Chapter 170: Faint King?
"Zhao Yu, what you said is true...... Well, quite frankly. ”
After the emperor smiled, he immediately waved his hand in the light gauze dragon tent. Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong on the side immediately stepped forward and bent down to completely lift the light yarn.
Inside the dragon tent, the emperor sitting cross-legged was not wearing a dragon robe, but a very elaborate Taoist shirt.
"Lift your head!"
Looking at Zhao Yu, who was bowing his head under the steps of the Nine Dragons, the emperor said with a light smile.
If there is no emperor's will, no one can raise his head and face the king privately.
This is the rule that the wind knife repeatedly emphasized to Zhao Yu before entering the palace.
Raising your head for no reason and looking up at the king is intentionally assassinating the king and killing the driver, which is also the sin of losing your head.
Zhao Yu slowly raised his head when he heard this, and saw a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe sitting under the light gauze dragon tent ten steps away.
Although this middle-aged man did not wear that dragon robe, he had an innate majesty between his eyebrows.
“……”
Zhao Yu raised his head and finally saw the face of Emperor Daqian.
However, the moment he saw the emperor's appearance, Zhao Yu remembered King Yun for no reason.
Different from King Yun's standard shoehorn face, the emperor's appearance in front of him is much more thoughtful.
But Zhao Yu is in Jinyiwei, although Xiaobaihu has no chance to face the king, but he has seen the portraits of the kings of the great Qian.
To put it honestly, in terms of appearance alone, Zhao Yu felt that King Yun's royal bloodline must be purer than the emperor in front of him!
"Your Majesty, Jinyi Wei is Your Majesty's domestic slave, representing the royal face outside, but Zhao Zhen's envoy ignored these and did that thing of stealing chickens and dogs, wouldn't it be a shame to insult the monarch's father?"
At this time, Zhao Jingzhong on the side glanced at Zhao Yu, bowed slightly and said to the emperor.
"Zhao Gonggong's words are a bit far-fetched, Zhao Zhenfu saw that the natural disaster was like this, and it was also an expedient measure to take the rice and grain from the Yuquan granary, could it be that he saw hundreds of thousands of victims in the outer city starving to death?"
As soon as Zhao Jingzhong's words fell, the Fengli knife on the side immediately blocked the knife handed over by Zhao Jingzhong.
"Oh? What the rain governor meant by this was to blame the monarch's father for being slow in allocating food and rice for disaster relief, and he still needed Zhao Zhenfu to use such a means as stealing to save the people from fire and water? ”
Zhao Jingzhong stared at Yuhuatian and smiled slightly, and then said lightly.
"Your Majesty is innocent, and the slave and maid don't mean it......"
Fengli Dao quickly turned around and knelt down, kowtowing to the emperor in the dragon tent.
Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Jingzhong and Fengli Dao who were coming and going beside the emperor, how did he feel that there was a kind of shrew scolding the street?
The only difference is that the two shrews, Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, speak more civilly.
"Boom!!"
Just when Zhao Jingzhong was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, the emperor sounded the copper chime with an expressionless face.
As the sound of the copper chime sounded, Zhao Jingzhong and Fengli Dao both closed their mouths in interest.
"Zhao Yu, tell me, why do you have to act like this?"
Seeing that the two of them shut up, the emperor looked at Zhao Yu below again and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the snow at the beginning of this winter is a disaster, and other state capitals in Beizhili don't say it, there are tens of thousands of victims in the outer city of the imperial capital alone.
Although the subordinates are dull, they also know the truth of the king's worries......"
Zhao Yu lowered his hand at the foot of the steps and began to talk endlessly.
There is only one meaning in the words, that is, he first approached the grain merchant and wanted to buy grain.
But those profiteers want to make a fortune, and they can't give up a single grain.
This saving the people is like fighting a fire, seeing that more and more people are dying, Zhao Yu was forced to have no choice but to make this decision.
"Even if it is to buy grain, the silver taels you need are definitely not something that you can get from a pacification envoy, but where do these silver taels come from?"
After Zhao Yu finished speaking, Zhao Jingzhong attacked again.
There are thousands of victims, even if they give porridge, they will have to have some grain and rice at the end of the day, even if the giant businessman is willing to sell it to him, where will he Zhao Yu get the silver to buy it?
"The ...... given by Commander Ann"
As soon as Zhao Jingzhong's words fell, Zhao Yu didn't even think about it, so he threw An Jianqing out.
Puppet, not at this time, but when?
"Where did the Commander Ann get the money?"
Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, even if An Jianqing is the commander, it stands to reason that he can't take it out.
"Eh, Gonggong Zhao is a little embarrassed to get off the official, where does the money come from, and it doesn't belong to the official!"
Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Jingzhong beside the emperor very innocently, but a very hidden killing intent flashed in his eyes.
This dog thing, I really think that without those secret letters, I can't help him?!
At this moment, a eunuch on duty walked in quickly, came to Zhao Yu's side and knelt on the ground, holding a fold in both hands and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Qing, the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, asks to see you!" ”
"Accurate!"
……
The eunuch on duty got the emperor's permission, turned around and walked out of the Yongshou Palace, and a moment later walked in with a thin middle-aged man.
"Chen Zhouqing, see Your Majesty!"
The middle-aged man held a roll of coarse silk in his arms and knelt down at Zhao Yu's side.
"What's in Zhou Aiqing's arms?"
The emperor looked at the rough silk in Zhou Qing's arms and asked with some curiosity.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is the people's post of hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in the outer city of Kyoto to the monarch's father!"
Zhou Qing said, holding the coarse silk with both hands.
