"Quickly pass the will, Zong Ze, the commander of Hebei, and Zhang Shu, the commander of the Northern Theater, return to Beijing overnight, and in addition, call Han Shizhong to me."

"Yes."

Li Huai had realized the seriousness of the matter at this moment.

There is no doubt that Your Majesty is going on another killing spree tonight.

Until dawn the next day.

Two cavalry marched into Bianliang before dawn.

Uncle Zhang dismounted with Zong Ze at night and rushed to the palace.

At the same time, on the vertical arch hall of the Great Song Dynasty.

The officials who came to the meeting looked at each other.

They don't understand.

The imperial court had never been so early in the morning.

No, to be exact, they spent half the night in the Vertical Arch Temple.

Just to wait for the generals who will return from the north.

So what exactly is the emperor going to do?

Although the officials also heard that the emperor had asked Wu Desi to arrest several officials in the past few days.

However, the details of the case have not been made public.

Even everyone still doesn't know about Ma Huaibang and Zhao Lindong.

Then the emperor gathered everyone to come here, why?

Not long after, Uncle Zhang and Zong Ze walked into the hall.

Li Huai cautiously leaned into the ear of Zhao Shuo, who was napping in front of the case, and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Yexianggong and General Zong are back." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Shuo opened his eyes, nodded faintly, and said, "Then let Wu Desi bring people up." ”

"Yes."

"Wait, take them out of the temple."

Li Huai seemed to have heard the wrong words, and asked carefully: "Your Majesty, are you sure you want to take it outside the palace of the early dynasty?" ”

Zhao Shuo glanced at Li Huai, who immediately bowed his head.

The civil and military officials in the hall saluted one after another: "The ministers pay their respects to Your Majesty." ”

"Everyone, please be exempt." Zhao Shuo raised his hand and motioned for the ministers to take their seats.

He looked around with a majestic gaze.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's been a hard work. I have sent you here late at night, and it is really important. ”

How dare the ministers in the court really think that they are hard?

Immediately said impassionedly: "Serving the court and serving Your Majesty is the duty of a minister." ”

"Okay, you are the consolidated ministers of my Great Song Dynasty, and then ......"

Zhao Shuo's words changed, and his face jumped with anger: "However, there are real villains above the court, I let you come, that is, I will find out those villains with me, if they don't get rid of them, it's not enough for the people to be angry, if they don't get rid of them, my Great Song Jiangshan Society is unstable." ”

Zhao Shuo's voice just fell.

The ministers below were secretly frightened.

Especially the civil officials and doctors, they suddenly peeked at Zhao Shuo in shock.

Repeatedly, Zhao Shuo was talking about themselves.

But it's not like that!

Everyone trembled, and quickly recalled in their minds whether they had been caught by His Majesty the Emperor recently.

Didn't even get into the pigtails by Wu Desi.

it!

Your Majesty, you're not trying to arrest me, are you?

That's right!

At this moment, the vast majority of civil officials above the court are such a psychological portrayal.

Zhao Shuo didn't wait for everyone to ask, and took the lead to look at Li Yan and replied: "Li Xianggong." ”

Li Yan returned to the column: "Your Majesty." ”

"Tell me, how much military supplies are being delivered to Bianliang City outside the city now?"

"Your Majesty, at present, Bianjing has collected 2 million stones of grain, 600,000 stones of iron ore, and 300,000 stones of salt."

"What is the price of grain?"

"Your Majesty, the price of grain is strictly in accordance with the price of the imperial court, and the price of a thousand stone of grain is four hundred taels."

Good guys, when hearing about the price.

Zhao Shuo held his breath in his heart.

This is more than half of the capital that Ma Yunqi promised himself.

After engaging in it for a long time, Ma Yunqi levied violently, eating the court and then the peasants.

He doesn't lose left or right.

To put it bluntly, the reason why the price of grain in Bianliang City of the Great Song Dynasty can be maintained at this line is also the consequence of the subsidy given by the imperial court.

Otherwise, the price of food will return to one or two of its previous level.

Even so, there are a considerable number of people in Bianliang City who cannot afford it.

Therefore, it is also necessary to rely on the relief of the imperial court.

However, according to the confession of the Ma family's father and son, as long as their grain enters Bianliang City, there is no situation where they cannot be sold.

Those big officials and rich and noble people have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

He did not hesitate to use three or four thousand taels of silver to purchase a thousand stone of grain.

It's madness.

Li Yanhui continued: "Your Majesty, according to the information received by the minister, in the next month, there will be about three million stone of grain into Bianliang. ”

Zhao Shuo nodded.

There is no doubt that if the three million stone grain is in place, the disaster of the people in Bianliang City will be greatly alleviated.

But......

Zhao Shuo paused and decided to start.

He said: "All Aiqing, since ancient times, the common people have enough food and clothing, and it is a prosperous age. Is my Great Song Dynasty a prosperous era now? ”

"Your Majesty, if there is no gold thief in my dynasty, it will be a prosperous era, and I believe that my dynasty will also be prosperous in the future."

Listening to Li Yanhui's oath, Zhao Shuo was also moved.

Li Aiqing has such ambition and determination, which is a good thing.

Zhao Shuo bowed slightly, and said: "Now that Bianliang City is surrounded by gold thieves, the fields have been destroyed in a large area, and now the lack of food is not only Bianliang City, but also the north and northwest. ”

"Therefore, I promulgated the policy of tax exemption in the north, and at the same time subsidized the omission with the imperial treasury and silver, and purchased grain from the local government to maintain the overall situation. Do you think I am a faint king or a tyrant by doing this? ”

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials in the hall were stunned.

This TM is a proposition.

Should you say he's a dumb lord or a tyrant?

However, the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty were all grandfathers who slacked whiskers and horses.

Everyone immediately brazenly touted: "Your Majesty is a saint for the ages, throughout the ages, the king may have been deaf and tyrannical, but Your Majesty's move is for the sake of the common people in the world, the court subsidizes, and helps the victims, this move can be called the righteousness of the world, my emperor is sage." ”

Zhao Shuo looked at the group of civil officials who took the lead in touting, and a smile appeared on his face.

The smile only lasted for a few seconds, Zhao Shuo's face suddenly turned cold, and he changed his words and said, "Do you really think that I am a holy monarch? ”

Without waiting for the ministers to respond, Zhao Shuo looked sorry and said in a deep voice: "I am stupid and incompetent, I am bloodthirsty and greedy for killing, such a I will be a holy monarch?" ”

Officials were stunned.

Everyone didn't understand what the emperor called everyone here in the middle of the night.

How is it getting harder and harder to understand?

Among the ministers, Gao Yu lowered his head, and a faint sneer appeared on his face.

In his opinion, the emperor is digging a hole for those stunned officials when he talks like this.

For a while, most of the courtiers in the court were indeed confused by His Majesty Zhao's commotion.

The emperor was suddenly sensational.

As soon as he finished inciting his feelings, he suddenly stood up and criticized himself.

At this juncture, who dares to come out and beep?

No one!

Although the civil officials of the Great Song Dynasty had iron heads, their brains were not rusty.

They still clearly remember the fate of the pretentious Xu Bingzhe in the court two months ago.

That's miserable!