Chapter 122 The anxious emperor broke the pot and fell
Author: Fengze Fangfei
If Xia Jing were here, she would definitely sigh that it was indeed the Li family, and her uncle and grandnephew thought they were in the same place.
Everyone believes that one can make a fortune by confiscating homes.
The new emperor tried his best to find ways to raise military pay and food, and sent Jinwu to investigate secretly, and found several typical corrupt officials.
Zhijinwu took action to imprison the guilty minister's family, and when he searched the mansion, the Imperial City Secretary intervened.
In the end, all the proceeds from the house confiscation went to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Minister of the Ministry of Users said that the treasury was so empty that it was easy for rats to run away. No matter how much money the emperor saved, it was not for Dayu's country. It was easier to access the money and grain in the treasury.
When the new emperor heard the news, he stared at the commander Zhi Jinwu and shouted sternly: "What do you do for food? Even if you can let the foreign officials rob you with my imperial edict and ransack your home, what use do I have for you!"
Zhi Jinwu was scolded so much that he shrank his neck and remained silent, hoping that the new emperor would let him go after venting his anger.
In the morning of the next day, the new emperor's anger, which had been suppressed all night, had not dissipated. He sat on the dragon throne with a gloomy face and said nothing. He opened his eyes and watched the ministers quarreling over the money and food obtained from confiscating the house.
The civil servants asked the Minister of Household Affairs for money and grain for disaster relief. The disaster area was severely affected and the people were living in dire straits. They urgently needed money and grain relief from the court.
Not to be outdone, the generals also asked for money and food from the Minister of Household Affairs. No matter how the border officers and soldiers resisted foreign enemies, their military pay and food could not be stopped. The food and salary of the four states of You, Ji, Xu, and Henan could not be cut off. The soldiers could not have enough food and clothing.
How can Bu Nuan go to the battlefield to defend against foreign enemies?
What both sides said was correct, but no one of them first asked the opinion of the new emperor sitting on the dragon throne. It seemed that they could decide the political affairs of the court with just one word.
The argument lasted for an hour without making any progress. The new emperor couldn't bear it anymore and finally got angry with the dragon case!
The new emperor glanced at the civil and military officials standing below, pointed at their noses, and cursed: "Don't talk so high-sounding in the main hall. You keep saying that you are only thinking about the people of the world and the country of Yu. You want to fight for this money and food?"
You know what the ultimate goal is!"
After saying so much in one breath, the new emperor took a breath and continued to shout: "You bully the people, deceive me, and fool me! You have forgotten everything about the king of heaven and earth, the filial piety, loyalty, propriety, justice, integrity, and shame. If you say who is the most powerful person in the world,
Damn it, you are the ones who deserve to be damned most!"
After hearing this, all the officials in the court were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they knelt on the ground in fear.
"I am so frightened. Please calm down, Your Majesty!"
Because what the new emperor said was quite impolite, no official who wanted a good reputation could bear the emperor's accusation.
If the new emperor really takes this hat off, no one in the entire court is innocent, and they are all guilty of killing the Nine Clan. Who dares to admit it?
The new emperor's eyes flickered, staring at Zuo servant Hua Shaojin who was kneeling at the front, "Hua Aiqing, why are you sweating so much?"
After saying this, he paused for a moment, "In other words, you feel guilty towards the court and me. Hua Aiqing, as the chief minister of the Yu Dynasty, you should set an example for the ministers, and you..."
"Your Majesty, the ministers are terrified!" Hua Shaojin did not dare to let the new emperor speak anymore, because he could not bear such a crime.
At this time, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Wei Chen has worked hard for Dayu for decades, and now he is so slandered by the emperor. Wei Chen has no shame to stand in this court, please."
Your Majesty allows me to resign!"
It's a good move to retreat in order to advance. Do you think it will stop functioning without the court?
The new emperor became furious when he saw his hypocritical behavior, and could not even maintain his usual gentle persona.
"Are you threatening me by retreating in order to advance?"
"Your Majesty, please spare Wei Chen. If you keep talking, Wei Chen may not be able to live in this world anymore." Hua Shaojin lay on the ground, his whole body shaking.
The other ministers were lying on the ground and frowning. They didn't know why the emperor was so crazy today.
The new emperor pointed at Hua Shaojin and said without mercy, "If you don't have the dignity to live, then you will die!"
Think about this traitor who dominates the entire court, and even the emperor has become their puppet.
Whenever I think of this, the former second prince and now the new emperor hate him.
Hua Shaojin didn't expect that the new emperor would react like this. His eloquent words would scare people to death.
"emperor."
"Don't you want to die? I will help you!"
With that said, the new emperor took out the sharp sword from his waist and threw it at Hua Shaojin's feet.
