Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 972
Yangzhou Mu is the second son of the former Situ Cao Gong, Cao Pi. In the process of governing Yangzhou, he did a very good job. Qu's attitude towards him was still a bit irritable. The temple did not inform the place of the news of the emperor's trip, and only the military troops in various places knew the news.

Therefore, when Liu Qu suddenly appeared in front of Cao Pi, Cao Pi was indeed taken aback. He led the ministers to pay homage. Liu Qu frowned, ignored him, and asked him to summon Yangzhou The officials themselves sat in the upper positions, while Zhou Yu stood aside with a calm face. Cao Pi wanted to ask him something, but he didn't find the opportunity. In the Mufu.

Looking at the burly emperor above, the Yangzhou officials were speechless in fear, how did the emperor arrive in Yangzhou, when did the emperor arrive, and why did the emperor arrive, they had no idea, and only Cao Pi squinted his eyes, thinking about the things in Jiaozhou, and thinking about the militant character of today's emperor. The emperor probably came for Jiaozhou, but he didn't understand why the emperor's face looked so bad.

When the crowd arrived, Cao Pi led the crowd to pay homage to the Son of Heaven. Liu Qu waved his hand and asked the crowd to stand up without returning the salute. Cao Pi led the crowd to stand cautiously below. Zhou Yu is not qualified to sit down, but Zhou Yu will not sit alone. Looking at the officials in front of him, Liu Qu sneered and said, "You all did well in Yangzhou?"

No one present thought that the emperor was complimenting him, and Cao Pi's forehead even shed a few drops of sweat. Although he didn't know what happened in Yangzhou, he still didn't forget what he should do. He immediately turned to the emperor again. Bye, "Your servant is guilty!" As soon as he said this, the rest of the officials also reacted and quickly followed behind him to confess their guilt. Cao Pi's attitude calmed Liu Qu's anger a little.

"What are you guilty of?!"

"It's a great crime for a minister to make the king worry about it!" Cao Pi replied neither humble nor overbearing.

"Oh." Liu Qu snorted coldly and didn't say anything 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 the officials. Dahan is second only to Sili's affluent area. I wanted to take a look at it a long time ago, but on this road, Yangzhou has shattered all my expectations. My frame?!"

"The soldiers actually excused the merchants?! Flattery?!"

"Businessmen deceive the market, just a small gadget, and they want me to pay [-] yuan?!"

"Is this how you govern Yangzhou?! Merchants are so rampant, even more arrogant than powerful?" Liu Qu roared angrily, Zhou Yu below was stunned, no, these days he has been sending people to protect the emperor, if When such a thing happened, those people should tell themselves, Zhou Yu thought about these incompetent thieves, and a few traces of anger flashed across his face.

As for Cao Pi and other Yangzhou officials, their faces turned pale with fright and their legs trembled uncontrollably. No wonder the Son of Heaven was so angry. The hateful merchants have made us all suffer!Everyone was thinking about it, when Liu Qu suddenly asked, "Who is the prefect of Kuaiji County? Has he been here?"

A person came out from among the officials, lowered his head in fear, and replied: "The prefect of Kuaiji called to pay his respects to Your Majesty."

"Don't be your prefect again, just leave."

"Chenchen. Thank you, Your Majesty, for pardoning the death penalty!", the man bowed to the emperor, and then he was escorted away by two soldiers of the Southern Army. Cao Pi gritted his teeth, his forehead felt a little painful, it's over, damn it Merchants, just as he was thinking, the emperor called a few more names, and the county magistrates who were called by the emperor were also mercilessly dismissed from office. Finally, Liu Qu's eyes fell on Cao Pi .

"Your Majesty, the minister is not strict in discipline and improper in governance"

"Xiu wants to make noise!!" Liu Qu said angrily, "I'll give you ten days. After ten days, I want to see a different Yangzhou. If I see these lawless and arrogant merchants again in Yangzhou, You just wait for Cao Zhang to inherit your title!!" Cao Pi's face suddenly turned pale, and he bowed to the emperor, "Here!" The emperor did not leave the state pastoral mansion. The officials of the Mu's Mansion started to get busy.

Sitting in the study, Liu Qu was yawning, and there were officials in front of him who were telling about the situation in Yangzhou, but Liu Qu couldn't listen to it at all. After listening for a while, he thought he would see it as an excuse, and drove the official away , Jiang Wei was standing not far away, only the two of them were left in the study, Jiang Wei just came over and asked: "Your Majesty, Zhou Pushe just found me, saying that he failed to protect His Majesty, I hope you can Plead guilty to His Majesty."

