The days when I was working in the West Factory

Chapter 171 Faint King?

"Zhao Yu, what you said is... well, quite honest."

After the emperor laughed, he waved his hand in the light gauze dragon tent.Feng Lidao and Zhao Jingzhong at the side immediately stepped forward, bent down and completely lifted the veil.

Inside the dragon tent, the emperor sitting cross-legged was not wearing a dragon robe, but a very elegant Taoist shirt.

"You look up!"

Looking at Zhao Yu who was drooping and bowing his head on the Kowloon steps, the emperor said with a faint smile.

Entering the palace to face the saint, without the emperor's will, no one can raise their heads and face the king without permission.

This is the rule that Feng Lidao repeatedly emphasized to Zhao Yu before entering the palace.

Raising your head for no reason, and looking up at the king is to assassinate the king on purpose, which is also a crime of losing your head.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu raised his head slowly, and saw a middle-aged man in Taoist robe sitting under the light gauze dragon tent ten steps away.

Although this middle-aged man didn't wear the dragon robe, there was an innate majesty between his brows.

"..."

Zhao Yu raised his head and finally saw the face of Emperor Daqian.

But the moment he saw the emperor's appearance, Zhao Yu thought of King Yun for no reason.

Different from King Yun's standard shoehorn face, the emperor's appearance in front of him is much more upright.

But Zhao Yu was in Jinyiwei. Although Xiaobaihu had no chance to face the king, he had at least seen portraits of the kings of Daqian.

To be honest, in terms of appearance alone, Zhao Yu felt that King Yun's royal lineage must be more pure than the emperor in front of him!
"Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei is His Majesty's domestic slave, and represents the face of the royal family outside, but Zhao Zhenfu envoy ignores these things, and doing such sneaky things, isn't it an insult to your father?"

At this moment, after Zhao Jingzhong glanced at Zhao Yu, he bowed slightly and said to the emperor.

"Eunuch Zhao's words are a bit far-fetched. Seeing such a natural disaster, Zhao Zhenfu took the rice grain from the Yuquan granary. It is also an expedient measure. Could it be possible to see hundreds of thousands of disaster victims starving to death in the outer city?"

As soon as Zhao Jingzhong finished speaking, the Fengli Dao beside him immediately blocked the knife that Zhao Jingzhong handed over.

"Oh? Lord Yu's words mean that he is blaming Junfu for being slow in distributing food and rice for the disaster relief, and that it is necessary for Governor Zhao to use such low-handed means as stealing to save the people from the fire?"

Zhao Jingzhong stared at Yuhuatian and smiled slightly, then said lightly.

"Your Majesty is innocent, and this is not the intention of this slave..."

Feng Lidao quickly turned around and knelt down, kowtowing to the emperor in the dragon tent.

Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Jingzhong and Feng Lidao who were coming and going by the emperor's side, why did he feel like a shrew cursing the streets?
The only difference is that Feng Lidao and Zhao Jingzhong, the shrews, both speak more civilized words.

"Boom!!"

Just when Zhao Jingzhong was about to pursue the victory, the emperor rang the bronze chime expressionlessly.

With the sound of the bronze chime, both Zhao Jingzhong and Feng Lidao shut their mouths knowingly.

"Zhao Yu, tell me, why do you act like this?"

Seeing that the two of them shut up, the emperor looked down at Zhao Yu again and asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are disasters caused by snow at the beginning of this winter, not to mention other prefectures in Beizhili, there are tens of thousands of victims in the outer city of the imperial capital alone.

Although the subordinates are dull, they also know the truth of eating the king's reward and worrying about the king..."

Zhao Yu put his hands down the steps, and began to talk eloquently.

There is only one meaning inside and outside the words, that is, he first went to the grain merchant to buy grain.

But those profiteers are thinking of making money for the country, and they can't give up even a grain of food.

Saving the people is like putting out a fire. Seeing more and more people die, Zhao Yu was forced to do nothing but do something wrong.

"Since it is to buy grain, the silver taels you need are by no means what you, a governor, can afford, but where do these silver taels come from?"

After Zhao Yu finished speaking, Zhao Jingzhong launched another attack.

There are tens of thousands of victims, even if it is porridge, there will be more grain and rice in a day, even if a big businessman is willing to sell it to him, where will Zhao Yu get the money to buy it?

"Commander An gave it..."

As soon as Zhao Jingzhong's words fell, Zhao Yu threw An Jianqing out without even thinking about it.

Puppet, don't use it at this time, when will it be more?

"Where did Commander An get the money?"

Even An Jianqing, the commander, would not be able to get out 10 taels of silver logically.

"Uh, Eunuch Zhao is a bit embarrassed to step down. Where does Commander An's money come from? It doesn't belong to the lower officials!"

Zhao Yu looked innocently at Zhao Jingzhong who was beside the emperor, but a very hidden killing intent flashed in his eyes.

This bastard, really think that without those secret letters, I can't help him? !

At this moment, an eunuch on duty walked in quickly, came to Zhao Yu's side and knelt down on the ground, holding up a booklet with both hands and saying: "Your Majesty, Zhou Qing, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is begging to see you!"

"allow!"

……

The eunuch on duty got the emperor's permission, turned around and left the Yongshou Palace, and walked in with a thin middle-aged man after a while.

"Chen Zhou Qing, see Your Majesty!"

Holding a roll of thick silk in his arms, the middle-aged man knelt down beside Zhao Yu.

"What's in Zhou Aiqing's arms?"

The emperor looked at the thick cloth in Zhou Qing's arms, and asked curiously.

