Chapter Ninety-Six: The Absurd Emperor

Emperor Mu set up two male and female, one male in charge of the government, one female in charge of the inside, dictatorial inside and outside, the voice of the government and the opposition is full of complaints, endlessly.

On the first day, on the Jinluan Palace, Emperor Mu and Empress Xiong held hands in the court, and hundreds of officials called out to the emperor and queen long live.

Xiao Jingyu was dressed in a crown and was sitting upright on the imperial chair, raising his hand as always, and said calmly: "Zhong Aiqing is flat!"

The chief eunuch shouted beside him: "If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"

"Minister, Lin Ze, the supervisor of the capital water, has something to report!" In the civil and military officials, a person stepped out, respectfully holding the jade plate and reporting loudly.

"Xuan." Xiao Jingyu said.

"Your Majesty, in June and July, it is the time when the tide floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the floods are serious, the people have no harvest, and the lower officials have received news that there are many people killed and injured in this flash flood, and I hope that the emperor will give silver and grain." Lin Ze glanced at the frowning emperor and cautiously reported his worries.

"How many more people died?" There are floods in the Jiangnan area, and people die every year, Xiao Jingyu has become accustomed to it, and asked.

"More than 2,000 people were killed and more than 2,000 people were injured...... Lin Ze said in a low voice.

"More than 1,000 people died the year before last, more than 1,500 died last year, and more than 2,000 people died this year. Xiao Jingyu was immediately angry when he heard this number, and asked with a blue tendon on his forehead.

"Back to the emperor, the tail of the Yangtze River, every year from the upstream silt accumulation, the water supervisor every year to dredge the river silt, the investment in manpower is huge, but this year's heavy rain and flood is more serious than usual, and the dam is exaggerated, so there is no way to stop the flood raging, hope that the emperor will be clear."

"How many taels of silver do you want?" Xiao Jingyu thought of the war in the past two years, which had reduced the treasury, and now that he was in a flood, he had to spend a large amount of silver, and his heart became more and more irritable.

"Return to the emperor for five thousand five hundred taels of silver." Lin Ze looked at the emperor who was faintly on the verge of going berserk, and whispered to the emperor.

"You...... You ......" Xiao Jingyu pointed at Lin Ze, speechless in anger.

"Hahahaha......" Above the lobby, there was a sudden burst of profligate laughter.

Han Qing wore a purple veil, leaned lazily on the back chair, covering his mouth and snickering.

"What's so funny about the Queen?" Xiao Jingyu turned his head and asked puzzled.

Han Qing stood up, paced in front of Lin Ze, and asked with a smile: "Let me ask you, before the tide in the Jiangnan region comes, can you give an order to send someone to notify the people to evacuate to a safe place, so that they can transfer their materials to a safe place?"

Lin Ze obviously didn't do his homework, and said weakly, "It's not ......"

"Let me ask you again, the floods in the Jiangnan area are getting worse every year, can you carefully investigate the reasons for your poor flood control, why are the dams washed away by floods every year, drowning hundreds of people?"

Floods are natural disasters or man-made connivances.

Han Qing's question was extremely sharp, and it accurately strangled Lin Ze's throat, and the cold sweat on his back began to appear continuously.

"If one dam can't prevent water, what about two or three?

A lot of silver is invested every year, how many dams have you built?

Have you seriously and really investigated, where is the dam construction that can be the most solid and achieve the most flood control effect?

In ancient times, there was Dayu to control the water, digging ditches to divert water flow. I ask you if you can come up with any other way than digging up the mud to completely change the ravages of the floods.

Obviously, you can have a thousand ways to stop the flood from killing and killing people and causing the loss of money and food.

Over the years, you have stood still, making the flood worse and worse, and the casualties of the people more and more serious.

Han Qing's domineering questioning voice made Yan Zijin can't help but clap in his heart! He had long suspected that the group of people under Sima Huan who were in charge of the water prison were secretly embezzling grain and salaries and doing tofu slag projects.

"You demon queen, Hugh has to talk nonsense, where can you understand the art of water control!" The great Sima Sima Xian was touched on his interests, and he came out to accuse and scold.

Sima Xian was in charge of the government, and his power touched the branches and corners of Muyun's officialdom, forming a party and private sector, and making huge profits. But he is a veteran of the Kai Dynasty, no one dares to touch him, and even Xiao Jingyu has to laugh at him when he meets.

His younger brother Sima Huan, who once had a meritorious service in the Qingguo, the first emperor married the princess to him in order to entrap him, and he was also Xiao Jingyu's brother-in-law.

Sima Huan's ambition was inflated and he had a rebellious heart, and he continued to recruit troops and horses in private, and he had a lion and tiger army of 450,000 people in his hands.

On weekdays, Sima Huan is unscrupulous, when the court is a latrine, he can come if he wants to, and if he doesn't want to come, he will say that he is sick and never goes to court early, Xiao Jingyu has no choice but to go with him.

Sima Jiao is also a tyrant in the harem, who suffered a tragic disaster last year and was murdered and died in the boudoir.

Sima Huan had a close relationship with his sister, turned Mu Yun upside down, and failed to catch the murderer, forcing the court to chase his sister as a loyal martyr and buried in the imperial mausoleum.

The three brothers and sisters of the Sima family, who are in the military, politics, and harem, constantly intervene in the government and politics, which can be described as the number one cancer of the Muyun Dynasty.

Now that Xiao Jingyu dares to kill the minister, break the ancestral precedent, and marry both male and female, they have long remembered his guilt below, waiting to abolish his throne and pull him off the horse.

Sima Xian, the boss, stepped forward, Lin Ze's back straightened, and he should have been cowardly, and he proudly agreed: "Han Qing, you are just an ordinary person, how can you know how to control water."

