The concubine is so charming

Chapter 302 Slap in the face, face in the face

The situation in Rongcheng spread to the imperial court one after another.

At the beginning, it was the news that the disaster victims gathered outside Rongcheng, but Rongcheng refused to open the door.

King Ning and some courtiers who had prepared to attack Chu Feiyan earlier wrote letters to participate in the performance, saying that Chu Feiyan, as the current prime minister, disregarded the life and death of the people, it was extremely cold-blooded, and he should be dismissed from office and sent to court. Xuan returned to Kyoto for questioning.

The emperor trusted Chu Feiyan in his heart, but there were too many scriptures presented, and the harem was quite unsettled. Today there were rumors that the concubine Zhen framed the concubine, and tomorrow it was rumored that the concubine Zhen murdered the emperor's heir, so that he I feel that the front and rear palaces are not peaceful, and it is extraordinarily exhausting.

The courtiers participated in the concert lively, but before they could come to any conclusion, the news came again.

Chu Feiyan held the emperor's gold medal and forced Mu Cixiu to open the city gate to accept the people.

When the news came back, it was as if a slap had been slapped hard on the faces of those courtiers who participated in his performance, and the entire front court became much quieter for a while.

The emperor severely criticized the courtiers who were presenting, and felt that the suffocation in his heart was relieved.

Two days later, the news came again, saying that there were too many victims, and the entire Rongcheng City could not bear the impact, and now it is in chaos.

The courtiers who were criticized cheered up again, and said that Chu Feiyan only cared about winning the hearts of the people, but ignored the actual situation in Rongcheng, so that hundreds of thousands of people in Rongcheng were in danger, and it was really a duty to be a prime minister.

This time, the courtiers spoke a lot more gently when they played, for fear of causing displeasure to the emperor again.

It's just that they didn't expect that in just two days, news came again that Prime Minister Chu and the victims had retreated together. For better disaster relief, they had withdrawn from Rongcheng together with the victims. Return to Kyoto.

As soon as this remark came out, the emperor was very moved, and he took out the people who had played before and criticized it again, only those people who said it were pale and trembling before they got over it.

A few days later, local officials in the south of the Yangtze River participated in the performance of Prime Minister Chu's book and sent it to the capital, which recorded in detail how Chu Feiyan sent troops to seize the grain merchants, so that the whole south of the Yangtze River was in chaos.

The official who was approved twice hesitated, waited carefully for two days, and saw that there was no follow-up news, and then considered the verbal memorial, but he did not dare to criticize Chu Feiyan in large numbers, only talking about him Relying on the emperor's favor and domineering, causing Jiangnan to fall into chaos, I don't know how much I lost...

I thought that there would be no accidents this time, but who knew that the slap in the face came so fast that they were caught off guard.

The people in the south of the Yangtze River and the victims of the disaster jointly sent the Wanmin Letter, in which there are endless praises to the emperor and gratitude to the imperial court, and every sentence is sincere, and the profound gratitude in it makes people feel tears when they read it.

Soon, two memorials came one after another.One of them recorded how those grain merchants were hoarding, hoarding a large amount of grain but refusing to sell it, wantonly disturbing the price of grain, intending to make a fortune from it, and some grain merchants and court officials even colluded with each other. In doing business, it has actually become a rake for officials to make money, plundering the people's fat and anointing from the people.

The other one records the amount of grain and gold and silver seized. Among them, the grain is left in the south of the Yangtze River and is being prepared to help the victims one after another. The gold and silver are tens of millions of taels, which can be equal to the silver in the national treasury. One-third of the quantity has been loaded and transported to Kyoto.

Seeing that Longyan was furious, the emperor sent an order to Chu Feiyan to severely punish the dishonest grain merchant, and at the same time ordered to reprimand the officials who participated in the performance.This time he didn't tolerate it, and demoted those officials by two ranks, some of them jumped up and down, and directly took off their top Dai Hualings and drove them out of the court.

As a result, King Ning's people suffered heavy losses.

Chu Feiyan's faction is extremely proud. Although the Prime Minister is not in the court, the court is still under the control of the Prime Minister. Even if he can't know exactly what happened in the court, he still gently suppresses those who oppose him. The people cleared out, the reason is still so aboveboard.

With these few lessons learned, when there was any news from Jiangnan, people like King Ning did not dare to play at will. He and Chu Feiyan praised and praised, the emperor was very happy when he heard it, and his face was full of smiles when he went to court for several days.

With Rongcheng taking the lead, there is also good news for disaster relief in other places, especially in Liangzhou where Mu Qingchen is located.

Chu Feiyan had discussed with the emperor before, saying that he wanted to let Mu Qingchen reap the merits of this disaster relief, so that he could justifiably inherit the title of King Rong. After hearing this, the emperor agreed very much. Feiyan decided that Liangzhou would be the place where he was responsible for disaster relief, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

Liangzhou is located in a remote place, the folk customs are tough, and there are other ethnic groups living together. All ethnic groups are huddled together, and they are extremely repulsive to the officials sent by the imperial court. If there is any problem, the patriarchs of each ethnic group will come forward to solve it. Make trouble in front of the magistrate.If it weren't for the fact that this place is rich in fine horses and is an important place to train war horses, the emperor would be too lazy to send someone to take care of it.

Mu Qingchen came from a humble background and was young. Normally, he would cry in front of the emperor about anything that happened to him and Su Yao. It was pitiful to see him in such a panic. How could such a weak character come to Liangzhou? Can I live in the scene?
The few letters that came back at the beginning were not outstanding, but more than half a month ago, Mu Qingchen suddenly changed his previous weak style, relying on the power specially bestowed on him by the emperor, directly killed several writers The domineering patriarch.Those clansmen naturally made a fuss, Mu Qingchen was fearless in the face of danger, and if anyone disrespected him, they would be dragged down directly, lightly punished with a stick, severely beheaded, and a thunderous method shocked the whole Liangzhou.

After reading the transcripts from Liangzhou, the emperor couldn't help turning his head to look at Zhu Chong who was beside him: "Why do you think Mu Qingchen's temperament suddenly changed?"

"This..." Zhu Chong looked at the emperor's unchanging expression of joy and anger, and then carefully considered his words before he said, "This kid has no determinism, doesn't he always talk about the sky in June, the child's day?" Doesn’t the face always change at will? Your Majesty, look at today, the sky was still clear just now, but now it’s gloomy..."

After the words fell, the emperor did not speak, but raised his head to look at the sky outside.

Suddenly a thunderclap rolled down, and then the big raindrops crashed down.

The emperor looked down at the memorial on the table, and suddenly chuckled: "I don't believe that this mud can turn into pearls in the blink of an eye. I remember that Prime Minister Chu said before that he would send people to Liangzhou to help Mu Qingchen. You Do you remember when it was?"

"Reporting to the emperor, it seems that Prime Minister Chu was going to Rongcheng for disaster relief, so I reported it to you."

The emperor nodded: "In this case, if you calculate the time carefully, you will be right."

Zhu Chong raised his eyes, then put his hands together and lowered his head respectfully. The emperor attributed Mu Qingchen's transformation to Prime Minister Chu, and it was a blessing for that young master Mu to have the prime minister alone.

(End of this chapter)