Chapter 114: Resentment
There is also a time of convulsion at the starting point, and that voting machine can only have four options, why did it split Xiao Yan in half and put it there? When I look at the voting results, I have to add them myself......
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After the frost fell, the statistical chronology of this year's autumn harvest in various places has been successively delivered to the imperial court. Due to the drought in the spring and summer of this year, several state capitals reported the disaster situation in the early morning, and in some places there was even a locust plague in the autumn, and even the grain was not harvested, and the hungry people were scattered and begging for food, and the situation was very serious. In order to earn fame, in addition to the grain and silver provided by the household department for disaster relief, in the name of reducing the cost of the government, he donated 30,000 taels of silver to the people, winning a piece of praise. King Jing's original family background was not thick, and he raised a large group of orphans in the army, and Concubine Jing in the palace was also unable to help, so he couldn't show this generosity, and he was dwarfed for a while.
At this time, a major case of robbery and killing of the dart team occurred in Fuzhou, which alarmed the criminal department to send personnel to investigate, and finally the case was solved, the looted property was recovered, and several robbers were also arrested, and the case was successfully closed. Originally, this matter was not small, but it was not too big, at most, the Criminal Department showed its face quickly for solving the case. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was found out that what this dart team protected was a routine gift from the prefect of Yuezhou to King Yu, totaling no less than 5,000 gold. Yuezhou is one of the hardest hit states this year, and people have already starved to death in the process of waiting for the imperial court to provide relief, and the robbers who were arrested said that they were not angry about this, so they took the risk to rob the property and return it to the victims. When the news spread, many people in Yuezhou jointly asked for relief from the robbers' crimes, which caused an uproar, making King Yu disgraced and disgraced, and repeatedly came out to declare that he did not know about Yuezhou's gifts, and had confiscated the local gifts in the state capital before. Although he tried his best to clear it up, a few of the courtiers would believe that Yuezhou would not give gifts in the harvest year and give it back in the disaster year, so it is difficult to say.
Because of this scandal, although Emperor Liang did not explicitly blame King Yu, he asked him to avoid suspicion and not interfere in disaster relief matters, and reassigned King Jing. King Jing and Shen Chai, the head of the household, were originally good friends, and the two cooperated tacitly, and there was no sense of restraint between each other, plus they were both very strict self-discipline and very principled people, and after killing and removing a few state officials who did not know the direction of the wind and still acted according to the convention, they quickly controlled the situation. Although I dare not say that the errand can be done from top to bottom, compared to the previous year, when only one-third of the silver went into the hands of the victims, it is really one in the sky and one in the ground. Shen Chai is a doer, he can't sit still in the capital, so he asked his relatives to inspect the disaster area, so as to achieve fewer deaths, no riots, a safe winter, and no famine in the spring of the coming year. King Jing exchanged letters with him every day, racking his brains to think of other ways to make people's livelihood recover as soon as possible. Although King Jing is a little weaker in this regard, Mei Changsu has been in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, understands the people's feelings, and there are many people under him who have been crawling at the bottom for many years, and put forward some suggestions to King Jing and asked him to discuss with Shen Chai. That Lord Shangshu had been on the spot for some time, and his opinions were very similar to those put forward by King Jing, and he added a few more points himself, and finally reported them to Emperor Liang in chapters.
In previous years, disasters were prone to riots, all because the victims had no food and clothing, and there was nothing to do, and there was no way to arrange the spring plowing of the next year after the disaster, so they were desperate in their hearts, and some small reasons could cause chaos, which has always been the most headache for the imperial court. King Jing and Shen Chai's discussion is mainly aimed at this, although there are many articles, the main summary is to first let the victims of the disaster be fed, and then according to the actual situation of each state, arrange for the people to operate other side businesses to survive the famine. For example, Weizhou, which is near the water, is rich in cattails, which can be woven into bibs, tea sets, straw mats and other fabrics, which are transported into Beijing by the government and are extremely popular; Other states have similar industries that can be explored for supplementation. At the same time, taking advantage of the warm weather for a month or two, the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court convened to carry out projects such as building roads and bridges, dredging rivers, and cultivating mountains and mines, so that the strong and unskilled victims could exchange their labor for wages, and some states that were not frozen could even start work until the spring of the next year. The seed grain for spring plowing in the disaster area is allocated by the government with special funds, and the farmers who have no seeds can come to receive it, and the taxes of the current year are completely exempted, and if it is a good year in the following year, the cost of planting grain will be added to the tax without additional interest to repay. In this way, the victims benefited more than in previous years, but the money donated by the imperial court was much less, and most of the people had something to do, even if they could not be completely self-sufficient, but it was better than begging and starving everywhere or sitting and waiting for the government to reward them with porridge. If some magistrates have a flexible mind and proper arrangements, the suffering of this disaster year can be alleviated a lot.
