Qi Hao Extra Episode (5)

Qi Hao Extra Story (5)

Tan Aoshuang's due date is in mid-March, because the imperial doctor said that pregnant women should not be tired, and she would not dare to work hard in the later stages of pregnancy for fear of hurting her body. So she asked Dai Yanxin to help take care of the palace affairs, and she waited for the delivery wholeheartedly.

Qihao was talking about spring farming with Han Jianming when he heard Yuan Bao walk in and say that Tan Aoshuang was about to have a seizure.

"Isn't it born in mid-March?" Now it's only the beginning of March, why did it happen.

Han Jianming said with a smile: "Born early, nine out of ten are sons." No family thinks they have too many sons, and he believes that Qihao is the same.

Qihao nodded: "Uncle, you go down and do your work first, I'll go back and have a look." Yuxi often said that a woman's childbirth is a hell, but she didn't feel at ease when she went to see him.

Han Jianming was in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, let's go!"

Because it was the third child, and she insisted on walking every day after pregnancy, and also did some appropriate exercise, so the delivery was particularly smooth. It was only half an hour from the labor pains to the birth, but Tan Aoshuang didn't suffer much.

Qi Hao hugged his newly born son and said with a smile, "This kid has so thick hair." When Jing Shu was born, her hair was sparse and Qi Hao was still very worried. As a result, the child's hair is now black, dense and shiny.

Wenpo kept praising her.

After Tan Aoshuang woke up, a smile appeared on her face when she heard that she had given birth to a son. Although there is brother Sheng, but there are not too many sons.

It's a happy event in every family. When Han Jianming returned home, he told Qiu Shi the good news.

Qiu Shi is already over seventy years old, which is considered a long life in this age.

Hearing this news, Qiu said with a smile: "This is really a happy event, but it's a pity that Yuxi is not in the capital." Although Qiu is over seventy years old, she is in good health, neither blind nor deaf, and very clear-headed. .

"The Supreme Emperor took the Queen Mother out to play." Although he envied Yun Qing and Yu Xi's carefree life, Han Jianming never thought of becoming an official.

In the official circles, the "Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials" is called a heavenly official. One can imagine the gold content of this position, and Han Jianming is reluctant to let go of the power he has acquired.

Qiu said helplessly: "People of all ages still want to go out to play, and they are not afraid that the younger generation will read the joke."

"The Supreme Emperor insisted on going,

The Queen Mother can't help it either. "

Qiu Shi laughed: "As far as Yuxi's temperament is concerned, if she didn't want to go, how could her son-in-law force her to go?" Qing has always listened to Yuxi's words, and it is impossible to turn around when she gets old.

The mother and son talked for a long time, and Han Jianming saw that Qiu was a little tired, so he asked her to rest. When I get older, I feel shallow. Once you sleep, you can't sleep for too much time.

Not long after returning to the front yard, I heard Han Yunzhe begging to see him outside. Han Yunzhe is the son of Han Jianming's confidant, and now he takes over his father's class to take charge of the Zhuangzi outside the mansion.

Han Yunzhe knelt on the ground when he entered the room, and said, "Master, I got the news an hour ago that Madam is seriously ill."

Han Jianming immediately asked the big housekeeper to take the sign and go to the imperial hospital to invite the imperial doctor, and asked the big housekeeper to personally bring the imperial doctor to Zhuangzishang to treat Xiang's illness. After that, they sent someone to call back their youngest son, Jia Ye, who was studying in Baitan Academy, and asked him to go to Zhuangzi to wait on his illness.

After dealing with these matters, Han Jianming called Xu Yue again and said, "Choose a few fine people to go to Zhuangzi to take care of your wife, and send some more medicinal materials and supplements."

Xu Yue knew the seriousness of the matter: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of my wife." Her husband has just made some achievements in Fujian, and if Mrs. Xiang dies at this time, he will have Ding You. Those two years of hard work were all in vain.

Xiang's serious illness is due to excessive worry. With her son by her side, she had the desire to survive, so she worked hard to cooperate with the imperial physician for treatment. Three days later, Xiang's condition stabilized. According to the imperial physician, as long as Xiang cooperates as before, he will recover soon.

Han Jianming breathed a sigh of relief when he got the news, when he heard the chief steward come and say that the emperor had summoned him urgently.

After changing his official uniform, Han Jianming hurried to the palace. When I arrived at the Imperial Study Room, I found that the Minister of the Household Department, Chen Ran, and others were all there. In an instant, Han Jianming knew that something big had happened.

Qi Hao glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice: "I just got the news that there was a rare earthquake in Pingyang, Zhejiang Province in a century."

Chen Ran was the first to ask, "Your Majesty, how many casualties were there? How many houses were damaged?" These are all things that need to be understood. After you understand it, you can estimate your expenses.

