The feather duster in Wu Mei's hand had cast a deep shadow on Li Hong, so someone listened to his dragon mother's lecture and once again got distracted: "When I become emperor in the future, what the hell will I do with Shang Fang's sword? For To commemorate Mother Long’s earnest teachings to me, I will make a Shangfang feather duster.”
Wu Mei looked at the unfilial son who was dazed and distracted in front of her again. She was filled with anger and was about to burst out. This unfilial son was getting more and more... outrageous. He dared to be distracted again in front of her. Just when she was about to When he raised the 'sacred weapon' in his hand to teach the unfilial son who had failed to discipline his etiquette for twenty years, His Majesty next to him was a little confused and started to touch up Li Hong.
"That's not right, Hong'er. Even if you are lost, you should know the direction. Huiluocang is in the north direction of Luoyang. Luoyang Palace is so tall. You can see Luoyang Palace from Huiluocang at a glance. How could you get lost?" Li The familiar look in Zhi's eyes reminded Li Hong of a person, Li Lingyue, the last-hit expert! It’s so similar to that sly look!
"Uh... this... it seems that Er Chen... didn't pay attention. He only paid attention to the one who went back to Luocang...?" Li Hong's originally tough and handsome cheeks were squeezed into a ball. He saw that Long Ma was about to explode.
"Li Hong, come here. I promise not to beat you. Just tell me, what is your purpose today? You can't run back to Luocang to rest for no reason." Wu Meifeng's eyes shot out a heart-stopping light, coldly Said coldly.
The tacit understanding between Li Hong and Bai Chun today is probably unparalleled. The two exchanged glances in a hurry, and they immediately understood what to do next.
"My son really went out to play with Li Sujie today, and then he ran back to Luocang unknowingly. As long as..."
"Stop, I don't believe what you said, let Bai Chun say it." Wu Mei looked at Li Hong's eyes rolling around, and he didn't look like a master who could tell the truth.
"Yes, Queen. Your Majesty, Queen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Xu were planning to go to Luoyang South City today, but..." Bai Chun didn't know how to make it up, so she had to look at Li Hong.
But in Wu Mei's view, this was because Bai Chun didn't know whether to say it or not, so she consulted her master with her eyes, and then said: "Bai Chun, just say it. If he dares to do anything to you afterwards, you can tell me." "Miya, the feather duster in my hand is not a vegetarian, hehe."
"Yes, Queen. Some people in Luoyang South City are talking a lot, saying that Luocang will start to provide food for the people, and it is a low-priced food of half a million shi, so... so His Highness the Crown Prince wants to go there and take a look. "
"Then what did you see?" This time it was Li Zhi who asked. Prince Ji had been distributing grain at low prices for the court to collect private money to stabilize prices, and he knew this.
"I didn't see anything. When I returned to Luocang, I only saw a steady stream of grain being delivered. Furthermore, I met Lou Shide, the Yin of Henan Prefecture, and an old friend of his, a commoner. The commoner hoped that Lou Shide could help Henan Prefecture. The people of the country distributed free grain from the charity warehouse, but Lou Shide refused to distribute it because King Ji had taken away 500,000 shi of grain. Later, he heard that among the 500,000 shi of grain, 100,000 shi were missing, so he became a slave. Just go to Nanshi with His Royal Highness to see if Prince Ji wants to sell it privately." Bai Chun basically told the truth, but she went to Nanshi to buy candied haws, and also to see the soaps and soaps in Nanshi. It's just the market.
"It's not surprising that Prince Ji wants to leave one hundred thousand shi of grain. Over the years, he has been distributing grain at low prices for the court to recover privately minted money. Even if I give him these 100,000 shi of grain, it's not a bad idea. "Li Zhi nodded and said.
Li Hong couldn't help but curl his lips when he heard what Father Long said. He had expected this to happen. The case that Uncle Ji was involved in was not so easy to deal with. You can tell by looking at Father Long's attitude now. I'm just willing. What's going on? .
But Wu Mei's expression was thoughtful. She glanced at Li Zhi and continued to ask, "Did you find out anything when you went to Nanshi?"
When Bai Chun heard the Queen's words, his heart suddenly thumped: "It's over, we have to start lying, and we have to divert the attention of His Majesty and the Queen to Liyangcang. It's a bit difficult."
"Say." Wu Mei suddenly looked at Li Hong who curled his lips and said.
"Oh, there are rumors among the people in Nan City that the 100,000 shi of low-priced grains are not sold to the people at low prices in Henan Province, but are transported to Liyangcang in Weizhou via the Luoshui River. But no one knows exactly what it will be used for, right? Uncle Ji felt that Weizhou was also short of low-priced grain, so he gave some aid to Li Yangcang."
"Nonsense. Liyangcang has always been a top priority for the imperial court, and its importance has always been no less important than Hanjiacang. How could there be a shortage of food! The food there is according to the Tang Dynasty's laws, but it needs to guarantee a year's ration for 80,000 people all year round. , How can there be a shortage of food!" Li Zhi retorted looking at Li Hong.
