Chapter 409: Queen's Grace
After Rong Yue entered the hall alone, Zhao Hua led everyone to complete the rest of the ceremony.
When the ceremony was over, Zhaohua ordered Yunshan to hand an account book to the leading silkworm woman.
After reading the account book, the silkworm woman was surprised.
"This... This is the detailed income of all the mulberry households in Kyoto last year. It is recorded in great detail."
Zhao Hua said gently, "I have looked at the account books. The total income of the mulberry households in Kyoto last year was about 30,000 taels of silver. This year, the mulberry households have suffered a disaster due to the insect plague. I would like to ask you, have you privately calculated how much income you can expect this year?"
The silkworm woman said with a bitter face: "It is estimated that it is not even 30% of last year..."
After hearing this, Zhao Hua said lightly:
"Then I will give you ten years of my salary as queen as a subsidy."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned, and whispers of discussion broke out one after another.
"The Queen's salary for ten years is a total of 20,000 taels of silver! After private calculation, although we suffered a disaster, our income has increased!"
"Yes! No one could have predicted such a natural disaster, but the Queen was willing to pay out ten years' salary for us! I still remember that when there was a food disaster in the past, it was only the Emperor who opened the national treasury to provide disaster relief, but the Queen did not show any expression at all..."
"Keep your voice down, you're risking your life! But that being said, the Emperor cares about the world, and now the Empress also has a heart of compassion and cares about the people. We will be blessed in the days ahead!"
"......"
These comments were all full of emotion and praise, but Zhaohua didn't listen to a word of it. She just focused on finishing her words.
"It's just that there is no such thing as getting paid for nothing in this world. I have subsidized you, but if you don't work, the farmers will complain when they see you getting paid for nothing. So I will pay for it, but you can't just sit there doing nothing."
She took the mountain and river map handed to her by Xiao Fuzi and unfolded it.
Everyone saw that a piece of vacant land near Kyoto was circled off.
Someone immediately said, "This wasteland is near the houses of ordinary people. A few days ago, the weeds on it were removed and the land was re-cultivated. I thought some rich family wanted to build a house here."
Xiao Fuzi smiled and explained, "Some people are rich, but they don't want to build a house. Instead, they want to share this wealth with you."
He bowed respectfully to Zhaohua, and then spoke loudly to the people:
"The Empress is kind and has advised the Emperor to open up a piece of land outside the capital for mulberry farmers to plant mulberry trees. What the Empress just said is not to let you sit idle, but to let you work together to plant mulberry trees here, take good care of them, and get more rewards for your hard work."
In this way,
It not only solved the income problem of the mulberry farmers, but also increased their future income invisibly, and in the future it would also increase the tax revenue of the Qi Dynasty on agriculture and mulberry.
This was a brilliant plan that achieved three goals at once, and it seemed that everyone except Zhao Hua benefited from it.
Everyone in the world loves Guanyin.
It’s not because of her solemn appearance, but because she can save people from suffering and sacrifice herself for others.
Everyone has selfish desires.
If the sacrifice of others can help you achieve your own perfection, who would not be happy to see such sacrifice?
So, at this moment, almost all the silkworm women knelt in front of Zhao Hua, kowtowed to her and expressed their gratitude, and they all looked extremely happy.
Concubine Yun looked at him from the side and could not help but mutter to herself,
"Ten years of salary? Is the Queen crazy? We have subsidies from our mother's family, and even with the salary, the little money we have every month is not enough. The Queen has spent all the salary for ten years in one go, and her mother's family probably doesn't have much money to give her. How tight will the life of the Queen be in the future?"
Concubine Ying glanced at her and sneered, "You should worry more about yourself. Your Majesty is working for the welfare of the people of the world. The queen's kindness is the emperor's kindness. This move is to stabilize the people's hearts and also to give the emperor face. Besides, what is ten years of salary? The emperor dotes on the queen, how can he bear to let her live a tight life?"
Concubine Ying saw through this matter.
Zhao Hua's move was to save face for Xiao Jingheng and also to gain a reputation as a virtuous person for himself.
What Xiao Jingheng cares most about is the reputation of the royal family and the people's evaluation of him as an emperor.
If he knew what Zhao Hua did, he would probably rush to thank her. How could he let her pay for it herself?
Yun Fei finally reacted and said angrily:
"She is the only one who knows how to behave. Look at those people, they are so excited that they want to build a Bodhisattva temple for her right on the spot. I think we should not worship Leizu during the silkworm ceremony in the future, why not just worship her directly?"
Just as she was mocking Zhaohua behind his back,
Suddenly, I caught sight of a crowd of people, and it seemed that Jiang Deshun was limping over.
"Jiang Deshun? Why is he here at this time?"
Jiang Deshun walked through the crowd and came to Zhaohua.
Zhao Hua saw that his face was livid, and he frowned and said:
"What's wrong?"
Jiang Deshun, however, was not even able to take care of the etiquette.
After getting close to Zhao Hua, he said in a low and serious voice:
"Your Majesty, please return to the palace as soon as possible. Something big has happened in the palace!"
[The results of the physical examination today are not very good, so emo. I will post one update today, and I will make up for it with three or four updates tomorrow. ]
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