Su Mei came to Cheng'en Hall with a tray, and before she entered the door, she saw Li Guangyuan, who was beaten half to death.

"Ah, that's ......"

"Don't be afraid, concubine, it's just me playing a game with all the adults!"

Seeing Su Mei coming, Li Feng smiled, and the other people present turned their eyes to Zhao Kang.

They all knew that Zhao Kang was interested in Su Mei, but in order to control Li Feng, he sent Su Mei into the palace.

It's just that he didn't expect Li Feng to suddenly change his personality and forcibly cook raw rice into cooked rice.

Zhao Kang took a deep breath and bowed at the same time: "Xiaguan Zhao Kang, I have seen the princess!" ”

"I've seen the princess ...... later"

Everyone saluted with Zhao Kang, and Su Mei was obviously a little panicked: "The concubine doesn't know that His Royal Highness is dealing with political affairs, and she has collided with your lords!" ”

Li Feng: "It's okay, it's all my own people here, and Lord Zhao won't mind if he wants to, right?" ”

"The princess is sympathetic to Her Royal Highness, and we naturally won't mind!"

Zhao Kang's face was pale, and he barely squeezed out a smile on his face, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhao Kang's move was really helpless.

Li Feng bypassed Zhao Kang, stretched out his hand and grabbed Su Mei, and just wanted to enter the hall but was stopped by a guard: "Lord Wang, this is not a dining room, and my subordinates need to be inspected!" ”

Li Feng's face was slightly gloomy: "Presumptuous, can't you trust the princess?" ”

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"Since you don't dare, you won't let it go?"

The guard withdrew his arm and stepped aside.

Li Feng looked him up and down and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Subordinate Zhang Shoulin!"

"yes, got it!"

It seemed that he didn't want to ask, but it made Liu Ji remember it in his heart, and when he saw Su Mei going to the palace, Liu Ji flattered and moved a chair: "Princess, please sit!" ”

"Lord Xie is kind, but His Highness summoned the ministers, I am not suitable here, so I will go back first!"

Su Mei put down the tray and was about to leave, but was pulled by Li Feng: "Since you are here, then sit with this king for a while!" ”

Li Fengqiang pulled Su Mei to sit beside him, and asked Su Mei to feed him with vegetables.

Su Mei saw that Zhao Kang was distracted, but because of Li Feng's prestige, she didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, so she had to serve carefully.

During this period, Li Feng also put his hands on Su Mei, making Su Mei's cheeks crimson, like peach blossoms.

"Don't make trouble, the adults are still watching!"

"If you like it so much, let them see enough!"

Li Feng snorted coldly, and the startled ministers bowed their heads one after another.

Listening to the frolicking sound in the hall, Zhao Kang gritted his teeth.

In his opinion, it was not that Li Feng was lustful, but that Li Feng was deliberately humiliating him.

"If Your Highness is fine, the lower official will retire first!"

Zhao Kang couldn't stand this humiliation, and just wanted to leave early, but was stopped by Li Feng: "Don't worry, Lord Zhao, Lu Guanyan's dereliction of duty has not yet been decided!" ”

"Why don't you come up with an idea for this king, Lord Zhao?"

As soon as Li Feng said this, all the ministers in the palace took a breath of cool air, and the punishment of Liu Ji and Lu Lin yesterday seemed to be still vivid.

Liu and Lu are only six products, and they can't touch their core interests, but this Lu Guanyan is the fourth product of the dynasty, and he is in charge of Youzhou Prison.

Li Feng was about to operate on Lu Guanyan, and this news immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Your Royal Highness, Lord Lu is in charge of the prison, he is an important member of Youzhou, this time the prison caught fire, although Lord Lu is responsible for dereliction of duty, but it is not a serious crime, with the knowledge of the lower officials, the Youzhou prison that burned down last night is a place where the felons of death row prisoners are held, even if the prison has not caught fire, they are dead after all!"

"Xiaguan hopes that Chitose can be extrajudicial and lenient to Lord Lu!"

Zhao Kang made a generous statement, but in the end he only asked for a light sentence for Lu Guanyan, which surprised the ministers present.

"Lord Zhao, you know how to advance and retreat!"

"It's all taught well by the prince!"

The seemingly casual conversation between the two made the smell of gunpowder on the Chengen Hall become more and more intense.

"Haha, since Lord Zhao has interceded for Lu Guanyan, then the king will sell you face!"

"Lu Guanyan, as the director of Youzhou Prison, you don't want to share the worries of this king, and you don't want to work for the people, so you act without responsibility, and you are ashamed of the emperor's favor and are vain as a minister."

"However, this king remembered that you were old, so he punished you to be dismissed from your original position, demoted to the compilation of the Criminal Prison Department, and all your family property was confiscated for repairing the Youzhou prison. Lu Guanyan, are you still convinced by this punishment? ”

"The old minister is convinced, thank you for driving a thousand years old!"

Lu Guanyan surrendered on the surface, but in fact, he was already very reluctant to cut Li Feng with a thousand knives in his heart.

Lu Guanyan doesn't mind the confiscation of family property, he has been in charge of Youzhou Prison for 40 years, and he has already explored the road in the officialdom.

All the bribes he has received over the years have been turned into business and handed over to others.

As for him, he still lives in a dilapidated yard, and he eats coarse tea and light rice.

It's just that this time his position was changed, and he was directly demoted from the fourth-rank sentence to the seventh-rank editor, which is equivalent to a three-level demotion in a row.

This made Lu Guanyan, who was accustomed to being admired by others, a little unacceptable for a while.

However, he also understood that demotion and raiding his family was already the best choice he could face now, and this was the result of Li Feng not wanting to tear his face with their civilian clique.

Otherwise, once the name of the deception is confirmed, even if he Lu Guanyan has ten heads, it will not be enough for Li Feng to cut off!

Seeing Lu Guanyan kneeling on the ground to thank him, Li Feng snorted coldly: "Although Lord Lu has been demoted by three levels, this time I can get you peace of mind, this deal is very cost-effective!" ”

Everyone looked at each other and didn't say a word, for fear of angering Li Feng.

Li Feng took a bite of the side dish that Su Mei had brought and asked Zhao Kang again, "Lord Zhao, what about the renovation of this palace?" ”

"The lower officials will fulfill their promise and let Master Li go to the salt merchant to raise silver taels!"

"Well, Lord Zhao is naturally relieved to do things, but I just don't know, how many taels of silver is Lord Zhao going to raise?"

"There are four major salt merchants in Youzhou, and they have also made a lot of benefits in the imperial court in recent years, and the lower officials think that three and a half million yuan are always taken!"

Hearing this, Li Feng couldn't help but sneer: "It's only three or five hundred thousand, what about sending Huazi?" ”

"How much does Your Highness feel appropriate?"

"At least two million taels!"

Zhao Kang immediately raised his head when he heard this: "Your Highness, the tax in Youzhou is only 500,000 taels a year, and you will ask for 2 million taels when you open your mouth, which is inevitably difficult for some strongmen, right?" ”

"Lord Zhao, this king is informing you now, not discussing with you!"

Li Feng stared at Zhao Kang closely, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

Now there are different situations in various parts of Youzhou, and as the king of Youzhou, he not only needs disaster relief, but also has to consider other related matters.

As the old saying goes, after a great disaster there will be a great plague, and in order to avoid the occurrence of epidemics, he must prepare in advance.

Now the local finances are in deficit, and the money is flowing into the pockets of these officials.

Even a small bookkeeper can easily take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which shows that the problem of corruption in Youzhou is already very serious.

He really doesn't want to tear his face with Zhao Kang now, but he won't be at his mercy.