Miao Wan entered the palace with a silver note worth two million taels of silver, and she had already prepared her emotions in the carriage.
The diluted chili water was colorless and odorless but quite irritating, so everyone saw it clearly as his eyes turned red and tears streamed down his face from the outer city to the palace city.
She had to let people know that even if her father was a beast and did things worse than a beast, she would still be heartbroken. This was "filial piety."
For such a filial daughter-in-law of the Qiao family to avenge her mother is naturally an act of filial piety upon filial piety and is beyond reproach.
Want to criticize?
Without waiting for the censor to speak, Miao Wan went up to the Taiji Hall and without wiping away her tears, she presented the silver to the saint with a righteous attitude.
Qiao Ruichen had just learned that his wife was moaning and could speak so clearly.
"Wuwu... Although I am a vulgar woman, I also know that family, country and the world are the most important. Even if my heart is broken, I dare not disturb Your Majesty's peace with the trivial matter of revenge for my mother.
Right now, avenging the people of the northwest and border regions is the most important thing. As the mistress of the Qiao family, I am willing to offer you two million taels of silver and ten thousand dan of grain as a token of my gratitude for my mother, who is still resting in peace in her grave!"
When asking someone to do something for you, you have to be polite. Miao Wan knew the importance of this matter, and the tears mixed in her words were full of endurance and strength.
Lin Cheng, who also came to report to the saint with evidence, was stunned.
He had previously thought that Mrs. Qiao was a ruthless person, but he didn't expect that when she started to act like a spoiled child... no, when she started to cry, she was quite pitiful.
Anyway, even Lin Cheng, a man over fifty years old, felt very sorry for Miao Wan when he saw the thick banknotes in the opened cash box.
Therefore, when presenting the evidence, Lin Cheng's words were inevitably biased, and he focused on emphasizing the four articles that the Jingyang Marquis' Mansion violated the Dayue Laws.
Miao Wan had said so much, but she didn't take the initiative to ask for punishment of her scumbag father and stepmother. She was so broad-minded that she was willing to spend money and food. The censors were speechless.
What can they spray?
Are you criticizing Mrs. Qiao for not being filial? For not avenging her mother? For not bribing His Majesty with money?
Anyway, everyone in the Taiji Hall knows the inside story, and whoever sits on the throne will be willing to give Miao Wan a look.
Especially the saint himself, who attaches great importance to silver and grain.
Now that Miao Wan has come forward with her grievances, she has evidence, and Lin Cheng has handed her a ladder, then—
The sage carefully examined the evidence and shouted angrily, "Absurd! How could the dignified Lord Jingyang commit such a ruthless act, confusing legitimate and illegitimate children? This clearly shows that he does not take me, the emperor, seriously. The Miao family is fed up with living like this!"
Miao Wan felt happy after listening to the Saint's rage, and continued to hand him another ladder.
She pity Barbara and pull Qiao Ruichen to kneel in the center of the hall. "Your Majesty is wise, but no matter what, Uncle Jingyang is my biological father. Even if he wants to kill me, he has expelled me from the Miao clan. But Your Majesty governs the country with filial piety. I cannot be ignorant, nor can I watch Uncle Jingyang be beheaded. I beg Your Majesty to be lenient."
The censor was about to sue his father over Miao Wan, but even his last reason was blocked by Miao Wan.
The Saint suppressed his laughter and asked Miao Wan, "Then what do you think, Madam Qiao, should be done?"
Miao Wan lowered her slender neck obediently and said nothing. It would be inappropriate for her to have any opinions. A scumbag father is still a father, and she is not the one to say such things.
Qiao Ruichen spoke up for his wife with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my impoliteness in front of you. I just learned that my wife, the daughter of the first wife, has lived in a place worse than a pigpen since she was a child, left to fend for herself. Even so, my wife still pleaded for Lord Jingyang, which shows how filial she is."
Everyone: "..." There's a place like this in the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion? Is it because the pigs live too well?
