Chapter 10: What's in the Box

Under the instruction of Emperor Longqing, the chief eunuch trotted all the way through the hall and arrived in front of Ling Jun. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]

This chief eunuch has followed Emperor Longqing for many years, and he has always been cautious in doing things, and he has seen a lot of "market", so when he took the little burden from Ling Jun's hand, and was about to turn back, he deliberately stopped, turned his head, and glanced at his face.

In his life, he was only loyal to two people, one was the dead Concubine Du Kang, that is, the Empress Dowager Xiaoke, his former master, and the other was Emperor Longqing, his current master, as for the others, whether it was Emperor Longqing's concubine or the favored prince and princess, even if it was his father and brother before entering the palace, it was not among his obedience and recognition.

After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the look on Ling Jun's face, and that the things contained in this bag should not be dangerous to Emperor Longqing, the chief eunuch held the burden in both hands, turned around and went straight back in the direction of the dragon chair where Emperor Longqing was.

Inside the baggage was a wooden box, not very beautiful, the size of an adult man's fist, which was opened to contain half a box of dark earth.

"Jun'er, what do you mean?"

Emperor Longqing stared into the box and looked at it again, but he didn't feel that this soil was any different from ordinary soil, so he had to raise his head and look at Ling Jun, who was still standing outside the main hall, "This soil ......"

"These soils are taken from the south of the Yangtze River, an important grain producing area of my Daming Kingdom, if my father makes people look at it, you can see that it is mixed with some beige slender particles."

Speaking of this, Ling Jun paused slightly, and saw that Emperor Longqing handed over the box to the chief eunuch standing next to him, and asked him to check it on his behalf, and knew that it was Emperor Longqing's cleanliness that won his curiosity again, and sighed secretly in his heart, and continued to say, "Jun'er was curious for a while, so he took some soil and asked some elderly farmers, but unexpectedly, these farmers were all shocked after seeing these soil with beige particles...... The farmers said that these beige grains are locust eggs, and they will hatch next spring, and they will ...... in time."

Locusts.

In the era of agriculture as a livelihood, whether it is the monarch or the common people, the most feared is to encounter natural disasters, and among all natural disasters, the most terrible is the locust plague, especially in the main grain-producing areas!

No matter how ruthless the fire and water are, there will always be a time when the water recedes and when the fire is extinguished, but this locust plague is the only ...... Even if it's over, the harm continues!

Emperor Longqing's face changed again and again, imagining the locust plague that was about to occur in the grain-producing areas south of the Yangtze River, imagining the scene of the people being displaced and fleeing from famine and starvation...... Beads of sweat the size of beans came out!

This will leave him a stain on the annals of history, and a big stain!

No way!

Absolutely not!

"Jun'er, you come in and talk."

Ling Jun has always been a person who does things steadily and thoughtfully, and Emperor Longqing is also very clear about this, and Emperor Longqing knows that since Ling Jun will report such a terrible thing to himself so unhurriedly, then ...... It means that he has already made up his mind and has thought of a solution!

What Ling Jun wants is his attitude, or rather, he wants him to give a clear, when, where, and what method to deal with Ling Jun's decision...... That means that in the future, he can't go back on it!

Emperor Longqing has never seen such a Ling Jun, this son who has always reassured him and made him feel blameless, what kind of grievances did he suffer......

Hate.

Undisguised hatred.

It was as if there was fire coming out of his eyes.

Perhaps, he should really spare some time to listen and ask about the different grievances between Ling Jun and Ling Jun, yes, but they don't share Dai Tian, except for this word, he can't find a more appropriate word to describe it.

Obviously they are brothers, why can't they get along well?

Clearly......

"The sons and daughters visit their father, long live their father, long live, long live."

Walking slowly into the main hall, Ling Jun, who was wearing non-compliant clothes, gave people a feeling of needing to look up as always, even in the middle of the hall, facing Emperor Longqing, when he knelt down on one knee, he was calm, capable, neither humble nor arrogant.

"No courtesy."

Emperor Longqing unconsciously pursed the corners of his lips, stretched out his hand, picked up the glass cup in front of him, drank most of the plum blossom wine in it, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the seat vacated by Zhu Lingling, and motioned for him to sit, "You went deep into the people and observed the sufferings of the people, I am very pleased, but ...... You will talk about this later, and when I finish the edict that has been prepared, you will talk about it ......later."

"The retainers obey."

Emperor Longqing's reaction was a little unexpected for Ling Jun, although he did hope to solve Zhu Lingjun as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that Emperor Longqing would choose to bow his head just because of such a little "little thing".

