Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

Xia Yuxiao didn't dare to draw conclusions on military affairs, so she chose to ask Qin Ji to help her.

"Yes, Your Majesty, General Bai and I will properly handle this matter."

Qin Ji said.

"Is there anything else?" Xia Yuxiao continued to ask.

"Sir, I have something important to report."

A minister stood up.

Xia Yuxiao took a look and recognized the other party. This is a middle-aged official. This guy's surname is Wu, and he works as a servant.

"Say."

"A total of 130 ministers and officials from the court and from all over the world have jointly signed a letter, imploring Your Majesty to strictly investigate Doctor Gu's crimes."

After saying this, not only Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji, but also other ministers in the court were dumbfounded.

There are multiple factions among the ministers in the court, and most of the factions on Qin Ji's side are considered to be emotionally stable. After all, it's just a letter, no matter how big the trouble is, it won't be an imminent matter.However, many other officials could not sit still.

The reason why he couldn't sit still was not because of the consultant Cheng, but because the 130 eight people jointly wrote a letter hoping to investigate the consultant Cheng, which shows that the consultant Cheng might have caused a lot of trouble outside.

"Oh?" Xia Yuxiao became aggressive, "Tell me, what crime did Doctor Gu commit?"

"Rong Chen reports."

Having said that, he unfolded the memorial book in his hand, and then read it:

"Dr. Xia's advisor Cheng, when he was an imperial envoy, abused his personal power everywhere in the name of His Majesty, acted recklessly, and criticized scholars and officials from all over the place, interfering in public affairs. His arrogance and domineering attitude is really corrupt and beyond the standard. Therefore, my minister I implore Your Majesty to investigate the responsibility."

After the waiter finished speaking, some officials echoed in the hall.

Seeing the current situation, Xia Yuxiao glanced at Qin Ji.

And Qin Ji happened to be looking at her.

The two understood each other.

Okay, the person surnamed Gu finally made this group of people anxious.

This time, the two of them went to protect the consultant Cheng. One of the reasons was to allow his surname Gu to stir up trouble in various places.

Sure enough, now that the two of them had successfully opened their eyes, this group of people finally couldn't stand it anymore.

Chapter 13 Accompanying the Throne

The more these people can't bear it now, the better it will be for Qin Ji.

Daxia's current system has reached the extreme. If it wants to continue to make breakthroughs, it cannot be accomplished by purely technological and scientific breakthroughs.

The exploiters are insatiable. The high development of science and technology will certainly bring great progress in productivity, but at the same time, if the problem of exploiting the common people by the exploiters is not solved, the achievements of the development of science and technology will be delayed. Feedback to the people.

Although the things that King Rongsheng considered at the beginning are not applicable to the present, but this is not a wrong idea. Daxia has indeed made great progress now-it has a wider territory, and has improved after the improvement of the Tianshi Mansion. In order to stabilize high-yield grain varieties, the iteration of farming methods and farm tools has also brought Daxia's grain production to a level that many countries cannot match.

But the life of the people has not improved much from the beginning of the founding of the Great Xia. It is nothing more than fewer people starving to death.

Is this not technical?no.The agricultural output of Daxia has increased a lot, and the crops and farming methods introduced from some western countries can also largely make up for part of the food shortage.

There are more people, but also more land. Many wastelands that seemed completely undevelopable before have been gradually transformed and developed, and the output has also increased rapidly.For example, last year's harvest, even in the case of problems in the grain-producing county of Hexi County, can still guarantee the basic food and clothing of the people across the country.

But the reality is that if there is no grain in the granary, let alone Hexi County, even many counties with slightly poorer harvests may starve to death.

One of the deadliest reasons is that the local gentry and officials, as well as quite a few "big households", controlled most of the harvest.The food that can reach the common people is extremely scarce, and the aristocratic families themselves control the local officialdom and market, and basically all the ways to make a living are blocked by them.

People are just working for them.

Qin Ji once told Xia Yuxiao about this matter a week after he came to this world, but Xia Yuxiao at that time obviously did not intend to resolve this matter immediately, after all, the political situation was not yet stable at that time.

At that time, most of the people he bought surplus grain for the official warehouse were rich local households, and the people who could take out the stored grain were basically areas with good weather year after year.

Now, although these local gentry officials can't be turned upside down, at least they should be hit a little bit. Xia Yuxiao had expected such a reaction from these officials.

"Since Doctor Gu is going to be strictly investigated, let's explain the situation."

Xia Yuxiao sat on it and said calmly.

"Yes."

Obviously, Wu Shizhong and his corresponding officials have done a lot of homework. Judging from the time, it is possible to gather so many people's joint letters, at least they have already started preparations years ago.

Wu Shizhong took out another small notebook with something densely written on it, and presented it to Xia Yuxiao.

Liu Songyao went down to take the notebook and put it in front of Xia Yuxiao.

"Qin Ji."

Sitting on her jade throne, she suddenly made a sound.

"The minister is here."

"Come up and have a look."

"Yes."

Qin Ji stepped forward respectfully, got to the seat, lowered his head, and stretched out his hands.