"Your Majesty, no!" The ministers were frightened to death by the new emperor. Has any emperor in history dared to blatantly force the imperial minister to death?
No!
The new emperor glanced regretfully at Commander Jinwu who was standing at the entrance of the palace.
Although Zhi Jinwu is said to be the emperor's minion, this person was not promoted by him, and no one knows how loyal he is to him.
Otherwise, if the envoy under Jinwu's command is one of his own, then whoever he wants to kill in the court will be like an arm-in-arms, who can hit wherever he wants, how fun it is!
Today, he had already exhausted his plans and asked the new emperor to stop. He was a little unwilling to do so.
"Don't think that I have wronged him, an old thief. If you don't believe it, I will ask Zhijinwu to search the Huafu. As for whether he is loyal to Dayu or not, it will be clear after searching the house, how about it?"
"Your Majesty, you must not do this!" Hua Shaojin was really frightened by the new emperor.
He felt that the emperor was breaking the rules, and he might have been driven to the point of being a little insane.
"My loyalty can be proven by the sun and the moon. You can't. You can't ruin the honor of this humble minister with empty words!"
Ahhh!
hateful!
After today, the reputation he had accumulated all his life was ruined by the little emperor!
The new emperor didn't listen to Hua Shaojin's sophistry, and stared gloomily at Commander Jinwu at the door, "Do you still need me to issue another decree? Or do you think I can't move you now with my order?"
Commander Zhi Jinwu shivered with fright, looked sympathetically at Hua Shaojin who was lying on the ground, and followed the order.
Hua Shaojin collapsed on the ground, seemingly unwilling to accept it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am unjust!"
"The humble minister has worked diligently for decades, devoted himself to serving Yu the Great and sharing the worries of the Emperor. He never dared to slack off in the slightest throughout his life. His loyalty is a lesson to the world!"
"Haha." The new emperor looked up and laughed as if he had heard some big joke, regardless of the opinions of the officials.
After laughing enough, he said sternly: "If you don't want others to know, you have no choice but to do it yourself. What's more, if you dare to blatantly control the court and fool the emperor, you will have to bear the consequences!"
Today he will trap these courtiers here and ask Zhi Jinwu to ransack their homes to see who has the ability to save this person surnamed Hua?
Upon hearing this, Hua Shaojin was so frightened that his face was like gold paper, he was sweating like rain, and his lips were trembling and he couldn't say a word.
The other ministers in the palace were so frightened that they did not dare to breathe for fear that the fire would burn them.
It took some time for the news of the establishment of the Kangnan court to reach Lingnan. The eldest lady, who knew nothing about it, was busy clearing wasteland, cultivating land, and building her own farm.
After Xia Jing waited for King Qian to get the title deed of the house she had chosen, she changed her clothes and went to the inn where the Xia family lived.
"Little sister, why are you here?"
As soon as he entered the inn, he was discovered by Xia Qingshan sitting in the lobby drinking tea.
Xia Jing casually looked around the inn. When she heard the sound, she turned her head to take a closer look and said with a smile: "Brother, big tree, small pond, why are you sitting in the lobby? Where are the rest of the family?"
"Second sister."
"Sister-in-law."
Xia Dashu and Xia Tang stood up and called for help.
Xia Qingshan pulled out a chair for Xia Jing to sit down, and helped pour a cup of tea before replying: "My parents are resting in the room, and the rest of the family are out wandering around. The three of us are sitting in the room.
If you feel bored for a long time, come out and get some air."
"Oh." Xia Jing knew that it was inconvenient for them to stay in the inn. After listening to his words, she was glad that she didn't pretend to be noble and refuse King Qian's house. Otherwise, the Xia family didn't know how long they would stay in the inn.
Then, she turned to look at Xia Dashu, the fourth son of the Xia family, "How is your injury? Is it healed?"
Xia Dashu smiled toothily: "It's almost done, you don't have to worry."
Xia Jing stared at his slightly pale face and shook her head: "It doesn't look completely good."
Xia Tang, who was sitting aside, finally found a chance to interrupt and said, "My sister-in-law feels the same as me. I also feel that my father is not in good health."
Xia Dashu blushed and picked up the tea cup to cover up the twitching at the corner of his mouth.
Xia Jing's lips curled up slightly, and she rubbed Xia Tang's hair, "Take more care of your father from now on, and let him recover before he can do anything."
Xia Tang nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I can do it."
Xia Qingshan glanced at Hongmei, who was standing behind Xia Jing, and asked bluntly: "Little sister, did you come here today for something?"
In fact, Xia Qingshan vaguely knew why she came, and there was uncontrollable expectation in his eyes.
Xia Jing did not disappoint him, "I have a five-story house here. I think it is very suitable for our family, so I came over to give you the title deed. If you have time, everyone should go take a look and see if you are satisfied with it?"
