Having said this, Huang Qiong looked at the clans strangely and smiled. Chengcai turned his head and continued: "It is reported that some of the clans have high titles, and as a clan of the first-level prince or princess, they secretly hoard food and grass to show disobedience. There are also quite a few. My son suggested that my father should investigate these memorials clearly."
"On the one hand, we punish those lawless clans to bring peace to the people. On the other hand, we can also help clear the grievances of some clans that do not have such misdeeds. Anyway, after a thorough investigation, there is nothing wrong after all. You are right. , if there are any, then correct them, if not, then encourage them."
"As for these elders, it is disloyal to serve as a minister without thinking about sharing the worries of the king. As a royal child, it is unfilial to forget the difficulties of the ancestors to start a business and ignore the danger of the country. Such unfaithful and unfilial people, I think it is better to scold them. It’s light. In my opinion, just based on what they did today, a prison sentence for them would be light.”
After saying this, Huang Qiong stopped talking and stood aside without saying a word. Naturally, there was no seat for him in the Wende Hall at this time. Although the titles of others are not as high as mine, after all, except for Yuancheng County Prince, they are all elders, so the seniority is there. Even if the emperor doesn't look at the monk's face, he still has to look at the Buddha's face, right?
The words have come to this point, and I have done enough to make a fool of myself. The rest depends on what the emperor, who has been acting red-faced since entering this Wende Palace, does. Some of my words are already considered taboo, and it will not do me any good to say more. The most appropriate point is to click on it.
In fact, how could Huang Qiong's little thoughts be hidden from the emperor? If the emperor really couldn't even understand Huang Qiong's almost straightforward words, then the throne under his butt would really be unsafe. What made the emperor still hesitate was that his sons who were already feudal lords were all full of shit.
Those sons who did not belong to the feudal clan were equally dishonest. My own son is also in a mess, so this is not a strong statement. If these older clan members were offended, they would be severely offended. These guys have uncovered them all without hesitation, so where is the dignity of the emperor?
There was another meaning to embarrass the emperor even more, and the emperor really didn't have the nerve to say it. All my sons, except for the one in front of me, were all educated by myself. The teachers chosen must be at least a Hanlin bachelor. These fucked up sons who can be taught are all greedier than the last.
When you see an advantage, go for it and fight for it with all your strength. When I see difficulties or offend others, I just push them away and hide aside without saying a word. Before these clans came to Beijing, I had thought about letting King Song take charge of this matter. As a result, from Concubine De to King Song, no one was willing to come forward. Concubine De even ran to her, bumping into her and calling Tian Qu.
After the clan arrived in Beijing, he asked the prince to mediate, but the prince was always in trouble. I just show up every day and never show up again. When I ask myself, I have been speaking for these clans. As an emperor, there is really no one available to do this in person.
If this spreads out, wouldn't he be laughed at? As a dignified king of a country, he has failed in educating his son. Where should he put his face? But the problem is that the prince is clearly afraid of offending others and refuses to make any effort. The King of Song was even more reluctant to accept the job. If you don't show up, no one will be available.
It was precisely because he was worried that these clans would expose his son in turn that the emperor had been suppressing his anger during the conversations in the past two days. Although he couldn't be mean-spirited, his tone could not be tough. This also caused the clans that were summoned to Beijing to openly refuse to accept the emperor's blame.
It's just that I have some scruples, but the situation is already extremely tense now. The imperial court really can't come up with much food now, and it still has money to help the victims who have reached a large scale. If we don't arrest these people today and let them bleed to relieve the court's urgent needs, I'm afraid the first large-scale civil unrest in the founding of Da Qi will be right around the corner.
During these two days of grinding with the clan, the imperial court had already received an inspection envoy acting as the Shaanxi pacification envoy, as well as the Shanxi Road pacification envoy 800 miles away. Whether it is Shaanxi Road or Shanxi Road, where many victims have flowed in, there are already signs of victims grabbing food. Both sides are asking for orders whether to deploy troops to suppress them.
As for Longyou Road, where the disaster was most serious, there have been cases of victims openly grabbing food, and even eating people and exchanging children for food. Xuezheng, who acted as Longyou's pacification envoy, implored the court to immediately adjust food supplies and provide disaster relief. But at present, the 450,000 guan of money raised by the court and the 100,000 shi of food that can be freed up are nothing more than a drop in the bucket in the face of the increasingly large number of disaster victims.
Not to mention letting the disaster victims survive this winter, even this autumn may be difficult. If the official price of a bushel of rice was usually several dozen cents, this 450,000 guan would be able to support it for a while. But everyone knows that in disaster years, each bucket of food will cost at least dozens of times. Four hundred and fifty thousand dollars seemed like a lot of money, but in the face of the huge number of victims, even water might not be able to splash.
Moreover, the emperor also knew in his heart that even if the 450,000 yuan were distributed, half of it would reach the hands of the victims, and he would be able to laugh. These officials even dared to steal and sell out all the grain warehouses used by the imperial court to prepare for war and famine, and to supply the border troops. Presumably, it was extremely normal for them to scrape out a few layers of oil from the imperial court's disaster relief money and grain.
