Yangzhou Mu is the second son of the late Situ Cao Gong, Cao Pi, in the process of governing Yangzhou, he is still doing very well, the style of literature is educating, persuading the nongsang, Yangzhou Dazhi is also inseparable from him, but even so, Liu Qu's attitude towards him is still a little irritable, the news of the Son of Heaven's travel, the temple did not inform the place, and only the military in various places knew the news.

Therefore, when Liu Qu suddenly appeared in front of Cao Pi, Cao Pi was indeed taken aback, leading the ministers to worship him, Liu Qu frowned, and ignored him, and directly asked him to convene the officials of Yangzhou, and he sat on the top, Zhou Yu stood aside, his face was calm, Cao Pi had the heart to ask him something, but he didn't find the opportunity, and soon, many Taishou in Yangzhou, and even the officials in the state, all rushed to the state minister's mansion.

Looking at the burly Son of Heaven on the top, the Yangzhou officials, they were speechless in panic, how the Son of Heaven rushed to Yangzhou, when did the Son of Heaven come, why did the Son of Heaven come, they didn't know, but Cao Pi squinted his eyes, thinking of the matter of Jiaozhou, and thinking of the warlike character of today's son, the Son of Heaven probably came for Jiaozhou, but he didn't understand why the face of the Son of Heaven looked so bad.

When everyone arrived, Cao Pi led everyone and met the Son of Heaven, Liu Qu did not return the salute, waved his hand, and let everyone get up, Cao Pi led everyone to stand cautiously below, they are not those two thousand stones in the temple, and they are not qualified to sit down, Zhou Yu does, however, Zhou Yu will not sit alone, looking at the hundred officials in front of him, Liu Qu sneered and said; "You guys are doing a good job in Yangzhou?"

None of the people present felt that the Son of Heaven was complimented, and Cao Pi's forehead was a few drops of sweat, although he didn't know what happened to Yangzhou, but he still didn't forget what he should do, he immediately bowed to the Son of Heaven again, "The ministers are guilty!" As soon as he opened his mouth, the rest of the officials also reacted, and hurriedly followed him to confess their guilt, Cao Pi's attitude calmed Liu Qu's anger a little.

"What are you guilty of?!"

"As a minister, make the king worried, and this minister's great sin is also!" , Cao Pi replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Huh." , Liu Qu snorted coldly, didn't say anything more, he looked at the officials in front of him one by one, and said coldly: "When I was in Yuxian, I often listened to the words of hundreds of officials, Yangzhou is a wealthy area second only to the Han Dynasty and Sili, I have wanted to come and see it for a long time, but on this road, Yangzhou has shattered all my expectations, what kind of system!" A mere businessman dares to block my frame?! ”

"The soldiers are actually excusing the merchants?! Oil one's tongue?! ”

"The businessman deceives the market, just a gadget, and I have to pay 20,000 yuan?!"

"That's how you govern Yangzhou?! The businessman is so rampant, even more arrogant than Haoqiang? Liu Qu yelled angrily, and Zhou Yu below was stunned, no, he has been sending people to protect the Son of Heaven these days, if such a thing happens, those people should have to inform themselves, these incompetent thieves, Zhou Yu thought, and a few traces of anger flashed on his face.

As for Cao Pi and other Yangzhou officials, at this moment, their faces turned pale with fright, and their legs trembled uncontrollably, no wonder the Son of Heaven was so angry, the hateful businessman, he made us all miserable! While everyone was thinking about it, Liu Qu suddenly asked, "Who is the Taishou of Huiji County?" Can you ever be here? ”

A person walked out from among the officials, bowed his head in fear, and replied, "Huiji Tai Shouming greets Your Majesty." ”

"Don't do it anymore, just leave."

Thank you, Your Majesty, for pardoning the death penalty! The man bowed to the Son of Heaven, and then was directly escorted away from here by two southern soldiers, Cao Pi gritted his teeth, his forehead was faintly painful, it's over, damn Shangjia, he was thinking about it, the Son of Heaven really called the names of a few more people, and the several county orders called by the Son of Heaven were also ruthlessly dismissed from office, and finally, Liu Qu's eyes fell on Cao Pi's body.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are not strict in discipline and improper governance..."

"Repair to be noisy!!" , Liu Qu said angrily: "Give you ten days, ten days later, I want to see a different Yangzhou, these lawless and arrogant businessmen, if I see them again in Yangzhou, you will wait for Cao Zhang to inherit your title!" Cao Pi's face turned pale, and he bowed to the Son of Heaven, "Be careful! The Son of Heaven did not leave the state governor's mansion, he lived here, and the officials of the state governor's mansion began to be busy.

