The Imperial Study.

The emperor sat on the chair with a sullen look and looked at Ji Tai with unkind eyes.

"Let Chang Gonggong wake me up so early, if you can't tell me a reason, I can't spare you!"

Ji Tai, who had been waiting for half an hour, hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, it's a big deal!"

"Tell me about it. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has just received news that the 100,000 stone tax grain transported from Jiangnan Province to Kyoto ......"

The emperor's body suddenly sat up straight, and his eyes were no longer hazy just now, and suddenly became sharp.

"You're not going to tell me that you've been robbed again, are you?"

"I remember that at that court meeting, didn't you say that Ningguo was peaceful in all directions, there were few bandits, and the villages were closed at night?"

Ji Tai choked suddenly, paused for three breaths, and hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, the old minister didn't expect the bandits to be so bold!"

Emperor Ning raised his eyebrows, his eyes glared fiercely, and his voice was suddenly majestic:

"So, the tax grain was really robbed by bandits?"

"Back to the emperor...... Exactly!"

Emperor Ning was silent for a long time, shook his head and smiled: "Last year, Jiangnan tax grain was lost, how did you deal with it?"

"Back to the emperor, the old minister asked the military department to send the Guangling Water Division to Shuangjiao Lake to suppress the bandits, but, yes...... Han Yue, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said that the Guangling Water Division is now dead in name only, and even if it is sent, it will only kill some more people. ”

"Besides, a few years ago, the Guangling Sailor also went to Shuangjiao Lake to suppress the bandits, but they all returned with a feather, so the old minister thought about it, and this matter was still done after the national strength was strong and the sailor was strong again. ”

"In order to make up for the loss of taxes and grain in Jiangnan last year, this year's old minister ordered all provinces to increase taxes by 20%, but he never expected that something would happen again......

"Your Majesty,"

Ji Tai bowed: "The place of the Imperial City Division is not under the control of the old minister, but the duty of the Imperial City Division was originally to spy on intelligence and suppress bandits...... This kind of thing happened in broad daylight, and the Imperial City Division didn't even know about it!"

"The old minister doesn't dare to say whether the eldest grandson is right or wrong, but the matter is too big for the old minister to do...... Did the emperor ask the Imperial City Division to handle this earth-shattering case? If it can be recovered, it will be able to solve the worry of the emptiness of the treasury!"

Emperor Ning sighed for a few breaths, and ordered Gonggong Chang, who was waiting on the side: "Go and call the eldest grandson Jinghong to me!"

"Slaves obey!"

Gonggong Chang turned around and was just about to leave, when he heard Emperor Ning say again: "Call Li Chenan too!"

Father-in-law Chang responded and bowed down and exited the imperial study.

Emperor Ning didn't ask Ji Tai another word, he sat in front of the dragon case, rubbed his temples, and picked up a stack of papers placed next to him.

These are the sixteen poems at Li Chen'an's Mid-Autumn Festival.

He read the sixteen poems again, and his mood seemed to change a little better.

"Three days later, I will return to Changle Palace. ”

Ji Tai was overjoyed, but his face was shocked:

"Your Majesty, you can't leave now!"

Emperor Ning put the stack of papers next to him again, "It's not far from Queen Lu's sacrifice day, I want to prepare it." ”

"As for this matter in the court, you must be careful. ”

"President Sun Jinghong and Chen An are here...... I know there's something going on between you. They are all my courtiers, and they all serve the Daning country, so what is the point of personal grievances?"

"Put it all down!"

"Let me be more idle, you can spend more time on state affairs, so that the common people can live a better life. ”

Ji Tai bowed again: "The old minister remembers what the emperor said...... In the past, there was indeed some misunderstanding with Lord Xiao Li, and the old minister should set up a banquet to invite Lord Xiao Li on another day, hoping to release his previous suspicions and serve the emperor at the same time. ”

As soon as his words fell, Chang Zuoqing hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty...... Something happened to the Imperial City Division, and Lord Changsun and Lord Xiao Li were not there. ”

Emperor Ning's eyebrows furrowed, and his mood suddenly became bad again, "What happened to the Imperial City Division again?"

"When I returned to the emperor, I heard that an old man had died. ”

“...... Just such a small thing?"

"Your Majesty, this doesn't seem to be a trivial matter, because not only Lord Changsun and Lord Xiao Li went, but almost all the people in the entire Imperial City Division also went...... Go and see the old man to his end. ”

Ji Tai was shocked, he didn't expect the Imperial City Division to attach so much importance to the old man named Miao Qiufen.

After thinking about it, that guy has been lurking by his side all these years, and he sent a lot of information to the Imperial City Division, but fortunately he was found out by Xi Wei.

He deserves to die!

Huangcheng Division, this is stealing chickens and rice, let them cry!

So, he was suddenly happy in his heart, but unexpectedly, Chang's father-in-law looked at him at this moment and showed a look of wanting to say something.

The emperor was also stunned at this time, "Where did the main and deputy lifts go?"

"Back to the emperor, the slave just learned the news. ”

"Say, it was said that Lord Xiao Li left the Imperial City Division with the funeral procession first, passing through ......"

Grandpa Chang glanced at Ji Tai again, Ji Tai saw Grandpa Chang's strange eyes this time, and his heart suddenly chuckled, and he heard Grandpa Chang say again:

"When passing through Changyue Alley, Lord Xiao Li ordered the team to stay at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion for a while. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows and asked puzzledly, "Why is the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Ji Taihu's eyelids jumped, and a bad premonition rose, and his old eyes looked at Chang Gonggong with wide open.

"Lord Xiao Li ordered his subordinates to smash the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion...... In addition, in addition, Lord Xiao Li also blew up two cans, that is, the fireworks of the Fish Dragon Club on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival...... Thrown into the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Ji Tai's face suddenly turned pale, and then turned red!

The prince was also shocked.

He didn't know what it was, but he had heard that it was powerful.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Chenan used this thing to break through the defense of the headquarters of the Fish Dragon Club, and blew up the wall of the second prince's palace, and also blew up the study of Ji Taixiang's mansion.

“...... It'......"

Emperor Ning turned his head to look at Ji Tai, "Chen An is young, he has been in that small place in Guangling City in the past, although his poetry and articles are extremely good, but he still does things, it is still Meng Lang." ”

After all, this is also the nature of a teenager. ”

"As the prime minister of a country, you don't need to worry much about him...... Why did he break down your door and blow up your yard?"

Ji Tai's murderous heart has already risen, but at this moment, he can only press it in his heart.

He bowed and saluted: "Back to the emperor, the old minister still doesn't know the reason!"

"The emperor is right, the old minister is so old, of course he can't be angry with Lord Xiao Li. ”

"Didn't you just blow up some houses and tear down the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"After the next dynasty, the old minister went to invite a craftsman to repair it again, and it was fine. ”

"That's the minister's small family, it's not important, the important thing is that we are Ningguo, the emperor!"

"The barbarians in the Western Regions have moved, and the western border army is short of food and grass, and the old minister thinks that investigating and dealing with the water bandits in Shuangjiao Lake is the biggest thing now!"

Emperor Ning touched his short beard, "Well, this is reasonable!"

"Father-in-law,"

"The minions are here!"

"Go and see where Chen An and the eldest grandson Jinghong have gone, and take them to the imperial study, I ...... Ask them how to do this!"