Chapter 66: Hundred Officials Participate in Performance
"Your Majesty, Gu Ningya, is here to see you."
Inside the Yangxin Hall.
Gu Ningya ran quickly and came to Emperor Yongsheng. He looked extremely excited and his eyes were filled with joy.
"What's going on?"
Seeing Gu Ningya's appearance, Emperor Yongsheng also immediately put down all official duties at hand.
He asked Gu Ningya urgently.
"Back to Your Majesty, I will live up to Your Majesty's high expectations and conscientiously implement the plan in Jiangning County..."
Gu Ningya spoke with a look of awe.
"Stop talking nonsense to me and tell me directly what's going on."
Emperor Yongsheng gave Gu Ningya a slap on the head and told him to stop talking nonsense.
"Your Majesty, then you can see for yourself."
After being slapped, Gu Ningya felt a little depressed. He just spoke like this. Can he blame himself?
Give the memorial directly to Emperor Yongsheng and let him feel it himself.
After receiving the memorial, Emperor Yongsheng started reading it directly without any nonsense.
After reading the memorial, Emperor Yongsheng couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Okay, it's exactly as Jinnian said. It's really exactly the same, hahahahaha."
"The food disaster in Jiangning County has been brought to an end. It has been put to rest."
Emperor Yongsheng was extremely happy.
Originally, according to the normal plan, no matter how much money was used, it would take at least 20 million taels of silver to quell the food disaster.
Now according to the plan of caring for Jinnian, the total amount is only 20 to 30 million taels of silver.
After all, I spent a lot of money buying rice from merchants at high prices.
Not to mention the remaining 90% of the price, more importantly, it suppressed this arrogance.
He could afford to spend twenty million taels of silver, but the problem was that he also knew where the silver taels were going.
If it is true that the businessman has made money, it is not a big problem.
The most important thing is that if a secret enemy earns these silver coins, it will not be a good thing for him.
Now 20 to 30 million taels of silver can solve the problem in Jiangning County. How can this not make him happy?
In particular, the memorial clearly states that the grain and rice purchased before tomorrow is enough to last for two to three months.
Moreover, there are still two or three major rice banks that have not taken further action.
Now the situation has been decided. Sooner or later, these two or three large rice shops will have to sell grain and rice to the government honestly. If they don't sell, they can prepare to die.
It may be an exaggeration for the imperial court to find trouble with a group of businessmen to settle accounts after the fall, after all, the law does not punish the public.
But is it not easy to find trouble with one or two rice merchants?
In addition, there are widespread complaints among the people, so this is just an outlet for them to vent their anger.
If they are smart, they know what to do.
The trend is set.
Emperor Yongsheng let out a long breath, then returned to his dragon chair, picked up his brush and started writing.
Gu Jinnian's plan calmed down the flood in Jiangning County, but there were still some things he needed to do.
Work-for-relief.
Once the food problem is solved, we can start preparing for repairs. The court will allocate funds, but the most important thing is manpower.
If tens of millions of refugees work together, they can gradually recover within a year.
Now that the imperial court purchases grain and rice to ensure that the people have three meals a day, they need to work and cooperate with the government to rebuild dams and repair homes.
It may take two to three years for Jiangning County to completely recover its economy.
During this period, it is just right to use food as payment.
Moreover, taxes need to be exempted for three years. When the main disaster-hit areas in Jiangning County are reached, taxes will be exempted, and some targeted policies will be implemented.
For example, things like donations from businessmen and so on.
These are also very important.
He had always had these thoughts before, but since the floods in Jiangning County were not eliminated, he had no time to think about them.
Now that the trouble is solved, he has written down all the things he has conceived these days.
Every detail, big and small, was sent back to the six departments to verify, find loopholes, and then implement it one by one.
Several major things, such as the work-for-relief program, must be implemented now, and they must be personally supervised by the emperor.
To prevent the six ministries and hundreds of officials from rambling on.
After writing thousands of words eloquently, Emperor Yongsheng almost finished it in one go.
"Gu Laoliu."
"Have someone send this memorial to the governor of Jiangning County and ask him to do what I want."
Emperor Yongsheng opened his mouth and shouted.
"I obey the decree."
Gu Ningya took the memorial and then looked at Emperor Yongsheng.
"Your Majesty, can you please change my name? Gu Laoliu sounds a bit weird."
After receiving the memorial, Gu Ningya was a little depressed. He didn't know why, but he always felt a little uncomfortable when Emperor Yongsheng called him Gu Laoliu.
"I call you Gu Laoliu because I am close to you. If it weren't for Jinnian's sake, I would have punished you to go to Haibei Island."
