Chapter Ninety-Two: The Great Drought

Li Quan carefully took the letter, his hands trembled, not only him, but the emperor also trembled with this letter, because it was a blood letter.

"Chen Guangyao, the minister of Shanxi Province, was sentenced to death according to the prosecutor's office...

There has been a severe drought in Shanxi Province, and since last winter, not a drop of nectar has fallen, and the people are in hardship and unable to continue......

At the end of spring, I heard of the kindness of the saints, and there were lakes and lakes to store grain to help the hungry and relieve disasters, and the province bowed to thank the saints......

However, the summer was hot, and the ministers were afraid that the victims would be poor, so they knew that Shanxi Province had ten rooms and nine emptiness, and the people were cannibalistic......

I don't want to be detained in the government.....

Since then, the people have been in turmoil, and the ministers have come to ......

The minister knew that he had not noticed the evil deeds of Liu Hui and others, and he failed to report to the imperial court in time, causing civil unrest and turmoil, and he deserved death......"

The last situation Chen Guangyao did not write out, and the emperor also knew what the situation was, and the emperor was furious and shouted,

"Let the people in the cabinet who are in the corpse and eat the vegetarian meal get over to me! There are also the Household Department Scholars, the Officials Department Secretaries, the Punishment Envoys, the Secretaries of the Shanxi Provincial Senate, the Inspectorate, the Dali Temple, and, and, more,"

The emperor's body swayed, stroking his forehead, only to feel that there was a dazzle in front of him, and Li Quan hurriedly helped him.

The emperor shook his head,

"No, don't use those people, just let the cabinet come over!"

Li Quan said yes, and hurriedly ordered a small yellow door to go out to summon people, and massage the emperor's head by himself.

At this time, the imperial doctor came, pricked the emperor with a few injections, and warned the emperor to recuperate with peace of mind, remember to be overjoyed and angry, the emperor had an unbearable headache, and he was even more anxious, and he was still not good, so he beat twenty boards in anger and drove him out of the palace.

Then, I took the immortal medicine prescription that Xue Yuan was enshrined and felt more comfortable.

When the cabinet minister came in a hurry, he happened to meet the beaten imperial doctor, and he looked at each other, did not dare to delay, and hurriedly went to the Qianqing Palace.

Several people kowtowed to say goodbye, but they couldn't hear the emperor's voice calling up, so they didn't dare to raise their heads, so they could only kneel.

There are a total of three old ministers in this court, the longest cabinet chief assistant is the crown prince and the prince and the part-time household department Shangshu Zhang Enshang is seventy, the second assistant is Liu Lin, a part-time scholar, and the youngest Dali Temple Qing Ge You, but even Ge You is fifty years old.

The floor of the Qianqing Palace is paved with marble, bright and smooth, but it is hard and cold, and after kneeling for a while, several people have already numb legs and feet, unbearable pain, and sweat on their foreheads.

The emperor seemed to have just seen it, and said, "Why don't you hurry up and let people help you up, Li Quan, you stupid slave, you can't have a headache?"

Li Quan kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The old slave deserves death!"

Several cabinet elders have been officials for many years, and they knew that the emperor was taking the opportunity to warn them, so they helped each other up and bowed for a long time, "It's the sin of the ministers." ”

The emperor's voice was very calm, and he said, "Oh, your sins, then tell me what your sins are?"

The three pavilion elders didn't dare to speak, they had some guesses in their hearts, but it was impossible to tell the truth, otherwise would you be watching the palace or would you have heard about it but didn't report it?

After several people looked at each other, they said in unison, "Please also ask the Holy Lord to make it clear." ”

What the emperor hates deeply is that they are like this, they fight to the death on weekdays, and they can always work together to deal with him at this time, take a deep breath, and it is not the time to worry about them for the time being.

took Chen Guangyao's letter and handed it over, and he didn't dare to squeak under the mutual circulation.

"Let's talk about it!"

Zhang Enshang is the first assistant of the cabinet, he is the first, pondered for a moment and said,

"Saint, the top priority at the moment is to transfer grain storage in Huguang, Jiangnan and other places for relief and relief, and at the same time, in the turbulent places in the disaster area, send troops to attack and surrender, and we must take advantage of the autumn planting to solve the disturbance of the people, so as to calm the people's hearts. In addition, the Ministry of Rites and Rituals was ordered to prepare the Temple of Heaven for sacrifice, and asked the Holy Lord to ask for rain and dew. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have objections. Ge You stepped forward and said.

