The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, more than ten or twenty years ago, there were many rebels in the previous dynasty, and some rebels who called themselves emperors and kings.

Before the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the first emperor led his brothers and sons to destroy many rebels and civil rebels from the previous dynasty.By the time Emperor Wu of Zhou came to the throne, the rebels and civilian rebels from the previous dynasty had almost been wiped out.

Han Zhong escaped the fate of being wiped out because he ran to Shu.As for Dong Jin, he is like a rat in the gutter, hiding in the invisible "gutter".

For more than ten years, Emperor Wu of Zhou has been looking for Dong Jin and his accomplices, but they have never been found.

It stands to reason that a group of people like Dong Jin are easy to find, but they can't find them.Emperor Wu of Zhou guessed that someone deliberately protected them so that they could not find them.

Although the Great Zhou Dynasty had been established for more than ten years and basically took back the territories that were fragmented during the previous dynasty, the court's deterrence did not completely reach all states.

Yangzhou has been the most fertile area in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.Here, there are many wealthy businessmen and centuries-old families, as well as literati and students.

Although these dignitaries surrendered to the Great Zhou Dynasty, they did not sincerely submit to the Great Zhou Dynasty.Yangzhou was far away from the capital Tiangao Emperor, and these people colluded with each other to hide certain things from the court, and even resisted the court.

It is normal for these people to deliberately conceal Dong Jin's trace from the court, or deliberately favor Dong Jin.Or they cooperated with Dong Jin to fight against the imperial court.

Emperor Wu of Zhou knew what the situation in Yangzhou was like a long time ago, but because Yangzhou was too far away from the capital, and these aristocratic families in Yangzhou were no worse than those in the capital, it was not easy to move them.Furthermore, one hair will move the whole body.

If you want to deal with these "local snakes" in Yangzhou, you have to be patient and give them a fatal blow.Emperor Wu of Zhou never thought of destroying these wealthy businessmen and powerful families in Yangzhou with one move, which is unrealistic.

These rich merchants and aristocratic families have existed for hundreds of years, and their power is very large.Although they were exploited by Emperor Xia Ling of the previous dynasty, the emaciated camels were bigger than horses, and it was impossible to kill them with one blow.

At the end of last year, Emperor Wu of Zhou received a secret letter and learned that Dong Jin was in Yangzhou and was hidden by those powerful families in Yangzhou.He began to plan and arrange everything, and deliberately sent Xie Shi to Yangzhou to quell the chaos.

He had already guessed that Xie Shi's going to Yangzhou to suppress the rebellion would not go smoothly, and those wealthy businessmen and powerful families would secretly hinder Xie Shi's suppression of the rebellion.

Xie Shi's going to Yangzhou to quell the chaos was just a pretense, a pretense to test the wealthy businessmen and powerful families in Yangzhou.Of course, it was still a fishhook that led Dong Jin out.

As long as Dong Jin is drawn out, the imperial court can use him as an excuse to clean up the "local snakes" in Yangzhou.Although it can't deal a fatal blow to the local snakes, it can hit them hard so that they don't dare to fight against the imperial court anymore and obediently submit to the imperial court.

One of the most important reasons is that the imperial court must completely take down Yangzhou.In this way, Yangzhou's grain, salt, and iron ore can be completely controlled by the imperial court.

At present, these things in Yangzhou are controlled by wealthy businessmen and powerful families.They deliberately concealed the court, and only took out a little perfunctory court every time.

After taking Yangzhou completely, Emperor Wu of Zhou will send officials from the capital to manage Yangzhou.Now the officials in Yangzhou are basically the children of the powerful family, which means that the entire officialdom in Yangzhou is controlled by the powerful family.

The situation in Yangzhou is very complicated. If you don't plan and arrange it well, you can't deal with these wealthy businessmen and powerful families.

