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Zhao Jing was copying a Buddhist scripture when he heard these words. His eyelids did not even twitch as he calmly replied, "He was originally such a person." His tone sounded as if he knew his friends well, but also sounded like he was a close friend to them. He was so familiar with her, as if he understood her!

"The issue of the navy has been blown up. The citizens will soon suspect that it was the navy who robbed the grain fleet!" Wei Shuge said, "Your majesty, isn't it too much to just give the emperor a sweet jujube?"

Zhao Jing put down the ink brush in his hand and looked at Wei Shuge's doubtful expression. He smiled. "You still don't understand?" One person's words could not be trusted, but three people's words could become tigers! Jealousy is common to everyone. It depends on how you use it. The Dongfang family has been high and mighty in Da Xia Empire for many years. How many people are waiting for the day when they nest again, without any eggs? "

Wei Shuge nodded. "The civil and military officials are more afraid of the Dongfang family."

"It's best to be on guard against them!" Zhao Jing picked up the bronze bell and began to play with it. As he listened to the pitter-patter of the rain, he felt that it was especially pleasing to the ear. "The north of the river will soon become chaotic. Once it's chaotic, it'll be fun!"

It had been raining for seven or eight days now. If this continued, then the Jiang Bei Province would suffer a great drought without any harvests, and it would also face flooding. The commoners … He would really fall into a deep abyss of suffering. When the waters were burning, a savior of the world should appear!

And now, for no reason at all, the entire imperial government was shaken by the disappearance of the food convoys. The hall was in an uproar. Qi Yunshan and Ke Boyu looked at each other in dismay as they sat in the side hall to avoid the noise. To dare to lay his hands on the imperial government's food, he truly had the gall to swallow the heart of a leopard!

"Without sufficient manpower and resources, it would be impossible to find such an untraceable existence," said Kobayashi. Master, we've met a formidable foe! "

However, Qi Yunshan smiled and waved his hand, "Wrong, not us …"

Cobb looked at his master with a smile and lowered his eyes, "What he says is true!" Not only us, but the most troublesome problem should be the Residence of the Regent. Right now, he is the one who should step on the balls of his feet! "

"Dong Fang doesn't know that although this person appears to be a martial general, the truth is that his shrewdness is such that even you may not be his match!" Qi Yunshan took a sip of his tea, and a thought-provoking smile appeared on his wrinkled face, "He looks like a boorish man, but he's weighing everything in his mind. This is not the first time you have suffered from him! "

Cobb saluted, "It was your negligence."

"How can the word 'negligence' be enough to explain it?" Putting down the cup in his hand, Qi Yunshan raised his eyebrows, "Although I don't know who brought up this matter of the water master, but the person who brought it up must be someone close to Dongfang Wenming. Not only does he want to investigate the details, we have to do so too! If we can find him and make use of him, it will be like adding wings to a tiger to us! "

Cobb nodded. "Your Majesty, would you like to inform me?" The food convoy has disappeared. If something happens in the future, this disgrace will definitely fall on both of us. In this way, we'll benefit Dongfang Wenming, and also benefit little emperor! "

Qi Yunshan narrowed his eyes, and his benevolent face revealed the gentleness a senior should have. "It's a good thing he's a bookworm. He's not a threat even when talking about troops on paper!"

"If only he had been able to be of use to his teacher a few years ago, he wouldn't have ended up in such a situation!" Dongfang Wenming has made the Emperor into a bookworm.

Qi Yunshan smiled meaningfully, "The emperor is too reckless and presumptuous. In the coming days, he might bring about some big trouble. If he fanned the flames with his fan, the Residence of Regent would be set on fire." Those of us who have been watching the flames from the other side of the river should also seek peace and quiet! "

"Teacher is right. I will report this matter to the Emperor. Perhaps, he might be able to make the palace more lively!"

"Those who know me well will be summoned!" Qi Yunshan laughed heartily.

As he walked out of the hall door, he glanced at the boy who was standing next to him – Fuzi. He then slowly walked down the stairs.

With an umbrella in his hand, Fuzi quickly caught up with him. "Master Chen, are you going home?"

"Let's pay a visit to the Qian Yuan Palace first!" Coburst looked at the endless rain and could not help but show a somewhat irritated expression. He brushed the rain off his body in disgust and continued walking forward.

He stopped talking and tried to direct the umbrella towards his young master.

When they arrived at the Qian Yuan Palace, Fuzi was waiting for them outside.

"The Prime Minister is here!" Zhao Yuannan touched the droplets of water on his forehead and looked at Zhao Jing with slight suspicion. "Do you want to see me?"

Ling Yin was standing on a stool. Zhao Jing was holding her small hand to teach her how to write. Upon hearing her words, he lifted his eyelids. "Let him in!" She knew that Cobb had been summoned for the north.

Indeed, Master Ke hastily entered the room. "This humble servant pays his respects to the princess!"

"Get up. What's the matter?" Zhao Jing didn't even raise his head, but continued to happily teach Ling Yin how to write. "Is it fun?"

Ling Yin chuckled, "It's fun, royal father is fun!"

"Your majesty, something has happened to Jiangbei!"

"Didn't you and the tutor manage the drought? I know that you have opened the treasury. There should be quite a lot of grain in the treasury, enough to prevent the people of Jiangbei from starving to death! " Zhao Jing held the child's hand and drew a circle. "This is a circle. If there is a corner, it is not a circle, but it is not nice!" With more edges, you have to slowly grind back until the edges are round. Do you understand? "

"Yes sir!" Ling Yin answered in her childish voice.

Hearing this, Ke Bochao was startled. Then, he smiled and said, "The Emperor treats the princess so well. He truly makes others envious!"

"I heard that the Prime Minister hasn't gotten married yet!" Zhao Jing smiled. "Do you want me to raise the princess a little before letting you be my wife?"

