At that time, Mu Jingzhao had only been on the throne for a long time, and his foundation was not stable, and he was eager to prove himself.

Although Qingyuan County is economically prosperous, in fact, the economy is all in the hands of the local gentry, and the income of the local people is bleak and miserable.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Mu Jingzhao promulgated the salt and iron official policy, first, to recover the two fragrant and sweet goods of the salt and iron business, and second, to consolidate the political power and win the hearts of the people everywhere.

In order to implement this policy, Mu Jingzhao took great pains and painstaking efforts to send Shen Tong, the head of the household department, to deal with the matter to the people.

What Mu Jingzhao didn't expect was that in just three days, Shen Tong completely completed this matter, and as a result, the official policy of salt and iron began to be officially implemented in Gongguo.

Mu Jingzhao naturally knew that Shen Tong was able to complete this series of things so quickly, and he must have used some other means in it.

As for the specific means, Mu Jingzhao also remembered that the other party was able to do things and was reluctant to delve into it.

However, Mu Jingzhao's tranquility left endless troubles.

The salt merchants and iron merchants, who were originally rich in the first place, were seized of their wealth, and their revenge gradually rose, and from time to time they would create some riots throughout the country to express their dissatisfaction.

Fortunately, these merchants had a deep grudge in the past and did not form a huge force.

Regarding the disturbance of the local gentry, Mu Jingzhao has always focused on appeasement, thinking that if he gave the other party appropriate comfort, the matter would slowly subside.

However, what he didn't expect was that three years later, these things did not subside in his pacification policy, but intensified.

And those relatively scattered gentry forces seem to understand that it is difficult to act independently after all, and gradually move towards unity, becoming a force that cannot be ignored in the local area.

This matter has always been Mu Jingzhao's heart disease that has never been able to be quelled.

Lin Zheng nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Mu Jingzhao's statement.

"For such a big thing, he didn't come to see me, but went to see the concubine, what is it?"

"Maybe you think that the emperor will remember your love affair with the concubine."

Mu Jingzhao pinched his eyebrows a little tiredly, he had always been reluctant to let Liu Jinfu participate in these disturbing things.

"He expected that I would eventually be forced to suppress it by force." Mu Jingzhao's frowning brows tightened a little.

"General Liu just wants to pave the way for Lord Liu." Lin Zheng paused slightly, as if he was considering his words, "It's just that I'm too eager." ”

When it came to Liu Jinfu's brother, Mu Jingzhao's face was uncontrollable, with a little more contempt and disgust.

"That bale of straw."

Lin Zheng didn't know how to talk, so he fell silent.

Mu Jingzhao frowned, his face became more and more gloomy, he stretched out his hand, subconsciously wanted to reach for the disk in front of him, and wanted to take out a date from it and put it in his mouth.

Helplessly, there was already nothing in the plate.

Mu Jingzhao pounced, and he withdrew his hand in a daze.

"Let's leave it at that." Mu Jingzhao took a deep breath, and seemed to be still haunted by his failure to eat dates, "You help me pay more attention to the concubine's side these days, and notify me immediately if there is a vision." ”

"Yes." Lin Zheng bowed down.

"Now, I'll see what tricks they can play on the concubine's birthday." Mu Jingzhao said in a deep voice, as if talking to himself.

Then, Mu Jingzhao fell into a long-lasting silence, his brows were a little tightly knit as if he was distressed about something, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

The air in this cold palace seemed to have completely frozen with his silence.

Without Mu Jingzhao's order, Lin Zheng didn't dare to retreat, so he stood with the two of them relatively speechlessly.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Your Majesty, the slave has something to see."

Mu Jingzhao immediately heard this and let the palace maid in Jiangning Palace fold willow, so he came back to his senses and answered in the direction of the door.

"Enter."

After getting Mu Jingzhao's approval, Zheliu pushed the door in, walked quickly in front of Mu Jingzhao, and Shi Shiran saluted Mu Jingzhao.

"What do you want to see me?"

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyes to look at her, only to see that Zheliu's cheeks were crimson, fine beads of sweat were constantly oozing from the corners of her forehead, and the corners of her skirt were still stained with a little fresh mud.

"My mother asked the slave to tell the emperor that from now on, you can start to experience the hardships of farming."

Such a sentence made Mu Jingzhao instantly interested.

"Oh?"

Folding willow noodles does not change color and heart does not beat, "Niangniang said, farming starts from loosening the soil and hoeing the land." Seeing Mu Jingzhao's rather interested appearance, Zheliu hurriedly made an inviting gesture to him, "Your Majesty, please." ”

Not long after Jiang Ning left the Frost Hua Palace, he heard a dispute and the sound of porcelain smashing in the hall.

Jiang Ning secretly said that it was not good in his heart, so he hurriedly ran towards the cold palace.

Unexpectedly, she just walked to the gate of her palace, and saw a large number of palace people gathered at the gate of the cold palace, lying on the door of the cold palace, secretly discussing something.

She pinched her fingers and calculated, at this moment when she was telling the story, everyone was so eager to appreciate her face, and wanted to come and hear about it.

Jiang Ning suddenly smiled, and stepped forward cautiously behind his hands, ready to greet everyone's warm cheers.

However, no one noticed her presence until she reached the steps.

Jiang Ning was not discouraged, and coughed lightly at everyone a few more times.

However, everyone still stared at the cold palace without moving.

She finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "What are you all doing in front of this palace? ”

Only then did everyone turn their heads to look at her as if they were awake from a dream, but it was only for a moment, and they immediately turned their heads away.

Jiang Ning, who is usually used to being a subordinate like this, naturally doesn't mind, she steps forward in two steps, learning from everyone but lying on the door frame and looking in the direction of the hall.

I saw that in the courtyard of the cold palace, Zheliu and Mu Jingzhao each had a hoe, and they were hoeing on the ground.

One of the two teaches seriously and the other learns hard, which is quite decent.

Jiang Ning nodded with satisfaction, and said in her heart that she had taught this girl Zheliu for so long, and she had finally made some progress.

The palace people on his side were all paying full attention to Mu Jingzhao, who was learning to hoe, and they didn't notice that Jiang Ning had blended into the crowd.

For such a bizarre and absurd picture, the discussion of the palace people is naturally endless, some people speculate that the emperor is to understand the suffering of the people, some people bluntly say that this is all Concubine Ning's orders, and some people say that it is the contradiction between the two The emperor has been punished.

In short, everyone insisted on their own words, and no one could convince anyone, and the discussion was endless.

"Do you want to know why the emperor did that?"

(End of chapter)