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After the two old men saw the emperor, they first put a pile of playing books on the ground, and then knelt down to salute the emperor.

Yan Shouzhuo didn't speak, but Shen Kuan's voice was sonorous.

"Your Majesty, the capitals of the southwestern states simultaneously wrote a letter requesting that taxes be exempted for three years, and they openly began to strike the tax. These actions are clearly a demonstration against His Majesty and a provocation against the court!"

"Li Xin, Marquis of Jing'an, has only been out of Beijing for a few months, and there has been such a big change in the southwest. I ask your majesty to send guards to Yongzhou immediately, and take Li Chang'an back to Beijing to interrogate him!"

"In addition, the prefectures of the southwestern states are afraid that they are no longer united with the imperial court. Compared with the time when the Pingnanhoufu was in charge of the southwest, the Southwest today is even worse than when the Pingnanhoufu rebelled during the Taikang period. In the opinion of the veteran, the Southwest today is probably not far away from raising the flag to rebel!"

"The imperial court acted first, and immediately dispatched troops to the southwest. It would rather be in severe pain for a while, but also goug out the rotten sore in the southwest. Otherwise, if this continues, the southwest will become its own country and become a worry for the future of the Great Jin!"

"Emperor Wu overcame thorns and thorns to create a splendid country, which must not be stolen by thieves!"

He kowtowed deeply to Emperor Yuanzhao.

"Your Majesty, please judge!"

Chapter 888

If someone else said these words to the emperor, the emperor might draw his sword and kill the person himself, but the ones who spoke were two of the three assistant ministers in the court, and the emperor couldn't ignore it. These more than 30 memorial books were all brought up and placed on his imperial case.

The emperor opened one of them, read it carefully, closed it, frowned slightly, and opened the second one.

There are more than 30 playing books in total. Even Shen Kuan himself didn't have the patience to read them one by one. In the end, he just glanced at them briefly, but Emperor Yuanzhao just read them in detail one by one. When he closed the last playing book, half an hour had passed.

The emperor sighed.

"My lords, the imperial court should send people to the southwest to verify the situation in the southwest. If there is a drought in the southwest, the imperial court will exempt those who should be exempted from the tax, and the disaster relief will be relieved. There is no need to be so discordant. .”

Emperor Yuan Zhao glanced at Shen Kuan.

"What does Prime Minister Shen think?"

Speaking of this, if Emperor Taikang said it, then the ministers below could already hear the smell of the flag and drums, and probably would not say it anymore, but it was the young Emperor Yuanzhao who said this. Kuan and others are auxiliary ministers. In theory, several auxiliary ministers are now in power, not the young emperor.

Therefore, Prime Minister Shen frowned slightly: "Your Majesty's words are very true. It is true that people should be sent to the Southwest to verify the situation, but the preparations that the imperial court should make must also be done. Otherwise, if this continues, the Southwest will no longer be able to control it!"

He lowered his head and said, "Besides, Lord Li, who is far away in Yongzhou, should also be arrested in the capital and questioned. Even if he is not charged, he must be brought back to the capital to watch. He cannot be allowed to stay in Yongzhou any longer!"

The emperor glanced at Shen Kuan with a wry smile.

"What crime is Prime Minister Shen planning to use to bring the Taifu back to Beijing?"

Shen Kuan was stunned.

Indeed, on the face of it, Li Xinming had nothing to do with Southwest. He was doing his filial piety in his hometown in Yongzhou at the moment, and the imperial court could not pin the Southwest affairs on his head no matter what.

Even if the court did it unreasonably, that Taifu Li is not the one who suffers, and no one can figure out what will happen then.

Shen Kuan was silent.

The imperial censor of the imperial censor platform was strict and humble, bowed his hands to the emperor, and said respectfully: "What is your majesty's holy will?"

Emperor Yuanzhao stood up from his chair. This 14-year-old young man, imitating Li Xin's appearance, put his hands into his sleeves, walked up to the two ministers, and sighed slightly: "Now the imperial court Prime Minister Shen and Yan Sikong are in charge, if I have any opinions, can you listen to them?"