"Also, Jinnian caused some trouble. Some scholars were not discerning and went to Daxia Academy to cause trouble for Jinnian. Now they are all arrested and imprisoned by your third son."
"You go and interrogate some people, take some people to the Xuandeng Division, and file a case directly. There is no need to go through the Dali Temple meeting of the Ministry of Punishment. The ins and outs will be investigated clearly before tomorrow morning."
"Send it to your old man. Tomorrow I will have a good beating with the Duke of these damn people."
"It's not good to touch anyone. If you dare to touch my nephew, you are really a bunch of blind dogs."
Emperor Yongsheng spoke.
His eyes were cold and he ordered Gu Ningya at the same time.
Although the words were not said directly, Gu Ningya instantly understood what they meant.
At the same time, Gu Ningya couldn't help but bared his teeth.
"Looking for trouble in Jinnian? These dogs really don't know how to live or die."
"Your Majesty, that minister has retired first."
Hearing that these people were causing trouble for Gu Jinnian, Gu Ningya couldn't sit still at all.
Emperor Yongsheng didn't say much.
Instead, he continued to hold the memorial and read it over and over again. The smile on his face could not be concealed.
"Liu Yan."
At this time, Emperor Yongsheng spoke and called his personal eunuch.
"My slave is here."
Liu Yan walked over and saw Emperor Yongsheng being so happy, and he also had a smile on his face.
"In two days, I will give some of my paintings and calligraphy to my nephew, so that he can learn from them."
"I also told my grandson to learn well by Jinnian's side. If Jinnian has any objections to him, it's up to me to beat him to death."
Emperor Yongsheng said this.
The latter nodded immediately.
in this way.
Time passed little by little.
Three moments of ugliness.
Outside the palace gate, hundreds of officials have already gathered.
The matter of Gu Jinnian's murder of Confucian prisoner Wen has been fermenting for three days.
In the past three days, the government and the public have been in a state of excitement.
Curses and angry voices filled the entire Kyoto.
There are also many opinions among the people.
I deeply hate Gu Jinnian.
The reason is very simple. In just three days, someone has already written an article, including everything Gu Jinnian did.
The overall content is also very simple. It is about a powerful man who relies on his family's great power to act recklessly, killing innocent people indiscriminately, being arrogant and domineering, raping women of the people, and doing all kinds of evil.
The lives of ordinary people are very simple, and can even be described as boring. Now that something like this has finally happened, it will naturally become the focus.
The rumor-mongering by folk scholars is becoming more and more terrifying.
But what is surprising is that neither the royal family nor the Gu family were indifferent, neither explaining nor suppressing it.
Instead, it gives people a sense of default.
As a result, these scholars became even more excited. Whether it was for the purpose of saving people or with ulterior motives, in short, the three words Gu Jinnian became the hottest topic in Daxia Kyoto.
It even spread to other counties.
In the past few days, all officials have been extremely angry, not only because of what happened to Gu Jinnian, but as of yesterday, the news coming from Jiangning County had become even worse.
More and more people died, and the rice merchants became more and more outrageous. The price reached six hundred taels and one stone, although it was less than the previous lie of one thousand taels and one stone.
But six hundred taels is still shocking.
As for the latest news, I don’t know why they haven’t received it for a long time, but they are not worried about anything.
In one day, they did not think that the difficulties in Jiangning County would be overcome.
Yesterday I paid six hundred taels of silver and one stone.
Is it possible to restore the original price today?
It's definitely impossible.
Therefore, all officials reached a consensus in these three days.
He criticized Gu Jinnian and forced the emperor to allocate funds from the treasury to purchase grain. He first solved the grain disaster and suppressed the Duke Zhen at the same time.
Nowadays, all the public complaints are caused by Gu Jinnian. How could they let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
On weekdays, they did not dare to target Duke Zhen. That was because Duke Zhen was the first Duke of Great Xia. He was unparalleled in bravery and had made great contributions to Great Xia.
He has a very high prestige among the people, but things are different now. He has given birth to a grandson, a cheating grandson.
They are even beginning to doubt whether Gu Jinnian's eternal article was actually written by Gu Jinnian.
Not only them, but also the common people and a large number of scholars believe that neither this article nor the poem on the national destiny was written by Gu Jinnian.
Is it possible for a person with such a character to write such an article about how hard he works every day, but is indifferent to the refugees in Jiangning County, and kills Confucians and imprisoned them?
The answer is obviously, impossible.
But the article is not the main thing, just the suspicion.
Politics is what they care about.
"The meeting begins."
At this time, when the Yin hour arrived, the palace gate opened.
