Quick Wear: Everyone knows I am a good person

The chief officer: "Your Majesty! I did this for Zhu Gu! You don't know that Princess Duanyang is just a lion's mouth..."

"enough!"

Zhu Gujun didn't respond well. "You wanted to save money, but did you succeed?"

The money given to Xin Guo on the surface was indeed less.

But once the war breaks out and the army is mobilized, the money that needs to be paid out will be a lot!

Instead of spending money here and there, it would have been better to just give it all to Xin Guo.

Why bring about this war?

As a result, the official who was instigating the incident was blatantly taken out on and started to sit on the bench, with no hope for his future.

The news soon spread to the Western Barbarians.

When the king of the Western Barbarians saw Zhu Gu's condition, he immediately came back to life and sent a sincere "congratulatory message".

While mocking the King of Zhugu, he secretly rejoiced—

fortunately!

Fortunately, his eldest son did not have any bad intentions, and he gave Xin Guo the "peace money" even if it was a little too much.

Otherwise, Xin Kingdom would also fight against the Western Barbarians...

How could the Western barbarians withstand such a disaster?

If you don't die, you will be half disabled.

Just wait and see.

If Xin State drags on the battlefield of Yuanzhen for one or two years and lets Dayang cooperate in harassment, I am afraid that Zhu Gu will be dragged to death!

And Shu Jiao...

After receiving the letter from Zhu Gu's bribed envoy, he slowly smiled.

Want to step on her to get political achievements~

Ha ha.

Wouldn't this mean he would fall to his death?

In the blink of an eye, winter arrives.

The capital city of Xin State, covered in heavy snow, seemed somewhat lonely and sad.

The heavy snow continued for several days, and the thick layer of snow on the ground was like the many vertical wrinkles on Pei Jin's forehead at this moment.

"You two take a look."

Pei Jin sighed softly, "I just received a memorial from Nanzhou and other places. Snowstorms occurred frequently at the end of the year. More than a hundred people have frozen to death in Nanzhou alone."

In Chongzhou, people and animals froze to death and all the rivers were frozen.

In Xuzhou, many people died of starvation and freezing.

In Qizhou, there was heavy snow and people were suffering from hunger and cold, and people were eating each other.

This is really the case, "There are people freezing to death on the road"!

Those few short lines in the memorial, written in such casual words, represent the lives of hundreds of millions of people.

"Let's not talk about other places."

Pei Wan looked through a few memorials with a sad face, and said softly, "Royal brother, even more than ten people froze to death in the palace yesterday."

Even in the imperial palace, one of the richest places in the world, people were freezing to death, let alone other places.

"cousin."

Shu Jiao pulled out a memorial, "In Lizhou, people are starving and eating each other. The people in the counties and prefectures have revolted, digging up graves and taking treasures. They have also attacked the homes of the gentry and the wealthy, killing people and robbing them of their money..."

The State of Xin was destroyed due to Emperor Kangping’s inaction and also due to natural disasters.

The snowstorm that hit various provinces at the end of this year was just the beginning.

Next year, there will be floods for half a year, and snow and hail at the end of the year; the year after that, there will be 16 major droughts throughout the year, and there will be no rain for several months, accompanied by locust plagues, plagues, and famine...

Even if Xin State used all its stored grain and savings for disaster relief, it still couldn't save the country.

The people were forced into a desperate situation and would rise up in rebellion every now and then.

Internal strife continues and external enemies are strong.

The probability of Xin Guo turning the tables is pitifully low.

"Fortunately."

Pei Wan looked at Shu Jiao and said, "Thank goodness my cousin is so eloquent that she managed to get so much money and food from other countries. Otherwise, this year's snowstorm would have emptied Xin Country."

"Cousin, please stop praising me now. The most important thing right now is to provide disaster relief."

Shu Jiao narrowed her eyes slightly, "Don't spend our money, it won't fill the stomachs of the people, but fill the pockets of some people."

"He dares!"

Pei Jin snorted coldly, "If he dares to take bribes at this time, I will hang him at the city gate for three days!"

"Cousin, do you want your third and fourth cousins ​​to go out of Beijing for a secret visit?"

Shu Jiao suddenly brought it up.

She thought that when she came just now, she happened to see the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince leaving in a hurry, and they must have received a mission.

Hearing this, Pei Jin nodded slightly, "I do have this idea."

"I'm going!"

Pei Wan frowned and said, "My third and fourth brothers are inexperienced. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the situation if they go out alone."

"What do you mean by lack of experience? The third and fourth brothers have also done a lot of things wrong..."

"Not enough experience in killing people."

Pei Wan said seriously.

Pei Jin: ???

Shu Jiao: Ah?

Shu Jiao raised her eyes to look at Pei Wan, thought for a moment, and nodded, "It seems that my third and fourth cousins ​​have never done anything to kill people."

Compared to Pei Wan, who had previously cooperated with Pei Jin and personally cleaned up the court, those two had indeed rarely seen blood.

Pei Wan: "If we don't kill a few people during the secret investigation, how can we deter others?"

"no!"

Pei Jin refused outright, "It's too dangerous to leave the capital."

In places where disasters are severe, bandits and rebels are everywhere, and there are also people who are starving to death, and soldiers who have mutinied due to lack of money, food and clothing...

These are all uncontrollable threat factors.

How could he be willing to put his own sister, who had the same father and mother as him, in those places?

He threw the third and fourth brothers out, and their death was considered as sacrificing their lives for the country. He also eliminated several competitors.

In fact, Shu Jiao and Pei Wan, who have already participated in politics and have high prestige, pose an even greater threat to him as the crown prince.

But no way.

Pei Jin couldn't bring himself to do it and didn't have the confidence to handle it, so he could only pick the weak ones first.

"Brother, I'm not asking for your opinion."

Pei Wan said.

Pei Jin: ...

"Wow, this girl has some of your style."

003 took some time out to look at Pei Wan who was confronting Pei Jin over there and gave her some praise.

Shu Jiao placed her palms on her knees, tapped them with her index finger, and a faint light flashed in her eyes. "I have an idea."

"You said."

"I won't tell you yet."

"Ok?"

003 was stunned. "You didn't tell me? It faded. Our relationship faded after all. It was not worth it. I was afraid that you would be lonely, so I came to chat with you. Hey~"

Shu Jiao turned a deaf ear to 003's complaints.

She just watched the royal brother and sister making a fuss in front of her.

In the end, Pei Jin still failed to win over Pei Wan, and reluctantly agreed to let her leave the capital, but on the condition that -

"You must convince your mother and father yourself."

Pei Wan smiled confidently, "How difficult is this?"

Father emperor?

There is no need to convince the emperor, he has no say. As for the queen mother... it is a little more troublesome, but not impossible.

Seeing that the brother and sister had come to a conclusion, Shu Jiao slowly tapped the table and said, "Brother and sister, let's try to win Dayang next year."

Ok?

Um? ! !

Wasn't their topic just now about the snowstorm? Why did they suddenly jump to Dayang?

Pei Jin and Pei Wan were confused for a moment, but soon reacted and looked at Shu Jiao with inquiring eyes, waiting for her explanation.

"Dayang has a large piece of land and can produce three crops a year."

Shu Jiao said calmly: "According to the annual records, natural disasters in our country are increasing year by year, and we don't know what the situation will be like next year. If we take over Dayang, at least we won't be so short of food."

Pei Jin and Pei Wan's objections were instantly swallowed back.

beat!

This needs to be fought!

What kind of place is this? They only produce three crops a year. How can a small family like Dayang eat it all?

This burden has to be borne by Xin Guo!