If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Emperor Fu was so angry that his heart, liver and lungs were about to burst.

Even Concubine Liu's gentleness and kindness could not suppress his furious emotions. When he thought about how Prince Chen had taken the lead in proposing that the Imperial College recruit children from poor families, and had also proposed a method of limiting the number of places, which was agreed by most of the court officials, he almost spit blood on the dragon throne on the spot.

"Are people outside praising the King of Chen now?" Emperor Fu asked He Zhiyuan gloomily.

He Zhiyuan glanced at Emperor Fu and nodded gently, "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be reversed. You should relax and don't get angry and damage the dragon's body."

How could Emperor Fu not be angry?

He was almost furious.

"I have worked hard and planned for so many years, but I ended up making wedding dresses for others." Emperor Fu felt a fishy smell in his throat and a dull pain in his chest from anger.

"Your Majesty, Prince Chen is also your son. Now people outside say that this is all because of your magnanimity. It is because of your pardon that we have what we have today." In the imperial study, another confidant advised Emperor Fu.

Emperor Fu's face was gloomy. "Can this be the same?"

If it was the Second Prince who spoke up about this matter, he could still laugh it off and take advantage of the situation to make Yu'er's reputation better.

Why is it the King of Chen? Why is it the King of Chen?

"He Zhiyuan, what's wrong with you recently? Is your injury not healed yet?" Emperor Fu looked at He Zhiyuan angrily.

In the past, Queen Ruan and the Ruan family did not appear as prominent as they do now. Ever since Prince Chen came back, he felt that even He Zhiyuan was avoiding them, which allowed the Ruan family to regain a lot of power that they had lost before.

"Your Majesty, recently there have been bandits in Jingkou robbing wealthy merchants passing by caravans, and they also killed the local county magistrate. This matter was just reported to the cabinet today." He Zhiyuan took out a memorial.

"I think that when the Zhenfu Division was first established, it was necessary to win over the hearts of the people. It would be better to let the Prince of Chen lead the cavalry of the Zhenfu Division to suppress the bandits and bring the bandit leaders to justice to appease the public anger."

Emperor Fu took the memorial and read it carefully.

"It's the Thirteenth Village again!" He slammed the letter on the table.

He Zhiyuan: "The Thirteen Villages have become a chronic disease of the imperial court. If we don't find a way to solve it, it will become an even greater threat in the future."

Emperor Fu knew very well that the existence of the Thirteen Villages was a threat.

"Those old soldiers should have been properly resettled back then. Why did they become bandits and form the Thirteen Villages of today?" Emperor Fu was furious.

The Thirteen Villages were not bandits before.

In order to save national treasury expenditure, he asked He Zhiyuan to find a way to reduce military expenditure, and finally forced a group of injured and elderly veterans to retreat.

These people did not return to their hometown to farm, but went to Jingkou and finally established their own village in the mountains.

There was nothing wrong with it originally, but they started robbing two years ago and even stole food supplies from the imperial court several times.

Emperor Fu turned a blind eye to them because of what happened back then, and now they are becoming more and more demanding.

He Zhiyuan said, "Your Majesty, so Prince Chen is the most suitable person to deal with the Thirteen Villages."

No one knew that the Thirteen Villages were once veterans who had retired from the battlefield. When Prince Chen went to kill them, no matter whether he could succeed in suppressing the bandits or not, when the true identity of the Thirteen Villages was revealed, Prince Chen would become the person who killed the veterans.

How will the entire Southern Dynasty’s army view Prince Chen?

Killing two birds with one stone, this is the sinkhole that He Zhiyuan dug for Prince Chen.

"Okay, okay." After listening to He Zhiyuan's analysis, Emperor Fu immediately smiled.

"I will draft an edict now and let Su Zhongcheng go to the Pacification Office in person to convey the order." In this way, Prince Chen will have no chance of disobeying the order.

He Zhiyuan smiled: "Yes."

……

Shen Sui'an and Jiang were also in Kunning Palace at this time, talking to Queen Ruan.

She should have come to the palace two days ago, but she felt a little dizzy, so she stayed at home for two days.

When Queen Ruan heard about this, she was very worried and specially summoned the imperial physician to take Shen Sui'an's pulse.

Fortunately, it was nothing serious, just a little tired, and I will be fine after resting.

Queen Ruan summoned Shen Sui'an not entirely because of Princess Jinyun's matter.

"The eldest princess dotes on Jinyun, so she is bound to be overly indulgent in her education. There's no guarantee that she won't do something disgraceful for her daughter." Queen Ruan wants Shen Sui'an to be more cautious.

Shen Sui'an had never met the eldest princess, but judging from Princess Jinyun's personality, he could guess a little about her.

"I heard that you also have a shipyard?" Queen Ruan did not avoid Jiang and asked about Shen Suian's affairs in Yong Dynasty.

"Mother, it was indeed me who bought Hengshui Datantun, but in order to avoid trouble, I gave my share to someone else," said Shen Sui'an.

Queen Ruan hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, "There is no place near the sea in the Southern Dynasty. Only Suzhou has inland river transportation, but it also transports some light goods within the Southern Dynasty."

The waterways in the Southern Dynasties were really underdeveloped.

Shen Sui listened quietly. Since the waterway is not well developed, then why not dig two channels on the river bank to facilitate the passage of larger ships? Wouldn't that make the city bigger?

"Mother, has the court ever thought about developing river transportation?"

Queen Ruan looked at her deeply and said, "Of course, but there are many opponents in the court who think this is a waste of money."

Shen Sui'an: "How could that be? If the waterway is opened, the whole country will be more accessible, which will only make more money."

"They know it, but they just don't want to pay the money." Queen Ruan said sarcastically.

"The national treasury is not enough to support the construction of the entire Southern Dynasty's inner river. We need to raise money from the noble families."

Shen Sui'an knew clearly that the wealth of the Southern Dynasty was almost monopolized by the aristocratic families.

The noble families did not want to have river transportation, so they did not want to spend money.

"Sui Sui, Suzhou is now the fief of Prince Chen." Queen Ruan looked at Shen Sui'an with burning eyes.

Shen Sui'an's heart warmed up and he instantly understood what Queen Ruan meant.

"Mother, do you want me to set up a port in Suzhou?" Shen Sui'an asked in a low voice.

"That's right." Queen Ruan nodded slightly, "Starting from Suzhou, as long as you make money at the port of Suzhou, others will become jealous and will naturally realize the benefits of developing river transportation."

As long as the port of Suzhou is expanded and the estuary leading to Yongchao is widened to allow large ships to enter and exit, then... can't she go out to sea?

Shen Sui'an was moved!

She has Zhao Jiuling's caravan, and now with the support of Queen Ruan, she can bring the Southern Dynasty's goods overseas.

"Mother, please allow me to go back and think carefully, and then list all the proposals, so that I will know what to do next." Shen Sui'an said.

Queen Ruan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Suisui, your health is more important. You can let others do these things."

"I know." Shen Sui'an nodded, but she was still hesitant to hand this matter over to others.

She knew very well what it would mean if sea transportation was opened in Suzhou.

This must be the reason why Queen Ruan tried to give Suzhou to Prince Chen.

"Sui Sui, no matter what kind of manpower you need, your mother can arrange it for you." Queen Ruan said in a low voice.