I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

chapter 18
As soon as this word comes out.

All civil and military officials were shocked!
Immediately there was a whisper in Fengtian Hall.

Even the Empress Wu Mingkong couldn't control her expression.

A look of astonishment appeared on Qingcheng's face.

"If you have one, kill one, if you have a pair, kill a pair!"

"In the face of such a huge interest group, he is so tough!"

Wu Mingkong looked at Fang Xiu, more and more confused about his purpose for doing this.

[Emotion value +2000]

The censor who impeached Zhao Zhengrong heard such strong words, and felt a ball of anger rising in his chest.

He took a deep breath, calmed down, looked at Fang Xiu and asked, "Mr. Fang's words are wrong. Those grain merchants are certainly guilty, but they are not culpable to death."

Before he could speak, he was interrupted by Fang Xiu.

"According to my principles, driving up food prices is a capital offense!"

"This, as a censor, don't you know?"

Fang Xiu looked at the censor with a chill in his eyes.

Seeing this, the censor, not to be outdone, took a step forward and said, "Just now the official said that the price of this grain is higher than the price set by the government, which is normal."

"normal?"

Fang Xiu sneered, and said, "Do you know what the price is for the grain that is also produced in the country of Wu?"

The censor was stunned when he heard this question.

The price of grain in Yan State?
How does he know this?

The rest of the officials were also puzzled, not understanding what Fang Xiu meant when he suddenly mentioned the Kingdom of Yan.

The censor hesitated for a moment, and replied, "I don't know."

Fang Xiu sneered and said, "Yan is also short of food, and it is also far away from Wu, but the grain merchants in Wu transport grain to the capital of Yan, but they only sell it for twelve cents a liter!"

"The same grain was sold for [-] yuan in Qianguo, more than tripled!"

"Such a contrast, is it normal?"

"This"

It was the first time that the censor had heard of this matter, so he didn't know how to answer for a while.

When the officials heard such a big difference in grain prices, they also talked a lot.

on the dragon chair.

When Wu Mingkong heard this number, there was a touch of anger in his eyes!

If what Fang Xiu said is true!

It would not be an exaggeration for these grain merchants in the Wu Kingdom to be executed Ling Chi!

Because they didn't pay attention to Dagan at all!

Don't take dry people seriously!
When the censors heard this number, they looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to answer.

at this time.

One of the ranks of military attaches stood up.

"The veteran thought that the country of Yan is strong and the people of Yan are martial, and the grain merchants in Wu state set the price so that they can stabilize the people of Yan and prevent them from invading."

"But our country is different. Compared with Yan and Wu, our country is relatively weak, and Wu's grain merchants don't need to worry too much when setting prices."

"If the imperial court follows the example of the Yan State and punishes the Wu State's grain merchants with heavy punishments, the Wu State's grain merchants will not be profitable and will not sell grain again, and the imperial court will fall into a crisis of food shortage."

"By that time, I'm afraid the people will suffer even more than they do now."

"Although the old minister's words are not pleasant, they are also from the heart of the old minister. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

There are not many people in the entire court who dare to speak in this tone.

This time it was no one else who stood up.

It was Taiwei Tian Runyu, the head of military officers!

The voice fell.

Civil and military officials whispered again.

"Although the Taiwei's words are harsh, they are true."

"Yan Guo is strong, I am weak, and it is not appropriate to compare Yan Guo with my strength."

"The root of this grain price is grain! Without grain, it is useless to kill more grain merchants!"

"That's right, punishing the grain merchants is nothing more than a cure for the headache and a cure for the foot. It can't solve the problem at all."

What they said was on the surface just talking about the facts.

In fact, it was for Fang Xiu and the Empress.

These guys didn't dare to confront Fang Xiu and the Empress head-on, so they could only express their opinions in this way.

All in all, one sentence.

The country is weak.

Wu Guoqiang.

