Hong Kai, who was covered by someone and heard all this, fell to the ground with a weak body. He originally thought that his uncle was just messing around, but he didn't expect that in order to achieve his goal, he would even dare to kill people.

At this time, Hong Kai was also pressed and walked out from behind, Qi Fu saw Hong Kai and saw that he was not injured at all, so whose hands were they just now? Could it be that the emperor and queen cut off other people's hands in order to make him confess?

"Kaier, you ......," Hong's mother said in surprise.

She just heard that Hong Kai's hands had been cut off by the emperor in order to atone for Qi Fu's crimes, and now that she saw that her son was complete, she hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Kai'er, are you okay?" It's really scared to death. ”

"Mother, the emperor and the queen are here, don't lose your manners." Hong Kai said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Hong's mother hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, the women know that their brother has done a lot of wrong things, and the women just hope that the emperor and the queen can spare his life and let him spend the rest of his life in prison for the sake of his old age?" ”

"Mrs. Hong, it is already a fact that Qi Fu murdered people's lives, you want the emperor and the palace to spare his life, so what about the souls who were killed by him? Shouldn't they be given an explanation? Chu Lixue said coldly.

Hearing Chu Lixue say this, Mother Hong opened her mouth and didn't know how to answer, yes, if Qi Fu's life was spared, it would indeed be unfair to those who were killed.

"Come on, take Qi Fu down and hand it over to the three law divisions for trial and conviction." Nangong Yihan said in a deep voice. After finishing speaking, he took Chu Lixue's hand and walked towards the carriage.

Qi Fu was imprisoned in Dali Temple, and everyone knew that Qi Fu did more than just rob other people's daughters as concubines and kill the lives of women's families. He also participated in the smuggling of official salt, and since the sea trade, merchants have also begun to buy products from the Western Regions for domestic sales, but this salty salt has always been sold by the government.

Salted salt is an indispensable condiment for cooking every day, because the production is scarce, the official family is worried that it will be hoarded by businessmen, and the price of salty salt is high, so ordinary merchants have not been allowed to sell, but have set up a state-run store all over the country, and the government has a unified price for sales.

Even so, there will be people who secretly collect private salt, and then sell it to some shops, because the quality of these private salt is not very good, but the price is very cheap, there are many restaurants in order to save costs, so they started the idea of this private salt. There were once people who were poisoned by eating these low-quality private salts, but they were forced to suppress it because of Qi Fu's relationship.

Even Nangong Yihan was stunned when he saw the recital sent by Dali Temple, he didn't expect such a thing, he even kept it secret, thinking of the position of general judgment set up all over the country that Chu Lixue mentioned at the beginning, these general judgments are all talents selected during the last imperial examination, is it possible, these people have all been bought?

"Lixue, do I have a problem with the selection of people? The general judge sent to collude with Zhizhou. Nangong Yihan sat in the carriage and said in a deep voice.

"Husband, this person is difficult to withstand the temptation, there are very few people who come out of the mud like a lotus flower and are not stained, there are loyal ministers and good generals in the court, and the husband hopes that the court is full of such people, but if the court is full of such people, it will not work. If there are loyal ministers, there will be traitorous ministers, and if there are powerful ministers, there will be courtiers, and the key is to see how the husband wants to use these people. Chu Lixue said softly.

"How to use these people? Doesn't Lixue think that only loyal ministers and good generals can bring stability to the country? Nangong Yihan looked at Chu Lixue suspiciously.

Since he was a child, he has been taught by his teacher to be a holy monarch and a lord, and there must be loyal ministers and good generals in the court, so that the country can be prosperous and strong. Why did everything change when I arrived at Chu Lixue?

However, listening to Chu Lixue's words is indeed very reasonable, just like the last time, he heard Chu Lixue teach Nangong Zhaohui outside the door that in the future, he must be the emperor and be invisible, and don't let people know what is going on. If you let the people or courtiers around you can easily guess your likes and dislikes, it is not enough.

Sitting on the throne, there will be many people who covet that position, if the people around you know your preferences well, then it will be easy to harm you. And if the courtiers had grasped your likes and dislikes, they would not have told you the truth.

Now that I think about it, it does make a lot of sense. Think about it, with a shrewd mother professor like Chu Lixue, their son will definitely be even better than him in the future.

"So is there any good way for the lady?" Nangong Yihan looked at Chu Lixue's eyes and said.

Chu Lixue hung her head and blinked, and then said lightly: "Since the sale of illicit salt has been exposed, then send someone to temporarily take over the local government affairs, and escort all the officials involved back to Yuncheng for trial, the clear ones will clear themselves, and the turbid ones will be turbid, and those who are not involved are naturally not afraid of investigation, and those who are involved will ...... it."

"It's going to jump off the wall and show itself, right?" Nangong Yihan said with a light smile.

