[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

It is actually more beneficial to the current chaos to not kill the emperor, but to let him abdicate directly to the virtuous. However, because their method of seizing power is actually a clever trick, it is very likely that after the political situation is stable, the emperor's supporters will stand up against them.

Or in other words, not only the supporters of the emperor will stand up to oppose them, but many people under the banner of the emperor may stand up against them.

And if the emperor is killed, the country may fall into civil strife temporarily, but once the chaos is quelled, the court will be completely in their hands.

Lin Liu thought for a long time, and finally decided to attack the emperor.

But what I didn't expect was that before that, a servant suddenly sent a message, saying that it was the queen who asked to see her.

Lin Liu frowned, subconsciously thinking that the other party was here to intercede.

But after seeing the queen, she looked at Lin Liu for a long time, and then said with a smile: "I can know, after you win the throne, who will be the emperor? Lin Ruhai, or Ji Song?"

Lin Liu was taken aback for a moment, she hadn't thought about this question.

Because the fundamental reason for their rebellion was to resist the imperial power, and a series of plans were only aimed at overthrowing the imperial power.

But who will be the emperor in the end?

Lin Liu never thought about it.

The queen looked at Lin Liu and said with a smile: "After the incident, I heard about your various reactions in the hall. As someone who has been there, I would like to remind you that if you are only a queen, you are too powerful and your natal family is too powerful. It poses a threat to the imperial power. At the beginning, the love may still be as good as before, but when you taste the taste of power, the life of you and your family may not be as good as it is today."

Lin Liu looked up at the queen, was silent for a while, and said, "I have to think about it."

As the queen said, people's hearts are changeable, should she gamble the fate of herself and her family on an unknown ending?But in the same way, once Lin Ruhai becomes the emperor and Ji Song is the one who holds the military power, will Lin Ruhai tolerate Ji Song again?

Lin Liu thought a little deeper. If the imperial power was overthrown, she would support another imperial power. What would be the point of her trying so hard to overthrow the imperial power?

Seeing Lin Liu frowning and thinking hard, the queen was not in a hurry, but slowly waited for her to figure it out and give her an answer.

Lin Liu suddenly looked up at the queen: "Why does the queen want to get the answer to this question? No matter which answer I give you to this question, it won't affect you or your family in the slightest, right?"

The queen lowered her eyelids and smiled lightly: "I just want to know what your choice is. Will it be the same as my original choice."

The emperor was selected by the Supreme Emperor and finally ascended to the throne. Apart from being exceptionally good himself and having no other favorable competitors at that time, the biggest reason was the empress's natal family.

But after the emperor ascended the throne, not only did he not repay the queen's natal family, but also suppressed her wantonly.

Nowadays, the queen's natal son-in-law is almost invisible in the court. Either he has been suppressed to withdraw from the court, or he has been sent to other places to be a local official.

Even the queen's father has already retired and returned home.

But at the beginning, the queen actually had other choices. If she married according to her father's arrangement, although she could not become a queen, she would still be able to live a happy life without burdening her natal family.

But the queen chose to bet on the emperor's character for her own preference.

As a result, nature suffered a crushing defeat.

So she really wanted to know what choice Lin Liu would make when faced with the same or even more difficult situation than she had before.

Lin Liu looked at the queen, and suddenly asked: "I remember, you only have one Princess Shan who is a descendant, and no son?"

The queen was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Lin Liu asked this well-known question.

Lin Liu smiled: "I see. I will tell you your answer after I figure it out."

After finishing talking, serve tea to see off guests.

The queen was stunned, got up for a while, and left the side hall where Lin Liu was.

At this time, Lin Ruhai, who had already dealt with the matter, came back first, and Ji Song, who was eager for revenge, stepped into the hall last.

When both of them arrived, Lin Liu took a look at them and said slowly, "There are three brothers Guiling watching over the Jiangnan side, and nothing will happen for the time being. The food in the city occupied by King Beijing is also taken by us. Take control, there is no need to worry for now.”

