year. Only the common people suffer the most. Even if the New Year is coming, they still can't settle down to prepare for the New Year.Especially this winter, the capital is extremely cold.It snowed heavily a few days ago, and it has been snowing for seven days.

Now the people in the entire capital are in a very strange circle. The people have nothing to do, nothing to eat, and nothing to wear.But those ceremonial hairpin houses are peaceful.

After Kangxi entered the twelfth lunar month, he began to give blessings one after another. The first batch was the master of the Eight Banners and the royal family. Among the first batch of blessing characters.

"Jinyu, I used to think that Lord Kangxi's blessings were made of paper." Daiyu would go into the mansion to talk to Jinyu from time to time. When she saw the word "Fu" in Jinyu's room, she suddenly felt emotional. TV dramas are so deceptive. , These blessing characters bestowed by the imperial pen are mostly made of silk and silk, with cinnabar as the background color, and golden clouds and dragon patterns painted on them.Where is it as simple as in the TV series, it is the lucky character of the sunspot on the red paper.

"Hehe, how can you believe in TV dramas? Lord Kangxi advocated frugality all his life. This kind of blessing is convenient to hang up, and can be used many times, and it is also easy to save. You must know that this blessing is not obtained every year. Generally speaking, Lord Kangxi would only bestow it on important ministers and clans in the court. Think about it, if it is like those in TV dramas, these blessing characters may have fallen off and been damaged before New Year's Eve." Jinyu said with a smile , she thought it was funny when she saw the TV dramas of the Qing Dynasty, but the TV dramas are the same as the scripts, and they can’t be studied by history. Like romance, the truth is the same.

"Hehe, there is no way, sometimes it will be brought in naturally." Lin Daiyu explained with a smile.

"You often go out of the mansion, do you know the current situation in the capital?" Jinyu recalled the report when she asked Ziyuan and Lan'er to go out of the mansion to Zhuangzi a few days ago.Now the entire capital is extremely cold, and there is a shortage of food, especially in the homes of ordinary people. She originally wanted two maids to go to Zhuangzi to spread the word, and to give more food and money to the workers below for the New Year in the twelfth lunar month. She did not expect them to bring Back with such news.

"Hey, don't mention it. I didn't know it before, but now I know how pitiful the people here are when they encounter natural disasters, and they can't get enough to eat." Lin Daiyu sighed, "I went out of the house two days ago and saw many people were It's very pitiful, although I asked Lanyi and Zi'er to give them some money and food, but you know, it's just a temporary solution, not the root cause."

"I think all you see is fur. It's been snowing for more than a day or two. Counting today, it's the seventh day. Just look at my yard and you'll know what's going on outside. The maid keeps cleaning every day, but there is still such a thick snow, the common people must have been in disaster now, a few days ago, when Zi Yuan and Lan Er left the house, they came back and told me the situation should be better than yours. What I saw was even worse." Jinyu sighed, she had already asked Lin Si to save enough food for the winter in the village, and the rest was used to help those people, but these were only meager efforts, and there was a lot of food in the space. A lot of food has been accumulated, but it is only at the feet of the emperor, it is easy to cause accidents if you take it out rashly!

"I can imagine that even in our time, snow disasters were no joke, let alone now. Hey, there is very little we can do, and these can only be solved by the power of Long Live God and a country." Lin Daiyu sighed .

"What do I need to solve?" Master Kangxi finished his work today, and he also worried about the university day and night. Today, he just took the fourth child, the thirteenth child, and the tenth sixty-seven out of the palace to inquire. Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Several people agreed to come to Jinyu to eat here. It was a coincidence that they came here. Today Daiyu came, and Jinyu had already ordered to go down to eat hot pot at noon. It was so cold outside, and it was only warm to eat this. It happened that Hongzhou also came back house.

Jinyu and Daiyu looked at each other, wondering how much Lord Kangxi and the others heard. After all, if you think about what Lin Daiyu said last, the flaws are easy to find. What is our era? question.

"Khan Ama, why are you here now? You didn't ask Li Wenda to notify you when you came, so that Jinyu can go out to meet you." Jinyu and Daiyu greeted Lord Kangxi and everyone.Jinyu and Daiyu were talking in the room, and the other maids were sent to the kitchen or other places. There was no one else in the room except the two of them.

"It's nothing, what's the point of notifying me? Why isn't there even a waiter in the house?" Master Kangxi asked.

"I told them to go down to work. Since you are here, you can eat dinner here. Don't rush to leave, it's very cold outside." Jinyu didn't know that she came here for dinner.

"Well, that's exactly what I mean. It's really warm in your room." Master Kangxi just came in from the outside, and the temperature difference between the inside and the outside of the room was huge.

People at this time dig fireways underground to keep warm, which is similar to modern geothermal heat. Of course, this is also determined by economic capabilities. After all, it takes a lot of money to burn fireways like this!

"Khan Ama, drink some hot soup!" Ziyuan and the others received the notification from the servant girls after Kangxi and the others entered the house, and then they brought five servings of hot soup from the kitchen.