The civil and military officials walked towards the palace without any hesitation.
After passing the extremely formidable gate, the civil and military officials stood consciously. There were eunuchs on both sides of the palace who were recording the behavior of the officials.
This is etiquette. What an official is wearing, what his face is like, who is talking to whom, and who is making eyes with whom, all must be recorded in the book.
Extremely strict.
All the way to the outside of the main hall of the palace, all the civil and military officials stood still.
The imperial guards came forward to search everyone for weapons, including poisons and needles.
This was not because he was afraid of assassinating the emperor, but more importantly because he was worried that some civil servants and officials would spill blood in the palace if they disagreed.
A similar thing happened before. The emperor did not agree, so he committed suicide in the main hall.
The emperor is not afraid of dead people, and the emperor will have no mercy if someone who is against him dies.
But even if the ground is dirty, it will not be good to spread the word.
So check it very carefully.
After the inspection was completed, the sound came from the main hall.
"Hundred officials enter the court."
As the eunuch's voice sounded, all the officials stood up one after another and walked towards the main hall.
When they returned to the main hall, everyone was silent as if they were worried.
And at this time.
In the palace.
Emperor Yongsheng was already sitting on the dragon chair, looking at the officials without saying a word.
"Long live my emperor, long live me."
After the classic opening remarks.
Emperor Yongsheng waved his hand and shouted to stand up.
Only then did everyone slowly get up.
However, before Emperor Yongsheng could speak, a voice could not help but sound.
"Your Majesty, Li Zhengping, I have something to attend to."
This is a Confucian official.
According to the rules of the court meeting, the first half of the meeting must be about family and state affairs. Confucian officials generally will not speak during the first half of the meeting, or even the entire court meeting.
But today, it seemed particularly unusual. He came up with something to attend to, which meant that Baiguan had indeed been holding back for a few days.
"What's the matter?"
Emperor Yongsheng was very calm and asked directly.
"My lord, today I am here to see the grandson of the Duke of Daxia Town, Gu Jinnian."
"Four days ago, a grain disaster broke out in Jiangning County. The price of rice merchants was astonishing. The common people and students in Kyoto were angry because of this. So they learned that His Majesty personally said that the incident in Jiangning County had a great relationship with Gu Jinnian, so the students gathered
, went to Daxia Academy to ask Gu Jinnian for an explanation."
"However, Gu Jinnian was so arrogant and domineering. Not only did he not give any explanation, he actually killed thirty-two scholars and put their lives in danger."
"He even falsely conveyed the imperial edict and imprisoned 3,425 scholars."
"Your Majesty, Daxia has governed the country with Confucianism, and benevolence and righteousness come first. Since the founding of the country, such a shocking thing has never happened."
"Such actions trample Confucianism and Taoism underfoot, disrespect God's will, and are in vain for the grace of God. I beg your Majesty to severely punish Gu Jinnian and release three thousand scholars."
Li Zhengping spoke.
He spoke righteously and scolded Gu Jinnian directly.
And as he spoke.
At that moment, someone else stood up.
"My lord, I have a script to start this memorial."
The voice sounded.
Emperor Yongsheng still plays accurately.
"Your Majesty, there is widespread resentment among the people in Kyoto, just because Gu Jinnian killed Confucianism and imprisoned Wen. There are even rumors among the people that the scene of the last moon and the white rainbow shining through the sun are omens of a treacherous minister in the Great Xia Dynasty."
"Now people think that Gu Jinnian is this treacherous minister, and what he has done is even more cruel and heinous."
"Such actions are destroying the foundation of Daxia and destroying the aspirations of the literati."
"If you kill Confucian prisoner Wen just for asking for an explanation, if Gu Jinnian really makes a huge mistake in the future, is it possible that you can't blame him?"
He was so excited that he even brought the topic to the previous Bai Hong Guan Ri Shang.
As he spoke, all the officials became quiet.
Waiting for Emperor Yongsheng's answer.
"My dear friends, do you still have this ginseng?"
"Since you want to say it, let's say it together."
Emperor Yongsheng spoke out.
He didn't have any trace of anger, but he also didn't have any trace of joy. He was so calm that it was impossible to see through it.
Although I can't understand what Emperor Yongsheng is thinking, it does not affect the performance of the officials.
"My lord, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment has something to report."
"Gu Jinnian falsely passed down the imperial edict and killed Confucians and imprisoned them. What does the Ministry of Punishment mean? What does the Law mean? In the name of the Duke of the country, he will kill if he wants and imprison if he wants."
"In this case, does the Great Xia Dynasty belong to their Gu family? Your Majesty, Gu Jinnian's behavior has shaken the foundation of the country. If not severely punished, Great Xia will be in danger."
