I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

"This poem is called Silkworm Woman."

"Silkworm woman?" The old emperor frowned, why did he feel that the name was An Lian?

"Read and listen."

"Whoever entered the city last night and came back full of tears and covered in rags is not a silkworm farmer!"

"Good poems, good poems!" A civil servant repeatedly sighed with emotion.

"He who is covered with silk is not a silkworm farmer!" Another minister repeated, with tears in his eyes. This poem expresses the sadness of the people at the bottom.

It is similar to the nine prince Li An's sentence "there is no idle land in the world, and the peasants still starve to death." It has the same effect!

"Hmph, Mr. Wang, I think you are really confused. Can this be called a good poem? In my opinion, this is anti-poetry, and it is outrageous!"

A minister uttered angrily.

"Nowadays, the world is under His Majesty's rule, and the common people live and work in peace and contentment, so why is the silkworm farmer not a silkworm? The person who wrote this poem, what is his idea? Is he trying to rebel?"

"Your Majesty thinks that Master Zhou's words are very true, and I ask His Majesty to order a thorough investigation into this matter, and those who disturb the hearts of the people should be dealt with severely!"

There was an immediate quarrel in the courtroom.

The same thing happens several times a day.

The old emperor only felt a headache, and he didn't like this poem very much. Isn't this blatantly saying that his authority is incompetent and the court is corrupt?

But he will not really punish others just because of a poem.

"Okay, calm down, all lovers." After finishing speaking, he looked at the person who spoke first: "Where did this poem come from in Qingshui County?"

"It is reported that the land of smoked willows in Qingshui County."

"It's the land of smoke and willows again. You literati and poets, why do you like to go to those places?" The old emperor said casually.

"Do you know who wrote this poem?"

"The subordinate dare not say?"

"Why don't you dare to say it, dare to write this poem, are you afraid of being known?"

After the old emperor had spoken, the minister continued: "This poem was written by the current king of Nanjiang. It is said that the king of Nanjiang went to the Red Apricot Square the night he arrived in Qingshui County, and wrote this poem while playing with the actors! "

"What, it's actually the King of Southern Border?"

"The king of Southern Border has just arrived in the fief, why didn't he deal with government affairs, but got into the land of smoke and willows?"

"This is too dereliction of duty!" The ministers talked a lot.

Only the third prince Li Xu standing in front showed a sinister smile.

Now that Li An is gone, he is the most powerful person in this dynasty to compete for the crown prince.

But he also knew that the old emperor had a good impression of Li An, so he tried his best to discredit Li An.

The person who mentioned the silkworm woman was someone from his third prince's faction!

After hearing that the poem was composed by Ang Li, the old emperor immediately turned dark.

It's this bastard again, why is he restless everywhere?

When he was young, he loved and petted him so much, why did he become a little white-eyed wolf?Poking his old man's spine every day.

"Father, please calm down. The ninth younger brother must have written this poem because he was concerned about the country and the people." Li Xu interceded superficially.

"He is concerned about the country and the people, so I won't worry about the country and the people?" The old emperor scolded angrily, "I think this kid is itchy!"

Seeing that the old emperor was angry, the third prince still pretended to persuade him, and smiled indescribably happily from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, a eunuch's shrill voice came: "Your Majesty, Grand Scholar Zhu Wen asks to see you."

Hearing this, the old emperor stood up all of a sudden, and finally got the news.

"Let him in now."

Zhu Wen rushed into the palace, knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly: "Your Majesty, I'm finally back!"

Zhu Wen can't help the old emperor all of a sudden, didn't he just ask you to go to Qingshui County to observe Li An secretly?

How is it the same as fleeing back to the capital after a narrow escape after going through life and death?

The ministers also looked at Zhu Wen with doubts on their faces. At this moment, Zhu Wen has lost the elegant atmosphere of the old gentleman. His hair is messy and his face is full of vicissitudes, as if he has been abused a lot.

"You went to Qingshui County, what happened?" the old emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, the prince is doing corvée labor in Daxing County, Qingshui County. He has sent tens of thousands of people in Qingshui County to the construction site without exception. The people complained a lot, and dare not speak out about their suffering!"

In fact, he was the only one who complained and dared not speak out about his sufferings. The rest of the people could not wait to build water conservancy projects for another year or so.

"What is he doing corvee?" The old emperor became vigilant.

"Dig the canal!"

"Dig a canal?" The old emperor frowned.

Isn't Qingshui County arid?Why is Ang Lee digging the canal?

"What is he digging the canal for?"

"Chen, I don't know. After going through life and death, I finally escaped back. I came to see Your Majesty at the first time." Zhu Wen said, Dou Da's tears fell down.

The old emperor frowned and looked at Zhu Wen. Zhu Wen also had a few blisters on his hands, his face was a little tanned, and he didn't seem to see any signs of being whipped and abused.

Is Qingshui County really as mysterious as Zhu Wen said it is now?

The old emperor still knew that when these Confucian scholars talked about things, they always liked to exaggerate the small things and make the big things so insignificant.

Chapter 19 Complaint

"Come here, send Zhu Aiqing down to freshen up first." The old emperor waved his hand.

I always feel that what Zhu Wen said is a bit mysterious, and he will talk to Zhu Wen alone after the next court.

And Zhu Wen wasn't the only spy he sent out, Zhu Wen has come back, and the others should be coming soon.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Wen was not an idiot, and planned to sue the old emperor for Li An's atrocities later.

Just as he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "Your Majesty, another plague broke out in Qingshui County!"

"What, why did the plague break out again?" The old emperor's pupils dilated slightly.

The plague is the most difficult thing. If it is not properly controlled and spreads, it will be a catastrophe.

