Chapter 51 The Royal Charity Relief Station
After leaving the palace gate, we were just wandering around the street aimlessly. There was no curfew all night tonight, and many women who usually didn't go out of the door and walked out with their families and enjoyed the rare excitement.
The streets are full of people who are playing, juggling artists, lantern riddles, fireworks, performing arts, and performing operas. It is very lively. I support the queen and walk slowly. Seeing the queen and the queen are so happy, I am also happy from the bottom of my heart. These women stay in the palace every day, and usually play mahjong and landlords. Over time, they will feel tired. Otherwise, there will be disharmoniousness in the harem, why? It is because of leisure. If you go out to walk more, relax and find more things you are interested in, then there will be so many intrigues there.
"It's pitiful, kind-hearted people are pitiful." As we were walking, we saw beggars begging for food in groups of three or three.
"Son of the Emperor, I didn't expect that there would be beggars in the capital. If this were other towns or border areas, wouldn't there be more beggars?"
"Yes, mother, although our country's territory is not as vast as that of the previous dynasty, due to the strong enemy, the number of beggars in our country is only a lot more than that of the previous dynasty."
"Then aren't you going to do something?" The Queen Mother asked me unhappy with her cold attitude towards me.
"The son cannot do this, but it should be done by the mother and the queen."
"The harem cannot participate in politics, have you forgotten this?"
"Don't worry, my mother, naturally my son did not let the harem participate in politics, but wanted the mother to set up a royal relief center in the name of the royal family to help all beggars across the country, not only to help and support them, but more to let them know how to survive. It is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people fish, help them, and teach them the skills of life. Over time, how could there be beggars in my Song Dynasty? Moreover, if you encounter famine, disease, and disaster in the future, your rescue will appear in front of those refugees as soon as possible, help them rebuild their homes and treat their injuries, think about it, over time, our royal family's reputation among the people will greatly improve."
"Oh, my son, you have such great love, and great love is invisible. I thought you were cold and ignorant of these beggars." The Queen Mother said to me with great comfort.
"Mom, they are all my people of the Song Dynasty. How could I ignore them? And the reason why they became beggars is that they are not because of the inaction of the country, or the corrupt officials of the country, and the harsh taxes, forced them into beggars. It should be because I, the emperor, are sorry for them!"
"Prince, let's go back. I can't wait to hear your specific thoughts."
"Well, since that's the case, then let's go back."
Back to Ciming Palace, everyone sat together and listened to my specific instructions on the Royal Charity Rescue Station. When outside the palace, the Queen and others also heard the conversation between me and the Queen Mother, so they were very curious about this rescue station.
"To be specific, the royal charity relief station we are about to establish is to rescue beggars who are living in the territory of our Song Dynasty and help them learn the ability to rely on themselves. If we teach a beggar to lay bricks, then he can participate in fortifications, building houses, laying bricks, and even building city walls. There are many projects like building city walls and strengthening river embankments for them to choose from, and there are many life skills, such as handcraft and crafting. Even if they can't learn it, then they always have to work hard to carry them. Not to mention the distance, just my Beijing freight terminal or inn transfer is required to work a lot of labor every day
We can also help those who are physically disabled or elderly people, we can also help them arrange suitable jobs, such as guarding vegetable fields, guarding cemeteries, etc., or young children, we can arrange them into some businesses that we ourselves or have cooperative relationships with us for study, and in the future we can rely on our own efforts to get a meal. In addition, our rescue station should also arrive at the scene as soon as possible when encountering earthquakes, floods, famines, etc., so that our people should know that with our rescue team, they will not die and will have great courage to face all disasters and hardships. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Your Majesty, you are such a kind emperor. Yun'er has brought the people of the world to thank you for your great kindness." As soon as I finished speaking, Chu Yun was moved by me and knelt down and cried. I quickly helped this kind-hearted and sentimental concubine. Chu Yun was good at everything, but she was too kind. He couldn't stand the suffering of the people, and even more so that she could not stand the refugee beggar. She did not eat meat and fish, saying that all things had spirits and could not bear to eat their bodies. He couldn't stand slaughtering pigs and sheep. Once again, he accidentally saw the imperial kitchen killing sheep, and cried in the room for a whole day. But she was so agile and always had unexpected insights, like a flower in the wind, so intoxicating.
I gently hugged her and put it on my lap and said to her, "Okay, don't cry anymore. I know that you are kind-hearted and kind to the people, but everything has to be done step by step. You guys and mothers first discuss how to do this and how to quickly make it happen. There is a plan. When the court begins on the fifth day of the first lunar month, I will talk to you about it and arrange funding personnel from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War."
"Yes, the emperor, I will definitely assist my mother in doing this well," said the queen.
"Hahaha, OK, this matter is over hahaha, Xiaodouzi, when is it now?"
"It's still half an hour to reply to the emperor's words."
"Well, so fast, Mother, my beloved concubines, I have someone prepare a lot of fireworks, let's go and have a look together," I said to everyone excitedly.
"You go, I won't go, I'm old and can't stay up all night."
"Who says that the mother is old? Even if the mother goes out with her son now, they will say that you are my sister hahahaha."
"I'm talking nonsense again, go and have fun, I'm going to go to bed."
"Yes, my son is leaving"
I took the queen and others out of Ciming Hall and went straight to the square in front of the central palace, and Mu Fengchun had already arranged for someone to wait there.
"I, Mu Fengchun, bow to the emperor, my ladies."
"Get up, start putting it haha"
"Emperor, I will set off fireworks." This is the queen and the concubines who came over to me and said to me, "Can I not satisfy their small wishes during the New Year?
"Xiao Muzi, give each of the empresses a stick of incense stick for them to release them in person."
"Yes, the emperor"
Chapter completed!