By this time, it was no longer Feng Renji who impeached Fu Yao.
They became all the courtiers who questioned the way of merchants and attacked Fu Yao together.
Feng Renji and Li Shui's plan was completely realized.
Use an impeachment to blast out these potential opponents. Blow up any potential rumors. Reveal the truth about Beidi County before His Majesty.
From then on, even if there were sinister villains who wanted to fabricate charges against Fu Yao, they would have to go through a lot of trouble.
Fu Yao talked eloquently and frankly, and explained the policy strategy of Beidi County.
Some courtiers said unwillingly: "Master Fu Yao said that everything should be put to its best use and everyone should take advantage of it. I admire you very much, but... Beidi County is located in the west. It has spent many years allocating food from the Central Plains. It seems that Is it too big?"
Fu Yao smiled slightly and asked this person: "Excuse me, how much does it cost?"
The courtier was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't know how much it will cost. Master Fu Yao should know it."
Fu Yao said calmly: "My lord, you don't know how much it costs to transfer food from the Central Plains. Why do you swear so much that it costs a lot? Isn't this a false accusation?"
The courtier was immediately startled.
Falsely accusing the young master is a fatal crime.
Mr. Fu Yao is worthy of being the apprentice of the banished immortal, and he can be fatal in arguments.
The courtier coughed dryly and said as calmly as possible: "I... I think it's expensive. After all, the journey is long and people eat horses along the way. It's really..."
Fu Yao took out a piece of paper and said calmly: "Since the highway was repaired, the distance from the Central Plains to Beidi County has been greatly shortened. The cost is not much."
"If there is a disaster, the imperial court will naturally allocate grain from the Central Plains. If it is normal, merchants can fully shoulder the heavy task of transporting grain."
"There is no need for this gentleman to worry. Businessmen are very smart and they will keep costs down reasonably."
When the courtiers heard Fu Yao mention the great road, they immediately became energetic.
He twisted his beard and smiled, and said confidently: "However, Mr. Fu Yao, have you forgotten? It seems that no one is walking on that avenue of yours."
Fu Yao turned around and looked at Wang Laoshi behind him: "Isn't there anyone walking on our avenue?"
Wang honestly said: "No, the flow is endless every day, so busy."
The surrounding courtiers all showed bewildered smiles.
When everyone comes, they come from the main road. That road was extremely desolate and deserted. There are more toll booths than horse-drawn carriages.
This Wang Laoshi actually said that there was a constant flow of people and he was very busy? Isn't this lying with your eyes open?
Ying Zheng couldn't help but said: "Wang Laoshi, have you checked it yourself?"
Ying Zheng felt that his meaning was obvious. If this Wang Laoshi has not investigated, he should not talk nonsense to avoid embarrassment.
In the end, Wang Laoshi said with a frank look: "Your Majesty, I have investigated and it is true that there is a constant flow of people and it is very busy."
Many courtiers wanted to laugh. They had seen tough-talking people, but never such tough-talking people.
The avenue is not far away. As long as everyone walks over and takes a look, they will immediately tell you whether you are real or fake. Why are you telling this lie?
Hu Hai naturally refused to let go of this good opportunity. He jumped out and said to Ying Zheng: "Father, I will never allow anyone to slander my younger brother."
"Why don't we go to the main road and take a look, so that we can convince this gentleman."
Ying Zheng frowned slightly.
He didn't want to go to the avenue to look, because he could estimate that the avenue should be clean and empty of people.
After all, I have experienced it myself.
If you look at it now, you will see that Fu Yao can no longer hide it.
However, at this time, not only Hu Hai begged Ying Zheng to go and have a look, but many ministers also began to plead.
In the eyes of these courtiers, whether there are people on the road has a bearing on the strategy used to govern the country.
Regardless of whether they are Confucian, Legalist, Taoist, or Yin-Yang, they all feel that it is not feasible for merchants to govern the country.
Finally, Li Shui coughed dryly and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty... why don't we go to the main road and take a look?"
Ying Zheng was a little helpless: Why are you joining in the fun?
As a result, Fu Yao looked unconvinced and strongly asked Ying Zheng to go take a look. It was as if his innocence would be tarnished if he didn't take a look.
Ying Zheng sighed helplessly and said, "That's all, let's go and have a look."
So, a group of people walked toward the main road in a mighty manner.
On the way, Li Si glanced at Feng Renji and nodded approvingly at him.
Feng Renji smiled guiltily.