For Emperor Xian and Emperor Wu of Zhou, who were born in peasants, what they hated most was the aristocratic family.Since ancient times, powerful families have occupied the officialdom, and their power is strong.They have to cooperate with these aristocratic families, and they have to pretend to be snakes with them.

Before his death, the first emperor repeatedly told Emperor Wu of Zhou that he wanted to fight against the arrogance of the aristocratic families, that they could no longer let the aristocratic families control the fate of the Great Zhou, and that the children of poor families should enter the officialdom.

In order to let the children of poor families enter the officialdom and break the monopoly of the powerful families, the first emperor asked the Li family to establish Taixue.

Taixue is open to students from all over the world, regardless of their background, as long as they are talented, they can enter Taixue to study.If you perform well in Taixue, you can enter the officialdom.

Taixue has been established for more than ten years, and currently it has imported some children from poor families for the imperial court.Although the power of these humble children is still unable to fight against the famous family, Emperor Xian and Zhou Wudi believe that when the poor family grows stronger in the future, they will be able to resist the powerful family.

Zhao Yao didn't know about the extremely complicated situation in Yangzhou.He just went to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion from Xie Shi but failed for a long time. He noticed that there was something strange about the rebellion in Yangzhou.If it wasn't for his grandfather's family in Yangzhou, he wouldn't have invited Lai Qian and Lai Xi to go to Yangzhou to learn about the situation.

Laiqian and Laixi stayed in Yangzhou for a while, and heard a lot from their friends, and they themselves heard a lot of things, but they are animals after all, no matter how smart they are, they are not as smart as humans, and they cannot understand The meaning behind what they see or hear.

After Zhao Yao heard what Laiqian and Laixi said, a storm arose in his heart. He didn't expect the situation in Yangzhou to be so dangerous.

[By the way, Yaoyao, that Han Zhong exchanged salt for Yangzhou grain seeds. ] Laixi almost forgot about it.

"Exchange salt for grain seeds?" Zhao Yao exclaimed in astonishment, "Isn't there salt in Yangzhou? Why do you still exchange salt with Shu?" As far as he knows, Yangzhou has the most salt in the entire Jiangnan region.It seems that Yangzhou salt is sold in many places, even in the capital there are shops selling Yangzhou salt, and the business is very good.The salt his second uncle ate was Yangzhou salt.The salt used in the palace is also the high-quality salt that Yangzhou paid tribute to.

The capital also has its own salt, but the salt in the north seems not as good as the salt in Yangzhou.He has never tasted the salt in the capital, but he heard from Tong Xi that the salt in the capital is a bit bitter.

The salt tribute from Yangzhou was naturally for the masters of the palace, eunuchs and court ladies were not qualified to eat it.The salt that Tongxi and the others eat is the salt produced in the capital itself.

Laixi said, "I don't know about that." 】

Zhao Yao frowned and said to himself, "Could it be that the salt in Shu is better than the salt in Yangzhou? Or do they want more salt to do something?"

Then again, what can salt do?
No, what big things can salt do?
He felt that those rich merchants and famous families in Yangzhou definitely had a lot of plans for salt.Let the second uncle write a letter to the grandfather, and let the grandfather investigate this matter secretly.

Liang Zhaoyi saw that Zhao Yao didn't come to the dining room for a long time, so she had to come out and call him.

"Yaoyao, it's time for lunch."

"Oh, here we come." Zhao Yao touched Laiqian and Laixi's little heads, and said with a smile, "You guys can tell me after I finish my lunch."

【it is good. 】

Zhao Yao walked up to Liang Zhaoyi, and said to her with a heavy tone: "Mother, the situation in Yangzhou is more serious than we imagined, and it is also more dangerous than we imagined."

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi's heart sank suddenly, and she immediately said, "Let's talk after lunch."

When the fifth princess saw Zhao Yao, she asked him strangely why he didn't have lunch at Lanyuan Pavilion.