Qihao said: "Preliminary estimates show that there were tens of thousands of casualties this time. It is estimated that more than 50% of the houses in Pingyang were damaged."

Hearing this, the faces of the people present were very dignified. This shows that the disaster is very large. The burden on them is even heavier.

Han Jianming said: "The top priority is to send imperial envoys to provide disaster relief immediately." The only thing to be gratified is that the weather has been good these years, the treasury has surplus money and the grain depot has a lot of grain. . Although the disaster is serious, as long as the disaster relief is timely and effective, the casualties can be minimized.

Qihao hummed and said, "Who do you think is suitable for the imperial envoy?"

Qiyou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I think Zong Siyuan is quite suitable." This man is bold, careful, and seasoned, so he is the most suitable imperial envoy.

Han Jianming also nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, the others also agreed. In the end, Zong Siyuan was appointed as an imperial envoy and asked him to immediately rescue the disaster in Pingyang.

It is also a cumbersome and huge project to prepare money and food, as well as medicinal materials and other things. A group of people were so busy that they were busy until almost midnight.

Several important ministers have exclusive rooms in the palace. As for Brother Yu, he didn't live in Funing Palace, his former palace, but stayed in Qianqing Palace and planned to spend the night on a warm couch.

Zaozao and Qirui have their own mansions, but Qihao reserves Zhanghua Palace, Funing Palace and other palaces for them. But Brother You has scruples and doesn't want to live in Funing Palace.

Qihao said: "I originally wanted to appoint you as an imperial envoy, but I didn't expect you to push out Zong Siyuan." With Zong Siyuan's ability to be this imperial envoy, it is more than enough. However, there was no Qihao to reassure him.

Qiyou smiled and said: "Brother, let me solve the case and it's fine, just forget about disaster relief." It was because he realized that Qihao wanted him to be an imperial envoy that he threw Zong Siyuan out.

It's not that Qiyou is unwilling to contribute, but that he doesn't want to set this precedent. Otherwise, if there is any urgent matter in the future, if he is required to step up, he will not be exhausted. There are so many people supported by the imperial court, and there are many capable people among them. If he did everything he wanted, wouldn't those capable people not be able to get ahead?

Qi Hao said: "I think about eating and drinking every day, and I don't want to suffer any crimes. I don't know who this temperament looks like." Anyway, it doesn't look like his parents.

"Eating, drinking, and sleeping are what I want all my life. Brother, you can't take them away. Otherwise, I won't be able to live." Although Qihao is only one year older than him, this does not prevent Qiyou from often cheating.

Qihao was angry and funny.

As a result, the matter in Pingyang has not been resolved, and another accident happened in Fujian. A relatively large tsunami occurred in Fujian, killing and injuring hundreds of people and destroying thousands of houses.

Qihao summoned the ministers again to discuss disaster relief.

Brother You couldn't help complaining: "Why do you put everything together!" I'm afraid that half of the money I have saved will have to be removed again. Whether the remaining half can be kept or not depends on God's will.

This time Qiyou volunteered to go to Fujian for disaster relief.

Qihao glanced at him and said, "I believe Governor Gao can handle the post-disaster period in Fujian properly, and there is no need to send another imperial envoy." Governor Gao is serious and responsible, and Qihao can trust him. As for Brother Hua, let alone.

Qiyou murmured in his heart, he also thought about going to Fujian this time to visit his second sister and Jiaojiao, and bring back more seafood by the way. Unexpectedly, it was ruined.

After opening a jewelry shop and a gouache shop, Qihao realized that doing business is really profitable. It's just that these two shops of his are making enough money every day, so he has no interest in opening other shops. However, Brother Rui said that he also wanted to open a shop and save dowry for his children.

Qiyou is very happy that Qirui has this awareness. There is a saying that money is not incompetent, but without money, it is difficult to move an inch. Therefore, he wanted Qi Rui to open a seafood shop.

Busy with post-disaster work in Pingyang and Fujian, Qihao was so busy that he didn't return to the harem for more than ten days.

After everything was sorted out, Qi Hao took Yuan Bao back to the harem to visit his wife and children.

As a result, outside the bedroom, Qi Hao heard Tan Aoshuang's angry voice: "Check it out for me, no matter who it is, if you catch it, I'll beat you to death."

Qihao opened the curtain and walked in, seeing Tan Aoshuang's angry face. Qihao walked over and sat by the bed, and asked: "It's not advisable to get angry during the confinement period, otherwise you will cause future troubles, and you will regret it later."

Seeing Qi Hao, Tan Aoshuang's eyes turned red: "Your Majesty, those people even made up plans to say that Pippi was a disaster. They said that the Pingyang earthquake and the Fujian tsunami were brought by Pippi." Pippi is the nickname of the second prince.

As a parent, there is no one who does not protect the calf. When Qihao heard this, his face sank immediately: "Who is so bold, dare to maliciously slander Pipi?"