Hu Hai also turned around and glanced at Feng Renji approvingly.
Feng Renji also smiled guiltily.
Li Shui and Fu Yao also looked at Feng Renji approvingly.
Feng Renji still smiled a little guiltily.
Chunyu Yue looked at these courtiers with some confusion. He felt very strange: Why did he feel that everyone was flirting with each other? What the hell is going on? Why don’t I know anything?
Feng Renji glanced at Feng Quli secretly, and saw that Feng Quli's expression was unstable and he didn't even look at Feng Renji.
Now Feng Quli felt very relaxed.
On that day, in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he and Feng Renji, a lunatic, were at odds with each other.
Even if he breaks the truth, does it have anything to do with him? It doesn't matter at all.
Of course, when he used it later to impeach Wang Wan, he still had to temporarily establish some relationship.
Before that, he could do whatever he wanted. Just don't toss him to death before using him.
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When the courtiers came to the side of the avenue, they looked at the scene in front of them with some surprise.
The avenue has seen some changes.
There is a tree planted in the middle of the road. It was obvious that the tree had just been planted.
If you look into the distance, you will find such a tree dozens of meters away. They vaguely formed a line, dividing the entire road into two halves.
Fu Yao smiled and explained: "This is Master's request. With this tree as a road sign, the entire avenue becomes the way in and out. No matter which direction the carriage goes, it must keep to the right."
"In this way, everyone has their own rules when they come and go. No matter how many cars and horses there are, there will be no congestion."
The courtiers were stunned for a while, twirling their beards and thinking for a long time. Finally, someone figured it out. Then they nodded and sincerely praised: "This method of banishing immortals is very wonderful."
"I once went to Linzi City when I was young. There was a large population there, and there were so many people. My car was stuck in traffic on the street for an hour. It was a complete mess."
"Although Linzi is prosperous, it is also a bit chaotic. My trip there was really miserable."
"If Linzi City had used the method of banishing immortals at that time, so that all carriages, horses and pedestrians would follow their own paths and be in an orderly manner, congestion would have been extremely rare."
The surrounding courtiers nodded.
However, after they finished their compliments, they brought the topic back.
The courtiers smiled and said: "The method of banishing the immortal to drive on the right is indeed clever. But... there are no cars on the road, so why is there such a rule?"
Li Shui took out his binoculars, looked into the distance, and said calmly: "Why is there no car? Didn't there be three cars?"
The courtiers did not have telescopes and could only look far away.
Vaguely, they seemed to really see a few black spots in the distance.
Some people rubbed their eyes, suspecting that they had seen it wrong. However, the black spot grew bigger and bigger and soon became clearer and clearer.
It turned out to be really three cars.
It's an ox cart.
The speed of the bullock cart is not fast, and all the courtiers present have seen and ridden on it.
However, the bullock carts on this avenue seemed to be much faster than those seen in the past.
Because the road was smooth with few bumps, the cow almost trotted across it.
After these three cars passed by, three more cars came from the opposite direction.
These cars are full of stuff.
There are grains shipped from the Central Plains, and leather goods and minerals shipped from Beidi County to the Central Plains.
Although the road was not busy with traffic, after waiting for a while, a car came over.
Mr. Wang used the words "continuous flow" and "very busy" to describe it. Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is not excessive.
The courtiers were a little confused. When they came, there was obviously no car. Why did there suddenly be another car?
Could it be that Mr. Fu Yao did something secretly in order to show off his achievements in front of His Majesty?
Hu Hai even smiled and asked Fu Yao directly: "I heard that there is a fee for this avenue of yours?"
Fu Yao said: "Yes."
Hu Hai said again: "Then today, is it free?"
One word wakes up the dreamer.
The courtiers suddenly realized: Yes, this is the only possibility. Otherwise, why would the carriages and horses that originally refused to take the main road take the main road?
Fu Yao asked Wang Laoshi next to him: "Is our road free?"
Wang honestly said: "No."
Fu Yao said to Hu Hai calmly: "No."
Hu Hai didn't believe it: "If it wasn't free, why would these carriages take the main road?"
Fu Yao chuckled: "There are so many benefits to taking the high road, why not take it?"
Hu Hai thought for a while and said to Ying Zheng: "Father, after much thought, I don't understand why. Can you call a few merchants who are passing by here and ask them carefully?"
Ying Zheng glanced at Fu Yao: "You really don't know why?"
