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Emperor Mu Danse set up two male and female queens, one male was in charge of politics and the other female was in charge of the house, arbitrarily arbitrarily judging the inside and outside, the voices of complaints from the government and the opposition were endless.

On the first day, at the Golden Luan Hall, the Emperor Mu and the Empress Xiong held hands, and all the officials shouted three times, Long live the Emperor and Empress.

Xiao Jingyu dressed in a crowned suit, was sitting on the imperial chair, raised his hand as always, and said calmly: "Everyone loves you!"

The chief eunuch announced loudly beside him: "If there is something to do, we will play, and if there is nothing to do, we will leave the court!"

"My lord, the Dushui Supervisor is in charge of Lin Ze, and I have something to report!" A man stepped out of the civil and military officials, held the jade board respectfully, and reported loudly.

"Xuan." Xiao Jingyu said.

"Qi Zou the emperor, in June and July, when the tides and floods in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were flooding, the floods were severe, and the people had no crops. The lower officials received news that there were many deaths and injuries in this flash flood. I hope that the emperor will send money and food. "Lin Ze glanced at the frowning emperor, carefully reporting his worries.

"How many people died?" Xiao Jingyu asked with his forehead because of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and people died every year.

"More than 2000 people died and more than 2000 were injured..." Lin Ze said in a low voice.

"More than 2000 people died the year before last, [-] people died last year, and [-] people died this year. Do you all eat every day?" Xiao Jingyu immediately became angry when he heard this number, and asked with veins on his forehead.

"Back to the emperor, at the tail of the Yangtze River, silt accumulates from the upper reaches every year. The water supervisor dredges the river silt every year. The manpower investment is huge, but this year's heavy rain and flood are more severe than usual, and the dam has been flushed, so the flood cannot be cured. I hope the emperor will learn from it. .”

"How many taels of silver do you want?" Xiao Jingyu became more and more irritable when he thought of the two years of war, which had reduced the national treasury, and now that he had to spend a large amount of silver due to floods.

"Five thousand,500 taels of silver back to the emperor." Lin Ze begged in a low voice, looking at the emperor who was on the verge of going berserk.

"You...you..." Xiao Jingyu pointed at Lin Ze, so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Hahahaha..." Above the lobby, there was a burst of unrestrained muffled laughter.

Han Qing was wearing a purple veil, leaning lazily on the back chair, covering her mouth and giggling.

"What does the empress think is so funny?" Xiao Jingyu turned around and asked in confusion.

Han Qing stood up, walked to Lin Ze, and asked with a smile: "Let me ask you, before the flood in the Jiangnan area, you can order and send people to notify the people to evacuate to a safe place, and ask them to transfer their materials. to safety?"

Lin Ze obviously didn't do his homework, and said guiltily, "No..."

"Let me ask you again, the floods in the Jiangnan area are getting worse every year. You have carefully investigated the reasons for your ineffective flood control. Why are the dams washed away by the floods every year, drowning countless people?"

Floods are natural disasters, but also man-made connivance.

Han Qing's question was incomparably sharp, precisely strangling Lin Ze's throat, and the cold sweat on his back began to appear continuously.

"One dam can't keep the water out, so what about two or three?

A lot of silver is invested every year. How many dams have you built?

Have you seriously investigated, where is the dam building the most solid and best able to achieve the effect of flood prevention?

In ancient times, there was a great Yu who controlled the water and dug canals to divert the water.I would like to ask you, besides digging mud as if, have you come up with other methods to completely change the way the floods are raging.

Obviously you can have a thousand ways to prevent floods from injuring people and causing loss of money and food.

For so many years, you have stood still, making the flood worse and worse, and the casualties of the people have become more and more serious. May I ask what you have done while eating the official sound? "

Han Qing's domineering questioning voice made Yan Zijin couldn't help clapping her hands and applauding!He had suspected for a long time whether the group of people under Sima Huan who were in the water supervisor were embezzling food and wages and doing shabby projects.

"You demon queen, don't talk nonsense, you, an ordinary person, can't understand the art of water control!" Da Sima Sima Xian came out to criticize and scold when his interests were touched.

Sima Xian was in power in the court, and his influence touched the branches of Muyun's officialdom, forming a party and private business, and reaping huge benefits.But he is the elder of the founding dynasty, no one dared to touch him, even Xiao Jingyu had to smile three points when meeting him.

His younger brother, Sima Huan, once made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty. In order to win over him, the late emperor married the princess to him. He is also Xiao Jingyu's brother-in-law.

Sima Huan's ambitions swelled and he had a rebellious heart, so he kept recruiting soldiers in private, and he had a lion and tiger army of 45 in his hand.

On weekdays, Sima Huan was unscrupulous, when the court hall was a latrine, he came whenever he wanted, and if he didn't want to, he said he was sick and never went to court early, Xiao Jingyu had no choice but to let him go.

Sima Jiao was also a tyrant in the harem. Last year, she was murdered and died in the boudoir.

Sima Huan had a close relationship with his younger sister, turned Mu Yun upside down, and failed to catch the murderer, forcing the court to pursue his younger sister as a loyal concubine and bury her in the imperial tomb.

The three brothers and sisters of the Sima family, from the army, the government, and the harem, constantly intervene in the government affairs, which can be said to be the number one cancer of the Muyun Dynasty.

Now that Xiao Jingyu dared to kill the ministers, breaking his ancestors' tradition, after marrying a male and female, they had already remembered his guilt in the bottom, waiting to abolish his throne and pull him down.

When Sima Xian, the boss, stepped forward, Lin Ze straightened his back, and with a look of cowardice, he echoed triumphantly: "Han Qing, you are an ordinary person, how can you know how to control water."

