Chapter 125 The Loyal Queen

Everything that happened in Jiangning was reported every day by telegram from the Telecommunications Department. Following this was the difference from Jiangning every day, and more detailed content was reported one by one, so that the emperor could understand everything that happened in the local area at any time.

For three consecutive days, Yan Jingming's errands did not make any progress. Without mentioning anything, officials at all levels under the Governor of Liangjiang insisted on their greed when facing Yan Jingming's questioning. During the inspection and use of the files and project funds of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, they only came to the conclusion of "floating collection" - in today's terms, the price used in the project is higher than the market price - but this kind of floating collection is not within an unacceptable range.

Yan Jingming's memorial said, "...It refers to a case of food and water used by the civilians. The market price of COFCO rice in Jiangning City is 2.23 cents of silver and one stone. The project funds are allocated for two.4 cents of five stone, which is more than one.5 cents of silver. Although it is known, I learned from the details that during the construction of the major construction work, there were indeed any miscellaneous businesses in Jiangning City…"

The emperor closed the book and thought about it. Yan Jingming's words were not wrong: such a large project, so many people gathered together, and it was more than tens of millions of dollars a day. It was reasonable for merchants to take advantage of the opportunity to raise prices. Not only these, but even the various bricks, stones and woods that need to be used in railway projects will be transported from nearby provinces to Jiangning, and the prices will be raised more than usual - this is within an acceptable range - is it said that the various expenses of Jiangning Railway are all used on the right way? It is absolutely impossible! There must be problems with this, but Yan Jingming has not found a breakthrough yet. Yes.

Thinking of this, he picked up his pen and reviewed it on the memorial, "Looking at the Jiangning Railway, the whole country is watching, what I have been seeking will benefit forever. Guiliang and others will benefit in one day. Therefore, there must be hidden affairs in the meantime. If you investigate cases in the province, you should understand my heart, but if you see anything, you should not let go of it easily."

"...You investigated the case in the province and were jealous of others. At that time, you were careful to be the plan for the traitor." After writing this, the emperor thought about it. Although Yan Jingming had the imperial guards guarded by the Qin sect, he was afraid that it would be unsafe after all, so he would strengthen his defense. Now he continued to write, "If you have the leadership of the Third Battalion of the New Army of the Qianguangwu Camp in Jiangning, you can be the first to be in charge of military affairs under the rank of general, you can be the imperial guards to guard the guards and support you to follow the envoy. Or, if you have the general Luo Bingkun in the Green Camp, you still think of your father and you can still call them to protect them."

After writing, I realized that it was almost done. Gui Liangzhen was not the fault of rebellion. Otherwise, with the two generals Cheng Xueqi and Luo Bingkun, he would probably be able to ensure that he would not be harmed by himself. After turning his pen, he also wrote, "The provincial officials, who are in charge, are in conflict with each other, and all kinds of greed and greedy things are inevitable. They refuse to admit it. They are just two: one is lucky, and they only hope that you will find nothing after many days of investigation. Wanran returns north, so they will celebrate with their foreheads; the other is that they are responsible for serious crimes and dare not give up."

"The second-class criminals should be treated separately. The former should tell me my heart and hope that they can repent; the latter can be done by thunder without being obsessed with the rules of the temple. In short, it is the most hope to sort out the Jiangning case clearly and understand it."

While writing and thinking in his heart, Yan Jingming could be called the most honest minister in the court. His abilities are not inferior to Su Shun, and his character is even more comparable to Su Shun. If there are any shortcomings, he is too upright to live in harmony with his colleagues. But to this day, this kind of atmosphere of unity among the people is no longer what the court needs. On the contrary, he is a minister who is willing and dares to break the romance.

He thought to himself, and felt very satisfied: Only he can use such ministers, right? I just don’t know if this time, Jiangning’s handling of the matter will bring some new atmosphere to the court?

At this moment, Yang Saner and others knelt down and saluted outside, "Please pay tribute to the Empress and Master Yun." The sound was that the Queen and Concubine Yun arrived.

The emperor put down his pen and turned around to look over. Sure enough, Empress Niu Hulu and Yun Guiren entered the warm pavilion one by one, "Oh! My sisters are here unfortunately. The emperor is criticizing the memorial!"

"Come in,..." The emperor stood up, waved his hand, signaled Liu Fu to take away the memorial, took a few steps forward, and looked at them, "I (slave) bowed to the emperor." The second girl Yingying bowed and helped him, "Why are you free today? Have you had lunch?"

"Yes, I thank you for asking questions. I have used them." The queen said, "I'm chatting with Sister Yun today. The emperor has been in a lot of political affairs for many days. The sisters are worried. I just heard that today's shouting was dispersed early, so I came here with a daring move."

The queen would not lie at all. Seeing her blushing face and being squinting, the emperor knew that there must be something bad to say and to say to herself. Then he thought about it and knew about it, "You, just tell me directly if you have anything to do. I am a husband and wife, do you still need to make a lot of thoughts to distinguish between me?" The emperor asked with a smile, "I heard that my sixth brother and sister came into the garden a few days ago, right?"

