Zhao Lao Er, who was holding the secret report of the Wude Division in the vertical arch hall of the palace, looked a little uncertain at this time.

The majesty of the emperor made the attendants and palace maids who were waiting in the palace all hold their breath and did not dare to move a little.

Wang Jien, the chamberlain standing aside, bowed his head and listened quietly, ready to listen to the emperor's will at any time.

As the pillow man of Zhao Laoer, when he saw the emperor's current appearance, he knew that someone must be unlucky. It's just that I don't know if it was the unlucky guy who touched the emperor's moldy head.

"Where is the envoy?" Zhao Kuangyin threw the secret report on the case and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the royal envoy is waiting outside the palace." Wang Jien hurriedly replied.

"Xuan." Zhao Kuangyin waved his hand.

"No." Wang Jien gave the order, took a few steps back, and personally went to the outside of the palace to summon the martial envoy Wang Rengan.

Zhao Lao Er gently clasped the case in front of him with his fingers, and a sound of tuk tuk immediately echoed rhythmically in the empty hall, as if death was counting down.

"Wechen see Your Majesty." Wang Renzhen walked into the hall and bowed his hand.

Zhao Lao Er glanced at Wang Renzhen, picked up the secret report on the case and asked, "Is what this secret report says true?" ”

Wang Renzhen replied without any hesitation: "Back to Your Majesty, the principle of Wu Desi is to report the truth, no matter how absurd the news is, it will never be embellished, everything is decided by Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Kuangyin snorted slightly: "If this is true, I am afraid that I am already a sinner for the ages." ”

"Your Majesty, such absurd news, when Wei Chen just received it, he also questioned it in every way, but Wu De Si's secret spies all spoke in unison and did not dare to deceive, so Wei Chen personally went to Guanlou Village and Fang City to visit........ "Wang Renzhen paused before continuing: "It's just that the facts are exactly as the secret report plays, and now the price of cultivated cattle in the market has risen to more than 1,000 yuan per head. ”

Zhao Kuangyin sneered: "Heh, a thousand cows, don't say that it is an ordinary person, even if it is a solid family, I am afraid that I can only barely buy a few heads!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true, this wind must not rise, and the private trade in cattle must be immediately stopped, otherwise the consequences will be very serious. After all, it is not far from the time of autumn harvest and autumn planting. If the price of cattle continues to rise, I am afraid that this year's autumn planting will be delayed, and the grain output in the coming year will certainly be affected. Wang Renzhen said worriedly: "To be honest, Your Majesty, at such a price, not to mention the common people, even the ministers, all want to sell all the several cultivated cattle in the family, which is much more cost-effective than growing grain." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said hesitantly: "Indeed! Even if you plant a few acres of land, it will not have an impact on the individual, such a sky-high price, as long as you sell a cow, an ordinary person can even have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and what kind of fields to plant!

At such a price, even I want to sell all the cattle in the royal estate, let alone the common people. ”

"Your Majesty, according to the statistics of the cattle registers of the counties in Beijing, the number of cultivated cattle totals more than 18,200 heads, and now nearly half of them have been transferred once, and more than 30% of them have been transferred more than three times. Such frequent trading has caused the cattle to constantly change their living environment, which has directly led to a significant increase in the number of sick cattle, and if this continues, I am afraid that these cattle will not be able to survive.

For the sake of grain production next year and in the future, it is necessary to prohibit the private cattle trade, and this matter must be made sooner rather than later, and it is hoped that Your Majesty will make a decision sooner rather than later. Wang Renzhen admonished.

"Rong Zhen think again! Think again! Zhao Kuangyin closed his eyes and pondered.

Seeing that the emperor had turned on the thinking mode, Wang Renzhen had no choice but to stand in the hall and wait patiently. The emperor's concerns, he knew very well that this cattle restriction order had only been lifted for less than a month, and if it was withdrawn, it would be a serious desecration of the emperor's authority.

This kind of naked slap in the face will make the people think that the emperor, who has always been golden-mouthed and jade-toothed, is a repeated villain.

This loss of reputation is even greater than the loss of money, because the basis of an emperor's rule is credibility, not money.

"The summons set sail." Zhao Kuangyin thought for a moment and then instructed Wang Jien. Since the culprit is the guy who smells the sail, then he should clean up the situation, and if he can't clean it up, then clean him up and make the people angry.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wen is now on lockdown." Wang Jien replied: "Do you want to lift Lord Wen's grounding will first?" "The previous imperial decree is still being implemented, and if you want to implement the next imperial decree, you must first revoke the previous decree, which is the normal procedure.