"Hehe, I'm just a mere queen, and I can be scolded by any of you. I haven't cured water, and I don't know how to treat it, but I know that there are insults to the body, and Muyun's rules can be decisive.

Our minister Lin Ze, who is very good at water control, is not good at water control. This is dereliction of duty.What do Muyun rules say?I remember that it was right to demote the official and exile to another place, and to abolish the official position and make a decision.

Let's do the math, you killed and injured more than 3000 people this time, and you killed and injured a lot of people the year before last.

Lin Ze is in charge, what do you think? "

Han Qing took out the Muyun Dafa carefully and without haste, and poked every word and every sentence above seven inches. Lin Ze's complexion became paler and cold sweat grew more and more on his forehead, and finally he knelt down on the ground with a plop. beg for mercy.

Xiao Jingyu's phoenix eyes smiled secretly, the poisonous insects have their own poisons, they can be regarded as stepping on Han Qing's thunder.

Xiao Jingyu came forward at the right time, and as a peacemaker, he comforted Han Qing and said, "Queen, Lin Ze and Lord Sima are just afraid that you will offend you by talking too quickly because you didn't manage the water yourself.

I know you are concerned about the suffering of the people in Muyun, but what you said is not wrong, Lin Ze is not good for water control, and there are many casualties among the people, so it is indeed not suitable to stay in this position. "

Lin Ze immediately widened his eyes in horror.

Xiao Jingyu said solemnly: "Lin Ze, you seriously dereliction of duty on duty, and you should be punished for your crime. I think you have worked hard as an official all these years, and I demoted you as a ninth-rank sesame official. I will go to the flooded place to help the people from now on.

Li Junye and Yan Zijin will select a capable person to replace the new Dushui Supervisor. "

"Yes..." Lin Ze replied with a gray face. It is better to be demoted than to lose his life. This demon queen is really difficult to mess with. He should never touch her.

"Queen, the national treasury is empty, and the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is severely flooded. Do you have a way to solve this money matter?" Xiao Jingyu turned his head and asked Han Qing, who was cross-legged and without a phoenix body, humbly asking for advice.

Han Qing glanced at him, the corners of his mouth curled up, and said coolly: "Of course there are, just to see if these parents and officials love his children, hehe..."

When the officials below heard the giggle, their spines felt chills, and they had a bad premonition.

"Parents and officials are supported by the people, so naturally they do things for the people, why do you say they don't care about the people?" Xiao Jingyu asked humbly at this moment.

"You said that if a child has an accident and has no money, will the parents refuse to help? If our Minister of Muyun is a good parent officer, shouldn't we also show maternal love and donate some money?"

Han Qing raised the gauze curtain, revealing a magnificent face, the court was shining brightly for a moment, and the eyes of the ministers stared straight.

"The queen is very reasonable, so how much should I donate?"

Han Qing picked up the hot tea at the table, lowered his head to sip, narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly: "I know it's not easy to be a parent. If you are poor, you can get 500 taels, and if you are rich, you can get 1000 taels." If you don’t have enough valuables, if you don’t have enough valuables, if you don’t have enough rice and grain, if you don’t have enough rice and grain to deduct wages, if you don’t even have enough wages, then go to the flooded areas to do volunteer work yourself.”

This smile made the courtiers below dizzy and frightened.

"What do all the loves think?" Xiao Jingyu showed a pleasing soliciting smile.

All the courtiers trembled in fright, and agreed unspeakably, being a parent is really tiring...

This move was too ruthless. Li Junye and Yan Zijin felt helpless in their eyes, and thought: Xiao Jingyu has really kidnapped a frugal and thrifty queen. This singing and singing, the performance is really perfect.

Muyun's finances are tight, and all sources are open.

On the first day, the game of donations from hundreds of officials was not over yet, and on the second day, another game of repatriation of the concubines took place in the harem.

The female queen, Mo Xiangli, played the performance. The harem expenses are huge, and the concubines live a luxurious life. It is suggested that the concubines who have not been favored by the emperor be given double the monthly money, and then all be sent back home, let the family support them, and choose their lovers to remarry.

Mo Xiangli also advocated that the concubines left behind by the various palaces should make donations, and they were the first to donate 500 taels of silver to support the victims.

Two years ago, Xiao Jingyu had repatriated a court lady once, but he did not expect to repatriate a concubine this time.

Every two years, the harem selects 600 marriageable women from the private sector. There are now more than [-] concubines in the harem. Every night, they put out fifty decks of cards when they go to bed.

Every time Xiao Jingyu got those people repeatedly, he got tired of it.

Those who have never put cards on the tray before drawing cards have never even met them, thinking that they have no time to pamper them when they are approving memorials, and they don't like them, so why waste money by leaving them to eat rice.

Therefore, Xiao Jingyu waved his wolf boldly, and issued a ridiculous decree cruelly. From now on, he will only favor both empresses, and all concubines, no matter whether they have been favored or not, will all be sent home.

The ministers immediately quit. They worked so hard to send their daughters to the palace, but they were all kicked home by the emperor.

Regardless of their objections, Xiao Jingyu still went his own way, ordered the concubines to pack up their things that night, and was kicked out of the palace the next day.

Bamboo children in the street, the streets and alleys sang "Song of the Two Empresses" one after another, singing:

The absurd emperor married two queens, one male and one female just right.

The male queen, the male queen is the son-in-law, and there is no need for a wife in the palace after being robbed.

The female queen, the female queen is the palace lady, and the selected palace lady does not need a handsome man.

The male queen is outside, the female queen is inside,

The male queen, the male queen is a Rakshasa,

Raksha smiled and all the ministers trembled, spending their money and crying for their father.

The queen, the queen is Yasha,

Yasha's words shook the concubine, tidied up the dowry and scolded her mother.

Men and women, they died laughing.