He thought about it many times, and Emperor Longqing was forced by him to issue an order to deal with Zhu Lingling's situation, but only ...... This one is not included!

"You, tell everyone about my decision."

Emperor Longqing had already thought about the disposal of Zhu Lingling, and he also asked the chief eunuch about whether his decision was too ruthless, and the result was of course negative.

Emperor Longqing is not stupid, before, he also experienced the tense situation in Yanjing, but he originally planned to wait for the first month, and then send someone to escort Zhu Lingling out of Beijing and send him to the northwest, so that Zhu Lingli could spend another year in Yanjing, eat and drink for a few days, and in the future, he would go to the northwest...... It is true that he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but this does not negate the fact that he is still a father!

No matter how unfaithful and unfilial Zhu Lingli is, he is also his son, and he has watched with his own eyes grow from a small "meat dumpling" to what he is now...... A heroic young man, he wanted to do one last thing for Zhu Lingling, even if in the eyes of others, to the emperor of his country, it was insignificant......

That's it, that's it, what the Taoist chief said is right, heaven is evil, it is forgivable, self-inflicted, you can't live, whether it's good or bad, it's never more, it's not less, it's never early, it's never late.

The chief eunuch had already been instructed by Emperor Longqing, and now after listening to Emperor Longqing's orders, how could he not understand what he meant? Hurriedly coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and "read" the "edict" of the Longqing Emperor with the Manchu Dynasty civil and military with a serious face: Fengtian carrier, the emperor said that in the past, His Majesty accepted the righteous son Zhu Linglu to stabilize the hearts of the people, assassinated His Majesty in the front, and conspired against the thieves and ministers in the rear, disloyal and unfilial, unkind and unjust, and ten thousand deaths were not enough to pay for the crimes committed.

Long live my emperor, long live, long live.

After listening to the edict issued by Emperor Longqing, the civil and military officials present, together with Ling Jun and Zhu Lingling, all knelt down to praise them, but, compared with Ling Jun's good mood, among the people present, there were no less than one-third of the people present, who felt that this palace banquet tasted the same as chewing wax, and they couldn't stop worrying.

Of course, among the people who feel terrified in their hearts, they do not include Depingbo Li Ming.

Just a few days ago, Deping Bo Li Ming's "knowledge of current affairs" has been forgiven by Emperor Longqing, although he was fined for a year, but compared to the fear of these people today, it is really nothing...... It's just that Li Ming thought about it for several days, and let people check for several days, but he couldn't find out where Emperor Longqing hid the forces that he didn't know, and how big was the power that Emperor Longqing hid ......

"Rusong, thoroughly investigate the matter of the thieves who colluded with Zhu Lingling, and hand it over to you to supervise, I hope you can deal with it impartially, don't wronged a good person, and don't let go of a villain."

Emperor Longqing self-righteously felt that if he couldn't give Ling Jun a satisfactory result today, Ling Jun would not tell him how to deal with the upcoming locust plague, so he had to make a ruthless deal with the "people who colluded with Zhu Lingling", "You discuss this matter with the three princes, I trust you, don't let me down." ”

"If you are loose and live up to your majesty's trust!"

Hearing that Emperor Longqing handed over such an important matter to himself, Jiang Rusong couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee towards Emperor Longqing, expressing his gratitude for his trust, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Longqing's trick is not ingenious, let Ling Jun investigate and deal with the "thief", first, it can play a role in appeasing Ling Jun, second, it can also borrow Ling Jun's hand to find out some of the anti-courtiers some time ago and deal with it "according to law", and third, he can also show that he does not put those who "jump up and down" in his eyes, so he makes a fool of the civil ministers and military generals who gave him his life can't figure out his true details, and dare not have any more thoughts that shouldn't be, and let Jiang Rusong supervise it, you can restrain Ling Jun, Let Ling Jun not be able to deal with his courtiers according to his own preferences and relatives, and he can't put his power in the air.

"Father is wise!"

Ling Jun knew Emperor Longqing, naturally, it was easier to understand his plans, and secretly scolded the "old fox" in his heart, but his face was silent, he only knelt towards Emperor Longqing in a decent manner, and nodded in response to his "orders", "The son will act impartially and live up to the trust of his father!" ”

The military generals who can mix to participate in the palace banquet will not be fools or reckless people, listening to Emperor Longqing entrusting such an important matter to Ling Jun, how can he not understand that Ling Jun at this time is no longer the prince of the mother family who was powerless and powerless, and was not worth befriending at all?

However, it is easy to put the icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and now Zhu Lingjun is no longer "in the snow" like before, where can he still see the charcoal fire they raised? R1152( )