Ye Xin raised his hand slightly: "You speak." ”

"Due to disasters in various places, the supply of grain is currently in short supply, and even in the market in Beijing, the prices of daily necessities such as grain, oil, rice and noodles are also soaring."

Liu Fengyi said loudly:

"The grain on the market is concentrated in the hands of four big grain merchants. Not only did they not sympathize with the country's difficulties, but they took the opportunity to raise prices to make the country difficult to make money. ”

"That's easy to do, you can gather the four major grain merchants in the name of Lone, and say that Lone wants them to share the worries of the country."

Ye Xin hit it off and said coldly:

"Normally, they wantonly earn the hard-earned money of the common people, and when it comes time to share the worries of the country, it is time to think about the consequences."

Hearing that the prince agreed to come down, Liu Fengyi breathed a sigh of relief.

It is better to offend grain merchants who make black money than to offend colleagues who are corrupt and lawless.

"Wechen will do it! Wechen retires! ”

Liu Fengyi hurriedly and slowly exited the door.

Waiting for Liu Fengyi to leave, Ye Xin turned around and asked Feng Bao who was standing next to him:

"This Liu Fengyi, what is his usual character?"

Feng Bao lowered his eyebrows and replied:

"The old slave once heard His Majesty the Emperor say that this person has been an official in the court for more than 20 years, and he has always been able to deal with things impartially and will not fall to any faction."

Ye Xin was silent.

Right now, it's enough not to stand on Lin Fuguo's side and cause trouble for yourself.

His father, the emperor, also sees people accurately, but he is superstitious about cultivation.

Ye Xinxin's mind was spinning, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Go to Zixiao Palace, I want to see my father!"

Ye Xin said in a deep voice.

Zixiao Palace.

Surrounded by sandalwood, solemn and quiet.

Emperor Daojun was still sitting on the futon in front of the statue of Sanqing, chanting words.

"Son, meet my father!"

Ye Xin honestly knelt and saluted behind the old emperor Daojun.

"I heard that since I ordered you to supervise state affairs, you just walked out of the palace gate of Zixiao Palace, and you killed the university scholar Wu Congzhi in public?"

The old emperor of Daojun did not move, and said without looking back.

Ye was confident in the heart.

Sure enough, the old emperor got the news.

"Father, how did you find out?" Ye Xin blurted out in surprise.

"Hmph, do you think your father is willing to meddle with your affairs?"

The old emperor of Daojun finally turned around slowly, and said angrily:

"Just yesterday, Prime Minister Lin Fuguo and several scholars jointly saw me, accusing you of being cruel and unkind, and killing the important ministers of the dynasty. They begged me to take back your right to oversee the kingdom and appoint another candidate. ”

The voice of the old emperor of Daojun echoed in the empty hall:

"You weren't like that before, were you? Why do you seem to have a different personality now..."

The cloudy old eyes couldn't help but look at Ye Xin, as if he had met this son for the first time.

"Father."

Ye Xin lowered his head and replied:

"Since the father and emperor have ordered the child to handle state affairs, it can't be done without authority. That Wu Congzhi provoked in public, attacked the child, tried to make the child's name incorrect, and his intentions were extremely vicious. ”

"Now that the state affairs are difficult, the child can only use thunderbolt means to subdue the officials. Otherwise, if the father and emperor came out of Zixiao Palace to govern himself, the child would not have to think so much. ”

Ye Xin knelt there straight.

The old emperor of Daojun stared at his son for a long time, and suddenly laughed with his head raised, and praised:

"It's my son, you're doing a great job!"

"What is it to kill someone! I heard about it, as long as the killing is justified, for the sake of Dayong's thousands of generations, it doesn't hurt to kill a few more! ”

"However, you must remember to grasp the scale and not kill indiscriminately!"

Ye Xin lowered his head and replied:

"The sons must remember the teachings of their father."

After a pause, Ye Xin continued:

"In the past few days when the child has been in charge of the country, I really feel that the government is difficult, the relationship is complicated, and the child is overwhelmed, so I implore my father to come to the court and sit in the world."

Ye Xin's words were sincere.

not only retreated to advance, indicating that he was for Dayong, but also showed a deferential attitude towards the emperor.

Really.

Hearing this, Emperor Daojun's two white eyebrows bent down and smiled:

"You're doing a good job, just keep going. I'm just a little surprised by your methods. ”

The old emperor coughed dryly a few times, and his voice was a little hoarse:

"I'm old, and I know that some people outside say that I only know about cultivation and don't care about government affairs. But I'm nearly seventy years old, and cultivating and cultivating immortality is my only hope. ”

"I won't take care of those mundane affairs anymore, I'll leave them all to you!"

"Father! Cultivating and immortality is all nonsense! ”

Ye Xin gritted his teeth and said what he really thought in his heart:

"I'm afraid it will backfire on your long-term alchemy and cultivation!"

Ye Xin was ready to meet the old emperor's scolding.

After all, such exhortation has happened many times among the ministers, and it all ends with the old emperor scolding a dog's blood.

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no storm from Emperor Daojun.

"This is the first time you've advised me."

The old emperor said with a sigh.

"Huh?!"

This time, it was Ye Xin's turn to be unexpected.

"In the past, you were so cowardly that you didn't even dare to speak out loud in front of me, but now it's really different."

The old emperor's tone was full of relief.

"Lin Fuguo looked away, and I almost lost my eyes."

Seeing that the old emperor was in a good mood today, Ye Xin also wanted to persuade a few more words:

"Father, life in Zixiao Palace is hard, you better move back..."

"Alright,"

Hearing this, Emperor Daojun sat back in his place, waved his hand and said impatiently:

"I'm a little tired, you can retreat."

Ye Xin immediately closed his mouth, saluted Emperor Daojun, and slowly retreated out of the hall.

Walk out of Zixiao Palace.

A smile appeared on Ye Xin's face.

As he expected, Lin Fuguo secretly came to his father and asked him to take back his fate.

Fortunately, he thought of coming in time, otherwise, because Lin Fuguo slandered himself like this every day, and over time, who knows if the old emperor would be old and confused one day and agree to Lin Fuguo?

It seems that I will have to come and see it from time to time in the future.

Back at the East Palace, it was already afternoon.

Liu Fengyi, the head of the household, was waiting outside the Xuanzheng Palace.

Ye Xin only learned when he asked that Liu Fengyi contacted the four major grain merchants in the name of the prince, how do you know.

Fourth, everyone ignored it at all!

"Your Highness, among the four major grain merchants, the Wang family and the Chen family, claim to have a sudden illness and can't get up. The Zhang family said that their head of the family was talking about business and checking accounts in the field, but the Li family simply didn't say anything and didn't come to see him! ”

Liu Fengyi said to Ye Xin with an ugly face.

"Since they don't want to cooperate with Lone, then let's not talk about it!"

Ye Xin had already planned this, and said with an unkind expression:

"Feng Bao, go door-to-door, invite them to Dongchang for tea, remember to bring more people and vehicles."

Liu Fengyi was taken aback and blurted out:

"What is Your Highness bringing the vehicle for?"