"Return to Your Majesty, this is the Ten Thousand People's Post sent to your father by hundreds of thousands of disaster victims in the outer city of Kyoto!"

Zhou Qing said, holding up the thick silk with both hands.

The emperor nodded, and Fengli Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, who were waiting on both sides, immediately stepped forward, took the thick silk and slowly unfolded it.

On the thick silk, there are some nasty words praising the emperor, and under it are densely packed tens of thousands of handprints.

Wanminzhe, it's not like it didn't happen in the past.

It’s just that Wanminzhe before, either cried to the emperor to appeal for grievances, or the prefecture and county government encouraged the people to ask the emperor for money and food.

But this time, it was obviously different from before, this Wanminzhe was singing praises to the emperor!

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are countless disasters caused by snow at the beginning of winter. Thanks to His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, he set up a porridge factory in the outer city to save the people from the fire and water. Wanmin is grateful for the kindness of your father, and hereby spontaneously presents Wanmin Post..."

While Zhou Qing kowtowed to make a statement, he looked at Zhao Yu from the corner of his eye.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Inside the dragon tent, the Emperor Longyan was delighted.

Throughout the hundreds of years since the founding of the country, no emperor has ever received such a post from Wanmin!

Seeing that the emperor was happy, other people knelt down and shouted long live.

And Zhao Yu also heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, with this certain big hat on the emperor's head.

No matter what, the emperor will not hold on to this matter of stealing food anymore!
Zhou Qing left Wanmin Post and left Yongshou Palace.

But the emperor directly pushed back Feng Li Dao and Zhao Jingzhong, and left Zhao Yu alone in Yongshou Palace.

Just when Zhao Yu was wondering what this guy was trying to do, the emperor spoke.

"Zhao Yu, I'm here to ask you, did King Yun... die at your hands?"

After everyone retreated, the emperor's first words made Zhao Yu's heart skip a beat.

What should come, finally came...

Zhao Yu lowered his head and tried to make his voice calm as he said: "Return to Your Majesty, no matter how courageous this subject is, I dare not capture and kill the feudal lord for no purpose!"

What Zhao Yu said was not that he didn't dare, but that he had no purpose...

The implication is obvious, that is, as long as the emperor makes an order, he will not hesitate.

"You are a frank and smart person." The emperor obviously heard the implication of Zhao Yu's words.

He was very satisfied with Zhao Yu's answer.

Jin Yiwei is the emperor's servant, and he only obeys the emperor's orders. If what Zhao Yu said today was that he didn't dare, then it means that Zhao Yu is not a person who can be used in a big way.

"This time the disaster relief work was done well. Although you received Junyin, but because of your temperament, the Junyin was returned to the victims..."

Average silver? !
When Zhao Yu heard these two words, he was shocked again.

It is said that the emperor is stupid, but he doesn't want to, but he knows all about the dirty deeds between his courtiers!
"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Zhao Yu talked about Shengming, but he was somewhat puzzled.

This guy looks very shrewd, how could he let a eunuch like Wei Zhongxian monopolize the power?

"Shengming?"

The emperor played with Yu Ruyi, laughed at himself slightly and said, "You're just afraid to think again, since I know everything, why not kill all these corrupt officials like Emperor Taizu?"

Finally, cold sweat oozes from Zhao Yu's forehead.

Sure enough, none of the people who could sit on the chair on the Nine Dragon Steps were simple ones!

This foolish king according to outside legends has reached a heinous level of ability to figure out people's hearts.

"Folks in the market, if the father wants a harmonious family, the most important thing is to treat the children with a bowl of water. The same is true for the emperor's governance."

The emperor said it lightly, but Zhao Yu who was listening below was already scolding his mother in his heart.

I'm not from the Zhu family, so there's no use in nagging me about this!
After the emperor said these words, Zhao Yu already vaguely felt that he was going to be pushed into a very dangerous situation!

"Jinyiwei is a dagger left by the emperor Taizu to the king of the future generations."

The emperor said while looking at Zhao Yudao: "But An Jianqing's dagger is already rusted, I want to recast it..."

For the sake of talking about it, if Zhao Yu doesn't say anything, he will definitely not be able to leave the Palace of Eternal Life today!

"Your subject is willing to be the father of the king, and I will do my best before I die!"

Zhao Yu first got up with his fists cupped, and then knelt down on one knee again.

This is a rule passed down by Jin Yiwei, because Jin Yiwei has a special status, except for the prince and the emperor, there is no need to bow down to others!

"Okay! Sure enough, I didn't misread you."

The emperor signaled Zhao Yu to come forward, and took off a Dao Talisman hanging on his side and handed it to Zhao Yu.

"Wei Zhongxian gave you the Son of Heaven Sword last night, and today I will give you this Sanqing Dao Talisman, don't let me down!"

Zhao Yu, who was holding the Sanqing Dao Talisman, felt uncomfortable all over.

After bestowing the Sanqing Dao Talisman, the emperor did not say a single word, and Zhao Yu withdrew from Yongshou Palace.

On the way to Chengtianmen, Zhao Yu, who was rewarded by the emperor, felt chills in his heart.

Don't think about the masters hiding in the shadows, Zhao Yurumang is on his back just for this emperor who is rumored to be in a daze from the outside world!

We are just salted fish waiting to die. In our previous life, we would tremble seeing a village chief, let alone an emperor!
Don't stay here for long...

This was the first thought that came to Zhao Yu's mind after meeting the emperor for the first time!
"Master Zhao!"

Just as Zhao Yu walked out of Chengtian Gate, a figure blocked his way.

Zhao Yu fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhou Qing, the imperial censor who sent the Wanmin post to the emperor before.

(End of this chapter)