The right minister of the Ministry of Justice came forward to speak, and his criticism was even more exaggerated, and he even used the words "shaking the country".
This is enough to prove that Baiguan has been holding back some bad breath in the past few days.
"Your Majesty, I also have something to attend to."
"I don't know what strategy Gu Jinnian offered, but after three or four days, the floods in Jiangning County became more and more severe. The people were miserable, and refugees piled up like clouds. Memorials sent to Beijing every day were all tragic reports. Thousands of people were killed every day.
As the day passes, I feel heartbroken."
"I don't know whether Gu Jinnian has colluded with the merchants of Jiangning Prefecture, but I believe that there are problems with his strategy. It neither determines the difficulty of Jiangning County nor the food disaster. Now, just because of others' doubts, he will
If you do such an outrageous thing, please be severely punished by your Majesty."
The right minister of household affairs also spoke.
"What Gu Jinnian did was not respecting etiquette and law, disregarding Confucianism, disrespecting the Holy One, and disrespecting God's will. This is an unfaithful, unjust, unkind, and unfilial person. It is not tolerated by etiquette and law. I also ask that your Majesty convict Gu Jinnian as an example."
The right minister of the Ministry of Rites also stood up.
The Confucian officials, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Husbandry, and the Ministry of Rites all spoke.
In addition, other people also started talking about it. Except for the Ministry of War and some generals, basically all the civil servants came forward.
"Your Majesty, I believe that Gu Jinnian is really a dandy, but he is not as good as the ministers said. Please consider it at your own discretion. Remember that the Duke has made great contributions to our Great Xia Dynasty, and a small punishment or a big warning will suffice."
Finally, a military attache came forward and spoke for Gu Jinnian.
It's just that speaking now is not helping Gu Jinnian, but actually hurting Gu Jinnian.
What does small punishment and big commandment mean?
It just means that Gu Jinnian is really at fault and must be punished, but the Duke’s face cannot be withheld, so that’s fine.
After all, the civil service group also knew very well that they wanted to use this matter to bring down the Duke of Zheng?
What are you thinking about?
Looking at the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty, you said something to me.
Emperor Yongsheng remained silent, as if waiting for something.
"Your Majesty, I sincerely request your Majesty to punish Gu Jinnian severely."
At this time, 70% of the officials spoke in unison.
Except for the six ministers, Prime Minister Li Shan and a few others, the attitude was basically the same.
But at this moment.
Another voice sounded outside.
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is asking for an audience outside the Linyang Marquis Hall."
As this voice sounded.
Manchao suddenly became quiet.
They could guess that the Zhen Guo Guo would come, but when the Zhen Guo Guo actually arrived, they still felt a little scared for no reason.
After all, Lord Zhenguo is not an ordinary person.
The head of the state.
He is a real big shot.
Today, except for the prime minister, no one can challenge him.
"pass."
Emperor Yongsheng spoke directly.
next moment.
Two figures walked into the main hall one after the other.
The Duke of Zhen Guo held a dragon-headed walking stick, which was a gift from the late emperor. He held the walking stick in his hand and walked into the main hall.
As for the Marquis of Linyang, although he is a prince, standing behind Duke Zhen Guo, his momentum is obviously suppressed and he looks ordinary.
"Old minister Gu Yuan, please see your Majesty."
Go to the center of the court.
Duke Zhenguo bowed to Emperor Yongsheng.
Emperor Yongsheng immediately stood up and looked at the justice of the country.
"Come here and give the Duke a seat."
He spoke out.
It is a supreme honor to be given a seat in the court.
"Your Majesty, there is no need for this."
"My bones are still strong, so there is no need to give me a seat, otherwise someone will say that I am relying on my old age and neglecting my old age."
The Zhen Guo publicly spoke, but all the civil and military officials were silent after what he said.
"good."
"I am very happy that the Duke of Zhen is like this. Whenever I think of fighting side by side with the Duke, my blood always boils. I hope that one day, I can work with the Duke to expand the territory of Great Xia, hahahaha."
When he met Duke Zhen Guo, whether it was false feelings or pretense, Emperor Yongsheng gave Duke Zhen Guo enough face.
"Your Majesty is overly complimentary."
The Duke of Zhenguo smiled, and then he looked at the civil and military officials above the government and the public.
His eyes were like a knife, looking at everyone, one by one.
Everyone who felt the gaze of Duke Zhen Guo felt guilty for no reason, lowered their heads and dared not speak.
Only some Confucian officials and the six ministers were calm and composed.
"I was outside just now and heard that there were ongoing disputes within the court."