Lin Ruhai and Ji Song looked at each other, not understanding why Lin Liu suddenly brought up this matter.

Lin Liu smiled, "So, should we first discuss who should be the next emperor?"

Lin Ruhai and Ji Song looked shocked, and looked at Lin Liu suddenly.

Lin Liu sighed, analyzed the pros and cons of the emperor's life and death, and then looked at the two of them: "I prefer to kill the emperor. But once the emperor is killed, 'a country cannot live without a king for a day', if no one wears a yellow robe, come out Stabilize the situation, and the operation of the entire country may be affected."

Lin Ruhai fell into deep thought.

He chose to rebel with his daughter because the royal family was persecuting too much, but after the royal family was overthrown, he had never thought about who should be the emperor.

The same goes for Ji Song, he never thought about who should be the emperor after revenge.

In other words, as long as someone other than the Tu family becomes the emperor, he doesn't have any opinion on whoever becomes the emperor.

So Ji Song thought for a while and said, "Why don't you let Uncle become the throne? As long as I can lead troops to attack Xuzhou and kill enemies with my hands, I don't have any objections."

Ji Song really didn't care that much about being emperor or not.

Lin Ruhai shook his head after thinking about it: "In the final analysis, both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor were captured by you, and now the royal family is captured so easily because of the army you brought back from the border. Shun, I'm afraid it will make your soldiers feel dissatisfied, and the army will change at that time, which is not good."

As the two talked, they began to push back.

"The junior is all about revenge. If he becomes the emperor, he will no longer be able to lead troops to attack Xuzhou."

"I am over half a hundred years old, and I will not live for a few years even if I am enthroned. Now I just want to go to court every day, go home and enjoy family happiness with my family, and I don't want to be trapped in government affairs all day and waste the rest time."

"I'm too young. The only thing I can win now is a victory against a small country on the sea. Apart from being an official, I don't even have much experience as a general. If I become an emperor, I'm afraid it will be harmful to the people. Useless."

"Although I have been immersed in the officialdom for most of my life, it is precisely because of this that I cannot ascend to the throne. Because I am used to handling things from the perspective of a courtier, and I am not good at leading the overall situation."

"..."

Lin Liu raised her eyebrows, looking amused——

Others fought for the throne, but in front of Lin Ruhai and Ji Song, they were like a hot potato, and no one wanted to take it.

Regardless of whether they said this against their will or not, if they could say such a thing, at least at this moment, neither of them had much thought about the throne, let alone the will to win it.

Lin Liu smiled: "If you two don't want to be emperor, you might as well let me do it. I really want to try, what it's like to be an emperor."

As soon as these words came out, the room was completely silent.

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a long time before opening his mouth carefully: "Little Qilin, do you really want to be the emperor?"

Not only Lin Ruhai, but even Ji Song on the side looked at Lin Liu in disbelief.

Lin Liu was joking at first, but when he saw the reaction of the two, he felt rebellious and nodded firmly: "It's not like no one in this world has ever been a female emperor, so what's wrong with me being one?"

Originally, they were still struggling, but Lin Ruhai and Ji Song, no matter who became the emperor, would be a potential danger to the other.

After all, power is the easiest to corrode people's hearts. No one can guarantee that after the two people who are still honest today really become emperors, they will not change in the slightest, and they will not be defensive towards each other.

But if Lin Liu became the emperor himself, there would be no such hidden danger.

First of all, the relationship between her and Ji Songzi's fiancée also has feelings for each other, as long as Ji Song will not betray her, she will never separate from him;

Secondly, Lin Ruhai is her father, and he has saved her life. No matter what, she can't do anything that is not good for the Lin family;

Three to...

The benefits of being an emperor are nothing more than beauty and enjoyment. Needless to say, Lin Liu only looks at beautiful men occasionally even in modern times, but he has never been in love, and he has never had the idea of ​​spending his life with anyone;

As for enjoying...

