After being forced to raise a tyrannical prince, I was stalked insane

Chapter 340 What is the picture?
Li Baiyu couldn't refute for a while.

With a slightly embarrassed expression, he added: "It's not a matter of whether there are people in the city or not... The same rice feeds all kinds of people, and when the birds grow big, there may be any forest."

"Let's talk about Wei Tao." He touched his nose and said.

Luo Qingqing hummed casually: "Go on."

"Wei Tao used such means to amass money crazily, with only one purpose." Li Baiyu originally wanted to make a fool of himself.

Unexpectedly, Luo Qingqing answered directly: "Disrupt the food prices in the entire Anzhou Prefecture."

"how do you know?"

Li Baiyu was so shocked that he even forgot his honorific title.

Luo Qingqing smiled: "Of course it's a random guess."

Li Baiyu didn't quite believe it...

With a scrutinizing gaze, he walked back and forth on Luo Qingqing's body.

"Otherwise, how do you think I know?" Luo Qingqing looked at him with a smile: "Could it be that I, a little vegetable grower, can still participate in the affairs of these big shots?"

What Li Baiyu wants to say is impossible?

Didn't Luo Qiu come to participate?
It's just that when the words came to his lips, he didn't dare to say them.

This kind of malicious speculation in the bottom of my heart is easy to be ugly when I say it.

"Don't think that if Luo Qiu came to participate, I would know something as a matter of course." Luo Qingqing said with a half-smile.

Li Baiyu's expression suddenly became embarrassing, as if someone had stripped his clothes, ashamed.

"I didn't mean that."

He explained dryly.

Luo Qingqing smiled: "What do you mean? I'm just stating a fact. My fourth brother seldom goes home, and the only few times he does so are in a hurry. He never tells his family anything about workmanship. matter."

How do you know it's about food prices...

Li Baiyu wanted to ask this question very much.

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again.

"I just thought about it a little bit."

Luo Qingqing's expression was light, and she no longer had her usual smile: "The only thing I can think of is the recent food price issue... After all, I don't know about other things."

In fact, she already had a general idea.

It's just that it's not easy to say it clearly in front of Li Baiyu.

Otherwise, it might really turn into jumping into the Yellow River and it won't be clear.

"That's true." Li Baiyu nodded, as if he agreed with the explanation, and didn't study it further.

He said: "Originally, they didn't want to make it into the current situation. It was just a temporary accident, so it came to today."

"Is it because of Cheng Yue?" Luo Qingqing asked.

Li Baiyu hummed: "To be precise, it is because of the prime minister's order."

He said: "The Holy Majesty was originally dissatisfied with Dingzhou and Anzhou's power-holding and self-importance, so he sent Wei Shuting here. First, he wanted to support the Wei family, and second, he wanted to imprison the military power of Dingzhou and Anzhou. It is firmly in my hands. Especially in Anzhou Prefecture, the vast majority of Dajing’s grain is produced here, accounting for at least half of it... If something goes wrong, the entire Dajing will fall into a food crisis.”

Li Baiyu frowned and said: "People like Wei Tao have violated this taboo! Otherwise, there are so many people who take power and self-respect, the Holy Majesty may not take a Ding'an Dusi seriously..."

After all, there are not a few people who have a little bit of power and want to provoke the imperial power.

Wei Tao is quite honest, at least he does a good job on the surface, and he is a man who makes a fortune silently.

If it wasn't for the chance to get on the prime minister's line, Emperor Kang'an might not have found him for a while...

The grain production of Anzhou Prefecture is too important.

Even if you don't pay much attention to the things here, once there is any trouble here, it must be paid attention to.

To put it simply, it doesn't matter whether it is good or not, but it must not be broken.

No one cares whether the people in Anzhou can live and work in peace and contentment.

No one cares whether they have spare money in their hands.

How is your life going? Will you be hungry or not warm?

Is there a relatively level playing field...

No one cares about these.

Even if they come to Anzhou government office, they just like to put on a show.

As long as the food here can be produced stably, everything will become unimportant.

But if the grain production here suddenly decreases... let alone a decrease in production, even if it is a loss of a hundred catties, it will attract the attention of all parties.

In fact, how much food is missing in Anzhou Prefecture?
5000 pounds!

And that's not all, it's a year.

So much less in just one year, how much less will you lose in so many years?
It's hard for Emperor Kang'an not to notice it.

