After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Chapter 66

At that time, Mu Jingzhao had just ascended the throne not long ago, his foundation was not stable, and he was eager to prove himself.

Although the economy of Qingyuan County is prosperous, the economy is in the hands of the local gentry, and the income of the local people is miserable.

So after careful consideration, Mu Jingzhao promulgated the government-operated policy of salt and iron, firstly to take back the two favorites of the salt and iron business, and secondly to consolidate the regime and win the hearts of the people everywhere.

In order to implement this policy, Mu Jingzhao took great pains and pains, and specially dispatched Shen Tong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to deal with the matter in person.

What Mu Jingzhao didn't expect was that in just three days, Shen Tong had completely completed the matter. As a result, the Yantie government-operated policy began to be officially implemented in Gongguo.

Mu Jingzhao naturally knew that Shen Tong must have used some other means to complete this series of things so quickly.

As for the specific method, Mu Jingzhao also thought about the other party's ability to do things well, and he didn't want to go into it further.

However, Mu Jingzhao's peace of mind left endless troubles behind.

Once the wealthy salt merchants and iron merchants were seized of their wealth and power, they gradually became revengeful, and from time to time they would create some riots across the country to express their dissatisfaction.

Fortunately, these businessmen have accumulated deep grievances in the past, and have not been linked into a huge force.

For the troubles caused by the local tyrants, Mu Jingzhao has always focused on appeasement, thinking that if he gives the other party appropriate appeasement, the matter will gradually subside.

However, what he didn't expect was that after three years, these things did not calm down under his appeasement policy, but intensified instead.

And those relatively scattered gentry forces also seemed to understand that it would be difficult for them to do their own thing after all, and gradually moved towards unity, becoming a local force that cannot be ignored.

This matter has always been a heart disease that Mu Jingzhao can't calm down.

Lin Zheng nodded slightly, expressing his approval of Mu Jingzhao's statement.

"For such a big matter, what is it if he doesn't come to see me, but instead goes to see the imperial concubine?"

"Perhaps it is because you think that your majesty will consider your relationship with the imperial concubine."

Mu Jingzhao pinched his brows wearily. He was always unwilling to let Liu Jinfu participate in these troublesome things.

"He predicted that I would be forced to suppress by force in the end." Mu Jingzhao's frown tightened a little.

"General Liu just wants to pave the way for Mr. Liu." Lin Zheng paused for a moment, as if he was considering his words, "It's just that he was too eager."

When mentioning Liu Jinfu's elder brother, Mu Jingzhao's face was filled with contempt and disgust uncontrollably.

"That straw bag."

Lin Zheng didn't know how to start a conversation, so he also fell silent.

Mu Jingzhao frowned, and his face became more and more gloomy. He stretched out his hand, subconsciously wanting to reach for the disk in front of him, trying to take out a candied date from it and put it in his mouth.

Helpless, the plate was already empty.

Mu Jingzhao was in vain, and he withdrew his hand embarrassingly.

"Let's do it for now." Mu Jingzhao took a deep breath, as if he was still worried about not being able to eat candied dates, "Help me pay more attention to the imperial concubine these days, and notify me immediately if there is a vision .”

"Yes." Lin Zheng bowed in response.

"Now, I will see what tricks they can play on the concubine's birthday." Mu Jingzhao said in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

After that, Mu Jingzhao fell into a long silence, his brows were furrowed as if he was worried about something, and he didn't make a sound for a long time.

The air in the cold palace seemed to freeze completely following his silence.

Without Mu Jingzhao's order, Lin Zheng didn't dare to back down, so he stood silently with the two of them.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Your Majesty, this slave has something to ask for an audience."

Mu Jingzhao immediately recognized the words and let the maid in Jiangning Palace break the willow, so he came back to his senses and responded in the direction of the door.

"Enter."

After getting Mu Jingzhao's approval, Zheliu pushed the door open and walked quickly to Mu Jingzhao. Shi Shiran saluted Mu Jingzhao.

"What do you want to see me for?"

Mu Jingzhao raised his eyes to look at her, and saw that Zhe Liu's cheeks were flushed, and fine beads of sweat kept oozing from the corners of her forehead, and the hem of her skirt was still stained with some fresh mud.

"My mother asked the servant to tell the emperor that from now on, you can start to experience the hardships of farming."

Such a sentence made Mu Jingzhao instantly interested.

"Oh?"

Zhe Liu didn't change his expression and his heart beat, "Your Majesty said that farming starts with loosening and hoeing." Seeing Mu Jingzhao's interested appearance, Zhe Liu hurriedly made an inviting gesture to him, "Please, Your Majesty!" .”

Not long after Jiang Ning came out of Shuanghua Palace, he heard a sound of arguing and smashing porcelain in the palace.

Jiang Ning secretly thought something was wrong, so he quickly ran towards the cold palace.

Unexpectedly, just as she walked to the gate of her own palace, she saw a large group of palace people gathered at the gate of Lenggong, discussing something furtively on the gate of Lenggong.

She pinched her fingers and calculated that it was the time when she was telling a book, and everyone was so eager to appreciate her face, and they wanted to come and listen to the book.

Jiang Ning immediately beamed with joy, and stepped forward cautiously with his hands behind his back, ready to welcome the warm cheers from everyone.

However, no one noticed her presence until she reached the steps.

Jiang Ning was not discouraged, and coughed lightly at the crowd.

However, everyone still stared at the cold palace motionlessly.

She finally couldn't bear it anymore and said, "What are you all doing in front of this palace?"

Only then did everyone turn their heads to look at her as if waking up from a dream, but it was only for a moment, and then they turned their heads immediately.

Jiang Ning, who is usually used to servants who are not big or small, naturally doesn't mind. She stepped forward in two steps, imitating everyone but lying on the door frame and looking towards the direction of the hall.

In the courtyard of Lenggong, Zheliu and Mu Jingzhao each had a hoe digging the ground in a dignified manner.

One of them is teaching seriously and the other is studying hard, which is quite decent.

Jiang Ning nodded in relief, thinking that she had taught Zheliu for so long, and she finally made some progress.

The palace people beside him were all focused on Mu Jingzhao who was learning how to hoe, and they didn't notice Jiang Ning mixed into the crowd at all.

Regarding such a bizarre and absurd scene, the palace people naturally had endless discussions. Some people speculated that the emperor wanted to understand the suffering of the people, some bluntly said that this was the order of the empress Ning, and some said it was the conflict between the couple. The emperor suffered. punish.

In short, everyone insisted on their own opinions, and no one could convince anyone. They chatted endlessly.

"Do you want to know why the emperor did that?"

(End of this chapter)