back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 319

Lu Chengqi was stopped by Zhou Zhiruo, but he couldn't swallow that tone!Lu Chengqi felt that the hatefulness of human traffickers was even more heinous than any heinous crime. It was a cancer that undermined social stability and had to be eliminated!

"Your Majesty, you are the king of a country, how can you be so arrogant? The concubine just has this kind of suspicion, and there is no real evidence..." Zhou Zhiruo shook her head while persuading her.

Hearing this, Lu Chengqi restrained his anger a little bit, forced a smile, sat down again, and said: "Zi Tong is right, we don't know the real situation yet, and there is no use in being anxious. It seems that My self-cultivation is still not enough, I need to strengthen it!"

Zhou Zhiruo covered her mouth and smiled and said, "It's good that Your Majesty understands!"

Lu Chengqi said embarrassingly: "Let's finish dinner first..."

Before the words finished, Zhou Zhiruo "warned" him and said, "If Your Majesty brings food to the concubine again, the concubine will ignore you!"

Lu Chengqi's trick to defuse the embarrassment was seen through, he smiled silly, and picked up the bowl self-consciously, as if he regarded the rice as a human trafficker, and ate it in big mouthfuls.Not long after, Lu Chengqi, who turned his anger into appetite, finished his third bowl of rice, and at this time, Zhou Zhiruo, who ate slowly, finally finished her bowl of rice.

During the meal, Lu Chengqi already had a plan in his mind, and when Zhou Zhiruo wiped his small mouth with a silk handkerchief, he said slowly: "Kuizhou Road, Zizhou Road, Guangnan Road and Fujian Road are all located In the south, the imperial court is hard to reach. If you want to search, you have to rely on the Supervision Department. I have a plan, don't startle the snake, pretend that you don't know anything, and investigate secretly..."

After hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo used another silk handkerchief to gently wipe off the oil stains from the corners of Lu Chengqi's mouth, and then said: "Your Majesty may not know that those abandoned children have all been discounted, and the methods of those traffickers are extremely cruel. If it goes on, there will be more and more children that I fear will be victimized!"

Lu Chengqi was stunned, and the anger that had been suppressed with great difficulty suddenly burst out again: "It's unreasonable, it's unreasonable! Is there any king's law? Is there any law? I really think I'm blind and deaf, and the whole Dashun is left to these people Is it a scourge!"

Zhou Zhiruo saw that Lu Chengqi's anger had come up again, she quickly helped him to sit down, and said angrily, "Your Majesty!"

Lu Chengqi knew he had lost his composure, but how could he restrain his emotions when he was so angry?If Zhou Zhiruo hadn't been present, I'm afraid he would have really vented his anger.

The imperial cooks and eunuchs and maids outside the imperial dining room heard Lu Chengqi's faint roar, and couldn't help but thank Zhou Zhiruo. If the queen hadn't been righteous, they might have been scolded.Gratitude is nothing but gratitude, but I am still a little worried about the queen in my heart. The little emperor's temperament is so perverse, and only Zhou Zhiruo, who is as gentle as water, can bear it.

Zhou Zhiruo persuaded softly: "Your Majesty's anger is useless. The concubine has already ordered to go down and treat those abandoned children as much as possible. However, they have been traumatized for a long time, and the possibility of recovery is very small. The concubine can only do his best and obey the destiny..."

Lu Chengqi always felt that something was blocking him, making him unable to enjoy himself.Hearing Zhou Zhiruo's words, he suddenly said, "Zitong, do you think I have failed as the emperor?"

It's no wonder he asked this question. Recently, water thieves, pirates, and mountain bandits have been suppressed invincibly. Goryeo and Dashun have fallen out again. Corrupt officials seem to be showing signs of reappearing. Afterwards, Lu Chengqi's anger, helplessness, and self-sorrow were mixed together, which made him start to doubt himself.People are always fearless if they don't know. The more they know, the more they are restrained and the more they are in awe.

Zhou Zhiruo, who is good at observing and reading colors, knows that Lu Chengqi has doubted himself at this moment. If he does not guide him well, he may ruin a generation of emperors.She thought about it carefully, and gave an affirmative answer: "No, Your Majesty, you are the most wise and powerful emperor in our Dashun Dynasty since Wenzong! Think about it, you have only been on the throne for more than two years now, and you are the most powerful emperor! Manage the Dashun Dynasty in an orderly manner, the treasury is full, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and even the foreign enemies have been defeated by you. If you fail to be the emperor, then the Ming emperors of the past dynasties will be ashamed to death? Your Majesty, you are a bit Looks good. Although the ministers and concubines don't understand the principles of governing the country, they also know that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. There is no rush. Your Majesty is not as weak as the crown, but he has achieved this achievement. Given time, he will surely be famous in history!"

Zhou Zhiruo seemed to say a lot, but she didn't really say anything important.But Lu Chengqi insisted on this, and followed Zhou Zhiruo's thinking: "Yeah, the future is long, why am I anxious? If I can live another four or fifty years, I will definitely be able to bring China back on the right track."

Thinking about it this way, Lu Chengqi figured it out.People are not afraid of getting into a dead end, what is afraid is that they don't know how to quit after getting into a dead end.Having stabilized his mind, Lu Chengqi regained his former emperor's demeanor. After some consideration, he said slowly: "I have been taught what Zi Tong said. It is true that the south is beyond the reach of the Dashun court. In time, if we develop the south, why worry about the south not being prosperous? By then, the people will be stable, and there will be no more human tragedies such as selling children and selling girls.”

When he said this, Lu Chengqi thought to himself: "More than 900 years later, an old man drew a circle on the South China Sea and achieved a miracle in China. I am not inferior to him at the moment. I can draw a few circles. Isn't it too late?" Go to that great man! The opening of the seaport and the transfer of commercial ports will naturally drive the economy. It will radiate from the coast to the inland, and it will be another Jingzhao mansion! By the way, I don’t know where to build a dock for the construction of new warships. Isn't it time to make it clear!"

Zhou Zhiruo said: "The concubine doesn't know how to govern the country, so your majesty has to make up his mind. But the concubine has to remind your majesty that the Jiangnan area is vast and sparsely populated, and the miasma is pervasive. Many places are still in the wild. In addition, there are many natives, and it is not easy to do business. .Although it belongs to Dashun, the imperial court is ineffective. If this matter is not handled properly, there may be internal troubles, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Lu Chengqi was taken aback. He didn't have a deep impression of the South. He just remembered that he had learned in history books that during the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Zhao family moved south to Lin'an, and brought the technology of the Central Plains to the South, which promoted the development of the South. increase.Unexpectedly, he is also facing this problem now.

Lu Chengqi thought a lot for a while, but he still felt that there was no other way than to quickly boost the economy of the south by opening the seaport and increasing commercial ports.Of course, the farming potential in the south is huge, and Lu Chengqi will not fail to see this.In the era when the three eastern provinces were still under the control of the Liao Kingdom, the south was an important grain-producing area that the Central Plains could develop. Isn't there a saying that Suhu is cooked and the world is full!
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