Chapter 245: The Second Prince Emerges
Hubu Shangshu was escorted down by the inner servant, and what awaited him was undoubtedly a catastrophe. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Emperor Qiyang's anger was still not gone, and he ordered the edict to go down, sealed the Hubu Shangshu Mansion, and searched the house.
The situation between the DPRK and China seems to have changed faintly.
The hundred officials held their breath and didn't dare to say more, for fear of angering Emperor Qiyang, who was angry, and he himself suffered.
After dealing with the matter of the household book, Emperor Qiyang had a headache about the food again.
He called Meng Zhong, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, to ask, and the fact was as Zuo Xiangxiang said above, the grain sent by the imperial court was a very small amount of brown rice mixed with rice bran.
How can such a thing be eaten by people!
Emperor Qiyang asked him since he ascended the throne, Huajing has always been prosperous, if this matter is known by the neighbors, he should think that he is poor and can't survive, and let the people eat rice bran!
He's not going to let that happen!
Thinking of this, Emperor Qiyang said in a deep voice: "Where is the household servant? ”
The left and right attendants of the household department stood up respectively, bowed down and replied, "Weichen is here." ”
Emperor Qiyang had a gloomy face, looked at the two of them back and forth, and asked, "How much cash is available in the household?" ”
The two looked at each other and carefully said a number.
Emperor Qiyang choked in his heart when he heard this, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Okay, this Meng Quan, it's really good, he bought a bunch of rice bran with so much silver!
But now is not the time to be angry, it is Emperor Qiyang who slowly suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at the hundred officials.
"I wonder what Zhong Aiqing thinks about this matter?"
Zuo Xiang did not hesitate this time, took a step forward directly, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the top priority at the moment is to solve the matter of food, the people are full, naturally there are no complaints, the family can be rebuilt, but not eating is the top priority!" ”
"Zuo Xiang's words are reasonable," Emperor Qiyang's eyes narrowed slightly, "What about the others, don't you have anything to say?" ”
Several important ministers stepped forward one after another to echo Zuo Xiang's words.
Emperor Qiyang listened to it for a long time, but he didn't hear any substantive suggestions, so he couldn't help but be upset, waved his hand and retreated to the court first, leaving some important ministers to go to the imperial study to continue the discussion.
When I arrived at the imperial study, I didn't say anything for a while, and the people sent to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion came back.
Gonggong Xu presented a book of money and goods to Emperor Qiyang.
Emperor Qiyang listened to the reports of the people below while flipping through them, and the more he listened, the darker his face became, and he even sneered later.
Well, this is the "minister of the humerus" and "the pillar of the court" who is in charge of the economic power of Daqi, and he is really worthy of his trust!
He didn't know that Hubu Shangshu was so wealthy, didn't he often shout that Hubu had no money!
Now it seems that it has all gone into his own pocket!
The right minister's face was also ugly, and he didn't expect that Meng Quan would be so bold and reckless, leaving so much stolen silver at home.
This foolish thing, fortunately, I keep an eye on it every time, and I have never personally participated in everything, otherwise, I am afraid that the person who is on death row today will be counted as one!
Thinking of this, the right minister secretly sighed, more cautious, and refused to say a word, for fear of revealing any flaws for Emperor Qiyang and others to see.
The left phase looked at the right phase as if walking on thin ice, trembling, and snorted coldly in his heart.
Just let this old fox be scared, it would be good to scare him.
Anyway, this time they also knew that there was no way to involve him.
This old fox acted most cautiously, and easily refused to leave a little handle for others to know.
From the evidence they obtained, he knew that he must have already thought of a way out of this matter, and planned to leave it alone.
The left and right phases have been fighting secretly for many years, and they can't understand his personality.
When necessary, the right minister will not feel sorry for sacrificing his subordinates, as long as he can save himself.
is such a suspicious person, who is now in charge of half of the Great Qi Imperial Court, no, even more......
The left phase squinted slightly, and the seemingly cloudy eyes were round, and he thought, maybe from today onwards, the situation of the right phase dominance will be broken!
Thinking of the re-emergence of the Qi Kingdom court in the coming day, Zuo Xiang couldn't help but faintly look forward to it......
"Xiangye, Your Majesty asked you something." Shen Zishan, the Marquis of Jinyang, who was standing next to Zuo Xiang, reminded in a low voice.
What's going on with this Zuo Xiang, why did he think of such a distraction, he couldn't even hear the emperor's words.
Zuo Xiang was reminded by the Marquis of Jinyang, and he came back to his senses, and saw Emperor Qiyang looking at him with a frown, so frightened that Zuo Xiang hurriedly knelt down.
"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the old minister has lost his honor!"
Zuo Xiang was also a little scared in his heart, Emperor Qiyang was angry, but he was blatantly distracted in front of him, if Emperor Qiyang treated him for the crime of losing his honor in front of the king, it would not be impossible.
Besides, there is also the right minister on the side, looking for an opportunity to find his fault!
Emperor Qiyang didn't criticize him too harshly, but only asked: "Zuo Xiang thinks it is feasible for me to arrange to use this silver to buy grain?" ”
"Your Majesty Shengming," Zuo Xiang said busily, "This is the silver two that the Hubu Shangshu is greedy for, and now His Majesty is kind enough to use this for the people, and the people must thank Your Majesty for your kindness, Your Majesty's move can solve the urgent need at the moment, very good." ”
"Well, let's do it." Emperor Qiyang was very satisfied when he heard this, and his face was finally no longer so ugly.
However, this grain supervisor is not easy to choose.
Because of the fact that the ministers had just come out of the household book, they all cherished their feathers very much and refused to come forward.
No one thought that the second prince Mo Rin would stand up.
"Father, the son invited himself to be this grain supervisor, to share the worries of his father and the emperor, and to seek the well-being of the people of Daqi."
Emperor Qiyang looked at this son whom he didn't like very much, and naturally didn't attach much importance to it, and hesitated a little.
Now the princes have not been crowned kings, nor have they established princes, it stands to reason that the princes should be respected by the eldest prince, but now the eldest prince is supervising the repair of the Queen Mother's Temple in Xishan, so in Huajing, the two princes should be respected.
However, the status of the biological mother of these two princes is too low, because Emperor Qiyang has always disliked this son, even if he is now raised in the name of the queen......
Originally, Emperor Qiyang was more fond of the four princes Moxiao.
He should have been his only son-in-law, but because of his mother, Empress Xianxianren, Mo Xiao's identity became embarrassing.
It's not pleasing to think of the way he doesn't smile now......
At this time, the right minister also stood up to respond to the words of the second prince, and Emperor Qiyang thought about it and agreed.
Mo Rin controlled the expression on his face and replied with dignity: "The son will definitely live up to the trust of his father!" ”
Emperor Qiyang saw that he was so not arrogant or impatient, but he was quite satisfied.
In this way, the post of grain supervisor is decided.
If Mo Rin knew that this matter was completely different from what he expected, he was afraid that he would not take this hot potato even if he died.
However, when he regrets it in the future, it will be too late to regret it. (To be continued.) )