Raccoon yarn from ramie (9)

Someone was a little shaken, saying,

"Could it be... Is it really His Majesty's will? ”

The crowd was silent, but only for a moment,

Someone retorted,

"How is it possible, don't listen to this dog official's nonsense, although His Majesty is wrong to adjust and support Yinzhou in front of him, but for so many years, have you seen Your Majesty have such unreasonable behavior?"

"Moreover, what kind of holy decree is this, I heard that the holy decree is made of more than ten layers of cloth and silk, you see, this yellow silk is so thin, so thin that it can transmit light, where is there more than ten layers?"

The speaker lifted the yellow silk, and the sunlight shone on the yellow silk, so thin that it could penetrate the light, and the wisps of light penetrated from the cloth, and could not block the blazing sunlight at all.

When everyone looked at it, there was still something unclear, but they were afraid that the dog official imitated the jade seal in order to fill his own pockets, but he forgot to work the cloth, which caused the cloth to be exposed.

This decree is clearly false!

Seeing it this way, the people were also justified,

"Who doesn't know that what the emperor said is a golden mouth, which cannot be disobeyed, nor can it be easily invalidated, let alone in such a serious matter, how can His Majesty make such a grand edict and leave evidence of rebellion, is it not the prestige of the royal family, the prestige of the Son of Heaven, nothing?"

"That's right, Your Majesty will definitely not be so mediocre."

"It must be this dog official who wants to slander His Majesty."

"If you don't beat him today, I'm afraid that I will slander Your Majesty in the future, which will damage the majesty of the heavenly family."

In the crowd, the yellow silk fell to the ground, was trampled on, and cracked in the middle.

A note hidden in the middle was revealed.

The scholar in Tsing Yi hurriedly bent down to pick it up and roared,

"Don't squeeze it! The decrees have been destroyed by you! ”

A man said,

"What kind of holy decree is this, it's just a fake thing used by this dog official to deceive the eyes and ears, don't be deceived."

The scholar in Tsing Yi looked at the yellow silk in his hand, but his face changed suddenly, and he took out a note from the crack in the middle.

Everyone saw that the scholar in Tsing Yi took out another note from the yellow silk and stared at the note in unison.

What's going on?

The scholar in Tsing Yi read the words on the note at a glance and ten lines, suddenly made a heart twist, covered his chest, and couldn't breathe.

Pointing to the note, his hand kept shaking.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly took the note, but the words on the note made everyone's faces pale.

Don't divulge the news that I promised to exempt from paying taxes, now that the treasury is empty, I have an urgent need to pay taxes here.

The words are quite plain, but the purpose is clear.

And in the middle of the torn yellow silk, more than ten layers of light silk are clearly exposed, each layer is as thin as cicada wings, the color is still different shades, from dark to shallow, layer by layer, there are extremely delicate white line dragon patterns, the white line is so thin that it is almost only one-fifth of the thickness of the line seen on weekdays, like silk, but embroidered a lifelike flying dragon.

Who in this world has the ability to obtain such a cloth of workmanship.

If it is said that Jing Zhaoyin got it in order to fool everyone, it will inevitably take too much effort, and at first glance it looks like a fake, so a fool would do such a thankless job to make such a fake.

Then, there is only one possibility-

This decree is true.

Everyone was silent, and there was no sound in the lobby.

The shock is no longer enough.

If this decree is true, then the note must also be true.

Your Majesty unexpectedly... Really issued such a secret edict.

He also ordered that the government that collected taxes should not leak the news that had previously agreed to be exempted from paying taxes.

Someone saw Yun Guifei entering and leaving the New Wanguo Temple before, and they suspected that His Majesty was building the Wanguo Temple for Yun Guifei, so he reversed himself and added taxes.

But these people firmly believe in it, and feel that it is impossible for His Majesty to do this, His Majesty is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, how can he do such a thing that causes people to be scolded and leave a stain.

Therefore, it is firmly believed that in order to enrich their own pockets, the government can conceal the news, collect taxes correctly, and double them, hoping to make a windfall.

But I didn't expect that now the opposite fact is so in front of me.

His Majesty personally printed and announced this secret edict to Jing Zhaoyin.

secretly ordered him to increase taxes, contrary to the previous imperial decree.

And the treasury is so empty that it needs to be sustained by additional taxes.

And the words are so hasty and straightforward, there is no imperial bearing at all, like a landlord who is urging rent.

How anxious was it to lose all the imperial temperament to write such a secret edict.

Everyone couldn't help but think of the new Wanguo Temple built outside the imperial city.

The Temple of All Nations, splendid and magnificent, and exquisitely and extraordinarily everywhere, obviously cost a lot of money.

Could it be that His Majesty's urgent use was really used in this Buddhist temple to please the concubine?

No, it won't, how could Your Majesty do that.

Someone whispered,

"I don't believe... I don't believe it, how can Your Majesty be so mediocre, take this money, break this golden mouth and imperial bearing, just to please a concubine, I don't believe it, how can Your Majesty be so lustful and dizzy. ”

The scholar in Tsing Yi stepped forward and picked up the holy decree,

"The jade seal on this is by no means fake, when I took the imperial examination, I was fortunate to see the teacher's holy decree in the teacher's home, the handwriting of the seal is magnificent and strong, and now the yellow silk is exactly the same, and the direction and thickness of the surrounding patterns, basically heavy and, if this holy decree is fake, it is inevitable that it is too fake, even His Majesty's handwriting is imitated without deviation. And he, a Jing Zhao Yin, how dare he casually create a fake holy decree to deceive people, this is a big crime of beheading and exile, unless Lord Jing Zhao Yin is not going to die, he dares to act like this. ”

The faces of the crowd were extremely ugly, but they couldn't say no.

The situation in front of him is almost certain.

Your Majesty... really made such a mediocre act for the sake of a concubine.

Moreover, the treasury was completely empty, to the point that there was no money to build a Buddhist temple, and it was necessary to pay additional taxes to build it.

The more people thought about it, the more chilled they became, they had trusted His Majesty so much before, and firmly believed that His Majesty would not be able to do such a thing.

Reality slapped them hard.

No wonder, this matter has been out for so long, and His Majesty has no intention of punishing Jing Zhaoyin.

It turned out that it was because Jing Zhaoyin did not enrich his own pockets at all, and those rumors that Jing Zhaoyin was raising taxes on his own were nonsense.

It was His Majesty himself who really collected taxes and squandered them.

The more trusting you are, the more you will fall into the abyss when you know the truth.

The hearts of the people kept falling, as if they were falling into a glacier.

How can Your Majesty do this, it is all their hard-earned money, how can they increase taxes for the sake of a concubine, and if they say that they are not exempted, they will not be exempted.

When the treasury is empty, it is necessary to build a useless Buddhist temple on a large scale.