Has Your Majesty abdicated today?

Chapter 52

On the first day of September, the most important court meeting of the month came again, and Qi Chu had to go to the court to listen to the government on this day.

After the Queen Mother came back from illness, she naturally resumed listening to the government behind the curtain, and Qi Chu also changed from the previous daily court meeting to the current one every ten days. At this juncture, this frequency is just right for him.

This year's drought has occurred in Yuzhou and its surrounding four prefectures. The fields have lost crops and people have been displaced.

In addition to the loss of the imperial court's tax revenue, the disaster situation is more important that the victims who are constantly moving around will put pressure on the social security of other state capitals, and the gathering of refugees will even cause plagues. Therefore, all dynasties have attached great importance to disaster relief work.

The disaster situation in Yuzhou and other four prefectures has been taken seriously by the imperial court since June. Mr. Boyuan took the lead in disaster relief. He sent his son Dong Ye to Yuzhou to preside over the disaster relief. Although Dong Ye sent a letter back to the capital saying that the disaster relief work is progressing well. , but judging from the rising number of refugees in other places, the documents Dong Ye handed to the court may be suspected of whitewashing peace.

Today in the court, someone questioned this matter.

Various forces in the imperial court debated whether to send imperial envoys to Yuzhou to supervise disaster relief.

The Empress Dowager Dong has always defended her weaknesses, and when she heard the doubts from the court, she said coldly: "Dong Langzhong traveled thousands of miles to Yuzhou to preside over the disaster relief in person, but all of you are here to speculate about him, it really makes the Ai family feel cold, and let the court do it for you." Real people have cold teeth!"

He also taunted: "The Ai family has not been to the court for a year, so they don't know that the atmosphere of the court is so corrupt!"

All the ministers said in unison: "The Queen Mother calms down."

Sitting on it, Qi Chu listened to their protracted tones, like the insincere "Hello, teacher" from classmates in class.

The Empress Dowager said: "My imperial court of Dayu must never hurt the hearts of capable ministers who do practical things!"

All the ministers heard the empress dowager calling Dong Ye a capable minister, and they all felt "ha ha" in their hearts, but they all shouted in unison without sincerity: "The empress dowager is wise."

The Queen Mother snorted, and then revealed her true intentions, saying: "Dong Ye has been in Yuzhou for a long time in disaster relief, he should be rewarded! Pass down the decree of mourning his family, and make him the right servant of the Ministry of Industry."

In the face of the catastrophe, Empress Dowager Dong didn't think about the plight of the people, nor the danger of the court. All she could think about was how to seal her own family. Even Qi Chu felt that her eating this time was a bit ugly.

Xie Yu raised his eyelids and glanced calmly at the curtain in the direction of the Empress Dowager, a trace of sarcasm flashed in his eyes.

Hehe, Empress Dowager Dong dealt with him in order to strengthen the Dong family, she was a little eager for quick success.

The Empress Dowager Dong hurriedly promoted Dong Ye before he had made any achievements in Yuzhou. This was not to add to the icing on the cake for the Dong family, but to add fuel to the fire.

Using the Dong family to deal with him, the Empress Dowager Dong still hasn't made any progress after all these years, she is so stupid and outrageous!

Idiots like the Dong family don't need him to do anything at all. It's ridiculous that the queen mother didn't find out that Mu Kang and his party deliberately brought up the topic of disaster relief in the court today. They must have caught something. Before they made trouble, the queen mother was in a hurry For the benefit of his own family, if Mu Kanggong speaks out about Yuzhou in the court, the empress dowager's words of conferring the title will definitely make all the officials more dissatisfied with the Dong family.

The reason why he chose the Dong family in the past was that he had no choice but to choose the Dong family because he had no support in the court. Later, he saw that Mr. Bo Yuan was an arrogant and short-sighted idiot, and the queen mother was a master who had no opinions to deal with. Reluctantly keep in touch with the Dong family, after all, he also needs someone to help him block the wrath of the world.

After all, a group of greedy foreign relatives are more hated than a power minister who works hard to help the country.

But he didn't expect the Dong family to be so weak-hearted, and without looking at his own strength, they started to covet his power in the court, trying to replace him, and were even stupid enough to unite with the Southern Dynasty to kill him, and later treated the little emperor...

A fierce murderous look flashed across Xie Yu's eyes. Since the Dong family wanted to die, why didn't he help them?

After hearing the Queen Mother's edict for Dong Ye's promotion, everyone subconsciously looked at the Grand Master on the left, and saw him standing in the hall with his brows frowned, without saying a word...

Ever since the Empress Dowager was ill in the palace, Xie Fan had become low-key for some reason, and he rarely expressed his opinions in court on weekdays. Now that the Empress Dowager came out, he was still the same. Open your mouth.

