Shen Zhezi glanced at the restless little emperor and got up to salute the empress dowager.

Probably in order to declare the national crisis and tide over the difficulties together, the queen mother only wore an uncolored plain shirt and skirt, her eyes fell on Shen Zhezi a little gentle, and she smiled and motioned to the palace people to invite Shen Zhezi to sit down again. It's just that when he looked at the little emperor again, his eyes became a little sharp.

"Queen Mother, I have completed today's schoolwork."

The little emperor didn't dare to sit down anymore, and raised the letters on the bookcase with both hands and whispered.

The palace people hurriedly stepped forward to put away those posters and then presented them to the queen mother who sat down at the top, and after looking down for a while, the queen mother's face was a little soothed, staring at the little emperor and sighing: "The monarch should have the gentleman's etiquette, and the people should have discipline." You are only trapped and cannot be idle, but your brother-in-law can see that the two schools are deserted, and the people cannot hear the right arguments. Looking at the high and low, the pattern is already inadequate! Your brother-in-law is also a good minister who has not been crowned in the year, but he can become a good minister of Kuangfu Sheji, and the small thing is obvious, this is where you want to ask for advice! ”

"The mother's teachings are not forgotten."

The little emperor bowed his head respectfully and said, and then saluted Shen Zhezi: "Thank you brother-in-law for your advice." ”

Shen Zhezi was honored to be someone else's child once, and got up to return the salute.

The queen mother taught a few more lessons, and then asked the palace people to take the little emperor down, looked at the back of the little emperor and sat on the seat with a long sigh, and showed a wry smile to Shen Zhezi: "Your brother, who grew up in the garden, has little history, and the world is inevitably shallow." Wei Zhou, you are very capable, and you have to come into the garden often to discipline him for me. ”

After returning to the capital this time, Shen Zhezi listened to the queen mother's many complaints to him, either the son was inferior and difficult to teach, or the situation was difficult and difficult to maintain. This is treating Shen Zhezi as a real family member, and he is invisibly revealing his dependence. In fact, at the moment, the minister is not credible, the mother family is not credible, and she has almost no choice.

Shen Zhezi said with a smile: "Your Majesty is just young, his temperament is pure and gentle, he is not alarmed when he is in chaos, and he has already been calm. When the ministers returned to the capital a few years ago, they often heard the princes praise that although His Majesty the Emperor was in a chaotic place, he moved appropriately and did not deceive himself, and he was better than many celebrities. The queen mother returned to the capital, reunited after a long absence, and had her own admiration, even if she was occasionally negligent, it was also the nature of pure filial piety. ”

Parents may not be satisfied with their children, but there are many problems that they can talk about themselves, but others can't.

When the Empress Dowager heard that Shen Zhezi had a good evaluation of the little emperor, a smile gradually appeared on her face: "Maybe I treated him a little harshly, but if I say such a fair and biased word, only Wei Zhou will talk about it in front of me right now." ”

"But I also have difficulties in my own heart, the first emperor abandoned his family and entrusted the country, his children have not grown up, and the country's fortunes are difficult, I am to blame, and there is nothing I can do. The only way to redouble the education of the emperor is to hope that he can grow up early and take on the king's affairs. ”

Speaking of this, the queen mother's face was a little gloomy, and she looked around the hall and said: "Don't say anything else, just this garden is full of messes, and it is inevitable that many complaints will arise." Gathered in one place, even if you don't want to hear it, a lot of cold words will come...... Alas, make me restless. ”

This already involves the privacy of the inner curtain, and Shen Zhezi is not easy to interface. But after a little thought, he also understood that the situation of the Queen Mother should not be good. This disaster caused the Yu family, which has become a common theory both inside and outside.

The queen mother was gullible and made Jiangdong a mess. And now the Yu family is weak and has been driven out of the court. Before Yu Yi made any big moves in Yuzhou, he couldn't support the Queen Mother. If there is any rumor in the inner court, it is all ordinary.

"Well, there is nothing to say about these women's gossip."

Although the Queen Mother was politically sluggish, she also showed enough resilience in this difficult situation. After complaining a few words, he straightened his face, no longer indulged in depression, looked at Shen Zhezi and said with relief: "I heard that Wei Zhou, you are in charge of the disaster relief in Dunan, and it has been very effective. Although I have never seen those small people miserable, this incident dragged on from the past year to the next year, and the princes in Taiwan could not sort it out, but it was also tricky. If Wei Zhou doesn't return to the capital, I really don't know who to entrust. ”

"The minister was obsessed with fat for a while, and he couldn't be diligent in things, which was ashamed. The queen mother gave me a trust, so naturally I didn't dare to be contemptuous, and I did my best to just ask for nothing to lose. ”

When the queen mother heard this, she smiled and said: "You young man is fine in everything, but he is just clumsy in competing for merit." However, family affairs are state affairs, and they are determined by the law of etiquette, and meritorious service is praised, so there is really no need to be timid about merit. ”

Shen Zhezi smiled in response, and then led the topic to the purpose of this return: "The relief in Dunan is nearing the end, and many Ding households have returned to their hometowns. It's just that about how to settle the disaster in the future, the minister also wants to ask the queen mother what she thinks. ”

"Ding Hu has returned? So fast? ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her face also showed a hint of joy, which meant that the preliminary order had been structured, and the heart she was carrying was relaxed. Now she is a frightened bird, and every time she dreams back at midnight, she is awakened by the chaotic images of refugees attacking the Taiyuan in the nightmare, and this winter has been very hard.

