Hongli finally put down the memorial in his hand and said lightly: "Queen, you have lost your way."
After that, he knelt down on the ground with his forehead pressed against the ground, maintaining this posture for a long, long time.
"You said that your Ama was wronged." Hongli sighed and came over to help her, "The victims smashed the disaster relief factory, and he and the nine disaster relief officials were helpless, causing the trouble to get out of hand and causing countless casualties. The officials who went for a thorough investigation found that the grain and rice that had just been allocated in the granary was less than 30% of the original amount. Tell me, who wronged your father? Is it the disaster victims, the censor, or… I?”
Then he suddenly raised his head, stared at Hongli and said, "Your Majesty, for more than 20 years, I, Ama, don't know how to get rich, or how to work hard. What the emperor said, and what the people need, he will do what he does! Three years ago When the Zhili river bank burst, he was just a way, but he stayed to help the local officials and people. In the most dangerous time, he even went down the river bank himself, using sandbags and himself to block the breach! Tell me, such a person would go to corruption food for the people?"
Hongli was stunned.
"Your Majesty." After that, she couldn't hold back her tears and begged tragically, "I beg you, give him a chance and check again, okay?"
Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect
"So you promised her?" In the Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother trimmed the potted plants without looking back.
Hongli was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "I haven't finished speaking, but the Queen Mother guessed it."
"What's so hard to guess?" The Empress Dowager laughed, with kind eyes and kind eyes, "Emperor, the harem does not interfere in government affairs, and this is what you are most disgusted with, but you tolerate the Empress crying, does that mean that you believe in your heart, then Cloth is innocent."
"The truth is also true." Hongli said lightly, "Hong Zhou and the Ministry of Punishment have made repeated visits to confirm that they were exploited layer by layer before the disaster relief food arrived in the granary. There is no rice to cook, so how can disaster relief be done?"
With a click, the golden scissors cut off a camellia, and the queen mother turned back coldly: "So what?"
Hongli was stunned: "What does the queen mother think?"
She casually discarded the flower and cut aside, the queen mother walked slowly to the chair and sat down, and said very calmly: "Narbu is more than loyal, but lacks in ability, just in the eastern Zhejiang area, there are 126 porridge factories, but he is the only one. When he found out that the victims were making troubles, not only could he not be able to control it, but he also let the situation spread rapidly, causing countless casualties among the victims, causing the government and the opposition to shake. If everyone was as incompetent as him, what kind of chaos would the Qing Dynasty look like
The meaning in her words couldn't be more obvious, and Hongli stared at her: "...The queen mother wants me to kill Narbu?"
The empress dowager smiled and asked him: "If you don't kill it, it's not enough for the people to be angry."
Sandalwood incense was burning in the room, Maitreya Buddha was on the table, and even the walls were hung with a portrait of Guanyin's great mercy and compassion. Looking at the kind smile on the Queen Mother's face, Hongli felt a little chill in his heart.
"You have been chanting Buddha all year round. Even if the maid and eunuch make a mistake, you will not easily punish him." He asked slowly, "Now a loyal minister who was obviously wronged, you persuaded me to kill him?"
The queen mother sighed, like an old mother teaching her young and ignorant child: "Emperor, if you don't kill Naerbu, you must investigate this case thoroughly and punish more people, including your uncle and cousin. , and even thousands of disaster relief officials. The food flows through their hands, bit by bit, like an hourglass, and there is less and less left.”
Uncle? cousin
Hongli finally understood that the empress dowager is merciful - she is only merciful to her own relatives, as long as she can save the group of royal relatives who have been greedy for disaster relief funds, what is the sacrifice of a slave
"The Queen Mother!" Hongli gritted his teeth and said, "From top to bottom, they have been exploited layer by layer to become what they are today. Of course they have to pay the price!"
"These people are greedy for ink and food, and it is true that they deserve to die." The Queen Mother suddenly changed the topic, "But you can't kill them all at once."
She scratched the tea cover in her hand and persuaded in an orderly manner: "The clan is in the same spirit, if you move one, it will be fine, if you move two, it will be a problem. If you move three, the world will be in chaos, think about the first emperor!"
Hongli was stunned, recalling that when the late emperor was there, he was opposed by his brothers and the clan, and every decree was extremely difficult to implement. There are many policies that are clearly meant to benefit the common people, but when the people below them implement them, they become harsh and exploitative. In the end, the people all over the world feel that he is not good.
In the end, the only thing the late emperor could do was to stop killing by killing.
"Do you want to learn from him now?" the queen mother said aggressively, "and then end up like him... the end of the betrayal?"
"...Could it be better to kill the innocent Narbu and protect these corrupt officials?" Hongli mocked, "I'm afraid they will intensify their efforts next time, and empty our country."
However, the queen mother deliberately changed the subject and focused all the contradictions on Naerbu, so that he could be the scapegoat of the clan.
"I've already said that he's not innocent, he's incompetent!" the queen mother said in a serious tone, "the surname only believes what they see, listen to what they hear, and understand what they can understand! They believe that Narbu is greedy for ink, you It's a simple truth to give to Narbu's head!"
Hongli said bitterly: "The Queen Mother, that is the Queen's last relative!"
The Queen Mother smiled slightly, like the Maitreya Buddha beside her, like the Avalokitesvara statue behind her: "If he is someone else, he can still survive, but he is the Queen's closest relative, and he must kill him. Killing Naerbu, the world is talented I will believe that the laws of the Qing Dynasty are not selfish, and the emperor is selfless!"
Hongli's fists clenched and loosened, and finally stood up suddenly: "I will consider the Queen Mother's words."
He really didn't want to quarrel with his mother, and he didn't want to hear such cold words again, so he could only lift his feet and leave.
"Emperor!" Behind him, the Empress Dowager shouted to him, "Now the frontier wars are still unresolved, and there are frequent natural disasters in various places. If you kill a Narbu, others will say that you are resolute and punish the first-level disaster relief officials, and the courtiers and clans will blame the emperor for being ruthless. Ruthless, the people will doubt the official governance of the Qing Dynasty... Which result do you want?"
Hongli paused and continued to walk out.
It's not just the queen mother who persuaded him like this.
After that, the memorial of Sannarbu flew into the Hall of Mental Cultivation like a snowflake.
In the end, there was even a joint letter, a long scroll with names of people on it.
"This is the Wanyanshu written by the people of eastern Zhejiang who asked me to kill the culprit, Naerbu." Hongli lay down in his chair tiredly, rubbing his temples and asked, "Hailancha, if you were me, how would you choose?"
Hailancha hesitated for a long time, Hongli was impatient, and said in a low voice: "Speak!"
"If the slave will deal with this matter..." Hai Lancha hesitated for a while, and finally said decisively, "The slave will kill Naerbu."
Hongli originally thought that at least he could hear a different answer from him. Unexpectedly, Hai Lancha, who has always been upright and honest, actually said such a thing. He couldn't help but open his eyes and looked at him in surprise: "Why?"
Hai Lancha looked at him with the usual loyalty on his face: "Your Majesty, if you kill one person, you can make people angry. If you kill a group of people, it will cause chaos. Those real silverfish will settle accounts in the future. The current Narbu... must be killed!"
Hongli was silent for a while, then waved back to Hailancha, then turned to ask Li Yu, "Go outside and have a look, is the queen... still there?"
Li Yu went back and returned, carefully reporting: "Back to the emperor, the empress is still kneeling outside, it's been... a day."