"Five entering the hospital?" Xia Qingshan was shocked.
During this time, he had traveled all over the city but could not find a suitable house. He knew more intuitively than others how difficult it was to find a suitable house in the city.
The extremely difficult things in front of him were solved so easily by Xia Jing.
Several Xia family members present felt a little incredible.
However, when everyone thought about Xia Jing's identity, they felt relieved again.
"Yes, when I entered the hospital on the fifth day, there were a lot of people in my family. The house was too small to live in, and it was inconvenient to live in a small house. So I thought of moving into a bigger house so that everyone can live comfortably."
Xia Qingshan agreed that a bigger house would be more comfortable to live in, but when he thought about the current situation of the Xia family, he frowned and asked, "Such a big house costs a lot of money, right?"
Xia Jing did not answer him immediately, but stood up and said, "It's not convenient to sit here and talk. Let's go back to the room first."
Xia Qingshan nodded, "Then go to my parents' room."
The Xia family lived in an inn, and for convenience they rented a courtyard in the backyard of the inn.
There were not enough rooms in the courtyard, so the whole family lived in ordinary guest rooms in the inn.
At this moment, Xia Qingshan took Xia Jing and his servant into the small rented courtyard in the backyard.
Father Xia and his wife Chen did not expect Xia Jing to come. When they saw her entering the door, they all stood up in surprise.
"Jing'er, why are you free to come here today?"
"Come here and see you." Xia Jing explained: "I have been busy with some trivial matters of opening up a wasteland salt shop recently, and I haven't had time to come and see you."
Father Xia narrowed his eyes with a smile: "We are all fine, you don't have to worry about us."
Xia Jing motioned to Hongmei to take out the land deed, "It's not convenient to live in an inn. The main purpose of coming here this time is to deliver the land deed. You have time to take a look at this house. If there is nothing to repair, move as soon as possible."
Father Xia took over the land deed and was shocked when he saw the area on it, "Jing'er, this. It would be a waste for us to live in this house. Why don't you, the prince, live in it yourself first? We can still hold on here."
The last time I went to the Yamen, I realized that the people in Prince Qian's Mansion all lived in the Houya.
If King Qian knew that his daughter only cared about her family, would he be dissatisfied with his daughter?
The most important thing is that these five houses must cost a lot of money. Now that the Xia family has returned to before liberation, they really don't have much money left.
How could Xia Jing give them a chance to refuse? She stuffed the land deed into Father Xia's hand, "Don't worry, the palace has raided the Lou family this time. There are several big houses. He specially left this five-door house for you."
of."
Father Xia lowered his head and looked at the land deed in his hand, feeling a little uneasy: "How much money is that?"
Xia Jing joked: "No need for money, your son-in-law will respect you."
Father Xia was stunned. The high-ranking Tianhuang nobleman still has such filial piety?
He calmed down and felt very happy in his heart, "The prince has bad intentions, it's us who have caused him trouble."
"He is your son-in-law, and it is his duty to be filial to you."
In order to reassure the Xia family's parents, Xia Jing went to great lengths and opened her mouth to do anything against her will.
The family chatted about home life and had lunch with the Xia family at the inn. Xia Jing said goodbye and prepared to leave.
Xia Qingshan sent Xia Jing into the carriage, but hesitated to speak. When the coachman was about to drive the carriage away, he gritted his teeth and said, "Little sister, I heard that the snowflake salt in your salt shop is very popular?"
Xia Jing looked at the nervous Xia Qingshan through the car window, and chuckled: "Brother, I thought you would keep silent."
Xia Qingshan chuckled and scratched his head, and said sheepishly: "I'm afraid of causing trouble to you, but I just want to ask if our snowflake salt can be sold elsewhere."
Xia Jing raised the corners of her lips slightly, "As long as the snowflake salt is not sold locally in Lingnan, anyone can sell it to other places."
Xia Qingshan opened his mouth in surprise: "Anyone can do it, no need for salt?"
"Yes, the official salt of the imperial court requires salt introduction, but our snowflake salt does not. It is not necessary to use salt introduction for affordable salt. It is too cumbersome. Our goal is to make salt available to the people all over the world. No need
And then the whole family scrimped on food and clothing just to eat fifty cents of official salt."
"The prince thinks so too?"
Xia Jing nodded: "Of course."
Xia Qingshan smiled happily and said: "You and your wife are one, both prosperous and destructive. It would be best for you two to agree on the same opinions. Since we can sell snowflake salt, we will settle down at home and prepare to organize a convoy.
Go to other state capitals for a trip.”
Xia Jing did not stop her because the Xia family also needed financial resources.
She just nodded, "It's all easy to talk about. I will dispatch a team of personal guards to you when the time comes."
"Okay, thank you."
"If one family doesn't speak the same language as the other, brother, there's no need to be polite to me."
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