Chapter 142: Court meeting! Letters from hundreds of officials!
Author: My heart is still the same
Chapter 142: Court meeting! Letters from hundreds of officials!
Wenyuan Pavilion.
Lou Youzhi was handling government affairs as always.
Whether it is expressions, movements, or the efficiency of reviewing memorials, they are the same as before.
However, all the colleagues were on pins and needles, and no one spoke.
Even a flexible and smooth person like his second assistant Lu Zhong was meticulous at this time.
The atmosphere in the entire hall was extremely condensed.
Until the You hour, the occasional drum beat sounded.
Wow.
Except for Lou Youzhi, everyone stood up at the same time, then greeted Lou Youzhi one by one according to the cabinet seating order and left.
From beginning to end, Lou Youzhi didn't even raise his eyelids and was still correcting the memorial.
But judging from the huge table in front of him and the height of the memorials on the table, I am afraid that one person did not do 90% of Wenyuan Pavilion's work.
"Why……"
Dou Tianyuan couldn't stand it anymore, so he opened the door and came out, "I watched you for two hours, but you didn't expose me."
"I don't have the time."
Lou Youzhi had no expression on his face and kept moving his hands.
"But you've been sitting here for ten days."
Dou Tianyuan said helplessly, "I know that Lao Jiang and you grew up, were from the same hometown, and were classmates, but he is already dead... How about I take you to see the pile of minced meat and the skull?
Do you want to remember it up close?"
"His death has been doomed for a long time. This is not a shock to me."
Lou Youzhi responded calmly.
"But you didn't expect..."
Dou Tianyuan narrowed his eyes, "Your Majesty will label him as a traitor and all generations of the Jiang family as traitors!"
Click!
Lou Youzhi finally stopped.
Because the pen in his hand was broken.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Dou Tianyuan said coldly, "Do you know that if I hadn't found out in time, the matter of you secretly keeping Lao Jiang's household registration would have been revealed to His Majesty!"
"I believe you can find it and suppress it."
Lou Youzhi closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Now that the person is dead and the household registration has been completely cancelled, there is nothing to worry about."
"Of course I'm not worried about that."
Dou Tianyuan's face became even colder, "What I'm worried about is the method you told me! The method to protect Yongzhou!"
"It's very simple."
Lou Youzhi opened his eyes and flicked his fingers.
A memorial flew into Dou Tianyuan's hands.
"This is...Xue Rong!"
Dou Tianyuan's eyes widened, he quickly browsed through the content, and then frowned: "I don't see any problems."
"Do you think His Majesty will believe it?"
Lou Youzhi asked back.
"No way?"
Dou Tianyuan was confused and read the report carefully again, "What is written is very consistent with Lao Jiang's temper. It should be the truth. It is also appropriate to ask whether he will stay behind... Why do you think His Majesty doesn't believe it?"
"Except for the few years since he ascended the throne, His Majesty has never been involved in political affairs, until now."
Lou Youzhi looked sarcastic, "How did he detect the anomaly in Yongzhou earlier than anyone else?"
"What's the meaning?"
Dou Tianyuan's expression changed.
"It's very simple, either he has a power in his hands that none of us know about, or..."
Lou Youzhi's eyes turned cold, "He doesn't need to go through anyone to know what is happening in Yongzhou, thousands of miles away."
"This...this is impossible."
Dou Tianyuan frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head, "If he had known what Lao Jiang had done, then the secret order he gave me would not have been to explore Yongzhou."
"Yes, it is impossible for him to know what Jiang Zhihong is doing, but he must know the sharp decline in Yongzhou's population."
As he said that, Lou Youzhi sighed, "And we can't tell through which channel he learned about it."
"so……"
Dou Tianyuan looked grim, "This memorial has no delaying effect at all?"
"Not only will it not delay, but it will immediately alert His Majesty."
Lou Youzhi affirmed, "Because the time of Jiang Zhihong's death was not hidden in the report, and ten days have passed since Jiang Zhihong's death. Theoretically, Yongzhou's population has begun to decline sharply.
Pick up."
"However, in fact there is none."
Dou Tianyuan followed this direction and added, "So... once this memorial is handed over, Your Majesty will immediately understand that Xue Rong has rebelled!"
