Under Su Xingran's questioning, Zhao Yiqiu recounted the story of how Emperor Qin sent Lu Yan and Gao Jianli to take Wu Luoqi to the State of Chen to propose marriage. As Su Xingran listened, the expression on her face gradually solidified. Only then did she She knew that it turned out that the good people in Lu Yan and her daughter did not come, and the ones who came were not good. However, at this time, she blamed all this on Chen Ruchang and Chen Xiaomu, the emperor of Chen Kingdom. She did not blame Lu Yan and her daughter in her heart. As the saying goes, if the flies don't bite, the eggs will be boring. Thinking about the current difficult situation of Chen State, it must be that the Chen family father and son wanted to rely on the backer of Qin State, and used this matter to form an alliance with Qin State, and then Qin State A large army was dispatched to help Chen State defeat the two countries of Wu and Zhou in one fell swoop.
The more Su Xingran thought about it, the more she felt that her judgment was reasonable, and she suddenly felt resentful towards the Chen family and his son. Of course, she had to admit that if Chen Xiaomu could marry Wu Luoqi, it would definitely be a good idea for the Qin State to send troops to help Chen State rescue the siege. A clever trick, but she still couldn't stop the resentment bursting out of her heart! "
Seeing Su Xingran lowering his head in silence, biting his lips, and his shoulders shaking slightly, Chen Xiaomu felt distressed. He stepped forward and gently hugged his shoulders, and whispered in her ear: "Your Majesty, don't worry, even if Qin Even if the emperor exchanges the throne, I will never leave a wise king like you!"
"Really?" Su Xingran immediately raised his head when he heard the sound and looked at Chen Xiaomu, without even having time to wipe the tears from his eyes!
Chen Xiaomu raised his sleeves, gently wiped away the tears on her eyelashes, and said with a chuckle: "Your Majesty, how can I be willing to leave you? Isn't there a saying that a wise minister is easy to come by, but a wise king is hard to find? Besides... ." As Chen Xiaomu spoke, he leaned closer to Su Xingran, leaned against her ear, and teased softly: "Wife, don't forget, we have agreed to cultivate a little emperor to take over the throne. When the time comes, you will become the emperor. The Supreme Emperor, I will become the Supreme Minister, and we will assist him together!"
"Pfft!" Su Xingran was almost made to laugh out loud, then rolled her eyes at Chen Xiaomu and said coquettishly: "Nonsense, there are only those who are called the Supreme Emperor, how about those who are called the Supreme Minister?"
Chen Xiaomu nodded frequently and said: "Okay, okay, then I won't do this or be too high-ranking minister. When the time comes, you two will go to court, and I will cook for you two at home!"
Su Xingran just said "Okay" and suddenly frowned and said worriedly: "But what should we do about this now?"
Chen Xiaomu smiled slightly and said confidently: "This is easy to handle. If they don't mention the matter of getting married, we won't mention it either. We just need to send someone to accompany them to eat and have fun in Xinjing City. If they mention the matter of getting married, Then I will take out our marriage certificate and show it to them. After all, we are getting married first, so I believe they won’t be able to say anything after reading the marriage certificate!"
Seeing that Su Xingran was silent and looking completely attentive, Chen Xiaomu suddenly wanted to make a joke with her when he listened to his words. He paused, and then pretended to be distressed and said: "Your Majesty, if the Queen of Qin gets angry, she will Her daughter Xu Weichen is a child! What should we do?"
Su Xingran glared at him when he heard this, and said two words from between his teeth: "Dream!"
Chen Xiaomu and Su Xingran were flirting with each other here, and seemed to have endless sweet words to say, but this made Zhuge Cheng, Zhao Yiqiu and others not far away from them extremely embarrassed, making it impossible for them to stay or leave! Especially Wei Yuxin, at this moment, she hated Chen Xiaomu and scolded Chen Xiaomu as a "slut" at least ten times!
Just when several people were in a dilemma, they finally waited until Master Ye Duzheng hurriedly walked in. Since he had gone out early to move the case files, he didn't know Su Xingran at all, so he ignored her and walked straight to Chen Xiaomu. He bowed and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Tong Juan Sir, according to your instructions, I have moved all the files of incarcerated criminals in the government prison that you requested to the official office of the government office. Do you have any other orders?"
When Chen Xiaomu heard the sound, he quickly let go of Su Xingran's hand, took a step back, then bowed to Su Xingran with a serious look and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Su Xingran was stunned by Chen Xiaomu's sudden change in painting style, then he smiled and said: "Quickly play, tell me!"
"I want to release all the prisoners in the government prison who were convicted of talking about the imperial court, and compensate them for some of the financial losses caused by their imprisonment as appropriate!"
"This...!" Su Xingran hesitated upon hearing this. In fact, Su Xingran had long disapproved of her father, Su Chengxuan, arresting those who discussed the court, and had repeatedly persuaded her father to be lenient with these people. After all, people have mouths. In addition to breathing and eating, they mainly talk to each other to communicate with each other. Sometimes they may be in a state of anger. If they say a few excessive words, you will arrest them. If this continues, the whole country will be in danger, and everyone will be in danger. This is definitely not a good thing for the court! But Su Chengxuan stubbornly believed that since these people dared to insult and talk about the imperial court, they would definitely rebel if they encountered the right opportunity in the future. It was better to eradicate them as soon as possible to avoid leaving trouble in the future! Therefore, from Su Xingran's heart, she is willing to let him go. However, if Chen Xiaomu wants to let him go and pay compensation at the same time, she is not willing to do so. From Su Xingran's point of view, letting him go is to show that Now that she is the emperor, the court is magnanimous and magnanimous, which increases her image as a wise emperor in the hearts of the people of Zheng. But if the court is asked to compensate these people, the nature has completely changed, and these cases have become out-and-out unjust cases. The released people may be grateful, but in the blink of an eye they all become innocent victims. In this case, not only will they not be grateful, but they will also harbor resentment towards the court. Isn’t this purely thankless and spending money to attract resentment! Besides, it has never happened since ancient times for the government to make amends and money to the people, but now it is the first of its kind here! Su Xingran thought about it for a while and had many worries!