It seems that the grand master is going to be deaf and dumb to the queen mother's edict this time, the grand master can bear the queen mother's selfishness, but Mu Kanggong can't bear it!

He gave Xie Xuan a wink, Xie Xuan stood up and objected: "Queen Mother, Dong Langzhong has not accomplished an inch in Yuzhou this time, and I am afraid that he will not be able to convince the public if he is promoted rashly at this time!"

The queen mother behind the curtain couldn't see her face clearly, but when he heard Xie Xuan's words, his voice became colder, and he said, "Is it difficult to convince the public, or is it difficult to convince Xie Qing's family? Why didn't Xie Qing say so clearly."

Xie Xuan bowed to the ground, and said in a loud voice: "I dare you, please ask the Queen Mother to postpone the appointment of Dong Ye for the sake of the peace of the court and the obedience of the people!"

After he finished speaking, he secretly cast a glance at Xie Fan, and found that he was still standing with his eyes down, not intending to intervene, so he would definitely stand on the sidelines this time.

If the grand master didn't intervene, only the queen mother and the Dong family would not be so scary. Although the queen mother listens to the government behind the curtain, the superiors sometimes have to take care of the world... As for the old man Bo Yuan, it's not worth mentioning!

The Empress Dowager said: "Dong Ye traveled thousands of miles to Yuzhou to relieve the disaster, what's wrong with Ai's promotion for him!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Yangyang knelt down and half of the court officials said in unison: "Please delay the appointment of Dong Ye, Queen Mother!"

Since the Empress Dowager recuperated in the palace, her temperament has become more irritable and irritable than before. Seeing half of the courtiers kneeling on the ground, she stood up angrily and shouted: "You are trying to force the palace!!!"

There was no sound in the hall, Qi Chu observed the grand master calmly, and found that he still kept his eyes aside, like a silent statue.

Xie Fan's abnormal silence gave Qi Chu a faint premonition that Dong Ye's matter would never get better today.

As soon as I thought of this, suddenly the little yellow door outside the door said: "Queen Mother, hurry up for eight hundred miles in Yuzhou!"

The Queen Mother's eyelids twitched, and said: "Xuan!"

The little flag who was in a hurry came in and knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Queen Mother, Yuzhou refugees/violence/chaos! Dong Langzhong is trapped in the city and his whereabouts are unknown!!!"

The Empress Dowager was startled and before she could speak, she heard Mr. Bo Yuan glaring and said: "What did you say?!"

The Babaili Xiaoqi glanced at the Queen Mother, seeing that the Queen Mother hadn't said a word, he hesitated whether to say it or not.

Only then did Xie Yu say the first sentence he said in the court hall today: "When did Yuzhou become violent/chaotic? How is the situation in the city now? How many people are there in the rebellious army now?!"

The little flag said: "I don't know the specific situation, but three days ago, refugees from Yuzhou suddenly occupied the government office and killed the magistrate of Yuzhou. There was no sign of violence/chaos!"

The Empress Dowager didn't care about the current situation in Yuzhou, she just asked, "How is Dong Ye?"

The little flag said: "Dong Langzhong was not in the mansion when the rebels invaded the government office. The yamen servants went to Lichun Courtyard to look for him, but they didn't find him!"

Lichun Courtyard... It smells like a brothel when you hear it, it must be a brothel.There was a sudden commotion in the hall.

When the Queen Mother heard the name of Lichunyuan, her face was also red and white, so wonderful.

Only the grand master was very indifferent, and said calmly, "Yuzhou is only [-] miles away from the capital, and there is only one Pinzhou between the two states. The capital is dangerous! For the current plan, we should send [-] Imperial Forest Army to suppress it as soon as possible!"

Mu Kanggong came out and said: "Grand Master, suppressing the exiles/people/is indeed the top priority, but shouldn't the root cause of this exile's uprising be investigated carefully?"

Duke Bo Yuan felt a little guilty for no reason: "What else is there to discuss? The most important thing right now is to suppress/violence/chaos!"

Mr. Mu Kang sneered and said, "Mr. Bo Yuan, this is really the case of the gourd monk breaking the gourd. You are the one who took charge of the disaster relief. Could it be that you have a guilty conscience? I would like to ask, half of the national treasury is going to Yuzhou and other four prefectures for disaster relief. How could the refugees revolt! I'm afraid that the relief food has not been distributed to the common people, but poured into some people's own granary!"

Duke Bo Yuan shouted: "What does Mr. Mu Kang mean by this statement? If there is no solid evidence, how can you speculate about the imperial court's order for no reason!"

Mu Kanggong said: "The old minister asks the Queen Mother to send someone to thoroughly investigate the disaster relief matter!"

