Chapter 10 Zhu Conghou's Conspiracy
Xi Zhengyong's seemingly casual words seemed to be expressing the emotion of time like an arrow, and it seemed to be blaming Zhou Zujie, which made people savor the meaning of it carefully.
Fang Ling couldn't help but smile. Although Xi Zhengyong had a sincere personality, he was obviously skillful in using the imperial knowledge as an emperor.
Everyone who wants to become an emperor must learn the learning of the emperor. What is the learning of the emperor? It is the way to control the ministers.
As an emperor, one must appear profound and unfathomable, making it impossible for the ministers to understand, and also reveal some clues appropriately to let the ministers understand the holy intention.
Zhou Zujie bowed his hand and said calmly: "Report to the emperor, since the uneasy border with Xu's tribe, the ministers have been very busy for the people and have no time to come to see him. I would like to ask the emperor to forgive me."
Xi Zhengyong laughed and said, "It's okay, the general is the order of the king. However, since everyone is sitting together now, let's talk about anything clearly. What do you think, General Zhu?"
Zhu Conghou nodded straight and said, "The emperor is right, General Zhou, you can tell me if you have any problems. The emperor can compare with thousands of troops in one sentence."
Zhou Zujie said bluntly: "Of the four divisions, only our Zhou division has the least detoxification weeds, which is the biggest problem of our division!"
When Zhou Zujie mentioned the detoxification weed, the officials looked at each other, while Fang Ling narrowed his eyes slightly. These four meetings were indeed inseparable from the detoxification weeds, but they didn't know what Zhu Conghou was going to do with this matter.
Xu Tianchang snorted lightly and said, "General Zhou, the distribution of detoxification weeds in the past was equal, and we divided them according to the heads, with only a few more. As far as I know, the reason why the detoxification weeds in your tribe is the least is because of poor cultivation. There are still many, enough people from the tribe to use them, so why are there any problems?"
Zhou Zujie sneered: "General Xu knows it very clearly. However, the population of this clan has been much larger than a few years ago. How can there be enough? "
"Oh, so do you have to start a war against our Xu tribe? Don't you feel ashamed to plunder the detoxification weeds of our compatriots?" Xu Tianchang sneered.
Seeing the two of them quarreled, Zhu Conghou looked like a peacemaker and said with a smile: "Two generals, it's too inappropriate to quarrel with the emperor. Master, do you see if there is any way to solve everyone's problems?"
Xi Zhengyong glanced at him and said earnestly: "Everyone is a fellow student, and the palms and backs of hands are flesh. In fact, as long as everyone works together, the detoxification weed is still enough."
Zhu Conghou smiled and said, "Master, this battle for detoxification weeds cannot be solved in just one sentence. Otherwise, our country would not have been so chaotic in the past few years."
Xi Zhengyong narrowed his eyes and said, "Look at General Zhu's tone, there seems to be another solution?"
Zhu Conghou smiled and said, "I do have an idea, I'm afraid the emperor will not agree."
"If we can really calm down the war, I will only consider it." Xi Zhengyong said lightly.
Fang Ling sat on the last seat like an outsider. The little mink poked his head out of his clothes and nibbled the fruit on the table with a slight odor.
Fang Ling was chewing the roasted venison in his mouth and his eyes swept across the faces of the officials. Idiots could hear the competition between Xizhengyong and Zhu Conghou, and Zhu Conghou dared to do this, in addition to having the strongest troops among the four divisions, there must be other reasons.
This reason is the reason for convening the four meetings.
But when Zhu Conghou heard a smile, he said, "After collecting the detoxification weeds, they were sent to the imperial city and trained by a special person, and then they were divided into three departments according to the head. The population of our three departments is large, so the population will naturally increase quickly, and there will inevitably be disputes due to the insufficient detoxification weeds. However, the population of the imperial city is different. If I guess correctly, the detoxification weeds in the imperial city should be overdose, right?"
As soon as he said this, Commander Li's face changed, and Fang Ling narrowed his eyes. Sure enough, Zhu Conghou wanted to point the finger at Xi Zhengyong.
Commander Li said in a deep voice: "General Zhu, what do you mean by saying this? Could it be that the emperor watched you fight and did not allocate the detoxification weeds?"
Zhu Conghou bowed, "I dare not, I absolutely have no intention of disrespect. However, I feel really sad when I see the people fighting to the death for the detoxification weeds. And I think everyone is confused. How many did the imperial tribe keep when detoxification weeds were detoxified, and how many have they now?"
Xi Zhengyong said calmly: "General Zhu, the distribution of detoxification weeds back then, in fact, you three parts get more detoxification weeds than those in the imperial city."
"Oh, so that's the case. The emperor is indeed kind-hearted. But..." Zhu Conghou smiled playfully and changed the subject, "But the emperor's words alone may not convince everyone, right?"
