bayedsolid Chapter 383 Test
Chapter 383 Test
Shen Wanning felt a little guilty. She hadn't brought this up on purpose. She was just worried that the Emperor would doubt her identity again, so she brought it up. If the Emperor felt guilty about it, he wouldn't doubt her identity so easily.
"Ever since Wan Ning disappeared, you have been fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures day and night. It must be your sincerity that moved God, so God sent Wan Ning back to us." The emperor said while embracing the queen.
When the Empress gave birth to Princess Shoukang, the Emperor was busy with official duties and had no time to care for the Empress. As a result, the Empress was harmed by the treacherous concubine and gave birth prematurely.
The Queen had always believed that the Princess's heart disease was related to this incident, and therefore felt very guilty towards her. Not only the Queen, but also the Emperor felt very guilty about this.
In addition, Princess Shoukang was assassinated and disappeared when she returned to the palace. The Queen had always been dissatisfied with the Emperor, so she had been fasting and chanting Buddhist scriptures. Firstly, she wanted to avoid the Emperor, and secondly, she wanted to pray for the Princess, hoping that she would be safe.
Now that Shen Wanning is back, their relationship has finally improved. The queen no longer spends all day in the Buddhist temple, and is willing to show the emperor some good looks.
"Queen, it's getting late, let's go back and rest!" The emperor said as he stood up and hugged the queen.
"Okay, Wan Ning should rest early too!" Several people stood up, and Shen Wan Ning saw the emperor and empress out.
When they reached the door, the Queen turned around and said, "By the way, this afternoon I personally made your favorite cloud cake. You haven't had it in years, have you? If you feel hungry later, eat some, but don't eat too much, or you'll have indigestion at night."
Shen Wanning nodded and smiled, "Thank you, mother. I will remember this."
After the two left, Shen Wanning gave all the cloud cakes on the table to the quiet evening breeze.
She had just arrived at the palace, and these past few days people had come to pay their respects to her and curry favor with her. Dealing with these people was more tiring than farming.
Fortunately, her status is quite high now, so she usually avoids seeing many people if possible. But there are some people, such as the Crown Princess, who she still has to meet.
Only three days later, the queen came with a message.
"The person behind the framing of you and the prince at the Qianqiu Banquet a few days ago has been found out. I never dreamed that it was the Eighth Prince. He was only seven years old, so young, how could he do such a thing!" The queen said with a sigh.
"Some children are born evil, but there is another possibility, that is, someone around him said something in his ear. Otherwise, how would he know to target me?" Shen Wanning didn't care and casually poured a cup of tea for the queen.
After meeting the Eighth Prince, she suddenly remembered the figure she had seen from behind in the teahouse that day. Although she hadn't seen him from the front, his walking posture was exactly the same.
"Yes, your father said the same thing. The emperor has ordered that all the servants around the eighth brother be beaten to death. In addition, he will be sent to guard the imperial mausoleum and is not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial decree." The queen continued.
Shen Wanning just smiled and said nothing.
At this time, above the court.
The emperor angrily threw the memorial to the ground. "It's not even June yet, the crops haven't even been harvested yet, and these people from Daliang are coming to steal our food. I think they are so audacious! They are increasingly disregarding us, Daxia!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down!" The ministers did not dare to speak and could only bow and shout in unison.
"Calm down, calm down. This is all you can say. Give me a solution instead! Do you think I'm keeping you here to eat idle meals?" The emperor was getting angrier and angrier.
The ministers in the court were divided into three factions: one advocated peace, one advocated war, and the other advocated self-preservation and not getting involved in this matter.
The pro-war faction believed that Daliang was too presumptuous and should be frightened once and for all so that they would never dare to invade the Great Xia Dynasty again.
The peace advocates also considered that it was not yet harvest time, and the treasury was still not full due to the severe drought two years ago. If a war really broke out, the supply of food and fodder to the front lines would be impossible to guarantee.
"Are you all mute?" No one spoke, so the emperor asked again.
At this time, Lin Jingyou stepped forward and said, "I have a plan."
"Oh? Tell me about it." The emperor sat back on the dragon throne and played with the ring on his thumb.
"I believe that war and peace can be combined..."
Before he could finish, he was interrupted. "Nonsense! Scholar Lin is still young and knows nothing about the conflict between Daxia and Daliang. How can he have a method that combines war and peace? This is sheer nonsense!"
"Marquis Yongning? Since you say that Scholar Lin is talking nonsense, what do you think?" The emperor did not get angry and asked instead.
"This..." Earl Yongning shrank his head, regretting being used as a gun and being the first to stand out.
"Mr. Shen, continue." The emperor glanced at Earl Yongning and ignored him.
"Yes, Your Majesty. I think we can carry out war and peace at the same time. What Daliang wants is nothing more than food, and we will give it to him. But we require them to exchange it for good war horses." Lin Jingyou continued to express his thoughts.
The Minister of Personnel asked, "Lord Lin, I still don't understand. It's not even harvest time yet. Where are we going to get the grain to exchange for their war horses?"
Lin Jingyou smiled and said, "Minister Liu, please don't worry. Please let me finish what I want to say. Princess Zhenguo planted sweet potatoes two years ago, and we had a good harvest last year. Sweet potatoes are very filling, which is something everyone knows. We in the Great Xia Dynasty can list sweet potatoes as food crops and use them to exchange for their war horses."
"They are not fools. They will not agree so easily," said a minister.
"What if we are willing to exchange 100,000 kilograms of grain for their 1,000 war horses? As far as I know, they have a lot of war horses, and they will even kill horses to fill their stomachs when there is not enough food. I think they should not refuse this condition." Lin Jingyou analyzed.
"If I exchange 100,000 kilograms of rice for 1,000 war horses, I feel I'm losing money. But if it's sweet potatoes, this deal is indeed a good deal," the emperor praised.
One acre of land can produce more than 5,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and 100,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes can be produced in less than 20 acres of land.
"What about the war? How to fight?" The Minister of Personnel exclaimed in his heart that it was wonderful.
Lin Jingyou continued, "Exchanging food for war horses is peace. As for war, we need to prepare enough food and catch them off guard."
At this time, another minister jumped out and said, "You say it nicely, but it's not even harvest time yet, so how can we send food to the front lines? Are you trying to collect taxes in advance?"
"No, no, the people's lives are not easy, and they don't have so much food. But we can find ways to use the food and silver in the hands of the rich businessmen." Lin Jingyou said mysteriously.
The official sarcastically said, "Who doesn't know that merchants have a lot of money? Do you really want the emperor to use his power to force them to hand over their money?"