This is a hint to Fu Yao: If you really do something, tell me secretly as soon as possible so that I can help you cover it up.
I have to say that Ying Zheng really loves this young son.
However, Fu Yao said very bachelorly: "I really don't know why."
He suddenly looked into the distance and said to Ying Zheng: "If my father wants to find someone to ask, he should go to the main road now. Another group of ox carts is coming over there."
Soon, several young eunuchs walked over and stood in the middle of the road.
The merchant was stopped.
At first they were very unhappy, and one person even shouted loudly: "Isn't there only one toll station every ten miles? Why did they stop us halfway?"
The young eunuch explained slowly, probably revealing his identity.
The merchants immediately got out of the car and followed the young eunuch.
When Ying Zheng saw the leader, he immediately exclaimed: "Have we met before?"
The leader looked up, then quickly lowered his head and said, "Dear gentlemen, we have indeed met."
Although the young eunuch said that it was the emperor who wanted to see them. But the leader was obviously too vulgar to tell who was the emperor. Therefore, everyone is uniformly called noble.
Ying Zheng looked at him, thought for a while and said, "I remember you, your name seems to be..."
Li Shui said from the side: "Tuo Laji."
Ying Zheng nodded: "Yes, yes, Tuo Laji. What? Are you transporting food to Northern Xinjiang again this time?"
Toraki now knew who the emperor was. He responded: "Your Majesty, we are transporting food. In addition to being rich in minerals, Northern Xinjiang is short of everything else."
"However, the most lacking thing is food. Therefore, this food is a large quantity and has to be transported there for many years."
Ying Zheng snorted and asked again: "When I came here, this avenue was empty. Why are there so many carriages and horses everywhere now? Is it possible that the avenue has no tolls?"
Tuo Laji said: "There is a charge of course. But last time, the villain transported dozens of carts of grain, which made the owner a huge profit. Other merchants were jealous, so they followed suit."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Many merchants were transporting grain that day, why are you jealous?"
Tuo Laji said: "Because the little man took the main road. The road is flat and very fast. Although the little man was not the first to set out, when he arrived in Northern Xinjiang, he was two or three days earlier than the others. "
"At that time, there was a shortage of food in northern Xinjiang, and we only had the villain's thirty carts. Therefore, the villain sold his grain at a high price and made a huge profit."
"The master is very happy, so he has been promoted to a villain to be in charge of transporting goods."
Ying Zheng couldn't help but smile.
Tuo Laji added: "The other merchants rushed over eagerly and found that the price of food had dropped. The later they arrived, the lower the price of food was and the less money they earned."
"There were even a few people who, in order to make money in Northern Xinjiang, increased the price when buying grain in the Central Plains. When they arrived in Northern Xinjiang, they found that they couldn't even get their money back."
"Not only that, the paths they took were full of potholes. At first, they thought it was just a waste of effort and a delay of two days. But they soon discovered that those roads were very damaging to the cattle and horses, and also very damaging to the carriages."
"When one car breaks down, the goods on the car have to be distributed to other cars, and the other cars are more likely to break down. The death or injury of an animal is a huge loss."
"Therefore, those merchants calculated their accounts and found that it was cheapest to take the high road."
"It seems like you have to pay for the avenue, but it actually saves money. It saves time, labor, and livestock. Therefore, after the merchants used it, they all praised the master's avenue."
"Not only do we praise him, but the people in northern Xinjiang are also grateful."
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Why are the people in Northern Xinjiang so grateful?"
Tuo Laji said: "Originally, the distance between Northern Xinjiang and the Central Plains was very far, and the transportation of materials was inconvenient. Things that were very cheap in the Central Plains were often several times more expensive when transported thousands of miles to Northern Xinjiang. This made the people in Northern Xinjiang miserable. "
"But since the establishment of this road, the time from the Central Plains to Northern Xinjiang has become shorter and shorter. Moreover, merchants are transporting more and more goods. Nowadays, compared with the Central Plains, prices in Northern Xinjiang are only slightly higher. That’s all. The people in Northern Xinjiang are all very happy.”
Ying Zheng smiled with satisfaction: "Okay, okay."
Li Shui smiled and said to Ying Zheng: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, from now on, Northern Xinjiang will be like the hinterland of our Central Plains. It will forever be included in my Great Qin territory and will never be lost again."
"Master Fu Yao's road is like a rope, completely tying up Northern Xinjiang."
Ying Zheng patted Fu Yao on the shoulder: "I have no regrets about having this son."