Some time ago, Zhao Yao had lunch at Lanyuan Pavilion every day, and the fifth princess was very unhappy.

Zhao Yao had something on his mind, so he ignored the ridicule of the fifth princess.

Seeing that Zhao Yao didn't quarrel with her, the fifth princess was surprised, and immediately asked with concern: "Tenth brother, what's the matter with you, you were scolded by the master, or were you beaten?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yao rolled his eyes at Princess Fifth indecently, "Sister Fifth, do you expect me to be beaten or scolded by my husband?"

"Who told you not to study well." The fifth princess laughed at Zhao Yao unceremoniously, "Without the fourth brother and the eighth brother protecting you, you must be scolded and slapped by the husband every day."

"I'm disappointed in you, there are no fourth brother and starling, and I was not beaten and scolded by my husband."

The fifth princess wanted to say something more, but Yu Meiren gave her a look, and she didn't dare to say anything more.

Yu Meiren and Pan Cairen were a little curious about Lanyuan Pavilion, and kept asking Zhao Yao about Lanyuan Pavilion during the meal.

Zhao Yao told them some interesting things in Lanyuan Pavilion.Of course, including his stealing orchids.

"By the way, concubine mother, ask the small kitchen to make me steamed stuffed buns with orchids tonight."

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhaoyi shook her head helplessly: "You..."

"Tenth Brother, He Xiang must hate you to death."

"I didn't steal He Xiang's precious orchids." Zhao Yao said confidently, "I took ordinary orchids, He Xiang shouldn't hate me."

"Fried orchids to eat, stuffed buns with orchids, tenth brother, you are definitely No. 1 in the world."

Zhao Yao smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment."

The fifth princess curled her lips and said, "I didn't praise you."

"Fifth sister, it seems that you didn't eat orchids with me." Zhao Yao said angrily, "If you have the ability, don't eat orchids next."

Fifth Princess: "..." Actually, orchids are quite delicious.

Seeing that the fifth princess stopped talking, Zhao Yao gave her a contemptuous look.

The fifth princess was so angry that she was about to say something to Zhao Yao when she was warned by Poppy: "Eat well and don't talk."

After lunch, Poppy Poppy and Pan Cairen returned to their palace.

Liang Zhaoyi and Zhao Yao went to the study.

Laiqian and Laixi continued to talk about what they knew.

Liang Zhaoyi and Zhao Yao had serious expressions after listening.

Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi in detail what they had told him before the money came.

Liang Zhaoyi frowned when she heard this, and said with a serious expression, "I didn't expect people from Yangzhou to collude with Dong Jin and Han Zhong."

"Mother and concubine, did the father know about these things, so he deliberately sent Xie's family to Yangzhou to suppress the rebellion?" Xie Shi went to Yangzhou to rebel for more than half a year, and there was no progress, but the father was not angry, nor did he send Xie Shi Called back, and did not send other people to quell the rebellion in Yangzhou, which is too strange, unless the father knew the situation in Yangzhou a long time ago, and deliberately sent Xie Shi to Yangzhou to quell the rebellion.

"You should know." Liang Zhaoyi said with emotion, "No wonder the rebellion in Yangzhou has not been put down for a long time."

Zhao Yao suddenly thought of something, his face changed drastically, and he said in a low voice: "Mother, the people in Yangzhou don't want to rebel, do they?" They are engaged in salt and iron mines to make weapons, which is definitely a rebellion. Otherwise, what are they doing?

Liang Zhaoyi also thought of this, and said with a very serious expression: "It is very possible." Otherwise, these things cannot be explained.

Zhao Yao gasped; "This... is too scary."

"Since your father knows the situation in Yangzhou, he will not allow such a thing to happen." Liang Zhaoyi was full of confidence in Emperor Zhou Wu, "Your father should be in control of Yangzhou's affairs."

"That's good, but grandfather and the others are still very dangerous, and we still have to remind grandfather to be careful."

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