jdhmnovel Chapter 234 Quarrel
Chapter 234 Quarrel
Zhou Wenyi was dragged to the mass grave outside the city after the people in the palace left.
A face appeared.
He looked at Zhou Wenyi's smelly and dirty body, his eyes showing bloodthirsty madness. "You are all dead? Then I am the only one alive, should I avenge you?"
Someone is coming here.
The figure disappeared immediately.
Early the next morning.
Qingdai smiled all the way to Tangyuan, "Madam, I have good news for you."
"Did what happened last night come to pass?"
"The drug was given." Qingdai stood in the corridor with a smug smile on her face, which faded away little by little as she spoke.
"When I went there, the two of them were still planning to come to the mansion tomorrow to apologize, and they also said they would bring the man in dressed as a maid."
Chunxi couldn't help but spit:
"Evil creatures whose hearts were blinded by lard. You should have killed them then and there."
"That's too easy for them." Qingdai looked into the distance, "I will let them suffer the consequences."
The Jinyiwei people came over again to tell Su Rutang.
It is said that Zhou Wenyi is dead.
The bodies were taken to a mass grave by the imperial prison staff.
Hearing Zhou Wenyi's name again, Su Rutang felt as if she was in another world. The feud with the Zhou family ended here, "Let him die. He has nothing to do with me in the first place."
"The commander said that Zhou Wenyan has been missing and has not been found yet."
Su Rutang didn't take it to heart either.
"It depends on his luck."
Su Rutang thought of the great monk Liangran, and he must cure Shangqi's face this year.
"Ask Duhuo to find out where Master Leran is? Urge him to return to Beijing as soon as possible. What's the fun in following the retired emperor?" Su Rutang complained.
Qingdai responded and left.
A maid brought a letter to Su Rutang, and she opened it and saw that it was a letter from Long Yu to her. He asked her to go to Huguo Temple to appreciate the plum blossoms the day after tomorrow, and Long Yu used a seal.
Su Rutang knew when she saw it that he had something to tell her.
She asked her maid to tell the messenger that she would definitely go to Huguo Temple the day after tomorrow.
The imperial study is also very busy.
Memorials impeaching the Fifth Prince came in like snowflakes.
It is said that he went to Jiangnan in early summer before the harvest and ordered the conversion of farmland into mulberry fields, which not only left countless farmers with nothing to harvest, but also caused the failure to collect tax grain in Jiangnan due to the disaster this year.
Since tax grain cannot be collected in Jiangnan, one can imagine the situation in other places.
Mr. Jian has not been in good health these days and is now unable to get out of bed at home. He cannot attend court and cannot contribute even if he wants to.
Secretary Shen, Bo Luohui, Prince Cheng and Prince Kang were sitting in the imperial study.
Shang Yan stood not far away.
Behind the curtain, the emperor was meditating. He said he had to take advantage of this time to practice, otherwise he was afraid that his progress would be delayed.
"Why did it take half a year for this incident to reach the capital?" Secretary Shen deliberately put the memorial on top. "I didn't hear any news about it before. The governor of Jiangnan didn't give any explanation either."
Prince Cheng took the letter and took a look at it.
The wheat had not yet matured, and Jiangnan implemented the Fifth Prince's order to convert farmland into mulberry fields.
Naturally, the common people did not want the wheat they had planted last autumn and winter, which was due to be harvested in more than a month, to be trampled and cut down to be used to plant mulberry seedlings.
The people are not happy.
The above orders are difficult to implement.
The fifth prince knew that the silk from Li State brought huge profits to the country, so he dispatched soldiers from nearby military camps to ride horses and trample the seedlings.
Countless officers and soldiers rode into the wheat fields on horseback.
Some directly asked the yamen runners to drive the cattle into the wheat fields and start plowing.
People eat for food.
The common people cherish food the most, and it's not that they don't obey the above notice. Just give them more than a month to harvest the wheat and turn it into mulberry fields.
Many old farmers cannot bear to see their wheat being trampled.
He ran into the wheat field and lay on the ground with his hands outstretched.
The horse's hooves started.
The officers and soldiers were reluctant at first, but they could not disobey military orders.
The fifth prince issued an order that all rebellious people should be killed without mercy.
It is said that mulberry fields are beneficial to the country, so how can one compete with the national interests for personal gains? During this movement of agricultural reform to mulberry fields, hundreds of unruly people died under the horseshoes.
More than a thousand people were arrested.
The emperor knew about this.
He heard that there were unruly people who wanted to rebel and hindered the agricultural reform and endangered the national interests of the Great Zhou. He incited the unruly people to make trouble and ordered the fifth prince to deal with them severely.
At that time, Minister Su suggested sending the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to take a look.
