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Chapter 21 The hero is a cousin

In the showdown where Gu Wenjing directly pierced the window paper, Yuan gave up the toss. Without Yuan’s support, Yuan Susu also settled down. From then on, she lived in the West Yard, no longer trying to get close to Gu Wenjing, and no trouble. What a moth.

Gu Wenjing observed for a while and found that Yuan Susu was really settled down. In order to reassure Yuan, he said to Cheng Yuhua: “In the future, I will mention the treatment of my cousin, and treat her as a cousin.”

When Yuan Susu was a watch girl, she always received the same treatment as the decent girl in the Hou Mansion. Later, she became a concubine’s room from the relegation status. Even with Yuan’s subsidy, her apparent treatment was not as good as when she was a watch girl.

Now Gu Wenjing raises her treatment, and also specifically mentions the same treatment as Yuan Susu when she was a watch girl, in order to show Yuan that as long as Yuan Susu doesn’t mess up, he will treat her as Miss Houfu for life.

Cheng Yuhua and Gu Wenjing have been with Gu Wenjing for a few years, and they know him after all, and they know his intentions as soon as they hear it, so they quickly agreed: “You can rest assured that your concubine will take care of your cousin.”

The fire in the backyard was extinguished, and Gu Wenjing was able to devote himself wholeheartedly to his career.

Now he is a servant of the household department at a young age. He has just taken a high position. He is not enough to do things well. He has to work hard to get promoted faster.

It’s just that meritorious service is not so easy to handle, and if you want to perform meritorious service in the Ministry of Households, it will inevitably touch the interests of certain forces, and it will be bad for his career.

While Gu Wenjing was still thinking and hesitating, there was news from Liangzhou that the river had burst its embankment and flooded the fertile fields. There were countless victims, and they asked the court for disaster relief.

Early in the morning, the emperor took the disaster relief to the court to discuss with hundreds of officials. Just for a disaster relief candidate, many officials were quarreling with each other.

Standing in his own position, Gu Wenjing silently listened to other people’s arguments, silently wondering which faction these officials belonged to.

The current emperor is more than fifty years old, and his body is not very good. There are thirteen princes under his knees, of which eight princes have grown up to discuss politics.

And none of these princes came from the central palace, so apart from the grand prince who took the title of the eldest son, there were many veterans who valued tradition to support them, and the other princes basically depended on their mother’s inability to do so.

Among the eight adult princes at present, only the eldest prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and the sixth prince are the strongest, the most powerful, and the fiercest. Now in order to compete for candidates for disaster relief, the four princes’ doormen are blushing and having thick necks.

In addition to these four princes, the second prince is a sick child who is always sick in bed; the fifth prince is enamored with painting and calligraphy, and his goal is to be the idle king; the seventh prince has a low sense of existence, and his mother’s family is not outstanding. The eight princes are hard-core supporters of the great princes. The remaining five princes, including the nine princes, are still young and immature. They still live in the palace and go to the study every day.

However, among the five underage princes, the eleventh prince was born by the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine was the emperor’s favorite concubine, and even the queen had to retreat, and her son, the eleventh prince, was naturally the emperor’s favorite son.

In addition, the power of the imperial concubine’s maiden family is not weak, although the eleventh princes have not yet entered the court to discuss politics, the hidden power is not simple.

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Gu Wenjing glanced blindly at the seventh prince, who was standing behind the sixth prince with a stern face and not speaking.

He knew the plot from the system, and naturally knew that the ultimate winner among these princes was the seventh prince who looked inconspicuous.

It is still the dormant period of the Seven Princes, and it will take a few years to wait for the Great Prince, the Third Prince, the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Prince to have a bloodshed, and the Seven Princes emerge in a new force. Together with the Queen, they will be recorded under the Queen’s name. The aunt was appointed as the prince again by the emperor. Within two years, the eleventh prince who was most threatening to the seventh prince died before he reached adulthood. The emperor died of illness, and the seventh prince became the new emperor.

Without knowing who is the ultimate winner, Gu Wenjing would of course remain neutral and would not stand in line. Anyway, if Ningyuan Hou Mansion does not stand in line, no prince would dare to persecute him. But he knew that the Seventh Prince was a real dragon, and he would inevitably want to get the power of Conglong sent to his door.

It’s just that the Seventh Prince is too low-key now. He didn’t dare to win over important officials. Whether it was a high-powered Ning Yuanhou or Gu Wenjing, a rookie in the eyes of the emperor, the Seventh Prince had never tried to win over.

Gu Wenjing had received olive branches from the eldest prince and others, but he did not accept them, and he pretended not to understand the hints to them.

The emperor sitting on the dragon chair suddenly interrupted the courtiers’ quarrel: “Let Old Qi lead the team to the disaster relief!”

The seven princes who had been silent and had a very low sense of existence stepped forward to give orders, and everyone’s eyes were on him, especially those princes who were vying for the number of candidates for disaster relief.

However, the seventh prince still had a calm expression, as if he didn’t notice anything.

The emperor allocated a million taels of silver for disaster relief. Of course, the money came from the national treasury, and the Ministry of Households was in charge of the national treasury.

Gu Wenjing, the servant of the household department, was sent by the household department Shangshu to take over with the seventh prince.

Before Gu Wenjing had not found a good opportunity to contact with the Seventh Prince, now a ready opportunity was presented to him. But he didn’t take the initiative to move forward.

Of course, those who take the initiative to deliver to the door are not even more reusable.