The emperor nodded, and the Fengli knife and Zhao Jingzhong, who were waiting on both sides, immediately stepped forward, and slowly unfolded it after taking the coarse silk.
On the thick silk, there are some fleshy words that praise the emperor's merits, and below it are densely packed with tens of thousands of handprints.
It is not uncommon for all people to fold in the past.
It's just that the people before were either crying to the emperor and complaining about their grievances, or the state and county governments instigated the people to ask the emperor for money and food.
And this time, it is obvious that it is different from before, but this Wanmin fold is singing praises to the emperor!
"Back to Your Majesty, this winter and the beginning of the snow disaster, countless victims, thanks to Your Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, in the outer city to set up a porridge factory to save the people from fire and water, the people are grateful for the grace of the father, hereby spontaneously offer the people of the people's post......"
When Zhou Qing kowtowed to make a statement, Yu Guang looked at Zhao Yu on the side.
"Good! Good! Good! ”
Inside the dragon tent, the emperor is happy.
Throughout the hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Qian, there has never been an emperor who has received such a post from the people!
Seeing that the emperor was happy, the others knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
And Zhao Yu was also slightly relieved in his heart, and with this big hat fastened on the emperor's head.
This matter of stealing grain, the emperor will not hold on to it anymore no matter what!
Zhou Qing left Wanmin Post and left Yongshou Palace.
And the emperor directly withdrew Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, and left Zhao Yu alone in the Yongshou Palace.
Just when Zhao Yu was thinking about what this guy wanted to do, the emperor spoke.
"Zhao Yu, I came to ask you, King Yun...... Did you die at your hands? ”
After everyone retreated, the first words of the emperor's mouth made Zhao Yu's heart flutter.
It's time to come, and it's finally here......
Zhao Yu lowered his head and tried his best to make his voice appear calm: "Back to Your Majesty, no matter how bold your subordinates are, they don't dare to capture and kill the vassal king without a will!" ”
Zhao Yu said that he didn't dare, but that he had no purpose......
The implication is obvious, that is, as long as the emperor gives an order, he will not hesitate.
"You're an honest, smart guy." The emperor obviously also heard the meaning of Zhao Yu's words.
He was very satisfied with Zhao Yu's answer.
Jin Yiwei is the emperor's house slave, only obeying the emperor's orders, if Zhao Yu said today just don't dare, then it means that Zhao Yu is not a person who can be of great use.
"This disaster relief has done a good job, although you have received the average silver, but I think with your temperament, the average silver is still back in the hands of the victims......
Silver?!
When Zhao Yu heard these two words, he was shocked again.
It is said that this emperor is stupid, but he doesn't want to, but he knows all the dirty things between his courtiers!
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Zhao Yu said Shengming, somewhat puzzled in his heart.
This guy looks very shrewd, how can he let a eunuch like Wei Zhongxian monopolize power?
"Shengming?"
The emperor played with Yu Ruyi, laughed at himself slightly, and said: "You are only afraid of thinking in your heart, since I know everything, why don't you kill all these corrupt officials like Emperor Taizu?" ”
Cold sweat finally oozed from Zhao Yu's forehead.
Sure enough, none of the chairs that could sit on the Nine Dragon Steps were simple!
This faint king of outside legends has reached a heinous point in figuring out people's hearts.
"In the market, the father wants a harmonious family, and the most important thing is to treat his children with a bowl of water. And the same is true of the emperor's rule. ”
What the emperor said was an understatement, but Zhao Yu, who was listening below, was already scolding his mother in his heart.
Lao Tzu is not from the Zhu family, you have a fart for nagging me about this!
When the emperor said these words, Zhao Yu already vaguely felt that he was going to be pushed into a very dangerous situation!
"Jinyiwei is a dagger left by Emperor Taizu to the future generations of the Great Qian."
As he spoke, the emperor looked at Zhao Yu and said, "Ke'an Jianqing's dagger is already rusty, and I want to forge another ......."
Having said this, Zhao Yu didn't say anything anymore, he would definitely not be able to get out of this Yongshou Palace today!
"Your Majesty is willing to be the monarch's father, and he will die with all his might!"
Zhao Yu first clenched his fists and got up, and then knelt down on one knee again.
This is the rule handed down by Jinyiwei, because Jinyiwei has a special status, except for the prince and the emperor, there is no need to bow down to others!
"Good! I didn't misunderstand you. ”
The emperor motioned for Zhao Yu to step forward, took off a Dao talisman hanging on his side and handed it to Zhao Yu.
"Wei Zhongxian gave you the Son of Heaven Sword last night, and today I will give you this Sanqing Dao Talisman, don't let me down!"
Zhao Yu, who was holding the Three Qingdao Talismans, felt uncomfortable.
After giving the Three Qing Dao Fu, the emperor didn't say a word, and Zhao Yu withdrew from Yongshou Palace.
On the way to Chengtianmen, Zhao Yu, who had been rewarded by the emperor, felt a chill in his heart.
The master of the shadow hiding in the shadows didn't think about it, just this emperor who was rumored to be stupid in the outside world made Zhao Yu Rumang on his back!
We are just salted fish waiting to die, and we were trembling when we saw a village chief in our previous life, let alone the emperor!
It is not advisable to stay here for a long time......
This was the first thought that came to Zhao Yu's heart after he met the emperor for the first time!
"Lord Zhao!"
Just as Zhao Yu walked out of the Chengtian Gate, a figure blocked his way.
Zhao Yuding looked at it, and it turned out to be Zhou Qing, the imperial historian who had sent the emperor a post for the people.