Tan Aoshuang only knew about it, but the people behind the scenes hadn't found out yet.

"I'll take care of this. Don't cry anymore. If you cry a lot, your eyes will hurt when you get old." Young couples, old wives, seeing their parents, they know how important it is to have a wife to accompany them.

Although Yunqing always likes to complain to Qihao and his brothers, but if Yuxi feels a little uncomfortable, he is very worried. Both Qihao and Qiyou are aware of this point.

Tan Aoshuang nodded and said, "Okay."

This matter is actually not complicated, and there is no conspiracy. There was someone drinking and chatting in a teahouse, and while chatting, I don't know who mentioned that sentence, saying why so many things happened after the second prince was born. Then it was passed on, and it became the second prince who was a disaster star, causing so many disasters at birth.

Qihao is not as easy-talking as Yuxi and Yunqing, he arrests all those who spread rumors, and beats them all with 20 sticks. And warned these people that if they dare to commit crimes again, they will not be given twenty sticks, but exiled directly.

The fact that the second prince was a catastrophe, under Qi Hao's heavy punishment, no one dared to mention it anymore.

Within two days, news came back from Pingyang that the aftermath of Pingyang was handled very well at the Pingyang Tongju. The people were all settled down, and there was no panic.

Seeing that the prefect of Pingyang was called Nie Xin, Qihao said, "I've heard that name before." The prefect of Pingyang died in the earthquake, and as the second in command, the prefect naturally assumed the responsibility of appeasing the people and maintaining law and order.

In fact, Nie Xin was also injured, his leg was injured. Fortunately, the injury was not serious and did not affect his work.

Although Han Jianming is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the officials below the third rank do not know much about them under normal circumstances unless there are special circumstances. However, the situation in Pingyang is special, so he paid special attention to it. Therefore, the background of all officials in Binh Duong is clear.

Han Jianming said: "Nie Xin is a Jinshi in the second list in the sixth year of Zhiyuan. The ranking is quite high, ranking twenty-eighth."

"What else?" Qihao was very confident in his memory, he must have heard of this person before.

Han Jianming continued: "Nie Xin's original name was Zhang Liguo. At that time, he was sentenced to death by the government because his biological father slandered him for killing his father."

Qihao remembered: "My mother thought it was wrong, and sent Yuan Bilin to retry the case. It turned out that he was slandered by his own father."

"The emperor is right, that's how it is." It has to be said that the emperor's memory is really not so good. It's been so long, but I still remember it.

Qi Hao smiled and said, "I didn't expect him to become the magistrate of Pingyang. Since he is so capable, let him act as the prefect of Pingyang temporarily." As long as he does a good job, the magistrate will definitely let him do it. After all, post-disaster reconstruction is no easy task. He is familiar with Pingyang, so it is suitable for him to be the prefect of Pingyang.

Han Jianming naturally had no objection.

There was also news from Fujian. The tsunami killed 160 people and damaged more than 600 houses. The government resettled the victims right away without causing any turmoil.

The post-disaster work is carried out in an orderly manner. But Qihao, the emperor, felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavy. If you have money, you are not afraid of natural disasters, but if you have no money!

Knowing Qihao's worry, Qiyou said: "Brother, we still have to find a way to increase revenue. Otherwise, the treasury will be wiped out after several natural disasters." The little tax of the people can only barely maintain the balance of income and expenditure. But when there is a natural disaster, the money for disaster relief will rush out like running water.

"What good idea do you have?"

Qiyou said: "Brother, shipping is the most profitable. If we can start shipping business, we will earn several million a year no matter what."

"You mean to do business with Fanren?" Influenced by Yu Xi, Qihao didn't think it was shameful to do business. As long as the money comes in a legitimate way, that's fine. Not to mention, this is still planning to do business with Fanren and make money from Fanren. I'm not afraid that the civil and military officials will find out in the future that he has competed with the people for profit.

Qiyou nodded: "Brother, you don't know, those Fan people like our porcelain, satin and tea. With these things, we can exchange them for ivory, gems, spices and other good things." No matter how expensive the price of the Ming Dynasty is, there is no need to worry about selling it.

"If there is a tsunami or bad weather, wouldn't we lose everything."

Qiyou smiled and said, "Brother, high risks come with high profits. Brother, you don't want to worry about money in the future, do you?"

Qi Hao thought for a while and said: "This is not a trivial matter, let me think about it."

"Brother, the money I earn is enough. I give you this suggestion in the hope that you will stop worrying about money like your parents." Yunqing and Yuxi are often short of money, which leaves Qiyou a lot behind. heavy shadows.

Qihao smiled and said, "I will think about it carefully."

ps: Qihao's episode (1) (2) has undergone major revisions, dear friends, you can go back and watch.