Chapter 220

Sitting on the hall, Chu Haozhe listened to the invitation of the civil and military officials below. It was all about the lack of salt, and his brain hurt.

This incident had repercussions half a month ago, but he really didn't take it seriously at that time. He only thought that salt from the south of the Yangtze River came later this year, and it would be better in a few days. But now it has spread all over the country and become a salt shortage.

Moreover, yesterday, the house of internal affairs reported that the salt in the palace was not enough for ten days, and there was no salt to sell in the whole city of jingling. Today, I wanted to ask all the courtiers to donate some, but when I heard them all crying out about the lack of salt, he couldn't open his mouth.

Yu Kun, who was sent out by him earlier, has not appeared for several months now, and he does not know where he died. However, the deputy leader has been sent out by him five days ago to investigate the whole story of the salt shortage incident, but has not replied.

"All right." He said in a deep voice.

The temple immediately quieted down, and they all craned their necks to look at him, waiting for him to make an idea.

"How much salt each family has now should be donated first and sent to the salt shop. How can we make trouble in the city of Jingling? When the people from the Department of justice come back, we will know what's going on." His tone is not good.

"Emperor, please allow me to report..." Prime Minister Guo Zijun stepped forward.

"Premier Guo, please speak." He said immediately.

"This incident all came from the south of the Yangtze River. As far as I know, the counties, prefectures, cities and departments outside King Ling's territory were short of salt, but within the territory, there was no such situation. The emperor naturally understood the problem..." Prime Minister Guo looked very respectful, but there was a glimmer of contempt in his eyes. At that time, he did not agree to let King Ling leave Beijing. He was also one of the people who tried to protect King Ling.

Hearing this, Chu Haozhe got angry, patted the table and stood up: "prime minister Guo, do you mean that this lack of salt is my fault..."

Premier Guo immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I don't mean that, but this salt always comes from the south of the Yangtze River. However, the territory of his highness King Ling covers most of the south of the Yangtze River. Now, there is only one possibility of this situation..."

"Chu Yi Chen, this is revenge." At this time, another courtier came out, and he was a second grade official.

"What Mr. Jiang said is wrong..." Prime Minister Guo will refute immediately.

"Prime minister Guo, the lower official is just telling a fact. His royal highness, King Ling, does not distinguish between the monarch and the subjects. He thinks that there are five prefectures and four continents as the land of the Han Dynasty, so he can fight against the court of the Han Dynasty, regardless of the life and death of the people. This trend should not be encouraged..." Mr. Jiang has a strong voice of righteous words.

From the ground, Prime Minister Guo pointed to him: "Lord Jiang, don't divide the hearts of the monarchs and officials of the Han Dynasty. After three dynasties, his highness King Ling always takes the people and the land of the Han Dynasty as his own responsibility. It is obvious to all that he loves the people like a son, but this time Why don't the emperor invite a crime as a junior to ease the crisis... "

"Prime minister Guo, you take that King Ling seriously. Who is the world of this great man? It's our holy one today, not his Chu Yichen. Now he does such a thing and asks the emperor to apologize. Mr. Guo, you are too rude. Don't forget that the leader of the Han Dynasty is the emperor, not his Chu Yichen."

Immediately, the court was divided into three groups. The two groups were arguing with each other. A small number of people stood there quietly and did not participate.

Chu Haozhe always liked to watch this kind of scene, so that he could clearly see who was loyal to him and who was not. In this way, he could deal with those who did not care about him.

But he often forgets that some people's words are honest and harsh to the ear. Those who obey him are often treacherous.

At this time, Chu Haozhe was sitting in the Dragon chair on the hall. He looked calmly at the following and quarreled. He was still thinking about how many of these people were loyal to themselves, some were against themselves, who could stay and who could not, and how to deal with other people's crimes

Qi Tai also looked down at the words of these people, and looked at Chu Haozhe from time to time, but in her heart, she was crying: Ling Wang, you should take me away quickly

At this time, the red faced Lord Jiang stepped forward and said to him, "the emperor, the lower official has a recommendation. I don't know if it can..."

"Yes." Chu Haozhe waved his hand.

"Send King Ling Chu Yi Chen back to Beijing and imprison him. This salt shortage will be broken." He exclaimed.

"Emperor, never This is bound to lead to civil war This can't happen in the Han Dynasty No way... " The Prime Minister of Guo was so smart that he knelt down on the ground and begged.

But Chu Hao Zhe's eyes moved, as if he remembered something.

In the afternoon of that day, Chu Haozhe called in the chief General and Deputy General of the Qingbei army and asked about the combat effectiveness: "if you are asked to invite Ling Wang, are you sure?"

When the two generals heard this, their heads were big and they wanted to die. If they said this two months ago, they might try, but now? The soldiers in the army are scared by their soft feet. Don't mention fighting. Even if it's impossible to go on a long-distance expedition now, do you still invite King Ling?

Seeing that both of them did not speak and cried, Chu Haozhe understood that it was impossible. According to the memorial, the situation in different places was similar. The army in many places had already begun to rob the salt of the rich merchants, and there was going to be riots.When he found out about this, he also thought of threatening him with the old people who were in Jingling city that he was afraid of. But when he asked, he found that Chen GE's family of more than 100 people was no longer in Beijing. When he didn't, he didn't know.

"Send an order to Yu Kun, and those who go with the order will" invite "King Ling back to the capital city." Chu Haozhe's face was gloomy.

"Yes." Qi Taiqing responded and asked again, "who are you going to send?"

"Isn't an guohou always opposed to my letting King Ling leave Beijing? Let him go and please come back. If you don't come back, he will suffer. " Chu Hao zhe snorted coldly.

Qi Tai thought secretly: OK, throw out another one.

When Marquis Fu Yueyuan received the imperial edict, his eyes were desolate. Qi stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "Lord Hou, you'd better think about it. Can you please go back to the king?"

An Guo Hou was stunned. Qi Tai was a red man beside the emperor. The meaning of this word really needs to be carefully considered by him. What does it mean?

When he was discussing this matter with his eldest son Fu Shaoyuan, a voice came out of the window. He immediately opened the window and jumped into a person from outside.

On the morning of the next day, Fu Yueyuan, the Marquis of Anguo, personally went to the palace to thank the emperor. On the morning of the third day, he led an army of 500000 troops to leave jingling city and head for Kangyang county.