Chapter 261: The Wind Rises (Part II)

The food is silent, the women's table is silent, and there is occasionally the sound of cups and porcelain colliding, in comparison, the men's table is much more lively.

By the joy of the New Year, the men made a lot of noise, and Xiang Gonggong was beside the emperor, and raised his voice to read a welcome fu.

The children of the clan took turns to toast, first to the emperor, and then to a few high-ranking uncles, after a round, the following people wanted to toast His Royal Highness King Yu of the hot stove of the storage position, but no one was willing to be this bird.

Who would have expected that the fourth prince raised the wine cup and went to the second prince, holding the cup in both hands, and his tone was very calm and serious: "The younger brother wishes the second brother a good New Year, and the spirit of Ryoma." ”

The second prince smiled heartily, stretched out his hand, raised his head and drank it all in one fell swoop, patted the shoulder of the fourth prince, and laughed repeatedly: "Borrow the fourth brother's auspicious words, borrow the fourth brother's auspicious words!" ”

The fourth prince's face moved slightly, he was stunned, and then the second prince also laughed loudly.

After the four princes toasted, they made a start, and the people below were enthusiastic, and now the children of the clan who can still participate in the banquet are actually a little far away from the royal family, but everyone toasted the second prince, but the tone was very affectionate - anyone can think of it, according to the emperor's current degree of eccentricity, after the emperor drives the crane to the west, he can only be the eldest son on the throne, and he will not have a good relationship with the future king when he is diving, and he will be thousands of miles away in the future, who still remembers that there is such a person as you.

The sixth prince looked at the people gathered around the second prince, his eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand lightly. Take a sip of Huadiao wine. When he looked up again, he unexpectedly saw Zhou Pingning, the second son of the king of Pingyang, looking directly at him. The king of Pingyang is close to Jinshang, and he only has two sons under his knees, and when his second son, Zhou Pingning, did not marry the second daughter of the Chen family, he was never qualified to appear in such a place. People are more expensive than their husbands, but he is good, he is addicted to soft rice, and a husband is expensive with his wife.

The flavor of Huadiao wine is clear and fragrant, and it goes around the tongue three times in the mouth. The smell is strong but mild.

The six princes held the lamp with one hand, passed through the crowd, and headed in the direction of Zhou Pingning, bowed their heads to salute from afar, and then did it first as a respect.

Zhou Pingning raised his eyebrows, raised his hands to the cup, his throat moved slightly, and then he drank it down, turning over the wine cup to indicate that there was not a drop of wine left.

The six princes looked at it with a smile, and the corners of their mouths gradually hooked. Zhou Pingning is now like a trapped beast trapped at the foot of the wall, and like a handful of dry wood. As long as someone gives him a little open fire, he can burn it immediately, and then the fire is raging, almost burning the prairie fire.

After a few rounds of drinking, the side of the screen is already a group of people driving to the Taiye Pool, after the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, fireworks are usually set off, through the blue waves, the fireworks bloom, the appearance is reflected on the water, better than looking in the night sky.

Xingzhao couldn't be frightened when she was pregnant, and stayed in the Luyun Palace, and so did Huanyi.

A Yuan in Xinrong's family is no more than two years older than A Jin, the child is willing to play with the child, A Jin took A Yuan's hand and did not let go, Huan Yi had to entrust the eldest daughter to Xinrong, and explained a few words with a serious expression, no children and no daughters, and the two pregnant women sitting together and chatting can be regarded as taking care of each other, Queen Fang said that she was very relieved.

The pavilion in the center of the lake is crowded, the lanterns are hung high, and they sit down in order, and soon after, the end of the Taiye Pond roars loudly, "Xiu - " three times straight into the sky, and then the high altitude is "bang" to open at once, the ceremonial flowers open and close, pause in the air for a moment, can clearly see the outline of the territory of the Great Zhou, after the pause, a little spark falls down quickly, and the light gradually disappears on the mirror lake.

The emperor took the lead in clapping his hands, and someone below him flattered loudly: "Today, the world has been ruled for more than 30 years, Beiping Tatar, Haikou in the south, Jiayu in the west, Goryeo in the east, and the Central Plains Dading, its merits can be compared with Shunyao, and its benefits can climb Yanhuang!" ”

In fact, the Southeast Sea Kou has not yet calmed down, but who dares to touch the emperor's head here.

The emperor leaned back in his chair, his downward sagging face trembled suddenly, with some complacency, and then raised his chin invisibly, his eyes half-squinted, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Empress Fang glanced at the emperor, turned her head calmly, the incompetent emperors in history probably couldn't get rid of the great joy in their later years, the sound of dogs and horses, the number of ways to cultivate and ask the Buddha, but she never thought that he would take all three of these things, and added a servant of five stones.

I don't know what the annals of the afterlife will say about him and her.

Probably like those emperors and queens.

A hasty brush, all the grievances and grievances of their lives are sealed in the yellowed history.

The emperor looked very proud, waved his hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "These fireworks are prepared by the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it was developed by the Treasure Division." Bow down to your father-in-law and answer questions.

