When Lao Zhu saw Queen Ma still waiting for him with a candle, he couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and his tiredness felt relieved.
As soon as he stepped in the door, Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing and said: "Didn't my sister like to sit there in the past? Why are you sitting next to the table waiting for us today?"
Empress Ma smiled and said casually: "To me, it doesn't matter where you sit. You can sit wherever you want. Come, Your Majesty, come and sit down. Let me rub it for you and relax it."
Lao Zhu walked over to Queen Ma and sat down, then handed the crown to the maid beside her and put it into a yellow satin brocade box.
Lao Zhu pointed at Queen Ma and joked: "We are really exhausted. Let's be the queen in the next life and you can be the emperor. It's so comfortable to be the queen. You don't have to worry about anything. You don't have to think about anything. That's all you need to do all day long. It’s time to eat, drink, and have fun.”
Queen Ma rubbed Lao Zhu's shoulders.
As soon as the lid on the table was opened, Lao Zhu took a long breath, savored the taste of the dishes with satisfaction, and said happily: "Girl, I understand, I have wanted to eat these dishes for a long time. But I have been too busy recently. We forgot to ask someone to do it for us."
Lao Zhu picked up the bowl and ate hungrily.
Queen Ma kept kneading Lao Zhu. She waited until Lao Zhu had almost finished eating and then said, "You are busy. I am so busy that I don't stop here."
"What's wrong?" When Lao Zhu heard this, his eating speed suddenly slowed down. Queen Ma looked at her in confusion, wondering who had offended her again.
"Guo Huan's case shocked the government and the public, and it reached my ears. I didn't want to hear it, but I had to." Empress Ma complained to Lao Zhu, pointing to her ears.
"Humph!" As soon as Lao Zhu heard the word Guo Huan, his face suddenly became very ugly. Said: "Girl, you don't have to worry about this, we have our own opinions."
"I don't want to care about it, but if you catch corrupt officials, you will catch corrupt officials. Why is it that the whole government and the public are so panicked? Besides, more than a hundred officials have been arrested, including many second- and third-rank court officials. Now that I can give an explanation to the people of the world, how about we stop here?" Empress Ma advised softly.
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Lao Zhu suddenly became angry and said, "I said that I would kill every corrupt official I see." In Guo Huan's case, no matter how many people are involved, I will never let anyone go. "
"Your Majesty, can you kill all the officials in the world?" Queen Ma was also a little annoyed.
"If the whole world is full of corrupt officials, what if I kill them all?" Lao Zhu's eyes revealed a fierce light, and he really thought this in his heart.
Empress Ma was also startled, her body couldn't help trembling, and she asked in a harsh voice: "But even if we kill all the officials in the world, what benefit will it have to the people, what benefit will it have to the court, and what benefit will it have to the Ming Dynasty?"
Lao Zhu also knew that this was of no benefit to anyone, but he had hated corrupt officials so much since he was a child that when he met a corrupt official, he could not suppress the murderous intention in his heart. He really wanted to kill all the corrupt officials in the world. A bright future will emerge.
"Sister, you don't know something. Do you know how much official food Guo Huan and others stole and sold?" Lao Zhu said with a sigh, his tone softened a little.
Queen Ma was stunned when she heard this. She really didn't know this.
Lao Zhu sneered and said with hatred: "Guo Huan confessed that this year alone, they have stolen and sold more than 7 million shi in official grain by cleverly creating names, privately increasing taxes, etc. This is just this year, This is not the first time they have stolen and sold official food, and there are more in the past!"
More than seven million stones!
Queen Ma was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She never thought that Guo Huan and others would be so bold.
"More than seven million stones of grain were stolen from the hands of the common people under clever pretexts." Lao Zhu's eyes were red with a bloody aura.
More than 7 million shi of food. Lao Zhu almost starved to death just now because of 1.5 million shi of food. If Han Du hadn't obtained 1.5 million shi of grain from Luzon, the people of Henan would have been killed or injured.
However, Guo Huan and others harvested more than 7 million shi of grain in one go. How many people would starve to death without so much grain, and how many would sell their sons and daughters and their fields because of this?
When Lao Zhu thought of this, he wanted to peel off Guo Huan and others from the day lilies, but it was difficult to understand the hatred in his heart.
Queen Ma suddenly shut up and then
I couldn't say a single word to persuade Lao Zhu to let go.
The next day, Queen Ma came to see Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao thought he had good news and ran to Kunning Palace happily. But as soon as I walked in and saw the look on Queen Ma's face, my heart suddenly sank.
"Mother, what's going on with Guo Huan and others? Has Father agreed?" Zhu Biao felt a little uneasy.
Empress Ma looked grave, shook her head and said, "I asked, but your father didn't agree."
"Here, what should I do?" Zhu Biao couldn't help but become anxious. Originally, he thought that it was a sure thing for his mother to take action, but the fact hit him hard in the face. Even his mother could not persuade his father.
Queen Ma's face was as dark as water. She looked at Zhu Biao and suddenly asked: "Biao'er, do you know how big the crime Guo Huan and others committed?"
Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand what his mother meant. Guo Huan naturally committed a heinous crime and was tortured by his father by skinning daylilies. Zhu Biao would not even think of defending him. After all, this was the national law. But Zhu Biao felt that others could still be saved.
Empress Ma didn't wait for Zhu Biao to speak, and said directly: "Guo Huan and others used various means to collect more than 7 million shi of grain from the people this year. You should know how much more than 7 million shi of grain is. Mountain."
"How is this possible?" Zhu Biao was frightened.
He only knew that Guo Huan and others stole and sold official grain, but he did not expect that they would steal so much. The case of Guo Huan was tried by Lao Zhu personally, and even Zhu Biao did not know the specific situation. Now that I heard such a big number, I was immediately shocked and even felt angry in my heart. He was annoyed that the civil servants did not tell him the true situation and allowed him to come to his father to plead for mercy.
"More than seven million stones of grain," Empress Ma sighed and shook her head. "Without this much grain, how many people would live frugally or even starve to death? In such a situation, how do you ask your mother to speak to your father? plead?"
Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, and even he himself didn't know what to say. Originally he thought Guo Huan was excusable because his salary was too small after all. But now I deeply understand that it is bullshit that the salary is too small to buy property. They are completely selfish and greedy.
Moreover, there is still endless greed, otherwise why would they steal and sell so much food?
