In the eyes of many people, the poisoning of potatoes was a huge matter. However, in the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Court, it was just a trivial matter among the many major events of the country.
After killing a few minor military officials, the matter gradually calmed down. As for the court, no ministers or even courtiers from the Ministry of Revenue were punished too much. Only a few insignificant officials had their salaries confiscated for half a year.
The people from the Ministry of Revenue were all protected by Hu Weiyong.
In a side hall of the Hall of Heaven's Tribute, Zhu Yuanzhang was gathering a few ministers to discuss some matters.
The Heaven Tribute Hall was the largest court meeting hall among the many magnificent palaces in the Darming Dynasty.
It was Zhu Yuanzhang's first creation to receive the emperor's edict.
The Hall of Heaven's Tribute was the main venue for court meetings. Usually, Zhu Yuanzhang would gather his ministers to discuss matters in a side hall.
The court session had already ended.
In the side hall, there were Prime Minister Hu Weiyong, the Minister of Revenue, the Minister of Rites, and a few other ministers.
The matter they were discussing today was about the etiquette of the Prince entering the palace.
As the princes went to their fiefdoms, there would definitely be some princes who would return to the capital in the future to pay their respects to the emperor. Now, it was time to set this set of etiquette.
The entire matter had been discussed. After the Prince came to court and met the Emperor, he went to the Eastern Palace.
After that, there were various details such as the door from which he entered, the door he passed through, the direction he faced, and which door he left from after the meeting.
It seemed that everyone had forgotten about the potato poisoning incident.
After the discussion, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied. He waved his hand, indicating that the ministers could leave.
"Your Majesty, shouldn't we set a date for the Seventh Prince to return to the capital and marry the daughter of the Wu family?" Hu Weiyong said.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was lying on the bed. When he heard this, he immediately threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.
The ministers immediately knelt on the ground.
They had just finished discussing the etiquette of the prince meeting the emperor, and the first person who might return to meet Zhu Yuanzhang was Zhu Xi.
Hu Weiyong took the opportunity to mention this matter, and Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.
"Why did you come back after causing such a big trouble? Pass on my words and let him stay in Qi. Without an edict, he is not allowed to return to the capital!”
Hu Weiyong was lying on the ground with a happy expression."This subject obeys the decree!"
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something. He looked at Hu Weiyong and asked,""Have you sent the 200,000 taels of silver for Old Seventh to build the house?”
"Your Majesty," Hu Weiyong quickly said,"they have been sent to Qingzhou."”
Although Zhu Yuanzhang had been angry with Zhu Xiong for the past two days, Zhu Xiong had good intentions. The main reason was that the governor of Jinan Prefecture did not do things properly.
Zhu Rong had never experienced anything and had never done anything on his own, but was he, the governor of Jinan Prefecture, also useless?
Why didn't he report such a big matter to the Imperial Court in advance?
It was only when the taxes were levied that the imperial court found out about the potatoes.
After that, such a huge commotion was caused. Therefore, although he was angry, he was still very concerned about his son.
When he heard that Hu Weiyong had already sent the silver over, he stopped paying attention to it. However, he still did not know that the Ministry of Revenue had approved 200,000 taels of Ming Treasure Notes. It was a huge exaggeration.
And to build a King Qi Residence, it would require about 300,000 taels of silver. The Imperial Court already had a shortage of money, so Zhu Xiong had to fork out his own money. However, he didn't expect that the Ministry of Revenue had also done something about this. All of this was the intention of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong.
Hu Weiyong saw Zhu Yuanzhang relent and took the opportunity to mention the problem of Zhu Rong's original residence in the capital.
Since he wasn't going back to the capital to get married, Zhu Rong naturally didn't need this mansion.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong, who was lying on the ground, with a long gaze.
Hu Weiyong was also on the verge of courting death. He had no idea that Zhu Yuanzhang had long wanted to kill him!
Hu Weiyong had too much power and too much control!
"Prime Minister, do as you see fit."
"This subject will obey!"
Hu Weiyong was about to leave with his men when a report came from outside. The King of Jin and Taiyuan's governor had sent an urgent report!
The atmosphere in the side hall suddenly tightened.
The King of Jin and the Taiyuan governor both sent urgent reports. Something big must have happened!
"Pass!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was originally lying on his side. At this moment, when he heard the urgent report, he immediately sat up straight.
Very soon, two travel-worn messengers, who were also known as messengers, reported to Zhu Yuanzhang about the drought in the land of Sanjin.
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly stood up.
Although the King of Jin and the governor had already opened the granaries to release grain and presided over the disaster relief, it was a drop in the bucket and could not continue.
The news quickly spread, and the officials entered the Palace. The entire Darming Dynasty was like a huge machine with gears spinning as they quickly carried out disaster relief.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a farmer. His father, mother, elder brother, nephew, and others all died in the disaster.
He knew all too well the pain and despair of being starved to death.
Qi was adjacent to Jin. Logically speaking, they could directly transfer food from Qi to Jin for disaster relief.
However, this year, King Qi had taken the liberty to encourage the people to plant other crops. Now that the potatoes had been completely destroyed, Qi's wheat production would be extremely low this year. Moreover, Jin was suffering from a drought, so Qi would be affected.
The refugees of Jin would definitely head to Qi.
It was already not easy for Qi Di to maintain stability. He was afraid that he would not be able to take out any food at all!
"Your Highness King Qi, you're causing trouble for my Great Ming!!!”
Hu Weiyong sighed, and the ministers all stamped their feet.
Who knew how many more people would die in Jin if Qi caused trouble this year!
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