Letting Wei Shuting come here is just a move on the surface.

He was secretly sent to lurk secretly with the people from Yulinying to collect evidence.

It's just that no one thought of it...

Cheng Yue was doing well in front of the prince, but suddenly he couldn't think about rebelling against him.

To rebel is to rebel...

Also failed.

He was exiled and finally placed under house arrest in Anzhou Prefecture.

It is for this reason that the people behind Wei Tao are worried that Cheng Yue will find something in the Anzhou government...

So the plan was temporarily changed, and the entire Anzhou Prefecture was made into a land of famine.

He wanted to use such a method to put Cheng Yue to death.

Unexpectedly, it was a mistake, and it was destroyed by Luo Qingqing, an odd number...

"I said before that if it weren't for your food, all of us would have starved to death in the mountains. It is impossible to have the opportunity to counterattack now...Wei Tao and others can be said to have won without a fight."

Li Baiyu smiled mockingly: "It's interesting to say that this prime minister is the uncle of the abolished prince... the younger brother of the former empress, and I don't know what kind of tricks the uncle and nephew are playing. I want the prince's nephew to die."

For this purpose, he did not hesitate to let the people of Anzhou Prefecture starve to death and be buried with him, which shows his viciousness.

"What's the conflict between Cheng Yue and the prime minister's family? Or is there any conflict between the former empress and her natal family?" Luo Qingqing couldn't help being a little surprised.

Generally speaking, this relationship should be a natural ally...

Unless the previous generation had serious grievances.

Otherwise, she really couldn't think of any benefit to the Prime Minister's family by doing so...

"Does he have other nephews? So he plans to support other nephews?" Luo Qingqing thought of this possibility, but felt that it was not incomprehensible.

Li Baiyu shook his head: "No. The only nephew of the prime minister is the abolished prince... Besides, the relationship between the former empress and the prime minister's siblings is also very good. According to rumors, the prime minister was brought up by the first empress, and because of this, he Only then will you be able to gain the trust of the Holy Majesty, and you will be promoted all the way to this point."

He said: "If it wasn't for the prime minister's resolute refusal all the time, I'm afraid he would have already been granted the title of Duke Cheng'en..."

"Then what is he trying to do?" Luo Qingqing was puzzled.

Li Baiyu shook his head, smiled wryly and said, "It's just that no one knows what he's planning."

Luo Qingqing frowned slightly: "Then does he have a supporting prince now? How old is he?"

"The Prime Minister has a vague intention of supporting King Liang..." Li Baiyu said, "The difference between King Liang and the deposed prince is only one and a half years, and he is about to reach the crown now."

His voice paused slightly: "King Liang's biological mother was the dowry maid of the former empress before she was alive, and then she won the favor of the Holy One for some reason, she won the favor once, and gave birth to King Liang, but she turned her back on the Lord and took refuge in Concubine Xu Gui... ..."

Luo Qingqing was dumbfounded listening to this palace fight.

"Concubine Xu won the surrender of King Liang's biological mother, and almost framed the former queen as a sinner who caused troubles in the government... If the Holy One hadn't resisted all opinions and insisted on trusting the first queen, until the truth of the matter was investigated, the former queen might be accused of crimes." Dethrone."

Li Baiyu said: "Although this matter was led by Concubine Xu, in the end the only one who took the blame was King Liang's birth mother. Not only did Concubine Xu have nothing to do, but she also got the opportunity to raise King Liang..."

"However, although there is still no evidence to prove that Concubine Xu Gui is the real envoy, the Holy Majesty has always been suspicious, and has always avoided King Liang and Concubine Xu Gui."

His face darkened slightly: "It was the prime minister who suddenly mentioned that the prince should be enlightened as soon as possible when the king of Liang was about nine years old, so as not to miss the age when he was in charge of the court, and asked Liang Wang to be one of the prince's companions ..."

"The Prime Minister started to support Liang Wang so early?" Luo Qingqing slightly stroked the ages of Cheng Yue and Liang Wang, and said in surprise: "At that time, the first queen was still alive, right?"

Li Baiyu nodded.

"At that time, the former empress had just been lingering on the sick bed, and it was because of this incident that she became seriously ill, and passed away not long after..."

This is unreasonable!
Luo Qingqing frowned slightly.

If the prime minister murdered Cheng Yue to support a young emperor, so that he could become the emperor's father-in-law, support a puppet, and control the government, then it would make sense.