"yes. It seems that the husband has already had an idea and deliberately tricked me into saying it. No, people don't follow it, you have to reward others. ”

"Rewards? Are you sure you want it now? Nangong Yihan raised his eyebrows and looked at Chu Li Xuedao with a malicious look.

"yes, bring it." Chu Lixue stretched out her hand.

Nangong Yihan grabbed Chu Lixue's hand, took it into his arms, and kissed Chu Lixue's lips deeply. A few girls sitting in the carriage were suffocating their faces when they landed, why did they sit in the carriage, here as a light bulb to watch the love of the emperor and queen, go out now? I'm afraid that the people who are driving the car will also look back, so don't go out? But it's really not appropriate to sit in the car.

"Hmm...... That, the slave maid got out of the car and went to buy some osmanthus cake and sugar gourd that the little princess likes to eat. Leng Xue pursed her lips and stammered.

Xuan even lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage, Yi An and Ning Xiang, who were sitting in the carriage, glanced at each other, and hurriedly said: "Let's go with you, otherwise, you won't be able to take any of them." ”

Hearing a few people say this, Chu Lixue pushed Nangong Yihan away with all her might, blushed and said, "Look at you, let's get a few girls away." ”

"Hmph, that's because they don't have enough concentration, can't they just close their eyes and don't look? Yi'an and Leng Xue didn't have a family, and they would blush when they saw such a thing, this Ning Xiang had already become their own son, so why should they be shy. Nangong Yi said coldly.

"If you were to sit on the sidelines and watch the love between husband and wife in other people's homes, would you watch it with relish?" Chu Lixue pouted.

"If you are a husband, you obviously have a lady to watch, why should you look at the love of other husbands and wives."

"Hmph, poor mouth." Chu Lixue said angrily.

"What a poor mouth, this is obviously sweet talk. Don't you like to hear it? ”

"I don't like it." Chu Lixue didn't look over her head anymore and stopped looking at Nangong Yihan, she looked at Nangong Yihan with a serious look on weekdays, thinking about it like this today, it was a long time ago.

"Okay, the husband knows that he has rarely talked to you like this in the palace all these years, and it is rare to have such an opportunity today, and when he returns to the palace, he will not have these freedoms." Nangong Yihan sighed slightly.

Chu Lixue understands very well that as an emperor, he must be majestic in front of and behind people, and if people see him and his wife laughing like this, they will be said to be unseemly. The royal system is very important, but should you keep a face at all times? Life is too short, so why not be happy? Why does it have to make people feel afraid to look up?

The carriage traveled all the way back to the palace, Nangong Yihan and Chu Lixue tidied up their clothes, and prepared to get off the carriage and take a sedan chair back to the palace.

Nangong Yihan sat in the imperial study, and several important ministers of the court also sat inside, thinking of a countermeasure to the overflow of illegal salt in various places.

But this private salt is not so easy to prohibit, and now although maritime trade has brought a lot of benefits to the imperial court, it has also buried some hidden dangers.

"Your Majesty, the old minister believes that if you want to prohibit the overflow of illicit salt, the only feasible measure is to ban the sea." King Ning said in a deep voice.

"Sea ban? Uncle Wang, do you know that this sea ban also has a certain impact on the imperial court. ”

"Your Majesty, this old minister naturally knows, but if there is no sea ban, just relying on the patrol of the sea to check the illegal salt, it cannot be completely prohibited, as long as there are officers and soldiers to check, those who sell illegal salt will come up with more ways to bring the illegal salt into various ports, if they are complicit, it will be even more difficult to prohibit it."

Hearing this, Nangong Yihan bowed slightly, that's right, what King Ning said was exactly what he had already thought about in his heart, could it be that there was really only one way to ban the sea? The sea ban will not only affect the tax revenue of the imperial court, but also the interests of those merchants.

Most of the tax revenue of the state treasury also comes from these merchants, and if the interests of the merchants are affected, I am afraid that they will no longer contribute to the country.

"King Dingnan, what do you think?" Nangong Yihan set his eyes on Shangguan Tianyu, he really didn't want the sea ban, if it was really banned, I was afraid it would cause a lot of trouble.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have no other way, King Ning is right, if the officials and the merchants are in collusion, I am afraid that the situation of selling illicit salt will be even more serious."

"What about you?" Nangong Yihan looked at Jiang Guogong and the others, hoping that they could have other ways. However, things did not go as he wanted, and the rest of the courtiers also shook their heads.

Seeing this, Nangong Yihan frowned slightly, "Then implement the sea ban, and wait until there are other methods." After finishing speaking, Nangong Yihan waved his hand, signaling that everyone could disperse. Once the sea is banned, what kind of trouble will there be, Nangong Yihan knows very well in his heart, but there is really no better way at the moment, I only hope that the root cause of the sale of illicit salt can be investigated, so that it will not affect the national strength of the entire Beichen.