It wasn't Lin Liu who said that life in the ancient world was far behind even in the last days, not to mention the convenience of modern life.

The only thing that is better in ancient times than in the last days is safety, and you will not face the danger of your life at any time.

Therefore, to Lin Liu, all kinds of enjoyment in ancient times were "not bad". If she lost herself because it was just a "not bad" enjoyment, in fact...it was quite difficult.

Of course, there is another benefit of supreme power——

A sense of superior control over life.

But Lin Liu came from the end of the world and has seen many tragic scenes. Not only does he care about life, but he also respects and even awes it.

Controlling other people's lives is not a kind of enjoyment for Lin Liu, but a kind of responsibility.

The more she thought about it, the more Lin Liu felt that being the emperor herself was the best solution.

Perhaps Lin Liu's speech was too bold. Lin Ruhai, a very typical ancient scholar-bureaucrat, didn't know what to say anymore. His lips moved for a while, but he couldn't utter a word.

On the contrary, after she finished speaking, Ji Song stammered, "It's, it's pretty good, but, it's a little strange?"

Although he doesn't mind other people being the emperor, this doesn't include making his fiancée the emperor.If Lin Liu becomes the emperor, what is his status?Queen?

The key is……

If Lin Liu really became the emperor, wouldn't she really accept the harem?

Although he believes in Lin Liu's character, Ji Song doesn't believe in his own attraction to Lin Liu.

The situation was deadlocked for a while.

Lin Ruhai struggled for a long time, and then asked again: "Little Qilin, are you serious? Do you really want to be emperor, not just talking about it?"

Lin Liu nodded: "It was just a joke when I first said it, but after I said it, I definitely think this is the best choice, so as not to push you back and forth." She said jokingly, "You just treat me as a Mascots are also available, and when the time comes, one person will be in charge of the court, one will be in charge of the military power, and Guiling will be there to assist, wouldn’t it be great?”

"On the contrary, I can't rest assured that either of you will be the emperor. After all, being an emperor is tiring and powerful. First, I worry about my father's health, and second, I worry that Ji Song will get bored of me, so I will accept other women As a concubine. At that time, no matter whether I was a daughter or a wife, there was no way to persuade me."

Although Lin Liu only said that he was worried that Lin Ruhai would be exhausted by government affairs, and that Ji Song would change his mind to accept the concubine after he became emperor.But both Lin Ruhai and Ji Song are not stupid, so they naturally heard her hidden meaning.

The two looked at each other, and quickly turned their heads away.

The two of them knew themselves very well, and both felt that they would not do anything to each other when they became emperors, but they couldn't believe that when the other party came to power, they would not do anything to themselves.

And things like the death of the cunning rabbit and the lackeys cooking have happened countless times in history.Both of them are people who are familiar with history books, and they don't say a lot about those things, but they can casually say a dozen or twenty things.

After all, the emperor's power is too great.

They will rebel because the imperial power is too strong, and they have no power to resist.

After the two understood Lin Liu's hidden meaning, they clearly realized one thing——

Even if they overthrow the imperial power, there will be another imperial power on the line. If the other party has a conscience, it's okay, and I may be able to retreat unscathed; if the other party has no conscience, I'm afraid I will...

But pin your fate on the conscience of the other party?

Both Lin Ruhai and Ji Song would just shake their heads and refuse.

Lin Liu smiled and said, "Why don't you think about it?"

Lin Ruhai sighed, reached out and patted Ji Song's shoulder: "Okay, let's think about it carefully. After this matter is finalized, let's talk about the emperor's matter."

Ji Song shook his head: "The night is full of dreams, who knows how many emperors are in this palace? He may be rescued at some point. Once he escapes from the capital, the situation we will face will only be a hundred times more difficult than it is now. .”

