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Chapter 297 Jizhou Catastrophe

"Queen!"

Suddenly someone shouted.

Empress Song was taken aback, and looking back, Song Dian appeared at the door at some time, bowed down and bowed, and said: "There is something important in the palace, servants and maidservants must discuss with the empress!" Empress Song was shocked, and helplessly put down He took out the copper cup and said, "Don't blame me, I have to retire first!"

"Don't dare!" He Guiren said hastily.

Empress Song nodded and walked to Song Dian's side. Song Dian said in a low voice, "I hope Empress will move to Yongle Palace." Empress Song asked worriedly, "The Empress Dowager is not feeling well?"

"That's not the case, it's just that the Queen Mother has some things to tell the Queen"

Empress Song nodded, and led the maids to quickly walk towards Yongle Palace. Both He Guiren and Song Dian bowed down and bowed down to send her away slowly. He Guiren only raised his head when the queen had left. He said with a smile: "Song Zhongmen, since you're here, why don't you go to the banquet?"

"Slave and dirty man, why is He De going to the banquet?"

"Hehehe~~~" He Guiren suddenly laughed, a sharp smile, Song Dian's face was still full of smiles, indifferent, He Guiren suddenly raised the copper cup in his hand, took a sip, and then looked away Song Dian said, "Song Zhongmen still has some self-knowledge, but you are quite old and need to be careful."

"Thank you for your care, my servants are very grateful."

"Hehe, brother, this is the confidant of the emperor, Eunuch Song Dian Song." He Guiren looked at a burly and powerful man and said with a smile.

The strong man grinned and said, "My name is He Jin, and I hope to make friends with Duke Song."

Song Dian smiled, looked at He Guiren, and said: "Your servant heard that Dong Chong, the traitor, took care of the emperor for decades, and regarded the emperor as his own flesh and blood. It's a pity that the emperor loves him very much. It's a pity that he planned to do something wrong and ended up like that." The end. The maidservant bid farewell, the nobleman cherishes it!"

After finishing speaking, he ignored He Guiren's blue face, turned around and left slowly. For a moment, the atmosphere of the whole banquet became extremely cold.

Empress Song has also arrived at the former residence of the old empress. When she walked into Yongle Palace with some worries, she saw that the old empress was teasing Empress Song's second son, Liu Xie. The Queen Mother frowned, and said with some displeasure, "Sit down!"

Empress Song obediently sat in front of Empress Dowager Dong with her head lowered. Empress Dowager Dong looked at her for a long time, then handed Liu Xie to a court lady beside her, and asked her to go out again, frowning, and reprimanded: "I told you How many times have you stayed away from that woman, I've said it twice, why don't you listen?"

"Mother, as a queen, I want to share the worries of the emperor"

"The emperor still needs you to help him share his worries?" Empress Dowager Dong asked back, sneered a few more times, and said, "You have shared the bed with the emperor for nearly ten years, but you still don't know enough."

"In short, you have to remember that you must be careful in the future. The maids around you must be close to your confidantes, stay in the palace honestly, and don't trouble the emperor. You have to think about Dalang and Erlang, you know? ?” Empress Dowager Dong asked earnestly.

"Follow the Queen Mother's order!"

"Okay, you can go down. If you have something to do in the future, discuss it with Song Dian."

After letting the queen return, Song Dian walked in with his head down. Seeing him coming in, the queen mother glanced at him and said, "I thought the emperor left you to keep that kid Zhang He in check." , I didn't expect that you were asked to protect the queen secretly... But how did he know that nobleman He had bad intentions?"

"I don't know, before the country leaves, I told my servants to keep an eye on the palace. In addition, I asked my servants to keep an eye on the nobleman. Your Majesty doesn't seem to trust any nobleman." Empress Dowager Dong thought for a moment, but she probably knew it in her heart, maybe it was a heavenly book In the book, some things about He Guiren were mentioned, so the emperor was on guard.

At this time, the emperor was still in Yecheng.

During the first northern tour, the emperor sent envoys in embroidered clothes to go around to check the people's conditions, but what he didn't expect was that the people were not as wealthy as he had imagined. There were still beggars in the city, but, when the emperor was about to When the time came, these beggars were all expelled from the city by the soldiers, and there were still old peasants in the countryside who couldn't afford to eat and had insufficient food and clothing. However, the road to their house was being renovated, and the emperor's car could not go there.

All of this caused the emperor to fall into a rage. For a while, the entire Jizhou officials were terrified, and embroidered messengers ran rampant. Within three days, more than 30 officials were arrested, and two of them were recently recruited from the imperial examination. Those who were promoted and appointed during the system are officials appointed by the emperor himself. Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, was even called to Yecheng. However, this governor didn't seem to be worried. rushed to Yecheng.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Jizhou, Wang Fen, is here." Wen Renxi said in a low voice, looking at the furious emperor in front of him, Wen Renxi suddenly felt sympathetic to the governor of Jizhou, Wang Fen, who was about to face the saint. Plead guilty, that's all there, if you accidentally offend the emperor, I'm afraid the end will be miserable.

Not long after, under the guidance of many old guards, this Wang Fen and the governor of Wang arrived slowly. He walked in swaggeringly, looked at the emperor, bowed down, and shouted: "I ask Your Majesty to bow down!" install!"

The emperor didn't even answer, staring at the governor, and squeezed out a few words, "My lord, I came all the way from Luoyang, and I have never encountered such a situation in Jizhou. The officials colluded with each other , privately reforming taxes, oppressing the people, being daring, deceiving the king, dare to ask the king, why is this?"

Wang Fen froze for a moment, shook his head slowly, and said, "This statement is wrong!"

"Oh??"

Wen Renxi could already feel that the emperor beside him was trembling with anger, he lowered his head and said nothing.

"Why not?"

"Your Majesty does not know that I am quite proficient in the study of Yi, and once invited Xiang Kai, a man from the Qingzhou plain, to a banquet. This man is very humane, and can understand the future. He and I have been studying in the mansion all day long, deduced the political affairs of Jizhou, and counted some traitors. Get rid of them. The rest of the officials, the hexagrams did not show that they are evil, so it can be seen that they are definitely not evil people. Your Majesty must have made a mistake in sending them to prison in a hurry!"

The emperor stood up abruptly, clenched his fists, gasped heavily, and said, "I wonder if your lord still has such abilities?"

"The minister is Xiao Dao'er, the Duke of Xiangkai was a real capable scholar. In the past, when the minister was the county magistrate, this man would deduce that, and wept in the street, saying that the queen would die. I didn't believe it, so I put him in prison. , if it is true, later on, every time he deduced it, it was true, so I practiced it, and I have achieved a little success."

"Oh, I understand, then I should let you go to the temple to deduce state affairs for me!"

"Your Majesty should summon me and Duke Xiangkai. He can count farming and mulberry, war, and official's loyalty and rebellion."

"Okay, okay, Lu Fengxian!"

"His Majesty!"

"Invite that Duke Xiangkai over here!"

Wang Fen suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, how can such a god-man be invited by a soldier? Your Majesty should invite himself."

(End of this chapter)