Thinking of this, the emperor gritted his teeth and decided to follow the steps given by Huang Qiong. As an emperor who has read a lot of history books, he knows very well what a civil uprising will bring. Not only the military expenditure of the imperial court's suppression may be a huge number. Even the areas affected by civil unrest will take who knows how many years to recover.
What's more, whether it's Longyou or Shaanxi Road, in addition to being a place where Hu and Han are mixed, they are also important border areas. Among the two roads, Longyou Road has the Uighurs in the west, the Tibetan tribes around Qinghai in the south, and borders the Northern Liao Dynasty in the north. It is also the location of the largest group of pastoral supervisors in the imperial court.
The Daqi cavalry has always been considered elite, relying on the war horses produced by Longyou. If there is really a big turmoil in Longyou, the blow to the cavalry, which has always been the backbone of Da Qi, will be absolutely fatal. Without powerful cavalry, how could Da Qi compete with Bei Liao?
The Shaanxi Road adjacent to Longyou has always been an important part of the Guanxi Line on the northern Liaoning border. Although it has never been the key offensive direction of Beiliao, the Shanxi defense line has always been integrated. Whether the Shaanxi Road is safe or not directly affects the Shanxi Road defense line. If Shaanxi Road is in chaos, it will be difficult for Shanxi Road, which is adjacent to it only by a river, to escape disaster.
The rivers and mountains inside and outside Shanxi Road have always been barriers to the Central Plains. If the Shanxi Road is in chaos and Bei Liao takes the opportunity to move south, I am afraid that the land north of the Yellow River will not be owned by Da Qi. The chaos in the northwest seems to be confined to one place, but in fact it affects the whole body. The current situation has made it impossible for the emperor to hesitate at all.
Even if he gives these clans some compensation afterwards, he must not show any mercy at this time. Although the emperor thought that what he did was not too excessive, and he did not want to go to war. But at the moment, unless he uses some tough measures, there is nothing he can do about those clans who have got into the eyes of money.
However, after making up his mind, the emperor did not immediately fall out like Huang Qiong. The city still had some advantages after being the emperor for many years. The emperor just looked at the clan members present and smiled faintly. It wasn't until he made the clan members laugh so horribly that he said, "Since you are all unwilling, I won't force it."
"I have remembered everything you said here today. Although what the King of England just said was a bit crude, he was still serving the court, so you should not pursue it further. But I also think that although the King of England's words were crude, It’s a little bit harsh, but it’s crude but not crude, and there is still a certain amount of truth to it. I’ll think about what we’re going to discuss today before talking about it.”
"Perhaps it's really time for the clan to reorganize itself. All of you here are the most respected members of the clan, and you have the unshirkable responsibility to reorganize the clan. In this way, you can stay in Beijing for a few more days and come up with something. Here comes the statement. I am really tired of the nagging these days. I guess you are also tired, so go down and rest."
Although the emperor's words were said very calmly, it was so calm that one could not see any anger in his heart. But when it came to the words "unwilling", the emperor emphasized his tone. The seriousness of his tone had nothing to do with the plain expression on his face. Hearing the emperor's words, the hearts of the clan members present could not help but thump.
Looking at the emperor in front of him, although he still had a plain smile on his face, the cold light in his eyes could be seen by anyone who was not blind. At this moment, the smile on the emperor's face had not diminished at all. Instead of making several clan members feel relaxed, it actually made several people feel the slightest chill.
I remember everything I said. What does this mean? Listening to the emperor's words, this is the time to prepare for settling accounts after the fall. The several clan members present here couldn't help but feel tight in their hearts when they thought of this. They all know in their hearts how the wealth in their houses came from.
Over the years, he had done so many dirty things to accumulate such a huge wealth. If the emperor was really angry and wanted to get to the bottom of it, it would be easy to catch him by his own hair. Even worse, the emperor now has his own leverage. If all these things are revealed, using the words of the King of Lao Shizi, he will definitely not be able to escape from the confinement.
Thinking of this, all the clan members present broke out in cold sweat. Especially for several clans in the Shaanxi and Longyou Second Roads of the Fan Dynasty, just as Huang Qiong guessed, several granaries in the Second Road were stolen and sold out, and they all had a share in the spoils. The cold sweat of the few people who had ghosts in their hearts instantly soaked their backs.
What's more, don't mention that there is a pile of shit under your butt that cannot be wiped clean. Even if he didn't, it would be too easy for the emperor to really make up his mind to deal with himself. Looking at the emperor with a faint smile on his face, who had never been less than half a smile, several people remembered that the emperor in front of them had never been so easy to talk to.
Especially the Prince of Linfen County who once scolded Huang Qiong for being a sinner of Huaiyang. At this moment, he suddenly remembered a past incident. After the Huaiyang Rebellion, several clans had repeatedly asked the emperor to kill Huaiyang. The daughter of Prince Yang and her son, that is, the mother and son of the King of England, thank the world, or to be precise, they thank their clans.
Although these leaks were ignored by the emperor at the time. But not long after the incident, the emperor in front of him found some excuses that were not excuses for those high-ranking clans. Not only was it forbidden to seize the title, but his descendants were also prohibited from taking the title. This Prince of Linfen County was the one who escaped the turmoil because of the delay in delivery for several days, so he remembered the incident quite clearly.
