Raising Wolves: Chapter 33

That weird atmosphere was successfully broken by Zheng Yao.

They were all interrupted, and it would be inappropriate to pursue it any longer. Lu Qing coughed lightly, and patted Ning Juan's head with the manuscript in his hand: "What are you doing so fierce?"

This little brat has never had a good temper with anyone other than him since he was a child.

It is not easy for Master Zheng to eat public food.

The surrounding dark guards twitched at the corners of their eyes.

The dignified emperor, like being trained as a child, was not annoyed. Instead, he happily rubbed against Lu Qingze again.

The mouth is wrong, I will dare to do it next time.

Lu Qing glanced at him: "Take it, let Master Yu copy it and send it to you, it's really yours."

"Yu Shurong didn't come for this." Ning Juan immediately complained, "It's for another matter."

Is there anything else worth taking Yu Shurong's busy schedule to take a trip in person?

Lu Qing frowned: "What's wrong? Is it related to the epidemic?"

When the disease was latent in Jiangyou, the symptoms were similar to those of ordinary colds. After three or five days, the disease would develop, and a long period of torment would begin, with vomiting and diarrhea, and no access to food and water. .

During this period of time, the imperial physicians studied day and night and tried many prescriptions, but none of them could have a good effect on the epidemic. At most, they could make the patients feel better.

Due to the contagious nature of the disease, only patrolling soldiers and doctors can enter the patient center, and people report the patient's situation every day.

The disease is still spreading in the sick center, but fortunately, the sick center was built quite far away from the city of Ji'an, so that it would not infect the people in the city.

Jiangyou's plague was not mentioned in the original book, and Lu Qing did not dabble in this area either.

Ning Juan took off the mask on Lu Qingze's face, picked up a document from the desk, and handed it to him, "No, it's another matter."

He was so angry that he wanted to kill.

Look at the teacher more slowly.

Why didn't you take off my mask?

Lu Qing took the document in confusion, and Ning Wan's slightly condensed voice came from his ears: "I think they don't want to live anymore."

Lu Qing didn't quite understand it at first, so he opened the document.

There was a secret letter on the document, which was handed by Jin Yiwei. The weather was hot and it was inconvenient to prepare porridge every day. There were other people who distributed rice grains outside the city. When Jin Yiwei was maintaining order, he found that there seemed to be fish in troubled waters in the team of victims who came to collect the relief food. After two days of observation, he was convinced that he had come to claim relief food.

Lu Qing frowned lightly: "These people are even greedy for the relief food for the victims? Have you figured out their identities?"

In the past, I heard that some places would mix some soil into the porridge, just to prevent these people from pretending to be overwhelmed, so that the really hungry victims can eat porridge.

Didn't expect this to happen.

Ning Juan nodded: "It's the owner of the grain store in Ji'an City." A cold sarcasm flowed through his eyes, "I'm very good at doing business."

I received the grain, brought it back to my own grain store, and sold it together, without any capital.

Since the flood in Jiangyou, the merchants in the Jiangyou prefectures have been driving up food prices.

Not to mention the disaster victims, even if there are no people affected by the disaster, they will hardly be able to eat.

Lu Qing frowned and glanced at the document below, which was reported by Yu Shurong.

In the past few days, a large amount of rubble and other materials were needed for the construction of dams. The stone merchant saw the opportunity and sold the rubble to the government at several times the price. At first, Yu Shurong felt that this kind of thing was not easy to report to Ning Juan, so he went to the government in person. Talk to those merchants.

When the plain-headed people were so hungry that their faces were yellow and their skin was thin, these merchants were still wearing gold and silver, and they were rich and oily. There are still hundreds of people waiting to eat hot food, Mr. Yu, we have sold it to you at a low price, what should we eat? The victims of the disaster are human, and we are human too!

"Master Yu, we also want to do business. Everyone has difficulties. You are also considerate and considerate of us."

"If we don't sell it, will the government still force it?"

…

Yu Shurong was dumb-mouthed and was stunned by what he said. In the end, he was respectfully invited to leave the mansion, and then he reacted, and he was not angry.

After that, he went several times, but he couldn't deal with this group of people. He was worried about the delay, so he had no choice but to report it.

