Chapter 194, Killing Chickens and Monkeys
This alley is usually silent, but now as many as 500 people have been arrested in this uproar! Many of them are children of poor families who have gone to Chang'an to study, and a large number of them are displaced people who have fled with their families. The remaining 100 people www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion are businessmen.
The lieutenant invited Li Hongliang to take a look.
Li Hongliang first released more than 50 women, children, and children, and more than 100 others, including the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. So there are more than 300 people left.
Today's Chang'an City is full of wind and rain, and it is pouring rain in the sky, but Li Hongliang's subordinates are in full swing. They braved the pouring rain and took these people to Dali Temple to find out the household registration first.
The Queen Mother said that the previous assassin could not find the household registration. If these people can't be found either, there is a high probability that they are accomplices.
A heavy rain fell from noon until Lu Chuan and the others had dinner, and Lu Chuan waited until late at night without waiting for the summons of the Empress Dowager Zhang.
"Let's sleep..."Su Jun said softly.
Lu Chuan nodded, in fact, Empress Dowager Zhang's body and bones were fine, and her intuition told her that something important must have happened recently.
Early in the morning of the second day, when it was time to go to court, Li Chengyun handed over the tax records he had copied to the ministers in the court for circulation.
"It's ridiculous, in the Great Jing Dynasty, a season of rice is only a million hundred! Lord Li... This... Is this true?"
"Otherwise, can I still fake? Hehe, you'll have to tighten your belts when you eat later. ”
The mood of the ministers in the court became heavy, and they said that if they did not turn the tide, then the foundation of the first emperor would be in danger.
To put it mildly, now the ministers who oppose the Empress Dowager Zhang's regime in the DPRK and China have been imprisoned by her, and the rest of the people are all Zhang's party, and many of them have privately annexed land and filled the treasury with grain and rice. Because of this, they have to pay more attention to the trend of the disaster to prevent the disaster from expanding, otherwise Empress Dowager Zhang will be the first to pull out their family property to confiscate and fill in the gaps!
More than 20 court officials stood in the main hall at a loss: "Why hasn't the Queen Mother come yet..."
"yes, it's all this hour!"
"You can't go to the morning today, right?"
Fan Shigao asked Li Chengyun in private: "The floods in Jiangnan are serious, what is Master Li's opinion?"
The ministers stopped talking and turned their heads to look at Master Li. Li said: "If we don't pay attention to repairing the river embankment and dam, the flood will be more serious, and the old man believes that we should take the lead in sending people south to find out the cause of the flood, and strengthen the embankment as soon as possible to guide the flood."
Second, at this time, the Son of Heaven stepped forward to distribute currency and materials, so that the deposited money could not be fully funded.
Third, only by issuing an edict on one's own crimes, giving amnesty to the world, and reflecting on one's own mistakes to the heavens, can we gain the mercy of the heavens......"
The others sound good, but it is estimated that it is a little difficult for the Son of Heaven to come forward to issue an edict of guilt. Because this move is no different from returning to the new emperor.
The ministers estimated that the Queen Mother disagreed.
However, all people believe that all the major natural disasters encountered in the past dynasties were mostly due to the emperor's lack of diligence and compassion for the people... Therefore, the heavens sent disasters to warn. Therefore, it is more important to return government than to deal with floods and reassure the victims.
Everyone's eyes narrowed, and after weighing it, they felt that it was indeed a good way for the Son of Heaven to come forward!
But who will persuade?
"If not... Let's jointly write to the Empress Dowager?Let her allow the Holy Lord to come forward to distribute currency and materials......" After weighing it again and again, Master Li wisely did not say the words of returning power to the new emperor.
But as long as the emperor comes forward, it doesn't matter if he says this sentence or not.
The ministers looked at each other and weighed the gains and losses in their hearts. The reason why he hesitated was because he was afraid of Zhang Haidong, Empress Dowager Zhang's comrade.
Seeing the calculating expressions on everyone's faces, Li Chengyun was furious, flicked his sleeves, pointed at their noses, and said angrily: "The only way to govern the country today is to save the people first, if you damage the people to serve them, you will still cut the shares to eat the belly, and the stomach will be full and die! At the moment of the people's survival, you will stand by and watch the mountain, how can it be different to cut the shares! In this way, this official will not do it!"
After Master Li finished speaking, he simply took off the crown on his head, and left angrily on the ground......
Everyone panicked and hurriedly stopped: "Hey, why should Lord Li be like this, now that the flood disaster is serious, and the people of Li are living in dire straits, as the pillars of the imperial court, wouldn't it be difficult to live for life if you don't serve the country!"
"Can Master Li really bear to watch the people displaced, hungry, and corpses strewn all over the field?"
"Li can't bear it, what if he can't bear it, the power of one person, the mantis arm is a car!" Master Li's footsteps stopped and turned around: "Don't wait for me, Li's family has thousands of fertile fields, and Su Cang is full, if you go to pull the car south, you can save some people." ”
"Your Excellency!"
"Stay here, sir!"
"I agree with what your lord said. ”
Fan Shigao took the lead in picking up Master Li's hat, personally dressed it, and said: "Rectifying the disaster is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people...... Now let's go to the book together, and we can't wait!"
Li Chengyun stopped at this time, so he was nominated by Lord Li, and the others reconsidered, and wrote a response plan of more than ten pages, ready to be brought in by Fan Shigao and Li Chengyun.
At this time, Gonggong Li came out and announced that the Queen Mother was unwell today and it was inconvenient to go to the early court, so everyone retreated without having anything to do. Li Chengyun and Fan Shigao stepped forward to see Empress Dowager Zhang. After a while, after the transmission was completed, the two followed behind Gonggong Li.
The Empress Dowager heard about the previous incident, and she had to summon this Lord Li, and deal with it quickly while the situation was not fermenting now, otherwise he might poke out some big basket.
The fold was sent to the hands of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the nostrils of the Empress Dowager Zhang were angry without reading two pages.
Empress Dowager Zhang pointed to a few big characters on the fold that the new emperor came forward to deal with all matters: "Li Chengyun, you are so bold, you dare to bewitch the people of the imperial court and return the government to the new emperor? Hmph, the mourning family sees that your disaster relief is fake, and it is true that the mourning family is coerced to return to power! Such a big rebellious remark... He deserves to be punished!"
Empress Dowager Zhang was furious, roared and scolded Li Chengyun bloody, Fan Shigao was so frightened that his legs were weak on the spot, and he didn't dare to say anything disobedient to Empress Dowager Zhang.
He forgot that Empress Dowager Zhang regarded the power in her hands more than her life, how could she return to power to the new emperor because of the bullshit remarks that the Son of Heaven was not virtuous and the heavens sent disasters?
From now on, Li Chengyun will be dismissed from his post and expelled from Chang'an, and all the baht in his family will be confiscated. After that, Empress Dowager Zhang glanced at Master Li coldly: "Li Chengyun, without the appreciation of the mourning family, you are not even a dog, and you dare to talk to the mourning family about returning to politics?"
Go, take your family to Jiangnan, and the mourning family will see how you save the people of Li from fire and water. The mourning family will let the Sanzhou Assassin supervise you, and if you do a good job, you will be allowed to return to Beijing!"