Since receiving a memorial about the accident in Dongjiang Town from the Governor of Ji Liao, Tianqi was in a very bad mood and was not in the mood to do the carpenter work he had most hoped for in the past.

"I am guilty."

The important officials in the court were kneeling down.

Tianqi looked at the ministers in front of him and said with a dark face: "I am not interested in seeing you kowtow. Who can tell me how to solve the problem in Dongjiang Town?"

The ministers were silent.

"What?" Tianqi's eyes swept across the ministers one by one, and scolded coldly, "You guys are holding the salary of the court. Could it be that I will find a way for you?"

"I don't dare."

Everyone lowered their heads and replied.

With such anger, Tianqi slapped the table repeatedly and said angrily: "I think you don't dare, but you dare very much, Chief Supporter, what do you think?"

When Huang Liji saw that he was called, he showed a bitter expression on his face.

However, as the chief minister, he could not refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, what you should worry most about now is whether there is any connection between the bandits occupying Pi Island and the slave thieves."

"What do you mean is that the thieves captured Pi Island for slave thieves?" Tianqi asked with a frown.

Huang Liji said: "This possibility is not ruled out. Judging from the current situation, the main forces of this group of bandits are concentrated on the sea in the northwest and south. Pi Island is located in the northeast and is no less than a thousand miles away from the two places occupied by the bandits. Taking Pi Island will not have much benefit to the bandits."

"What Huang Aiqing said makes sense, and I am also worried that the purpose of the bandits taking down Pi Island is to clear the obstacles behind the slaves and thieves." Tianqi thought Huang Liji's analysis was very reasonable.

It makes no sense for the bandits to take down Pi Island through the sea. It is only to help slave thieves. This explanation is more reasonable.

"Your Majesty, this group of bandits may not necessarily collude with the slave thieves after a sudden attack on Pi Island. Maybe they have any other purpose." Shi Fenglai took the initiative to stand up and said.

After hearing Shi Feng's words, Apocalypse looked over.

Huang Liji asked Shi Feng with an ugly face and said, "Georg Shi said that the bandits have other purposes, so let's talk about what other purposes the bandits have."

"I'm also curious, what other purposes are Shi Aiqing talking about?" Tianqi also asked.

Shi Fenglai bowed slightly to Tianqi and said, "I have heard that Liu thief in the northwest and the slave thief pseudo-khan have formed a grudge. Liu thief led his troops to kill many people under the pseudo-khan on the grassland. At that time, the old slave had not died, and the pseudo-khan is still Beile."

"What you are talking about is from a few years ago. Who can guarantee that the slave thief will not turn war with Liu thief into jade again?" Huang Liji said.

Apocalypse sitting on the dragon throne nodded slightly.

In order to deal with the Ming Dynasty, the Liu thief in the northwest and the slave thieves in Liaodong secretly joined forces. This is probably not without it.

Shi Feng looked at Huang Liji and said, "Don't be anxious, please listen to me finish your words."

"You continue to say, I want to hear what tricks Mr. Shi can say." Huang Liji said to Shi Feng with a displeasure.

Shi Fenglai, who was embarrassed by him everywhere, had long been dissatisfied with him.

Shi Feng looked at the Apocalypse on the dragon throne again and said, "I think that the bandits suddenly captured Pi Island, which may be because they value something there."

"Impossible!" Huang Liji retorted loudly on the spot.

Tianqi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, said to Huang Liji with an unhappy look: "What do the chief minister has any ideas? Let Shi Aiqing finish his words first."

"yes."

Tianqi had even spoken, so Huang Liji had to retreat aside.

Shi Fenglai looked at Huang Liji proudly and continued, "The bandits who captured Pi Island came from Dayuan Island, and this bandit had a navy, so I dared to guess that they captured Pi Island for the purpose of the wood from Liaodong. As we all know, the big wood from Liaodong is very suitable for shipbuilding."

"Where is there any wood for shipbuilding? You don't have to ask for wood from Liaodong." Huang Liji retorted.

Shi Fenglai turned around and said to Huang Liji: "I just said that there is such a possibility. Does Mr. Huang think this possibility does not exist?"

However, Huang Liji ignored him, but looked at Tianqi and said, "Your Majesty Qizhe, I think Mr. Shi's guess is pure nonsense."

"Shi Aiqing, your guess is really not very convincing." Tianqi looked at Shi Feng with disappointment.

He had the same idea as Huang Liji. The bandits captured Pi Island with such a big fanfare, and it was impossible for a few valuable pieces of wood.

Shi Fenglai owed Tianqi and said, "It's not unreasonable to say this. It's just a year ago that Dongjiang Town had sold a lot of big wood to the bandits. Later, Liu's bandit rebelled, and Dongjiang Town stopped this business."

"There is such a thing?" Tianqi frowned and looked at Huang Liji, who was the prime minister.

Huang Liji said with a tough forehead: "I have heard someone mention it later, but because of the special circumstances of Dongjiang Town, neither Gu Ge Lao nor Zhu Ge Lao had mentioned it at that time, so I didn't take it too seriously."

He pushed the matter of selling big wood to the thieves in Dongjiang Town to the first two prime ministers, after all, the prime minister at that time was not him.

"Okay, it's great. They are all good ministers of the Ming Dynasty. They actually did such a thing as investing in the enemy. Now, they have built a ship with the wood they bought from you, and then come to deal with you." Tianqi slapped the table in anger.

In the past, he only knew that the ministers below were not clean and liked to make money, but he didn't expect that these people were so brave and dared to interact with the thieves in private.

"The emperor calms down. It is not the time to hold Dongjiang Town accountable now. It is better to take back Pi Island from the bandits and stabilize the situation in Dongjiang Town. It is not too late to punish these officials who collude with the bandits." Shi Feng, who achieved his goal, began to comfort Tianqi.

Although the business dealings between the bandits and Dongjiang Town began when the first few prime ministers were the first, Huang Liji, as the current prime minister, naturally needs to bear part of the responsibility for the mistakes of the previous prime ministers.

The yellow mud fell into the crotch. It doesn’t matter whether it is a real person.

"Everyone should be killed, you should be killed." Tianqi's face turned gloomy like water.

In his opinion, any court official who dares to support the enemy should be cut into pieces.

Huang Liji knew that he had been cheated by Shi Feng, but when he thought of the situation in Dongjiang Town, he had to say: "Master, the most urgent task is to retake Pi Island. If the bandits occupying Pi Island hand over Pi Island to the hands of slave thieves, Dongjiang Town, which was restraining slave thieves in the rear for the imperial court, would be completely useless."
Chapter completed!