"Why did you all stop talking when I came?"
"Did I disturb you sirs?"
The Duke of Zhenguo spoke calmly.
So asked.
As soon as he said this, the officials fell silent again.
It's just above the main hall of the palace.
The emperor is also there.
They still had some confidence in their hearts, and then there was a voice.
"The Duke's words are serious. How can we think that the Duke is disturbing us?"
"The Duke has not been to court for several years. He is a little unfamiliar when he goes to court today. That's why he is like this."
"Now that the State Councilor has spoken, I will continue to talk."
"May I ask the Duke, does the Duke know about your grandson Gu Jinnian's murder of Confucian Confucian Prisoner Wen?"
It’s still Li Zhengping.
He was the first to speak, neither humble nor arrogant, and not at all afraid of the Duke.
"Killing Confucians and Imprisoning Wen?"
"When did Jinnian do such a thing?"
The Duke of Zhen was a little curious and looked at the other party.
"Haha, the Duke doesn't know about such a big thing?"
The other party smiled.
Obviously I don't believe that the Zhenguo Guild doesn't know.
"I really don't know. My grandson is very well-behaved. Killing Confucians and imprisoning Wen? It's impossible for him to do such a thing. Killing dogs and imprisoning pigs is what Jinnian did a few days ago."
"If you tell me this, then I will understand."
The Duke of Zhen Guo did not pretend to be ignorant, but directly mocked those scholars as pigs and dogs.
As soon as he said this, the whole hall was in an uproar.
Everyone stared at the Duke, especially the Confucian officials, with angry eyes.
They talk loudly and angrily.
But the Duke of this town was like a pig or a dog when he kept talking, and he treated them scholars as pigs and dogs.
"Gu Yuan, I respect you as the Duke of the current dynasty and have made great contributions to Daxia, so I am so polite. But I didn't expect you to speak like this and call us scholars pigs and dogs. What do you want to do?"
Some Confucian officials spoke up and angrily rebuked Duke Zhenguo.
Boom.
But after Li Zhengping finished speaking, the Duke of Zhen Guo moved his dragon-headed cane and stared at the latter with terrifying eyes.
For a moment, the hall was quiet.
"I haven't been to court for several years. It seems that you really regard me as a useless person?"
"Who do you think you are? You dare to call me by my first name?"
"Kneel down."
Zhen Guogong spoke loudly, with a loud voice, mixed with terrifying martial arts power, and a mountain-like momentum to suppress him. The latter knelt on the ground on the spot, his face extremely pale.
However, he didn't really want to kneel down, but was suppressed by the power of martial arts, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
"Mr. Zhen Guo, you have gone too far. This is the court, and you are so domineering?"
"This is too much. Confucian scholars do not kneel before the emperor. You actually asked Li Ru to kneel down?"
"Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is acting wildly in the court. I hope Your Majesty will stop him."
"My lord, you are so presumptuous."
Voices sounded instantly.
They knew that Duke Zhen would definitely cause trouble when he went to court today, but what they didn't expect was that Duke Zhen would be so arrogant and domineering.
Just make a Confucian official kneel down?
Even the emperor cannot do this. The Duke of Zhenguo is too arrogant and domineering.
"Shut up, everyone."
The Duke of Zhen spoke again.
His aura was terrifying, and he was indeed lawless in the court, but Emperor Yongsheng didn't care. Instead, he sat on the dragon throne and watched all of this quietly.
"Li Zhengping."
"I want to ask you, wasn't the dog my Jinnian killed?"
"They stirred up resentment among the people and instigated more than 3,000 people to go to Daxia Academy. Even dogs can't do such a thing, right?"
"As for the imprisoned pigs, aren't they? My grandson's suggestion was approved by His Majesty, but these people think that my Gu family colluded with businessmen, using the slogan of justice, but did some things that are worse than pigs and dogs."
"Do they deserve to be called people? Do they deserve to be called scholars?"
"Then I will ask you today, do you have any evidence to prove that the Gu family colluded with Jiangning County officials and merchants? Even if you are a seventh-grade official, as long as you show the evidence today, I will kill myself here on the spot."
"If you can't produce any evidence, I will make your blood splatter three feet today."
Duke Zhenguo yelled directly and looked at the other party with murderous intent in his eyes.
As soon as these words came out, the latter's face became even paler, because Zhenguo Gong was right, these people did make mistakes in the first place.
"The Duke's words are serious. There are indeed some problems with the gathering of these people. But if there are still problems, it is wrong for Gu Jinnian to kill people. How does the Ministry of Punishment treat me?"
At this time, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment spoke.