"Grounded?" Zhao Kuangyin frowned.

"Your Majesty, you may have forgotten that last time Wenjue made a big fuss in Honglu Temple and offended the envoys of various countries, so you were punished by Your Majesty." Wang Jien explained.

"Then continue to be grounded, you go and ask him, how to solve the matter of ploughing cattle, if it can't be solved, then the crime will be added to the first degree, and he will be directly imprisoned in Dali Temple, and he will be beheaded after the autumn." Zhao Kuangyin snorted lightly: "I'm not in the mood to see that guy now." ”

Zhao Lao Er now always feels that he is being smelled and set sail to pit, for the people's daily necessities, the imperial court has always been limited price sales, this policy has been implemented for thousands of years, and there has never been any problem. Fortunately, the restriction on the sale of cattle has just been lifted, and the price has risen to a thousand yuan, and there is no trend of price reduction.

If this continues, it will not be long before there will be no more cattle in the hands of the people.

"Your Majesty, if it is about cultivating cattle, Wen Jue entrusted someone to hand a bag to the small one, saying that when His Majesty asked, he would show it to you." Wang Jien took out a silk brocade bag from the sleeve of his robe and presented it to Zhao Lao Erdao with both hands.

Zhao Lao Er glanced at Wang Jien with a displeased expression, then took the brocade bag and said lightly: "You didn't report such a thing to me earlier." ”

Wang Jien hurriedly knelt down and said: "Wen Jue said that if it had been given to His Majesty earlier, it would not have worked, so the little courage is in charge, and I hope Your Majesty will punish you." ”

Zhao Kuangyin snorted: "He thinks he is Zhuge Kongming?" Get a trick! ”

Wang Jien complimented: "Even if Wenjue is Zhuge Kongming, Your Majesty is also Liu Bei of Shu Han, how can Wenjue turn out your palm." ”

Zhao Kuangyin frowned and said, "What benefits did you receive from that kid?" Say so well for him! ”

Wang Jien hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The little one doesn't dare, every word the little one says is heartfelt." ”

It's still important to get down to business, and Zhao Lao Er doesn't plan to pursue it too much, just say something. If the two of them really went too far, I believe that Wu Desi would have reported it a long time ago.

opened the bag, and there was a note in it, and Zhao Lao Er opened the note to take a look, only to see that it was densely filled with small characters. For the brush words that smelled Qihang, Zhao Lao Er hated it, it was not a word at all, the whole thing was a chicken crawl.

But now the fly-headed Xiaokai has written a sense of beauty. Strong and powerful, silver hook and iron stroke, at a glance, it is many years of hard work. The reason why it is certain that this is Wen Qihang's book is because the text is mixed with a large number of simplified words, this kind of simplified words, I am afraid that only Wen Qihang is using it in the whole world, if a novice rashly uses this font, it will definitely not show that kind of skill for many years.

Although this kind of character is written well by Wen Qihang, Zhao Lao Er is equally disgusted. Because of this kind of word, only by combining the upper and lower sentences, before and after, can we understand the meaning of the expression, if you take out a single word, I am afraid that you will no longer know what it is.

After carefully reading the clever plan written by Wen Qihang, Zhao Laoer's gloomy expression eased a little.

glanced at Wang Jien, who was still kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Have you opened this bag and seen it?" ”

Wang Jien hurriedly replied: "The little one didn't dare, the little one just checked whether the bag was safe, and as for the content, the little one didn't know anything." ”

"That's good." Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "Burn it!" ”

"Yes." Wang Jien got up, picked up the brocade bag that Zhao Lao Er had put on the case, and stuffed it into a copper furnace with cigarettes curling on the side of the hall. It wasn't until he watched the bag burn out that Wang Jien took his eyes off.

"Wang Renzhen obeys the order." Zhao Kuangyin said to Wang Rengan, who was standing in the hall.

"Obey the order." Wang Renzhen immediately knelt down on one knee and said.

"Spread my will, and order Pan Mei, the forward general of the Yongxing Army, to lead his army to the Uighur junction to meet the caravan of the Four Seas Dart Company, and be sure to bring back all its goods, and if there is any mistake, come to see him." Zhao Kuangyin said in a deep voice: "This edict needs to be sent by the envoy of the king in person, and it must be kept secret. Those who leak secrets will not be punished severely. ”

"The order of the ministers must live up to their mission." Wang Renzhen received the order.

(End of chapter)