After reading it, Lu Qing finally understood why Ning Juan was so angry.

He glanced at the list of businessmen attached at the end, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "If I remember correctly, these people..."

Ning Juan was leaning against the table with his arms in his arms, while Lu Qing was looking at him while he was reading the documents.

Just looking at Lu Qingze, he felt calm in his heart, and his anger subsided a little: "It seems that the teacher also remembered."

The names of the merchants mentioned by Yu Shurong all appeared in Zhao Zhengde's account book.

Although most wealthy businessmen can't fight against the government, they have to feed the grass even after they pluck their wool. Otherwise, how can they continue plucking in the future?

Zhao Zhengde just hit a stick and gave a sweet date, while asking for a huge amount of money, while giving these people various conveniences and mutual benefits.

Over time, these businessmen will take the initiative to hand over a lot of money for convenience. In contrast, Zhao Zhengde turns a blind eye to what they do.

That's what made this group of people so arrogant.

It really is all five poisons.

Lu Qing rubbed his forehead: "Guo Guo, what are you going to do with these people?"

Ning Juan touched his upper and lower lips and spit out two words: "Killed."

Raid your home, behead your head.

The cleanest solution.

Lu Qing grabbed the teacup's hand for a while.

He also loathes these profiteers who are opportunistic, but looking at Ning Juan's posture, he is ready to kill everyone involved.

This made him think of the murderous tyrant in the original novel, and the original protagonist who exuded silent threats in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Over the years, he has tried to correct Ning Juan, but he is afraid that it will be too correct.

Ning Juan is the emperor, and in his position, if he is a pure evil person, it will be a disaster for the entire Daqi, but if he is a pure good person, it will not only be a disaster for Daqi, but also his own disaster.

Lu Qing has been carefully balancing Ning Juan's nature, trying to teach a generation of Ming Jun.

He frowned, opened his mouth, and was about to say something when Jin Yiwei came to report: "Your Majesty, you have brought all the people you brought."

Lu Qing didn't say a word, his eyes were dark.

This little bastard's first reaction was to pick up the mask and put it on him!

Ning Juan put on a mask for Lu Qingze without changing his face, and took up the posture of His Majesty the Emperor: "Bring it here."

Lu Qing supported the mask, swallowed the words, and decided to clean up the little **** at night.

After a while, several middle-aged men were brought into the study by Jinyiwei. They were all dressed in silk and satin. They were either rich or expensive.

Lu Qing narrowed his eyes and guessed the identities of these people, which had a close relationship with the secret letters and documents he had just read.

He secretly looked at these wealthy businessmen who had been extorted and colluded with officials and businessmen such as Zhao Zhengde.

These people were blackmailed by Zhao Zhengde and others. They were considered victims, but they were also accomplices. Taking advantage of the disaster to make a lot of money, they were also the perpetrators.

Ning Juan's face was pale, and he ignored the people who were kneeling on the ground. He walked to the desk and picked up the booklet at will.

The study was silent, except for the slight sound of turning pages.

When these people were taken away by Jin Yiwei, there was speculation in their hearts, but they were not too panic.

After all, although the price of stone and grain has increased, they did not dare to sell sky-high prices to the government. If the emperor wanted to be held accountable, they would move out of the previous set of rhetoric and cut the price in half on their own initiative, so as to be able to sell well in front of the emperor.

But I didn't expect that the little emperor came up to be a disgusting power.

Several people exchanged glances secretly, and they felt a little hesitant when they noticed the unusual atmosphere.

what happened?

After a while, they heard Dao Qingrun's voice coming from the side: "Do you know why His Majesty asked you to come here?"

Hearing the sound, those few people suddenly realized that there was still a person sitting in the room.

His Majesty the Emperor is standing, how can anyone still sit?

Several people couldn't help but turn their heads and cast their eyes there. When they saw the mask on the face of the young man in white, they immediately realized it.

The businessman's information came faster than the ordinary people. As soon as they saw the masked one, they guessed Lu Qingze's identity.

The round-faced wealthy businessman at the head swallowed his saliva, looked at His Majesty's unmoved appearance, and said carefully: "Is it because of the transaction between the grass and the people and the government?"

