Phoenix that can't smile

Chapter 247
"Who is it?" Concubine Ge stared into Concubine Jin's mysterious eyes in amazement. "It's Lianxiang from the palace! This girl is not only strong in martial arts, but also thoughtful. Last time, Yunniang pretended to be her and sneaked into the palace to take us as hostages. If this girl hadn't seen it with her own eyes, the king would not Maybe it's so easy to believe, this palace and the king have been husband and wife for more than ten years, but in the end, this is how he treats us!" Concubine Jin said angrily.

"Your Majesty, this is too much, sister, what should we do now?" Concubine Ge said in a daze.

"Once the King has a heart-to-heart knot with a person, that person is dead. Whether it's Dutu, or Uncle Sun, our Wang family has been ups and downs for many generations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, going through life and death, but in the end, so what? Not only was the house raided and the family destroyed, but also intentionally or unintentionally suppressed and divided. My whole life was dedicated to the man Ming Gong, the emperor of Zhou. But in the end, he wanted my life and all my hopes. Such a king, Is it still worthy of our allegiance?" Concubine Jin closed her eyes, and said with a sigh of resentment.

"Sister, let's do it this way, sister, I will always follow the example of my sister!" Concubine Ge tightly held Imperial Concubine Jin's wrist, and spoke righteously.

In the Water Dragon Shuren Hall of Chaoyang Palace, the senior official Cheng Rong and the prime minister Lu Kai waited impatiently for Ming Gong to be summoned.

"My lords, Your Majesty is fishing in Jianjia Palace, please wait for a moment." The imperial eunuch Xiao Ruzi stepped forward respectfully and replied.

"For example, my father-in-law, the Jianjia Palace is not far from here. The ministers just want to say that state affairs are the most important thing. Here in the Shuilong Shuren Palace, the ministers have already sent more than one hundred urgent memorials. Please come here, sir. There is absolutely a hundred thousand urgent things to report."

Cheng Rong clasped his hands anxiously and asked Xiao Ruzi.

"Alright, alright, my lords, take care of me, and I will go back to the king!" Xiao Ruzi smiled all over his face, and walked away in a hurry. After a while, Ming Gong's Luanjia arrived at the Shuilong Shuren Hall, and just saw Cheng Rong and Lu Kai. He asked loudly: "You two lovers, what happened? Why are you so excited?"

Cheng Rong wept and handed in the memorial: "My lord, due to the ineffective reform, the new tax law for the first time imposed too much money and taxes, and there was a civil uprising in the south. Some people supported Fuhai, the king of Jin who was sent to the border, as the emperor, and captured several lands in a row. The city, the front of the army goes straight to Gyeonggi!"

"What? How did this happen? Not only the landlords and rich families opposed the reform, but now even the common people have risen up, and dare to abolish the King Jin? What do you say? I have more than hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Dazhou , Why are you raising them? Immediately send troops, and wipe out everything in one fell swoop!" Mingong was almost out of breath.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Recently, there are reports from various places. Lawless people continue to spread rumors everywhere, advocating heresy and crooked ways to slander. They spread a word everywhere, which is called, Baosi died in the week!" Lu Kai then said embarrassingly play road.

"Baosi died in the week? Why does this sound so familiar to the widow? After so many years, it is still spreading wantonly. You are an idiot. Lu Kai, you give an order immediately, and if you find out that there are rumors spreading, you must arrest and punish the culprit!" Ming Gong His face was livid with anger.

"Your Majesty, so many strange things that have happened recently are due to insufficient reforms. Some good measures have been taken over by incompetent local officials and have become completely unrecognizable. Severely punish dereliction of duty and corruption, and carry out financial reforms cleanly!" Cheng Rong finally begged tearfully.

Minggong looked at Cheng Rong helplessly, and couldn't help but burst into anger: "Cheng Rong, what are you still arguing about? If the reform hadn't angered some wealthy nobles who were loyal to the widow, how could it have caused such a major event as a mutiny? Needless to say, make an order immediately , the financial reform will be slowed down, the land will be measured, and that’s it!”

"Your Majesty, absolutely not. Now is the critical time for reform. Your Majesty is of course a unified power now, but if you give up halfway in order to bribe the rich and nobles, the country's laws and regulations will definitely be corrupted!" Cheng Rong knelt down and persuaded .

"Cheng Rong, have you made a mistake? Is it the emperor or the law of the country? The emperor of the Great Zhou is the law of the country. Since the widow is already in power, are you afraid that there will be no law of the country?" Ming Gong couldn't help laughing out loudly. .

"Your Majesty, if you think this way, I will be punished by death!" Cheng Rong kowtowed immediately.

Minggong couldn't laugh or cry, pointed at Cheng Rong and said, "Master Cheng Rong, you are old too, why are you always timid? From this point of view, you are worse than Qutu. After all, Qutu can also lead troops to fight and give the widow To put down the rebellion, if I see it, send Qutu, I want to see for myself that Qutu will lead my army to cut off the heads of the rebels!"

"Your Majesty! Please think twice!" Cheng Rong fell to the ground, and Ming Gong couldn't help being very annoyed, he waved his sleeves and left the hall.

"Your Majesty, what was the noise outside the Nuan Pavilion just now? Why did that old man cry?" At this moment, from inside the Nuan Pavilion, stretched out a pair of immature hands, gently raised the curtain, and asked Ming Gong quietly.

"Kids, don't interrupt!" Ming Gong angrily pressed his hands, and went back to the bedroom, the door of the Shuilong Shuren Hall was suddenly closed.

"Your Majesty, I don't know why, the king has become more and more self-willed recently, and he can't make up his mind about the terms of reform. In order to unify the administration of the world and centralize power, the king is impatient to remove the local princes and send his close officials to the local area. To collect taxes, please the empress must persuade the king, the Great Zhou is not a prosperous time, please calm down!" In Jianjia Palace, Cheng Rong, Lu Kai, and more than half of the six veterans knelt in circles in the Jianjia Palace. In front of Si's bedchamber, she cried and begged to be summoned.

"My lords, get up!" All of a sudden, the maids opened the thin curtains, surrounded by emerald green light, and the amiable Bao Si came out lightly, and kindly asked everyone to get up, and said leisurely: "I am just a female generation. I shouldn't be inquiring about the government affairs outside, but you are all Si'er's old friends, and the king is Si'er's husband. Besides, the rumors and gossips spreading everywhere have something to do with me, so I dare to Let’s talk about it. In fact, the unity of the king’s power is not a bad thing, but it is an act of creativity. The reason for my great Zhou’s internal and external troubles for so many years is that the localities are in their own way, and the imperial edicts cannot reach the whole country. Therefore, unity is strong, tyrannical A division is weak, but the king does not enact effective national laws, is too obsessed with power, and does not attack the powerful landlords enough. This is the fault of the king. My lords, the king is also a human being. He likes to listen to good things and hates to hear bad things. My lords, I also ask you to support the king's achievements and give appropriate advice to the king's mistakes. In this way, if the king still refuses to listen, Si'er will come forward in person and ask the king to accept advice! "

"The empress is wise!" All the ministers were convinced.

(End of this chapter)