Chixiao City is no longer as prosperous as before.
There is even a sense of depression everywhere.
Without the beast that pulls carts, the basic livelihood economy is almost paralyzed.
All the people could only carry bamboo baskets on their backs for transportation.
The Qiankun Ring and Qiankun Bag have become the main means of transportation, but this quantity is a drop in the bucket compared to the mined Fire Spirit Stone and Meteor Iron.
The glory that used to be comparable to the imperial city has fallen into the abyss.
It can be clearly felt that the city is too "empty".
It seems that the entire Chixiao City is missing a third of its people.
There were vacant houses everywhere. People walking on the street discovered for the first time that the roads in Chixiao City were actually so wide.
The common people complained, but they kept it in their hearts.
Changqing seemed like the sky was falling. The taller ones couldn't stand it at all, and they were all taken to prison.
"The progress is so slow?" Changqing was on a railway track under construction, full of dissatisfaction.
Most of the people Chen Tiejun mobilized were veterans or their families.
There were originally a lot of rough guys, but with Hua Lingxiu's order to withdraw, they all left.
Chen Tiejun is very capable if he can still maintain construction without stopping work.
"There are so many idle people in the city, call them all." Changqing said, and then shouted: "Shangguan Yu!"
"Here!" Shangguan Yu was strolling in the distance and hurried over.
The clerk of Chixiao City is just Changqing's little follower at this time.
The Four Prodigies of the Imperial City, the Young Master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he didn't dare to have the slightest bit of arrogance in front of Chang Qing.
"The taxes paid to the national treasury can be paid. You can release the news about the military salary of the border army, and I will distribute it together when I escort Liu Qingmei and the others to Tianmen Pass for interrogation. The remaining money will be given to the common people and monks who built the project. Pay wages. By the way, pay wages first, double the amount."
"Yes, sir."
Shangguan Yu accepted the order and asked curiously: "What are these things used for? Even if there is a carriage, but there is no monster pulling the cart, do we have to rely on the monks to push the cart themselves?"
Chang Qing pouted at the locomotive on the side, "Build a railway track first, and let it run first. When the time comes, you will all know."
Money opened the way, allowing people who had lost their livelihood to find a way to survive.
Especially the initial wages are calculated as double. Even if they know that this is Chang Qing's doing, no matter how reluctant they are, they can only come to report due to the pressure of life.
Putting everything else aside, this treatment is so generous!
For the rest of the day, Chang Qing went around supervising the work, and with one strike of his sword, he smoothed out the bumps on the road.
Changqing's memorial has been sent to the imperial city.
At this time, the imperial city was experiencing turbulent winds, thunder and lightning.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the world was shattered.
But on the surface, everything is still calm.
Imperial city, palace, main hall, morning dynasty.
At noon, officials at all levels in the hall still stood upright.
The atmosphere was like an imperial city, oppressive, heavy, and about to collapse at any moment.
On the throne, King Dongfang Mo frowned, looking at the tray held by the old eunuch beside him, his face became more serious.
On the tray, there are three thick stacks of memorials.
This is not a memorial presented by hundreds of officials, this is all presented by Chang Qing alone.
All of them!
It contains detailed records of the bribes accepted by the Nangong family and the Zhao family over the years, as well as the collusion between Su Tu, Liu Qingmei, and Hua Lingxiu.
He has risen to the level of the Mountain Forest of Hundred Demons, to the point where the chess pieces have ascended to the sky, and changed the pattern of the continent from the heaven.
Even Dongfang Mo had a headache.
The general, who is connected to the city for hundreds of miles, and the prime minister Shangguan Jinghong, stationed at the head of the hundred officials in the main hall.
At this time, both of them were silent.
The Imperial Preceptor Zhao Zhen also went to court for a rare occasion. The officials were even in a daze and couldn't remember the last time Zhao Zhen went to court.
Not only that, Queen Nangong also stood quietly in front of the officials, waiting respectfully.
"My dear friends, what do you think?" Dongfang Mo asked in a deep voice.
There was silence in the main hall.