The queen was startled and hurriedly bowed down, saying, "I didn't dare to hide this little knowledge from my master. I am a woman's family, and she has a major affairs in the court, and she has a ancestral system... I'll come with Sister Yun today."

The emperor shook his head helplessly, reached out his hand, pulled the queen up, "Okay." He said, "Let me hear what you said? It's incoherent. Let her talk about such things. Guiren Yun?"

The Emperor was also frightened. The emperor rarely called her this kind of rank, mostly like "Yun'er" or "Ziyun". This time, when he heard him call him "Yunguiren", the woman was shocked and hurriedly knelt down, "Reply to the emperor's words, this morning, Prince Gong and Chun Beile Fujin arrived in the garden, thinking that the Empress's greetings came to Chen... It was really for the Ama incident of Prince Gong Fujin..."

"Oh? Yehenara is here too?" the emperor asked with a chuckling, "It's so deep brotherly love! Did they say anything?"

The queen sat on the side, feeling very uncomfortable: In the morning, Guiren Yun came to his room to pay his respects. The two sisters talked for a while, and the servants replied, saying that Prince Gong Fujin and Chun Beile's Fujin arrived together. Niuhulu was honest and knew the court's etiquette and law and national affairs. The emperor did not take the initiative to talk about it, and the queen never asked. Therefore, the two rivers were in a mess, and the queen knew nothing, just thought that the sisters-in-law were really here to pay their respects to her.

He ordered the person to invite him in and finished his salute. After saying a few words, Guarja suddenly started to cry, "My brother and sister..." The queen was shocked and called her as a folk name, "What's wrong? Have you suffered some grievances? Tell me, what's going on? Don't just cry?"

"Queen, I know that you are the kindest person. Now that the family is suffering in the slave's house, the Queen is in front of me. Please be kind and save the slave's Ama!"

The queen was at a loss when she made her trouble, and she asked repeatedly, "Ama? What's wrong with you? Is something wrong?"

"Empress, don't ask. As long as you are willing to ask the emperor for mercy, the clouds will scatter..." Chunbeile Fojin Yehenara also said, "The emperor has listened to you the most, everyone knows it."

The Yun Guiren sitting on the side knew that the two of them were asking for great things. Not to mention that the queen might not be able to be favored. Even if the emperor was right due to his mercy, he would definitely be very dissatisfied, let alone interfere in the government affairs like this. Once the emperor angered the emperor, wouldn’t he save people from the well? Therefore, he gave the queen a wink, but the latter had no time to care about it. He only felt that the two younger brothers and sisters were crying with pear blossoms and rain, and agreed without thinking, "Don't worry, I will definitely help, I will help! As long as you don't cry, I will help you whatever you want me to do!"

When King Gong and Chun Beile retreated, Ziyun was not even able to get angry. "Empress, you... hey! Why don't you look at the servant's gesture?"

"What's wrong?" The queen is a kind person and cannot learn this skill of observing words and expressions. However, she knows that although the character of Yungui is low, she is meaningful. "Did I... say something wrong?"

"It can't be considered as your mistake. But you don't know anything about the whole story of this matter, and it's a huge problem - why did you agree like this?" Ziyun told the emperor that he sent someone to thoroughly investigate Gui Liang's greed and illegal things during his tenure, and then said, "Think about it, how can you agree to such a thing rashly? Even if you refuse for the time being, it's good to wait until you discuss it with your sisters! Now, there's no room for you to retreat."

The queen was stunned, "Then...what should I do?"

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When the emperor heard this, he had already fully understood what happened. He waved his hand to make Guiren Yun get up, turned his head and glared at the queen, "You? They are all the mothers of the child, why are you so frivolous? Don't you think that if Gui Liang is innocent, will I ask someone to go out to investigate him? Do you think I am such a foolish lord, like Emperor Sizong of Ming, and wouldn't it be enough to not kill the ministers?"

Before he finished speaking, the queen knelt down in fear, "It's all my concubines, but my uncle, you... blame me!"

Guiren Yun also knelt down with the queen, "Emperor, the queen is just soft-hearted for a while, and has never had any wrong words and deeds. Please forgive this time for the Empress's long-term service to the Emperor!"

"When I was having sex with you, how could I not know that you are loyal and honest, and most shameful? It led to people playing with applause today?" The emperor snorted fiercely, "What can Lao Liu say to me? He insisted that his wife use the name of a blessing, intending to open a harem to interfere in politics? And Lao Qi, if he doesn't do serious things well, he will know that he will indulge his wife in the mansion and do such a disrespectful thing?"

He cursed with hatred in his heart, walked to the imperial case, and drafted an edict, "Prince Gong's concubine Guarja and Chunbeile Fujin Yehenara, as a woman, interfered in the state affairs, was disrespectful. He should have severely criticized him, and thought of the royal family, and was particularly kind. He was exempted from Prince Gong's double salary and deprived of the yellow jacket; he was exempted from Yihuan's rank, and he would be Chunbeizi. He said this." After writing, he handed over to the next, "Six blessings? Give the cabinet a clearance!"
Chapter completed!