Rebirth of the scholarly lady

Chapter 357 Unbelievable
Concubine Lian was furious and gritted her teeth secretly: Nan Surou, why do you like to fight against Ben Gong?

Nan Surou stared at the teacup in her hand very calmly, she knew the queen mother's thoughts very well, so she threatened the queen and suppressed her temper by the way.

And just at this embarrassing moment, the eunuch outside sang an announcement: "The emperor has arrived——"

Everyone stood up to greet them.

Nan Surou bowed her head, leaving only the corner of her eye to look at the person coming.

The emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, walked in at a leisurely pace, and called out to the queen mother.

He turned his head and said to the crowd, "Let's all get flat."

The emperor sat down and stared at Nan Surou.

Nan Surou looked directly into the emperor's eyes without revealing any cowardice. It stands to reason that the emperor has been in a high position all year round, so no matter how you say it, he also has a bit of intimidating momentum and a calm temperament, but Nan Surou never met the emperor for the first time. From the beginning to this time, there was no sign of cowardice at all.

The emperor didn't care about it before, but now he is a little concerned.

The emperor carefully looked at Nan Surou, only to think that Nan Surou looked like a child and hadn't grown up yet. It was unbelievable that such a young child could come up with an idea to solve the riots in the disaster area that even the advisers could not solve. .

The emperor looked directly at Nan Surou, and said bluntly: "I have already read the notes sent by the empress, you can see that there are problems with those strategies?"

Originally, the emperor wanted to directly ask how to deal with the current riots, but now that he saw Nan Surou himself, he was a little skeptical. Because of doubts, he had to ask from the beginning. You don't need to listen to her, more than that, you have to count her as a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Nan Surou nodded calmly and said: "Yes, if such a strategy is actually implemented, there will be problems."

"Oh? Tell me, what will go wrong, and what is your basis?" the emperor said calmly.

"A few days ago, my daughter-in-law went to Jingkun Palace to pay her respects to the empress, and His Royal Highness happened to be there, and he said with joy that the son of the Ninth Prince's subordinate, Mr. Ji, had come up with a good plan for disaster relief. At that time, my daughter-in-law didn't take it seriously. In fact, I am also very happy that the disaster area can solve the food problem." Nan Surou said flatly: "However, after the minister returned to the mansion, she reported the actual situation of the victims to all halls, and kept circling in her mind what His Royal Highness said. Strategies, and suddenly found that there are big loopholes in these strategies.”

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Say."

"Mr. Teng is extremely talented, and he is a rare scholar who cares about the country and the people. These strategies can indeed alleviate the disaster in theory. The world is suffering, and I have never personally experienced such a major disaster, so some negligence is inevitable." Nan Surou raised her eyes and said: "His Royal Highness told the courtiers that the victims of the disaster actually rioted after the implementation of those plans, and She also claimed that she did not receive relief, which highlights the biggest omission in those strategies, and my daughter-in-law asked His Majesty to grant immunity, so my daughter-in-law dared to tell the whole story."

The emperor immediately frowned, and said, "Speak up, I forgive you for your innocence."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Nan Surou said bluntly: "The biggest loophole in these strategies is the corruption of ink."

The emperor frowned: "Although I really don't want to admit it, there are indeed black apples among our officials, but before these strategies were implemented, the right and other people had already predicted this problem, and took precautions in advance, and asked people to investigate corruption. problem, but got nothing."

Although the emperor was a little annoyed at Nan Surou's blunt statement about "corruption of ink", he had to admit that this problem existed, and before those schemes were implemented, the Prime Minister also specifically mentioned it.

"Your Majesty is a wise king, of course he knows it well." Nan Surou said seriously.

Nan Surou understood the personality of the emperor in front of her. Except for the fragility caused by old age, he was impeccable in other aspects, neither arrogant nor rash, wise and wise.

However, the emperor said coldly: "It's not easy for you to know these things at such a young age, but even if you know the problem, it's useless if you can't come up with a solution. If you can't come up with a reasonable solution, please trouble me today to listen to the nonsense." It is the crime of deceiving the king!"

At this time, Concubine Lian, who was watching from the sidelines, already had a sneer expression on her face, and the empress was drenched in sweat after experiencing the shock just now.

Nan Surou lowered her eyebrows and said softly: "Your Majesty, there are officials who are corrupt in ancient and modern times, and they can't be killed. The reason why the officials who were sent to investigate the corrupt officials can't find out the problem is because the officials who are corrupt in ink are not fools, and it is impossible to understand. Knowing that someone came to investigate, he also exposed his shortcomings."

"You mean..." the emperor hesitated.

"In order to know how much rice should be sent to the disaster area, Kanehu sent spies to understand the situation of the victims, and found a wonderful phenomenon. When the imperial envoys arrived, the officials were always very considerate. Once the imperial envoys left, This is the end of the disaster relief. There is no food, no place to give out porridge, and even the pots used to cook porridge in the stove have been removed. If there is too much rice grain, it is necessary to use other things instead of rice to cook porridge. However, in the year of the disaster, even the bark and grass roots outside have been eaten up by the victims. The only things that can replace food are stones and soil. After eating this kind of porridge 'The victims of the disaster will be tossed to death, of course they will riot." Nan Surou lowered her head and said: "The number of officials sent by His Majesty to investigate is limited, and it is impossible to take good care of all of them. At least, they cannot be at the same time for twelve hours a day. A porridge kitchen was followed, but because of the limited food supply and the large number of victims, it is impossible for these officials to personally inspect every porridge pot, and mistakes will occur, which is really normal."

Kanehu naturally didn't send spies to investigate, but this kind of thing doesn't need to be investigated at all. Nan Surou, who has experienced such a disaster in her previous life, naturally knows how those greedy people will treat the poor people. These are what they are used to trick.

Knowing that the emperor had listened, Nan Surou continued: "This is just a problem caused by the porridge-giving plan. I believe that the rest of the court pillars have also analyzed it before sending out corruption-seeking officers to prevent it." The imperial envoy, however, all the superficial evidence has naturally been annihilated, and the victims of the disaster have been suppressed. They are very repulsive to the officials of the imperial court, and it is impossible to communicate with the imperial envoy, so the imperial envoy can't find out why."

The emperor's eyes widened after hearing this. He may have thought that those corrupt officials were too cunning, so that the officials sent down could not find out the problem, but he never thought that those who killed thousands of knives would toss to death with inedible food disaster victims.

If the imperial court did not provide relief rice, the victims might go into exile and go to other cities to beg for a living, but if there is a way to live on the spot, they are unwilling to leave their hometown. However, this disaster relief is an illusion, leaving the victims to die One, they can't survive anymore, both left and right are dead, the riot may still have a glimmer of life, so of course they choose to riot.

The emperor asked decisively: "Then tell me, what should I do!"

(End of this chapter)