"What you said is true?" The old emperor's voice sank.

"Xiaguan's sentence is true. When Xiaguan first went to Qingshui County, Qingshui County was already empty.

Before returning to Beijing, I quietly went back to Qingshui County. The people of Qingshui County all lined up at the entrance of the pharmacy, from the entrance of the pharmacy to the outside of the city gate!

There were half-dead people lying all over the place. "

Zhu Wen felt that he had only slightly exaggerated, but most of it was true.

"The disaster situation in Qingshui County has reached such a serious level? Why is no one presenting?" The old emperor was angry, and his cold eyes swept over the officials.

All the ministers were so frightened that they all tensed up and sweated profusely.

"Your Majesty, your majesty has not received any memorials about the epidemic in Qingshui County. The epidemic may have started after the prince went to Qingshui County, and it may be related to the prince's large-scale corvee."

A minister said tremblingly.

Hearing this, the old emperor sat down dejectedly. Could it be that Li An was really responsible for everything?Did I really misunderstand him?

Over the past ten years, have you been wrong?

Just when the old emperor questioned himself, the old eunuch beside him whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, everyone else is back."

The old emperor glanced at Zhu Wen, "Let them all enter the palace."

"promise."

After a while, several courtiers who were as embarrassed as Zhu Wen entered the Golden Luan Hall.

These people are similar to Zhu Wen, with disheveled hair, dark cheeks, and blood blisters and calluses on their hands.

"Are you also arrested by Li An to dig a canal?"

A few people glanced at the old emperor in doubt, did they all know?

A few people nodded without tears, what happened? They had just stepped into Qingshui County, before they could do anything, they were held up by two guards, and signed a labor contract inexplicably. Sent to dig a ditch.

Two months, two full months, do you know how I survived these two months?

These people all nodded, which means that the matter of Li An Daxing's corvee can be confirmed.

Li Xu was ecstatic, and secretly cursed in his heart: "Li An, you are committing suicide, no one can save you, haha!"

Although the facts have been roughly confirmed, the old emperor still asked: "So, is it true that Li An was secretly engaged in corvée labor in Qingshui County?"

"Corvée?" Now it was the turn of the people below to be stunned.

Several people looked at each other and muttered to themselves: "Isn't it considered a corvee?"

"It shouldn't be counted. The prince pays wages, a hundred dollars a day, three meals a day, and works for five hours a day. If you are tired, you can rest as you like, and the supervisor will not beat the workers to force them to work.

If there are children in the family, the prince will take the children to the county government to take care of three meals, and ask the husband to teach.

When there are too many people in the back, those who want to leave can go back by themselves after receiving the money. "

Zhu Wen stared at the few people with wide-eyed eyes, why hadn't he heard of the fact that he could go on his own, and the sins of those days were for nothing?

As he said that, one of them took out his own money bag, "I worked for the prince for a month and 25 days, and the prince paid me six taels of silver for two months' wages!"

Hearing this, all the ministers looked at this man speechlessly, your monthly salary in the court must not be more than ten times this, how can you be so happy with six taels of silver?

The old emperor was also a little speechless, and waved his hands: "Don't talk about this, do you know what Li An is digging the canal for?"

"I know this. The prince dug the canal to divert water from the river to irrigate the farmland and completely solve the drought problem in Qingshui County!"

"Diverting water from the river to irrigate the farmland?" A minister fell into deep thought.

After a while, he repeatedly clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful, how did the prince come up with this move? This move by the prince will benefit the country and the people for thousands of years, and all the drought-stricken places in the country can follow the example of the prince! "

"It's just that the river is turbulent. If you divert the water from the river, if you are not careful, it will turn into a flood. How did the prince achieve this extraordinary move? I guess only the prince has the courage to sink the boat!"

"Yes, the prince is really a god!"

The court was full of voices praising Li An.

The old emperor also nodded in satisfaction. Can the person he likes be worse?

At the same time, he gave Zhu Wen a hard look, "A hundred essays a day, what's the difference between this and giving money to the common people? Are you telling me that this is corvée?"

Zhu Wen shrank his neck in fright, and explained in a panic.

At this moment, only the people from Li Xu's faction were black-faced.

Well, Li An, you have been dispatched to southern Xinjiang, and you still don't stop.

"Then his method of diverting river water into canals for irrigation is successful?" The old emperor looked away from Zhu Wen and continued to ask.

"It's a success. The prince's water conservancy project is a success. The water in the canal is inexhaustible and nourishes the land. It is said that Qingshui County has already started sowing seeds. I'm afraid there will be a good harvest this year!"

"That's right, that's right, Li An has finally done something decent. It seems that there is no idle land in the world, and the peasants are starving to death. It's not just what he said." The old emperor nodded in satisfaction.

As long as Li An can make achievements, he can criticize himself if he is willing to criticize himself. Anyway, he is his favorite son and heir to the dynasty.

Seeing Li An's reputation getting better and better, Li Xu couldn't sit still.

He secretly winked at Shangshu Hubu.

Hubu Shangshu recalled, bowed his hands and saluted.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Qingshui County has been unable to pay taxes for several years, and the county government treasury has long been short of money. May I ask the prince where the funds for the construction of the water conservancy project come from.

Where did the huge wages he paid to the workers come from? "

The old emperor was also puzzled, yes, when Li An left, he even copied his mansion, where did this bastard get the money?

The old emperor looked at the courtiers kneeling on the ground.

Everyone shook their heads: "I don't even know that, when we went, the water conservancy project had already started.

However, the prince did not deduct the wages of the workers, nor did he let the workers go hungry. "

Just when the court minister was wondering where Li An got his money, the Minister of Household Affairs stood up.