He was reprimanded by the emperor.
Shen Zhongshu pretended not to know about this matter.
Now, the old farmers' children, who were instigated to death by the other princes, came to cause trouble, and even asked the students in Jiangnan to write a petition.
Bo Luohui was so angry when he saw the letter that he couldn't help but speak:
"Thousands of lives were lost because of a single word of rebellion. The common people paid the price of their lives just to protect the crops they had worked so hard to grow from being trampled on."
“This matter must be investigated thoroughly.”
Shen Zhongshu coughed deliberately and looked at King Cheng, only to see that King Cheng was sitting there with his eyes closed, resting as if he were an outsider.
"The Fifth Prince was right at the time. He ordered people to arrest and lock up the people first, and then conduct a thorough investigation one by one. Those who should be punished should still be punished. Who knew that some people would start a riot under the instigation of some people with ulterior motives?
Those common people hit the horses on the head with hoes, and you said that horses are just animals and naturally run around in panic. "
What Shen Zhongshu said makes sense.
The emperor nodded behind the curtain, very happy that Secretary Shen was sensible.
"Mr. Zhongshu said lightly that the riot was instigated by someone with ulterior motives. Who instigated it? Is there any evidence that someone instructed the people to cause trouble?"
Bo Luohui pressed his forehead and recalled a time in the summer when Minister Su got drunk.
He said that the people in the south of the Yangtze River are suffering.
At that time, Bo Luohui didn't take it seriously.
It turned out that those people died because of the radical behavior of the officials.
Shen Zhongshu looked very unhappy. Bo Luohui's temper was even tougher than that of Duke Su. He was born in a poor family and had nothing to fear.
Spray everyone equally.
"Minister Bo, you are too kind. Changing agriculture to mulberry is a national policy and must be done." Secretary Shen changed the subject and looked at King Kang. "This matter is not handled by me, and I am just discussing the matter at hand.
What the common people lost was only one season's wheat, so they could negotiate with the government for tax reduction or exemption.
In autumn, they can also produce silk and sell it for silver.
We should not only focus on the immediate benefits, but also on the long term. The policy is definitely good, and it is implemented for the benefit of the people. Those fools have no brains and just listen to the instigation of those with ulterior motives to cause trouble. "
Shen Zhongshu became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Is Minister Bo questioning the emperor's policies?"
King Cheng, who had been silent and resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes. "Minister Bo is concerned about the common people. He was born in a poor family and knows the suffering of the common people."
"I know that Minister Bo was born in a poor family. It's not that he doesn't want to give people a way to live, but he has thought of a way for them to get rich."
What Zhongshu Shen said went deep into the emperor's heart.
He no longer had the mood to meditate.
He leaned on the couch and nodded continuously.
He was almost applauding Shen Zhongshu. It seemed that only Shen Zhongshu understood his painstaking efforts to be emperor.
Everything we do is for the people.
Bo Luo recovered his breath and almost laughed.
"Mr. Shen said that easily. You also know that mulberry seedlings can only produce silk in autumn. Can the little silk they produce be exchanged for the grain they ate that year?
The people are waiting for the summer grain taxes to fill their stomachs, and for the rice to be planted in the summer and harvested in the autumn.
How much food do you think the common people have in their homes? Or do they sew their mouths shut and wait until the silk is produced in the fall before they can eat.”
"The lean period refers to the early summer. Many people rely on wild vegetables and grass roots to fill their stomachs. People in the south of the Yangtze River have a better life than those in other places, but they can't store much food."
"Why don't you send the grain from your palace to the people? You can ask people to exempt all taxes and distribute the grain. Let's see if any people will go against the government's national policy.
The common people are most afraid of dealing with government officials. If they are allowed to cause trouble without regard for their lives, they will certainly have no way to survive.”
The emperor raised his hand and threw the inkstone out.
Shang Yan was quick-witted and quick-handed, and he quickly used the force to knock the inkstone crooked.
Bo Luohui broke out in a cold sweat.
The inkstone was clearly aimed at him.
Shen Zhongshu stood up.
He wanted to curse Bo Luohui, this damn guy was so disrespectful to him.
King Cheng stood up and laughed, "Alright, alright. This is all official business, let's be friendly."
Shen Zhongshu suddenly felt aggrieved.
"The income from the mulberry fields does not go into my pocket, but is for the common people in Jiangnan. Those mulberry farmers are making trouble after getting the advantage, who can they go to for justice?
Everyone is talking about tax cuts and exemptions, and everyone is talking about a shortage of grain. Doesn't the Ministry of Revenue have a shortage of grain?
At the end of the year, all departments need money and grain. If you exempt the people from tax, what will you give to the six departments? "
Everyone fell silent.