The saint had seen the pig tongue in Xining Town, and the corners of his lips twitched.
Qiao Ruichen continued to mourn, gnashing his teeth and kowtowing, "I am willing to bear the blame and infamy for my wife. I truly feel sorry for her miserable past. I beg Your Majesty to spare the lives of everyone in the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion and only let them experience a taste of my past suffering."
For example...exile.
Everyone thought to themselves, who said Qiao Zicheng was gentle? This is even more cruel than murder.
Compared to beheading, exile is like cutting flesh with a slow knife. It is never painful and there is a lot of suffering.
The sage was very willing to meet Qiao Ruichen's request. "Then, as you wish, I will spare the lives of everyone in the Marquis of Jingyang's household. I will order him to return Ruan's dowry, sell the servants, and exile the Miao and Wang clans to the northwest."
The northwest is considered the Qiao family's territory. Whether the Miao and Wang families can reach there is still uncertain. Once they reach the northwest...
A smile flashed in Miao Wan's lowered eyes. She would not let these two families die too easily.
The couple thanked the saint for his grace, then went to Ganlu Palace to pay a visit to Qi Wangshu, and took the letter from home before leaving the palace.
In the next few days, Miao Wan no longer paid attention to the confiscation of the Jingyang Marquis's mansion. She was still busy visiting the royal relatives who had not yet returned to their fiefdoms.
After welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Qiao Ruichen left Beijing with Miao Wan and Ruan Qin and his wife, leaving Ruan Jiasheng and his family to live in the Qiao family, waiting to make plans after the Spring Examination.
When they left, many royal relatives sent their trusted aides to see them off. In stark contrast to Miao Wan's arrogance when she first arrived, they were so enthusiastic that they almost seemed reluctant to let them go.
"Mrs. Qiao, why don't you stay in the capital for a while? Our prince wants to talk to you more about what you said to him. After the Lantern Festival, he will also go north and can escort Mrs. Qiao."
"That's right, it's not just the logistics center and the national challenge that Mrs. Qiao mentioned. We are also very curious about the goods in Xining Town. Our Princess wants to order more goods."
…
Qiao Ruichen heard that no one would stop him if he wanted to leave, but everyone was reluctant to let his wife leave.
This is the God of Wealth in the Taiji Temple, recognized by the saints. Everyone wants to welcome him home and no one wants to let him go.
He thought silently that Prince Ye seemed to have snatched other people's wives from his harem, so he was not a good person.
As for the Prince of Chang, it is said that he loves to hang out in brothels and is also a bastard.
I have to talk to my wife carefully later and tell her not to meet them alone in the future. It’s best not to meet them, but if she has to meet them... she must bring enough people with her.
Miao Wan was originally proud of everyone's attempts to keep her, but when she turned around and saw her husband holding the teacup with a depressed look on his face, she smiled secretly, thinking that Qiao Bailao was jealous again.
She shouted to the stewards or chief officials of the various households outside, "Don't worry, everyone. The war in the northwest won't wait. I will discuss this with my husband on the way. Once we have finalized the rules, I will send someone back to the capital as fast as possible. I will not delay your important matters."
In that case, no one would stop him, but he still presented a lot of gifts.
Miao Wan came in more than a dozen carriages and left in more than a dozen carriages. When she left the city gate, her procession was so grand that it attracted everyone's attention, especially the escort of Sun Cheng and the Yulin Guards. She looked very impressive.
Miao Wan was very satisfied. She had been pretending to be cool from the very beginning, and she also had a beginning and an end to her pretending to be cool.
Especially since her last worry in the capital was resolved, she had no other regrets. She probably wouldn't come to the capital again for a long time.
The Northwest is her home, and she is very happy to set out on the journey home.
After leaving the city gate, Miao Wan leaned on Qiao Ruichen's arms and smiled at him, "My husband, you must analyze with me the masters behind those people just now, right? Have you found out all their shortcomings?"
Qiao Ruichen kissed her hair and laughed helplessly, "Don't you know what I did?"
