Chapter 83 Puppet

The old emperor nodded.

"You go down"

"It's getting late. Your Majesty, why didn't you ask someone to wait on you? The Queen has found some new girls to dance the Hu Xuan Dance. I heard they are from foreign tribes from the north. They are very fresh."

"No, I'm tired and want to rest."

"Then, Your Majesty, would you like to try the new big crabs from the imperial dining room? Now is the time when they are full of yellow and mango seeds. There are also fresh sea bass, just caught from the lake in the suburbs of Beijing. They are jumping alive and stewed in a rich soup.

juice……"

"I told you not to"

Liufu quietly walked out, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.

When he turned around, he looked back with disdain, his eyes full of ridicule and disdain.

‘Huh, it’s almost as good as not being a puppet, why are you so angry?’

"You will never have another prince. To be precise, you will never be able to make a woman pregnant again. The crippled tenth prince is your last child."

‘Enjoy the few moments you have’

——

At the same time, at Wangge Lao's house.

"The prince is too confused. It's just a bunch of beggars who are served delicious food and drinks. Why do you have to do these things and make those censors go crazy?"

Xie Chenke was also aggrieved.

"Grandpa Mingjian, why don't I want to do that?"

"But when I received the errand, the treasury was empty. I also owed the Ministry of Household Affairs 24,000 taels of silver, not to mention the grain. It was either old or moldy."

"Father, if you push that point, you won't be able to withstand it for even three days."

"Next year, taxes from the Ministry of Household Affairs will no longer be paid to the national treasury. I don't know what to do with the military rations for the defense of several major border garrisons? This is a mess."

Mr. Wang Ge stood up in shock: "Is this the end of the world?"

Xie Chenke hurriedly helped him sit down again: "This is still good. Chengdu has not been good in the past two years. If there is another disaster somewhere next year, there will be more hungry people. The poor are extremely evil. We will have to send troops to suppress it then."

Wang Ge’s old cheeks were shaking.

"How is it possible? When the late emperor passed away, the treasury did not say there were mountains of gold and silver, but there were millions of silver and countless treasures. How could it be possible that we are in this situation?"

Xie Chenke glanced at Mr. Wang Ge, who also looked back in astonishment.

Everyone knows how extravagantly the emperor has lived these years.

Jiangnan fell in love with a stone and took three ships to transport it thousands of miles, costing countless human and financial resources.

I went to Northern Xinjiang to visit the princess who fell in love with her, and I spent 50,000 yuan as a betrothal gift to marry her back.

Jade is mined from the entire mountain in Mobei.

Mushrooms, dried fruits, flower seedlings, all the good things from the southwest were transported to the capital at all costs.

Will it become empty after all these years?

Mr. Wangge patted the prince on the shoulder.

"It's okay. Fortunately, you have become the prince. You will have a chance to rise again in the future."

"certainly"

Xie Chenke is confident.

"It's too easy for the imperial court to make money. Next year, the corvee tax will be increased by 30%. Anyone who dares to resist will be executed on the spot. If there is no food, it will be levied. If the people cannot survive, they will naturally join the army."

By the time we have enough supplies and soldiers, we may not be able to continue to expand our territory.

He is the next famous king of the Great Sheng Dynasty.

"Probably only my imperial grandfather can rival Gu."

While the grandfather and grandson were talking, a servant sent news that the emperor had decreed that Xu Jingzhong should be imprisoned in the sky prison, and that His Highness the King of Chu was assigned to investigate the matter thoroughly.

Xie Chenke laughed, and then Mr. Wang Ge also laughed.

"Our emperor is quite sensible, isn't he?"

——

The Sixth Prince's Mansion.

The canonization ceremony has not been done yet, and the plaque is still the Sixth Prince's Mansion.

Xie Chenyu came back from court early and was having tea in the study, which was a freshly caught seabass in the imperial kitchen.

The emperor refused to eat, so someone made two to honor him.

The dining room took surimi and made it into thumb-sized wontons, which were crystal clear and soaked in rich chicken soup, with an attractive and delicious aroma.

When the eunuch came with the message, Xie Chenyu had just picked up the bowl.

As soon as the imperial edict was announced, he was surprised.

"Father, do you trust me so much?"

"Your Highness, King of Chu, why don't you accept the order and express your gratitude?" Xiao Shunzi, Liufu's disciple, smiled like a flower.

"Thank you very much, Father, for your grace. I will live up to your expectations and handle this job well."

Send Xiao Shunzi away and return to the study.

Xie Chenyu was thinking deeply while eating wontons. After finishing the wontons, he put them on the table with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.

"Father, oh father, you are so..."

——

The next day, Xie Chenyu officially started investigating the case.

His methods were popular and swift, and he obtained a confession in less than a day.

Xu Jingzhong admitted that he was vindictive and had made nonsense about slandering His Highness the Crown Prince, and he pleaded guilty.

Xie Chenyu rushed to the East Palace as if offering a treasure.

"Second brother, second brother, what do you think this is?"

Xie Chenke took it and laughed as soon as he took it: "So fast, you can finish the trial in less than a day with such a tough guy?"

"What's the difficulty in doing this? I will certainly find a way."

Xie Chenke waved his hand indifferently.

"Once you have a confession, it will be easier to handle. I will leave this matter to you, and my second brother will not care about it."

"Okay, just wait and see, I will send you the head in a month."

The main reason is that the process is slow and it is not easy to change even when the father comes.

Xie Chenke chuckled.

"What do I want with his head? Just kill him without showing it to me."

"That won't work. This kind of person must be killed as a warning to others. It's best to hang his head on the city wall to dry for ten and a half months to serve as a warning to others."

"Lao Liu, Lao Liu, why are you more ruthless than me?"

——

The case is settled.

In early October, the autumn wind suddenly picked up and the weather suddenly turned cold, but the palace was in full swing.

I was awakened early in the morning by the cannon salute of the Ministry of Rites, and even the passing geese flew around.

In the Taihe Hall, Xie Chenke was wearing an apricot python robe, a golden crown on his head, and a golden seal in his hand. He walked step by step along the steps to the dragon chair and knelt down heavily.

After kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, the old emperor personally helped his son up and read out the lengthy canonization letter prepared by the Ministry of Rites.

After stumbling, he finished reading.

He personally handed the gilded book to the prince, took him to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth, and issued an edict.

"My second son is capable and virtuous, diligent and frugal, has good moral character, and is destined by God. He is worthy of a great responsibility. Today, he is specially enshrined in the ancestral temple, granted with treasures, and established as the crown prince. He will be enthroned in the East Palace to inherit the throne for thousands of years.

The heart of the world."

"My son, I will definitely live up to my father's instructions and dare not let down the world's expectations."

Xie Chenke took the edict with both hands, and at the same time turned around to receive the officials to pay their respects.

The official of the Ministry of Rites announced loudly that the ceremony was completed.

Next, we have to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum and the ancestral temple, to inform heaven and earth and our ancestors. At the same time, we canonize the crown prince, ennoble Liangdi, and enter the East Palace.

Notices will also be sent to various places at the same time.
To be continued...