Chapter 162: A Pot of Porridge in the Imperial Hall
Chixiao City is no longer prosperous.
There is even a sense of depression everywhere.
Without the cart-pulling monster, the basic livelihood economy is almost paralyzed.
All the people can only carry bamboo baskets on their backs to carry them.
Qiankun rings and Qiankun bags have become the main means of transportation, but this amount is a drop in the bucket compared to the mined fire spirit stones and meteor iron.
The glory that used to be comparable to that of the Imperial City has fallen into the abyss.
The city can clearly feel that there are too many "empty".
It seems that in the entire Chixiao City, there are a third less people.
There were vacant houses everywhere, and people walked on the street, and for the first time, they found that the road in Chixiao City was so wide.
The people complained a lot, but they all pressed it in their hearts.
Changqing seems to be the sky that has fallen, and the tall ones can't stand it at all, and they are all arrested and put in prison.
"Progress so slow?" Changqing was on a railroad track under construction, full of displeasure.
Most of the people mobilized by Chen Tiejun were veterans or family members of veterans.
Originally, there were a lot of rough men, but with Hua Lingxiu's withdrawal order, they all left.
can still maintain construction without stopping work, Chen Tiejun's ability is not small.
"Aren't there so many idlers in the city, all of them have been transferred." Changqing opened his mouth and shouted, "Shangguan Yu! ”
"In!" Shangguan Yu was wandering in the distance, and hurriedly ran over at this time.
The clerical officer of Chixiao City is just Changqing's little follower at this time.
What are the four great heavens of the imperial city, the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he is in front of Changqing, but he doesn't dare to have the slightest arrogance.
"The taxes that are paid to the treasury can be paid. The salary of the frontier army, you release the news, and I will escort Liu Qingmei and them to Tianmen Pass to ask for beheading, and then they will be paid together. The rest of the money was paid to the people and monks who built the project. By the way, the first salary will be doubled. ”
"Yes, sir."
Shangguan Yu received the order and asked curiously, "What are these things for?" Even if there is a carriage, but there is no cart demon beast, do you have to rely on the monk to push the cart himself? ”
Changqing pouted at the locomotive on the side, "Build a railroad track first, let it run first, and then you will all know." ”
The money opened the way, so that the people, who had lost the foundation of their livelihood, found a way to live.
Especially the first pay, it is still calculated at twice the rate, even if they know that this is what Changqing did, no matter how unwilling they are in their hearts, they can only come to report due to the pressure of life.
Putting everything aside, this treatment is too generous!
For the rest of the day, Changqing supervised the work everywhere, and easily slashed a sword to smooth out the bumpy road.
Evergreen's twists and turns have been sent to the imperial city.
At this time, the imperial city was surging, lightning and thunder.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the sky is falling apart.
But on the surface, it's still calm.
Imperial city, imperial palace, main hall, early dynasty.
At noon, officials at all levels in the hall were still standing straight.
The atmosphere is like an imperial city, depressing, heavy, and ready to collapse at any time.
On the throne, the monarch Dongfang Mo frowned, and looked at the tray held by the old eunuch beside him, his face became more and more serious.
On the tray, there are three thick stacks of folds.
This is not a recital played by hundreds of officials, it is all played by Changqing alone.
All of them!
It records in detail the bribes received by the Nangong family and the Zhao family over the years, as well as Su Tu, Liu Qingmei, and Hua Lingxiu, who colluded with each other.
It has risen to the Hundred Demon Mountain Forest, ascended to the chess piece to the sky, and changed the pattern of the continent from the heavenly realm.
Even Dongfang Mo has a headache.
The general is a hundred miles into the city, and the prime minister Shangguan is shocked, and he is the head of the hundred officials in the main hall.
At this time, both of them were silent.
Zhao Zhen, the national teacher, also rarely went to the court, and the hundred officials were even a little in a trance, and they couldn't remember the last time Zhao Zhen went to the court.
Not only that, Queen Nangong also stood quietly in front of the hundred officials, waiting respectfully.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" Dongfang Mo asked in a deep voice.
In the main hall, there was silence.
