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Chapter 796 Impeachment

Whether the censors wrote the memorials overnight or the memorials pieced together before going to court, the emperor finished reading them one by one and then sent them to the princess's mansion.

The contents of these memorials are similar, all of which are impeachment of the son-in-law, Xiao Yun, to compete for profit with the people.

According to the rules, the princess lives in the princess's house, and the princess lives in his own home. Only when the princess asks him to come over can he come over.

But the rules are the rules. Now the emperor has only one princess, but the princess and the princess still like each other and were given marriage. Not only were they not blindly married, but they were also in love.

So the princess's mansion who wanted to set rules were popular and despised by the princess.

The handfuls were moved into the princess's mansion. Princess Ruyang's fingers passed by bit on the handfuls, pointed to the top of the handfuls, and said to the prince-consort Xiao Yun: "Xiao Chai, read it to me."

Xiaochai unfolded a book, glanced at it, frowned: "I will not read it anymore, it's boring."

"Well, the next one." said the princess.

Xiaochai opened another book, looked at it twice, and browsed: "It's still impeached me. I won't read it anymore, it's really boring."

"Well, look at something else." The princess said again.

Xiaochai unfolded several books in succession, all of which were impeached her.

Princess Ruyang was unhappy and looked hurt: "Why didn't I impeach me? I am a princess. Do they don't have the princess as me in their eyes?"

Xiaochai immediately hated the enemy. The couple closed the door and scolded the censors who did not take the princess seriously. Then, they did whatever they should do, just as those impeachment memorials had never appeared.

After ten days, there was another memorial to the Censor. This time, it was impeachment of the son-in-law Xiao Yun, which was hindering the weather. He hired a woman to show up in public, regardless of her shame, and was insulting her manner.

Just like last time, the memorial was sent to the princess's mansion. This time, Princess Ruyang sent two people over.

One is the younger sister of Princess Yijia, and the other is a wife in her early thirties named Yuegui.

During the morning court, the emperor announced that Yue Gui and his younger sister would go to court.

The two women were a little shivering and looked a little frightened, but they were very calm when they spoke.

"I am from the northwest. My parents have long died, and I don't remember what they look like. When Princess Yijia picked me up, I begged on the streets together. Like me, they have no parents anymore. Some are soldiers' children, and some are ordinary people's children. We are all orphans. We grew up in the princess's Ci'an Village, knowing words and reading books. Both men and women learned craftsmanship. I can make needles, threads, weaving cloths, making snacks, and making incense. There are many girls among us. Like me, they can not only support themselves after leaving Ci'an Village, but also help others."

"My home is not far from the capital, right in Shunde Prefecture. In recent years, Shunde Prefecture has always been in the army. Later, Han Guang's Central Plains Army came, and they arrested strong men in the city. My father-in-law, my man, and my two brothers-in-law were all taken away. The house at home was demolished, saying that they wanted to use those bricks to build the city wall, and the grain was also robbed for military rations. I finally hoped that the war would be over, but the man at home never came back. I took my mother-in-law and two children to beg for the capital. There was a porridge shed for porridge outside the city, but our family could only grab a bowl. The child was so hungry that he cried...

That day someone came to recruit workers and said they wanted to hire female workers to be friends, so I went... If there was no way, who would want to show up in public? Who would have thought! Now I have one or two or a half of the money every month, enough for my mother-in-law and children to have enough food. The guys in our shop are all orphans and widows like me. You think it is embarrassing for us to show up in public, but we don’t think it doesn’t mean that our family doesn’t think it can be full and raise children. We don’t steal or rob, and we support ourselves. What’s the shame?”

The whole of silence was silent, and the emperor waved his hand and said to the eunuch beside him: "Take them down."

The two women retreated, and the emperor looked at the civil and military officials in the court: "My dear friends, do you have anything to say?"

A minister stood up and said, "There are indeed many victims who have suffered wars for many years, but the court has ordered warehouses and grain to be opened in various places. The civil and military officials of the court donated grain and rice. The porridge shed outside the city has been built for a month, and these victims have been rescued."

At this time, another minister came out and sneered: "So, according to Lord Liu, when will the imperial court open warehouses and release grains, and when will the porridge shed be built outside the city?"

Lord Liu said annoyedly: "When the victims overcome the difficulties, they will stop."

"Train through the difficulties? Let them be displaced, rely on begging and drinking porridge in the porridge shed to overcome the difficulties? Just like the woman just now, the men in the family are no longer there, and their houses have been demolished. They have no money, no money, and no money for the family. The family is old, weak, women and children. Please ask Lord Liu, how did you let the woman and the family overcome the difficulties?"

Lord Liu blushed, but still stammered his neck and said, "That woman can defect to relatives or…"

Before he could finish his words, the previous minister said, "You can also sell your children, or just sell yourself, right?"

Lord Liu finally lowered his head and stopped talking.

The minister stepped forward and fell to the ground: "Your Majesty, I believe that what Princess Ruyang and the son-in-law did is an urgent and good strategy. To support the people, let the people save themselves. Allocating food and porridge can only solve the temporary difficulties. The princess and the son-in-law are long-term plans. Princess Ruyang cares about the people and the son-in-law is kind-hearted. They are not only correct, but also our example."

Then, ministers continued to come out to discuss, and the court was filled with praise.

The emperor nodded and said, "Resetting disaster victims is not an empty word. The yamen at all levels must be implemented. I see that Princess Ruyang and the prince-consort are doing a good job. Let the resettlement of the disaster victims in the capital be handed over to them. The Ministry of Revenue cooperates. As for the money... I will pay 20,000 taels, and let them raise the rest by themselves."

What the emperor said was that I paid 20,000 taels, not the national treasury, and the 20,000 taels of silver was the emperor's own small treasury.

The court became quiet, and then Duke Dingguo Xiao Yi was the first to say: "Dingguo Dingguo's mansion will pay 18,000 taels of silver, and later I will send it to the princess's mansion."

...

Seven days later, Princess Ruyang and her son-in-law Xiao Yun raised a full 320,000 taels!

These silver comes from all the nobles in the capital, royal relatives, ministers, temples, and... Even Yangliu Hutong and Hualiu Lane, the son-in-law did not leave behind, and treated everyone equally.

Zhou Tong, who had already gone south, never dreamed that in just one month, the Baihuitang semicolon was opened in the capital and even the surrounding major counties and towns!

These Baihuitangs have one common feature, that is, they are all orphans and widows.

In addition, there are also a group of Baihuitangs in preparation. These Baihuitangs are not selling rouge and water powder, but are made of weaving girl red. They are also all orphans and widows.

When the news reached their ears, Fangfei stomped her feet in a hurry: "I, the master, have not returned yet. How did the prince-consort open so many Baihuitangs?"

Yes, how did it open?

Who knows this question?
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