Lu Qing took a sip of tea unhurriedly: "I didn't say that. This gentleman took the initiative to bring it up. It seems that he thinks there is something wrong with the transaction between you and the government."

...was brought in!

As soon as they met, they accidentally handed over the initiative, and the face of the round-faced wealthy businessman changed slightly.

At the same time, the silent and respectful young emperor standing by the table also looked over.

The cool and light eyes shrouded several people, the invisible sense of deterrence was heavily suppressed, and the ice stared at everyone, making people breathless.

Several people broke out in cold sweats almost immediately. The originally planned process could not be carried out at all. The goatee kneeling behind the round-faced wealthy businessman was the stone miner. Because the flood price is expensive, it is not the original intention of the Caomin... However, the Caomin thinks that Jiangyou is in a time of dire straits, and the construction of the dam is an act to benefit all people. After the stone is folded by three, what does Your Majesty think?"

Although fearful, the nature of the businessman is that he subconsciously haggles as a business.

Lu Qing smiled and looked at another wealthy businessman: "What do the rest of you think?"

The first person offered a discount, and the rest of the people, no matter how reluctant they were in their hearts, could only follow suit: "It should be, it should be."

Lu Qing took another sip of the hot tea and said with a smile, "Your Majesty and I are very pleased and moved, but I'm a little curious."

The round-faced wealthy businessman had already noticed that Lu Qing was not as harmless as he seemed, and felt a little uneasy in his heart: "Master Lu... What are you curious about?"

"I'm curious," Ning Juan said coldly, his slightly subdued voice covering the obvious boy's voice, and every word slammed into people's mouths, "What is your relationship with them?"

Several people were stunned for a while, and it took a long while to wake up and look back along Ning Juan's line of sight.

A few people dressed as refugees were escorted behind them at some point, stuffed in their mouths, and when they saw them turn their heads, they called for help.

Suddenly, two middle-aged men changed their faces.

Before they could react, a few pieces of paper flew in front of them, and the voice of the young emperor came from above his head: "Can you explain this?"

The stamped paper floated down and landed in front of the round-faced wealthy businessman.

There are several of their names written on it!

A few people recognized what it was, and after being stunned for a moment, their complexions instantly lost their blood, and a chill rushed from the soles of their feet to the Tianling cover. The grass people are guilty!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty has a clear vision, the grass-roots people are forced!"

"Caomin dares no longer, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there are still old mothers, wives and children in the Caomin family..."

Ning Juan stared blankly at the few people kneeling on the ground, killing intent surging in his eyes.

As long as he gives an order, Jin Yiwei will immediately drag these people down and chop off their heads, and hang them on the city wall to show the public, in order to deter all the profiteers in Jiangyou who take advantage of the chaos.

His eyes slid over these people and fell to Lu Qingze, who was staring at him with slightly pursed lips.

Although the young man is thin, his back is straight, and he sits there quietly. His body is enveloped in a temperament that is not like fireworks. He is always like the snow like the moon, and there is a sense of distance that is hard to reach.

But as long as his eyes fall over, it makes people feel in a trance that it seems that they can also be touched.

After a moment of silence, Ning Juan said in a low voice, "For the sake of you who were indeed coerced at first, I will not punish you for a serious crime."

The few people who were still scrambling to kowtow were all stagnant.

Just now, they really felt the undisguised killing intent of this young His Majesty.

So they all suspected that they had heard it wrong.

"Now Jiangyou is in trouble," Ning Lian looked down at them with his hands behind his back, "what can you do?"

Several wealthy businessmen kneeling on the ground heard what Ning Wan meant.

Is life more important, or is money more important?

No matter how profitable the businessman was, when faced with this decision, he immediately reacted, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The Caomin is convicted, and the Caomin is willing to disperse his family wealth, provide the people with a place to work, and help His Majesty share the troubles!"

The rest of the people also reacted: "The Caomin is convicted of the crime, and the Caomin is willing to cooperate with the government to release food for free..."

"Building dams is the responsibility of the grass people. In the future, the grass people are willing to deliver the stone materials in person without paying a cent!"

These words sounded incomparably sincere, but the young emperor's emotions remained the same. There was no emotion in his dark pupils, and he stared at them silently.

Several people were terrified and apprehensive.

