The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1013 Taking over

"Is this a letter from Minister Yang to you?" After Shengyuan asked Xiaoyao to see off Mrs. Yang, Anyu came out of the small cubicle at the back.

Sheng Yuan did not avoid him, nodded, and tore open the envelope under his gaze.

"What do you think about the assassination of food relief?" Anyu also knew Yang Wennong because of his relationship with Shengyuan, and felt sorry for his experience. Of course, he was more afraid that someone would take the opportunity to take advantage of Sheng. Yuan is filled in.

"It's hard to say." Sheng Yuan paused as she prepared to take out the letter. "Until there are more clues, everyone involved will be suspicious."

When Anyu saw her speaking, his eyes were fixed on the letter, and suddenly an idea occurred to him: "You mean Minister Yang..."

Sheng Yuan's mood was indeed affected when she suddenly heard that her colleague had been killed, but after calming down, she coldly placed the other party under suspicion.

"If there is no evidence to prove his innocence, even if I temporarily trust him, I cannot exclude him from the inventory list." Sheng Yuan said as he unfolded the letter.

At this point, she did not rush to read the letter. Instead, she looked up at Anyu with a smile: "Do you think I may have betrayed Minister Yang's trust?"

"On the contrary, if he is a good person, he will be pleased with your caution; if he has another face, he should also be happy to meet you, a colleague who is a good match." Anyu didn't think there was anything wrong with Sheng Yuan's idea. Instead, appreciate it.

Of course, for Anyu, whatever Shengyuan does is great.

I have to say that it is really pleasant to have such a person who supports me unconditionally.

Sheng Yuan smiled at him and then unfolded the letter easily.

"What did the above say?" Anyu sweetly put her head on Shengyuan's shoulder and looked at the letter.

"Here, look." Sheng Yuan did not expect that Yang Wennong did not leave a single word, and several pieces of letter paper were filled with transcribed data.

"This is the price of food in various places?" Anyu was a little confused, "Shilang Yang has done a lot of work for food relief... but he left this to you?"

"Let's go back to the study." Sheng Yuan quickly turned over several pieces of letter paper and read them several times, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Anyu was puzzled, but Anyu cooperated. When he heard Shengyuan's command, he quickly followed without saying a word.

In the study room, Sheng Yuan drew various data on the booklet, and not long after, several graphs were clearly presented in front of the two of them.

"The price of food in these places has increased six times compared to the same period last year?!" Although Anyu doesn't know how to compare year-on-year and month-on-month basis, he can look at data. With several data in front of him, no matter how stupid he is, he still knows how to compare big and small. , "Compared with the previous two months, it has doubled or tripled."

The places he mentioned where food prices fluctuate greatly happen to be adjacent to Nandi.

"I remember that down from the south, there are the twelve counties of Qizhou. It was the capital of the former Qi Dynasty, but unexpectedly, their food prices were stable." Anyu glanced at the Qizhou data and reminded Sheng Yuan, "Pengzhou, which is famous for its abundant grain production, is not as stable as it."

"It's so stable, even the fluctuation values ​​are so neat." Sheng Yuan felt that she had no misunderstanding about the richness of the land of plenty. "Without local government control, just relying on merchants to operate, I'm afraid we won't be able to achieve such results... You Look, the largest amount of food was transferred from them, and the food aided by Qizhou was transported in this shipwreck. "

"The front foot sank before it went very far into the river. It's a pity. The court should send someone to salvage it." Anyu thought about the thousands of kilograms of grain falling into the water, feeling a little depressed, "Unless what fell into the river was not grain. Otherwise, the imperial court will suffer great losses." Sheng Yuan glanced at the data chart and hummed: "We should check it thoroughly."

……

This morning, the atmosphere was different from before.

The courtiers, who were usually going to criticize each other, held their breath at this moment, for fear that their loud breathing would anger the emperor on the throne.

Emperor Yanping was indeed extremely angry at this moment.

He and the food relief imperial envoy appointed by the cabinet, the dignified Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, were attacked and disappeared while transporting food, and they sank into the river together with the allocated food that Qizhou had put together with all its efforts!

"It's appalling! It's appalling!" Emperor Yanping felt so sad when he thought of the relief food that he wanted to punch people.

"Where is the face of the imperial court?! Where is my face?!" The more Emperor Yanping looked at the group of low-brow ministers below, the angrier he became. He felt that every one of them looked like a good person. Do you have anything to say?”

All the ministers were slightly stupefied after hearing this.

They understood that the emperor was looking for someone to vent his anger on.

"Your Majesty!" Realizing that something was wrong, Yan Sunqing, the right minister of the Ministry of War, took the lead and said, "I believe that the top priority is to send people from the Internal Guard Mansion, the Ministry of War and the Three Law Departments to investigate and search. Whether it is Minister Yang or several ships of food, we cannot give up. Salvage, at least confirm that this incident was a temporary act of robbers, or there were thieves who were well prepared.”

His words were reserved, but all the ministers heard it. This was to first confirm whether Yang Wennong, the imperial envoy, was assassinated and disappeared or was complicit in hiding; it was also necessary to confirm Qizhou's role in this incident through the food bags falling into the water.

When Emperor Yanping saw someone coming out to woo someone, he couldn't help but lose his anger. Later, he heard what he said was very reasonable, and his expression suddenly softened.

Seeing his reaction, all the courtiers understood, and many usually active ministers spoke one after another.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the top priority is to detain the officials and their families involved. Whether they are local or dispatched from Kyoto, they must be identified and verified one by one." The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was even more active, and he said as soon as he spoke A big move, "Especially for the missing persons, we must take good care of their families to prevent them from following them out and becoming bandits."

When Emperor Yanping heard the words, he said nothing, neither in favor nor against.

Although he was angry, he still had reason. He didn't want history and future generations to say that he was mean and unkind.

Seeing that he was speechless, another censor stood up and said: "It is extremely important to thoroughly investigate the conspiracy, but the top priority is to rescue the people in the south! The current situation is different day by day, and the food relief cannot be stopped! Please also Before the Holy Spirit investigates the incident strictly, he first appoints his successor to continue to organize food preparations and appease the people as soon as possible. "

"What you say, Mr. Xun Ai, is reasonable. So, do you have any opinions on the candidates for your successor?"

Emperor Yanping looked at Chen Xiangzhu, the Minister of Civil Affairs: "Chen Qing, do you have something to say?"

Chen Xiangzhu had already thought about the candidate, but when Emperor Yanping asked him the question first, he immediately became excited.

"I believe that since the transportation of grain begins with the Ministry of Household Affairs, it should have a beginning and an end. If Yang Wennong, the left minister, encounters obstacles halfway, it should be taken over by the right minister Sheng Yuan."