"Drink some of you too, it's really comfortable to drink hot soup." Master Kangxi took a sip from the bowl that Jinyu handed over, "Hey, did you put something else in it? It smells like medicinal herbs. "

"Huihan Ama, yes. Ju'er put wolfberries in it, this is black chicken soup. It is very influential, and several masters also tasted it. It is still simmering on the stove. After drinking, let the maids serve it. Jinyu greeted with a smile.

"Let's have a drink, too, Li Ada, I'm here!" Jinyu said with a smile.

"Go, Li Dequan, girl's heart, you can go down with Ziyuan and drink some to warm your body!" Although Li Dequan is a slave, he has been with Lord Kangxi for a long time, and Lord Kangxi doesn't completely regard him as a slave.

"The servant will thank Lord Long Live and Yufu Jin." Li Dequan said with a smile, he was indeed very cold, and he was also old, and his body could not stand the cold wind.

"Zi Yuan, ask Ju'er to make more soup. Just let it simmer, and now you can prepare dinner." Jinyu ordered.

"Yes, master."

"Khan Ama, let's have hot pot at noon, mandarin duck pot!" Jinyu said with a smile.

"Mandarin duck pot?" Master Kangxi asked curiously.

"Yes, it's usually spicy, and it's usually seafood. I asked the people in the village to get it. It's hard to find!" During Jinyu's pregnancy, she was particularly greedy for seafood, which really messed up a group of people. , here is no different from modern times, and the transportation is developed. I want her to eat it from time to time, but Lin Si personally went to the coastal area and spent a lot of money to transport it frozen to the capital. Now it is stored in Jinyu's ice bank. , Jinyu sometimes wonders why there is no sea in her space, but it is so troublesome, freshwater fish are also available in Beijing, but she just doesn't want to eat them.

Jinyu sometimes felt that it was a good thing that she had money and power, otherwise she would have to starve to death the child in her stomach if this went on like this.

"Then try the mandarin duck pot you mentioned." Master Kangxi said with a smile, "Okay, don't stand still, just find a place to sit. By the way, what did Daiyu girl say just now? What needs my cooperation?" Can it be solved with all the power of the country?"

Lord Kangxi and his group only heard the last few words, and they didn't quite understand them, so Jinyu and Daiyu must be careful in the future, and can't be so careless anymore.

Lin Daiyu glanced at Jinyu, not knowing whether she should say it, she knew if she said it, it would be considered as a woman discussing government affairs, but she found it difficult to grasp the degree, so she didn't know whether she should say it or not.

"Why, it's difficult? Aren't you very courageous!" Master Kangxi said with a smile, "That Jinyu girl said."

Lin Daiyu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Kangxi call Jinyu by name. Although it was not kind, Jinyu was different from her. She was the sweet pastry in front of the emperor!

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that Daiyu saw that many people outside had a miserable winter. She told Jinyu that she could only do it with modest efforts. She couldn't give everyone money and food. That's why she said These matters are major national affairs, and they need to be resolved by Khan Ama!" Jinyu explained in a few words, and Daiyu admired him all the time, seeing what he said, every sentence was a compliment to Lord Kangxi, and Cleared himself up.

"Hey, it's hard for you. As a daughter of a boudoir, you know that it's not easy to worry about the people. Lin Ruhai taught you well!" Kangxi said with emotion, "This is why I left the palace today!"

Daiyu and Jinyu had already guessed that Lord Kangxi led a few brothers out on a snowy trip, and it must not be simply for a meal.

"The emperor praised it absurdly. After all, everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

"Look, a daughter of a boudoir has better knowledge than those moths of the country. Those people should really die of shame." Master Kangxi said angrily, those servants should be dealt with, I really thought he was old and was punished. Blindfolded?

The four elder brothers also took a deep look at Daiyu, thinking that Lin Ruhai's family's daughter is not inferior to the man's, and maybe his own fourth sister-in-law is the same.

"If the snow falls for a few more days, I'm afraid the capital will be in chaos." Kangxi said with emotion.The treasury's silver can't cover such a huge expense at all. Recently, there are more or less signs of snowstorms in the booklets everywhere. Compared with this, the treasury's silver is simply a drop in the bucket!

"Then why does the emperor just ignore it?" Lin Daiyu really healed her scar and forgot about the pain. Just now she was afraid that Kangxi would punish her for making irresponsible comments on government affairs, but now she speaks out loud.

"How can I not care about my people? It's just that the treasury is limited!" Lord Kangxi really worried about this matter for a long time, and he actually said these words in front of Jinyu and Daiyu.

"Your majesty, why don't you raise donations? You can raise a lot of silver taels with just one word!" Daiyu has seen this kind of situation a lot in modern times, so she blurted out without thinking. Notice.

"Daiyu, don't talk nonsense, it's up to Khan Ama to decide everything!" Jinyu said, there are four elder brothers present today, if anyone says that it is the Yushi's mouth, Lin Daiyu and Master Lin will absolutely I can't eat and walk around.

"Jinyu, let Daiyu talk." Kangxi glared at Jinyu, Kangxi understood Jinyu's meaning, "If anything about today's matter is revealed, you will know the consequences."

