Chapter Twenty-Eight: Conspiracy
I poured, but she bit me back. At such a young age, so scheming, should God praise her for growing up too well, or praise those who educated her for being too scheming?
Looking at the little emperor with a cute face in front of him, he said to him: "I am not familiar with her, it can be said that the well water does not interfere with the river water! But today at noon, just after eating, I wanted to take a nap, and your little queen broke into the Water Moon Hall with her palace maid, and said that she wanted to kill me." ”
"Really?" he looked at me in disbelief.
"Of course. He nodded to him with a stern face: "If it's not true, I need to worry so much about a little girl." ”
"You say she's a little girl?"
"Of course. ”
The little emperor said with a little amusement: "Concubine Yao, you seem to have forgotten about jì, I and you and the queen, the three of us are the same age!"
After he said this, I realized that at this moment, the Concubine Yao sitting in front of him and talking to him was Bu Yaolian, the sister of King Rulin, not my Feng Clan's Emperor Ji Bai Ji! Forget about that matter at noon today, I don't want to worry about her so much, but you have to go back and remind her, next time you don't have anything to do and come to the Water Moon Palace to trouble me, be careful when I give her a real thing. ”
The little emperor assured with a face: "No, no, if the queen knew that you made her it, she shouldn't dare to come to the Water Moon Hall to trouble you again." ”
Benjojin nodded, "That's it." ”
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and when he turned his head to look, an official in official uniform rushed in from outside the temple gate, and without saying a word, he fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.
This anxious appearance really frightened the god and the little emperor who were still greeting each other.
The little emperor reacted first, his face turned calm, and he asked the official: "What's the matter, how can you panic?"
The officials on the ground were prostrate on the ground, their hands trembling with excitement, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong." ”
When the little emperor heard this, his little brows suddenly furrowed, and he asked: "What's the big deal, what happened so panicked?"
The official on the ground explained: "Fang Cai Weichen students came to report, yesterday the Zhou border met a side of the border soldiers, the sentry to the front of the news, saying that in recent days, the Zhou State border mirror often has enemy troops to attack, and the enemy army is extremely cunning, the border pass soldiers are unable to defend against it, a few days ago the military weapons were stolen, yesterday in the middle of the night the grain room suddenly caught fire, burned to ashes overnight, it is expected that the enemy army will invade our Zhou border in the near future, and ask the imperial court to recruit troops and buy horses in time to prepare for the war." ”
"Conscription and buying horses?" The little emperor's brows furrowed more and more, as if he hesitated, "Now it is the spring ploughing season, the people are busy planting and sowing seeds, where to recruit so many soldiers for a while, if it is really urgent, then it will have to be forcibly conscripted, but if it is forcibly conscripted, then there will be no harvest in the fields this year, and the people of Zhou will starve again." In addition, the matter of buying horses, it is impossible to raise so many horses for a while, and if it is urgently needed, how much silver will be necessary to buy it, and now that the treasury is empty, where is there so much silver?"
Listening to what the little emperor said, it seemed that he didn't mean to allocate funds, and the officials on the ground were full of anxiety, "Your Majesty." ”
The little emperor waved his hand with embarrassment, "This matter will be discussed in the future, and after confirming that this matter is true, I will issue an order to deal with it." ”
After a few words, the official was sent away.
I watched from the side, thinking to myself, if this happened to the Feng Clan, and the father knew that the soldiers of the Peacock Clan or the Yanque Clan next door were going to attack the Feng Clan, that scene would definitely not be as simple as a few words of dialogue between the little emperor and the officials now, it would definitely be a fierce battle, I can't figure it out, the Peacock Clan and the Yanque Clan have not yet started to act, and the soldiers of the Feng Clan can't hold back the itching of their hands, so they will fight first. But in front of him, the little emperor didn't see the shadow of any anxiety, and he really couldn't understand what he was thinking in his heart. I mentioned to him: "Spring ploughing is not in a hurry, men go to war, women can also farm!"
The little emperor shook his head helplessly: "Last year, there was a big drought in Zhou, the spring ploughing all year round turned into nothing, almost no harvest, from last year to now are men working to earn to support the family, if this year's spring ploughing, do not hurry up to plant and sow seeds, then this year will be a year without harvest, not to mention the war, there is no food,
Maybe they will starve to death before the war has even begun. ”
I wondered and asked, "Could it be that there has been no grain output in Zhou in the past year?"
The little emperor nodded: "No." ”
"Then what policies have you not adopted to change the living conditions of ordinary people?"
His face was decadent: "How can I improve? Although I am the emperor and the honor of the Ninety-Five, I have no real power, and the power in the court is almost in the hands of the regent, how can I fight with him." Even if I wanted to open a granary, I had to nod his head to agree. ”
I came up with an idea: "Then you can go to him and tell him, and tell him about the life and death of the people of the country this week." If you want to have soldiers, you must first manage the hunger of the common people. ”
When the little emperor heard this, his face hesitated, "Is it okay? If you talk to him about the life and death of the people of Zhou State, will the regent really agree to open a warehouse and release grain?" His eyes flickered, maybe waiting for me to be sure.
"Of course. ”
Ben Shangshen looked at him with a firm face, and nodded with great affirmation, "He is the prince of this Zhou country, and he is also responsible for this country." Furthermore, you can also tell him that if those young men in the Zhou Kingdom know that they are going hungry and their families are going hungry again this year, it is absolutely impossible for them to join the army and fight with confidence, and if they refuse to join the army, then you, the regent, will not be able to do it. However, if they want to join the army with confidence, they can only take care of their family's food and clothing first, so that they will try their best to protect the security of this country.
The little emperor couldn't believe it, "Is this really okay?"
God gave him courage and promised, "Yes, absolutely." "Xindao, if you can't convince him, God will personally go out, but it really can't work, and there is no way to use some necessary means when necessary.
"That's good. The little emperor looked happy, stood up with excitement on his face, shook his long sleeves, and said with a smile: "Then I will go to the palace to invite the imperial uncle to discuss this matter now." ”
After saying that, he left the Water Moon Hall in a hurry.
I don't know how he told the regent when he went, but the next morning, when he was enjoying the flowers in the imperial garden, he met the regent with a light blue face on his face.