"Then, it's not just the Golden Armored Pagoda that we go to."
Lou Youzhi continued.
"or."
Dou Tianyuan's eyes flickered, "Suppress this memorial?"
"..."
Lou Youzhi looked at Dou Tianyuan as if he were a fool, "Such a stupid idea comes from the dignified commander-in-chief of the Blood Guards. It is simply appalling."
"……All right."
Dou Tianyuan was a little embarrassed, "What should we do? If it really doesn't work, it seems we have to give up on Yongzhou."
"Abandon Yongzhou?"
Lou Youzhi chuckled and shook his head, "Rather than give up, I want to give it a try to see how important this natural disaster... is to His Majesty."
"...Are you crazy?!"
Dou Tianyuan's expression changed drastically, "Lao Jiang used to have such a good relationship with His Majesty, don't you see what will happen now?"
"Just because I saw it, I wanted to try it even more."
Lou Youzhi looked confused.
Dou Tianyuan was silent for a long time and asked: "What are you going to do?"
"We will meet tomorrow."
Lou Youzhi stood up and said, "I will ask myself to be the relief envoy of Yongzhou."
"..."
After a long silence, Dou Tianyuan left a word and pushed the door open.
"If you die, no matter how you die, I will not avenge you."
hehe.
Lou Youzhi chuckled, put his hands on his back, and walked out the door.
"die?"
"How could the most powerful official in Daqing, a high-profile traitor, die so easily?"
There will be a meeting the next day.
Under the leadership of Youzhi in the first auxiliary building, all officials discussed matters as usual.
Everything is no different from usual.
It was not until near the end of the meeting that officials suddenly appeared.
"My lord, Hong Jing, the imperial censor of Zuoqiandu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, implores Your Majesty to immediately select officials and allocate supplies to Yongzhou for disaster relief!"
After all, it is a court meeting, and even if Lou Youzhi is the leader, no matter what you want to say, you must say that you are talking to Emperor Qing, not Lou Youzhi.
But this sentence is obviously directed at Emperor Qing.
Unfortunately, after a while, silence remained behind the golden curtain.
"You should know that granaries in various places have been burned down, and food collection is still in progress, but it is far from enough to provide disaster relief."
Lou Youzhi waved his hand, signaling Hong Jing to step back.
"The first assistant's words are wrong!"
Another person came out, the Minister of Household Affairs, "Since the food raising has already started, part of it must have been raised, so we will transport this part of the food to Yongzhou first, so that the people of Yongzhou can take a breath and fight for the subsequent food raising."
time."
"This is also wrong!"
The Minister of Rites came out and asked, "Did you know that if there is a huge disparity between the number of refugee population and disaster relief food, not only will it not have any disaster relief effect, but it will completely disrupt the order of Yongzhou?"
"Order? Hahahaha!"
The right deputy censor laughed mockingly, "It has been nearly five months since the locust plague broke out in Yongzhou. At this time, there are probably bones everywhere and people dying of hunger. How can there be any order at all?"
After saying this, the right deputy censor of the capital clenched his fists toward the curtain behind the dragon chair: "Minister, I sincerely request your majesty to provide disaster relief to Yongzhou!"
This scene has actually happened many times.
For several months, this scene has been performed almost every day at court meetings.
Every time there is an endless debate between 'immediate disaster relief' and 'raising food', no one can gain the upper hand, and the stalemate has persisted until now.
So the people behind the curtain didn't take it seriously at all.
However, today is different.
"Everyone is fighting over it, but it's just a matter of food."
Duke Anguo laughed and said, "To be honest, during this period, I have sent people to various provinces to collect donations, and enough food has been collected. As long as His Majesty orders it, there will be a steady stream of food shipped to Yongzhou."
As soon as these words came out, the air in the hall seemed to thicken and become extremely heavy.
This is pressure, pressure from behind the curtain.
"Your Majesty, please..."
An Guogong showed no fear, his old body slowly bowed down, "Relief to Yongzhou!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
"..."
Officials one after another stood up, clasped their fists and bowed, all seconding their opinions.
Gradually, nearly 90% of the officials came forward.
Finally, the picture is clear.
