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The first year of Yufeng, which was full of disasters and difficulties, was coming to an end, however, for the people of Lingyun, their worries were still not over. Emperor Chengzu, who single-handedly suppressed various forces within Lingyun, returned to the west, which had a huge impact on the court situation, and some people even joked that it was a mess that Xinjun took over.

The use of troops in the northwest is far from over, and the military disaster in the southwest has once again revealed its hideous features, and the people of Limin, who have enjoyed peace for decades, are suddenly panicked. The fall of the three prefectures and two counties in the southwest has brought endless pressure to Xinjun Feng Wuxi, and the undercurrent in the court has made it very difficult for him to deal with it, and Zhan Pohan has just arrived in the southwest at this time, and it is impossible to make a quick difference.

In the Qinzheng Palace, there are almost one-foot-high folds on the table, except for the routine congratulations to the new monarch on his accession to the throne, all kinds of bad things seem to be gathered together. This year was indeed an unpleasant year, except for the state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, the rest of the provinces were barely maintaining a good and not bad situation, and the drought in Gansu and the flooding of Hubei were completely a miserable scene. Although the local government restrained the displaced people, the rumors still spread to the capital, and all kinds of rumors became more and more. Feng Wuxian knew that although he had been honing for a while in the crown prince's seat, the real wind and waves had been blocked by the first emperor, and now it was the most severe moment of the test.

"Your Majesty, Lord Qing Ming of Dali Temple, Lord Shang He of the Criminal Department, and Lord Shui of the General Political Envoy came to see you." Xiao Fangzi cautiously stepped forward to report. It has always been the case that the new monarch will reuse the people around him when he ascends the throne, but Feng Wuxian doesn't seem to have this plan yet. Shi Liushun, the eunuch of the six palaces who were the most favored by the first emperor, and Wang Hai, the great eunuch, still stayed in front of the palace to serve, but the former henchman Xiao Fangzi has not been promoted to rank. Xiao Fangzi knows that the wind is traceless, and he can't take care of the inner court at all. Therefore, he always promised to take the opportunity and did not dare to mention the next thing.

"Let them in." Feng Wuxian commanded helplessly. Although it was Jiuqing's trial, everyone knew that it was just a formality. The six are still in the middle. There are three ministers who are close associates of the emperor, and the remaining three secretaries. Bao Huasheng will never show mercy, and he was a party of the Xiao family before Mingguan, so Zhang Qian and others can be said to be unable to escape death. Rao is like this, but there are not a few officials who go to visit these three people, and even a few imperial historians of the Supervision Yuan are secretly muttering. It is believed that the death of the emperor on that day is indeed suspicious. He Weitao and others were bent on getting the behind-the-scenes instigators from the mouths of Feng Huaishu and Xu Wenxi, and even did not hesitate to use heavy punishment, but in the end they still found nothing.

After the monarch and the ministers met, Mingguan went through the scenes of several interrogations one by one, and at the end he carefully played: "Because of the crimes of these three people, after several adults discussed, Zhang Qian planned to be Ling Chi, while Feng Huaishu and Xu Wenxi were cut off and abandoned the city. This sentence was really heavy, but those who participated in the trial knew that the Queen Mother and the Emperor hated these three people, so they seized on the strictest conviction in the law.

Feng Wuxi's brows were completely twisted together. At first glance, this sentence may not sound like a problem, but when you think about it, there are many omissions. He glanced coldly at Mingguan. Immediately silenced the other party. However, how could Feng Wuxian not know the good intentions of those people.

Even Bao Huasheng didn't say anything against it, it must be because they wanted to make him, the new king, stand up. Alas, it's a pity that the timing was not right. Otherwise, how could he be stingy to kill a few rebels?

"I have only been on the throne for three months, and it is already unlucky to kill the ministers, and now I have to behead them in half, and I am afraid that the fear in the hearts of the people will be even stronger." Feng Wuxian sighed deeply, and then raised his head and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the three of them are all courtiers used by the previous emperor, although they were very rebellious and hateful at that time, but now is not the time to be connected. There is no need to punish the canon, and the three of them are given to commit suicide. ”

The three courtiers below breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and Shui Wuya wiped the cold sweat on his head while people were not paying attention. They are also waiting for the emperor's words, if the sentence is too light, the emperor is not satisfied and does not say it, even if he wants to be gracious, there is no way. The three men were certain to die, and it didn't matter if they were wicked people.

"Your Majesty." The three of them prostrated their heads in praise with their hearts.

He Weitao obviously had other things to do, so when the other two said goodbye and quit, he found another excuse to stay. However, he didn't seem to have made up his mind yet, and he went around with the emperor for a long time, until the other party became impatient, and then he said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know how to say it...... Yesterday, several sons of the Xiao family secretly went to visit King Ningjun yesterday. ”

Feng Wuxian suddenly felt a shock in his heart, stared at He Weitao for a long time, and then laughed:

"He Aiqing is inevitably making a little fuss, my cousins have always been friendly with Wuxi, and bribed the forbidden army to go in for a visit, which can be regarded as a little friendship. It's forbidden, but you just have to talk to your uncle, and he should be able to restrain them and talk to me. Having said that, there was a big pimple in his heart, and he must know that Feng Wuxi was also the nephew of the Xiao family, otherwise he would not need to be so cautious that day, and he was afraid that the Empress Dowager Xiao would have any other ideas.

