Monument Yangmen

Chapter 358 Test the Emperor's Heart
Zhao Guangyi let out a roar full of anger, which startled the officials in the hall.

As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be laid down.

Zhao Guangyi is so exposed, is it a sign of murder?

The civil and military officials waited for a long time, but they did not wait for Zhao Guangyi's order to kill Song Han.

After Zhao Guangyi roared, he just said coldly, "Song Hang, pay attention to your words."

The ministers were stunned upon hearing this.

After a short period of doubt, the officials understood what Zhao Guangyi was thinking.

Zhao Guangyi was protecting Zhao Yuanzuo's reputation in a disguised form.

It can be seen that even though Zhao Yuanzuo has been deposed as the crown prince, he still holds a pivotal position in Zhao Guangyi's heart.

The crown prince has not lost his heart, maybe after a while, he will be restored again...

The restoration of the crown prince is not what the officials in the court would like to see.

After all, a large part of the officials in the court had already stood in line behind the other princes.

Song Hang is one of them.

Song Hang hugged the wat board, and continued to say neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Majesty, as an official, I have the responsibility to help the country. The position of the heir is the foundation of the country. It is the duty of the minister to advise your majesty to establish a heir.

The position of prince has been vacant for a long time, and if things go on like this, it is inevitable that people's hearts will fluctuate and the government will be in turmoil.

In a few years, His Majesty will be old, if there is no prince to rule the country, the princes will inevitably have different opinions.

At that time, brothers and sisters will fight each other, and the flames of war will be everywhere.

It's really not the blessing of the country..."

"Bang~"

Zhao Guangyi shot the dragon case, stood up and shouted angrily, "Presumptuous!"

"Song Han, who gave you the courage to speak nonsense in front of me?"

Song Han cupped his hands calmly and said: "There is no nonsense in what I said. Every sentence is true and from the bottom of my heart. Everything is for the sake of the country and society of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Hmph~" Zhao Guangyi snorted coldly, "How can I see, there is not a single truth in what you said. What advantage did Zhao Yuanxi give you to let you look at him like this?"

Song Hang hugged the wat board, still with a calm expression on his face, "The minister is loyal, and the sun and the moon can learn from it. Your Majesty is so prevaricated, unwilling to follow the will of heaven and the people, and appoint Xu Wang as the heir. Do you think that one day the crown prince will be reappointed and abolished?"

Song Hang's words actually touched Zhao Guangyi's heart.

Zhao Guangyi wanted to restore the abolished prince Zhao Yuanzuo.

However, even Zhao Guangyi, the emperor, can only gradually plan for the restoration and dethronement of the crown prince.

What the deposed prince Zhao Yuanzuo did before was a little too much.

The officials will not be convinced if they come back to power rashly.

Therefore, Zhao Guangyi hoped that he could moisten things silently and regain the confidence of the ministers in the deposed prince Zhao Yuanzuo.

When the time is right, Zhao Yuanzuo will be restored, and it will be a matter of course.

It's ridiculous to say that Zhao Guangyi, a gloomy emperor, just likes Zhao Yuanzuo, a straightforward son.

Now, Song Hang's words broke Zhao Guangyi's mind.

Zhao Guangyi wanted to plan for Zhao Yuanzuo, and it was exposed to the sun.

A person who likes to play conspiracies, after his conspiracies are put on the table, he will easily become angry from embarrassment.

It's like a thief walking in the dark, and his veil is lifted in the sunlight.

Zhao Guangyi was like an angry lion, slapping the dragon case in front of him with both hands, roaring loudly.

"presumptuous!"

"presumptuous!"

"presumptuous!"

"Song Hang, I want to kill your nine clans!"

Song Qi stepped out immediately, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, calm down, officials are never punished for their words."

After Song Qi spoke, the rest of the civil servants also came out one after another, begging Zhao Guangyi to appease his anger.

In order not to make himself an outlier, Yang Yansi also joined the crowd.

The civil servants came out collectively, not because Song Hang was very popular, nor was it because everyone supported Song Hang's request.

Just because civil servants are seeking power for themselves.

If today Song Hang was convicted because of his words, the nine clans would be exterminated.

Once the mouth of the killer is opened, Zhao Guangyi will really kill people casually without any taboos.

With no restrictions on imperial power, that's really no joke.

Even Zhao Pu, who closed his eyes and rested his mind, spoke leisurely.

"Speaking officials are never punished for their words. However, Song Hang's words and deeds are domineering, and he has no eyes on the king. Death crimes can be avoided, but life crimes cannot escape."

Zhao Pu is worthy of being an old Jianghu in the court, and this sentence is very good.

Not only did it preserve the power of the civil servants, it also gave Zhao Guangyi a step down.

Although Zhao Guangyi was very angry, he also knew the consequences of killing Yanguan.

He could only go down the steps that Zhao Pu built for him.

"Remove Song Han from all his positions and assign him to Salmonella Island. He will not return to the court for life. His family members will be assigned to Yongzhou."

Song Han didn't seem to care about Zhao Guangyi's verdict at all.

He allowed the guards in front of the palace to take off his black gauze hat and his official uniform.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely unacceptable to restore the abolished crown prince. Your majesty is the real dragon emperor, and he speaks well. The abolished crown prince has been abolished and is being reinstated. How can your majesty win the trust of the world?"