Liu Qu laughed loudly, shook his head, and said, "Bo Yue, the things I said are all nonsense, why is he here to apologize?"

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

Liu Qu felt a little bored, so he said just now: "Then you go to see him and tell him that I am still angry, let him come back another day." Jiang Wei nodded, and then 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 that these merchants actually bullied the emperor, and almost made them lose their heads and take the blame. How could they bear it? Cao Pi didn't even give orders, and Yangzhou had already started to act. Many merchants who had been dug out of the black material, and even some ordinary traders, suffered merciless blows.

Homes were being ransacked everywhere, and the prison was full immediately.

And they didn't just arrest merchants, many officials were captured by them because they were too close to merchants. Merchants in Yangzhou were too scared to go out. Many powerful merchants were directly uprooted. In addition, this made the merchants clearly realize how powerful the temple is. 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 eat the filial piety sent by merchants and call them brothers and sisters. In order to prevent these things from being dug out, the officials first removed After losing these big merchants who have a relationship with him, as for Cao Pi, he also knows that the officials in Yangzhou are hardly clean, but he can't dig out all of them.

Otherwise, not to mention offending countless big aristocratic families, it will definitely implicate myself. Think about it, as a state shepherd, all the officials under his command are guilty, so can the state shepherd escape?

Liu Qu didn't go out for several days, and stayed in the study all day long. It is said that Liu Qu was fascinated by Yangzhou opera again. It’s poetry and prose, but story books and the like. Basically, you can listen to a good story in one song, which makes Liu Qu especially addicted. He even let the three singers stay in his mansion for the night. .

Jiang Wei often went out, and he watched the situation of Yangzhou for the emperor. During this period, he saw countless small traders being arrested. They were all innocent people. Similarly, there were also many honest merchants who often did good deeds. The officials in Yangzhou raised their butcher's knives high, and money flowed into the treasury of Yangzhou continuously, but above the money were the cries of countless innocent people.

Jiang Wei couldn't bear it in his heart, 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 in his heart, finally, Liu Qu also seemed to have noticed Jiang Wei's abnormality. Seeing Jiang Wei standing beside him without saying a word, Liu Qu asked suspiciously: "Bo Yue? I don't think you are very happy these days. ?”

"Your Majesty, Yangzhou officials arrest innocent people. They don't care whether they are right or wrong. As long as they are merchants, they will arrest them. As long as they are wealthy, they will kill them. Such inhumane behavior should not happen to big men." Jiang Wei wrinkled frowning.

"What did you say?!" Liu Qu was shocked, stood up abruptly, and shouted, "Let Zhou Yu quickly! Cao Pi! And officials from Yangzhou come to see me at the state pastoral mansion!!" Jiang Wei was a little dazed However, he still responded and ran out. Soon, the emperor's order reached the ears of all the officials. The officials laughed and rushed towards the mansion. This time, the emperor's order, they all If you have achieved the ultimate, you will definitely be able to get rid of the crime.

However, when the officials arrived at the mansion, they realized that the matter was unusual. Why did Liu Qu look more irritable than last time when he was sitting in the top position?
Liu Qu widened his eyes, looked at the many officials in front of him, became furious, and cursed: "You cruel officials!! These ungrateful animals!! I asked you to arrest those disrespectful merchants, but you Do you want to kill all the merchants in Yangzhou?! These days, I have never been out of the house, I don’t know you are so bold!! There are rules in the Han Dynasty, officials are not allowed to kill innocent people, and they are not allowed to oppress people innocently!!!”

"Emperor Xiaode has just left, and you don't pay attention to the laws he wrote?!"

"You guys have so much courage! How dare you falsely preach the imperial decree! Persecute the people!! Make innocent people suffer! If someone didn't expose you, I would still be deceived by you!!" Liu Qu roared, completely refusing to give these things At the opportunity of the officials to speak, his eyes were burning with raging anger, as if he was about to rush down and hit people in the next moment. This momentum made Zhou Yu take a few steps back in fright, and bowed his head deeply.

"I have always loved the people like my sons!! Whether 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 for me!!"

Yangzhou officials looked at the emperor blankly.

(End of this chapter)