He came out to smooth things over and changed the subject at the same time.
This is the simplest way of shifting your gaze. By minimizing the wrong things and expanding the right things, you can create a feeling that, regardless of the facts, you are right.
But what the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment said is correct.
Directly killing people and treating the law as nothing.
However, the Duke of Zhen Guo was very direct and threw out a stack of accusations.
"Go and see for yourself."
"This group of people themselves have evil intentions. Some people promised them many benefits to criticize my grandson and cause trouble. They even made it clear in their confessions that they would assassinate my grandson when necessary."
"I will ask you today."
"They already want to kill my grandson, can't my grandson kill them?"
"Do you really think that I am a rotten tree? Do you really think that I have half my foot in the coffin?"
The Duke of Zhen Guo was furious and threw the accusation directly in the face of the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
The saliva splashed on them, making them look extremely terrifying.
this moment.
The main hall really became quiet.
The right minister of the Ministry of Justice swallowed his saliva.
He glanced at the accusations scattered on the ground. There was no way this thing could be faked, and they could be found out with just one check.
If this is the case, then Gu Jinnian's murder is really justified. After all, these people are already murderous. Why don't you wait for the New Year by killing them?
"But... there are semi-saint guardians in Daxia Academy, and they don't dare to mess around. This is just an idea and no action."
The right minister of the Ministry of Justice spoke again.
Say it bravely.
Snapped.
next moment.
Duke Zhen Guo swung his dragon-headed cane and hit the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment hard on the face. A dozen teeth were instantly broken off, and his mouth was filled with blood, and he screamed in agony.
"You fucking say something like that to me again!"
"You're like a dog, and you can actually say such things."
"What did you eat when you were growing up in the Ministry of Justice?"
"Did you people in the Criminal Department grow up eating feces all day long?"
The Duke of Zhen was completely furious.
Mudd, is this human speech?
Do you have to stab a knife into your grandson's heart to resist?
The face of the Minister of Punishment became ugly, after all, the scolding of Duke Zhen was too unpleasant.
"You look so ugly, are you dissatisfied?"
"If you don't agree, just speak up. This is a dragon-headed crutch given by the late emperor. It can kill traitors. If you don't agree, just say, don't stand here and say nothing."
"talk."
"Why are not you talking?"
"Speak. If I talk to you again, will you become mute?"
Feeling the change in the face of the Minister of Punishment, Duke Zhen Guo didn't care at all, and directly hit the face of the Minister of Punishment with the leading cane.
The sound was even more deafening, making the Minister of Punishment unable to express his pain.
All fools know that if you open your mouth at this time, you will definitely end up no better than the right servant.
Because Duke Zhenguo was really angry.
"You guys, civil servants, I haven't been to court for several years and don't want to care about state affairs, just to live in peace and stability."
"My grandson has finally made some achievements, but you can't stand it? Are you uncomfortable with it?"
"Without me, how can you stand here peacefully? How can the minister, the minister, give you face? If not for me, your whole family is gathering on Huangquan Road now."
"You still dare to cause trouble for my grandson?"
The Duke of Zhen Guo pointed at the officials and cursed them without any scruples at all.
Emperor Yongsheng saw that Duke Zhen was scolding him so fiercely, so he originally wanted to offer some advice.
But after thinking about it, it’s best not to speak for now.
It was just in time to use the Duke of Zhen to suppress the arrogance of these civil servants.
He is the emperor on horseback. From the emperor's perspective, he can understand these civil servants, but from his own perspective, these civil servants do really disgusting things.
If you don't spray it, do you really think of yourself as a clean stream?
"Your Majesty."
"You really spoke out."
At this moment, Li Shan's voice sounded.
He is the prime minister of Daxia, and his status is not inferior to that of the Duke of Zhenguo.
And he is also a great scholar in the world.
More fearless.
"What's the point?"
"Is it your turn to speak now?"
"Li Shan, don't think that nothing will happen to you."
"My grandson was almost assassinated. Instead of helping, you sent the Jingmen army to hunt him down. You are really smart."
"I want to ask you today, why didn't you send someone to save my grandson when he was drowning?"
"Today, I will leave my words here."
"I have not forgotten the incident of Jinnian's drowning. I don't know who is behind it, but don't let me find out that it has anything to do with you."
"It really does have something to do with it. If I kill his whole family, I will let his whole family be buried. I will kill all the nine tribes. At worst, I will kill myself to apologize."
"Including you."
"If you dare to touch my grandson, I will make him regret it for the rest of his life. No one can escape."
The Duke of Zhen was completely furious.
His eyes even fell on these military officers and generals.
Because the possibility of this group of people is not ruled out.