"This official dares not!" "The Emperor's joke, the joke of Mokai, must not be allowed!"

"A joke is a joke. With your current identity and status, if I really want to grant you a marriage, I'll have to be the daughter of an official in order to be worthy of the prime minister's title!" Zhao Jing carried Ling Yin and landed on the ground. "Ling Yin will go play by herself. Father still has something to do!"

The child gave Zhao Jing a kiss on the cheek before running out the door to find his wet nurse.

"Very sensible, right?" Zhao Jing looked at the closed door.

"The princess is a good girl!"

"The empress owes her a pair of eyes." Zhao Jing said.

"Your majesty?"

"You can pass these words to the honored tutor verbatim. I am the one who said it, I won't deny it!" Zhao Jing stood with his hands behind his back.

"Your servant dares not!"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. I just want to see if I can do it or not." Zhao Jing looked at him and asked, "What do you want?" "If you don't, I'm going back to take a rest. I haven't been doing very well lately!"

"Your majesty, the envoy brought a convoy of food convoys to North River for relief. Unexpectedly, they disappeared into the river channel of the Julin Prefecture!"

Zhao Jing was startled. "What did you say?!" "He disappeared?"

"Yes sir!" "All the men and boats are gone!"

"How could he disappear when he was on the boat and the boat was on the river? So many people, and so many grain ships, are gone just like that? " A look of disbelief appeared on Zhao Jing's face as he laughed dryly. "Do you think I would believe such nonsense?"

"Your majesty!" "What I have said is true, it is true! "The fleet has disappeared, their relief supplies have all disappeared, and the government officials and army have sealed off the river channel. They are currently helping to search it!"

"Bastard!" Zhao Jing shouted angrily, "Who the hell is it?!" "He dares to rob an official ship of the imperial government?"

"It's still under detailed investigation!" Cobb paused, "But there's something more important to deal with right now!" He bowed respectfully. "Your majesty, I hope you will reconsider!"

Zhao Jing was stupefied for a moment as he stared fixedly at Uncle Ke. She did not immediately reply, in case there were any loopholes. After all, every loophole was just a step away from success! This was what they called being impatient and not being able to eat hot tofu!

"What is it?" Zhao Jing was frowning, as if he couldn't tell what was going on.

Cobalt took a deep breath and said, "The treasury was scarce before the time of the late Emperor, but now …" There was probably no second batch of relief supplies that could be provided to the people in Jiangbei. Is To... The emperor had to think of another way, to gather food to help the people of Jiangbei overcome their difficulties. Otherwise, Jiangbei will be thrown into chaos! "

The three words, Jiang Bei Yu and Zhao Jing, were extremely serious. Zhao Jing's face had already turned pale, and his lips were trembling slightly as if he was truly worried about something. However, he was at a loss as to what to do. He could only glare at Ke Boca with a panicked expression.

After a long time, Zhao Jing weakly asked, "Then what should I do?"

"We can only prepare food in the capital as a matter of urgency!" Cobb bowed.

"That's right, the capital is rich and the food is plentiful!" Zhao Jing was overjoyed.

"Many officials and even nobles have a lot of grain in their homes!" As the ruler of a nation, if the Emperor were able to speak, he would definitely be able to call out a hundred times in a single breath! "

Zhao Jing nodded. "I want to think about it!"

"This subject thanks Your Majesty for the kindness of the people of Jiangbei!" "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

Waiting for Cobb to leave, Zhao Yuannan and Wei Shuge quickly entered the door.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Yuannan was stunned, "Did you find some traces?"

Zhao Jing shook his head, listening to the rain. "Qi Yunshan suspects that the water master was the doing of the Regent's Mansion, but he didn't find any evidence. He's unhappy about that." So he went to his own disciple, Prime Minister Cobb, and called for help. He told me that the northern river grain fleet had been robbed, and told me to prepare the food for the disaster! His sincere words made us think that he is truly doing it for the sake of all the people under heaven, for the sake of our land and land! "

"What good is that to him?" Wei Shuge was puzzled.

Zhao Jing smiled. "There are many benefits!" The swindler had asked Dongfang not to stay in the capital, and had tacitly accepted him as my father. It seemed like he was being selfless, but in reality, what about him? He had his own selfish thoughts. If Dong Fangming left, his prime minister would become a puppet like me. Thus, he indicated to the east that it was not clear. The dragon before him should be near, and the subject should be close. What about this time? He wants us to gather food, go to the nobility, and find the rich and Jia merchants! "

Zhao Yuannan pondered, "This is to make His Majesty suffer the wrath of the masses!"

Zhao Jing took a sip of water. "These two are colluding with each other. Their thoughts are quite vicious." The navy did not take advantage of the situation and even lost their logistics fleet. They could not explain it to the people of Jiangbei or the civil and military officials, so they decided to let me go divert everyone's attention! "

Wei Shuge said angrily, "They even dare to use the emperor. What else can't they do?"

"If there's no one from the east who hasn't seen the light, they should be able to kill the monarch with ease!" Zhao Jing smiled as if nothing had happened.

"The emperor can still laugh?" Zhao Yuannan grew anxious. "It's clear that Qi Yunshan is trying to dig a hole for the emperor to jump into!"

Zhao Jing stood up. "Go and get me a set of clothes. I'm going out of the palace in the morning!" At the moment, I have to apply some strong medicine! "An edict!"

Wei Shuge took a deep breath and exchanged glances with Zhao Yuannan.

An imperial edict was sent to the world, causing the entire capital to tremble.

Ridiculous, ridiculous!

Dongfang Wenming looked coldly at Zhou Zhiqian, who was standing in front of him. The knuckles of the chess piece he was pinching were slightly pale.