For these grain merchants, we can only appease them, not punish them!
Wu Mingkong listened to the discussions of the officials, and anger appeared in his eyes.

These dogs, on the surface, seem to be selfless and considerate of the court.

In fact, it is not for my own benefit.

No matter how courageous those businessmen from the state of Wu are, they dare not quadruple the price of grain!
There must be hundreds of officials in the court standing behind them!
I don't know how much of these three or four times the benefits flowed into their pockets.

Food prices are high.

It has no influence on these officials, but it can make them a lot of money!
But it is the hard-working people who suffer!
Thinking of this.

Wu Mingkong could no longer restrain the anger in his heart, and was about to refute.

"What the Captain Said"

As soon as she opened her mouth, she heard a thunderous roar from Fengtian Hall.

"What the Taiwei said, bullshit is worse!"

Fang Xiu's face was full of anger, and his voice was sonorous and powerful: "According to what the Taiwei said, I am so weak that I can be bullied by others?!"

"Even a group of small grain merchants, who are not of the highest rank, can trample on my Dagan's laws, trample on my Dagan's dignity, and bully my Dagan's people?!"

"Since this is the case, what's the point of the existence of the imperial court? What's the point of the court princes standing here?"

"According to the facts, instead of talking about it here, it is better to go home to raise pigs and farm, and save some food and benefit the people with the knowledge of Taiwei!"

"This can be regarded as displaying some of the remaining value of the Taiwei!"

The Taiwei has lived for seven or eighty years, and he has never been scolded like this.

He widened his eyes, pointed at Fang Xiu, his voice trembled from anger, and his whole body trembled.

"you you!"

"What are you!"

Fang Xiu didn't save him any face, and said with a sarcasm on his face: "What the truth says is not pleasant, but every sentence is also from the heart!"

"Why? Your majesty can hear such harsh and honest words, the truth can be heard, and the princes of the court can hear it, but the Taiwei can't hear it?"

"you you!"

"me!"

After all, Taiwei Tian Runyu has a high position and authority, so how could he have suffered such anger.

He was seven or eighty years old again, and under the rage, he felt that he couldn't breathe.

Pointing at Fang Xiu with a withered arm, trembling, you and I have been talking for a long time, unable to speak a word.

Fang Xiu glanced at him, and said sarcastically: "The Taiwei is in a high position, the head of the military officials, and he doesn't know the sufferings of the people, and he doesn't know the firewood, rice, oil and salt, it's human nature."

"It's just! Knowing what you know is what you know, what you don't know is what you don't know, and you still have to talk about it when you don't know, it's a bit unreasonable!"

"The Taiwei just said that if the grain merchants of the Wu State are punished with heavy penalties, the grain merchants of the Wu State will have no profit."

"I don't know that a few years ago, the national conditions of my great work were almost the same as now, but the price of food was almost the same as that of Yan!"

"The fundamental reason why food prices have risen to what they are now is that people like the Taiwei acquiesce and indulge!"

"Punish grain merchants. Grain merchants will not be unprofitable. Those who are unprofitable are only moths like Taiwei!"

As soon as this word comes out.

Fengtian Temple was silent!
All civil and military officials lowered their heads and said nothing, obviously being told what was on their minds.

They can't think of it anyway.

This kind of dirty matter that should have been hidden in the dark will be brought to light by Fang Xiu.

now.

Civil and military officials are not thinking of refuting, but of protecting themselves wisely.

Everyone kept silent, for fear that they would be the next person to be targeted by Fang Xiang!

The entire Fengtian Temple.

Only the bright-eyed beauty on the dragon chair—the Empress Wu Mingkong smiled.

But just for a moment, she returned to her expressionless state.

There was no expression on her face, but in her heart she rarely praised the traitor she hated to the bone.

Shouting:

"Good scolding!"

at the same time.

A system notification sounded in Fang Xiu's mind.

[Emotion value +5000]

(End of this chapter)