He Weitao was obviously not repelled by the emperor's words, he gritted his teeth, his face instantly turned red, and it took a long time before he burst out of his words: "If there were only a few sons of the Xiao family, Weichen would naturally not dare to alarm the emperor, but one of Weichen's elders saw it really at that time, as if Lord Xiao himself was also disguised and mixed in." ”

The weight of this sentence is undoubtedly heavy, Xiao Yunchao has just returned to Beijing from the northwest, and Feng Wuxian has added the title of university scholar to him in the face of the queen mother, and he has also added the title of third-class Chengen Duke in accordance with the etiquette system. And he didn't hesitate to go to see the wind at this moment, and he couldn't say anything for the sake of affection.

The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, but his face refused to show it at all. He Weitao, who was looking down, saw that the emperor's face on the throne changed several times, and finally froze on the relaxation, and couldn't help but be stunned again. His friendship with Xiao Yunchao is not ordinary, although there are times when they use each other, but in general, they still rely on each other. This time, he suddenly fell into the ground, and when it reached the ears of the Queen Mother or Xiao Yunchao, it would change his taste, but he really didn't want his allies to suddenly change their hexagram and bring any variables to the situation.

"He Aiqing, I know about this matter, don't worry, I will handle it carefully." Feng Wuji's words undoubtedly reassured He Weitao, however, there seemed to be a different meaning hidden in the next sentence. "You are a criminal department shang, the capital has suffered a change now, there are really a lot of young people, you should also take the time to discuss it with Shuntian Mansion Yin, so as not to mess up when something happens in the future."

Until he left the palace, He Weitao was still savoring the meaning of the words, but in the end he only faintly felt something. Sitting on the comfortable official sedan chair, his mood was full of gloom, although the new monarch had been decided, it seemed that it would take a lot of time for the court situation to really stabilize.

Feng Wuxian opened the few books that reported the harvest, and felt that the words that showed the poor harvest were extremely shocking, and immediately ordered: "Come here, the Xuanhu Department is still more and more thousand, and the left attendant of the household department He Mobin is to the Qinzheng Palace." ”

Compared with He Mobin's trembling, Yue Qianfan seemed quite complacent. The more her daughter smoked and became Concubine Xun, it proved that she had gained a foothold in the Six Palaces, so he, a miscellaneous brand, could also exhale and raise his eyebrows in the court, and he didn't have to look at the face of the Xiao family completely. However, when they faced the saint, their faces were quite serious, and they knew the harvest of the provinces, so they knew what was going on today.

"You two must also know why I called you here, now is not the time for the official court meeting, you might as well tell me, what is the drought and flood in Gansu and Hubei?" As soon as Feng Wuxian came up, he asked bluntly, "In the past few years, there have been bumper harvests in various places every year, and there should have been a lot of food accumulated in theory, why did these two provinces end up in the current situation, as if they couldn't survive without the help of the imperial court!" Feng Wuxi's words were quite polite, Fang Mingji, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, was the confidant of the former three princes, and the governor of Hubei was not his own, so he had long been suspicious of the intentions of these officials.

How could Yue Qianfan and He Mobin not understand the meaning of the emperor's words, but there are already a lot of shortcomings in various places, and if they say it clearly, the people who offend will be in the sea. However, the emperor could not fail to answer his questions, and the two suddenly fell into a dilemma. He Mobin thought for a while, and then reluctantly spoke: "Your Majesty, Gansu has always been a bitter cold place, although there is accumulated grain, it is often transported to the front of the army, and it is every year that there is no way to make ends meet. After all, transporting grain from the Central Plains to the Northwest is not a small number alone, so it is often the imperial court that uses cash to raise it locally. ”

Yue Qianfan said again: "What Lord He said is true, plus those grain merchants buy grain and hoard it every harvest year, and then sell it at a high price when the harvest is poor, so the officials in Gansu can't think about it. He did not tell the truth about the collusion between the grain merchants and the officials, lest he touch the mold of the wind without a trace.

However, these shortcomings have already been sorted out by Shi Jingqi and Nian Jiacheng, how can they not know without a trace. He was busy with state affairs these days when he ascended the throne, and he didn't have time to find a good way out for the two, so he asked the two to temporarily live in the palace of Qinjun Wangfu in the former year, and put forward various proposals for reference from a small place. Now, he has accumulated a thick stack of such things on his hands, although he can't clean them all up, but it is his wish to put them in order.

"Is that what you two think?" Feng Wuji's face suddenly turned cold, "I don't understand, what benefits did those filthy officials give you, so that you two household officials cover them up like this?" Or did those grain merchants stretch their hands too long, and even you who were far away in the capital also benefited? ”

These two sentences are extremely serious, Rao is Yue Qianfan and He Mobin have long been prepared, and they can't help kneeling down to ask for guilt at this time. Lingyun Zhiwei Without a Trace Volume 9 Jiangshan Chapter 1 Harvest