"Yes, Khan Ama, I will definitely not talk too much." The four elder brothers said, Yinzhen looked at Jinyu deeply, he felt that Jinyu should have done it on purpose just now, when she said that, Khan Ama Naturally, the oral order will be issued.In fact, I have to tell Yinzhen the truth, but Jinyu thinks that way, she really wants to do something for these people, and she is sure that Daiyu will say that, but she can't hurt Daiyu because of this incident Well, she was so preoccupied with retreating that she just forced Lord Kangxi to order the elder brothers to keep silent.There were only a few of them in the room, as long as they didn't tell, she and Daiyu wouldn't go out to talk stupidly.

"Tell me, Daiyu, how do you raise money?" Master Kangxi was very curious about Lin Daiyu's words.

"Your Majesty, to put it simply, you take the lead and donate some things, so that the ministers can follow suit, but the specific actions need to be described in detail." Lin Daiyu didn't know how to start, so she simply said Say something.

"Donate things? Does this work?" Kangxi couldn't adapt to Lin Daiyu's thoughts for a while.

"Yes, you can donate the royal things once, even the masters in the palace, so let's do a simple calculation. Even if the masters donate ten taels per person, there is a lot, not to mention the masters. Lord, you have donated, and you will only donate with all your strength, so that you can be named here, and the servants can also appeal to them to donate. There should be a lot of silver taels in the Forbidden City, not counting the elder brothers and masters. Clan ministers." Lin Daiyu thought for a while, and sorted out her thoughts.

"Your Majesty, let's take your blessing a few days ago as an example. You can write a few more and distribute them to various places. You can say that whoever donates the most money to the local rich households and merchants will give them the word blessing. In this way First of all, I think they will definitely be willing to pay a high price, after all, businessmen, farmers, businessmen, and merchants have the lowest status, and it must be something they didn't even dare to think about before." Lin Daiyu saw Jinyu's room The word "Fu" in the text suddenly came to a whim, and it happened to be the twelfth lunar month at this time, so this must be popular.

"Well, I can understand what you said. Is it just like the name suggests, it is a disguised transaction of buying and selling things. Whoever pays the most can have it?" Kangxi thought for a while and said.

"Well, the imperial gift is not only for businessmen, but also those ministers who have not received the blessing will surely take some action. And the imperial gift can definitely fly and exchange for more money." Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

Jinyu smiled and nodded, as expected, she listened for so long before she said two words: "Auction."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I forgot, we can auction off the lucky characters and the things donated by the masters in the palace. Think about it, some masters may not be willing to donate money directly, so we are not limited to gold and silver. , It can be anything, even slaves, if you have money to donate, if you have things to donate, we will auction it together, and if the value is low, you can directly use it to help those people who have nothing to wear." Lin Daiyu added road.

"Hehe, I think you must have already made up your mind before, Jinyu, you are too treacherous." Master Kangxi only now came to his senses, and his feelings have been wiped out for a while.

"Huihan Ama, how dare you!" Jinyu said with a doggy smile.

"Don't you dare? I think you are in a hurry." Master Kangxi was not angry, she was not wrong to be cautious, "Although Daiyu's method is feasible after hearing it, the implementation process is definitely not so easy. It’s too bad to scrutinize it more carefully.”

"It all depends on Khan Ama's arrangement. Jinyu and Daiyu have run out, and only this idea is left." Jinyu said with a smile, "Khan Ama, you can try to implement it in a small area of ​​the capital now and see. Effect."

"If this method is feasible, you have contributed a lot. When this matter is resolved, I will give you a great credit." Kangxi said with a smile.

"Then Jinyu will thank Ama Khan first. When Ama Khan is implemented, Jinyu will definitely do her best. This year, half of Jinyu's income will be used for disaster relief." Jinyu calculated , since she took charge of Zhuangzi, she has received 2 taels, and almost half of it will be donated.

"That's not a lot. I know that girl, you are making a lot of money in your Zhuangzi, so are you willing?" Kangxi said with a smile.

"There is nothing to be reluctant to part with. As the daughter-in-law of Aixinjueluo's family, Jinyu should do her part." Jinyu said with a smile, money will always be there again.Why look too real.

"Okay, I will accept your wish." Kangxi said with a smile.

"My son is also willing to do a little bit for Khan Ama." The four elder brothers said in unison.

"Daiyu is also willing." Lin Daiyu said with a smile, now that the Lin Mansion has been handed over to her, she knows that the Lin family is rich.

"Okay, it's true that I love Xinjueluo's family, and Lin girl is also loyal." Kangxi smiled boldly.

Kangxi and others hurried back to the palace after dinner. This matter was imminent. Kangxi was in a hurry to solve it. After all, it was almost New Year's Eve. Is that still a Mingjun?

Kangxi handed over this matter to Yinzhen and Yinluyin Lilai's planning team, and Yinxiang was responsible for recording every payment.

The fundraising was very popular in the palace. In just three days, 14 taels of silver were raised, including many precious playthings and some winter clothes.

(End of this chapter)

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