Miao Wan knew that he had asked Lin Cheng to investigate many things. Her husband was so concerned about her, but she felt only sweetness in her heart and had no dissatisfaction at all.
But when she was in a good mood, she liked to tease Qiao Ruichen, wanting to see him helpless but unable to help laughing.
She rubbed his waist with her small hands, as if tickling him, and her voice was so sweet that it was sickening, "My husband is so amazing~~"
Qiao Ruichen pinched her face, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Speak properly."
"That won't do. My husband is so awesome. I have to show my best attitude and praise him well. Otherwise, how will my husband know how awesome you are?" Miao Wan's voice was sweet and soft. She leaned in Qiao Ruichen's arms and tried to hold back her laughter.
Qiao Ruichen felt that his wife must have said something good, but seeing her clear and bright eyes blinking, needless to say, urging him to ask, he couldn't help but smiled and said, "How am I so great?"
Miao Wan sat up and secretly prepared to escape to the soft couch at the back to rest, with a serious and exaggerated look.
"Before, my husband, you were jealous of duck tongues, but now you're jealous of people too. Isn't your growth rate amazing? Hahaha..."
Before she could finish her words, she clutched her stomach and laughed, wanting to run away, but although this luxurious carriage was large, it was not as spacious as the house, nor was it spacious enough for her to escape.
Qiao Ruichen stretched out his hand and gently embraced her in his arms, raised an eyebrow and looked at her, "So, you knew I was jealous, and you smiled and talked to them for so long?"
Miao Wan poked her head out to glance outside. Adun and Achun, who had heard the couple's quarrel, had already gone to the carriage at the back. The other guards were riding horses not too close.
She felt much more relieved, raised her arms, put her arms around Qiao Ruichen's neck, and sat astride him.
Not only that, she tilted her head and put her lips close to his earlobe, "I did it on purpose, thinking that my husband would punish me."
Qiao Ruichen suddenly held her arm with much more force, almost embedding her into his body, but he couldn't suppress the heat in his heart.
His eyes darkened, and he looked at Miao Wan and asked hoarsely, "Do you know what you are saying? It's still daytime."
Miao Wan bit her lip and moved her body maliciously, "Husband, are you afraid?"
She leaned against Qiao Ruichen a little aggrievedly, also to hide her embarrassment, and said in a more serious voice, "When we return to the Northwest, you will definitely be busy with General Cheng. You may not be home for a long time. I will miss you. I don't know how much I will have to eat less. That would be a big loss."
We must act while there is still time!
Qiao Ruichen took a deep breath. The heat and tension in his body could no longer be controlled, and he didn't want to control it.
After placing his wife gently on the soft couch behind him, Qiao Ruichen looked at her for a long time, took out a clean cotton towel from the secret compartment beside him, folded it carefully, and handed it to Miao Wan's lips.
"Okay, since you've bitten it, I'll double your compensation, okay?"
Miao Wan: "..." She suddenly felt a little regretful for teasing her too harshly.
No one noticed, or at least everyone pretended that no one noticed. The carriage, which had been relatively stable, suddenly became quite bumpy, probably because it had passed the most stable section of the official road.
Meng Lang's hassle-free journey did not prevent Miao Wan from finalizing the rules for the logistics center and the national challenge.
In fact, she had already made a specific plan on how to do it, just like she had presented it to Qiao Shengwen before, and asked Qiao Ruichen to submit it to the saint.
The sage thought there was no problem, but he did not intend to let the Secretariat handle this matter. He planned to let the Yulin Guard do this task together with the provincial governors of various vassal states.
The logistics center will bring profits to all parties - the saints, royal relatives, merchants from all over the country and the Qiao family.
Among them, the saint is the biggest financial supporter, accounting for 40%. The princes and other royal relatives in various places have to send their troops to support them, which is considered as the local supporter, accounting for 20%. Merchants in various places have to report to the governor and are responsible for the specific implementation, accounting for 20%.
The Qiao family also holds 20% of the shares. They have the decree from the saint and have established a special inspection team to check the implementation in various places.