He looked at Lin Ruhai, "It's better to kill people now, let's think about it slowly."

After killing the Supreme Emperor, Ji Song seemed to have broken through some kind of shackles, thinking about things more calmly and rationally, and almost never happened the hesitant things before facing the Supreme Emperor.

Just like now, because he felt that it was risky to keep the emperor, he proposed to kill the emperor without hesitation.

Lin Ruhai frowned, but Ji Song insisted.

After the two looked at each other for a long time, they turned their heads at the same time, and their eyes fell on Lin Liu.

Lin Liu didn't expect that the two would disagree so quickly.

She smiled and said: "The emperor's affairs are not in a hurry. I will send more troops and let people guard the emperor in shifts. It will never happen that he is left. Before the emperor's candidate is finalized, the emperor is alive. Still useful."

but……

Lin Liu looked at Lin Ruhai, "Although the emperor can keep it, it is useless for the rest of the royal family to stay. We can't just kill people, after all, we are not people who kill indiscriminately. But in order to seize power smoothly, we always have to break the royal family. The good impression in the minds of the common people makes them fall from the altar, and they can no longer have a superior appeal."

Lin Ruhai frowned for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I'll let people investigate those royal family members. Once they are found to have committed crimes, they will be sent directly to prison, and the crimes and punishments they committed will be announced."

Lin Liu nodded: "Not only must it be announced to the people in the capital, but also to the people in other places. If my father finds out, he will directly write down their crimes and send them to Jiangnan for Lu Sui to publish and let his merchants Teams carry newspapers all over the country."

Lin Ruhai's eyebrows twitched, and he laughed for a while: "I didn't expect you to do things, and you really don't leave any hope for the royal family."

To a certain extent, Lin Liu's actions can be regarded as killing the grass.

If most of the royal family members have committed illegal and criminal acts, the common people will not hesitate to believe that all the royal family members are bad people, and there is no good person.

Even if there are one or two good ones among them, if they escape the sanction of the law, they will only be considered by the common people. They have actually broken the law, but they have not been found out; will become like everyone else—

Otherwise, why did so many people in the royal family break the law?It shows that this family is bad from the root.

Ordinary people don't believe that what comes out of silt is not stained, and they don't believe that good shoots come out of bad bamboos.

——This is also the reason why ancient people valued reputation so much.

Because one person makes a mistake, it is very likely to implicate the reputation of the entire clan, causing the entire clan to be looked at with strange eyes.

Lin Liu laughed: "It's better than dying."

Lin Ruhai thought, yes, if he were to kill all the members of the royal family, he would not be able to pass his own test, but he would act in strict accordance with the law, even if some of them were beheaded for committing a capital crime, he would not Feeling a little bit guilty.

So he nodded at his daughter, and left the hall to investigate the past criminal records of the royal clan.

Ji Song stayed in the hall, as if he was still immersed in Lin Liu's proposal, unable to regain his senses.

Even in modern times, there are still many people who can't accept that their wives are higher and stronger than themselves, let alone Ji Song who grew up with the idea that his husband is the sky?

Lin Liu was not disappointed with Ji Song because of this, but just a little worried——

If Ji Song can't accept it, I'm afraid not only the cooperative relationship between Ji Song and the Lin family will be affected, but also the relationship between himself and Ji Song's fiancée will be affected.

Lin Liu quite likes Ji Song, although it is not enough to love, but if possible, she does not want to separate from Ji Song.

But if the three views are different, it is better for the two to separate.

After struggling for a long time, Lin Liu decided to ask him directly: "Are you unable to accept a woman as an emperor, or are you unable to accept your own wife as an emperor?"

The latter is only a matter of male chauvinism, it does not involve the Three Views, and can be adjusted and taught; but the former...

Lin Liu lowered her eyelids, unwilling to let Ji Song see the emotion in her eyes.

Ji Song panicked for a moment: "Neither of them, it's not that I can't accept a woman as an emperor, nor can I accept my wife as an emperor, it's just..."

