Yangzhou Mu is the second son of the late Situ Cao Gong, Cao Pi. In the process of governing Yangzhou, he did a very good job. He was educated in literary style, encouraged farmers and mulberry farmers, and the great governance of Yangzhou has nothing to do with him. But even so, Liu

Qu's attitude towards him was still a little irritable. The temple did not inform the local government about the emperor's trip, and only the military in various places knew the news.

Therefore, when Liu Qu suddenly appeared in front of Cao Pi, Cao Pi was really startled, and he led his ministers to worship him. Liu Qu frowned, ignored him, and directly asked him to summon Yangzhou.

The officials themselves sat in the upper position, while Zhou Yu stood aside with a calm expression. Cao Pi wanted to ask him something, but failed to find a chance. Soon, many prefects from Yangzhou, and even officials in the state, all rushed to the state.

Inside the Mufu.

Looking at the burly Emperor and the Yangzhou officials, they were speechless in fear. They had no idea how the Emperor arrived in Yangzhou, when the Emperor arrived, and why the Emperor arrived.

Cao Pi squinted his eyes, thinking about what happened in Jiaozhou, and also thought about the emperor's warlike character. The emperor probably came here for Jiaozhou, but he didn't understand why the emperor's face looked so bad.

When everyone arrived, Cao Pi just led the crowd to pay homage to the emperor. Liu Qu didn't return the greeting. He waved his hand and asked everyone to stand up. Cao Pi led the crowd to stand cautiously below. They were not the two thousand stone ones in the temple.

Zhou Yu did not have the qualifications to sit down, but Zhou Yu would not sit alone. Looking at the officials in front of him, Liu Qu sneered and said, "Are you doing very well in Yangzhou?"

No one present felt that the emperor was complimenting him, and Cao Pi even shed a few drops of sweat on his forehead. Although he himself did not know what happened in Yangzhou, he still did not forget what he should do. He immediately turned to the emperor again.

Bye, "I am guilty!" When he said this, the other officials also reacted and hurriedly followed him to confess. Cao Pi's attitude made Liu Qu's anger calm down.

"What's your crime?!"

"As a minister, it is a grave sin for a minister to make the king worry!" Cao Pi replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"Ha." Liu Qu snorted coldly and said nothing more. He looked at the officials in front of him one by one and said coldly: "When I was in Luoxian County, I often listened to the words of officials. Yangzhou is

I have long wanted to come and take a look at the wealthy area of ​​Han Dynasty, second only to Sili. However, on this road, Yangzhou shattered all my expectations. What a shame! How dare a mere merchant to stop me?

My bike frame?!"

"The soldiers are actually excusing the merchants?! Flattery?!"

"The merchant is bullying the market and wants me to pay 20,000 yuan for just a gadget?!"

"Is this how you govern Yangzhou?! The merchants are so rampant, more arrogant than the powerful?" Liu Qu yelled angrily. Zhou Yu below was stunned. That's not right. He has been sending people to protect the emperor these days. If

If something like this happened, those people should have informed themselves of these incompetent thieves, Zhou Yu thought, and a hint of anger flashed across his face.

As for Cao Pi and other Yangzhou officials, their faces turned pale with fright at this moment, and their legs could not stop shaking. No wonder the emperor was so angry. Damn merchants, you have made us all suffer! Everyone was thinking, Liu

Qu suddenly asked: "Who is the governor of Kuaiji County? Has he ever been here?"

A man walked out from among the officials, lowered his head in fear, and replied: "The prefect of Kuaiji calls to pay homage to your majesty."

"Your governor, please stop doing this and leave."

Thank you, Your Majesty, for pardoning the death penalty!" The man bowed to the emperor, and then he was directly escorted away by two southern soldiers. Cao Pi gritted his teeth, and there was a slight pain in his forehead. It's over, damn merchant, he is

Thinking about it, the emperor indeed called a few more people's names. Several county magistrates who were called by the emperor were also dismissed from their official positions without mercy. Finally, Liu Qu's eyes fell on Cao Pi.

"Your Majesty, I have lax discipline and improper governance..."

"Xiu Yao!!" Liu Qu said angrily: "I'll give you ten days. After ten days, I want to see a different Yangzhou. If I see these illegal and arrogant merchants again in Yangzhou,

Just wait for Cao Zhang to inherit your title!!" Cao Pi's face suddenly turned pale and he bowed to the emperor, "Your welcome!" The emperor did not leave the Prefectural Mufu, he lived here, and the Prefecture

The officials of the Mufu Mansion began to be busy.

Sitting in the study, Liu Qu yawned. There were officials in front of him who were talking about many situations in Yangzhou, but Liu Qu couldn't listen at all. After listening for a while, he saw it as an excuse and drove the official away.