"It's really hard for me to teach Wei Zhou about specific business measures. You can stabilize the situation so quickly, it can be seen that you can do it. What should you do in the coming day, you can draft a recital and hand it to me directly, and I will send an edict to Taichung, and I will definitely not hinder you. ”

The Empress Dowager also knew that many affairs in Taichung were handled inefficiently and procrastinated, so she said: "Food, clothing, agriculture and agriculture are also the foundation of the country." These small people also need to be resettled as soon as possible, so as not to delay the agricultural time. Wei Zhou, you let it go, and in a few days I will also go out of the garden to summon the women to persuade the cultivators. ”

After the chaos, there is an urgent need for recuperation, which is also the usual way of thinking. But this is contrary to Shen Zhezi's idea, if he directly sends his plan to Taichung, it will definitely be a lot of opposition, so it is better to go directly to the path of the queen mother in the garden.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi said again: "What the minister is worried about is different. It is true that the peasants are important, but the current situation in the capital is different from the past. The lords have their own land, and it is difficult for the small people to settle. If the new field is reclaimed, it will not be able to make contributions at the end of the year. Giving money again and again is not a long-term solution. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, her face also showed a trace of solemnity, and she could understand what Shen Zhezi meant, that is, there was no ready-made arable land around Gyeonggi to settle these small people. She presided over the reward for returning to the capital, because of the shortage of money and food, so she rewarded the fields generously. At that time, she thought that this was also an expedient measure, but she did not expect to cause the current plight of refugees to be difficult to resettle.

After being silent for a long time, the Queen Mother said quietly: "The woman is shallow, don't you know?" It is hateful that no one has made a suggestion! I thought that Wei Zhou's resignation meant simplicity, but it seems that you foresaw this situation a long time ago......"

Shen Zhezi didn't mind the queen mother's brain supplement to beautify her image, but continued: "The door is private, the aunt of the minister speaks in vain, and the queen aunt listens to it. Nowadays, all the houses around Gyeonggi are Toyota's thin force, and if you put the small folk furniture in the wilderness, I am afraid that most of them will be out of the country in an instant! ”

"This, this...... I see, I see! The day before yesterday, there were still a few people who participated in the Wei Zhou, you were very harsh to the people, it turned out that they were sneaky in their own hearts! ”

The queen mother gasped, and her tone turned to hatred, in the early years, she entrusted most of the political affairs to her brother, and now she personally asks about things, originally thought that those people earlier were just a few words to attack Shen Zhezi, but she didn't expect that there were still sinister intentions hidden in the country and the people!

After realizing this, the queen mother couldn't help but be a little afraid, but fortunately she trusted her son-in-law more at that time, and there was no edict to reprimand her. Otherwise, if someone else replaces Shen Zhezi, I am afraid that I will fall into the trap dug by those people!

"It's hard for the small people to be placed, it's just one end. Today, Gyeonggi is dilapidated and uninhabitable. This is also an urgent matter, and it is necessary to plan ahead of time. ”

After listening to what Shen Zhezi said, the Queen Mother was at a loss. Originally, in her opinion, as long as the refugees were resettled and recuperated, and the imperial court calmed down, it would not be long before they could gradually recover. Only now did I realize that many problems are intricate, tangled, and interlocking, and they can't be solved at all!

After thinking for a long time, the Empress Dowager didn't think of which way to solve the problem, so she could only ask for help and look at Shen Zhezi: "Wei Zhou, you already have a solution?" ”

Speaking of which, Shen Zhezi has basically outlined the predicament to the Queen Mother. It was difficult to resettle the small people, and once they were released into the countryside, they could be largely shaded, causing the imperial court to lose this part of the population and at the same time lose a source of taxes. As the finances worsened, Gyeonggi could not repair itself, and if it relied on local aid, the center would be even weaker.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager had realized this cycle of dead knots, Shen Zhezi took out the plan that had been prepared a long time ago: "What the minister means is that the people who are registered at the moment do not need to rush to return to their hometowns. Nowadays, the people of the capital are inward, and since the rise of China, there is no more than this. If you put it to good use, you will get a lot. ”

"To build a new capital, a large number of soldiers must be served. Instead of conscripting and harassing the people after the fact, it is better to change the power of the present and use the people who are registered at the moment. ”

"However, the treasury is empty, and it is difficult for the state to use. If we continue to build construction projects, will we be able to sustain them? The Queen Mother was worried.

"What is the center? Gather the things of the four directions and use them in the capital. Gyeonggi has been particularly hurt by this turmoil, but the Quartet still has the strength to make up for it, and it is appropriate to bring in reinforcements to make up for ......it."

Nowadays, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is like an enterprise that is dying, not without the accumulation of heritage, but the circulation channels of resources are too blocked, resulting in a large amount of capital precipitation, and can not burst out the vitality of the renovation of old trees.

If we can leverage the precipitated capital to surge and break through those blocked channels, there is still a lot to be done in state affairs.

Although Shen Zhezi had tried his best to explain in a simple tone, such a grand idea was difficult for the Queen Mother to understand for a while.

In the end, Shen Zhezi could only tell the Queen Mother from his personal interests: "Now the Taiyuan is dilapidated, there is no obstacle inside and outside, and it is unbearable to live in. The monarch cannot live in peace, and the subjects are like needles and needles, and it is urgent to build a new garden. ”

When the queen mother heard this, her eyes couldn't help but light up, the matter of rebuilding the garden city, even if it didn't consider other aspects, was a must. It's just that earlier she knew that the country was difficult, and it was not easy to take the initiative. Now that Shen Zhezi is talking about it, she feels that this son-in-law has not only made a lot of contributions to state affairs, but also is considerate in life.

"In this case, Wei Zhou, you can stay in the city for the time being, and then make a court discussion in the future. It's getting late, you stay, I'll ask the palace people to invite your lady, and I'll stay in the garden tonight. ”