Seeing that Su Xingran frowned and remained silent, Chen Xiaomu further persuaded: "Your Majesty, now that the war in Zheng has just ended, people's hearts are scattered! The court must quickly find ways to reunite these scattered hearts!"
After thinking for a long time, Su Xingran finally made up his mind and said to Chen Xiaomu: "Chen Tongpan, I am sure about releasing them. As for the additional compensation you said for them, I neither agree nor object. In short, The imperial court will not pay this money. If you insist on compensating, you can find the money yourself and compensate them in the name of the Xinjing government office. You can decide how much or how little the compensation should be. The imperial court will not intervene in this matter. !”
Chen Xiaomu was already very satisfied that Su Xingran could make such a concession. After all, the enlightenment of the ancients was more than a thousand years behind that of people like him! As for the small amount of compensation, it is nothing to him!
Chen Xiaomu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and was about to thank him. However, Zhuge Cheng lost no time in stepping in and suggested to Su Xingran: "Your Majesty, I see that Chen Tongpan is so smart and capable. Why don't we deal with the tens of thousands of refugees inside and outside the new capital?" Also hand it over to him for placement!"
"No!" Su Xingran immediately rejected it without even thinking about it. After a moment of pause, she continued: "Now the number of refugees in and around New Capital City is close to half of the residents of New Capital City. With so many people How can the basic necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation be solved by a new government office alone? Why not ask Chen Tongpan to attend the court meeting tomorrow morning and let us discuss and resolve this matter together!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaomu suddenly spoke at this time: "Your Majesty, the refugee issue has been delayed for too long. Although the imperial court has built many new soup kitchens inside and outside the capital city, hundreds of refugees still freeze to death and starve to death every day. ! If the emperor trusts me, then please leave this matter to me, and I will guarantee that no refugees will freeze to death or starve to death within two days!"
Chen Xiaomu took the initiative to take over the things that others avoided and feared. This really made Su Xingran feel like she had found someone to support her. After thinking about it for a moment, she said to Chen Xiaomu: "Okay, I will take care of the resettlement of these refugees." I'll leave it to the Qing family. The Qing family will make a budget report for the required amount of silver, and I will order the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate the full amount to the Xinjing government office immediately!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaomu actually shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I don't need a penny from the court to serve as a minister. In fact, these refugees themselves are a huge wealth!"
"Ah!" Zhuge Cheng was surprised when he heard this: "Chen Tongpan, is it possible that you want to be a human trafficker and sell these refugees?"
Chen Xiaomu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Master Zhuge, can you please be more sunny in your heart? Why do you think about these dirty things! What I mean is that the more refugees there are, the more labor there will be. Besides, there are many craftsmen among these refugees. Among them, I want to find them all, rely on their craft expertise to set up some workshops, and then recruit some young refugees to work. Only in this way can people make the best use of their abilities and materials. As for the elderly and infirm For the refugees who are weak and unable to do anything, we can support them for the time being, and then they can do some light work within their ability when they are healthy in the future!"
Zhuge Cheng curled his lips when he heard this, and secretly sneered in his heart: "It's easy to say, it's not too late to brag when you can really do it. I see that you spend fifty or sixty thousand people on food, clothing and housing, just count on the punishment of Wu Guanglu in the hall just now." Those more than one million taels of silver, keep it going, but everyone knows that although Wu Guanglu admits his punishment on the surface, based on his shrewdness, I'm afraid you won't be able to get the money for a while, even if you take people to his house If you can steal more than two hundred thousand taels of silver from a house, I will count you as the winner. I guess you will have to ask me to come forward and bargain in the middle to get a small portion of the silver coins!"
At this time, Zhuge Cheng even thought of the bargaining conditions for Wu Guanglu, which was to ask Wu Guanglu to pay no more than 500,000 taels of silver at most, and then he used his high position in the court to force the new capital government to remove him from office. All the sins committed by Wu Guanglu! In fact, this was the idea that Zhuge Cheng had planned when he made a bet with Chen Xiaomu just now!
Seeing that the sky outside the courtroom had turned dark, Su Xingran, Zhuge Cheng and others still refused to leave. Thinking of the stacks of case files that Ye Duzheng moved to the official room, Chen Xiaomu really didn't want to delay any longer. The emperor had no choice but to tactfully issue an order to expel them. Su Xingran said with a bitter face, "Your Majesty, you see that I have just arrived here, and I haven't even found my dinner yet, so I won't let you and Mr. Taiwei have a meal here." Got it!"
With a "poof", Su Xingran was so angry at Chen Xiaomu's expulsion order that she couldn't help but secretly said in her heart: "How much money can I give you for a meal? Look at how picky you are!" He immediately flicked his sleeves and said angrily. "Since Chen Tongpan hasn't got dinner yet, why don't you and Miss Yiqiu come back to the palace to have dinner with me?" After saying that, he immediately stepped forward and took Zhao Yiqiu's hand, turned around and left! "
Now Chen Xiaomu was really confused. He hurriedly took a few steps, followed Su Xingran, and muttered: "Your Majesty, Sister Yiqiu is a guest of your ministers. Isn't it appropriate to follow the Emperor to the palace?"
Su Xingran said without looking back: "It's not up to me to decide whether it's suitable or not. If you don't want to go, just stay! I was just going to ask Miss Yiqiu about the things that happened to her little Dai brother in Chen country!"
