Chapter 338 The Emperor Vomited Blood Again
You must listen to your wife's words!
After having no choice but to leave the space, Wei Chengyi said hello to Ji Shaohan and used the extension of space to go straight to the palace.
I don't know if it was because they seized the military power of Chenzhou, but the emperor was so provoked that he actually ordered Wanqi Shan to go to Binzhou to quell the rebellion in advance. Wanqi Shan was a veteran who was good at taking steady steps. After being ordered to take over the Binzhou army, he did not immediately launch a war to recapture the city occupied by the rebels. Instead, he gathered all the troops and led them in training personally.
In addition, due to the interference of Wei Chengyi's people, Quanzhou and Taizhou, which should have been pacified last year, are still in turmoil. The uprisings in the three places are undoubtedly a thorn in the emperor's heart. Today, he summoned important civil and military officials to the imperial study to discuss how to suppress them as soon as possible.
With the convenience of space, Wei Chengyi sneaked into the palace quietly. Even though the palace had strengthened its security and had many more experts because of the theft incident a year ago, it was still of no use to him. However, he did not immediately look for the emperor's private treasury, but sneaked into the imperial study and listened to their discussions for a long time. After confirming that they had no effective way to suppress the three rebel forces in the shortest time, he turned around and left.
How could the emperor leave himself penniless?
Shen Xiangwan's prediction was correct. After a year of plundering, the emperor's private treasury had accumulated a lot of wealth. Wei Chengyi did not hesitate to be polite with him. With a wave of his hand, he collected all the gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings on the ground into the space. Then he sneaked into the emperor's bedroom and, according to his wife's instructions, knocked down the palace servants and took away everything inside, including the emperor's dragon bed.
In order to carry out his wife's instructions, Wei Chengyi also went to the harem. From the queen to the concubines, everyone's private vaults were visited, and the things collected in the space piled up into several small hills.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something bad has happened! Qianyuan Palace has been robbed!"
Qianyuan Palace was the emperor's bedroom. The young eunuch stumbled into the imperial study and crawled on the ground with a pale face.
"What?!"
The emperor's eyes widened, and he suddenly jumped up. What did he mean by "Qianyuan Palace was robbed"? The palace was full of experts, and his bedroom was guarded by countless palace servants in broad daylight. How could it be robbed?
"Replying to Your Majesty, everything in Qianyuan Palace has disappeared, leaving only the bare palace."
He raised his head and glanced at him quickly. The little eunuch's body was shaking like a sieve. It was too weird and it was impossible for a human to do it. Could it be that the emperor had offended some god?
"What did you say? Say it again!"
Hearing this, the emperor glared at him and said almost gritting his teeth, even if the Qianyuan Palace was really robbed, how could the furniture and decorations inside be stolen as well?
"Report, Your Majesty, the treasury has been stolen again."
Before the young eunuch could react, the eunuch in charge of guarding the treasury hurried in again.
"you···"
"Your Majesty, something bad has happened. The harem has been robbed."
Soon after, the eunuch in charge of the Queen's palace also arrived. The emperor's posture became unstable: "Investigate, investigate for me, find the thief!"
How similar was this scene to the one a year ago? The emperor felt a fishy-sweet taste rising rapidly in his throat, and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"emperor!"
"Call the imperial physician!"
"emperor···"
Seeing this, the ministers panicked. The imperial study was in turmoil. The culprit behind all this, Wei Chengyi, had already left the palace. As for the subsequent chaos and unrest in the palace, it had nothing to do with him. Who had made the emperor so annoying? If he hadn't repeatedly sent the Dragon Shadow Guard to cause trouble, she wouldn't have insisted on Wei Chengyi's trip to the palace.
Yong'an Village, Wei family's small study.
“How is spring plowing going in the three counties?”
After Chen Xiangwan left the space, she happened to meet Qingying coming back from outside. The two of them entered the small study one after the other. She casually asked about the spring plowing in the three counties. Chenzhou started spring plowing on the second day of February. This year, thanks to the curved plow and harrow cart she had invented, the spring plowing in all counties went smoothly. Only in Daping County, Dafeng County and Dalin County, the people started spring plowing after the army withdrew one after another, so the progress was inevitably slower.
"It's all over now. The curved plow and harrow have saved a lot of labor, and the people are very grateful."
Qingying couldn't help but smile. During this period, he had been assisting the three counties in carrying out spring farming work. The curved plow and harrow cart that they vigorously promoted were extremely popular among the people. Anyone who had used them had good things to say about them. In addition, they had defeated the Western Hu people for the first time in history. Now the people of the three counties had great trust in the government and the military, and their cohesion was much better than before.
"It's good as long as it can help the people."
Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan's face also showed a smile. Next, she just waited for the harvest. Unfortunately, at present, only Datong County planted potatoes and corn. The people in other counties had not seen the yield of the new crops with their own eyes and were not willing to try planting them at all. However, her method of composting had been promoted. This year, the whole Chenzhou would try to plant two crops of grain. When the people saw how high the grain yield was in Datong County, even if the government did not publicize it, they would probably beg to plant it. This year, no one in Chenzhou would go hungry.
"Last year, when the Second Master first went to the prefectural capital, he brought the curved plow and the harrow cart with him. Unfortunately, the prefect didn't take them seriously at the time, and the people didn't even get to see them."
If they hadn't promoted it so vigorously after seizing some power, the people's spring plowing wouldn't have gone so smoothly this year. Thinking of this, Qingying couldn't help but sigh. The local officials in Chenzhou really didn't take the people seriously. Didn't they know the curved plow and the harrow cart were useful? They knew, but they didn't care whether the people could save labor or not. Their minds were filled with how to exploit them and squeeze more of their wealth.
"So we must quickly consolidate the remaining political power in Chenzhou. Only when we are the sole ruler can we do whatever we want in the future."
Shen Xiangwan had long been disappointed with the officials in Chenzhou and didn't bother to talk about them anymore: "Have those women who survived the massacre by the Western Hu people been settled?"
"Um."
Qingying nodded and said, "Everyone has been placed in various villages in Datong County according to Second Master's instructions. Yong'an Village is not suitable for adding more people because of our presence, so we did not send them here."
"They are all miserable people. Tell Fu Qiuhua to talk to the village heads in various places and ask them to pay more attention to the villages under their jurisdiction and try their best to prevent those people from being bullied."
"Don't worry, we have it in mind."
They had done this a long time ago. In the villages that were massacred by the Western Hu people, the survivors were basically young women. Without the protection of men and elders, it is easy to imagine how difficult their future lives will be. For this reason, Fu Qiuhua has visited the village heads in various places more than once to prevent the villagers from bullying them.
[End of this chapter]
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