He was silent for a while, and then said, "If you really became the emperor, I would feel a little strange. I am your husband, but I have to obey your orders, and I have to stand in the hall and look up at you sitting on the dragon chair... "

He felt that the status of the two people was suddenly separated, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Song suggested, "I think it's good for Uncle Lin to be the emperor, and I also believe in Uncle Lin's character. He won't kill a donkey and take action against me."

Lin Liu glanced at him: "People's hearts are changeable, and I don't even believe in things, but you actually believe in them?"

Ji Song was dumbfounded, he didn't really believe it.

After a long while, he spoke again: "Tang Dynasty Empress Wu Zetian and Li Zhi came to court, can't we be like them?"

Lin Liu laughed, shook his head and said, "What's the difference between you being the emperor and me being the queen?"

When Wu Zetian and Li Zhi came to court, Li Zhi was actually the dominant one. Once Li Zhi had other thoughts about Wu Zetian, it would not be so easy for Wu Zetian to protect himself, let alone be able to use women as women later. The body is enthroned.

What's more, the situation of the two is completely different from that of Wu Zetian and Li Zhi.

First of all--

She pointed out the fact, "You have military power in your hands. Once we imitate Wu Zetian and Li Zhi, your subordinates will not take me seriously. Not only your subordinates, but even the civil and military officials and even the world The common people will not see me in their eyes."

It is even possible for Ji Song to abolish her by going up.

Secondly——

Nowadays, etiquette is strict, Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism is popular, women's status has been oppressed to the extreme, and superior men simply cannot accept a woman stepping on top of them.

The social environment in the Tang Dynasty was so much more open than it is today. After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, wasn't she also scolded as "the hen of the morning"?

In today's society, it is simply impossible for the two saints to come to court.

Ji Song was silent.

Lin Liu smiled, stepped forward to give him a hug, and whispered: "Go back and think about it, even if you plan to become the emperor yourself, it's okay, the three of us will discuss it later."

Ji Song was flustered at this moment, so he could only nod along with Lin Liu's intention.

After the people left, Lin Liu sighed, found a random step and sat on it.

However, Lin Liu and the others never imagined that the three of them hadn't even discussed who would be the emperor, but accidents started happening in the capital one after another.

First of all, it was the princess of Prince Zhongshun's mansion. After learning that Prince Zhongshun had been arrested, she brought her confidants to go to Princess Shile directly, and returned all the methods that Princess Shile had imposed on her over the years. went back.

Princess Shile naturally resisted, and the two were fighting back and forth, but the princess was too late to stop and killed Princess Shile.

This incident originally happened in Prince Zhongshun's mansion. The princess's control over the mansion has risen sharply over the years, so she would not let such a thing spread out to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

However, after the murder, Princess Zhongshun seemed to be stimulated. Instead of escaping or surrendering herself to the Yamen, she came to the palace in a big way and made a request to meet Prince Zhongshun.

The royal family members were all locked together, in fact, they also served as hostages.

In order to prevent them from issuing orders to subordinates outside the palace through others, they are naturally not allowed to visit in the palace.

But Princess Zhongshun has a special status.

The soldiers brought back by Ji Song already knew that Miss Lin was the fiancée that his general cared about, and Princess Zhongshun was the mother of Miss Lin's younger brother's fiancée.

Because Prince Zhongshun is not that important, so the soldiers were passing on the news, but after learning that Lin Liu and the others were too busy dealing with important matters, they had no time to pay attention to such trivial matters. For Lin Liu's sake, they hesitated and let the The man took Princess Zhongshun into the palace.

It was beyond everyone's expectation that the concubine's visit to Prince Zhongshun was not because of worry, but because of...

Kill Prince Zhongshun.

When no one was prepared, Princess Zhongshun pulled out the gold hairpin from her head, and after killing Prince Zhongshun, she chose to commit suicide before the soldiers came to stop her.

