[Zhou Zhenwen's words made the two officials who claimed to be clear and clear, stunned in place, and it was difficult to come back to their senses for a long time. 】

[The two open their mouths, wanting to say something, but can't say anything.] 】

[Zhou Zhenwen's words had a huge impact on their hearts. 】

[The dialogue between them can be called an unprecedented argument......]

Seeing this scene, the empress Liang Zhao, why is this not the case?

Empress Liang Zhao was cultivated by the first emperor since she was a child, read poetry and books, and was familiar with history books.

For corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they should be like Emperor Wu and kill them all.

Whoever dares to collect wealth will be connected to the nine clans, and the heads will be rolling, and they will not dare to be greedy, and they will not even dare to think about it!

However, facts have proved that in all dynasties, corrupt generations have emerged in an endless stream, and even those who have read the books of sages and sages will gradually forget their original intentions, become greedy, and become well-dressed beasts after putting on this official robe.

Empress Liang Zhao has always believed that those scholars have studied hard for more than ten years, all the way from the county examination, the government examination, the hospital examination, the township examination, the meeting examination, the palace examination, to the court, the initial wish will never be to become a corrupt official, enjoy glory and wealth, and become a traitor, but in the end they all became the people they hated the most.

would rather bear infamy, be greedy, and accumulate power, and climb up by unscrupulous means.

The dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon.

Empress Liang looked at the picture in the Sims, looked at Zhou Zhenwen, who she considered to be the traitor of the country, and did not agree with some of his arguments, but expressed her approval of his approach.

Empress Liang Zhao had to admit that this cabinet chief assistant who formed a party for personal gain and was greedy for power and wealth did have strong ability.

This kind of ability is not possessed by the princes of the imperial court.

He is greedy for power and money, and he is a party for personal gain, but his ability is indeed unsurpassed.

Such a cabinet chief assistant is also something that Empress Liang Zhao has never seen.

"Zhou Zhenwen, Zhou Zhenwen, you are really a ...... Strange courtiers? ”

"What should I do to you?"

Empress Liang Zhao originally planned to be the same as the Empress in Sims, and couldn't wait to get rid of Zhou Zhenwen, prove her ability to the Empress Dowager, and let the Empress Dowager delegate power to herself, truly be the master of the house, and control the imperial power.

But now it is found that if Zhou Zhenwen dies and Qingzhou is famine, I am afraid that other ministers will be replaced, and the amount of disaster relief funds sent by these imperial courts can reach Qingzhou, I am afraid that there will not be one in ten.

In this way, how many more people will die in the entire Qingzhou?

"Although one-third of these disaster relief funds are still embezzled by these officials, large and small, at least two-thirds of the disaster relief funds are left to reach the disaster area......

"From this point of view, greed, is it actually right?"

"What an irony!"

If it was replaced by the usual embezzlement of disaster relief funds and reached such an amount, the empress Liang Zhao would definitely be furious and wanted to kill these officials and exterminate the family, but this time, after understanding Zhou Zhenwen's good intentions, she felt that she was in a hurry and could be forgiven.

Compared with the life and death of the victims, she can endure these details.

Empress Liang Zhao suddenly remembered what the first emperor had said, "You have to use traitorous ministers, powerful ministers, capable ministers, and loyal ministers, not only to use them, but also to make them check and balance each other, so as to ensure the stability of the country." ”

"If there are only traitors, the court will be in danger and the country will perish."

"There are only ministers, and the imperial power is falling, or there is a risk of overturning."

"Only capable ministers, strong branches and weak cadres, the emperor's authority is not restored, and it is not a long-term solution."

"There are only loyal ministers, if there is a wise monarch, a holy and virtuous monarch, the natural court is stable, if the monarch is mediocre, and the loyal ministers are faint, it will be difficult to continue."

"Only traitorous ministers, powerful ministers, capable ministers, and loyal ministers use together to check and balance each other, this is the long-term way."

Empress Liang Zhao sighed faintly: "Hey, father, is this the reason why you didn't kill Zhou Zhenwen?" Do traitors and corrupt officials also need to use it......"

The picture of the Sims continued, and as soon as the picture turned, the perspective of Empress Liang Zhao came to Zhou Zhenwen's mansion.

[Butler of the Zhou Mansion: Master, the things are ready. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen: Then let's go! Take the waterway and transport things to the disaster area. 】

[Butler of the Zhou Mansion: Yes, sir. 】

"Huh? What is this Zhou Zhenwen doing? ”

"What is he going to send to the disaster area?"

