Gao Pei was stopped when he arrived at the palace, he didn't see Jin Shan'er, Gao Pei was not surprised at all, so Gao Pei went to see Li Jun, and finally Li Jun didn't see Gao Pei, Gao Pei knew that the matter was big, so Gao Pei made a killer move, and knelt in front of the palace in a daze.

Gao Pei knelt for about two hours, and He Shen walked out, Gao Pei saw He Shen and hurriedly asked, "Da Changqiu, what did Your Majesty say?"

He Shen sighed and said: "Master Gao, please get up, Your Majesty still believes in you very much, Your Majesty said that you can't participate in this matter, if you know in advance, you will also stop it, Your Majesty asked me to tell you, go back and study hard, the imperial examination will be held soon, don't be distracted, as for others, if you do something wrong, you will be punished, rest assured, I am not a person who loves to kill." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the students will live up to Your Majesty's expectations." Gao Pei said movingly, with Li Jun's words, at least his father-in-law and Jin Shan'er are not in danger of life.

After He Shen left, Gao Pei glanced back at the palace again, and secretly swore in his heart that he must be on the list in this imperial examination, otherwise he really won't be able to do anything......

On the first day of the first month of June, the Shangshutai was full of people, the cabinet and several major departments attended the meeting, and there was a middle-aged man kneeling in the center, this middle-aged man was Jiang Zheng, the county magistrate of Huaihua County, this person was not a romantic person, but he was a face of vicissitudes.

Li Jun looked at the county magistrate in front of him curiously, coughed and said, "Okay, now start your self-defense." ”

"Your Majesty, Jiang Zheng, the county commander of Huaihua County, has failed to resist the disaster in this locust plague, please surrender your majesty." Jiang replied without changing his color.

Li Jun was choked by these words, Lao Tzu has long wanted to cure your crimes, you begged Lao Tzu to come to Beijing to defend yourself, Lao Tzu agreed, but you didn't defend yourself, you looked like you were going to kill and chop, are you a fool when Lao Tzu?

Li Jun was very angry, and the consequences were very serious, so poor Jiang Zheng pulled him down and beat him ten boards.

When Jiang Zheng was brought back up, his whole butt was covered in blood, Li Jun breathed a sigh of relief, and Jiang Zheng smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, it's the minister Meng Lang, you shouldn't play these tricks in front of Your Majesty." ”

Li Jun snorted coldly: "It's good to know, I'll give you one last chance to say everything you want to say." ”

"Your Majesty, Huaihua County's Persuading Nongli became this position because he sent money to his ministers, so he has no real ability and failed to warn the occurrence of disasters in advance, which is one of the crimes; Then when the incident happened, the minister discussed with the county magistrate of Xinghua County to judge himself, but the minister retreated halfway, and was unrighteous for his friends, which was the second crime, so the minister asked His Majesty to surrender. Jiang Zheng said eloquently.

Li Jun's eyes widened and asked, "Gone?" ”

Jiang Zheng nodded and said, "Your Majesty, it's gone." ”

"Hmph, what about you replacing the stricken grain with chaff? Isn't it a sin for you to raise my people as animals? Li Jun asked coldly.

Jiang Zheng arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is not a sin, this is a merit." ”

Li Jun has never seen such a shameless person, if it weren't for the large number of people today, Li Jun would have been eager to cut this guy with a sword now, and finally Li Jun couldn't bear this tone and sneered: "Jiang Zheng, if you can't tell the reason for this matter, I will chop you up and feed it to the dog." ”

Jiang Zheng took off the official hat on his head and put it on the ground and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what the ministers say may not be heard, but please Your Majesty must listen to the ministers no matter what, otherwise the ministers will not be blind." ”

Seeing that Li Jun was showing signs of anger again, Yuan Zhan stood up first and said, "Okay, Jiang Zheng, you hurry up, the imperial court has its own laws, and we will deal with it impartially." ”

"Your Majesty, in Huaihua County, one pound of grain can be exchanged for three pounds of chaff, according to the new "emergency plan" formulated by the imperial court, the imperial court in the disaster area only provides three months of rations, but the grain in Huaihua County is all destroyed, even if it is replanted now, it will take at least more than seven months, the people have survived these three months, what should I do in the next four months? Without food, they would starve to death, so the ministers replaced the grain with chaff, so that at least the people would have a bite to eat and not starve to death. Jiang Zheng laughed miserably.

Li Jun was shocked when he heard these words, but he still asked coldly, "This is the reason why you raised my people as animals?" ”

"Haha, Your Majesty, are the victims still human?" Jiang Zheng laughed frantically.

"Bold." Li Jun threw everything he could throw in his hand, and suddenly the hall was in a mess.

"Your Majesty, you are familiar with the history books, so you should know the allusion of Yi Zi and eating, the minister was the county order in the seventh year of Jingtai Tiansheng, at that time it was in Wei County, Hebei, Wei County suffered a drought that year, Jing Taiye had to fight with Northern Liao, and there was no time to care about the small disasters in these two counties, so the people had to gnaw on the bark of the tree, eat Guanyin soil, and it is even more common for Yi Zi to eat."

"Now that you've buried me, you're talking about my grandfather again, it seems that you really don't want to live."

"Your Majesty, have you ever seen someone who ate Guanyin soil and died alive? The rest of the places are skinny, but only the belly is very big, and Yi Zi and eating is a sentence in your eyes, but the minister has also seen it, it is a piece of meat, and there are people who gnaw the bark, all the bark within a radius of a hundred miles has been gnawed away, and it is more powerful than locusts......"

Jiang Zheng's words were like a sharp knife stuck in the hearts of Li Jun and the ministers, many ministers couldn't help crying, Li Jun's face was also ugly, he had been proud a lot recently, and even thought that the Tang Dynasty under his rule could be equal to future generations in some aspects, Jiang Zheng's words were like a slap in the face, and he completely woke himself up.

"Your Majesty, please allow the minister to say one last word, you are the emperor, the people of this world are your children, you are not easy, the ministers also know that you are a dragon, and it is a good thing that the dragon is ambitious, but tens of millions of people are ants, if the dragon flies too high, you will not see the ants on the ground." After Jiang Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly hit the pillar next to him.

He Shen hurriedly shouted: "Someone, hurry up and find the imperial doctor." ”

The imperial doctor came soon, but unfortunately Jiang Zheng lost too much blood and could not be saved.

For Jiang Zheng, although Li Jun has only seen him once, he appreciates it very much, this is a good official who really understands the hardships of the people's livelihood, Li Jun walked down, helped Jiang Zheng close his eyes, and then sighed and said: "Jiang Zheng, Jiang Zheng, you are really a straight intestine, you can go with confidence, I remember your words." ”

Then Li Jun walked to the table and wrote eight big characters overnight, and after Li Jun finished writing, he said to the ministers: "Jiang Zheng made me understand a truth, water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat, the people of the world are the water, and we are the boat." ”

"Your Majesty is wise." The ministers hurriedly said.

Li Jun continued: "Send this sentence of mine to all yamen, remember, it must go to the county government level, and let them all ponder it carefully. ”

"No, the minister obeys." Yuan Zhan immediately stood up and said.