Since the implementation of this recital approved by Emperor Liang, the results have been very good. Not only was the situation clear that there was no major disaster, but the national treasury did not suffer a major loss as a result, and at the same time, the behavior of the magistrates was rectified, and a new precedent was set aside. King Jing can fight on the horse, and the image of the horse can govern is further established, Shen Chai is also more and more official, and he has more and more prestige in the court.
At the end of the year, Si Tianjian reported that there was red light invading Ziwei in the southeast, and the stars were obscure. Emperor Liang issued an edict on this, saying that the prince was not virtuous, and the sky had warned him, so he abolished the prince as the king, and ordered him to move out of Beijing and live in Xianzhou. At the same time, two more King Jingwang beads were added, and King Yu was the same as the Prince of Seven Pearls.
When this decree was issued by the court, King Yu, who had already gotten the news first, was losing his temper in his study, and everything that could be smashed in the room was basically smashed, even his own favorite pot of orchids could not be spared, and no one dared to approach the entire storm field, only Qin Panruo, who had not seen her for a long time, was still a little bold, and had been standing in the corner of the room watching King Yu Fabiao.
When the king of Yu almost vented all the anger and anger in his heart, the red-sleeved talented woman sneered and said: "The so-called 'one who gets a unicorn talent can win the world', Langya Pavilion is really not wrong at all!" β
This sentence pierced King Yu's heart like a knife, and he turned around, stared at Qin Panruo with red eyes, and said angrily: "What do you mean by this? β
Qin Panruo's starry eyes were gloomy, cold as ice, raised his chin with clear lines, gritted his teeth and said: "When Jiang Zuo Meilang first entered Beijing last autumn, what was the situation with you, Your Highness, and what was the situation with King Jing?" Now that more than a year has passed, what is the situation of His Royal Highness now, and what is the situation of King Jing? Comparing these two, isn't it clear who got the unicorn talent? β
Yu Wang took a few steps back and sat down in his chair. He had been suspicious since Jing Yan was crowned the prince in September, and he had been hesitant, but at this moment, Qin Panruo clearly exposed it, only to feel that his blood was surging, and he couldn't wait to squeeze everything in front of him into powder.
"Your Highness, don't have illusions anymore, King Jing has obtained Mei Changsu, I have confirmed this matter, does Your Highness want me to come out with evidence?" Qin Banruo deliberately stabbed him, and when he saw him hanging his head down, he couldn't help but laugh more and more coldly, "Speaking of which, this sect master is really amazing, he is decisive, he dares to choose people, and he can also be trained, if it weren't for his help, when would King Jing earn his current status?" Now even the situation in the palace has changed, Concubine Yue has lost power, and Concubine Jing has taken the throne. She has been silent for all these years, which eye of the queen can look at her, but she didn't expect that once she was powerful, it would be so difficult to deal with. These situations, presumably after the princess came back from the palace, she told Her Royal Highness, right? β
King Yu gritted his teeth fiercely and did not deny it.
is different from the sharp Concubine Yue back then, Concubine Jing is like a pool of soft water. Whether it's soft or hard, nothing will work on her. She is not suspicious or suspicious, does not compete for favor, does not collect money, does not win people's hearts, and is meticulous in etiquette. If Emperor Liang rewarded her, she would accept it, and if she didn't reward her, she wouldn't be wronged. The queen treats her kindly, she is respectful, and if she is embarrassed, she is also willing. In short, it's like a big ball of cotton, it can't be flattened or kneaded, it can't be punched, there is no strength, the queen has dealt with Concubine Yue for more than ten years, and she is not as tired as she is dealing with her for a while.
"I underestimated this mother and son," King Yu let out a long sigh of resentment, "I thought it was a sheep, but it turned out to be two wolves." But it's too early for this king to admit defeat, this king can even bring down the crown prince, and he is worried that he can't tear a king of Jing? β
His Royal Highness has such ambitions, and Prajna deeply admires them. But Mei Changsu is too insidious, if he doesn't clean him up and his Jiang Zuomeng first, I'm afraid that I won't be able to tear King Jing's ......"