"Zhao Zhen."
"Yes."
Zhao Zhen stepped forward and said: "The evidence of the crime is conclusive, you should ask for the order of the criminal officer, and kill all of them." ”
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.
"A commander of the town prison department, a general soldier of the frontier army, kill if you say kill?" Empress Nangong immediately objected, "The criminal officer said that Hua Lingxiu is one of the four great demons of the Hundred Demon Mountains and Forests, and if he is killed at Tianmen Pass, the border will inevitably fight." At that time, if the Xuanyue Kingdom sits on the fisherman's profits......"
Zhao Zhen immediately interrupted: "The queen is clear about national affairs, and she can do it all. The chicken Sichen written on the fold is indeed true. ”
Empress Nangong's face suddenly turned pale, her silver teeth clenched, and she lowered her phoenix crown.
At this time, she can only be the same as Shangguan Jinghong and Baili Liancheng, say less, make fewer mistakes!
Changqing's twists and turns are too detailed, and even the two families are separated.
Although most of them are speculations, the truth of that small part has already made the two major families jealous.
If you guess a lot, you can always guess correctly. If there is no problem, of course there is no fear.
But how similar is this situation to Chixiao City? How could there be no problem!
"Get down to business." Dongfang Mo is not angry but mighty.
Zhao Zhen immediately said: "Changqing's proposal, the minister seconded it. Evacuate the people in the border areas as much as possible, make the useless thousands of miles of borders, turn them into battle fields, and contain the Hundred Demon Mountains and Forests and the Xuanyue Kingdom. In this way, the Xuanyue Kingdom will inevitably compete with the Hundred Demon Mountains and Forests, although it is a broken arm, the overall situation can be won! ”
"Master Guoshi, you said it easily. Do you know how many people there are in the borderlands? Even if they can really evacuate, how can hundreds of millions of people be satisfied? How do they survive? Shangguan Jinghong stood up.
Baili Liancheng also added: "The soldiers abandoned their families and businesses and shed blood at the gate of heaven, but they didn't want you to cut off your arms!" ”
Zhao Zhen said quietly: "If you don't kill it, will you let it go?" Let them continue to collude with demon beasts? ”
As soon as Zhao Zhen said this, everyone fell silent.
"Liu Qingmei's prestige in the frontier army is quite high, if he is killed at Tianmen Pass, I am afraid it will cause a mutiny." Shangguan Jinghong looked at the hundred miles of the city.
Baili Liancheng took a step forward and asked: "The minister is willing to go to Tianmen Pass to suppress the frontier army." ”
"Could it be General Baili, in favor of killing?" Empress Nangong couldn't help but say.
"Two different things." The complexion of the city remained unchanged.
Empress Nangong continued: "Everyone has seen it, Chixiao City and the two major families are extremely close. But the Shangguan family and the Baili family are clean. ”
It's only half the story, but everyone already knows it.
Above the court, a pot of porridge was suddenly made.
Everyone's brain also shared a bowl.
The four major families, sometimes quarrelling, sometimes speaking in unison, are all jumping left and right between killing and not killing.
Even after the voice of the court was attributed to "all killed", Zhao Zhen was able to stand up and put forward one reason after another for not being able to kill.
Dongfang Mo's brows furrowed even tighter, and his face became more and more difficult to look at.
At this moment, at the end of the main hall, a young voice came, "Perhaps, kill Changqing?" ”
The hall suddenly fell silent, and a pin drop could be heard.
Everyone looked at the entrance of the main hall, the inconspicuous figure.
Zhao Fusheng and Nangong Lianxue were also listening, and hurriedly dodged to both sides at this time, and they also looked at the person who spoke out with complicated expressions.
Fang Lin.
"Can't be killed." Oriental ink eyes are deep.
"Can't be killed." Zhao Zhen is also categorical.
"Can't be killed!" Wu Donglai immediately spoke.
"Can't Kill ......"
In the main hall, His Majesty and several high-ranking and powerful people were almost in unison, but Fang Lin's face changed suddenly.
He really couldn't figure out why His Majesty and even these people were so firm and unified in their idea of not killing Changqing.