Cao Qichang, of course, will not show weakness, he emphasized:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister is not relying on the old to sell the old, let alone nostalgic for power, if His Royal Highness wants to come to the court, or even restore the early dynasty, etc., the old minister has no objection, but it is just a military matter, and it has to rely on the division of labor and cooperation of the ministers and hundreds of officials, and work together."

"At present, there are natural disasters inside, there are Turkic, Tibetan and other khanates outside, and there are many vassal kings who are ready to move.

His eloquent remarks did not mind the prince's reaction.

This duplicitous traitor, who speaks beautifully, serves the country and the people, but in fact frames the loyal and good, excludes dissidents, smuggles and treason, and uses vicious methods to achieve his personal ambitions.

Yuan Zhi was condescending, looking down at the traitorous boss five steps away from Danqi, and could only endure it for the time being.

"Cao Aiqing, what you said, loneliness is not ignorance, harsh methods such as killing people and raiding homes are forced to be helpless, and it is definitely not the purpose of loneliness, governing the country and the country, of course, is inseparable from Cao Aiqing and other ministers, but it needs to be unified by decree."

"Since Aiqing talked about natural disasters, Lone does have a matter to discuss with adults, that is, at this stage, there is a food shortage, and all the surplus grain in the treasury is out, and the giants in the capital are privately hoarding, and the people can't buy grain, which has caused food prices to skyrocket, I don't know what good plan Aiqing has?"

Yuan Zhi modern people are wise, and this kind of debate is difficult for him.

In the first half of his speech, he told Cao Qichang that he had to kill people and raid his home, but he had to use it.

He particularly stressed the need for unification of government decrees.

In other words, he was the crown prince of the Jianguo State and the supreme ruler of the Final Jin Dynasty.

In the second half, he turned his words and threw a ball to his opponent.

He didn't believe it, Cao Qichang decided to come to the East Palace, in addition to thanking Cao Sangongzi, was it just to accuse in court and intensify the conflict?

There is no specific indication of easing the relationship between the two parties, or rather, it can be regarded as a reciprocal.

In fact, the prince's doubts are superfluous.

Cao Qichang is a master of the game, he understands that the dispute with the crown prince is a battle for the throne of the prince, although it is cruel and ruthless, but both sides should have a bottom line.

The bottom line is not to allow domestic turmoil, national strength to fail, and disaster victims to revolt, causing national distress.

Otherwise, I have worked hard for more than ten years, and in the end, the bamboo basket is empty, but I make wedding dresses for others.

Cao Qichang will never do this kind of loss-making business.

Before entering the Qinzheng Hall of the East Palace, he was a little worried that the crown prince Yuanzhi did not have a concept of the overall situation and could not understand it well.

But after a few back and forth conversations, Cao Qichang suddenly understood that his worries were actually superfluous.

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in progress on disaster relief matters, and the cabinet has also issued a decree, clearly ordering the state governments at all levels to make every effort to provide relief and appease the people.

Cao Qichang talked eloquently on the surface, but he was actually tempting, waiting for the prince's reaction.

Yuan Zhi was silent, and he said frankly:

"Cao Aiqing is right, the first measure, the Gu has ordered the household department, together with the secret guards, Qianniuwei, etc., to collect evidence and carry out a general cleaning in the capital against those illegal merchants who deliberately hoard grain."

"As for the second measure, Lone's influence is limited, I heard that Cao Aiqing has a good relationship with Jiangnan Xiao, and the Jiangnan Inspector is also Aiqing's student, and it is also related to all aspects of Caoyun, Lone wants to ask the Prime Minister to come forward to coordinate and solve this urgent need."

The prince did not twist his posture and made a request straightforwardly, which surprised Cao Qichang and appreciated it.

The big husband can bend and stretch, for the sake of the overall situation, what can he do if he sacrifices some face?

The prince can understand it at one point, and the vertical son can be taught.

"Please rest assured by the prince in this matter, the old minister is willing to go all out and try his best to make the Xiao family increase their strength in Caoyun, and the grain rice that has now arrived at Dongting Lake will be transferred ashore overnight and transported into the reserve grain depot to alleviate the shortage of food in the disaster area and the capital."

Cao Qichang was not hypocritical, he was full of promises, and he was very specific, specifically mentioning Caoyun Dongting Lake.

Look, he is well prepared and plans to give the prince a reward.

Come and don't be rude.

Both sides took a step back and opened the sky.

"That lonely represents the people of the capital, as well as tens of millions of disaster victims, thank you in advance, Lord Prime Minister." Yuan Zhi got up, took a step across, and gave Cao Qichang a slight salute.

"Ouch, Your Highness, you are a troublesome old minister, dealing with the government and solving the crisis, it is a matter of this kind, where do you need the prince to say thank you."

Cao Qichang hurriedly got up, and also shook it to the end, "If the prince has no other orders, the old minister will retire and go to implement the matter of transporting grain from Dongting Lake, and the old minister will wait for His Royal Highness in Daming Palace tomorrow morning." ”

"Cao Aiqing, please."

Yuan Zhi walked down the jade pier and sent Cao Qichang to the gate of the Qinzheng Palace, and then returned to the palace.

"Gao Jin, inform Ji Dugong to temporarily cancel the raid plan on the Xiao grain ship moored on Dongting Lake."

"Yes." Gao Jin promised in a low voice.

The secret guard has ascertained that the two huge ships anchored on the Dongting Lake, as well as other ships, are carrying the disaster relief food transported to the capital by the Cao Gang Xiao.

They all received Cao Fujun's decree not to unload the goods into the dock warehouse for the time being.

Yuan Zhi has made two preparations, the second of which is to forcibly board the ship and collect food.

Of course, this will cause a lot of waves, at least the East Palace has another strong enemy, Jiangnan Xiao and the Cao Gang, and maybe the king of Jiangnan Ning.

It is said that Cao Qichang walked to the chariot parked outside the gate, looked up to the sky and sighed: "The future is terrifying!" Shibei has not seen each other for three days, and he should be impressed. ”

"Father-in-law, what's the matter with sighs?" Dugucheng felt that his father-in-law was a little inexplicable, and he approached and wondered.

Cao Qichang glanced at his son fixedly, and said solemnly: "The prince of the prison country today is a god-given man, and from now on, he must not be taken lightly." ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Dugucheng to react, and jumped onto the chariot.

……

The next day, the sky was bright.

Imperial City, outside the noon gate.

It's already full of traffic.

Outside the imperial city, there is no tethered horse stone, and the big and small officials are led by the guards, waiting in order in the square outside the noon gate.

This is a bit like the government meeting in later generations, and the drivers of the officials will park the official cars in the square in order.

Officials packed up and entered the venue, and the secretary and driver waited in the car.

Once every half month, the courtiers above the fifth rank are in a sedan chair, or come by official, and there are also military attaches in remote suburbs, who come to the court on horseback.

However, wearing a robe and a crown, it is indeed not convenient to ride a horse, and when you arrive outside the imperial city, you are already disheveled and look very embarrassed.

Isn't this finding fault with yourself?

Today is the first day of the eighth month, which is considered a great court meeting, and civil and military officials in Beijing, those who are above the fifth grade, must enter the court counselor.