Yangzhou, which has been in the fourth year of the Tianji period, is not stable.

First of all, the officials frantically attacked the merchants in Yangzhou, Yangzhou was the first because of the prince, the development was very rapid, there were many big businessmen, the so-called these big businessmen, the power they have is not to be underestimated, that is, the local officials, all have to give three points, these big businessmen, some have dozens of large merchant ships in their hands, and some have tens of thousands of hired farmers to plant tea gardens for them.

is such a huge force, the first to suffer the thunderous blow of the Yangzhou officials, mourning all over the wilderness, however, fortunately, Cao Pi is not a mediocre person, not to mention, the overseas government also relies on the power of these businessmen on weekdays, therefore, although the person is dead, but the industry has not collapsed, for example, the family has a lot of ships, their ships were transferred to the name of the overseas government, and his hired sailors have also become officially appointed by the government.

The tea garden also fell into the hands of the Yangzhou government, the arrest of these big businessmen did not affect the production of Yangzhou, but the blow suffered by the bottom traders, but it completely affected Yangzhou, just within a few days, Yangzhou had some markets depressed, as if back to the past, however, this situation only lasted less than seven days, the original officials who dealt with the merchants, were imprisoned, and even imprisoned together with the merchants who were previously arrested.

The government quickly operated, and gave a reasonable explanation for the situation during this period of time, it turned out that those officials were doing nonsense, falsely preaching holy decrees, oppressing merchants, and the common people, and the Son of Heaven severely punished them after learning of their actions, and at the same time, he would release those innocent merchants, and the merchants were no longer allowed to be bullied.

When they came out of prison, they looked so excited that they were a little delirious, and even nagged that they had seen the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was still shushing themselves, no matter what they said, the turbulent situation in Yangzhou was over, and it seemed that nothing had changed, the businessmen soon walked out of the house and started their normal work, and the officials were soon replaced, and the young people who had survived the time smiled and walked into the coveted positions.

Yangzhou is still Yangzhou, Liu Qu walked on the street, looking at the bustling road, looking at the vendors who were selling, looking at the surroundings curiously, his face was full of smiles, as if there had been no change, as if there had been a change, at least, when the guards were patrolling the streets again, the faces of these traders appeared with fear, at least, at the city gate, no soldiers dared to laugh and talk with the merchants, and the merchants were the same, with their heads bowed, and they were honestly afraid.

"The Son of Heaven is benevolent... If it weren't for the Son of Heaven, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to get out of the hands of those cool officials alive..."

"That's right. Did the Son of Heaven really come to Yangzhou? ”

"That's natural, it is said that those officials just knew that the Son of Heaven was coming, for fear that their collusion with some businessmen and corruption would be exposed, so they hurriedly suppressed the businessmen in Yangzhou, just didn't want the Son of Heaven to see it, but is the Son of Heaven an ordinary person? He sat in the mansion, looked around, and saw that there must be grievances in Yangzhou, and then he knew about us, those cool officials, and those profiteers, were all arrested..."

Listening to the small talk of the people, Liu Qu turned his head sideways and looked at Zhou Yu on the side.

On this trip, he didn't bring Jiang Wei with him, but brought Cao Pi and Zhou Yu with him, Cao Pi these days, his expression is getting worse and worse, he doesn't think about tea and dinner, Zhou Yu is better than him, however, this time the overseas government has also suffered a certain amount of involvement, which makes Zhou Yu a little distressed, Liu Qu ignored what these two people thought in their hearts, walking on the street, he said with a smile: "There are many fun places in Yangzhou 1"

"yes... Monarch. ”

"This time, although the officials of Yangzhou made me very disappointed, but you are still doing well, it is still so prosperous here, which is rare, it can be seen that you really want to keep the prosperity of Yangzhou, very good, if Yangzhou declines, I want to come to play in the future, I can't find any fun places, right?" , Liu Qu asked with a smile, Cao Pi hurriedly nodded and said, "That's true." ”

"Hahaha, you are the second tiger of the five tigers, I am also a tiger, I should be close, you can't make such a raw point, you just do your job here, wait for a while, I'll see if I can let you go to me, I'll give you a better position....", Liu Qu said, the three of them entered a restaurant, sat down, Yangzhou's food is also very good, Liu Qu gulped down.

"Zhou Gong, you can eat some too... By the way, that disciple of yours, Yuan Yao, I have already arranged for him to be a servant, and at this time, he is probably already in the temple... I think he, together with Cao Chong, can take over a few old people in the temple...", Liu Qu said vaguely while eating food, but his words made Zhou Yu and Cao Pi very attentive.

Taking the old guy's place?

