I write novels in the East Palace

When Zhu Chunfu came to invite him, Zhou Chengyi was discussing the final exam and summer homework with the scholars in the South Study Room.

There are about ten days before the summer class will be on vacation. Students like Xu Rui and Pei Ye have begun to yearn for "freedom". Recently, they are very inattentive in class. The "lesson" directly raised the difficulty of the final exam by two levels, and it has almost reached the level of the rural exam.

As for the summer homework, it is completely to the extent that one or more papers can be written every day.But as we all know, there are always a small number of people who are self-conscious. Every time the school starts, it is a pen, a night, and a miracle.

This is not enough, Lu Guangfu also proposed a preliminary test for the start of the school, after the test, the parents' meeting and other proposals for mourning, received more than half of the votes, and confirmed the implementation.

"Don't let anyone die!" Zhou Chengyi seemed to hear the inner cries of all the teachers in the department.

He silently leaned back against the back of the chair, trying to separate himself, and at the same time lit a candle for Xu Rui and Pei Ye in his heart. The others may still be saved, but these two are definitely over.

When Zhou Chengyi was passing by the school today, he happened to hear that the two had made an appointment to take Brother Swan, who was somewhat depressed, to play at the Summer Resort.

At that time, Zhou Chengyi only had Brother Swan's white and soft feathers in his heart, but now he only hopes that the two children will be strong when they come back from playing crazy.

"Eunuch Zhu, why are you here?" Chang Xia's voice outside caught everyone's attention, and the discussion stopped abruptly.

After a while, Chang Xia came in and whispered in Zhou Chengyi's ear, "His Royal Highness, I have an invitation from the Political Palace."

It must be a big deal to listen to the affairs of the government hall, and to find Zhou Chengyi to go there, there is a high probability that it has something to do with Cangzhou.

Zhou Chengyi got up without delay and hurried to Qianyuan Palace, and at the gate of the palace, he ran into an acquaintance who also came in a hurry.

"Fu Yulan has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Fu Qian looked like a modest gentleman from Zhilan Yushu, and the folding fan in his hand was replaced by an ivory wat, but the clothes on his body were not brocade and silk, but purple red royal court clothes.

To be honest, Zhou Chengyi even forgot that Fu Qian inherited the title, not just a businessman.

But since Fu Qian came, it means that this matter is probably related to the businessman.

Zhou Chengyi guessed in his heart, but his expression remained calm.

The two walked in together, and were still listening to the gate of the government hall, when they heard Zhong Liyue's cold and deep voice inside, "Your Majesty, please lead the troops to the north to attack the Hu!"

"Nonsense." The emperor pressed his eyebrows and reprimanded, "Cangzhou is already chaotic enough. The plague is rampant and people are panicking. The supplies must first be tight to the people. You are not leading troops to kill the barbarians, but to add chaos."

After hearing this, Zhong Liyue said bitterly, "What about the looted supplies? Just let it go like this and pretend nothing happened? Those people in Beihu are robbers! Barbarians! Once they taste the benefits, they will only make more progress!"

The emperor paused, and his voice slowed down a bit, "Zhongli, if you can't bear it, you will make big plans. I know you are resentful. You might as well wait until the envoys from the west come back before sending troops."

"Then when will we have to wait?" Zhong Li said aggressively, "I will go to sea at the end of April, and August is approaching. There is no news for three and a half months, not to mention whether they can bring the Western cannon. When they come back, Beihu is uncertain. Ru Chuan and Yan Yun have been eaten!"

"Your Majesty, don't you know that the supplies that Beihu robbed are likely to be used in the army. After they grow their army, they will just watch Ru Chuan's long-coveted piece of fat on their lips and not do anything?"

The scar between Zhong Liyue's brows deepened, and he sneered sternly, "If you don't send troops at this time, when will you wait? Don't you know how to resist until Cangzhou is full of desolation and the people's wives and children are scattered, and they will fight until Chang'an soldiers approach the city?" ?!"

"Zhongliyue!" The emperor slammed the table and stood up, Longyan said angrily, "Cangzhou is also the land of Xiao Kingdom, and the people on the border are also my people. This whole palace of civil and military officials came here for this purpose, and you are not the only one who cares about it." frontier!"

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and slowed down because of the sudden rush, his chest heaved violently twice, barely suppressed the surging anger, and then sat back on the dragon chair with his forehead supported.

"I also know what you said, but it's just that fighting at this time will cause harm and no benefit! The epidemic situation in Cangzhou has not been resolved, and the supply cannot keep up. Especially in the two cities of Ruchuan and Yanyun, which border Beihu, the epidemic situation is extremely bad. It’s not too high, even the imperial physicians have started to develop a high fever... Let alone a war, there is a high probability of infection if you enter the city.”

"In such a situation of internal and external troubles, are you planning to take your soldiers to die?" the emperor asked.

Zhong Li gritted his molars tightly and turned his head unwillingly.

"My son pays homage to Father Emperor." When the atmosphere was at its most deadlocked and all the officials were silent, Zhou Chengyi's voice suddenly broke in.

At this moment, everyone realized that the prince had arrived at some unknown time. The emperor coughed twice with a handkerchief on his lips, and his expression eased a lot, "Come here, come here."

Zhou Chengyi already knew what happened from their conversations. It was not enough to cast the virus thousands of miles away, and even robbed the supplies. Did he really think Xiao Guo was his back-office kitchen?

His dislike for Beihu increased a lot, but, "How did Beihu know about this batch of supplies?"