But he supported a King Liang who was about the same age as Cheng Yue...

Could it be that King Liang is still willing to be a puppet?
Luo Qingqing really couldn't figure out, under such circumstances, why the prime minister would give up Cheng Yue, his nephew, and support a prince who had no blood relationship.

If he is worried that Cheng Yue will take power in the future, he will take action against this family in order to centralize power and eliminate his relatives...then King Liang will do the same.

It's not about eradicating the influence of relatives, it's also about eradicating the influence of powerful ministers...it doesn't make any difference.

"That's true, it's unpredictable." Luo Qingqing said, "What exactly is he planning?"

I don't want Cheng Yue to die...

"Isn't he worried that Cheng Yue's nephew is also dead, so his position as prime minister will not be secure? He is very capable?"

It is so strong that it doesn't need a little bit of nepotism, and it can still lead the whole family, and it can stand tall in this dynasty.

Li Baiyu shook his head: "Not strong... Many of the prime minister's calculations are on the bright side, and everyone is basically as clear-eyed as a mirror, but no one collects these related criminal evidence."

"..." Luo Qingqing really didn't know what to say.

She was a little speechless and said: "Then he can still sit so securely in the position of prime minister? Don't you Dajing officials have any ambitions? It's all like this, why don't you pull people down and go up by yourself?"

"The Holy Majesty trusts the prime minister..." Li Baiyu didn't notice for a moment that Luo Qingqing was about to say 'Your Dajing', otherwise he would have doubts.

Luo Qingqing was slightly stunned, and stroked the plot, and then said tentatively: "So, the emperor doesn't like the prince?"

"How come?!" Li Baiyu looked shocked, as if asking: How could you have such an idea.

He said: "The Holy Majesty and the former empress are deeply in love, and there is only one heir, the abolished prince, how could he not like the prince..."

Luo Qingqing wanted to say... She has changed her mind a lot.

Not to mention, parents are true love and children are accidental circumstances.

What if there is another bloody plot, the mother dies, and the father blames the fault on the son and daughter. He has been awkward, beaten and kicked for many years, and finally on the day when the son and daughter belched, he repented...

This is very possible.

But before she had time to say it, Li Baiyu said first: "If the Holy Majesty hates the prince, he can take advantage of the prince's rebellion and have the prince die."

He said: "If it wasn't for the bad influence of this incident, and the fact that a group of people led by the prime minister knelt down and begged to severely punish the prince, the Holy Majesty would not be able to turn his face against the officials, but if he had a tough attitude, he would change the death penalty to exile, which is barely considered caring." For the face of those old ministers, I am afraid that the abolished prince will only be banned from the East Palace..."

The deposed prince was banned from the East Palace, and the new prince might not have a chance to move in.

"Later, when the Holy Majesty got the chance, he directly and forcefully arranged the deposed prince who was on the road to exile to Anzhou Prefecture for house arrest."

Li Baiyu said: "It is said to be under house arrest... But you should have seen that the deposed prince is very free now. I believe it will not be long before he will be able to walk freely within the Anzhou Prefecture in a fair manner!"

Luo Qingqing always felt that when Li Baiyu mentioned Cheng Yue's house arrest, his tone was a bit resentful.

"That's really weird..." she said.

The intricate relationship between the Dajing court and the court, if it is true, she will not be able to fix it.

The emperor likes to abolish the prince, the only legitimate son who was born to the former empress.

The prime minister wanted to kill the prince's nephew...

The emperor had extra trust in the prime minister.

The emperor trusts the prime minister?

Luo Qingqing paused, and then said in surprise: "The emperor really trusts the prime minister?"

"That's right..." Li Baiyu said: "This is something that is well known to all civil and military officials in the court."

He also said: "It's not that no one has impeached the prime minister for many inappropriate things in the past, but they were all said by the saint: I believe in the prime minister...he was dismissed."

Later, everyone realized the fact that no matter how many outrageous things the Prime Minister did, the Holy Majesty would not deal with it...not even a word of scolding.

"Is this called trust?"

Luo Qingqing was a little speechless: "It's not too bad to kill!"

She didn't feel at all that the emperor trusted the prime minister, and wished that he was almost dead...

But why did the prime minister insist on putting Cheng Yue to death?

And what role did the emperor play in this?
Add to the flames?Behind the scenes?Or watch the fire from the other side and push the boat with the current...

(End of this chapter)