Commander Li said in a deep voice: "General Zhu, what do you mean? How dare you doubt the Emperor's words!"
Zhu Conghou said calmly: "I have no other intentions. I just hope that the emperor will solve the doubts for everyone. It has been a hundred years since the imperial city cultivated detoxification weeds, and it will be allocated 20 years later. Everyone is not sure how many were cultivated in the past 20 years and how much was collected that year."
As soon as they said this, the officials couldn't help but whisper. The place where the detox weeds was cultivated was the important place in the imperial city, and only the imperial physician could enter. Then, Jiedu leaves and Qingsi Pills were distributed on time every month, but how many were there? Even if they asked about the imperial physician, the other party was still kept silent.
Zhou Zujie snorted coldly and questioned: "Can it be that the emperor hid a large number of detoxification weeds for his own selfishness, and let us ministers fight for the detoxification weeds to be bleeding?"
Xi Zhengyong's face couldn't help but sank, and Xu Tianchang shouted in a deep voice: "Two generals, what you say is simply a crime!"
Zhu Conghou said, "General Xu, we are not following the superiors, but talking for the people. If there are so many detoxification weeds in the imperial city and the emperor is watching our tribe fight, how can we convince the people?"
Fang Ling narrowed his eyes when he heard this. Zhu Conghou's move was quite powerful. He used the people as a guise and forced Xi Zhengyong to explain the matter of detoxifying weeds.
Once Xi Zhengyong confesses the number of detoxification weeds, it means that Zhu Conghou has the upper hand. Where can the emperor's majesty remain? If this matter is spread, I am afraid that the people will praise Zhu Conghou's courage to not fear the imperial power and fight for profit for the people.
Suddenly, Fang Ling's pupils suddenly magnified. Zhu Conghou's request was definitely not just that simple. It must have a deeper purpose. Could it be...
Commander Li whispered, "Master, this is not acceptable."
Xi Zhengyong was forced by the situation. If he did not display the detoxification weed cultivation room in the imperial city in front of everyone, wouldn’t it prove that he had selfishness? If the people were to be at ease, what if he lost a little reputation?
He waved his hand and said, "Since General Zhu is so persistent, then the Qing family will follow me to the cultivation room to take a look so that you can rest assured."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Conghou's mouth curled a smile of success, stood up and bowed, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty."
Everyone left the hall together and went to the deep palace. As they continued to deepen, the number of guards gradually increased. When they arrived in front of a heavily guarded hall, there was a plaque hanging on the hall with the three big words "cultivation room" written on it.
Seeing that Xi Zhengyong was coming, the guards hurried over to salute and, at his instructions, opened the door of the hall.
After the hall was opened, everyone entered one after another, and saw a huge pool in the center of the hall. There were a large number of detoxification weeds, densely packed together, with as many as two hundred!
When Xi Zhengyong saw this, he was stunned, as if he was struck by lightning. Commander Li was even more shocked and said, "How come there are so many?"
All the officials were also suddenly surprised, only Zhu Conghou's mouth showed a smug smile.
When Fang Ling saw Xi Zhengyong's expression, he knew that his guess was correct. Zhu Conghou had already tampered with the cultivation room. This was the real conspiracy.
Zhu Conghou shouted angrily: "Your Majesty, even if I am Zhu's tribe, there are only 100 detoxification weeds in total, while the tribe of my Zhu's tribe has more than 2,000 people, and the imperial city has only 800 people. There are so many detoxification weeds. If the excess number is distributed to two tribes, wouldn't it be a peaceful event?"
"You..." Xi Zhengyong realized that he had fallen into the trap, but wanted to speak, but he found that he could not defend himself.
The court officials around couldn't help but talk, and no one expected that things would turn out like this.
Zhu Conghou shouted indignantly: "Master, what else do you have to say now? How can a greedy person like you be worthy of being the emperor of a country regardless of the life and death of the people!"
Zhou Zujie also sneered and said, "Emperor, are you worthy of being the emperor?"
Xi Zhengyong was so angry that he was trembling. Commander Li knew the real number of detoxification weeds, and knew that all this happened too strangely. It was obvious that Zhu Conghou bribed the imperial physician and secretly moved the detoxification weeds from his troops here. However, under the current situation, it was too powerless to explain this.
The situation almost fell one side, and the dignified emperor turned into a greed in front of everyone, and was criticized by thousands of men. Even the guards looked at each other, not knowing how to deal with the current situation.
Fang Ling suddenly said loudly: "General Zhu, this matter of detoxifying weeds does not care about the emperor's affairs!"
Zhu Conghou did not take him seriously. He didn't even look at him. He waved his hand and said, "What do you know outsiders, just stay there!"
But Fang Ling smiled slightly and said unstoppably: "In fact, there are only dozens of detoxification weeds in this pond, and the excess is what I put in."
Chapter completed!