"Come up?"

"Ok?"

When Qin Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

No, you have already walked in front of your seat, how can you come up?

"Come to my side to see."

"..."

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were all silent.

Qin Ji looked at her expression for a long time, then sighed: "I obey."

But fortunately, although Xia Yuxiao's jade seat is luxurious and exquisite, it is more comfortable for one person to sit on it, but it may not be necessary for another Qin Ji to sit on it, so Qin Ji doesn't have to bother to speculate on the holy meaning, guessing whether she wants to stand on her own seat or not? Watching from the Jade Throne or sitting in the seat with her.

Ah, but if you think about it carefully, you shouldn't let him sit on the throne in front of the ministers, right? Isn't that a little bad?

Standing next to Xia Yuxiao, Qin Ji carefully glanced at all the criminal evidence above.

The statistics are quite comprehensive, roughly counting how many officials Cheng Cheng has served as an imperial envoy, how many people have been arrested, and how much money these people have been fined and so on.There are also things like self-esteem, being arrogant and unwilling to cooperate with others...

To be honest, this memorial was definitely written a long time ago, with clear logic and order, not to mention a series of criminal evidence written eloquently, and it can especially resonate with many people. After reading this memorial, people subconsciously The earth loathes the man mentioned here.

Qin Ji raised his head and glanced at Xia Yuxiao.

That means, how do you want to act?

Xia Yuxiao didn't answer, but just raised the memorandum in her hand: "Advisor Cheng is not doing things properly, and sometimes he is too strict. Others have already told me about this, but is there a problem with his handling? Whoever has a grievance can submit it, and then I can personally call the advisor Cheng to confront him after he returns to the court."

"Your Majesty, Dr. Gu does have evidence, but even if these officials are at fault with the local big households, they should be sent to the local government or handed over to the court for disposal according to the law, rather than being handled by him privately. Your Majesty, the ministers are not For the sake of those officials, please, but it is really inappropriate for Dr. Gu to ignore the court laws like this."

Regarding this, Wu Shizhong said.

"I don't agree with this matter. What Dr. Gu did was punished according to the laws of the court. What's wrong?"

A civil servant immediately stood up.

Xia Yuxiao looked up and was stunned.

This is one of Qin Ji's henchmen. What surprised her was not that Qin Ji's henchmen would come out to speak out, but that this person was the Imperial Court's official censor.

At this time, most of the people who came out to refute were officials who had little to do with the matter, because they had little to do with the interests of the people involved, and they were not within their own scope of authority. wave presence.

If the words reached the emperor's heart, it would be good for his future career. Even if there were some problems, this was not under his jurisdiction, and most of them would not cause any trouble.

But Shi Yushi is different.

Shi Yushi is a member of the Yushi system, and is responsible for reporting the inspection results he has obtained to Yushi Zhongcheng, and then Yushi Zhongcheng reports to Yushi.It is equivalent to an extremely important member of the monitoring system.

The matter of consultant Cheng is discussed in the court, and people from the official monitoring system come out to express their views. It is not a simple sentence that can be finished. Supervision, what he said, to some extent, was actually the judgment of the court.

Xia Yuxiao hurriedly pinched Qin Ji's waist while everyone was looking away.

It means, hurry up and take care of your people, what status are you standing in line now?

Qin Ji was pinched, and he knew what Xia Yuxiao meant.

It's okay to stop, but Xia Yuxiao's sudden pinch on her almost made him cry out in pain.

Thus, Qin Ji stretched out his right hand close to Xia Yuxiao in retaliation.

Of course, he didn't dare to go too far. Since she was pinching him so hard, it shouldn't be a problem for him to use a little spiritual energy to give her a cold body.

So, while looking at the ministers in the court pretending to be serious, he quietly stretched out his hand, ready to touch her left shoulder, and send the cold air over the skin to stimulate her.

Coincidentally, after Xia Yuxiao pinched him, she just turned to him and leaned slightly to see his expression.

So, Qin Ji's hand that didn't touch his shoulder naturally touched a soft spot.

In an instant, there was a dead silence in the hall.

Chapter 14 sin

Throughout the ages, in the court halls of the Great Xia, there have been disrespectful officials who were disrespectful to the emperor.

But these rebellious ministers are at least a little restrained. After all, the legitimacy of Xia's imperial power is there, and most powerful ministers will still speak respectfully and respectfully with the emperor in the court.

Today, Qin Ji created the first time in the history of Great Xia.

It was the first time to openly desecrate the dragon body in front of the court ministers...

The incident happened so suddenly that Xia Yuxiao didn't even realize what was going on for a while, she just stood there in a daze for a long time.

Qin Ji also felt that something was wrong from the touch of his hands. He knew everything, but he didn't want to face it.

Speaking of it, His Majesty's figure doesn't seem to be a particularly well-developed type, but the actual hand feel is surprisingly good, this feeling of just being able to grasp...

Ah bah, he just described it objectively.

"Almost."

Xia Yuxiao's extremely cold words rang in his ears.

Qin Ji suddenly became excited, and turned his gaze to Xia Yuxiao.