Yang Dong rubbed his sore waist and returned to his residence.

I was about to make up for it, but there was a yellow oriole birdsong outside the window.

The expression on his face changed slightly, and he put on his coat and hurried to the mountain behind the Imperial Garden.

There was a plum garden in the southwest corner of the Imperial Garden, Yang Dong stopped under the crooked-necked plum tree against the wall, and when he saw that there was no one around, he bent down and dug out a secret letter from the soil.

Back at his lodgings, he opened the secret letter.

The secret letter was very short, but the content made Yang Dong sneer.

Okay, Uncle Zhang, this old thing, is well-informed. After knowing that I was valued by the empress, she immediately arranged tasks for me.

Although it was you who sent me to the Great Zhou Palace back then, who are you, think I don't know?

Co-authored Lao Tzu, the prince of wild seeds, is he a tool man in your eyes?

But the information given by this old thing is of some value. A small grain transport officer dared to privately swallow hundreds of thousands of stones of grain. Behind the scenes, no one believes it!

and the empress, the emperor, is not very good! Thanks to her diligent criticism all day long, the corrupt officials under her nose can't see it. If I were her, I wouldn't find a piece of tofu to kill myself?

But then again, since this information is in my hands, I have to think of ways to get the best benefit for myself, at least ...... I have to let my waist rest for two days, otherwise I will really become a tired cow......

After burning the secret letter, Yang Dong fell asleep as soon as he dipped his pillow.

In the dream, he went over the clouds and rain with the queen again, but in the blink of an eye, the queen under him became the empress.

The queen's charm is placed on the empress's majestic face, plus she takes the initiative to send Bao, how can Yang Dong bear it?

Just as he was about to turn over and get on the horse, a hurried knock on the door woke Yang Dong up.

"Father-in-law Yang, it's time to go to the court!"

……

Morning upward,

Yang Dong yawned a few times in a row, and stood listlessly behind the empress.

The empress also knew that this kid was tired last night, so she didn't say much.

Her gaze swept over the ministers under the hall, and her eyes were cold and majestic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have something to do?"

The ministers were silent, and their eyes invariably looked at Lin Chunqiu, the head of the dynasty.

Lin Chunqiu glanced at Yuan Dao, who immediately stood up and bowed:

"Your Majesty, I beg you to impeach the governor of Luozhou, Han Zheng!"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar.

Luozhou Prefecture Mu Han Zheng, two sleeves of the breeze, do things for the people, in the folk has an excellent reputation. He is one of the few honest ministers in the court.

The empress frowned slightly, and asked with a cold expression:

"Yuan Dao, I heard that Hanzhou Mu has a good reputation and is well organized for Luochuan. Why did you impeach Han Zheng? ”

Yuan Dao didn't seem to hear the coldness in the empress's tone, but continued to bow down and say:

"Ten years ago, Luozhou rained heavily for several days, and the Qinghe River was flooded, which affected most of Luozhou. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, their families have been ruined, how tragic! However, Han Zheng did not open a warehouse to release grain, nor did he send people for disaster relief! ”

"This guy has even issued a military order, and those who open granaries without authorization will be killed!"

"Your Majesty, how innocent are those people in Luozhou? They are all my people of the Great Zhou, and the ministers can't do it if they don't save them when they die! ”

After speaking, Yuan Dao's eyes were already red, and he burst into tears.

He let out a cry, knelt heavily in front of the empress, and said hoarsely:

"Your Majesty, Han Zheng is embezzling grain and grass, and he will not save him when he sees death! Chen Yuan Dao, swear to impeach this guy! The minister implored His Majesty to issue an order to execute Han Zheng to calm the hearts of the people! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers changed again.

The soldier and the household servant came out together, and they both knelt in front of the empress.

"Minister Li Mo, I implore Your Majesty to execute Han Zheng to reassure the people!"

"Minister Hu Guang, I implore Your Majesty to execute Han Zheng to comfort all the people!"

The empress's cold eyes swept over the three of them, and the chill on her face was even worse. Han Zheng's character, she knows best. Even the reason why Han Zheng refused to open a warehouse to release grain, she guessed a few points.