, Jiang Wei was standing not far away, and there were only two of them left in the study. Jiang Wei just walked over and asked: "Your Majesty, Zhou Pushe just found me and said that he failed to protect Your Majesty. I hope he can

Please apologize to His Majesty in person."

Liu Qu laughed loudly, shook his head, and said: "Bo Yue, the things I said are completely false. Why is he here to apologize?"

Jiang Wei's face was solemn and he said seriously: "Your Majesty, you must not speak like that."

Liu Qu felt a little bored, so he just said: "Then you go see him and tell him that I am still angry and ask him to come back another day." Jiang Wei nodded and walked out of the study.

The entire Yangzhou officials, and even the Yangzhou navy, were extremely angry for a while. The reason why the Yangzhou officials were angry was because these merchants actually bullied the emperor, almost causing them to lose their heads and take the blame.

How could they endure it? Cao Pi didn't even give orders, Yangzhou had already started taking action, and many merchants who had been found guilty, and even some ordinary traders, suffered ruthless blows.

Homes were being searched everywhere, and the prison was suddenly full.

And they arrested not only merchants, but also many officials because they were too close to merchants. The merchants in Yangzhou were too scared to go out, and many powerful merchants were uprooted.

In addition, this made the merchants clearly realize how powerful the temple was. All of this made Jiang Wei really unbearable.

In fact, in Yangzhou, the relationship between officials and merchants is very close. Even these high-ranking officials also enjoy the filial piety sent by merchants and call them brothers. In order to prevent these things from being dug out, the officials first removed

After losing these big businessmen who were related to him, as for Cao Pi, he also knew that there were few clean officials in Yangzhou, but he could not dig out all of them.

Otherwise, not only he has offended countless big families, but also he will definitely be implicated. Think about it, as a state pastor, all the officials under his command are guilty, so how can the state pastor escape?

Liu Qu did not go out for several days in a row and stayed in his study all day. It is said that Liu Qu was obsessed with Yangzhou music again. This is a thing that has only appeared recently. To put it simply, it is a cappella singing by women, but the lyrics are different.

Not only poetry, but also story books and the like. You can basically listen to a good story in one song. This made Liu Qu particularly addicted. He even let three singers stay in his mansion for the night.

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Jiang Wei often went out to watch the situation in Yangzhou for the emperor. During this period, he saw countless small traders being arrested. They were all innocent people. Similarly, there were also many upright businessmen who often did good deeds.

After being executed, Yangzhou officials raised their butcher knives high, and money continued to flow into Yangzhou's treasury, but above the money were the cries of countless innocent people.

Jiang Wei felt a little unbearable. The emperor didn't care about anything, he just listened to his favorite music, while the innocent people in Yangzhou were constantly suffering. Jiang Wei felt really uncomfortable. Finally, Liu

Qu seemed to have noticed something strange about Jiang Wei. When he saw Jiang Wei standing beside him without saying a word, Liu Qu asked doubtfully: "Boyue? Why don't I see that you are not very happy these days?"

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"Your Majesty... Yangzhou officials arrest innocent people. They don't care about right or wrong. As long as they are merchants, they will arrest them... As long as they are wealthy, they will kill them. Such unkind actions should not appear in the Han Dynasty.

.." Jiang Wei frowned.

"What did you say?!" Liu Qu was shocked, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "Hurry up and let Zhou Yu! Cao Pi! and the officials from Yangzhou come to the Mufu to see me!!" Jiang Wei was a little confused.

, However, he still responded and ran out. Soon, the emperor's order reached the ears of various officials. The officials smiled and rushed towards the mansion. This time, they all responded to the emperor's order.

If you do it to the extreme, you will definitely be able to get away with it.

However, when the officials arrived at the mansion, they realized that something was unusual. Liu Qu was sitting in the upper position. Why did he look even more irritable than last time?

Liu Qu widened his eyes, looked at the many officials in front of him, became furious, and cursed: "You cruel officials! These unkind beasts! I asked you to arrest those merchants who were disrespectful to me, but you did

Are you going to kill all the merchants in Yangzhou?! I haven't been out these days, and I didn't know you were so bold! There are rules in Han law, and officials are not allowed to kill innocent people, and they are not allowed to oppress the people innocently!!!"

"Emperor Xiaode has just left, why don't you take the laws he wrote into consideration?!"

"You are so brave! You dare to falsely spread the imperial edict! Persecute the people!! Make innocent people suffer! If someone hadn't exposed me, I would have been bullied by you!!" Liu Qu yelled, not giving any of this.

When the officials spoke, his eyes burned with blazing anger, as if he was going to rush down and beat them at the next moment. This momentum scared Zhou Yu to the point where he took a few steps back and lowered his head deeply.

"I have always loved the people as my sons! No matter they are merchants or others, they are all my people! Today I will seek justice for the people of Yangzhou!"

"Come here! Catch all these beasts!!"
Chapter completed!