Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 160 The Death of King Shu

Li Jin and Ling Feng said a lot each in one sentence, and the children listened attentively.

Li Jin and Ling Feng are full of nostalgia for the prosperity of Chenjun, while the children are full of yearning for Chenjun in the past.

Ke Xiucai took advantage of this juncture to examine several children and asked them, "Do you think the imperial court ordered the closure of fortresses and forbidding trade with other countries? Do you think this will do more good than harm to the country and the people, or will it do more harm than good? This is the first lesson on your study tour.”

A few older people who had studied in private schools began to discuss it, and the argument became more and more fierce later on.

The younger members of the Yang family are much more unified in their opinions.

In short, in one sentence, this is particularly bad, because in this way they will not be able to see the blond-haired and green-eyed foreigners that the prince's brother mentioned, which made them unable to see the market when they finally had the opportunity to come to Chen County.

Very bad for them.

Ke Muqing listened to the younger ones trying to seriously persuade their cousins ​​who felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, and even talked to the older ones until they ran out of words. Ke Muqing suddenly found this scene very funny.

Li Jin said, "The youngest son ascended to the throne with the support of the Queen Mother's party, and he was not born by the Queen Mother. There are many calculations between mother and son. When the Queen Mother is in power, she is afraid that princes like my father, who have close contacts with other countries, will use the opportunity to rebel. , so he came up with this trick and issued an order prohibiting trade. "

Ke Decheng shook his head and said, "You are young today and your power is on the sidelines. If the prince becomes more powerful and has close contacts with other countries, it will indeed threaten the imperial power. If the court is unstable and war breaks out, the people will suffer."

When Ke Muqing heard this, he said to the side, "Now the people are not suffering? The people sitting on top don't care about the people. Whatever orders they give are only to hurt the people, and they only protect the interests of the royal family."

After saying that, Ke Muqing noticed that Ke Xiucai was glaring at her, "Dad, it's useless for you to glare at me. That's the fact. You can't just rely on defense and blocking, but also on sparing. You just watched this blocking and didn't care about it." The survival of the people of Chen County, no matter how great the benefits are, is empty talk in the face of the interests of the people. The people are the foundation of a country. If the people prosper, the country will prosper. If the people suffer, the country will eventually perish. "

The people are not living well, and the imperial power will be overthrown sooner or later.

Throughout the dynasties, there are countless surnames on the throne.

After saying that, Ke Muqing shook her head and led the children to wash their hands.

Li Jin looked at Ke Muqing's back for a long time, then came back to his senses and said, "Ms. Yang is absolutely right."

Li Jin let out a long sigh, "The Queen Mother's birthday is coming this year, and everyone is preparing to celebrate her birthday. It is like this every year, with great things going on, and there is always a scene of singing and dancing in the capital. The civil and military officials in the DPRK seem to be unable to see the chaos outside the capital. Around the time of the Empress Dowager’s birthday, the collections sent in from various places were scrutinized more strictly than usual. If the collections were not presented as gifts to celebrate her birthday, they would not even be sent to the capital, and they would be sent back halfway. "

Ke Muqing immediately understood Li Jin's sigh. This feeling of separation was really scary, as if they didn't live in the same space.

What Li Jin saw was the suffering of the people in Chen County, but what he saw in Beijing was just the prosperity in Beijing.

It's not that everyone in the court couldn't see the scene outside the capital, it's just that they chose to see what they wanted to see and turned a blind eye to the natural disaster.

Ke Muqing patted Li Jin on the shoulder and was about to say a few words to comfort Li Jin, the royal relative, when he saw Ling Feng suddenly jump up on the wall and loudly said, "There are others in the city! There is smoke ahead!"

"Go and have a look!" Li Jin said immediately.

"Yang Yi, take five people with him to have a look." Ke Muqing said, "Be careful."

"Thank you, ma'am!" Li Jin accepted Ke Muqing's kindness, and after Ling Feng jumped off the wall, he led the people in the direction of the smoke. Ke Muqing waited for them to go out and immediately closed the door to quiet the children who were still playing.

"The people who will stay in the empty city at this time may be the fish that slipped through the gangster den that the prince and the others took away, or they may be people who come back to look for the prince." Ke Xiucai guessed.

Ke Muqing nodded. They had been gone for five days, but they had not met anyone who came back to look for the crown prince in these five days.

Afraid of disturbing the situation, Ke Muqing went to the kitchen and told Feng Ying and others not to worry about starting a fire to cook.

After about half a cup of tea, Li Jin and Yang Yi returned.

Several children rushed out when they heard the sound. They were so reckless that Feng Ying called him to the kitchen in time.

"Auntie, we're back." Li Jin opened the door and came in looking a little flustered.

"What happened?" Ke Muqing asked hurriedly, "Is someone injured?"

Li Jin shook his head, "No one was injured. It was the guards of the palace who made the smoke. They tore down the door of the house to use as firewood and were planning to make pancakes. When we passed by, we happened to see one of them putting medicine into the water bag, so he immediately He tied him up, and it was only after the first trial that he realized something serious had happened.”

Li Jin was flustered at the moment, "This guard is someone who has been placed in my Prince Chen's Mansion by the Crown Prince of Shu. My uncle, Prince of Shu, passed away more than a month ago. The Crown Prince of Shu kept it secret and was eyeing me, Chen County, waiting for my father." The king took his people to Shu County and threw themselves into a trap."

"It was his plan that Ling Feng and I fell behind. When my father's bodyguard discovered that I was missing, he wanted to look for me. However, he persuaded the bodyguard that I should take Lingfeng back to the city first. The bodyguard ignored him and insisted on going back to the capital. Looking back for me, he led his guards around the mountains for several days, and today they happened to be resting in the city and I bumped into them. "

Li Jin was so flustered that he said, "Counting the time, my father and the others may be coming to Shu County. What should we do?"

This question is out of line and Ke Muqing can't answer it.

This was a dispute over imperial power, something she had never learned before.

So Ke Muqing looked directly at Ke Xiucai.

Ke Xiucai's eyebrows twitched, and he almost exploded, "You rebellious girl, what do you think I am doing! I am a scholar! Not a god!"

"Look, I scared dad so much. Didn't I glance at dad subconsciously? Dad is the smartest person in our family."

Ke Xiucai snorted and turned around to talk to Li Jin.

"Chenjun has many mines. I'm afraid that the Prince of Shu is thinking about going to the mines in Chenjun. But I don't know yet whether the Prince of Shu plans to let you trade Chenjun's mines for your close relatives, or whether he plans to..."

"Dad, don't guess, it's the latter." Ke Muqing said, "The Crown Prince of Shu put chess pieces into Prince Chen's Mansion, and also designed the Crown Prince to get lost in the mountains. After so many days, if the Crown Prince and Ling Feng hadn't met us, , they must be all stunned now.”

"What do you mean?" Li Jin asked subconsciously when hearing this word for the first time.

"You mean dead." Ke Xiucai nodded to Ke Muqing, "Stop saying these weird words."

Ke Xiucai listened to it several times along the way before he understood what it meant.