System, help me be an empress

Chapter 84 Is This Man Kidding?

Yang Zhuiyue is also a member of the Shanxi Merchants. The rest of the Shanxi Merchants can gain a firm foothold in Jinyang City, mostly relying on their ancestral roots; but he is different. Industry.

Because he often does good deeds, he has always had a good reputation in the local area. Even his charitable deed of donating money to help refugees was written into the "Shang Dao", and his reputation has become even more famous since then.

It stands to reason that Yang Zhuiyue wants to have a family property, a reputation and a reputation, and he is also astute, but how did he fall to this point?
It turned out that Yang Zhuiyue accidentally discovered that some big businessmen in the area secretly traded iron ore and firearms with the barbarians.

Such behavior is tantamount to treason!
These scum have ruined the reputation of Shanxi merchants!
Yang Zhuiyue was in a hurry and wanted to report to the police immediately.

But suffering from lack of evidence, he secretly investigated. Yang Zhuiyue planned to go to Beijing to sue the imperial court as soon as the evidence was collected!
That is, in the process of collecting these evidences, Yang Zhuiyue's behavior was discovered by several big businessmen.The idea of ​​suing imperial court was not realized, but he was imprisoned first.

Ning Kun, the prefect of Jinyang, was scheming and knew that Yang Zhuiyue was well-known among the people.In order to make this matter watertight, they tried to bribe the servants of the Yang family to declare to the outside world that their boss had gone out to run business, and at the same time secretly imprisoned him in the dungeon, tortured him day and night, just to make him hand over the evidence he had investigated before.

Yang Zhuiyue was also stubborn, she clenched her teeth, and just said nothing.

Waiting until Xu Youxi and others rescued him from the dungeon, he suddenly burst into tears like a child.

The confidantes were killed one by one by the dog officer, as if a heavy chain was pressing on his chest, making it impossible for him to breathe smoothly.

For several days, although Yang Zhuiyue's physical injuries healed extremely quickly, which can be called a miracle, but mental problems reappeared.

Suddenly he couldn't eat normally as before, and he vomited whatever he ate. For three days in a row, he couldn't even swallow his saliva.

"Xu Ling, go and guard the door."

Xu Youxi decided to have a good talk with Yang Zhuiyue.

"Grassmen see Your Majesty." Yang Zhuiyue was about to kneel when she saw Xu Youxi.

Although Yang Zhuiyue is only in her 40s, deep and shallow wrinkles have already appeared on her face, and half of her hair has turned gray, but her eyebrows and eyes still have the unique bearing of a middle-aged person.

"Excuse me soon."

Xu Youxi supported Yang Zhuiyue. To be honest, if you just look at the appearance, you can't see any difference between Yang Zhuiyue and ordinary healthy people.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Youxi asked Yang Zhuiyue to sit opposite him, poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and asked casually, "Yang Zhuiyue, have you ever imagined the future of Daqian?"

Yang Zhuiyue didn't touch the tea, and was also a little puzzled by Xu Youxi's question: "It must be Guotai Min'an."

Xu Youxi smiled: "You definitely haven't thought about it."

"It's normal not to think about it. If the present world is stable, how can anyone suddenly pursue that illusory future? There is no better future than the present."

Yang Zhuiyue listened carefully, and could understand the meaning of Xu Youxi's words.

"But I think about it every day, what should I do after I work hard." Xu Youxi sighed softly, "When I became the throne, I was 16 years old. My father suffered a stroke and couldn't speak, so he went to Jiangnan for treatment; Take the Son of Heaven to command the feudal lords."

"You know, how much courage did I have to give the order to defend Shangjing to the death? Those civil and military officials at the court were so angry that they wanted to swallow me alive. But I just told them that if you want to escape, you will end up dying at the sword of the imperial guards." Next; if you can't hold on to Shangjing, you will die for the country with me!"

Xu Youxi tried to use this method to arouse Yang Zhuiyue's sympathy, and then smiled wryly: "There is no such thing as a peaceful and prosperous world, it's just an illusion!"

"Your Majesty, how can you say it's an illusion! Not all officials are bad, and the life of the people is much better than before." Yang Zhuiyue explained anxiously.

"Why is it not an illusion." Xu Youxi put down his teacup, "Wala will make a comeback at any time, I don't even know which country those Shanxi merchants are doing iron ore business with; Bullying me when I was young, wishing to take away my power; the clan is doing evil everywhere, and the treasury can’t give half a penny to support these wastes; the White Lotus Sect is spread all over the world, ready to support an uprising at any time, and occupy the land as king."

"If it wasn't for me to bear all these pressures, it won't be long before the big work will be torn apart, and wars will be raging everywhere." Xu Youxi looked solemn, "If I can't bear the pressure, how many people will die in the world..."

"Your Majesty." Yang Zhuiyue couldn't help but knelt down, "Caomin, Caomin knows that he has no great talent, but he is willing to do what he can for His Majesty's great cause. Even if he sacrifices his life, Caomin will help His Majesty find out where the iron mines go. .The grassroots have a small income, and they are willing to donate all of it to the national treasury after death to help those in need."

"Yang Zhuiyue, why do you want to die?" Xu Youxi suddenly mocked, "Why do you punish yourself for other people's mistakes."

"If it dies, tens of thousands of people who trusted me will die, so I should die too."

Yang Zhuiyue lowered her head and shook her head vigorously: "No, Your Majesty, you are the hope of Daqian."

"The living are always the hope of the dead!"

……

Yang Zhuiyue seemed to be shocked, and her whole body froze in place. After a long time, tears were streaming down her face: "Caomin, Caomin, thank you Your Majesty."

"Yang Zhuiyue, you can think about the future now, your own and Daqian's future." Xu Youxi stared at Yang Zhuiyue, "When you understand it, come find me after dinner."

Xu Youxi left the room.

Yang Zhuiyue's eyes were still helpless, he couldn't accept that his brothers and friends died because of him.

But what His Majesty said is right, the ones who are wrong are the corrupt officials, and the ones who are wrong are the inhumane nature, so what problem can his death solve.

His Majesty is only 16 years old, but he is under the pressure of the rise and fall of a dynasty.When I was 16 years old, I was probably still selling goods on the street, and felt complacent just to eat a meal of meat.

But all the future he can think of about himself now is living in the future of Daqian.

Yang Zhuiyue smiled wryly, but her eyes became a little clearer.

dong dong dong.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door of Yang Zhuiyue's room.

"Yang Zhuiyue, Your Majesty asked me to bring you food." Xu Ling's voice came from outside the room.

Yang Zhuiyue opened the door and smelled the aroma of the food. For the first time in the past few days, he felt 'hungry'.

Xu Ling put the food on the table, and Yang Zhuiyue picked up the chopsticks and started to eat.

"Your Majesty is really powerful." Xu Ling was amazed, "He also predicted things like a god."

Yang Zhuiyue swallowed the meal, and couldn't help asking: "...Your Majesty, have you always been so approachable?"

Xu Ling looked at Yang Zhuiyue in shock, is this person joking?
(End of this chapter)