"You say. "Ge You is the emperor's confidant, and he always has to listen to something.

Judging from Chen Guangyao's blood book, it is the officials who forced the people to rebel, especially in the late spring, when the imperial court just paid the disaster grain, and the top priority is to bring Liu Hui and other corrupt officials to justice, so as to set an example and calm the people's anger. ”

"Your Majesty, although what Lord Ge said is reasonable, but Shanxi Province has long been turbulent and unstable, a chaotic situation, Liu Hui and others died unknown, and Chen Guangyao was convicted only on the basis of his words, it is too biased to listen to and believe it, Chen Guangyao, as a member of the Prosecution Department, originally had the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, but he failed to realize that he was already a criminal minister, who knows if he committed suicide in fear of crime?" Liu Lin argued.

"Liu Hui is a member of your clan, is Lord Liu excusing him?"

"It's just nonsense, although Liu Hui has the same surname as me, he has nothing to do with it, Master Ge is too bloody!"

"Enough!"

The emperor threw off a paperweight and fell to the feet of the two before stopping.

couldn't help but press his brows, this Ge You is really, stupid enough.

Originally, the emperor promoted Ge You to insert a needle between the ministers, and in the past, he was very tolerant of anyone he bitten, but it would not be good if he didn't forget to bite people at any time, maybe he had to think of a different dog, Yingtianfu Yijiayu Village may be a good choice.

However, these hindsights, the top priority is Shanxi's affairs.

"Zhang Aiqing is old and serious, so please leave everything to Zhang Aiqing. ”

Zhang Enshang shirked and said, "The old minister is old and frail, and I ask the emperor to invite another virtuous minister." ”

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Enshang is already seventy years old, and he has always been a mascot in the cabinet, and the emperor never sent him an errand.

"If Lord Zhang is old and frail, why don't you recuperate at home?" the emperor said with a puzzled expression.

"Thank you for your kindness. Zhang Enshang did not refuse, and immediately knelt down to thank him.

The emperor originally wanted to provoke him, but he didn't expect him to climb along the pole, the emperor was suspicious, and he Zhang Enshang was not a very high person, otherwise he was still holding power in his seventies, his performance like this naturally made the emperor suspicious, but the king had no jokes, and there was no way to turn around for a while.

"Zhang Aiqing has worked hard and made great achievements, even if he goes back to recuperate, he can't forget the affairs of the court!"

"Obey the grace of God. ”

"Then Liu Lin, you will be in charge, things should be done sooner rather than later, you go down and arrange it!"

"Yes, the ministers are retired. ”

Everyone was about to leave, but the emperor shouted again, "Wait, the prince is older, let the prince preside, and another prince will assist." ”

Even if the emperor has been taking immortal medicine from time to time in recent days, sometimes he feels powerless, even if he doesn't like the prince anymore, he has to consider the people of the younger generations, and he just takes a look at their abilities.

After the cabinet bigwigs came out, Ge You had never been close to the other two, and he was the first to leave.

Liu Lin asked respectfully, "Why did the old man refrain from the words of the saint?"

Liu Lin really didn't understand, the emperor had always been moody, and he was afraid that he wanted him to step down when he went home to recuperate, how could this Lord Zhang agree like this?

Zhang Shoufu smiled and said, "The old man is already old, and he has hunger and thirst, which means that it is difficult to continue daily government affairs, and he is so dignified and responsible." ”

Fart, Liu Lin was the first to believe it, but Zhang Enshang was an old fox-like person, and it took too much effort to get information out of his mouth, he was the second assistant, Zhang Enshang didn't care, he was the first to be on top, the drought problem in Shanxi was serious and complicated, and he wouldn't be able to sort it out for a while, and he didn't want to fight with him.

"Lord Zhang, since the lower official is responsible for the disaster relief, it's not good to talk about it, so I'll leave first. ”

Zhang Enshang was like a good gentleman, and said with a smile, "Go quickly! ”

After Liu Lin left in a hurry, Zhang Enshang gradually restrained his smile and said to the little yellow door beside him, "It's cold, it's time to put away your clothes." ”

Xiao Huangmen looked at the hot sun, touched his forehead and sweated, I don't know if he is crazy or Master Zhang is crazy?

Fawningly, he said, "Isn't it cold when the adults say it's cold." ”

Seeing that he looked ignorant, Master Zhang only sighed, "It's a blessing to be ignorant!"

Then he left, and from then on he also guarded the door of the house.