The old guy in the temple is generally not referring to anyone else.

Most of the time, this old guy deserves three orders, is it difficult to do it.... The two glanced at each other, and both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes, but they still didn't say it, Liu Qu chatted with them for a long time, only to see a person hurriedly walked in, the person who came was Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei walked to the side of the Son of Heaven, met the two two two thousand stones in front of him, and then looked at the Son of Heaven.

He seemed to have something to say to the Son of Heaven, and was about to whisper in a low voice, Liu Qu said unhappily: "If you have anything to say, just tell it, Duke Cao and Duke Zhou are not outsiders!" Hearing Liu Qu's words, Jiang Wei said helplessly: "The temple has sent a letter, asking Your Majesty to go back quickly, as well as Zhuge Linggong, Pang Linggong and others, they have also sent letters, hoping that Your Majesty can return quickly." ”

"Oh? What's going on? ”

"Your Majesty, it is said that they are the messengers of embroidered clothes, and they have arrested several ministers for the crime of disagreeing with the king and leaking secrets, and they will be put to death..."

"Huh? I'm not here, how dare Yuan Shang kill those ministers? Liu Qu asked in surprise, Jiang Wei was stunned, shook his head, and said that he didn't know, Zhou Yu frowned, thought for a long time, didn't know what he was thinking, as for Cao Pi, he was extremely surprised, and seemed to be quite concerned about this matter, after all, he also had a younger brother who was also in the temple, Liu Qu pondered for a moment, and then said: "In this way, I repair a book, and send it back to Luo County as soon as possible, even if I leave now, I can't catch up, or through letters!" ”

"Respectfully!" , Jiang Wei said, and left in a hurry.

Cao Pi asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, my brother, he is impatient, won't he be..."

"Alas, you don't have to think about it too much, Zijian, he is smart, and he is busy with Zhuge Linggong, he has absolutely nothing to do." , Liu Qu said, Cao Pi was a little relieved, as for Zhou Yu, but there was still no words, the three of them walked until the evening, Cao Pi said goodbye and left, leaving only Zhou Yu and Liu Qu walking together, Liu Qu admired the surrounding scenery, and asked: "Zhou Gong, I am also going back, you have to handle this matter in Jiaozhou." ”

"I understand."

"I, in fact, I really want to take Zhou Gong back to Luo County, and now Luo County is really lacking a decisive person like Zhou Gong... But I'm worried, does Duke Zhou know what I'm worried about? Liu Qu asked, hearing Liu Qu's inquiry, Zhou Yu replied without thinking: "Your Majesty is worried about the relationship between the minister and Pang Tong, Zhong Changtong and others. ”

Liu Qu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, "Duke Zhou is still an honest gentleman!" You're right, I'm really worried about this, I relieved myself to hand over all the major affairs of the temple to the three Linggongs, however, among these three Linggongs, I don't distrust Pang Linggong, or I'm worried that he will put too much of his own ideas on state affairs.

"I don't care who can suppress whom, but I don't want Pang Linggong's policies to support the strong and the strong to be fully implemented within the Han Dynasty... That's why I didn't take Zhou Gong back to the temple. ”

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought that maybe what Pang Linggong said can really make the Han Dynasty richer and stronger?"

"Hahaha~~", Liu Qu laughed again, he shook his head, "I don't have the talent of my father's ancestors, and I have never thought of making a great deed that surpasses them, as long as I can keep the foundation of this ancestor and prevent him from being destroyed in my hands.. As for this more prosperous and powerful thing, I will leave it to my descendants. Liu Qu said, and then asked, "Duke Zhou, should you tell Pang Linggong these words?" ”

"I don't dare."

"Don't tell him, otherwise, when he returns to the temple, I'm afraid that he will tell me something to resign and return to his hometown, how can I be willing to let him leave if he is such a talent?"

"Your Majesty, most of the ministers have underestimated you... So is the minister. ”

"Hey, how can I say that I underestimate it, I am indeed not a good emperor, for me, how can this state affair be fun on the battlefield? I just want to play in peace, but if anyone makes me unable to play with peace of mind, and has to take care of the mess he left behind, then I will have a good time with him.

"Zhou Gong, you say, can I play with peace of mind?" , Liu Qu turned his head with a smile on his face.

Zhou Yu nodded and took half a step back, Liu Qu nodded with satisfaction, "Of course, Duke Zhou, don't be careful, I definitely don't doubt your thoughts, it's just that ah, this overseas mansion is going to expand or something, you can tell me, I will definitely support it, use the money to hand over the temple to build an overseas mansion, this is nothing in itself, but you still have to tell me, what does Zhou Gong think?" ”

"The minister is guilty."