"Oh, then I don't know why the people have such rumors. Maybe it's just hearsay. Maybe you can ask Uncle Ji Wang." Someone looked like an innocent and obedient baby. He didn't even want to investigate about Li Yangcang. It was very difficult. Please.
If the father insists on going his own way to conquer Liaodong this year, the grain in Liyangcang will be transported to Liaodong sooner or later. Therefore, if there is a gap in the grain in Liyangcang, it will definitely be detected.
Li Zhi didn't want to summon King Ji to Luoyang Palace for questioning because of this little food. Even if King Ji was greedy for such a trivial matter, it was understandable. So after hearing Li Hong's words, he just nodded lightly, His expression was calm and composed, and it seemed that he just didn't want to continue talking about this matter.
But there are people who want to cling to this doubt, and that is Li Hong's Dragon Mother and Li Zhi's Dragon Queen.
What Li Hong didn't know was that although there was no personal grudge between Di Renjie and Lou Shide in history, Di Renjie once blamed Lou Shide, which eventually led to Lou Shide being demoted. After taking out Lou Shide's memorial recommending him, Di Renjie felt ashamed of Lou Shide.
Now, when Di Renjie was squeezing out Lou Shide, under the court, Di Renjie once told Wu Mei that Lou Shide was pretending to be a public servant, using the power of the governor of Henan to seek benefits for others, but he was going to be abandoned because he returned to Luocang. This made him greedy for food unscrupulously.
More importantly, Di Renjie had more accurate information about this incident than Li Hong, that is, everyone in the court had guessed that His Majesty intended to personally conquer Liaodong in the spring of this year, which caused Li Yangcang to start making amends in a hurry. There was a shortfall, so the shortfall was discovered by Di Renjie.
In addition, Di Renjie also knew that the 100,000 shi of grain returned to Luocang would be sent to Liyangcang, so he asked Di Renjie to inform Wu Mei that if His Majesty wanted to personally conquer Liaodong, he would first have to solve the problem of Liyangcang's deficit, otherwise , His Majesty personally marched to Liaodong. If the food and grass cannot be sustained, wouldn't it mean that His Majesty will return without success.
Wu Mei explained to Li Zhi why Di Renjie informed her, hoping that she could persuade his majesty not to let his majesty conduct the expedition in person until the deficit in Liyangcang was made up.
When Li Hong heard Long Ma say that Long Dad really wanted to conquer Liaodong personally, he immediately looked at Dad Long in disbelief and wanted to refute.
"Shut up! I agreed with your decision not to send troops to help Belus regain its kingdom, so you have no right to speak about my imperial conquest of Liaodong!" Li Zhi saw that his unfilial son was about to stop him, and immediately said in a cold voice. .
"But... the queen mother said, there is a problem in Liyangcang. How can you conquer Liaodong without food?" Li Hong still blinked his big innocent eyes. If he had known that Di Renjie had already told his mother that there was a problem in Liyangcang, he would not have been there. The Luoshui River has been frozen for more than an hour.
"If there is any problem with Liyang warehouse, I will order someone to find out. I will make up for the shortfall."
"But... Henan and Guanzhong suffered from famine last year, and after this year's Shangyuan Festival, the people have been unable to have enough to eat..."
"There is plenty of food in Hanjiacang. As a minister, don't you know that when you return to Luocang and there is no food, you should get food from Hanjiacang?" Li Zhi also worked hard to fulfill his lifelong dream, and would rather go from Hanjiacang. To provide food relief to the people, we should also fill up the unexpected deficit in Liyangcang.
"I know, I know, but I just don't know why Liyangcang is short of food. There is no famine in Weizhou, so how can there be a shortage of food." Someone frowned in thought, but his mother saw through it at a glance. This was unfilial. The son was guiding his father towards Liyangcang's artificial losses.
Li Zhi and Wu Mei looked at each other. They had been husband and wife for many years, and their tacit understanding was no less than that of Li Hong and Bai Chun. They immediately thought that this unfilial son wanted to interfere with Li Yangcang's loss.
What worries Li Zhi even more is that if his unfilial son goes to Weizhou to investigate the deficit, and he wants to personally conquer Liaodong, who will help him supervise the country?
Therefore, even if he sent a pig to check the deficit of Liyangcang, Li Zhi would not let his unfilial son go to Weizhou to check the deficit of Liyangcang.
Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi's eyes asking for help, and then said calmly: "You don't need to worry about Li Yangcang's deficit. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the minister of the Shangshu Province, your responsibility is to the court, not to always worry about it. As for those minor matters, I have sent Di Renjie to investigate."
"Ah? That's it. Isn't Di Renjie very busy recently..."
"It's not your turn to check if you're busy! Do you know that you are the prince?" Li Zhi snatched the feather duster from Wu Mei's hand. For the first time, he realized that he was such an annoying unfilial son. This was broken. I've been tangled up here for so long, isn't it because I want to prevent myself from fulfilling my dream of being a charioteer
Wu Mei didn't care that Li Zhi snatched the feather duster from her hand, dangled it in front of Li Hong's eyes like a demonstration, and said calmly: "Li Hong, since your father is determined to conquer personally, you, as the Tang Dynasty Your Highness, should you do something consistent with your name of filial piety and kindness?”
(End of chapter)