In the morning, after a spring rain, soft daylight shines over the low-hanging eaves and onto the promenade.

Gao Wei and Gao Xi, a pair of monarchs and ministers, stood in front of the railing with a boom, and under the railing, colorful koi fish could be seen swimming underwater, adding a bit of business to the cold palace.

The fish in the palace are not allowed to be fished, and they are not afraid of people at all, and it didn't take long for Gao Wei to catch a full bucket, and Gao Xi was very clumsy because he had never participated in such activities.

Are you still today?

The emperor looked proud, but with the victor's shelf on his face, he touched the short hair that had just grown under his chin, and said:

"The right minister has nothing to say this time, right? Hmph, the year before last I invited you to hunt, but you didn't come to hunt, and when you came back to tell me that the elk had children, you couldn't bear to do it; I also ask you to shoot geese, you say that geese are auspicious birds, as a means of returning home, today we are more than fishing, fishing for a long time, I have already harvested a lot, but how can you still be empty-handed?"

Gao Xi's ears were slightly red, so he simply put down the pole and said:

"I don't feel good today, and I will compete with Your Majesty again on another day... Today should be a rest, and since Your Majesty has summoned his ministers to meet, it won't be for fishing, right?"

"It's not."

The emperor also put away the fishing rod, and his face showed a serious demeanor again, which can be said to be faster than turning a book:

"You have been in office for a long time, and you have repeatedly remedied the situation in the government, which can be described as a high level of hard work, and I see all of this. According to my plan, the century-old policy of the imperial court will be completed in your hands, but after observing these days, you have encountered a lot of resistance..."

"Shame on Your Majesty..."

Gao Xi thought that the emperor Xingshi was coming to ask for the guilt, so he was inevitably apprehensive, so he got up and replied as soon as possible, and was appeased by Gao Wei's action.

Gao Wei raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and said:

"I don't mean to blame you, since Emperor Shenwu laid the foundation and opened the country, the government of our dynasty has always been in a posture of fire and water, all kinds of people, and all kinds of forces stand behind them, and the things involved in the middle cover almost all aspects, in this case, it is difficult for you to do, I actually know very well in my heart."

"These days, many people have impeached you with me, but I know very well that many of the things you have done are for the long-term consideration of the Great Qi and the country, and you can't help but do it, you are very resolute in your implementation, and you are not afraid because some people oppose it, I am very happy, which means that I was worthy and correct to elect you as the prime minister by public opinion in the first place."

He looked at Gao Xi fixedly, and said thoughtfully:

"The reason why the results are slow is that I think it's not your problem, it's because I still support you in this matter, and they have some undeserved hopes."

Gao Xi's expression paused, and then he was overjoyed.

The emperor finally took a stand, and no longer let Gao Xi doubt that he would become a pawn to be sacrificed at any time. Moreover, what he was more afraid of was that the emperor would make a compromise under pressure from many sides, and let him end up doing a useless work, and even the sacrifice was meaningless!

This is the most unacceptable result for him.

The emperor expressed his attitude, and Gao Xi naturally had a spectrum in his heart, but he was also very curious about how far the emperor's support for him would go.

Gao Wei skimmed his head and said, "Six days ago, did you read the beginning and end of the excerpt of the Xuzhou People's Revolution carefully?"

Gao Xi said: "The minister already knows that this is a case caused by the accumulation of old debts."

"In the past three years of Wuping, the imperial court has been moving continuously, swallowing Xiangyang, according to Jiangling, allied with the Turks, and exterminated the Zhou, and fought with the Chen State, Shandong, Lianghuai and Fuminfeng, and the rice and grain collected have always been twice as much as in various places, and over the years, it has made many people unable to afford it, and at the turn of spring and summer, even the grain seeds sown are not neatly made, and the price of grain is surging day by day, and a stone of grain has reached seven or eight hundred yuan, which is really unaffordable."

I can't survive, I have to turn back.

Gao Wei nodded, and said calmly:

"And the local government actually doesn't know anything, and there has never been a measure to open a warehouse for relief, Xuzhou Thorn Shi Zheng Lun Shangshu explained the situation to me, you can see for yourself."

