Vigorous road construction began.
Somewhere in the Yunling Mountains, more than 200,000 people were like countless ants gnawing a gap in the entire Yunling Mountains.
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
The sound of an ax falling on the trees kept ringing. Each century-old giant tree was chopped down one by one and pulled away.
Every time an area is cleared of trees and plants, another group of people will dig three feet into the ground with hoes to dig out the roadbed.
Immediately afterwards, various road construction materials were filled and covered, and then the young man holding a sledgehammer hammered it down again and again, filled it with soil, and hammered it down again.
Only until this road meets the construction standards required by the local government officials.
In this way, 200,000 people methodically dug a long gap in the Feiyun Mountains and continued to advance towards the other side.
Two hundred thousand people, the poisonous insects and wild beasts in the forest were frightened by the huge momentum and all fled the area.
Even if there is a miasma, the county governor's office has already prepared it. After a dose of the decoction, everyone ignores the miasma and continues to work.
When that area is cleared, the miasma will be cleared and dissipated.
The construction of the road has resettled nearly 200,000 refugees. Although the county governor's office spent a huge amount of materials and consumed a lot of money every day, after all, it was all done and the money needed was spent. It is a necessary expenditure, and everything just goes on like this.
The major material dealers in the city constantly transport materials to the construction companies, and the construction companies provide the materials to the county governor's office, who then pays to buy these materials for road construction.
The people who built the roads had work to do, food to eat, and even though it was not much, the county magistrate's office would pay them some wages on time.
After work, he would also go to Yunzhou City to buy various daily necessities.
With an additional consumer population of nearly 200,000, the major merchants in the city made a lot of money, and then paid taxes to the county magistrate's office.
Thus, a perfect virtuous cycle was formed.
Yunzhou City is also becoming more prosperous day by day.
The money is still the same money, but when it is turned around, everyone benefits.
Here in Yunzhou City, preparations for the expedition are in full swing. Everyone is working tirelessly to contribute to the future war to the best of their ability. It can be said that they are united.
Over there, there was another uproar in the Bianjing court!
The fourth prince Zhao Ji was taken by ginseng!
It's not like he was involved directly, but it wasn't much different.
Chen Zhuo, a censor at the Yushitai, worked with Wang Chengyuan, the prefect of Jinzhou Prefecture, to conceal the disaster situation and drive away the disaster-stricken people in the territory, causing nearly 300,000 people in Jinzhou Prefecture to leave their homes. The tragic scene in the sky.
He was accused of a series of crimes including abusing people, dereliction of duty, etc.
Finally, Chen Zhuo also pointedly said that a certain guard at Liaoyun Pass in Northern Liaoning County opened and closed doors arbitrarily without the court's order, and helped the oppressive officials to exile 300,000 people into the wilderness. It can also be pointed out that the guard did this for the sake of a certain prince in the court, especially since the guard and that prince had certain relatives.
As soon as this statement came out, the officials of the fourth prince's line were furious on the spot!
You're just pointing your finger at the fourth prince's nose and saying that this little bastard is the one doing the good deeds, but you're clearly implying it here!
Can you recognize this thing?
Immediately, a bunch of people who objected rushed out and yelled at Chen Zhuo, but Chen Zhuo remained calm and had the aura of fighting alone in the world.
As a censor or official, how can I talk about words?
Ah!
He has never been afraid of anyone!
In addition, the Yushitai has the responsibility of supervising all officials. In the past, there were some scruples so some things were not used. Now it was a good time to use them, and Chen Zhuo used them directly.
It was like a roll call, one was called out and put on the other. In less than two quarters of an hour, everyone who stood up to criticize him was sprayed back by him. The charges with solid evidence were as hard as the cold rain in the middle of the night. It slapped them on the face, making their hearts feel so cold.
In this verbal battle with the Confucian scholars, the imperial censor Chen Zhuosheng! Big win!
