Yao Wenzhi listened to Chen Zhengdao's words and was shocked!

I think that at the beginning, this Bao Hu was appointed as the prefect of Jinling, and it was recommended by him.

Originally, he felt that the salt seller was really a big problem for the future of the imperial court, and he had the heart to crack down, so he decided to use Bao Hu as the prefect of Jinling, the original intention was to use his experience in managing Ma Zheng, who would have expected to cause such a catastrophe now.

"What's more......" Chen Zhengdao continued to talk eloquently: "What the salt dealers are only seeking is profit, and they will never dare to have the wishful thinking of confronting the government, but Bao Hu has to cause trouble, but now it has made the court a laughing stock, if the Northern Yan, Dongyue, Western Shu, and Southern Chu countries know about it, they don't know what to laugh at." made me lose face, this pack of tigers is really heinous. ”

In any case, Yao Wenzhi had no way to stay out of the matter now, so he immediately defended Bao Hu and said: "Don't salt dealers need to be cracked down? ”

"Blows? How to crack down? Chen Zhengdao sneered and said, "But do you want to transfer 100,000 elite soldiers to garrison Jinling to attack?" ”

Yao Wenzhi was slightly flustered, he understood, the other party came prepared.

It is absolutely impossible to send elite soldiers to deal with this area of salt sellers, not to mention how much grain needs to be spent, this alone is enough to make Da Chen a joke.

Isn't it a shame that it's just a mere salt seller, making such a fuss that even a group of smuggler salt dealers can't be even?

What would the people think of the court? How will the states perceive the joke? Those who plot against the wrong are even more emboldened.

Besides, if you really want to use a large army, how can those salt dealers not know? I'm afraid that if there is a little wind, the birds and beasts will scatter and flee.

The end result may be that countless officials and soldiers stay in Jinling, harassing the people, leading to complaints.

Chen Zhengdao looked at Yao Wenzhi solemnly, and continued to shout: "It seems that even Yao Gong does not approve of the dispatch of elite soldiers and strong generals, but who can go?" Let the soldiers of Jinling Mansion? This Jinling's government soldiers have always been useless, counting on them to suppress thieves? In the past few decades, Jinling has not suppressed these salt dealers, let's just say that the three-eyed king in Song Shuli has been suppressed for more than ten years, and so many government soldiers and servants in the prefecture and county, have they ever hurt a single hair of him? On the contrary, in the end, they all lost their troops and lost face, which did not make this salt dealer fearless, and became more and more rampant. ”

Yao Wenzhi said hurriedly: "Bao Hu has just taken office, and since he is determined to exterminate the salt dealers, even if there is a mistake, he will order him to continue to suppress it, is it because the salt dealers are difficult to eradicate, can the imperial court condone it?" ”

Chen Zhengdao squinted, as if he was trying to see a poor dagger: "So, how does Yao Gong think this salt seller should be suppressed?" Can the Three-Eyed King take it? What if you can't take it, what if you can't take it? ”

With this aggressive question, Yao Wenzhi was alerted that Chen Zhengdao had already dug a pit and was waiting for him to jump in.

Yao Wenzhi raised his eyes and glanced at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Why did you quarrel so well?" ”

At this time, Chen Zhengdao bowed down, and said with righteousness and awe: "Niangniang, the minister is a clan, for the long-term stability of the society, now such a thing has happened in Jinling, it is really appalling, and then let the Jinling prefect mess around, I am afraid that the country will be shaken, and now the whole world is looking at the Jinling prefect, look at the mother, look at our jokes of Da Chen, if the mother is not punished, how can the world be peaceful?" ”

Everyone understands that Chen Zhengdao is a bit too serious, but this matter is really serious, Jinling, this is the capital, where the palace is located, it is the same as at the feet of the Son of Heaven, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, someone dares to make such a mistake, and the dignity of the Great Chen Dynasty is really gone.

And what's even more terrifying is that this matter is extremely difficult to handle, Chen Zhengdao's words are not unreasonable, the salt dealers are very difficult to suppress, because it is extremely difficult to screen, not to mention that Jinling Chengping has been in peace for too long, and the officials and troops there have long been exhausted, and even because they have been in the place for a long time, I am afraid that there are many people who are in collusion with the local salt dealers and collude with each other.

You can mobilize the military horses of other departments, but you are not familiar with the people's conditions, the military horses from other places have gone, and their eyes are black, who is the thief and who is the good citizen? What's more, the guest army has a tradition of harassing the locality, but it may cause the killing of good people and cause resentment among the people, which is absolutely impossible unless absolutely necessary.

What is really worth considering is that the matter of Jinling has already attracted criticism, if it is a small salt seller, it still needs to take great pains to mobilize military horses, and it is difficult to preserve the dignity of the imperial court.

The Queen Mother looked at Yao Wenzhi and said; "Yao Qing tell me about it."

Yao Wenzhi hesitated for a moment before he said: "The minister asked Niangniang to issue an order and ordered Bao Hu to continue ......."

Chen Zhengdao unceremoniously interrupted Yao Wenzhi and said, "But what if you can't suppress it?" What if anything goes wrong? If it's within a month, it's still in vain? ”

Yao Wenzhi knew that he couldn't hide, gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Then take Baohu!" ”

Chen Zhengdao smiled and said, "Can a small prefect also take on this big deal?" ”

Now it is obvious enough that this is for Yao Wenzhi, that is, for the Queen Mother, Yao Wenzhi is the Queen Mother's first loyal minister.

Yao Wenzhi took a deep breath and said, "The old man can bear the responsibility." ”

"This is what Yao Gong said." Chen Zhengdao said so much today, obviously waiting for this sentence, he finally said with a satisfied smile: "When the time comes, don't deny it." ”

The queen was like frost, but she didn't say a word, and said, "The matter has come to this, so let's do it." ”

She looked tired, waved her hand, and everyone withdrew.

After everyone was gone, the queen mother ordered the female official to pick up the book and read it to her.

Today's book is "Spring and Autumn", the Queen Mother doesn't know whether she is intentional or unintentional, but she listens to it without a match, and after half a ring, she suddenly raised her eyes and said to the female official: "I heard that Confucius was afraid of the Spring and Autumn Period and the chaotic ministers and thieves, why are there so many chaotic ministers in the world?" ”

The female officer was slightly stunned and replied, "It must be because of the lack of education." ”

"Nope." The Queen Mother smiled and said with deep meaning: "Mourning the family, but this is not the case, this is because there are many officials in the court, but there are few faithful and brave people, there are no wise and brave people to deter thieves, and thieves naturally have no sense of awe." ”

The female officer hurriedly said: "Niangniang is insightful. ”

The Queen Mother gently stroked her forehead, revealing an uncomfortable look, and said: "Hey, now that the first emperor knows the sufferings of the past, they all say that the Son of Heaven is rich in the four seas, but within these four seas, all the stakeholders are maintained on him alone, how many people can share his worries?" It's good that some people don't dismantle the stage, but there are also some who want to really be used by the first emperor and want to get rid of the shortcomings. ”