"Reward—"

Before the emperor finished his words, he heard the voice of King Pingyang suddenly interjecting, "The merits of the east, west, north and south outside this territory, the imperial brother is naturally the first person in the first three hundred years and the next three hundred years, but the younger brother heard that there is still a disparity in the territory of the Great Zhou." ”

The emperor's eyebrows twisted, and then his heart became angry, and he frowned in a daze and asked, "Where?" What's the matter? Why didn't anyone talk to me!? ”

King Pingyang's eyes swept towards the six princes, and he hurriedly got up and lifted his robe, and knelt on the ground: "Back to the emperor, today is a good day and a good night, and I shouldn't have talked about this, but the matter is urgent, and the younger brother is only ruthless to be the one who spends the fun." The younger brother has been in charge of the Zongren Mansion for a long time, and he checked the account books of the Zongren Mansion a few years ago, only to find that the Jiangnan tribute tax is getting lower and lower year after year, and the tribute tax is less than two million taels of silver today, and the silver taels distributed to the Zongren Mansion from the Jiangnan area are less than 30,000 taels! ”

King Pingyang paused, propped his hands on the blue brick ground, lowered his head, and then said, "What can you do with just 30,000 silver?" The annual expenses of the clan are more than 100,000 snowflakes of silver, and the amount of fat powder and spices in and out of the palace alone reaches 100,000 taels of silver. The area south of the Yangtze River is rich and fertile, and the 30,000 taels of silver in the Tribute Tax Sect's Mansion are just a drop in the bucket, just like a rich businessman rewarding a tael of copper and calling flowers on the street! ”

The emperor has not asked about the affairs of the court for a long time, and has no concept of both tribute, tax and silver, but when he heard the tone of King Pingyang, and then saw that his expression was serious, he couldn't help but slowly sit up straight, straighten his waist, but found that he couldn't straighten up with his strength.

Slowly sat up with the emperor, as well as the six princes and Empress Fang.

What the King of Pingyang said was exactly what the six princes had been investigating in the past few months, and even the household department did not dare to take Jiangnan lightly, and the six princes only dared to conduct a thorough investigation under the surface of the water by relying on the identity of the emperor's heirs.

The king of Pingyang has always been just an idle prince, good at raising flowers and teasing birds, no matter how good the beauty is singing, fortunately, the green waters and green mountains, the only bad thing is the power dispute, the emperor wants to raise his brother, and hand over the Zongren Mansion to him to take care of, the royal clan is now very estranged from the blood relationship, and there is no difficulty in taking care of the Zongren Mansion at all, even so, the King of Pingyang can not be well organized, where does he have the ability to meddle in the old affairs of Jiangnan?

said that he could see the situation of hiding filth and dirt in the Jiangnan area from the accounts of the Zongren Mansion, and the six princes didn't believe it.

What does King Binh Duong want to do?

The eyes of the six princes darkened for an instant, and then they looked at Zhou Pingning.

Zhou Pingning's eyes flashed, and he just looked at the six princes for a moment, and gently pursed his lips to make an unclear mouth shape.

Chen of the Chen family? Or a courtier's minister? Or is it the punishment of punishment?

The six princes' minds were spinning quickly, and suddenly he was clever, his hand was pinched on the chair and stool, and he just wanted to speak, but after listening to the silence, the emperor had a weak voice.

"Are you saying that the Jiangnan area embezzled taxes and silver, and the flies and dogs colluded to form a party, deceived the superiors, and oppressed the subordinates to send me and the royal family as if they were called flowers!?"

The emperor's words are extremely passionate, this is challenging his emperor's authority, no one can challenge him, the emperor's authority! The emperor's green tendons were exposed, and he broke out.

"How long has this been going on?"

"It's been three years since the emperor." King Binh Duong buried his head lower.

"Why hasn't anyone told me! The household officials ate the food and salary of the heavenly family, wore the brocade given by me, and took the snowflake silver of the official family! Corpse vegetarian meal, nothing to do! ”

The emperor slapped his palm on the wooden table, and the "snap" was actually not too big, but only this sound could be heard in the hall.

No one dared to answer, and there were still a few points of fire in the sky that had not had time to fall.

King Pingyang knows how to provoke the emperor's anger very well, oh no, it is Chen Xian who knows very well what the emperor cares about and values most.

As the authority of the emperor, and absolute control and control of this land.

The six princes secretly thought in their hearts.

King Pingyang quickly raised his head and glanced at the six princes, quickly lowered his head, and said in a very fast voice: "Your Majesty, I am very lucky!" The corpse of the household officials is vegetarian, but His Royal Highness King Duan is worried about the world first -- His Royal Highness King Duan Wang has already gone through the details of the accounts of Jiangnan officialdom for more than ten years, and will send people to Jiangnan to investigate and investigate thoroughly before the year, which is really a blessing in the world and a model of a virtuous king. ”

The heart of the six princes sank, waiting for the afterword.

The emperor was a little confused about what the king of Pingyang meant? Why did he suddenly jump from the collusion of party henchmen in Jiangnan officialdom to sing praises to the sixth child, isn't it this drama carefully arranged by the sixth child?

The emperor looked at the six princes, frowned and turned to look at King Pingyang: "Do you have any eyebrows?" ”

King Pingyang shook his head, "His Royal Highness King Duan's own strength is already reluctant, and the younger brother implores the emperor to send a special official to follow His Royal Highness King Duan to go deep into the Jiangnan area again to thoroughly investigate this matter, so as to correct the style of my Great Zhou Dynasty and tend to the unhealthy atmosphere of officialdom!" ”

King Pingyang repeated it again, and his tone was firm: "Brother I implore His Royal Highness King Duan to re-enter Jiangnan to correct the country!" ”

I see!

The six princes suddenly realized!

forced him out of Dingjing and forced him to Jiangnan, he had a deep grudge with Jiangnan officialdom, Chen Xian played well and borrowed a knife to kill people!

When the king of Pingyang said this, he praised him as the oldest, and he took the lead in meddling in the accounts of Jiangnan, if he didn't go south with the official, what he did was nothing more than to sell his reputation and reputation, and pretend to be a gesture!

The sixth prince twisted his hand and was about to answer, but a small palace man who was running fast walked in, knelt on his knees, and said loudly: "Princess Duan suddenly felt slightly sick, and I hope that Zhang Yuan will judge and His Royal Highness King Duan to go to the Luyun Palace!" (To be continued......)