Xiao Huangmen hurriedly stepped forward with a piece of music in his hand and handed it to him respectfully.

Gao Xi opened it and took a look

, but the complexion is cloudy and uncertain.

In the report, Zheng Lun first reported in detail the causes and consequences of the civil uprising, stating that the scale of the civil unrest would not exceed 500, and the remedial measures he introduced later. At the end, he also scolded the Xuzhou officials for deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and on the other hand, they cleared themselves.

And said:

"The minister has ruled Xuzhou for less than two years, and the minister cannot know the local affairs in detail, but it is a fact that most of the storage in various states and counties is not actually stored. His Majesty has entrusted the ministers with the responsibility of reassuring the people, but the local forces are intertwined and have many constraints, and often the government decrees cannot be issued from the top to the top, and the ministers are at fault. At this point in the present situation, if we do not state the truth according to the truth, we will bear the grace of heaven and lose our conscience."

What follows is nothing more than "fear", "pleading", and "thanking God".

See, this is the self-cultivation of the old bureaucracy.

The words are reasonable, harmonious and self-consistent, and it can be said that he has reached an invincible position that can be attacked and defended, and it also makes the emperor feel his loyalty to the country and his hardship.

But the more Gao Xi looked, the more angry he became.

Zheng Lun is still clear about this person, after all, as the prime minister, the assessment of officials is a must-do job every year, Zheng Lun's ability is not very good, and the annual performance appraisal is only barely hanging in the middle, if it weren't for the Zheng family in Xingyang, he would have been brushed down long ago, how could he get such a fat difference as Xuzhou Thorn History? And this person seems to be loyal and bold, but he is actually quite scheming, and he is always disgusted by Gao Xi.

So Gao Xi simply came to a conclusion: "After governing Xuzhou for two years, I don't know anything about the internal situation, if this person is not deliberately pretending to be stupid and prevaricating his faults, he is a rice bucket!"

"That's angry? Don't worry, you're still angry in the back."

Gao Wei snorted, Xiao Huangmen handed a piece of music to Gao Xi, Gao Xi looked at the cover, this was actually the secret music of Zhang Yanjun of Jinzhou Daoxingtai! Zhang Yanjun said in the secret recital:

"The ministers returned to Jinzhou Road from Chang'an by holy order, and then transferred to Luoyang, all the way to see and hear, the history of assassination, the reputation of officials in various places is not good, the government is lax, where they pass, the merchants and people are frowning and sighing, the warehouse is empty, and the book is less than forty percent..."

Without waiting for Gao Xi to finish reading, Gao Wei said coldly:

"If I hadn't sent Zhang Yanjun to investigate, I'm afraid I wouldn't have known that my warehouse had been emptied by those rats!"

"I've been busy fighting all these years, and I've always been lenient with both the inside and outside of the court, and as a result, that's how they treat my trust in them?"

Gao Xigan was silent for a while, he was silent, and finally realized that the matter was big.

Zhang Yanjun has always been low-key, but his ability is not bad, the Northern Qi conquest of the Turks, the Northern Zhou small half a penny of grain and military funds can be prepared through his hands, is a very old and capable courtier, has rich experience, and knows the operation of local money and grain, he started to collect these things, it will never be an unintentional move, it must be Your Majesty has already instructed!

Then, the turmoil that Your Majesty is going to set off next will never be small!

Gao Xi is also full of lawsuits now.

The situation is already clear.

finally understood the suffering that Zu Ting had endured back then.

His Majesty used the ancestral blind man to weaken the Xianbei magnates, and now he is going to use him to suppress the wealthy family, although the purpose of the two sides is the same, he has never thought of using radical means to suppress the enemy.

But His Majesty obviously doesn't think so, either don't do it, or do it absolutely.

"Gao Qing, I want to investigate thoroughly, what do you think?"

Before leaving, the emperor asked him very immorally.

"That's exactly how it should be."

The corners of Gao Xi's mouth twitched, and he wanted to smile but couldn't.

It is conceivable that after this big case was launched, he really became the public enemy of all the wealthy families in the world, and it would be difficult to stop it without making his hands bloody!