Empress Liang Zhao frowned slightly, she didn't quite understand, at this time, what else did he have to do?

Soon, as the picture changed, the time came to more than ten days later.

Zhou Zhenwen and others, led the imperial court soldiers and horses and grain transportation teams, day and night, arrived in Qingzhou.

[Everything is as Zhou Zhenwen said, the victims are like locusts, and everywhere they pass, grass roots, tree bark, and everything that can be eaten have been eaten up. 】

[The victims from all over the country moved towards the state and county capital according to their instincts, and they all knew that there must be food in the Taishou Mansion. 】

[Thanks to the efforts of Zhou Zhenwen and two court officials, mountains of bran and forage were transported to various places where the victims gathered, and under the control of soldiers and horses, the victims lined up one after another to receive the grain. 】

[The Qingzhou famine was temporarily controlled. 】

Seeing this scene, Empress Liang Zhao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and muttered: "Fortunately, Zhou Zhenwen is here, otherwise these disaster relief funds may not reach the stomachs of the victims......"

In the picture deduced by the Sims, wealthy families and state and county officials from all over Qingzhou have sent people to pretend to be disaster victims, trying to defraud the disaster relief food, but when they saw the bran and forage, they were all hard to swallow and were arrested by Zhou Zhenwen.

In order to prevent these people from continuing to disagree with the disaster relief grain, Zhou Zhenwen led the soldiers and horses and personally went to the major wealthy families.

Zhou Zhenwen brought all the copper plates distributed by the imperial court, including many mysterious boxes that he asked the official family to arrange to be transported to Qingzhou.

[Patriarch of the Gongsun Clan: Lord Shoufu, what a great official? Personally led the troops to come in person, this is planning to bloodbathe my Gongsun clan? 】

[Several patriarchs of the family also looked at each other angrily, their expressions were not good, and they had the posture of doing something if they didn't agree. 】

Seeing this scene, Empress Liang Zhao also unconsciously pinched her heart.

[Zhou Zhenwen: You are all wealthy families in Qingzhou, whether it is fame and status, or the strength of the heritage, they are the pillars of Qingzhou, how dare Zhou do it to you? 】

[Patriarch of the Gongsun Clan: What does that Shoufu mean? 】

[Zhou Zhenwen: Zhou hopes that you can understand the righteousness and help the imperial court survive this famine. 】

[Patriarch of the Gongsun Clan: Lord Shoufu, you asked us to donate, we also donated, you asked us to donate food, we didn't donate less, before you, Qingzhou Taishou also asked us to donate food, and we also donated, for the imperial court, we have done our best. 】

[Nowadays, we are also very poor, and we don't have much food, so we can't donate. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen asked his subordinates to open all the boxes. 】

[Dense copper coins, pieces of gold bars, appeared in front of the heads of the families of all generations. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen first pointed to these boxes containing copper coins: These are the disaster relief funds distributed by the imperial court, 100,000 taels of silver, and I exchanged them all for copper plates, bran, and forage, plus the consumption of these days, there are still 38,000 copper coins left. 】

[Zhou Zhenwen pointed to these gold bars again: These are the silver I have earned in recent years, and I have exchanged all of them for gold bars, a total of 100,000 taels of gold. 】

[Patriarch of the Gongsun Clan: Lord Shoufu, what do you mean by this? 】

[Zhou Zhenwen: This money is yours. Coupled with the money you made from manipulating food prices during this period, you should be satisfied enough, right? 】

[The face of the patriarch of the Gongsun clan changed: What do you want to say? 】

[Zhou Zhenwen: There are only two ways in front of you now, one is to accept the money and take out all the hoarded grain, bran, and forage to relieve the victims, and at the same time, buy food from the other twelve states to help the imperial court and completely solve this famine. 】

[Second, if you refuse, I will take the relatives of Qingzhou Mansion and local officials out of Qingzhou, and at the same time stop distributing relief food, open the arsenal, and tell the disaster victims the location of the granaries and ancestral halls of your major families, and tell them that it was you who controlled the price of grain and made their families ruined. 】

[What will happen then?] You know very well ......]

[If the disaster relief fails, I will be dismissed from office when I return to the capital, or exiled to Lingnan, and you will be severely hit by the crazy victims, and the foundation of hundreds of years will be destroyed in one fell swoop. 】

[We are all burning, and everyone dies together. 】