Lou Youzhi chuckled lightly, turned around and clasped his fists: "I, Lou Youzhi, would like to ask myself to be the relief envoy and go to Yongzhou immediately to provide disaster relief!"
Time passed little by little.
Finally, the pressure suddenly dissipated.
"Okay, okay, okay."
A voice of incomprehensible joy and anger came from behind the curtain, "How can I be so virtuous and capable that I can actually make hundreds of civil and military officials work together?"
"This is really a blessing for Daqing."
"I am ready to play."
…
…
The edge of Binzhou Province.
Xu Chong looked at Xue Rong not far away with a solemn expression.
Xue Rong is still the same Xue Rong, but his eyes, temperament, and demeanor have all undergone earth-shaking changes.
"Father, mother?!"
Xue Rong sat on the ground, crying and looking around, "Where is this! Rong'er wants to go home! Rong'er doesn't want to be here!"
"..."
Xu Chong hesitated for a moment, then released his greed and revealed his figure.
Immediately, Xue Rong stopped crying, got up from the ground, pointed at Xu Chong and said: "That bastard servant, I order you to send me home as soon as possible. If you are a little late, I will skin you!"
It seems that I really forgot.
Xu Chong's heart hit rock bottom.
It is obvious that Xue Rong was deprived of his household registration and forgot everything related to martial arts.
If nothing unexpected happens, Xue Rong should have inherited the noble status of his father's generation and has been exposed to martial arts since he was very young.
That's why the current situation occurs, where the memory has completely degraded to that of childhood.
But the problem is...
It’s only been less than twenty days!
Didn’t it mean that it could be delayed for at least a month???
What happened in Beijing?!
"Damn you servant, can't you hear what I'm saying?"
Xue Rong walked up to Xu Chong with an arrogant attitude and raised his hand to slap him down.
Xu Chong grabbed Xue Rong's wrist and said, "In this case, keeping you will have no effect."
The next moment, Xue Rong's body and head were separated.
After a moment, a dozen spiritual sources flew in and submerged into Xu Chong's body.
"Sure enough, it's a matter of natural disaster."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes.
No one who dies in Yongzhou can provide him with spiritual resources.
And as soon as you leave Yongzhou, you will not be affected immediately in the edge area of Binzhou.
This natural disaster is really evil.
Xu Chong shook his head and swallowed Xue Rong with his phaseless clothes, creating a new illusion.
It didn't take long.
Xu Chong pretended to be Xue Rong, dressed in golden armor, and appeared at the inn a hundred miles away.
"Are you the adult from last time?"
Yi Cheng was alerted and trotted out to welcome him. He held his hands in his hands and laughed from afar, "I dare to ask, sir, are you here, but you still have a letter to send?"
"No letter sent."
Xu Chong shook his head, "I'm here to find out if anything happened in the capital recently."
"Capital?"
Yi Cheng thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Except for disaster relief, nothing special happened."
"Disaster relief?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows suddenly, "Tell me more specifically."
"Hey, it's not what happened in Yongzhou next door."
Yi Cheng sighed, "All the officials wrote to your Majesty every day, asking your Majesty to provide relief. However, the granaries in various provinces and places were destroyed. The court could not raise so much food for a while, so it kept dragging it. It seems like seven days ago, it finally came together.
If we have enough food, we will prepare for disaster relief."
"..."
Xu Chong was silent for a while.
There is definitely something fishy about this.
It is no exaggeration to say that what if the granaries in various provinces are destroyed?
With the background of the royal family, I really want to provide disaster relief, so I will get it together for you in minutes.
I just don’t want to provide disaster relief.
The key is, you have obviously been putting it off for so long, but you are giving up now?
After thinking for a while, Xu Chong asked again: "This thing is a bit sudden. Do you know the specific situation?"
"There is some information, but I don't know if it is accurate or not. After all, it is all passed down by word of mouth from the postmen who come and go."
Yi Cheng paused as he spoke and lowered his voice, "It is said that Prime Minister Lou asked himself to be the relief minister."
"Um?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows suddenly, "Lou Youzhi, asked yourself to be the relief envoy?"
What's the difference between this and what Jiang Zhihong did? Aren't they all against Emperor Qing?
"I can only make a guess about this matter...it should be true."
