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Chapter 439 Li Xiuzhu meets Guo Jing = has bad intentions
After Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, some people immediately looked uncomfortable.

Obviously these people have guilty consciences. If not them, it must be their family members who are related to the case.

Of course, everyone present is a veteran. Even if something is exposed, you have to have evidence.

Li Xiuzhu noticed the faces of several people and planned to wait for someone to follow them and investigate.

"Do you have anything else to report?"

Hearing this, the Minister of Household Affairs said: "Your Majesty, I haven't been able to plant the crops this year. It seems that the production will be reduced this year. Regarding grain, should we lower the price, or...?"

This was decided by Li Kuo when he was still in office, and everyone basically knew the result of this matter.

Li Xiuzhu heard this and said, "First buy the grain at the market price and collect a batch of grain."

"If you don't want to sell it, then find a few typical houses to confiscate."

Everyone was stunned when they heard Li Xiuzhu's words. Today they also saw the ruthless side of the new king.

After a while, those people who had some small thoughts put away their small thoughts.

If such a ruthless person is caught, [-]% of the time he will die, not just himself.

At the same time, those who had food at home and were ready to wait and see also put aside their small thoughts and no longer planned to bargain with Li Xiuzhu.

However, what they didn't expect was that even so, they still did not escape Li Xiuzhu's sanctions.

"The king allows you to collect grain five times the annual consumption of your family. If this amount is exceeded, please don't blame me for being unkind."

At this moment, the ministers who had planned to stock up on thousands of stones of food and grass suddenly became numb.

No matter how large the family is, if there are 100 people in the family, it will only cost [-] dan per year.

And even if you include maids and servants, there aren't many families with more than 50 people.

"Here, isn't this too small, Your Majesty?"

Hearing this, Li Xiuzhu looked at the speaker with confusion and said, "Have you forgotten our appointment in Siam?"

"When Siam is conquered, there will be no shortage of food and grass. Why are you buying so much food?"

“The food becomes more and more stale as it is stored, even if it is stored for more than two years, it will not be as good as before.”

"Instead of letting go, why not help the people? And we also need food and grass support when we send troops."

Hearing this, the man said with a troubled expression: "But we haven't conquered Siam yet..."

Li Xiuzhu understood what this meant.

"Why, are you doubting the combat effectiveness of my Great Zhou army?"

"Okay, that's it for now."

Li Xiuzhu's words made more than a dozen officials who had not yet spoken look embarrassed, but most officials still agreed with Li Xiuzhu's words.

That is, this regent is too domineering and even more arbitrary than when the late emperor was still alive.

"Is there anything else?"

When big things are gone, small things will naturally happen.

"The Queen Mother, the Empress, and the Prince, there is an sudden illness in Xianfeng County. What arrangements does the Prince have?"

Hearing this, Li Xiuzhu said, "Official positions below the seventh rank will be decided by the imperial study, and above the seventh rank will be decided by the Queen Mother and the Empress. There is no need to ask me about this kind of thing in the future."

This was a test, and the results of the test were naturally satisfactory to all officials.

The reason why they asked at the higher level was because last year Li Kuo suddenly intervened in the appointment of low-level officials.

At first, they thought these people were from His Majesty's lineage, but upon investigation, they discovered that most of them were merchants.

Thinking of the emperor's rich treasury, many people understood.

Although no one dared to say anything, many people who were loyal to Dazhou were worried that their roots would be rotten because of this.

If Li Xiuzhu still intervenes in appointing officials, they will have to make an argument.

The morning meeting ended like this.

Li Xiuzhu was not in a hurry to leave, but had dinner with Ruan Wenjun and Xiao Rongyu.

"It's your first time attending a court meeting. Are you still used to it?"

Xiao Rongyu smiled when he heard this. "With the prince helping me, I and the Queen Mother don't need to say anything. I am naturally used to it."

Xiao Rongyu also said: "Rongyu is right, and the Ai family also thinks it's okay."

Li Xiuzhu said: "I can't be in the palace all the time, and you can't completely count on me."

"So in the future, we must learn to think independently. It is best to think about issues from the emperor's perspective."

"Think about how the proposal can benefit the country, and think about how it can benefit yourself."

"Remember that the national interest is more important than anything else, but you cannot lose your own interests."

"For example, someone is blackmailing you into getting married."

"We can't compromise at this time, we can only fight."

"No reconciliation, no cession of territory, and no compensation are the bottom line."

Li Xiuzhu didn't say anything about the emperor guarding the country and the king dying in the country.

Let two women guard the country and die for the country?

He couldn't do it, and he wouldn't let anyone else do it. It's not like there was no one left in Dazhou.

Upon hearing this, the two women's eyes lit up, and they mistakenly thought that Li Xiuzhu was pointing at them.

If someone bullies orphans and widowed mothers like them, that's it.

For a moment, the two people looked at Li Xiuzhu with bright eyes.

If not for the many people watching, Xiao Rongyu couldn't help but want to give her his own kiss.

"What the prince said, both Ai Jia and Rong Yu have taken note of it."

"The food is cold, let's eat it."

By the time Li Xiuzhu left the palace, it was already a quarter past three in the afternoon.

Instead of going home, he went to the Mitōmon Dungeon.

Because he was wearing court clothes, people recognized him as the prince as soon as he got out of the car.

Gold moiré shirt, goldfish bag.

"The next official sees the Regent."

Now there is only one prince in the world, the new regent, so even though he has never met Li Xiuzhu, the other party still called him regent immediately.

Li Xiuzhu said: "Where are the Guo Jing and his entourage that I sent here a few days ago?"

"Your Majesty, please follow me."

This is not the first time Li Xiuzhu has come to Yudaomen Prison, so he is very familiar with it.

Because of Grandmaster Guo Jing's strength, he was imprisoned in the fourth underground floor at the bottom. He was also the only Grandmaster-level prisoner imprisoned in Yu Dao Sect.

When Li Xiuzhu saw Guo Jing, Guo Jing not only had a broken bone, but also had many injuries on his body.

It was obvious that he was injured after being interrogated, but the wound had scabbed over, so it seemed that he had been greeted by his father-in-law when he came two days ago.

At this time, Guo Jing had his eyes closed, and the expression on his face was neither sad nor happy, as if he had no regard for life or death.

Before Li Xiuzhu could speak, the captain of the sword guard team who brought him in had already opened the cell door.

"My lord please."

"Go back!"

"Yes, if the prince has something to do, just pull this rope. I will guard it on the third floor."

Everyone in the capital knew about Li Xiuzhu's martial arts training, so the sword guard didn't worry too much.

Guo Jing heard the sound when the cell door opened and was looking at Li Xiuzhu.

He immediately recognized Li Xiuzhu, who was dueling with him that day, and a trace of guilt appeared on his face.

This feeling of guilt was not for Li Xiuzhu, but for Fu Wenhan.

Because Fu Wenhan had seen him the day before yesterday, he also knew that he had accidentally injured a good person.

(End of this chapter)