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"Your Majesty, what the hell is going on?"

After Shang Qingping calmed down, he took the lead in asking questions, and everyone was looking forward to it, hoping that the emperor could give a reason and explanation.

Gu Yi was holding the bamboo slip, his face was full of regret and despair, he shouldn't have opened the bamboo slip! If you let the civil and military officials and the people of the world know that he is the king of the country, he is so mediocre, how long can he sit on the throne?

"Take it and read it."

Gu Yi closed his eyes in despair and handed the bamboo slip to the eunuch beside him, if he didn't give an explanation to the officials today, I am afraid that they would rebel sooner or later.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

“……”

“…… In the seventh year of Xie Xing, General Mu Han was specially sent to infiltrate Beilan...... Everywhere they passed, people were displaced and scattered in the streets...... Inquire about the famine caused by the locust plague......"

"The bleak scene is all moving, and some people even curse the sky and curse...... Scolding ......"

The little eunuch who was halfway through reading suddenly stopped, looked at Gu Yi in a panic, and didn't dare to continue reading, Gu Yi pursed his lips tightly and took a deep breath, "Read!" ”

Gu Yi shouted, the little eunuch couldn't help but tremble with fright, and his voice gradually weakened, "Cursing today's saints, not sympathetic to the people's feelings......"

Hearing this, the faces of the civil and military officials changed greatly, and they looked at each other one by one, and the little eunuch couldn't help but raise his voice again in order to suppress the noise.

"After learning that the group was not from Beilan Country, some people proposed to escape from the country, willing to go to my Cangyu to find another way to survive, not to ask everyone to have land, but to have food and live......"

"One to ten, ten to hundred, there are more than a thousand people willing to follow General Mu Han...... Escape from the city in the middle of the night......"

The little eunuch finally finished reading the scroll, and Gu Yi also closed his eyes tightly and didn't say a word.

"Your Majesty, the minister has doubts." Shang Qingping was not afraid and looked directly at Gu Yi.

"Say."

"This scroll says that the emperor is not sympathetic to the people's feelings, but the minister clearly remembers that when the famine broke out seven years ago, the emperor had allocated food for disaster relief, why did the people still streak on the streets?"

"Could it be that the emperor did not allocate funds for grain at all, or was someone deducted from it, and this material was not distributed to the people at all?"

Shang Qingping's loud voice resounded throughout the imperial court, sonorous and powerful, Gu Ruobai had a slight smile on his face, he really didn't misunderstand Shang Qingping.

"Presumptuous! Do you think that your father will not save the people from dying? Or do you think that your father deceived the people? ”

Gu Xuanse roared loudly as if he was in a hurry, because he mentioned the allocation of food in the famine, his heart couldn't help but raise his throat, and at this time he was even more confused, this Shang Qingping really can't open any pot!

For a while, there was tension in the court, everyone held their breath, everyone was waiting for Gu Yi to speak, Gu Yi looked at the eunuch on his right, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his tone was flat, "Jie Yuan, who was in charge of this famine relief in the first place?" ”

The white-haired Father-in-law Jie shook the dust on his arm, and replied unhurriedly: "Back to the emperor, the old slave remembers that it is Ling Yu, and the Ling civil official is in charge of the allocation of grain, and at the beginning, you also instructed the eldest prince to assist him."

"Well, I remembered." Gu Yi nodded, Ling Yu under the court instantly lost color, he and Gu Xuanse exchanged glances, and Gu Xuanse immediately understood.

"Ling Yu, tell me how you allocated the money in the first place."

Ling Yu swallowed a mouthful of saliva deeply, his eyes were a little flustered, "Back to the emperor, the minister did distribute grain and silver taels to the people in the northwest and southeast and northern Xinjiang according to the amount specified by the emperor. ”

Ling Yu was so nervous that he beat the drum in his heart, the emperor was throwing his mess to them to clean up! The specified quantity? The amount of relief supplies allocated was very small, and he wanted to make a lot of money from it, but it was not enough for him to plug his teeth.

This is distributed, layer by layer, and there are very few people who can reach the people, but now the emperor's attitude is obvious, the emperor does not want to admit that he has allocated too little food, think about him as the king of a country, how can he let the world criticize, saying that he is unwilling to help the people?

He can only put the blame on himself and Gu Xuanse, if he says it now that the people are still starving to death on the streets because the emperor gave too few supplies, then his life will be lost.

Although he didn't make much money from it, as long as the emperor grabbed his handle, the responsibility would be all on himself, and the emperor's wishful thinking was too loud! But now, in order to save their lives and make long-term plans, he and Gu Xuanse can only accept this crime, and they can only wear this hat for the emperor!

"Father, at the beginning, Erchen did assist Lingwenguan in disaster relief and people, and all kinds of data were also recorded by Erchen himself, and Erchen can guarantee that Lingwenguan is innocent."

As soon as Gu Xuanse's words came out, Ling Yu's intestines were about to repent, and he closed his eyes in pain, Gu Xuanse, Gu Xuanse, all the plans were disrupted by you!