The other Yushitai officials in the court held their heads high and straightened their chests with honor.
Just kidding, we even dare to criticize the emperor, let alone these little bastards. If we, the Yushitai, don’t show off our power, do you really think of us as sick cats who only know how to talk?
As for the officials of the fourth prince's line, they all looked as if they were mourning for their heirs, and their faces were as gray and defeated as a pack of defeated dogs.
Seeing that the commotion in the court was almost over, Emperor Song, who had directed the scene behind the scenes, began to clean up the mess. First, he dealt with the group of officials who had been defeated by Chen Zhuo. They should be abolished, dismissed, or surrendered.
Immediately afterwards, the punishment of the officials and generals involved was announced.
First of all, Wang Chengyuan, the former magistrate of Jinzhou Prefecture, must have been dismissed from office. Because of his actions, his home was ransacked directly after he was dismissed from office. All three clans were executed, and no one was allowed to plead for mercy, otherwise they would be punished with the same crime.
After all, this involves a full 300,000 people.
As for Ningbei Hou Ding'an, due to the seriousness of arbitrarily opening the border, he directly seized the title, immediately dismissed his post and returned to Beijing, hoping to avoid the death penalty for his ancestors' merits...
After successfully taking back another military power, Emperor Song's lips slightly curled up, but no one else noticed.
As for the fourth prince Zhao Ji, he was grounded for half a year.
After all, although all the evidence points to him, he didn't take action directly. It was all done by his subordinates, so he couldn't be implicated at all. The most he could do was to issue a ban.
But this time the loss of the power of the Fourth Prince hurt him the most. This was a team that he had cultivated and accumulated with great difficulty.
If you lose so much at once, your right to speak in the court will be greatly lost!
In the fourth prince's house.
It stands to reason that the fourth and fifth princes have already reached adulthood and should have left Bianjing for their respective fiefdoms. However, due to factors such as the maternal clan power behind them and the courtiers involved, and perhaps Emperor Song deliberately kept them to check and balance the prince and other reasons.
Therefore, even though they had already reached adulthood, the fourth prince and the fifth prince had moved out of the palace, but they still had not officially established a royal family. They still stayed in Bianjing as princes, relying on the support of their mother's clan and the power of their respective courtiers to fight against the prince. Playing a stage show.
"Ahhh! Bastard! This bastard, Lao Wu! How dare he! How dare he! I won't let him go! Ahhhh!"
In the fourth prince's house, roars continued to come from the study, accompanied by the clicking sounds of broken porcelain.
Outside the study, all the servants in the mansion were standing outside in fear, with panic-stricken expressions on their faces, but no one dared to go in at this time.
The last one who dared to go in when His Highness was furious was hung up on the highest railing in the mansion for a whole month and beaten to death!
From then on, no one dared to disturb the Fourth Prince Zhao Ji when he was furious.
Outside the courtyard, a group of people came quickly. A beautiful-looking woman in gorgeous palace clothes entered the courtyard with a large number of servants.
As soon as he came in, he heard an angry roar coming from Zhao Ji's study. His beautiful eyebrows immediately wrinkled, and his whole face became gloomy. He turned around and asked the maid waiting here: "Your Highness, are you here?" How long has it been in there?”
The maid was already trembling with fear from the atmosphere in the courtyard, but the fourth princess did not dare not answer the question:
"Replying to the Fourth Princess, Her Highness has locked herself in since she came back from court. Now...it has been two hours now."
"It's been two hours and it still hasn't stopped?"
When the fourth princess Meng Yuru heard this, her brows furrowed even deeper, a look of anger flashed in her eyes, and she immediately ordered in a low voice: "You all stay outside, no one is allowed in!"
After saying that, Meng Yuru immediately strode forward, kicked the study room away, dodged into the room, and closed the door immediately.
The next moment, a crisp slap was heard, and the furious roar of the fourth prince in the study suddenly stopped...
