Before exile, the imperial concubine emptied the palace

Chapter 75 Leading Emperor Liang to Doubt

Lin Xiaoyue calmly looked straight at King Jingnan, and replied: "King Jingnan, I am the servant girl of the eldest princess. Even if I want to be preached, I am also the eldest princess. Besides, there is the emperor sitting here. Everyone has no objections. You Why is a prince with a foreign surname talking about slaves here? Although slaves are maids, they are also maids in the eldest princess's house, and it depends on the master to beat a dog. King Jingnan, you really look down on my patriarch princess, right?"

King Jingnan was told that the breath in his chest could not go up or down, it was like a stick in his throat!
In the end, he turned his gun and asked Princess Mingzhu, "What a sharp-mouthed servant girl! Princess, do you really care about your servant girl? Are you not afraid of provoking someone you shouldn't provoke if you are so presumptuous?" ?”

Lin Xiaoyue felt the gaze from the eldest princess. She knew that the eldest princess was acquiescing to her behavior, so she directly replied for the eldest princess: "Prince Jingnan, our eldest princess has always been kind, pure and kind, and loyal to the emperor. Geng Geng, I care deeply about the common people. As servants, we all follow the teachings of the eldest princess. We never do evil to others, bully the weak and fear the strong, bully others with power, and take by force! It’s like we never lick our faces when we can’t grasp things insist!"

"You, you, you..." King Jingnan was so angry that he almost got angry. He pointed at Lin Xiaoyue's nose and couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. Finally, he shook his sleeves angrily and asked Emperor Liang for an explanation, saying: "Your Majesty, my minister I have never been so humiliated! You have to be the master of my minister!"

Emperor Liang didn't want to talk to King Jingnan at all, so he spread his hands out, ready to lean on the soft bed and close his eyes to rest, but as soon as his hands touched the robe, he felt something else underneath.

He took it out and saw that there were letters one after another, some of which were written by ministers of the DPRK and China.Don't ministers always write memorials?When did you write a letter to yourself?
I'm not that old yet, why do I have no memory at all?

Emperor Liang opened a letter in bewilderment, only to see the words "Jingnan King" written at the beginning, and the bottom part was full of transaction information about buying and selling officials.

Then, Emperor Liang opened another letter, which was still written King Jingnan, the content was how to divide the power of the Zhenguo government, and the signature was the prime minister - Gu Hanyu.

Then, Emperor Liang read all the letters, and the anger in his heart jumped three feet high, "Well, you are loyal! You should be called Jing hypocrisy, Jing is shameless! I even shared the power of King Zhennan with the prime minister in private, and I said that King Zhennan’s property is gone, why even his power in various places is gone, it turned out to be a good thing you did! Do you still want my country? ?”

King Jingnan couldn't believe it. He did all these things very secretly. He hid the only few letters in his study and never let people in. How could the emperor know about it?
He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to express his grievances, "Your majesty, I have been wronged! You will give me a hundred courage, but I dare not! Your majesty, please don't believe the slander of those villains!"

Emperor Liang directly smashed the letter in his hand to King Jingnan's face, bit his molars and cursed: "Open your dog eyes wide, did I wrong you!"

King Jingnan picked up the letter and looked at it, his face became very ugly. This was probably the worst fall he had ever suffered since he became an official in the court!

He took a deep breath and tried to argue for himself: "Your Majesty, you trust me. This is definitely someone who faked your handwriting to slander me. You followed the emperor through life and death. How could you do such a thing?"

Emperor Liang originally thought that King Jingnan was honest and honest. If the Zhennan King incident hadn't exposed his ambitions, he would have been kept in the dark forever!

This time, regardless of whether these letters are true or not, we must clean up this old fox and let him know what will happen if he looks ugly!
Emperor Liang shouted in a deep voice: "Come here! Put King Jingnan into prison and wait for his punishment!"

King Jingnan grabbed Emperor Liang's dragon robe and spoke quickly and authentically: "Your Majesty, this year's grain harvest is not considered a bumper harvest. If the army's food reserves are to be satisfied, the common people will have no food to eat. If the Emperor can give the minister a reformation Given the opportunity, I have a way to help the emperor through this difficult time!"

Emperor Liang has been receiving brochures from the local government recently, and he is also worried about this matter. Winter is coming soon. If the food problem is not solved, many people will freeze to death and starve to death. Young people have been conscripted to serve in the imperial court, which will severely damage the foundation of Dongsui Kingdom!
But if you don't get rid of King Jingnan, even if you leave a disaster by your side, it will be very detrimental to the court!
Emperor Liang said sarcastically with anger, "I've had people do the calculations, and it's still not enough to distribute all the grain in the treasury to the people! Could it be that your Jingnan Palace has more money than my treasury?"

King Jingnan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I dare not! But I will personally lobby officials and wealthy businessmen from all over the country. If the people cannot get through this winter safely, I am willing to apologize with death!"

Emperor Liang glanced at Princess Mingzhu and asked, "Princess Princess, what do you think?"

Princess Mingzhu understands Emperor Liang's dilemma. One side is the people, and the other side is the moths of the court. Both sides are very difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, the most important thing is that the people can have enough to eat. If the people are in chaos, then Dongsui will be destroyed The days are not far away!

But if King Jingnan is allowed to lobby officials and wealthy businessmen from various places, in case the food fails to lobby, and he uses the power of these places to fight against the imperial court instead, the loss outweighs the gain!

Just when Princess Mingzhu and Emperor Liang didn't know what to do, Lin Xiaoyue thought of a way, and she said, "Princess Princess, I have a suggestion, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Princess Mingzhu asked curiously: "What? But it's okay to say!"

Lin Xiaoyue avoided Emperor Liang's look, lowered her head and said, "Those who buy officials have the money to buy officials, so give them a chance. If they each provide five thousand shi of grain, then the death penalty can be avoided, but the official If they each provide [-] jin of grain, they can continue to retain their official positions. In addition, if there are wealthy businessmen in Dongsui who are willing to donate more than [-] jin of grain, the emperor can give them an insignificant You should be a petty official."

"Of course, these official positions cannot be hereditary, and they do not participate in examinations for promotion. If they really serve the emperor, they can also give their descendants Chun Wei and Qiu Wei a chance to win people's hearts. This not only solves the problem of ordinary people eating, but also stabilizes the situation. .”

Princess Mingzhu happily patted Lin Xiaoyue on the shoulder, and praised: "This idea is good, should the emperor reward it?"

Emperor Liang stared at Lin Xiaoyue for a long time. Although this face looked strange, he always felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Did he have an illusion?
He walked up to Lin Xiaoyue unconsciously, reached out and lifted Lin Xiaoyue's chin, hoping to find the answer from this face.

(End of this chapter)