My subjects are too rebellious!

A month passed quickly.

Unlike the war outside, there is also war in the harem.

It's just a war between two people.

It is said that the emperor has three thousand beauties in his harem, but this is only the first one! The future is worth riding, the future is worth riding!

The women in the harem saw that the queen was pregnant with a prince. Although they didn't say it out loud, each of them asked the imperial physician for a prescription.

What followed was endless torture of Qin Chuan.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan’s internal strength has now reached five hundred years, otherwise he really wouldn’t be able to bear it.

When I was young, I liked to drive other people's cars, do all kinds of test drives, and do all kinds of difficult maneuvers. Sometimes I drove all night long. Now that I am older and have some ability, I want to buy a car of my own.

I realized that I couldn’t afford a good car, and I didn’t dare buy a second-hand car. I didn’t know how many times it had changed hands. The key was that I was afraid that the previous owner had the key and would drive it secretly.

If it breaks, you have to fix it yourself. The paint and sheet metal look good, but when you take them out, the core is loose and hanging around. If it's not repaired, the engine may be a fake one.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan doesn’t have any worries about this now.

Because it was an imperial society, no one dared to do this.

Unless she wants to play the game of Candy Crush Saga.

However, there were also happy events. First, the imperial concubine Yang Yuhuan of Changchun Palace gave birth to a prince, and then the virtuous concubine Su Daji of Changqiu Palace was not to be outdone and also became pregnant with a prince.

Then, Concubine De Shangguan Wan'er and Concubine Hui Li Shishi both became pregnant.

The only exception was Liu Rushi. Because she was too young, although Qin Chuan and her had consummated their marriage directly, they had not done those things yet.

As a modern person, Qin Chuan knows that if a woman gets pregnant at a young age, it will cause great harm to her body.

Therefore, they tried their best to restrain themselves, and each time they would stop at the right time and resolve the issue through other means.

But Liu Rushi had several quarrels with Qin Chuan because of this issue.

This made Qin Chuan sigh that he should not be too pampered...

At this moment, Qin Chuan was sitting in the Qianqing Palace feeling a little bored.

Because of the wars in various places and the initial stabilization of the South, there are almost no memorials received every day.

Wang Anshi and Zhang Baigui were like old farmers, busy in the fields in the south, and hardly ever submitted a single memorial to report the situation.

But in the north, apart from his people, he could no longer receive memorials from anyone else.

...

Qin Chuan sat upright on the dragon throne, brows furrowed, looking at the war-torn land on the map, his heart filled with worry.

Censor Hai Rui knelt before him and respectfully reported on the people's livelihood.

"Your Majesty, the people have been displaced by the war, and their lives are hard and miserable." Hai Rui stated the situation earnestly.

Qin Chuan knew it too.

Most of the people, especially the farmers, were resigned to their fate and law-abiding. They were accustomed to going hungry and had been so for thousands of years.

They will not act unless it comes to the last minute.

They went elsewhere to seek food, robbed rice, robbed the rich, and even rebelled, all because they were forced into doing so with no other options.

What can be noted here is that they do not speak, and if they really cannot help themselves they act, and if they can help themselves they remain silent.

They want food but don't know they deserve it; they take action but feel that such action is illegal, so they simply don't say anything.

The one who spoke was still a scholar.

As a result of the invention of printing and the development of education, their numbers increased, but their opportunities to eat did not increase, so many people found it difficult to get food.

This is why there is a lament that "nothing in the world is more difficult than having food".

Whether in peacetime or wartime, it is always the people who suffer.

They can only curl up in a corner and live slowly.

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Hai Rui continued, "The most hateful are those merchants! They disregard the laws of the country and treat rules as dirt. When faced with disaster victims, they do not think of providing relief, but instead desperately raise the price of grain. These people deserve to be killed!"

After Qin Chuan heard this, he said in a cold voice: "Money can make you a god, but it can also make you stop being a human."

Heshen, the Minister of Finance standing by, shook unconsciously when he heard this.

He carefully raised his head to glance at His Majesty, and felt relieved when he found that His Majesty's eyes were not on him.

He thought that the sentence "Money can make people become gods, but it can also make people stop being human" was a reference to him by His Majesty.

Hai Rui raised his head and looked directly at Qin Chuan.

In his heart, Qin Chuan is a good emperor who cares about the people.

Therefore, Hai Rui had no concerns and said directly: "Your Majesty, I want to investigate this matter thoroughly."

Qin Chuan stared at Hai Rui.

If an ordinary official faced this kind of situation, the first thing he would definitely think of was to escape rather than take the initiative to take on this trouble.

"I'm sure."

After saying that, he waved his hand somewhat upset.

"I'll ask the Royal Guards to help you, go down."

Seeing Qin Chuan stand up and leave the Qianqing Palace, He Shen and Hai Rui hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I respectfully bid you farewell. Long live Your Majesty."

...

"Aren't you afraid?"

As soon as he walked out of Taihe Gate, Heshen asked Hai Rui beside him.

"I thought I had to pretend to be dumb all the time, sir." Hai Rui chuckled.

He Shen suddenly stopped, looked at Hai Rui and asked again: "Aren't you afraid?"

Hai Rui also stood still, chuckled and replied, "Don't be afraid."

"This is the scheme set by those merchants. Now the merchants in the south have been defeated, but you know that these aristocratic families cannot be eliminated!"

He Shen's eyes widened and he said in a somewhat sad voice: "They want to kill you!"

Hai Rui still smiled and said, "Even if this is a trap, I am willing to die."

"Why?" Heshen was a little bit unbelievable.

Hai Rui smiled and replied, "Because I want a fair world."

Hearing the word "fairness", Heshen also laughed.

Laughing angrily.

"Fairness is always like the moon in the well and the flower in the mirror!"

"How childish you are!"

After Heshen finished speaking, he walked out of the palace angrily.

Hai Rui looked at his back and truly felt the concern. He put away his smile and quickly chased after him.

“No matter if no one cares about you or if you are not as skilled as others, just do what you should do.”

"Since I'm an official, I have to make decisions for the people. No matter whether I can do it or not, at least I did it and I have a clear conscience."

He Shen listened to the voice beside him and asked without turning his head: "Who will care if you do this?"

Hearing this, Hai Rui's smile reappeared on his face and he said with a smile.

"I care about this one, and I care about this one too..."

...

Qin Chuan stood in the Qianqing Palace, looked at the backs of Hai Rui and Heshen, and sighed softly.

Zhang Rang and Wu Zhengxiang on the side served carefully.

They didn't know why, but His Majesty had been in a bad temper recently and sometimes got angry for no apparent reason.

Just when the two were about to ask when they would have lunch, they heard a faint voice in their ears.

"There was a great famine, people were cannibalizing each other, the people were suffering so much!"