Sitting in the study, Liu Qu yawned, and there were officials in front of him who were telling about many situations in Yangzhou, but Liu Qu couldn't listen to it at all, and after listening to it for a while, he would see it as an excuse and drive the official away, Jiang Wei was standing not far away, only the two of them were left in the study, Jiang Wei came over and asked: "Your Majesty, Zhou Servant just found me, saying that he failed to protect His Majesty, and hoped to ask His Majesty in person." ”

Liu Qu laughed, shook his head, and said, "Boyo, the things I said are completely false, what kind of crime is he here to apologize for?" ”

Jiang Wei's face was solemn, and he said seriously: "Your Majesty can't say this. ”

Liu Qu felt a little bored, and then said: "Then you go to see him and tell him that I am still angry, let him come back another day." Jiang Wei nodded, and then walked out of the study.

The entire Yangzhou officials, and even the Yangzhou Navy Army, were extremely angry for a while, and the reason why the Yangzhou officials were angry was because these businessmen actually bullied the head of the Son of Heaven, and almost made them lose their heads and carry the black pot on their backs, how could they bear it, Cao Pi didn't even command, Yangzhou had already started to act, and many businessmen who had been dug out of the black material, and even some ordinary traders, suffered a ruthless blow.

Houses were being searched everywhere, and the prisons were suddenly full.

And they arrested not only the merchants, there were many officials, because they were too close to the merchants, they were also taken down together, the merchants in Yangzhou were already afraid to go out, and many powerful businessmen were directly uprooted, which made the merchants clearly realize how powerful the power of the temple was, all of which made Jiang Wei really unbearable.

In fact, in Yangzhou, the relationship between the officials and the businessmen is very close, even if these officials are also eating the filial piety sent by the businessmen, and the businessmen are called brothers, in order to prevent these things from being dug up, the officials are the first to get rid of these big businessmen who have a relationship with themselves, as for Cao Pi, he also knows that the officials in Yangzhou are almost not much clean, but he can't dig out all these people.

Otherwise, if you offend countless great families, not to mention, it will definitely affect yourself, think about it, as a state shepherd, all the officials under his command are guilty, so can the state pastor escape?

Liu Qu has not gone out for several days, all day in the study, it is said that Liu Qu is obsessed with Yangzhou music again, this is a recent thing, simply put, it is a women's cappella, but the lyrics are no longer poems, but words and the like, basically a song can listen to a good story, which makes Liu Qu particularly addicted, and even he let the three singers stay in his mansion for the night.

Jiang Wei often goes out, but also for the Son of Heaven to watch the situation in Yangzhou, during this period, he saw countless small traders arrested, they are all innocent people, the same, there are also many honest businessmen who often do good deeds, all over the house, Yangzhou officials raised their butcher knives high, money continued to enter the treasury of Yangzhou, and above those money are the cries of countless innocent people.

Jiang Wei felt a little unbearable in his heart, he didn't care about anything in the Son of Heaven, he just listened to his favorite song, and the innocent people in Yangzhou were constantly suffering, Jiang Wei's heart was really very uncomfortable, finally, Liu Qu seemed to have discovered Jiang Wei's abnormality, seeing Jiang Wei standing beside him, without saying a word, Liu Qu asked suspiciously: "Boyo?" Why don't I think you've been happy these days? ”

"Your Majesty... Yangzhou officials, arrest the innocent, they don't care about right or wrong, as long as they are businessmen, they will arrest... As long as the family is wealthy, they will kill, such an unkind act should not appear in the Han...", Jiang Wei frowned.

"What did you say?!" , Liu Qu was shocked, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "Hurry up and let Zhou Yu!" Cao Pi! There are also officials from Yangzhou who came to the state pastoral mansion to see me!! Jiang Wei was a little dazed, but he still answered, and ran out, and soon, the order of the Son of Heaven reached the ears of the officials, and the officials laughed and rushed towards the mansion.

However, when the officials arrived at the mansion, they realized that something was unusual, Liu Qu was sitting on the top seat, why did he look even more irritable than last time?

Liu Qu's eyes widened, looked at the many officials in front of him, was furious, and scolded: "You cool officials!! These unrighteous brutes!! I asked you to arrest those disrespectful businessmen, but you want to exterminate all the businessmen in Yangzhou?! In the past few days, I have never gone out, I didn't know you were so bold!! There are rules in the Han law, officials are not allowed to kill innocently, and they are not allowed to oppress the people innocently!! ”

"Emperor Xiaode has just left, so you don't take the laws he wrote in your eyes?!"

"What a lot of guts! Dare to falsely preach the Holy Decree! Persecution of the people!! Bringing down innocent people! If someone hadn't exposed me, I would have been deceived by you!! Liu Qu yelled, not giving these officials a chance to speak at all, his eyes burned with raging anger, as if he was going to rush down and beat people in the next moment, this momentum frightened Zhou Yu back a few steps and lowered his head deeply.

"I have always loved the people like a son!! Whether it's a merchant or anything else, they're all my people! I want to seek justice for the people of Yangzhou today! ”

"Someone! Catch all these brutes for me!! ”

Yangzhou officials looked at the Son of Heaven blankly.