"Oh? Since you said that there was no mistake in the allocation of grain by the civil servant Ling, do you think that I have allocated too little? Or do you think I'm not willing to allocate money? ”

"Erchen doesn't dare! Father's anger! ”

Gu Xuanse pounced and knelt on the ground, very panicked, Ling Yu looked at Gu Xuanse with great annoyance, a feeling of hating iron but not steel arose, why was he tied to the same rope as this kind of fool?

"Your Majesty, please show me the disaster relief account book."

Ling Yu felt a horizontal in his heart, and also knelt on the ground, as long as he checked the account book, as long as there was a trace of loopholes, this responsibility would not hesitate to push on himself and Gu Xuanse, even if the emperor wanted to punish him, he would also look at the eldest prince and his contribution to the court for many years, and he would be lightly punished.

"Send someone to fetch it."

"Wow."

After a while, the little eunuch took a thin account book, Gu Xuanse's heart almost rose to his throat, when Ling Yu was favored, he concluded that his father could trust Ling Yu, and he should not check the account book, so there were some discrepancies in the records in the account book, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Unexpectedly, seven years later, today, they turned over the old accounts, if their father knew that they secretly withheld the food and silver taels for disaster relief, they would be completely finished!

Gu Xuanse looked at Ling Yu anxiously, Ling Yu's face was calm, and he signaled him to calm down and not panic, Gu Xuanse had no choice but to give up.

Gu Yi looked at the account books without saying a word, his face became more and more serious, "How can this lose a lot of silver?" Where did the money go? ”

Gu Yi asked loudly, Gu Xuanse trembled, and looked at Ling Yu helplessly, "Your Majesty, can you let Weichen calculate?" ”

The little eunuch handed the account book to Ling Yu, and Gu Xuanse on the side was already frightened into a cold sweat.

Gu Ruobai, who hadn't spoken for a long time, stood with his hands in his hands, as if he didn't want to do all this, with a mocking smile in his eyes, it seemed that this Ling Yu had found a solution, but he underestimated Ling Yu.

Ling Yu stared at the account book for a long time, and suddenly kowtowed to the ground, "Weichen is guilty!" It's that Weichen didn't check the data recorded by the eldest prince! Wechen is willing to bear all the sins! ”

Gu Xuanse's mind seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, was it really discovered?

Gu Yi on the dragon throne had a meaningful smile in his eyes, and his heart finally breathed a sigh of relief, and he found a scapegoat, so that the world would not say that he was a faint king.

Gu Xuanse kept wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, and also kowtowed, "It's Erchen who deserves to die!" Erchen shouldn't be careless, otherwise he wouldn't have let so many people die on the streets! ”

"The eldest prince, Ling Yu, do you know what is wrong?"

"The retainers are willing to be punished!"

"Wechen is willing to be punished!"

The two replied in unison, and the ministers began to whisper again, and Grandpa Jie quietly leaned into Gu Yi's ear and said softly: "Your Majesty, it's almost over."

After speaking, Gu Yi showed an imperceptible smile on his face, sure enough, he was the person who had been with him for most of his life, and he knew what he was thinking, since someone was willing to take the blame for him, how could he be punished heavily? It's all just for show.

"In that case, what do you think I should do with the two of them?"

One is the current prince who can't be provoked, and the other is a civil official who has made a lot of contributions to the imperial court.

What's more, there are too many people in this court who are afraid of Gu Xuanse, and too many people want to curry favor with Ling Yu, who will fall into the well at this time?

His future may have to rely on these two people one day, so as soon as Gu Yi's voice fell, no one stood up to say how to punish these two people, but Gu Yi grasped their big weakness very well.

There are too many variables in this palace, maybe one day, he will become a prisoner, and he doesn't even have a person to rely on, and everyone is asking for more blessings.

"Since no minister has come forward, the eldest prince will be fined three years, and he will not be allowed to take over the treasury for three years. Ling Yu was demoted to an official of the Ministry of Rites, and was not allowed to meddle in political affairs without my permission. ”

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Gu Xuanse felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, kowtowing again and again, Ling Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this punishment was nothing to him, it seemed that the emperor still couldn't do anything to them.

"Your Majesty, it is an undeniable fact that the people of Beilan have moved to Cangyu, and the most important thing at the moment is how to save the people."

Shang Qingping said solemnly, Gu Yi only then remembered that if he wanted to rescue them back to Beilan, it would not be an easy task.

"I wonder what General Shang thinks?"

"Weichen thinks that the rescue method can only be outwitted, not forced." Shang Qingping stroked his white beard, and looked at Gu Ruobai at the same time.

"Oh? Tell me what you have to say. Gu Yi couldn't help but get interested.

"Although Cangyu is a small country, it is very friendly with the surrounding rivers, Lianya and other small countries, if they fight, Beilan may not be their opponent."

"Well, that makes sense." Gu Yi couldn't help but nodded.

"If Beilan proposes to make friends with Cangyu and exchange superior conditions for their trust, maybe Cangyu will release them, and the people of Beilan will be able to return to their homeland."