"Zhao Zhen."
"exist."
Zhao Zhen stepped forward, raised his hands and said: "The evidence of the crime is conclusive, I should ask the executioner to order me to kill them all."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the hall.
"A commander of the Prison Suppression Department and a general soldier of the Frontier Army will be killed on demand?" Queen Nangong immediately objected, "As mentioned in the memorial to the execution officer, Hua Lingxiu is one of the four great demons in Baiyao Mountain. If Kill him at Tianmen Pass, and there will inevitably be a war on the border. By then, Xuanyue Kingdom will reap the benefits..."
Zhao Zhen immediately interrupted: "The queen knows everything about national affairs and has full control over it. What is written in the memorial about Si Chen is indeed true."
Queen Nangong's face suddenly turned pale, she clenched her silver teeth and lowered her phoenix crown.
At this time, she can only do the same as Shangguan Jinghong and Baili Liancheng, say less and make fewer mistakes!
Changqing's memorial was so detailed that it even seemed like it had cut open the two families.
Although most of them are guesses, the small part of the truth has already made the two major families put their foot down.
The more you guess, the more likely you are to guess right. If there is no problem in the first place, of course there is nothing to fear.
But how similar is this situation to Chixiao City? How could there be no problem!
"Let's get down to business." Dongfang Mo was calm and powerful.
Zhao Zhen immediately said: "I second Chang Qing's proposal. Evacuate the people on the border as much as possible, and turn the useless Qianli Border into a battlefield to contain Baiyaoshanlin and Xuanyue Kingdom. In this way, Xuanyue Kingdom will inevitably fight with There is a fight in the Baiyao Mountain Forest, and even though one arm is broken, the overall situation can be won!"
"Master Imperial Master, you make it easy. Do you know how many people there are in the border areas? Even if they can be evacuated, how will the hundreds of millions of people feed themselves? How will they survive?" Shangguan Jinghong stood up.
Baili Liancheng also added: "The soldiers abandoned their homes and careers to bleed at Tianmen Pass, not just to make you break your arms!"
Zhao Zhen said quietly: "If we don't kill them, will they be released? Let them continue to collude with the monsters?"
When Zhao Zhen said something, everyone fell silent.
"Liu Qingmei has a high prestige in the frontier army. If he is killed at Tianmen Pass, it may cause a mutiny." Shangguan Jinghong looked at Baili Liancheng.
Baili Liancheng took a step forward and asked for orders: "I would like to go to Tianmen Pass to suppress the border troops."
"Could it be that General Baili agrees to kill him?" Queen Nangong couldn't help but asked.
"Two different things." Baili Liancheng's expression remained unchanged.
Queen Nangong continued: "Everyone has read the memorial. Chixiao City is particularly close to the two major families. But the Shangguan family and the Baili family are clean."
The words were only half spoken, but everyone already knew it.
In the court hall, a pot of porridge was immediately cooked.
Everyone's brain is also divided into a bowl.
The four major families sometimes quarreled and sometimes spoke in unison, all jumping left and right between killing and not killing.
Even after the voice in the court declared "kill them all", Zhao Zhen was able to stand up and put forward every reason why he couldn't kill.
Dongfang Mo's brows furrowed even more tightly, and his face became more and more difficult to look at.
At this moment, a young voice came from the end of the hall, "Maybe, kill Chang Qing?"
The hall suddenly became quiet, and you could hear a needle drop.
Everyone looked at the inconspicuous figure at the door of the hall.
Zhao Fusheng and Nangong Lianxue were also listening. At this time, they hurriedly dodged to both sides. They also looked at the person who made the sound with complicated expressions.
Fang Lin.
"Can't kill." Dongfang Mo's eyes were deep.
"Can't kill." Zhao Zhen also said firmly.
"Can't kill!" Wu Donglai said immediately.
"Can't kill..."
In the main hall, His Majesty and several high-ranking people almost spoke in unison, but Fang Lin's expression suddenly changed.
He really couldn't figure out why His Majesty and even these people were so firm and unified in not killing Chang Qing.