Song Han is like an upright and loyal minister, showing the integrity of being a great Song until his death.

Even though he was driven out by the guards in front of the hall, his voice still echoed in the hall.

After having Song Hang, the first bird, there was no one who wrote a letter to invite him to be the crown prince.

Yang Yansi frowned, thought for a while, and understood the key point.

This song hang is probably a touchstone.

It is the touchstone thrown out by those who want to compete for the throne to test Zhao Guangyi's attitude.

Through Zhao Guangyi's performance in the hall today, those who wanted to test him could more or less figure out some of his thoughts.

This is the true purpose of Song Hangzuo's invitation to establish a prince today.

Yang Yansi guessed that Song Hang, who publicly asked Xu Wang Zhao Yuanxi to be the crown prince, seemed to be looking for Xu Wang, but he may not be Xu Wang's person.

Among them, maybe there is also the meaning of killing two birds with one stone.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Yang Yansi for the time being.

At this moment, Yang Yansi is more like a theatergoer.

After Song Hang was escorted out, no one in the hall asked for the appointment of the crown prince.

After being silent for a long time, the anger in Zhao Guangyi's heart subsided a lot, and he said, "Continue to discuss..."

Song Qi went out and said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, this year, there is a drought in the northwest. Among the eighteen states in the northwest, nine states are severely affected, and the people have no crops. Now, nearly 60 people have left their homeland, Flocked to Bianjing.

From the land in the northwest to Bianjing, which is nearly a thousand miles away, people were hungry and killed all the way, and they changed their children to eat.

We must come up with a charter as soon as possible to resettle the victims. "

Zhao Guangyi frowned and asked, "Northwest Kyushu, how many people were affected by the disaster?"

Song Qi said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, nearly 130 million people were the hardest hit. The population of the lightly affected area is about 80."

Zhao Guangyi put his hand on the dragon case, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The disaster is so serious...First dispatch 300 million dans of grain and transport it to the northwest. First stabilize the people in the northwest, and they must be properly resettled before next year's spring plowing. Good to all the people.

As long as next year's spring plowing is not delayed, the people will be able to survive. "

"This..." Song Qi looked a little embarrassed.

Zhao Guangyi stared, and said in a deep voice: "What does it look like hesitating, if you have any difficulties, just tell me..."

Song Qi gritted her teeth, and said in a low voice, "Currently there is no food to send to the court..."

"Oh!"

Zhao Guangyi stood up, clenched his fists, and said angrily: "How can there be no grain to send, not to mention the grain collected from various places, and the granaries stored in various places. There are 1000 million tons of grain purchased from Nanguo this year alone. How could it be?" No food to send?"

Song Qi hugged the wat board, and responded: "This year, I bought 1000 million dans of grain from the southern country, which has indeed alleviated the problem of domestic food shortage. However, your Majesty, you see that 1000 million tans of grain is a huge amount. In fact, After making up for the deficit in previous years, there is basically not much left.”

"deficit?"

"Our country has fought successively and frequently transferred food from various places. Therefore, there is a huge deficit in food in various places. Many official warehouses have been emptied."

Zhao Guangyi clarified the dragon's case and said firmly: "In this case, we should redistribute food from various places and transport it to the northwest as soon as possible for disaster relief."

Song Qi said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid we won't be able to make up for the lack of food in the Northwest so quickly by redeploying the grain. In my opinion, it's better to distribute the relief money and let the governments of all regions buy the grain nearby first, so as to appease the people."

Zhao Guangyi was silent for a while.

He refused to pay in his heart, and all the money in the court was used by him to prepare for the conquest of the Liao Kingdom.

When he was meditating, Cao Bin stepped out, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I have something to say."

Zhao Guangyi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Cao Aiqing, if you have something to say, just speak up."

Cao Bin said: "As far as I know, every time the disaster relief, the money distributed is cheaper for those profiteers hoarding food. I think that these profiteers can no longer be allowed to continue to make huge profits. If things go on like this, it will be of no benefit to the country."

Zhao Guangyi didn't speak.

Song Qi sarcastically said, "Lord Cao, profiteers are certainly harming the country. But now, disaster relief is the most important thing. Now it is difficult to obtain food from all over the world. Only the profiteers you mentioned have food.

Could it be that Mr. Cao has the ability to gather enough food for disaster relief without mobilizing food from various parties and buying food from profiteers? "

Cao Bin smiled lightly and said, "It's true that I don't have that much food in my hands, but I know who has it."

"Who?!"

"Who?!"

Everyone in the hall stared at Cao Bin intently.

Cao Bin said with a smile: "Our neighbor in Song Dynasty, there are..."

Song Qi immediately sneered and said, "Lord Cao, you are such an idiot. This year, my Song Dynasty relied on our national prestige to bully Nanguo to take out 1000 million dans of grain, which has already shaken its national foundation and transferred nearly [-]% of Nanguo's staff. rations.

Mr. Cao is still thinking about squeezing food from the Southern Kingdom, isn't he trying to force the Southern Kingdom to break with our Song Dynasty?
At that time, there will inevitably be a fierce battle between the two countries in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Mr. Cao, what are your thoughts? "

(End of this chapter)