"Hehe, I'm just a mere queen, I can be scolded by any of you, I haven't treated water, I don't know how to cure, but I know that there is an insult in the body, and you can be killed in the rules of Muyun.

Our Minister Lin Ze, who is very good at controlling water, is not good at controlling water, which is a dereliction of duty. What do you say about Muyun's rules? I remember that it was a demotion and exile to another place, and a revocation of the official position and a decision to be executed.

Let's do the math, you have killed and injured more than 3,000 people this time, and many people were killed and injured last year and last year.

Lin Ze, what do you say? ”

Han Qing unhurriedly took out Mu Yun Dafa, poking it out every word and every inch above, Lin Ze's face became more and more pale, and there was more and more cold sweat on his forehead, and finally he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Xiao Jingyu's phoenix eyes smiled slightly, the poisonous insects collected from poisonous substances, they could be regarded as stepping on Han Qing's thunder point.

Xiao Jingyu came forward at the right time, and as a peacemaker, he comforted Han Qing and said: "Empress, Lin Ze and Lord Sima, I am just afraid that you will offend you by not personally controlling the water and speaking quickly for a while."

I know that you care about the suffering of Muyun's people, but what you said is not wrong, Lin Ze's water control is not good, and the people have suffered many deaths and injuries, so it is indeed not suitable to stay in this position anymore. ”

Lin Ze's eyes immediately widened in horror.

Xiao Jingyu said solemnly: "Lin Ze, you are seriously derelict in your post, and you should be punished for your crimes, you have been a diligent official over the years, and you have been degraded to a nine-grade sesame official, and you will go to the flooded land to help the people from now on."

The new water supervisor is in charge, and Li Junye and Yan Zijin jointly choose a capable person to replace him. ”

"Yes......" Lin Ze replied with a disgraced face, it is better to degrade an official than to lose his life, this demon queen is really too difficult to provoke, he should never touch his scales.

"Queen, the treasury is empty, and the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is seriously flooded, do you have a way to solve this silver matter?" Xiao Jingyu turned his head and asked Han Qing, who was cross-legged and had no phoenix body at all, and humbly asked.

Han Qing glanced at him, the corners of his mouth curled darkly, and said coldly: "Naturally, there is, but it depends on whether this group of parents hurts his children, hehe......"

When the officials below heard the laughter, they felt a chill down their spines, and they had a bad premonition.

"Parents and officials are supported by the people, so they naturally do things for the people, why do they say that they don't care about the people?" Xiao Jingyu asked for advice very humbly at this moment.

"Do you say that if your children have an accident and have no money, your parents will not save them if they die? If our minister is a good parent, shouldn't we also show our mother's love and donate some money? ”

Han Qing lifted the gauze curtain, revealing a magnificent face, the court was shining for a while, and the ministers' eyes were straight.

"The queen is very reasonable, so how much should I donate?"

Han Qing scooped up the hot tea on the table, lowered his head to sip, squinted his eyes and said with a slight smile: "It's not easy for me to be a parent, five hundred taels is enough for the poor, one thousand taels for the rich, the silver is not enough for expensive things, the expensive things are not enough for rice and grain, the rice is not enough for the wages to be deducted, and even the wages are not enough, so I will go to the flooded place to volunteer."

This smile made the courtiers below dizzy and frightened.

"What do you think?" Xiao Jingyu smiled pleasantly.

The courtiers were so frightened that they agreed unspeakably, and they were really tired of being parents......

This trick is really ruthless, taking salaries from the officials, Li Junye and Yan Zijin are helpless, and they said in their hearts: Xiao Jingyu really turned around and really kidnapped a thrifty queen, this singing and harmony, the performance is really perfect.

Muyun's finances are tight, and all places are saving resources.

On the first day, the game of 100 officials' donations was not over, and on the second day, there was a game of repatriation of 100 concubines in the harem.

It is recommended that the concubines who have not been favored by the emperor should be sent home after giving double the monthly money, so that the family can support them and choose their lovers to remarry.

Mo Xiangli also advocated that the concubines left behind in each palace initiate donations, and took the lead and donated five hundred taels of silver to support the victims.

Two years ago, Xiao Jingyu repatriated the palace maid once, but he didn't expect to repatriate the concubine this time.

Every two years, the harem will screen a hundred marriageable women from the people, and the harem now has more than 600 concubines.

Every time Xiao Jingyu draws those people repeatedly, he has long been tired of it.

Those who had never drawn cards on the tray had never even seen them, and thought that they had no time to pamper them, and they didn't like them, so what was a waste of money to keep them to eat.

So, Xiao Jingyu simply waved his wolf and made a ridiculous decree in his heart, and in the future, all the concubines will be sent home, regardless of whether they have been favored or not.

The ministers immediately quit, and they worked hard to send their daughters to the palace, but they were all kicked home by the emperor.

Xiao Jingyu ignored their opposition, still went his own way, ordered the concubines to pick up things that night, and was all driven out of the palace the next day.

Children on the street are making bamboo, and the streets and alleys are singing "Double Queen Song", singing:

The absurd emperor married a double queen, a man and a woman are just right.

The male queen, the male queen is a concubine, and he doesn't want a mother-in-law in the palace after being robbed.

The queen woman, the queen is Gong E, and the palace maid who is chosen is not a handsome man.

The male queen is outside, and the female queen is inside,

The queen of men, the queen of men is a rakshasa,

Rakshasa laughed and trembled, and he cried for his father.

The queen woman, the queen is a yaksha,

Yaksha trembled as soon as she said a word, picked up the dowry and scolded her mother.

Men and women, laughed to death.