Could it be that there are Beihu spies in the court?

"Reporting to Your Highness, I can answer this matter." Fu Qian, who had no sense of presence, took a step forward, cupped his hands at his superior, and then said:

"Since the release of the "Epidemic Prevention Handbook" in early July, some merchants have started buying and hoarding anti-epidemic drugs, buying low and selling high, and driving up drug prices. More than half of the drugs still flow into the hands of black traders."

"This is simply presumptuous!" Some courtiers who couldn't bear to listen angrily scolded.

Zhou Chengyi had already guessed in the worst direction when he met Fu Qian, and now he is not surprised to hear this, he even guessed a little further.

He asked calmly, "What else?"

Fu Qian paused, and waited until the Tingzheng Hall was almost quiet before continuing, "In addition, they also passed the news to Beihu through the merchants."

When Prime Minister Fang heard this, he couldn't help but say, "This is a subtle act! How dare they?"

"Prime Minister, there is a saying that if you have money, you can turn ghosts, and if you don't have money, you can be a ghost." Fu Qian said, "Saints are hard to find in the world, but wicked people are everywhere."

The dissatisfaction with merchants in the Tingzheng Hall reached the highest level for a while, and Chu Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs asked to raise commercial taxes to curb commercial development, and there were countless responders.

Fu Qian frowned, but he didn't say anything against it after all.

Zheng Yushi took a step forward, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, businessmen have valued profit and neglected parting. There are countless people who have murdered for money. Restrict border trade, narrow the border, and prohibit foreign trade."

"Minister, please play!" More than half of the courtiers agreed with this idea.

"No." Prime Minister Fang disagreed, "Closing the border gate directly because of some merchants, wouldn't it be a waste of food because of choking? How is it different from the closed-door policy in "Glass and Jade Bone"?"

Zhou Chengyi suddenly heard his own book, his originally serious expression was embarrassed, and he touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment.

"Yes, Your Highness..." Grand Master Shen subconsciously gestured to Zhou Chengyi, and changed his words bluntly in his silence, "Isn't Zhige warning us enough? You may wish to think about the consequences of closing the country. "

Zhou Chengyi: "..." Grand Master Shen, you can actually be less obvious.

Fortunately, the courtiers were all focused on closing the gates. Zheng Yushi retorted, "Just closing the northern gates to restrict foreign trade with Beihu, how can it be called closing the country."

"Beihu is not the only country in the north, there is also the Western Regions next to it, and after that there are Shamans." Fang Cheng, who remembers the world map very well, objected to this statement.

The two sides quarreled over this, and neither could convince the other.

In the end, the emperor yelled to stop. Because of the headache, he looked tired and restrained his anger and said, "The debate between the court and the Chinese government is not enough, and there must be no rest in the listening hall. Why don't you just go out and have a fight before you come in!"

Seeing that they finally stopped arguing, Zhou Chengyi hurriedly asked Fu Qian, "Are you sure they did this?"

"Basically without a doubt." Fu Qian reported two caravans, one from Chang'an and one from Lincheng. The country of Xiao has a vast territory, so it must be the first to receive the news if it can get the news and plan to implement it so quickly.

It is true that the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" was first released in Chang'an and its surrounding areas, and some places a little further away have not received news.

Fu Qian said again, "They sent a batch of medicine out. Some frontier merchants saw Hu people wandering around. After the medicine was handed over, they withdrew to the grassland."

"Afterwards, those two people were worried that things would be revealed and hid in Yanzhou. Only the guards came back. There is a high probability that they don't know what happened to the boss."

"Those bastards." Compared with Beihu, Zhong Liyue hated people who betrayed the country even more, and wished he could bring up his black iron halberd and kill them right now.

Fu Qian also despised those who made black-hearted money. He remembered the words of the ministers just now, and said carefully, "Your Majesty, there are black-hearted businessmen in the world, and there are also conscientious businessmen. It would be biased to generalize."

"I got it." The emperor couldn't see any joy or anger on his face, and Fu Qian was sensible and didn't say anything about it.

In the end, the emperor just issued a warrant to arrest the traitorous businessmen, temporarily suppressing Zhong Liyue's desire to lead troops to the expedition.

The more unconvinced Zhong Li was, the emperor waved his hand to disperse the court and did not leave, as if he still wanted to talk.

What happened afterwards Zhou Chengyi didn't know, but when he was about to fall asleep at night, Zhong Liyue suddenly came to the door.

The candles in the East Palace were turned on again not long after they were extinguished, Zhou Chengyi hurried out of the bedroom in a coat, and saw Zhong Liyue sitting silently on the couch, with a shadow over his brows.

"Uncle?" Zhou Chengyi put down the candlestick and walked forward, "What's wrong?"

"You," Zhong Liyue raised his head, his eyes seemed to look deep into his eyes, "are you Zhou Chengyi?"

Zhou Chengyi's heart skipped a beat.

The author has something to say: There is still one more chapter as usual, after the meal is finished.

After writing this plot, Zigu will be back!

I, determined to write cookies, it's time to prove myself (rubbing hands excitedly).

I went to sleep directly after finishing the update yesterday. It was rare to sleep for nine hours, and I was resurrected with full blood~~

The medicine is still very effective, but yesterday my brain twitched and I mistaken what I took before and after meals, and I doubted my own brain every day.

Thank you for your concern~~

感谢在2021-06-0523:34:14~2021-06-0618:43:47期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmines: give one sheep to the sweet sister Meow;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!