Chapter 44

"Your Majesty......"

Li Shangwen felt his throat dry, and wiped the cold sweat with the sleeve of his robe.

Falsely reported the price of materials, purchased them from their own related households, and contracted the project to their relatives...... Isn't this a commonplace?

I thought that the empress was young and couldn't see these problems, but I didn't expect His Majesty to see through it at a glance.

Li Shangwen's knees weakened, and he knelt down with a puff: "The minister is old and frail, and he can't remember some things clearly, so he will go to check immediately after the next court, if someone deceives the old minister and wants to deceive His Majesty, he will definitely not be spared." ”

The Empress did not look at him again.

Li Shangwen knelt on the ground, his body trembled, he didn't know how His Majesty would punish him, and his heart was still hanging in the air.

The other officials all kept a straight face, but they were gloating in their hearts. Li Shangwen has been an old minister of the Three Dynasties, why is he still just a Langzhong, it is because the level is too low.

Your Majesty will never see the problem with my play.

"Sun Sizheng, your road construction is an excerpt that occupies farmland, and you have to compensate farmers for 700 taels per mu?"

The Empress suddenly spoke.

Sun Sizheng cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, it is the autumn harvest season, and the farmland is ripe, so the compensation is higher than the market price." ”

"Pretty good. The empress said leisurely: "But as far as I know, the 3,217 acres of land occupied by the road construction were bought by your Li family not long ago, how much silver did you spend at that time?"

"This ......"

Sun Sizheng's expression froze on his face, and he knelt down with a puff: "The minister is guilty, and the minister is willing to sacrifice all the land to build roads for the imperial court." ”

The empress was noncommittal and said softly: "Next." ”

Uncovering a long-standing book on the table, the empress pointed out the problems inside.

There was a puff and puff, and a third of the officials in the hall knelt on the ground.

Others aren't without problems, but they haven't had any compromises lately. I was scared for a while, but fortunately......

The person kneeling on the ground trembled, and now a knife hung from his neck, not knowing when it would fall, and at least he would raid his house, or if he was heavy, his head would fall to the ground.

I thought that the empress was weak, and she was usually not interested in court politics, so she was always late and left early. Everyone thinks that she is so foolish, and the affairs of the court can be reversed and deceived as much as they want......

Liar, the empress is a complete liar.

She pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger, so that everyone jumped out, and then caught them all.

Above the main hall, it became extremely quiet. Behind the bead curtain, the empress did not move like a mountain, which also brought pressure to everyone.

At this moment, in everyone's hearts, she is no longer a yellow-haired girl who has not dried up, and she already has a bit of imperial majesty.

"You should be a woman who grew up in the deep palace and did not know the sufferings of the world. I have also lived in the market, in the water and in the fire, fighting with the sky and the earth, fighting with ghosts and gods, and I have also lived a hard life of eating steamed buns for three days. I have suffered hardship, you have not eaten, and you may not know what I know. ”

Words are like knives, and everyone is sweating.

Prime Minister Wen Yuanchen came out of class and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do with these people?"

The hearts of all the officials are up and down.

The empress opened her mouth slowly, and she couldn't hear her thoughts from her voice: "Some people say that the wealth is hidden from the people, and some people say that if the country is strong, the people will be strong, and now it seems that the country is not rich, and the people are not rich, and it is you officials who are rich......"

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to give half of his family property to replenish the treasury. Li Shangwen hurriedly said: "The minister is still willing to do things for the court with a guilty body." ”

"The minister is also willing to give half of his family property. Sun Si was busy.

"The minister is willing to atone for his sins. ”

......

The officials kneeling on the ground said one after another, they wanted to take the initiative to admit punishment, so as not to wait for the empress to open her mouth and cut off her head.

Wen Xiang is responsible for this matter. ”

After the dispersal of the dynasty, a group of officials walked out of the palace hall and subconsciously touched their necks, all of which had a feeling of "my head is still there".

Everyone really walked away from the ghost gate.

The civil and military officials looked at each other, but they didn't dare to talk, so they sat in a sedan chair and went home.

It's time to rejudge the empress's ability, before, everyone must have been deceived by her disguise.

Wen Yuanchen was left alone by the empress, and the two came to the palace garden.

Following behind the empress, Wen Yuanchen took a few steps behind and subconsciously bent down. What he saw and heard today made him understand that the empress was by no means as lazy and casual as she looked.

"What's going on with the Donglu Mission?" the empress asked about the matter when she left Wen Xiang behind.

"Next, I will take them to visit the Taishu Academy, the Divine Soldier Workshop, with the facilitation of the imperial court, several business agreements have been negotiated, but Donglu has a tough attitude, and we have not taken any advantage. Wen Xiangdao.

"There is no diplomacy for a weak country. The empress couldn't help but sigh.

Wen Xiang was stunned, and the sadness and powerlessness of his contact with Donglu in the past few days seemed to be in these five words.

"Your Majesty's words are really good, you can understand the difficulties of Weichen, Weichen is for the court to break his bones, and it is worth it. ”

The empress said in her heart, this sentence is not what I said.

"Let what should be allowed, but also let it be decent, and don't let them underestimate Nanyan. The empress said: "Aren't they going to visit the Divine Weapons Workshop, just let them see it, we have just created a batch of weapons with Xingyao Stone, and let them see it." ”

"Wechen saved. ”

The Divine Weapons Workshop is a place for the imperial court to officially build weapons, which generally involves some secrets and will not allow other countries to visit.

However, since Her Majesty the Empress said so, she also had the meaning of showing her muscles in front of Donglu.

"By the way, I heard that the Donglu Caiyun troupe is playing in the capital, causing thousands of empty alleys, but our Nanyan troupe can't sell a single ticket. ”

"Yes, there is such a thing. Wen Xiang said embarrassedly: "But the minister has already instructed them that their major opera troupes will arrange a big drama to fight for face." ”

"Well, you know, it's a small matter, but it's just as much about the country's decency. ”

The empress didn't pay much attention to this matter, she just heard about it by chance and mentioned it casually.

Since Wen Xiang has already asked in person, there is no need for her to do anything.

Suddenly, my heart moved, and I remembered that not long ago, my subordinates reported that Zhuang Yisheng had a theater troupe.

"I remember that there is a theater troupe in the capital, what is it called...... It seems to be called Shuangfeng class...... You go back and ask. ”

Wechen obeyed. ”

............

Wen Xiang said goodbye and left, hurried back to the mansion, and called the housekeeper to his side as soon as possible.

"Is the troupe rehearsed there, and how long will they have to wait, when the Donglu mission is gone?"

The empress has personally inquired about this matter, which shows that the seriousness of the matter is imminent.

"My lord, the drama troupe just came with news today, it has been arranged, and it can be staged tomorrow. ”

"This time, there are major opera troupes in the capital, and more than a dozen famous actors have been dispatched, and even those who have been singing for at least ten years will definitely be able to overshadow the limelight of the Caiyun class. ”

Wen Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, he already had an idea in his heart, and he would invite King Xiaoyao to watch the play tomorrow and get back the face he lost last time.