Moreover, the princes were all suspicious temperaments, and it was at the fiercest moment of the seizure. He took the initiative to move forward and might have been sent by the seven princes as other princes to test. After all, a Houfu prince took the initiative to look at someone on the surface. The low-key prince surrendered without any competitive advantage, how he thinks he is conspiring.

Therefore, when facing the Seventh Prince, Gu Wenjing showed no humbleness or arrogance, and came up with a detailed form: “His Royal Highness, this is the purpose of disaster relief. Although a million taels is a drop in the bucket for the victims, it is enough for them to survive. After this difficult period, the homeland has been rebuilt.”

The Seventh Prince took the information and looked at it, and saw that the usefulness of every penny of the million taels of disaster relief silver was clearly written in it, such as how much money was spent on medicinal materials, and which merchants to buy medicinal materials can get the lowest price. , How much money was spent on buying food, and which grain-producing city is the most cost-effective way to buy food… The budget plans one after another are extremely detailed, and it can be said that he can completely rescue the disaster based on this information.

The Seventh Prince was shocked. If all this was written on it was true, then Gu Wenjing’s ability really should not be underestimated.

However, the Seventh Prince noticed a large expenditure listed in it. He couldn’t help but raise his eyes to look at Gu Wenjing and asked: “What does this disaster relief team’s carriage fee mean? Does the mere carriage fee cost fifty thousand taels? ”

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Gu Wenjing glanced at the words ‘five thousand taels for carriages and horses’ pointed to by the Seventh Prince, and respectfully said: “His Royal Highness and several other adults travel thousands of miles to Liangzhou. There will always be expenses for food, clothing, housing and transportation.”

The Seventh Prince frowned, and said in a deep voice: “His Royal Highness is going to provide relief, not to travel around the mountains and water!”

Gu Wenjing did not panic because of the faint anger of the Seven Princes, and his tone remained calm: “Weichen just hopes that the victims of Liangzhou can get relief from the court, and it will not be like the disaster relief done seven years ago.”

The Seventh Prince was reminded of this, and also remembered that his elder brother went to the disaster relief seven years ago, but he was greedy for thirty thousand taels of relief money, and his dignified prince brought a bad head, so the people underneath were like a freshman. The pen relief money was scraped layer by layer, and in the end, less than 20,000 taels fell into the hands of the victims.

He immediately understood why Gu Wenjing would specially write this detailed information to him. The 50,000 taels listed for carriage and horses were actually saved by Gu Wenjing from all aspects of disaster relief, such as purchasing medicinal materials and food, to give him the prince.

The seventh prince couldn’t help but sigh with anger. The anger was that Gu Wenjing, this kid, regarded him like the elder prince. He thought that he would learn from the greed of the prince when he went to disaster relief. Give it to him in the name of the carriage fee, so as not to cause the same tragedy as seven years ago.

However, the Seventh Prince also had to admit that Gu Wenjing was not only capable, but also caring for the people.

After understanding Gu Wenjing’s true intentions, the seventh prince became angry and slowed down his tone and said: “Master Gu, don’t worry too much. Your Highness will definitely use all the relief money on the victims.” He looked at the person in his hand. The information, smiled slightly, “As for the cost of the carriage, my Highness paid for it himself, anyway, it is also used by my Highness himself.”

Gu Wenjing looked at His Royal Highness Seven with a slight astonishment, and said with a smile: “Your Highness is righteous, and the ministers admire him.”

“Since your Royal Highness can’t use these fifty thousand taels, then take them to buy kapok and firewood. There is a big temperature difference between day and night in Liangzhou. The day is okay, and the night is cold. The victims are afraid they can’t bear it.”

The Seventh Prince smiled and nodded.

Gu Wenjing looked at the Seventh Prince and saw that he seemed to be able to hear what he said. He paused, and then continued to talk about what to do in the disaster relief process, such as how to prevent the plague and calm the victims.

The seventh prince listened to Gu Wenjing with surprise, and when he finished speaking, the seventh prince couldn’t help but said gently and kindly: “Master Gu is really talented!”

Gu Wenjing lowered his head slightly, respectfully and alienatedly: “His Royal Highness is absurd, Weichen just read more miscellaneous books.”

The Seventh Prince also realized that his attitude just changed a little too quickly, but such a talent is in front of him, it really makes him have to see his love, and he can’t wait to draw people into his command immediately.

Just thinking of his current situation and Gu Wenjing’s identity, the Seventh Prince was no longer in a hurry, and smiled and said, “Master Gu does not have to be modest. You can sit in this position at a young age, which is enough to prove your ability.”

The seventh prince didn’t stay long, and handed over with Gu Wenjing, he cherished and took the disaster relief materials written by him in his arms before leaving.

Looking at the back of the Seventh Prince leaving, Gu Wenjing sighed in his heart. He is worthy of being the future winner. Indeed, Daoxing is much higher than the other princes.

At least the attitude of the wise corporal of the Seventh Prince was very comfortable just now.

As a dignified prince, putting away his courtier’s handwriting like a treasure, even if it is just acting, it is much more convincing than other princes’ attitudes that seem to be arrogant and arrogant.

There is also the praise that the Seventh Prince just gave him. Gu Wenjing didn’t think that what he had said before could easily convince the Seventh Prince.

Even if the Seventh Prince thought it sounded reasonable, he still had doubts in his heart. Only when he confirmed that he had implemented it would he believe that what Gu Wenjing said was true, not just talking about it.

But even if the seven princes were only half-believing, he also showed an appearance of total belief and admiration. If he changed his personality here, he would be fooled by his vanity. Then he kindly hinted at the intention of soliciting, and immediately Bye.

It’s a pity that the Seventh Prince didn’t know that he had calculated all this, and the purpose was to attract his attention.