Nowadays, grain merchants in the Great Zhou Dynasty are rampant, and if Han Zheng opens a warehouse at will, there is a good chance that these grains will fall into the pockets of grain merchants, and then they will raise prices in a big way, making a lot of money.

Moreover, she believed that Han Zheng would never do anything as Yuan Dao said.

As soon as she thought of this, the empress immediately spoke:

"Han Zheng's matter will be left alone for the time being. The top priority is the Luochuan flood, do you have a countermeasure? ”

When Yuan Dao and the three of them heard this, their faces stiffened slightly.

They spent so much time talking, and the empress was indifferent?

Yuan Dao immediately knelt down again, wept bitterly and said:

"Your Majesty can't let Han Zheng go! If this son is not removed, I am afraid it will be difficult to calm the anger of the people! ”

"Presumptuous!"

The empress snorted coldly, her face grim.

"Yuan Aiqing, are you going to make the decision for me?"

"Weichen doesn't dare!"

Yuan Dao's face changed, and cold sweat instantly soaked his sideburns. He fell to his knees with a thud and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"Your Majesty, Weichen knows his mistake. Weichen just thought about the people of Luozhou, and he was confused for a while. ”

"Please Your Majesty condemn the ministers, the ministers are terrified!"

Yang Dong watched this farce from the sidelines, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This Yuan Dao is really not a good bird. He keeps saying that he is for the people, but he has been targeting Han Zheng. As soon as the empress did not agree to deal with Han Zheng, he immediately threatened to resign, and he really bowed down! I just don't know how the empress will deal with this matter.

Yang Dong looked at the empress, but saw that the other party's expression was as usual, and he was not angry because of Yuan Dao's words.

The empress ignored Yuan Dao, but her eyes fell on Shoufu Lin Chunqiu.

"What does Lin Aiqing think?"

Lin Chunqiu immediately stepped out of the queue and said after a moment's silence:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is still the people of Luochuan. Disaster relief is a matter of human life. It should be led by the household department and immediately distribute grain and grass to Luochuan. ”

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Dong was surprised.

What's the situation, aren't Lin Chunqiu and Yuan Dao together? Why did he speak for the Empress?

Am I guessing wrong?

Seeing that Lin Chunqiu finished speaking, Yuan Dao and the three did not object.

As if they had been rehearsed, they praised them together.

"It's still Lord Shoufu who is always bearing the load, and he thinks about the people!"

"It's really a shame for us, Lord Shoufu is not a pillar of my Great Zhou!"

Only Hu Guang, the head of the household, looked embarrassed and stopped talking.

"Does Hu Aiqing have any objections?"

The Empress glanced at him and asked.

"Your Majesty, Lord Shousuke's strategy is naturally the best choice. But now the treasury is empty, and there is not so much food and grass! ”

"Huh? Why is that? ”

The empress frowned deeply and continued to ask:

"I remember that some time ago, the household department was sparse and said that my Great Zhou had a bumper harvest year after year, why did you tell me at this moment that the treasury was empty?"

"Hu Guang, do you know that the crime of bullying the king is to punish the nine clans?"

Hu Guang suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"Your Majesty atonements, Weichen doesn't dare!"

"To be honest, in recent years, there have been bumper harvests year after year, and the treasury is indeed full. But...... However, the army of millions of troops on the border of the great general Yang Yan and Chen soldiers consumed more than 100,000 stones of grain every month. Most of the grain and grass are consumed on the road! ”

Therefore, the treasury is really without food...... Your Majesty, please be clear! ”

The empress frowned, she had seen the account books of the household department, and the border army was extremely consumed, so she naturally knew. It's just that she didn't expect that the treasury would run out of surplus food!

"Lin Aiqing, what do you think about this matter?"

Lin Chunqiu seemed to expect that the empress would ask questions, his old god was there, and he said without hurrying:

"The minister thinks that the people are greater than the sky, and they should transfer the grain and grass of the border army, and Jiluo Prefecture is in urgent need!"