The people present at the time were all frightened, and after the news spread, the others were also frightened.

Lin Liu had no choice but to rush over to inquire about the situation.

But the soldier didn't know anything about it: "When she came to the palace gate to ask for an audience, she still had a smile on her face, and what she said was all about worrying about Prince Zhongshun. The humble official didn't know that she was coming in to kill people."

Who would have imagined that this princess would enter the palace early to kill someone when she knew that Prince Zhongshun had no good end?

The fact that Lin Liu and the others want to strictly investigate whether the royal family members committed crimes was spread throughout the capital after the decision was made. It is impossible for Princess Zhongshun not to know about it.

According to the crimes that Prince Zhongshun has committed over the years, a death sentence will never escape.

As Prince Zhongshun's bedside person, Princess Zhongshun knows everything about what Prince Zhongshun did, at least partially, right?

Who would have thought that she entered the palace to kill a mortal man?

Before Lin Liu had time to investigate the reason for Princess Zhongshun's murder, a jaw-dropping incident happened outside the palace——

The wife of a certain minister in the court, after knowing that he was locked in the palace and would definitely not end well in the future, went back to her natal home and brought many guards, stripped her husband's favorite concubine and hung her at the gate, letting everyone Onlookers.

The reason why the lady did this is easy to find out, because when the lord was just a poor scholar, in order to continue to pass the entrance examination, he married his ex-wife who was a businessman.But after he ascended to a high position and could no longer use his father-in-law's family, he began to dislike his wife's background, and even took in a few well-educated concubines.

The others are okay, they are really knowledgeable and reasonable, even if they are favored after being accepted, they still have some respect for their original partner.But the one who was stripped naked by the original wife and hung at the door was an evil concubine who relied on favor and arrogance, ignored the original spouse because of the favor of officials, and even suppressed the original spouse's children repeatedly.

In the past, the original partner was worried that she would make a move on the concubine's room, and the husband would plot against her natal family in order to pamper the concubine, so she kept suppressing and forbearing.

Now that she knew that the official had been arrested, she did not hesitate and immediately set out to take revenge on the concubine.

Since then, several absurd or appalling cases have occurred in the capital. The murderer and the victim are also family members of these royal family members and officials who were locked up in the palace.

There were even scandals of two concubines, or wives eloping with others.

After Lin Liu heard the news, her mood fell to the bottom. She put on a straight face all day long and worked hard on various things. The people who served her hardly dared to speak loudly for fear of offending her.

Bi Chun and his confidantes were more courageous, seeing that she seemed to be very concerned about the news, they asked her: "Young lady, why are you always so sullen, but do you think these ladies are doing too much?"

Lin Liu was taken aback for a moment, then shook her head: "I was just wondering why they would choose such a time to explode."

Bichun didn't find it strange at all: "Because the men are all locked in the palace, they can't get out, and they can't make decisions for those concubines or other people. Moreover, after they come out, their status and status are definitely not as good as before, and they can no longer cause harm to them. Threats, they will naturally seize the time to take revenge."

Of course Lin Liu knew it was the reason, she was just thinking about the root cause behind it——

In a patriarchal society, women can only rely on their husbands or fathers for a better life. For this reason, they have to accept and endure things that are completely unacceptable to them.

Once they jump into the wolf's den, they don't even have a chance to escape.

The reason for all this is that women cannot decide their own destiny: they cannot choose their own husbands, they cannot find a job in this society to support themselves; apart from marrying, they cannot change by themselves own social class.

So they are like livestock raised in the back house and can only be slaughtered.

But now, Lin Liu has a chance to change everything.

As long as she can hold on tight!

Lin Liu, who was somewhat indifferent to the ownership of the throne, suddenly developed an ambition to win the throne.

She has to take this position.

Lin Liu wrote a few letters to Jiangnan, and at the same time began to communicate frequently with the family members, and even discussed things with the queen and others from time to time.