It sounds like the charter should be simple, but each place has its own rules of conduct.
For example, there are no chambers of commerce in Hedong Road, only gangs. Jiangnan Road is mainly based on chambers of commerce and supplemented by gangs. Qiannan Road is headed by two families and cannot be avoided.
When she visited the princes of various places, she obtained detailed information about each place from them at a profit of 20%.
In fact, Ruan Jialin had also traveled to many places and had some understanding, but the information was not as comprehensive as that in the hands of the vassal kings. By comparing the two, the specific regulations would gradually emerge.
Miao Wan is very concerned about the logistics center in the mainland. Although medicinal herbs and potatoes grow very well in the northwest, the mainland is still better in terms of abundant supplies.
Hedong Province is rich in wood resources and has a lot of river products. Jiangnan Province is rich in marine products, the land is fertile and the food is diverse and abundant. Qiannan Province is dominated by minerals, mostly metal mines. In addition to official mines, there is also a lot of room for operation.
Go all the way along the easternmost part of Qiannan Road, to the south is Guangzhou Prefecture, and to the north is the seaside of Hedong Road and Jiangnan Road. Land transportation may be a bit difficult, but sea transportation is faster than the 800-mile express train.
Miao Wan leaned in Qiao Ruichen's arms and asked him, "Tell me, if I use the profits from the first two years to open up this sea transportation route, can it be opened up? Is it worth it?"
I heard that if the Regent is sent to truly guard the frontier, he might go to Zhennan Army, which is not far from Qiannan Road."
If sea transportation is opened up, if the Regent is really desperate, he might take over the sea transportation. Wouldn't she be making wedding clothes for others?
Qiao Ruichen was also busy in the capital, and he understood these matters better than Miao Wan. He explained to her gently, "Two years is a bit tight. If we can find the right person to grasp the right measure, it is not impossible to get through. But if we don't grasp the right measure, it will easily make the princes of various places become greedy.
The Regent is not a concern. The vassal troops are not just for show. What we're worried about is that the vassal will raise commercial taxes. At that time, the logistics center will say that it is under the control of Your Majesty and the Qiao family, but in fact all the benefits will go to the vassal."
After all, in the vassal state, the prince is the boss, and the issue of commercial tax is really hard to say. Qiao Ruichen feels that it is painful enough for his wife to take out two years of profits. This is the worst result, and his wife will definitely not be willing to give it up.
But Miao Wan thought about it and patted his thigh, "Let's do it! No matter how well I manage my situation, they will still be greedy. But as long as I have enough chips in my hand and they don't want to break up, I have plenty of ways to make them obey."
These princes may have eaten more salt than Miao Wan has eaten rice, but Miao Wan is sure that they have not yet walked the longest road - Miao Shiren's routine.
She chuckled a few times and raised her hand to stroke Qiao Ruichen's chin. "The most important thing is, didn't the saint say that Dayue's current military pay and supplies are only enough to sustain the war for two years? I need to open up sea transportation as quickly as possible within this short period of time.
You and General Cheng just need to beat those bandits until they dare not raise their heads again. Leave the rest to me and Ayao."
Qiao Ruichen was stunned for a moment, then he understood that the reason why his wife was busy all the way except eating and sleeping was to let him have no worries.
His throat suddenly choked and his heart felt extremely hot, but he couldn't say anything. He could only pour all his feelings into a kiss, which was imprinted on Miao Wan's forehead.
The greatest luck in his life was marrying Miao Wan.
Miao Wan chuckled, "Are you thinking now that you must have saved the world in your previous life in order to marry me?"
She boldly pushed Qiao Ruichen down onto the couch, smiling with dimples and two rows of small white teeth. "I thought so too. You have to repay me, right? Come on, now! Immediately! Right away!"
Qiao Ruichen: "...My lady, you're so harsh. Don't say it next time. With the strength you have, you might as well hold on a little longer before begging for mercy."
Miao Wan: “…”
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