Anyway, he does what he says. Whoever dares to touch Jinnian will have his whole family killed. As for what happens next, he doesn't care.
The worst case scenario is death.
At this moment.
The court was completely quiet.
They knew that Duke Zhen Guo had been holding his breath about Gu Jinnian's drowning.
I just didn't expect that I would choose to break out at this time.
The officials were silent.
They knew clearly that Duke Zhen Guo was not telling lies, he was very serious.
At this moment, Emperor Yongsheng's voice finally sounded.
"Your Majesty, calm down."
"I have also started an investigation into Jinnian's drowning. I believe that it will not be long before the truth will come to light."
"Those who are involved in this matter will definitely be given a satisfactory explanation by me."
Emperor Yongsheng said this.
It can be regarded as smoothing things over.
As Emperor Yongsheng spoke, Duke Zhenguo's anger subsided a lot.
Then, he looked at the officials and spoke slowly.
"Is there anyone else who would like to read a copy of my grandson's book?"
He inspected the officials and asked this question.
The officials kept silent, and all their arrogance was suppressed.
The main reason was that the Duke of Zhen came up with substantial evidence.
Keep them from making trouble.
"Your Majesty, the Duke."
"The prince's affairs can be gradually investigated, but the difficulties in Jiangning County are still the most important thing at the moment."
"I still believe that the imperial court should allocate funds and negotiate prices with merchants before ensuring food."
At this moment, the Minister of Revenue opened his mouth.
Don't worry about Gu Jinnian's affairs, but continue to focus on the floods in Jiangning County.
The reason why I troubled Gu Jinnian was because of this matter. I just wanted to suppress the general group more, but I didn't expect that the Duke would resolve it like this.
Of course, what they are most confused about is one thing.
That is, the Duke of Zhen is so arrogant and domineering, why doesn’t the emperor say a word?
This made them very confused.
But at this moment.
Emperor Yongsheng's voice sounded again.
"Gu Jinnian has solved the problem for me in Jiangning County."
He spoke.
After the voice fell, there was an uproar in the court hall.
Everyone's expressions changed, even the prime minister's expression changed.
Even if the Duke of Zhen reprimanded him angrily before, his expression did not change, but after hearing these words, his expression immediately changed.
Jiangning County’s food disaster crisis. As of yesterday, rice prices were still sky-high. Now tell me it’s been resolved?
What's the solution?
"Your Majesty, what's going on?"
He Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, couldn't help but ask Emperor Yongsheng.
The latter didn't say much.
The eunuch Wei Xian on the side gave each person a copy of the thick memorial.
This memorial is exactly the strategy written by Gu Jinnian.
Baiguan didn't say any nonsense, just opened it and watched it.
About half a quarter of an hour later.
There were sounds of breathing in one after another.
Especially He Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, was stunned on the spot.
This strategy is simply perfect and a divine plan.
Attack people's hearts with people's hearts.
Using food from outsiders caused a price panic. At critical moments, the imperial court was used to transport food to stabilize people's hearts and crack down on food prices.
One link after another leads to everyone having to follow the plan.
This is a conspiracy.
A very scary conspiracy.
Because this strategy is extremely simple, it targets rice merchants and foreign traders, and attacking their hearts is the best strategy.
Numb.
All civil and military officials were completely numb at this moment.
at the same time.
They also fully understood why Emperor Yongsheng was so domineering regardless of Duke Zhen.
That's because Gu Jinnian was not wrong.
Not only is there nothing wrong, but it has also made a huge contribution, and it is a contribution to the sky.
"Dare to ask your Majesty."
"What's the situation in Jiangning Mansion now?"
He Yan opened his mouth and couldn't help but ask.
"This is the memorial sent by the governor of Jiangning County overnight."
"The price of food has stabilized to four taels and one stone. Jiangning Mansion has signed all food orders, which guarantees that the refugees will have food within three months."
"The harvest is coming soon. It can be postponed for another three months. At that time, local officials will be sent to purchase grain and transport it to Jiangning County. This disaster will be over."
"This matter is jointly handled by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"Furthermore, work-for-relief is used. If the person is under fourteen or above fifty, there is no need to use work-for-relief. If there are sick or disabled people, there is no need to use work-for-relief."
"The Ministry of Punishment has begun a thorough investigation. All the high prices of grain sold due to this disaster must be fully investigated. We will make a decision after the disaster has passed."
"The Ministry of Industry is urging the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to produce large quantities of cultivators to prepare for the restoration of agricultural production after disasters."
"The Ministry of War will start investigating the whereabouts of the black dragon. It will be investigated together with the Xuan Deng Division and the Qilin Army. It must be thoroughly investigated."