King Yu glanced at her and said, "Clean him up first, it's easy to say, your red sleeves are scattered here now, but he cleaned them up, right?" β
This sentence was talking about Qin Panruo's sore spot, which made a touch of resentment unconsciously pass over that charming face, "If you talk about this round, I lost." But it doesn't matter if I lose, the key is that His Highness's great cause cannot be ruined in the hands of this villain. Doesn't His Highness want to repay this evil breath that he has deceived and used? β
With her teasing, King Yu's chest churned with anger again, and he slapped his palm on the table, making his palms numb with pain. However, after venting just now, he has calmed down a lot, although he was so angry that he was stuffy and kept wheezing, he finally gritted his teeth and endured: "You want me to accumulate my energy on Mei Changsu and avenge him for destroying your red sleeves, I understand this." If I am angry, do I not hate him more than you do? But the current situation is not more than a year ago, at that time, as long as Mei Changsu was broken, King Jing would have no way out, but now my seventh brother is no longer a thing in the pool, and it is not Mei Changsu alone, I can't repeat the mistakes of the past and let him sit big. What's more, no matter how powerful Mei Changsu is, after all, he is just a strategist, and the weakness of a strategist is always in his lord, instead of attacking Mei Changsu first, it is better to take a salary to deal with King Jing, without a master, let him be a unicorn talent, isn't it the same as a wild dog that no one has adopted? β
When King Yu said the last sentence, the viciousness was already overflowing, and even Qin Panruo couldn't help but be secretly frightened, and asked calmly, "Then where does Your Highness plan to start?" β
"Where?" King Yu paced around the study full of wolves a few times, and sneered, "I don't know Mei Changsu's weaknesses, but King Jing's sore spots are clear. He has not been favored for more than ten years, where is the root? Is he stupid, can't do errands, has he made any mistakes? Neither. On the contrary, he has repeatedly made military exploits and worked hard, but his father just didn't reward him. The reason for not rewarding...... Isn't it an old case that no one will give in to the hearts of fathers and sons......"
Qin Panruo's eyes widened slightly, and he nodded slowly, "Yes, King Jing's sore spot is indeed the reverse case between King Qi and the Red Flame Army back then." β
"For these traitors, King Jing disobeyed and collided with his father many times, I can't count, but after more than ten years of exile, my father is old, I don't want to care about it, King Jing is obedient, no longer hard top, everyone quietly turned the page, only hidden in their hearts, no one mentioned it. But not mentioning it doesn't mean forgetting or healing, as long as you find a good opportunity to reopen it, it is still the deepest rift between the two of them......"
"That's a really good place to start." Qin Panruo agreed, "But His Highness wants to reopen this old scar, you can't just tear it all up at once, the more bloody the better." β
"It's because it's not casual, so I haven't figured out how to do it yet. It would be nice if there was an opportunity now......"
Qin Panruo's black crystal-like eyes rolled twice, and he said slowly, "Is there an opportunity...... I haven't seen it yet, but there is one person, and His Highness should find a way to join forces with him......"
"Who?"
"The hanging mirror makes the first of this generation, Xia Jiang."
"Xia Jiang?" King Yu's eyebrows jumped, "I'm afraid not...... The tradition of the Hanging Mirror Division has always been that it is not involved in party disputes. In the past, I fought with the prince so much, and he didn't ......."
"It was before," Qin Panruo said quickly, "It's not surprising that he didn't interfere in the dispute between you and the crown prince. But now your opponent is King Jing. Xia Jiang is not a fool, he is very clear about the relationship between King Jing and the old people of Chiyan back then, and of course he also remembers who is in charge of the case of the Chiyan Army. To put it mildly, this is a knot in the heart, but to put it more seriously, it is a grudge. Does His Royal Highness think that Xia Jiang can watch King Jing approach the storage position step by step with a blind eye? No matter how loyal he is, he has to think about his future fate, right? β
Qin Panruo was in the arms of King Yu, so he couldn't help but rub his hands a few times, his eyes were a little excited. Xia Jiang's influence on Emperor Liang, the dark power of the Hanging Mirror Division in various places, and for the current strength of King Yu, these are the coals of fire burning in the snow.
"Your Highness," Qin Panruo smiled and saluted, "If you want to secretly test whether Xia Jiang has the intention of joining forces, Praruo can be effective." I have a senior sister who is Xia Jiang's old acquaintance......"
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