The wife is the king of the palace

The matter of the draft was suddenly stopped by the ministers, and Jin Qi was busy investigating Su Fanyi while dealing with Lin Xu.

Su Fanyi's time in the court is not too short, but it is not too long. He joined the main combat faction not long after he entered the court. When there is nothing wrong with border wars, his words will be extraordinarily fierce. He hopes to send troops to win the Xia Kingdom in one fell swoop. .

But other than that, he is an exceptionally calm person. The Ministry of Industry has only done well for so many years, and has not made any major mistakes.

But Jin Qi's secret guards secretly investigated Su Fanyi's recent actions, but they didn't find anything useful, even the secret guards couldn't find out. If it wasn't for Su Fanyi's hiding too deeply, then he really didn't have any problems.

Xu Lan has also been investigating the embroidered girl, hoping that he can provide more useful information.

The investigation between the two sides did not stop, but Lin Xu took the initiative to find him one morning, and brought a lot of information about Su Fanyi when he came.

Lin Xu put all the materials in his hand in front of Jin Qi, and cut straight to the point, "The person behind it should not be Su Fanyi."

Before Jin Qi could be surprised that Lin Xu suddenly handed him so much information about Su Fanyi, he was surprised by the meaning of Lin Xu's words, "What do you mean? And why do you say that?"

Jin Qi really didn't expect Lin Xu to find out that they were hiding this matter so quickly. He was even more curious about why Lin Xu believed that Su Fanyi was not suspected?

At the beginning, Jin Qi didn't really believe that this matter had something to do with Su Fanyi. After some investigation, he didn't find any useful information, but this was not enough to prove that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"It's unlikely that it's Su Fanyi, because it's not good for him to do so." Lin Xu cut to the point.

The other party even wanted to assassinate Jin Qi at the risk of going in. Apart from being afraid of going in and catching him, there must be other reasons. Otherwise, wouldn't it be better for him to simply hide his whereabouts?

Wu Li does not get up early, since the other party chooses to assassinate Jin Qi, it must be because they will gain more benefits by doing so.

But Su Fanyi was only the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Yu Quan, he would not get much benefit from Jin Qi being killed, and if he was motivated to kill because of this, it would make sense to get rid of Lin Xu who was Lin Xu.

Jin Qi had already thought about these things, and when Lin Xu said the same thing, Jin Qi felt a little headache, "Then who do you think it would be if it wasn't Su Fanyi?"

"How much have you found?" Lin Xu asked without answering.

Although he guessed some things based on the anomalies between Xu Lan and Jin Qi in the past few days, he didn't know exactly how much Xu Lan found out.

Seeing that Lin Xu had guessed it, Jin Qi stopped hiding it and simply told him everything that Xu Lan had reported before, together with what the embroidered girl had heard.

Lin Xu thought for a moment when he heard the words, and said, "That's all you heard?"

"Xu Lan has already asked, because there were other people watching in the room at that time, so the embroiderer girl didn't dare to ask more, but just kept her head in embroidery and rushing to work." Jin Qi said.

"If that's the case, Su Fanyi is indeed the most suspicious, but it is related to the Ministry of Industry, and Su Fanyi is not the only one who needs to report." Lin Xu looked at Jin Qi.

"You mean Zhen?" Jin Qi was surprised. It is true that the Ministry of Industry needs to report to him, but it is obviously impossible for him to secretly plan to assassinate himself.

"Other than that?" Lin Xu asked, lost in thought.

As Su Fanyi is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, there are only a few people above him, and Jin Qi is one of them.

In addition, Xu Lan, who is a grand tutor, sometimes manages government affairs for Jin Qi, and Lin Xu is the prime minister, so it is his duty to share Jin Qi's worries.

Jin Qi excluded the two, and carefully counted the court ministers, but couldn't think of anyone else for a while.

"However, when it comes to the Ministry of Industry, there is indeed something wrong with the Ministry of Industry recently," Lin Xu said.

"strangeness?"

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been natural disasters, especially floods, which can be said to happen nine times in ten years, and the dams are washed away every year.

In very few places, the situation is even more serious. "Lin Xu has already noticed this, but even Lin Xu can't control things like natural disasters.

"That is to say, you suspect that there is a problem with the Ministry of Industry?" Jin Qi followed Lin Xu's words and soon understood what Lin Xu meant.

It is a fact that natural disasters continue, but in recent years, the Ministry of Industry's low-defense projects have indeed become more and more ineffective. Almost the dams built in several places cannot last the next year.

"If there is a real problem with the Ministry of Industry, Su Fanyi should be the only one who can detect the problem the most," Lin Xu said.

As if he had already thought of something, Jin Qi called the chief eunuch and asked him to find Su Fanyi.

In fact, Jin Qi still had some doubts about Su Fanyi. After all, there is no evidence to prove that this matter has nothing to do with him, but since Lin Xu has said so, he is willing to try to believe it.