Whether it is possible to overthrow the Dong family in one fell swoop, Xie Xuan also came out and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

From time to time, many courtiers asked for a thorough investigation of the disaster relief. The queen mother was a little confused for a while. Xie Fan used to help her deal with the courtiers' troubles. Now she and Xie Fan have had a rift. From the corner of the eye, she saw Xie Fan standing aside with her hands down, and she knew it. He has no intention of intervening.

It's just that although Xie Yu didn't speak, his mouthpiece, Zhou Boshen, stood up and said: "My lords heard a certain statement, Yuzhou is close to the capital, and the uprising of refugees should be dealt with as soon as possible. If they leave Yuzhou After entering Pinzhou, the capital is in danger!" He turned to look at the ministers, and said loudly: "Don't you all remember the Taiping Rebellion?"

Taiping is Yu Zhongzong's year name. At first, it was also because of the unfavorable disaster relief of the imperial court, which led to disasters/civilians/violence/turmoil in the three states.At that time, Zhongzong did not care about the government and devoted himself to cultivating Taoism, which led to the gathering of the rioters in the three prefectures. They attacked the gate of the capital like a broken bamboo, frightening the nobles in the court and the middle. The chaos/people kept Dayu's imperial capital.

After Zhou Boshen finished speaking, there were fewer discussions in the court asking to find out the reason. Seeing that the situation was not good, Mr. Mu Kang hurriedly said: "I think that both the disaster relief and the suppression of the rebellion should be carried out. Naturally, the Imperial Forest Army should be dispatched, but for the sake of To cut off the vitality of the mob/citizens, we should reschedule disaster relief as soon as possible, and the common people will have food to eat, so naturally they won’t think about uprising.” As long as manpower is allocated to disaster relief matters, it is natural to check the accounts at that time, as long as they get the accounts, Don't worry about not being able to move to Dong's house.

Duke Bo Yuan took the opportunity to say: "Queen Mother, the disaster relief matter was originally handled by the minister, and the officials who were involved in the chaos in Yuzhou were also guilty of negligence. This time, they are willing to pay their merits and go to Yuzhou to arrange disaster relief in person. Please allow the Queen Mother."

Mu Kanggong laughed mockingly, and said: "Bo Yuan just said that he was guilty in this disaster relief, shouldn't he avoid suspicion even more now?"

Xie Xuandao: "Mr. Bo Yuan should really avoid suspicion. If you go this time, you will know that you have committed meritorious deeds. Those who don't know will think that you have destroyed the evidence."

Bo Yuan said fairly, "What does Xie Shangshu mean by this?"

Xie Xuan smiled sarcastically and did not speak.

Zhou Boshen said: "Mr. Bo Yuan is old, and he is an important minister in my court. If I go to such a dangerous place as Yuzhou, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will worry. If I don't go this trip for Mr. Bo Yuan, this time the disaster relief will be lost. The Cabinet also has a responsibility."

After Zhou Boshen finished speaking, everyone went to see Xie Yu one after another. Xie Yu said to the queen mother in a business-like tone: "The chaos in Yuzhou can be big or small. If you let Mr. Zhou go this way, he used to be in the Ministry of Households and The Ministry of Industry has served as a servant, and has a lot of experience in farmland water conservancy and taxation."

Lord Bo Yuan looked at Xie Yu, frowned, and said, "Master Zhou, going alone, isn't it dangerous? I don't think that if you let Minister Yang of the Ministry of War accompany you, you can also understand the people's sentiments." If Zhou Boshen really finds out something, it will be fine by then Kill him on the spot!

Master Zhou seemed to be ignorant of his thoughts, and said with a gentle smile: "It's hard for Mr. Bo Yuan to be thoughtful."

Seeing that Lord Bo Yuan had also arranged for someone, Mu Kang said, "The accounts for disaster relief are complicated. If you don't let Mr. Han from the household department accompany you, you can also help Mr. Zhou sort out the accounts together."

Zhou Boshen said again: "Mr. Mu Kang has a heart."

Seeing that neither her elder brother nor Xie Fan objected, the queen mother agreed to the three people's plan to check and balance each other.

Seeing that they had discussed the disaster relief matters, Qi Chu turned to Empress Dowager Dong and said, "Mother, this natural disaster is due to my incompetence, and I am willing to personally write an edict of guilt, to admit my mistake to the people of the world, and hope that my mother will agree."

In ancient times, whenever there was a calamity or a military disaster, it was common for the emperor to write an edict of guilt, so the queen mother agreed to his request without saying anything.

On the contrary, Xie Yu was a little surprised when he heard the words, this little emperor didn't like composition the least, so why did he seem to have changed his temper today.

He raised his eyebrows and decided to ask the next question.

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