bookrandom Chapter 504: Concealing the Truth with the Superiors and Bullying the Subordinates
Chapter 504: Concealing the Truth with the Superiors and Bullying the Subordinates
It would have been completely impossible for the Queen to interfere in state affairs during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.
Even if it was Hesheli, if she dared to reach out to the former court, Emperor Kangxi would chop off her claws.
However, Lin Mingyan's intervention did not make the Fourth Master feel threatened at all.
Because she had no selfish motives, her only starting point was to do good for him.
He held her in his arms and sighed softly: "I'm sorry to bother you. Just do whatever you want."
He is not a useless fool and is not afraid that the queen is more powerful than him.
Since Cha Cha has this ability, he hopes to let her make good use of it.
Lin Mingyan played with the Fourth Master's hand and slowly explained, "When fighting on the front lines, the people I care about most are my children at home."
"If we don't provide good logistical support, it will be very hurtful to the soldiers."
This is also her own painful experience.
After all, if there had been such a policy at the time, her and her brothers' lives would have been much better.
The Fourth Master also thought of this, rubbed her head and comforted her: "If there are only orphans and widows left at home, they can also go to the palace. There is always a shortage of people to work."
The temporary palace is much larger than the harem and can accommodate many people.
Moreover, when you go to the temporary palace, you are not restricted by the rules and regulations of the palace, and the people you appoint can also be from outside.
The Fourth Master's proposal not only covered the orphan girl, but also expanded the scope of care.
Compared with the money saved by the palace, the money spent on settling these people was actually more.
But compared to that, it's money well spent!
The Fourth Master is not a stingy person at all. He doesn't feel bad at all about spending money where it should be spent.
The matter has been settled, but the specific details will be finalized by specialized personnel.
Because this matter involved the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Rites, the Fourth Master brought it up in the court.
The statistics of the military personnel should find out which soldiers' families meet the resettlement conditions, and take into account whether there are only orphans and widows, or whether the parents are elderly or the brothers are disabled.
The Ministry of Revenue was responsible for allocating funds according to the list, while the Ministry of Rites worked with the Imperial Household Department to compile the content of the teachings.
Of course, the ministers had no objection to this. They just mentioned their own difficulties and then agreed happily.
Only the Ministry of Rites felt a little embarrassed about the teaching staff. After all, there were few officials in their Ministry of Rites, and there was no precedent for teaching women.
The Fourth Master then said, "Hearing the hardships of the soldiers on the front lines, the concubines and empresses in the palace were heartbroken and wept. Hearing that the orphan girl had no one to take care of her, they volunteered to share the worries of the Qing Dynasty..."
When he praised the imperial concubine in the palace to the sky, all the ministers turned green in the face.
Well, it turns out they were waiting here.
But things have come to this point, and the concubines are standing on the side of justice, and no one can say that they are tired of staying in the palace and want to come out and relax.
Everyone could only thank God, and the matter was settled.
Once I got busy, the whole New Year passed by in a rush.
Only after things settled down in the palace did Lin Mingyan finally have some free time.
The busyness during this period made her almost forget what her life was like originally. Now that she has some free time, she feels as if she is in another world.
"My queen, look at how beautiful the spring sunshine is. How about going out for a walk?" Dujuan suggested, feeling sorry for her tiredness.
Lin Mingyan smiled and nodded, "That's good. I've been stuck in this room for too long. It's time to go out and get some fresh air."
Walking in the imperial garden, Lin Mingyan looked at the flowers that were just beginning to bloom in the garden and felt particularly happy.
As he was walking, he heard the young eunuch begging for mercy from not far away.
"Eunuch Zheng, please let me go, please?"
"My family has nothing to eat or drink, so I sold myself and came to the palace. If you kick me out, my whole family will starve to death!"
"Please~~~"
Then came the "bang bang bang" sound of kowtows, which was creepy to hear.
Lin Mingyan frowned when she heard this, gave Du Juan a look, and went over there.
Eunuch Zheng spoke up: "Hey, little stool, it's not that we want to kick you out."
"It's the Queen who has spoken. She won't support idlers in vain."
"The number of people cleaning the Imperial Garden has been reduced from 18 to 12. We can't do anything about it~"
The little stool cried, "It's okay if I don't have to sweep the floor, I can just pour out the night incense!"
He was already a eunuch, and if he left the palace, he would have no place to make a living.
The whole family depends on him for food and drink. If he doesn't have his monthly allowance, they will really have no life.
He really couldn't understand why the Queen, who was such a kind-hearted person, would force them into such a state that they had no way to survive!
Eunuch Zheng added, "It's not impossible to change jobs, but you still have to take care of everything..."
Xiao Dengzi looked at him rubbing his fingers up and down and knew that he was trying to show his filial piety in every possible way.
But if he could afford the money, he would not be kicked out of his cleaning job.
He doesn't have a single penny left!
"Please, please..." Xiaodiaozi had nothing to do but kowtow, hoping to get some sympathy.
But who among the eunuchs in the palace is not hard-hearted and values money more than life?
Not only did Eunuch Zheng not sympathize with him, he even came up and kicked him personally: "Bah~~ If you don't have money, get out of the palace!"
As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes, a look of satisfaction on his face.
After all, taking advantage of this opportunity to streamline the slaves, these eunuchs made a lot of money.
Especially the young eunuchs, none of them wants to leave the harem, so they have to go around and pay money to stay, right?
Besides, some people also want to take advantage of this opportunity to change to a good position with more benefits, so they have to make some arrangements, right?
Anyway, it’s easy to make money!
The little stool was kicked in the heart and his face turned pale. He fell to the ground in despair, looking to the side with empty eyes.
He thought that it would be better to be beaten to death in the palace. At least he could get some money to compensate his family and let his parents and brothers survive until autumn.
Yes, things will get better in autumn.
The Queen Mother promoted sweet potatoes, which are good things for survival.
Starting this year, every household can get sweet potato vines for free. These are easy to grow, and as long as the family can survive this year, they can survive!
His eyes gradually became blurred, but in that blurred vision, a pair of golden clogs appeared.
When Lin Mingyan and his men came closer, Eunuch Zheng and his gang were frightened and quickly knelt down to pay their respects.
"Hello, Queen~"
Even the person lying on the small stool on the ground got up and knelt down, his face full of respect for her.
Although he believed that the Queen Mother was responsible for him being expelled from the palace, the Queen Mother ensured that everyone in the world could have enough food to eat and was someone he respected from the bottom of his heart.
Du Juan looked at the trembling Eunuch Zheng and snorted coldly, "Eunuch Zheng, you are so bold as to deceive your superiors and bully your subordinates!"