"Yang Kai, Minister of Rites, I order you to go to Tianqi Mountain, find King Tianqi, and investigate the matter. The monster clan is causing chaos in our Great Xia. If King Tianqi cannot give an explanation, let the Ministry of War handle it."
"Li Aiqing, please weigh Gu Jinnian's merits and rewards and tell me the result. If there are no problems, I will seal it."
Emperor Yongsheng said a lot of things one after another.
And the Manchu Dynasty was civilized and military.
But he was still stunned in place.
Mainly because of Gu Jinnian's strategy, which was simply too amazing.
The news I received yesterday is that Jiangning County is still in dire straits.
Let us put an end to all disasters today.
This is simply a god.
They were shocked.
Can't say a word.
There was no preparation at all.
In their opinion, isn't His Majesty's method just to arouse public dissatisfaction and then kill businessmen to release food?
But I didn't expect that the disaster would be quelled in this way.
And what shocked them even more was.
This strategy was actually thought up by Gu Jinnian.
This is impossible.
This is impossible.
But regardless of whether it was written by Gu Jinnian or not, this strategy is indeed a divine plan.
Who can be in this position, who is an idiot? You can deduce the result in your mind just by watching it once.
No wonder the emperor is so stable.
No wonder the emperor felt so at ease.
So there is such a plan.
Thinking about everything, many things, they completely understood.
I finally understand why Su Wenjing is so excited, because this strategy is simply perfect.
"I will accept the order."
However, they still subconsciously agreed to what the emperor said.
"besides."
However, at this moment, the emperor's voice sounded again.
And his eyes became a little cold.
"Gu Jinnian's murder of Confucian Prisoner Wen was indeed my intention. Recently, there have been frequent rumors in Daxia Kyoto that someone is secretly manipulating it."
"You are completely unaware and even follow blindly. The matter in Jiangning County is urgent. I will not punish you severely, but only half a year's salary."
"Each of the six ministers has a one-year salary. Li Shan, you are the prime minister and the head of a hundred officials, but you don't know. I am very disappointed in you. If there is a next time, I will judge it myself."
"As for the three thousand troublemakers, I will investigate them thoroughly and not let anyone go. If anyone is involved, I will kill them without mercy."
These words of Emperor Yongsheng.
It even made all civil and military officials feel like they had fallen into an ice cellar.
Even Li Shan's face became extremely ugly.
He knew what the emperor meant by these words, and he understood it very well.
If there is a next time, his role as Prime Minister will be over.
What makes them even more terrified is...
The emperor is going to take action on these more than 3,400 scholars.
This is a wake-up call.
At this level, it has nothing to do with Gu Jinnian. It is the emperor who wants to take action to suppress Confucian scholars.
This signal.
That's what really scares and frightens them.
"Your Majesty is Holy Ming."
"Long live my emperor, long live me."
At this moment, a voice sounded.
It belongs to the Duke of Zhenguo.
He bowed to Emperor Yongsheng.
He seemed extremely happy.
And Gu Qianzhou was really taught a lesson.
My old man is really cruel.
"Retreat from the court."
Emperor Yongsheng stood up and left immediately.
All the officials shouted long live.
They also left one after another.
Outside the palace.
The voice of the Duke of Zhen sounded again.
"Lao Li, let's go and have a drink at my house."
"Old Sun, let's go and have a drink at my house."
"Zhou Ping, you little bastard, how dare you hide?"
"Go to my fucking house for a drink, hahahaha, I'll tell you in detail how my grandson gave me advice."
"My grandson alone is as good as all the civil servants. Look at these civil servants. They couldn't think of anything for a long time. Look at my grandson. He thought of a solution in a quarter of an hour."
"Hey, how come my grandson is so smart? Isn't this a slap in Liu Bu's face?"
"Tell him not to be so smart next time, otherwise people will be angry, hahahahaha."
The arrogant laughter of Duke Zhen rang out.
Unscrupulous.
It’s true that I don’t give any face to these people.
The civil servants and officials lowered their heads.
I want to say something, but I don't know what to say.
Most civil servants and officials are still in shock.
But Prime Minister Li Shan looked calm.
He knew that this matter was not completely over yet.
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This chapter talks about breaking through 200 words, and I will try to write another 20,000 words tomorrow.
But try hard, but you can't guarantee it 100%.
After the lessons learned from the previous book, I will not commit to adding more updates.
Ten thousand words a day is the basis. If it is more, it means you are in good condition. If it is not more, it is normal.
But I plan to take a break tomorrow. Seventy thousand words in three days is a bit too much.
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