Su Fanyi was summoned, and soon appeared in the Imperial Study Room. Seeing that there were only Lin Xu and Jin Qi in the room, Su Fanyi saluted with a puzzled face, "I don't know why the emperor called you?"

"How long has it been since you entered the court?" Lin Xu asked.

"Counting this year is already the fifth year." Su Fanyi became more puzzled and felt a little uneasy, but thinking about what he hadn't done, he became more confident, "Did something happen?"

"What about taking over the Ministry of Industry?" Lin Xu asked again.

Su Fanyi was stunned for a while, his expression changed again and again, "It's been more than three years."

When Su Fanyi and the others entered the court as officials, it was at the time when there was a shortage of people in the palace. During that time, Jin Qi used all available people, so their official career went smoothly.

"In the past three years, have you noticed anything wrong?" Lin Xu asked again.

"What's wrong, what does the Prime Minister mean?" Su Fanyi became more and more confused when asked.

"Since it is something within the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry that you are in charge of, such as water conservancy projects or other things."

The Ministry of Industry is also in charge of many matters, but almost all projects that require large-scale construction are related to the Ministry of Industry, such as land reclamation and post station repairs.

Hearing Lin Xu mention the water conservancy project, Su Fanyi's face showed a momentary panic, but he put it away soon.

Su Fanyi fell into silence, he opened his mouth several times but finally said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Lin Xu and Jin Qi looked at each other. Su Fanyi's like this meant that he also noticed something was wrong.

"There is nothing wrong with it. Did I do something wrong? If so, please let the emperor and the prime minister make it clear." Su Fanyi hesitated for a moment and said.

"It doesn't matter if you say it." Jin Qi said.

Su Fanyi was going to continue to cover up, but when he looked up and saw Lin Xu who was standing aside and looking at him quietly, his heart skipped a beat, and he swallowed back the words to cover up the peace.

Since Lin Xu is also here, it can only mean that the matter has been noticed.

"I don't know what to say, but some things are really strange." Su Fanyi changed his words, but the hesitation in his words did not disappear.

"Tell me specifically." Jin Qi glanced at Lin Xu next to him and said.

"It's about disaster relief, and I don't know what to say." Su Fanyi paused, and still hesitated to say: "Dayu Mountain has many dangerous terrains, so every year when the water level rises, the downstream will be in danger of flooding, especially among them. In several places where floods are particularly severe, they occur almost every year."

"The Ministry of Industry rebuilds dams and dredges rivers every year after the floods. After taking over the position of the Ministry of Industry, I have always attached great importance to this matter. I have never cut corners in the construction of dams, and I have visited many times to personally inspect them. However, the floods still occur every year. hair."

Su Fanyi secretly raised his eyes and glanced at Jin Qi. Seeing that Jin Qi was not angry, he said again: "When the late emperor was in power, these places were always hidden dangers, but the situation is not as serious as it is now. On the contrary, the situation has become worse in the past few years. It's getting more serious."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Jin Qi and Lin Xu to open their mouths, Su Fanyi hurriedly said: "I have already checked this matter, and there is indeed no case of cutting corners, so I don't know what the reason is."

"Who else have you talked to about this?" Lin Xu asked.

"No, although this matter feels a bit strange, it has indeed been investigated and there is no problem." Su Fanyi has personally visited and supervised it, and if there is a problem, he must have noticed it long ago.

"Don't tell outsiders about this matter for the time being, and don't say what happened today." Lin Xu looked at Jin Qi, and Jin Qi nodded when he saw this, with a bit of majesty in his eyes.

Su Fanyi naturally understood, although he still had some doubts about what the two of them wanted to say, seeing that they were not going to say more, he didn't ask further.

After asking Su Fanyi to leave, Jin Qi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Lin Xu looked over, and his dark eyes were rarely filled with doubts. He didn't understand why Jin Qi was relieved.

"It seems that this matter is indeed abnormal." Jin Qi laughed, "I thought it was because my throne was not upright that it caused natural disasters."

There have always been such rumors in the market, because Jin Qi killed his father and mother to seize the throne, so many people still blame him for natural disasters, saying that it is because he is not the emperor but disobedient to God's will, so The old genius has been sending disasters to Dayu.

"The emperor believes that kind of nonsense?" Lin Xudao really never thought that Jin Qi, who had blood on his hands, would believe such a thing.

"Of course I don't want to believe it." Of course Jin Qi didn't want to believe it, but after all these years he had to believe it. Since he ascended the throne, natural disasters have never stopped in the past ten years.

When the former emperor was in power, although naivety would occur occasionally, but only once every five or ten years, but now it happens every year.

"The theory of destiny is nonsense. Besides, if you can know whether you are worthy to be emperor by only relying on blood, what are those students still studying? Why should the princes of all ages strive for the throne? Instead of wasting time entangled in this, the emperor should think about it." What should I do next." Lin Xu's tone was unhurried, as if he was just talking about the weather.

Jin Qi was taken aback when he heard the words, what did Lin Xu mean, did he know that he is not of royal blood?