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Chapter 949 Prohibition

The county magistrate was lying on the ground, his arms were shaking like chaff, his forehead was only as high as a finger from the ground, and he said gratefully in Xianbei dialect:

"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty."

Emperor Ulei frowned, as if he couldn't believe it. He threw the file on the desk and asked:
"You really think I'm praising you?!"

Seeing that the emperor only spoke Chinese, the county magistrate didn't dare to reply in Xianbei, and stammered in Chinese:

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...I know I was wrong, and I will never dare again."

"Don't dare to do anything?" Emperor Ulay sneered, and then asked.

The county magistrate was so frightened that he put his head on the ground and hesitated for a while before saying:
"In the future, I must sit in court every day and work diligently."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Ulei fiddled with the fan in his hand with downcast eyes, sneered, and said:

"Work hard...it's really chilling to think about it. In the palace, I wake up at six o'clock every day. Except for illness, I basically have no time to rest throughout the year.

As for you, set yourself up for the first and fifteenth day of the new year, and get drunk in the middle of the day... I didn't know it before, but I really envy you when you are a county magistrate so leisurely. "

The county magistrate could only cry and say:

"Your Majesty is wrong, I am wrong. You deserve to die, Your Majesty, please give me a chance to make amends!"

Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen stood aside and watched, rolling their eyes together.

Shen Liuzhen stepped forward as if he was in the court hall, raised his hand and saluted and said to the emperor:

"Your Majesty... Rong Chen asked him a question."

The emperor nodded, raised his elbow and leaned on the edge of the case table, looked at the county magistrate below, narrowed his deep eyes, as if he was thinking about how to deal with him.

I heard Shen Liuzhen ask:
"We were at the gate just now and saw a city gate official running away in a panic. Did he come to report to you?"

When the county magistrate heard about it, his whole body trembled, as if hesitating whether to admit it or not.

Shen Liuzhen directly interrupted his thinking, and said directly:

"No denials, that's what it is."

I saw the county magistrate trembled, terrified, and about to explain something.

Shen Liuzhen added:
"Hey...should I say you are useful or useless? Knowing that you have ordered the city gate officer to report to you, it means that you have been prepared. Since you have been prepared, you were caught on the spot by your majesty..."

Shen Liuzhen said, as if emphasizing, stretched out his hand from top to bottom, and gestured according to the county magistrate's embarrassed body.

The county magistrate seemed to have nothing to say, just knelt there, weeping bitterly, as if he was very remorseful.

Shen Liuzhen's eyes flickered, and he suddenly said:
"Ah...maybe I endured it for a few days at the beginning, but later I was really addicted to alcohol and couldn't help it.

Then you are too addicted to alcohol. Perhaps it is because of a county magistrate like you that good wine is popular in Guixian County. There is not enough food, so all of it is used for wine making? "

When the county magistrate first heard Shen Liuzhen say that he couldn't help but become addicted to alcohol, his heart was pounding with fright, and he just thought that this person could pinch and count.

When Shen Liuzhen said that it was because of the wine-making trend that arose in his county, he quickly said wrongly:
"No... how could it be because of me?!! Everyone likes wine, who doesn't like it? It's all because the harvest has been good in the past two years, His Majesty has reduced taxes, and the excess grain is naturally brewed. Follow me It doesn't matter!!"

The emperor was finally angry when he heard that, and he said:
"I reduced and exempted taxes in order to support the people and the population. Is it for you to feed the wine worms in your belly?! Excess food?! Farmers are still hungry, how can there be excess food!"

The county magistrate was so frightened that he knocked down again, crying loudly:

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

"Drag it on!" Emperor Ulei was angry and annoyed, and ordered while holding his forehead.

The yamen servant standing outside was hesitating and didn't know what to do. Seeing the guard behind the emperor with a cold light in his eyes, he mustered up his courage and ran in. The two of them dragged the county magistrate outside and threw the magistrate into the cell. went.

Emperor Ulay ordered irritably:

"Liu Zhen, draft a prohibition order for me. Anyone who violates the prohibition will be imprisoned for two years."

Shen Liuzhen was shocked when he heard that, he couldn't react for a while, he looked at Dugujian, and found that Dugujian and the two guards had a bit surprised expressions.

How should I put it, this ban sounds a little... It seems a little too strict.

What the county magistrate said just now is quite true, there is almost no one who does not like wine.Alcohol can make people forget their troubles for a while.Whether it is the court or the people, there are many people who love to drink.

Besides, alcohol is an addictive thing, if it is banned all of a sudden, I don't know how many people will complain.

Shen Liuzhen thought for a while, bowed and said seriously:

"Your Majesty... I understand that your original intention is good. In order to prevent the people from wasting food, but you can find a way from other places. Promulgating the prohibition on alcohol has little effect, and it is easy to lose the hearts of the people. Some gains outweigh the losses, which is not realistic. "

Upon hearing this, Emperor Ulay retorted angrily:
"Losing the hearts of the people? How many of those who can afford to drink are civilians? Isn't it those people who have a lot of land and food?! What's the big deal about prohibiting alcohol? Will you die if you don't drink?!"

Shen Liuzhen understood a little at this time, the emperor came out today, and he was already full of anger by now, and he had to make some changes to feel comfortable.

If you stop him now, it will only make him feel even more powerless.Otherwise, let the emperor go smoothly first, and then wait for the opportunity to be right, and then advise His Majesty to cancel it.

"The minister obeys the order. The minister suggested that some appropriate clauses should be reserved. For example, the days of sacrifices, funerals, weddings, important festivals and so on. It would be unreasonable if there is a lack of alcohol, so some of the clauses in the prohibition order are lenient. What do you think? "Shen Liuzhen said.

Emperor Ulay nodded and said:
"Just do as you say, write the statement carefully, and I will send it back to the palace later, and the queen will supervise the distribution of the whole country."

"Yes." Shen Liuzhen agreed.

The emperor stopped talking, calmer than before, but seemed to have a headache from anger, and while looking outside, he rubbed his temples with his fingers.

Shen Liuzhen asked carefully:
"Your Majesty, how will the county magistrate deal with it?"

Emperor Ulay frowned and asked:
"I heard from the old man driving the ox cart that there have been four county magistrates here, but I don't remember why, do you know Liu Zhen?"

Shen Liuzhen lowered his head, his eyes flickered, his voice was cautious, and he said warmly:

"If I remember correctly, it may have something to do with the Empress Dowager Bao."

When Emperor Ulei heard about it, he woke up suddenly from his distressed and confused expression just now, his eyes flickered violently, as if he was recalling something.

But he couldn't remember, so he asked Shen Liuzhen:
"It's related to the Queen Mother? Why?"

(End of this chapter)