In the morning of the next day, the courtiers carried out their daily recitals according to the usual practice.

Towards the end of the year, there were a lot of things, but the emperor's mood was not very high.

When the courtiers finished their announcements, the hall was quiet for a while.

The emperor raised his eyes and swept the courtiers below one by one, and everyone was shocked.

What's going on, Your Majesty's face, why doesn't it feel right?

When the emperor's eyes fell on the Hubu Shangshu, the courtiers breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, if there is something Your Majesty, you should find the right master, it's useless to see them, right?

"Liu Wu." The Emperor's cold voice rang out.

Liu Wu, the secretary of the household department, hurriedly took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Weichen is here." ”

"A few days ago, the news came back from Jianyang, what is going on on the trade routes in Pingyang County?" The emperor's question at this time was not emotional, and there was a chilling meaning in it.

Although this matter has little to do with Liu Wu, his heart and liver still trembled involuntarily, and hurriedly replied: "Yesterday, Wei Changping, the supervisor sent by the Ministry of Household Affairs to Jianyang for inspection, has returned to Beijing to resume his life. According to Wei Changping, the blockage of the trade routes in Pingyang County was due to the suspicion of the squires of Tangzhou and neighboring prefectures and counties and Zhang Dingchen, the prefect of Pingyang County. ”

This is the news that Wei Changping brought back, and it is also the reason why King Chengjun wants to make things small and let Wei Changping know.

Liu Wu's report at this time also tried to copy Wei Changping's original words, so as not to lead the trouble to himself by accident.

It's big or small.

If it is not taken seriously, it is an incompetent official, who cannot afford the prestige of the imperial court, and is suppressed and chased by local forces.

There are local forces everywhere, and it's not a big deal. Capable officials do not necessarily suppress local forces, but make good use of the contradictions between various forces and them to make them work for the imperial court.

Zhang Dingchen is the prefect of a state, and his official position is not small. But he was not satisfied with his three-year term in Tangzhou, and he was squeezed by the local forces in Tangzhou and sent to Pingyang County, which is poor and bad.

Almost everyone in the court knows about this.

Now, the squires are staring at him and chasing and beating him relentlessly, which can be explained by Zhang Dingchen's incompetence and the fact that this is a personal grudge between them.

It's just that the local gentry did not do it properly, and it should have violated the law. In view of the fact that no one was killed, it would be enough to launch a few people to carry the black pot and exile the army.

But if you talk about it in a big way, this matter will be troublesome.

Six states and counties, how many court officials must there be? The big and small roads leading to the outside world in Pingyang County are actually controlled by the evil bandits and the people, where does this make the face of the imperial court go?

However, the officials of the six southeastern counties turned a blind eye and allowed them to run rampant.

If the emperor wants to hold him accountable, the officials of the six southeastern counties, especially the three prefectures and counties adjacent to Pingyang County, I am afraid that few of them will be able to escape responsibility.

In addition, the local squires and wealthy people, if they dig deeper, they are disrespectful to the court officials and the government, ignoring the laws of the court, buying murder and robbery, and they can also punish serious crimes.

There are so many undecided factors in the matter, so Liu Wu will be cautious.

As it turned out, his caution was right.

When the emperor heard his words, his face turned gloomy, and he reprimanded gloomily: "How did the prefect of Pingyang County be? If there is a problem with business under the rule, why not report it to the imperial court? And what did the officials of the neighboring states and counties of Plains County do? Could it be that so many officials are secretly colluding with the bandits? ”

That's kind of ...... It's already started, right?

He Shouli and Zhan Kangwen glanced at each other, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "It is the dereliction of duty of the ministers to supervise, and the ministers will send someone to check this matter, hoping that Your Majesty will forgive you." ”

The other two auxiliary ministers of the cabinet department had a tacit understanding, and when they saw He Shouli and the two of them kneeling on the ground, the two of them followed closely and knelt down beside the two of them almost at the same time.

At this time, Liu Wu had not yet returned to the ranks, and when he saw that several ministers in the cabinet had knelt down, where did he have a chance to retreat to the queue, and he knelt down very well, and felt that he had been wronged.

The Emperor's gaze did not slow down in the slightest.

Then, the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs and the ministers related to the local administration knelt in a large area, pleading for the accusations one after another.

The emperor looked coldly at the group of people prostrate on the ground, and said coldly: "I just want to know, the six counties in the southeast are still not my land?" What kind of squires are there, who can not only suppress the four-rank officials of the imperial court, but also control the trade and transportation of a state and county.

And my courtiers and officials of the six counties actually covered up this matter in an airtight manner. From this point of view, isn't it true that the six counties in the southeast of the Great Liang Dynasty exist in name only, and have fallen into the hands of others?! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the officials, whether standing or kneeling, changed drastically.

Those who have already knelt down lower lower their bodies. Those who thought it had nothing to do with them were also so frightened that they fell to their knees.

What does the emperor mean by this that the six states and counties in the southeast are going to break away from the rule of the Great Liang Dynasty and rebel and stand on their own?

The emperor's eyes were full of anger, and the more he talked, the more angry he became, and seeing that he couldn't control his anger, he waved his sleeves and swept the stack of case files in his hand at the feet of the kneeling minister, and angrily reprimanded: "It's simply unreasonable! With He Shouli and Zhan Kangwen investigating the matter, the military department sent people to accompany them, and if necessary, they could call the local garrison. In addition, Liu Xie, the commander of the guards, went to the six southeastern counties to assist the cabinet in handling the case.

You immediately go and find out to me what kind of people are in the six southeastern counties, who have such magical powers and can control such a large territory in the southeast and escape from the control of the imperial court. Then ask the local chief, how much benefit did they take? Ignoring the court and the world, he is willing to be a lackey?! ”

This is the tone of last night, when the emperor had agreed with He Shouli, Zhan Kangwen and Liu.

It's just that the current emperor looks very angry, and the catharsis of this emotion is much more bold than yesterday.

He Shouli and the others looked sincerely frightened, while Liu Xie's face was gloomy. The three of them received the order in unison, full of anger, and the officials above the hall could hear it clearly.

The thoughts of the ministers who are prostrate on the ground are the same as those of He Shouli and Zhan Kangwen yesterday.

can send Liu Xie over, and this movement must be small.

Listening to what the emperor said angrily just now, it was mainly aimed at the local squire forces, and the court officials, in the emperor's definition, only took the benefits of the local squire's rich armor, and the corpse was vegetarian, so they should not plan to rebel.

Liu Wu trembled, and sure enough, this matter made a big fuss......

Xia Ke was also in the ranks of kneeling ministers, and he didn't know the inside story of these things between King Chengjun and Tang Zhou.

He was just puzzled, this was obviously a fight between the two glass shops, because the glass business in Tangzhou was a local force, so he was on the active side.

As long as people keep an eye on the movement of the branch of Qingyun Glass Line, once someone buys glass for external transportation, spread the news and let people intercept it on the road.

Is it necessary to take things to such a big level? He didn't believe that the emperor had a good impression of Qingyun Glass and used such a generous gesture to call the shots for Qingyun Zhai.

Or is there something else hidden in it?