Even after the emperor was in charge, Shang Shutai had the power to check and balance the monarchy, not to mention that the current emperor Yuanzhao had not yet been in charge. In fact, Shen Kuanda could skip the emperor and go directly to the southwest, but doing so would undoubtedly arouse the emperor's jealousy. Two years later, the emperor officially took over the government, and it was hard to escape the disaster of prison.

So at this time, several assistant ministers still respect the opinions of the young emperor.

Shen Kuan bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is joking, whether it is the country or the court, it is His Majesty's, and His Majesty's holy will, the ministers will naturally obey."

Emperor Yuanzhao nodded, and said cheerfully: "According to my opinion, big things should be made small, and small things should be made small. If there is a drought in the southwest, just send someone to investigate. It doesn't matter if the investigation lasts for a year or so, anyway, in the end. It will be found out that the Southwest has suffered a disaster."

The reason is very simple. If the imperial court really sent the censor to the southwest to find out the drought, then no matter which censor went there, as long as he came back, he would probably report the drought to the imperial court.

Because if the truth is told, most of them won't be able to get out of the Southwest.

The Son of Heaven took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "I understand what you two mean, but now is not the time to turn against Southwest. Let's bear with it and wait for the opportunity."

Speaking of this, the emperor paused, and then continued: "Besides, Southwest has nothing to do with my teacher's departure. Before there is no real evidence, it's better for the two of you not to talk nonsense. The two are still in charge of the central government. My one The teacher left Beijing sadly, handed over all the power in his hands, and went back to his hometown to find a job, since he has already conceded defeat, you two should be more lenient."

Shen Kuan frowned.

He lowered his head and said to the emperor in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, everyone in the court knows whether Li Houye has any connection with the Southwest. Besides, even if this matter can be put aside for the time being, the Southwest The matter has reached the point of urgency, if it is not contained, it will be even more difficult in the future!"

He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and said, "I ask you to send more troops to Hanzhong. Even if you don't send troops to the southwest for the time being, you must guard the southwest gate in case of emergencies!"

"The imperial court can't turn a blind eye to this, otherwise those people in the southwest will be even more rampant."

Even Emperor Yuanzhao, after being contradicted for a few words, felt a little annoyed in his heart. He shook his sleeves and said with a muffled voice: "Forget it, you two are the assistant ministers ordered by the late emperor. I haven't been in charge yet, so it's inconvenient to participate in state affairs. Shen Xiang and Yan Sikong can discuss it, why bother to ask me?"

As he said that, the young emperor also lost his temper, turned around and left with his hands behind his back.

When he got angry, the two old men Shen Gang and Yan Shouzhuo immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed silently.

Emperor Yuanzhao ignored them, but walked straight from the study to the bedroom of Weiyang Palace. As soon as he reached his own bedroom, he angrily took off the Tianzi Chaotian Temple that he had just put on on his head, and threw it on the ground.

"You two old men, think I don't know anything about Southwest!"

"These two people don't know Teacher at all!"

After he lost his temper, he broke a few more porcelains, and then sat on the steps of the dormitory, panting heavily.

"Father wanted to attack the Southwest more than once, and even asked Pei Jin to attack the Southwest. In the end, the Southwest was safe and sound, and the teacher was also safe. These two old men are far inferior to Father Father, how can they have such courage! "

After scolding a few words, Emperor Yuanzhao sat up from the steps, and sat down on his soft couch somewhat dejectedly.

To be honest, his current power is far inferior to those of his ministers. If they want to go west, he can't even stop them.

Thinking of this, he looked towards the direction of Yongzhou in the south, sighed helplessly, and muttered to himself: "Teacher, what are you going to do..."

"No matter what, you can talk slowly..."

After muttering to himself for a while, the Son of Heaven finally regained some energy, sat up from the soft couch, and took a deep breath.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, he opened them.

"Xiao Zheng."

The great eunuch Xiao Zheng immediately bowed his head respectfully to the emperor.

"The servant is here."

The emperor let out a breath slowly.

"Go to the governor's mansion, invite the governor into the palace, and say that I'm looking for him to discuss matters."

Xiao Zheng lowered his head immediately.