All changes are happening quietly.

……

After hearing this, Lin Ruhai and Ji Song didn't have any special reaction.

This kind of thing happens every time the dynasty changes——

Not only the women in the backyard will seize the opportunity to avenge their grievances, but also their enemies will take the opportunity to retaliate after these high-ranking dignitaries are in trouble.

The fact is exactly the same. After this wave of female relatives broke out, there were many people who wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on their rare enemies.

Because the power in the hands of these people is different from that of the female relatives, and the harm they bring is greater, so Ji Song directly sent troops to suppress them, and arrested all those who tried to provoke trouble during this period.

Worried that some of these people really had grievances in their hearts, Ji Song also sent a few soldiers to record the reasons for their revenge under Lin Liu's suggestion. People's crimes will add up, and after all their crimes are found out, they will be liquidated together.

After these people knew that Ji Song and the others really wanted to investigate the case, none of them said that they took advantage of the current chaos to take revenge on their enemies. Instead, they pulled the soldiers to tell all the hardships and losses they had suffered over the years. , and begged him to make decisions for himself.

After these people went home, they made publicity again. Many ordinary people who could only swallow their anger due to the power of the other party also sued a certain minister or minister with evidence and pleadings in the morning. Is the royal clan, or their family heirs.

For Lin Liu and the others, this would reduce the workload, so they naturally raised their hands to welcome these ordinary people.

Seeing that the government accepted the case of ordinary people suing the powerful, other people who were still watching also stood up and told all the losses and sins they suffered at the hands of the powerful.

So in just two months, Lin Liu and others investigated the crimes committed by the royal family members and civil and military officials, and convicted them according to the law.

Lin Liu took a look, except for a very small number of officials and very few members of the royal family, the dignitaries trapped in the palace are almost wiped out. Even if not everyone has committed a capital crime, most of them will be imprisoned Sober inside for a few years.

Naturally, all the family members of the royal family were arrested. Among the officials, those who committed minor crimes were fined a large sum of money to repay the people who were oppressed by them, and then they continued to serve as officials in the court, and their meritorious deeds were paid off——

There is no way, there are too few officials who have not committed crimes. If they are all arrested, the operation of the court will become a big problem.

Most of these officials who were let go were just lax in family management, or they allowed the slaves to invade the fertile land of the common people.However, his subordinates have a sense of proportion in everything they do, and they didn't kill anyone, nor did they really push people to the point where they couldn't survive.

So after doubling the loss of the common people, they can continue to be officials.

As for other people, the officials who have killed people must not be used, and those who have not killed people will be strictly inspected, and they will be kept after confirming that they really have the ability to be an official and that the crimes they committed have a chance to make up for it. .

After some strict selection, Lin Ruhai once again formed a team of officials who could barely maintain the operation of the court, and the capital temporarily returned to calm.

On the Jiangnan side, after the news of the emperor's arrest spread, except for Xuzhou and other cities still under the control of the four county kings, grain shops in other places opened one after another.

At the same time, carloads of grain poured into the affected cities like flowing water, successfully rescuing the affected people and avoiding the emergence of refugees.

As for the plague, under the guidance of Lin Liu's knowledge of modern hygiene, the spread of the plague was successfully controlled.Afterwards, relying on his business routes all over the country, Lu Sui found many doctors with superb medical skills from all over the country, and quickly found a prescription to treat the plague.

Everything seems to be going well, except for Xuzhou and other places, because of the lack of food, the people who had been appeased rioted again.

Even the soldiers under the king of Nan'an and others showed signs of mutiny due to the shortage of food and grass.

After Ji Song heard the news, he immediately led his troops to the expedition, intending to take this opportunity to take down several cities directly.

He didn't know that shortly after he left, Lu Sui sent a letter from Jiangnan——

"Sister, those grain merchants seem to have suddenly stopped listening to my orders."