Yi Cheng affirmed again, "It is said that someone secretly sent people to various places to collect donations, collected food, and then all officials submitted a letter together."
"All officials submitted a letter together..."
Xu Chong suddenly realized.
Obviously, this is the ‘other method’ that Dou Tianyuan mentioned.
I have to say, it's really cool.
Xu Chong breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Is there anything else?"
"Let me think about it..."
Yi Cheng frowned and thought.
Although the man in front of me can be sent out to deliver messages, he must be a pawn in the Golden Armor Pagoda, but after all, it is the Golden Armor Pagoda, and not to mention fawning, it is better not to offend.
"Yes."
The postman's eyes lit up and he lowered his voice: "According to the postman from a few days ago..."
A piece of gossipy news has no nutrition at all.
Xu Chong listened for a while and left directly.
Unfortunately, it was not dark yet, so we could only use Xue Rong's war horse to hurry up, which was not as fast as Yin Shen's arrival.
"I wonder what's going on over there at Fenggu."
Xu Chongru thought.
He wasn't worried about whether the people over there were still alive.
He wanted to see if the red halo that represented disaster on those refugees had diminished.
If it decreases, it means that Lou Youzhi can protect these refugees.
If not...
…
…
In Fenggu County.
There was a long queue in front of the porridge shed.
Everyone obeyed honestly, but there were not enough manpower to maintain order.
Zhao Liu's family and Li Xiangxue were also among them.
"Xiang Xue, why do I feel that you are getting whiter and whiter?"
Zhao Liu looked at Li Xiangxue with doubts in his eyes, "Even the mud can't stop it..."
In the past few months after fleeing to Fenggu, it can be said that Li Xiangxue did not let him worry at all.
One, don't cause trouble, and two, don't run around.
He doesn't look like a child under ten years old at all.
Especially after Jiang Zhihong started teaching martial arts, Li Xiangxue seemed to be a completely different person.
He locked himself in a simple shack all day long and never went anywhere except to get food.
Zhao Liu almost suspected that something was wrong with Li Xiangxue.
"Don't worry, Uncle Zhao, Xiangxue will be fine."
Li Xiangxue showed a slight smile to Zhao Liu.
All his exposed skin, including his face, neck, and wrists, were all as white and crystal clear as jade.
If Xu Chong were here, he would be able to tell at a glance that this was caused by his inability to suppress his strength and allow it to flow to the surface of his body.
Yes.
Li Xiangxue also embarked on martial arts.
And the exercises he practiced were not any of the ones taught by Jiang Zhihong.
It's Mingyu Jin.
At the beginning, the full set of Mingyu Jin that Xu Chong exchanged was for Li Xiangxue to use.
Originally, Xu Chong thought that it would be at least more than ten years before Li Xiangxue came into contact with martial arts.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Zhihong's martial arts awakened Li Xiangxue's memory of Ming Yujin!
As for the realm.
The sixth level of enlightenment.
In less than two months, I had six levels of enlightenment.
Unfortunately, Li Xiangxue did not dare to tell anyone, or even say that he had embarked on martial arts.
Because, based on everything that happened in Canglong County at that time, little Li Xiangxue could already guess a lot of things.
For example, my father's death was related to martial arts.
For example, Xu Chong has a secret.
Therefore, Li Xiangxue was afraid of causing trouble to Xu Chong, so he could only pretend to be an ordinary boy.
Even though he didn't need to eat that much food, he still chose to receive the same portion.
‘When you grow up, you must repay your kindness to Mr. Xu, remember?’.
In Li Xiangxue's mind, the words of his father and mother echoed again.
"It's our turn."
Zhao Liu touched Li Xiangxue's shoulder and motioned for him to come forward.
"Oh, okay."
Li Xiangxue came to his senses.
However, just as he was about to take a step forward, a fierce bright light suddenly shone down, blinding everyone.
It took quite a while before the glare subsided.
Everyone looked up in surprise, and suddenly turned pale with horror.
"What is that?!"
"Am I dazzled? How did I see... there is an extra sun in the sky???"
"I saw it too!"
"What's going on..."
Screams came and went.
The next moment, an extremely ethereal and majestic voice slowly swayed above the county town.
"You don't need to panic, I am the Taoist Master of Taiping Dao."