It is said that you have no jokes, Your Majesty... You won't go back on your word, right?

After the chaotic voices in his ears disappeared, Ning Juan said coldly: "Take your people back, and next time, bring a coffin to lead them."

Several wealthy businessmen have not responded.

Lu Qing rubbed the edge of the tea cup and added slowly: "Your Majesty means, you can go, or do you want to stay and have dinner together?"

Who dares!

A few people did not dare to say any more, but bowed and bowed again, and retreated like a quail, which was very different from the chicken thief who was knocking on the abacus when he came.

Lu Qing looked at Ning Juan and showed a sincere smile: "It's useful to keep them, Your Majesty has done a good job."

Ning Juan stared at him, carefully observed the slightly curved corners of his lips under the mask, and gently pulled the corners of his mouth: "Is the teacher happy?"

"It doesn't matter if I'm happy or not," Lu Qing said seriously, "What Your Majesty thinks is what matters."

Ning Juan casually fiddled with the inkstone screen beside him.

Does it matter what he thinks?

What he thought was that if he didn't kill those people, it would make Lu Qing happy.

It's not impossible to let them go.

The matter was settled, Lu Qing glanced at the pile of official documents on the table again, and rolled up his sleeves: "Why so many, give me half of it."

Ning Wan's heart was sweet, and she didn't want Lu Qing to bother: "No, I'll just come."

Lu Qing didn't think too much: "Then I'll go back first."

Ning Juan's face changed slightly: "Don't go!"

"If I don't help you, what are you doing sitting here?"

Ning Juan suddenly felt dry and shy, pursed his lips, and whispered, "Teacher, sit by the side and accompany me, okay?"

Lu Qing was inexplicable: "Not good."

"..." Ning Juan was silent for a while, closed his eyes, divided a small half of the documents, and put them on the opposite side, "Teacher take your time."

Teachers and students sat in the study, each with a pile of official documents, sitting opposite each other.

Lu Qing opened it to check, and found that it was all official documents handed over by various governments.

When he first arrived in Jiangyou, after arresting Pan Jingmin and others, Ning Ruanhuo was extremely incomparable, and ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest all the officials who were ineffective in controlling the water, and all of them went to prison.

If disaster relief is not more important, I am afraid that all people will be asked to be executed immediately.

Now the official offices of the various prefectures are empty, the prisons are full, and the people below are uneasy.

The two of them went to Hongdu House in the morning to solve similar trivial matters.

Pieces and pieces, big and small, are all overwhelmed, and even how many resettlement houses a certain government needs to add, they have to ask Ning Juan's opinion.

It's just too complicated.

His Majesty, the young and vigorous emperor, was full of energy and only slept for an hour or two a day, so he didn't seem to think there was any problem.

But this is just a provincial document, what about when it gains power in the future?

Lu Qing raised his eyelashes, crossed the mountains of documents in front of him, and glanced at the little emperor.

The bright sunlight leaked into the study, outlining the handsome and clean outline of the young man, and also clearly reflecting the fatigue visible to the naked eye.

Ning Juan's eyes already have a shallow black cyan.

In the original book, the tyrant was highly centralized, causing blood to flow inside and outside the court.

One of the reasons is that he can't rub sand in his eyes.

Anyone who embezzles and accepts bribes, kills, kills, kills, kills, kills, and kills anyone who eats corpses... The starting point is good, but the water is so clear that there are no fish, and the cruel rule has not made Daqi go further. The consequences of repression, It's a massive uprising.

Lu Qing naturally didn't want Ning Wan to take such a road.

He had wanted to mention this for a long time, but he was aware of the stubborn side of Ning Juan's character, so he didn't speak rashly.

Now that Ning Juan has learned to let go of the wealthy businessmen of Jiang You, now should be the time to mention it.

Ning Juan was stared at by Lu Qingze, like sitting on pins and needles, trying hard to ignore Lu Qingze's eyes, but finally raised his head with red ears, and couldn't bear to ask: "Teacher, what's wrong?"

Lu Qing held his chin and pointed at the pile of things in front of him with his fingertips: "Guo Guo, what do you plan to do with those officials involved in prison?"

Ning Juan paused for a while: "Does the teacher want me to be lenient?"

Lu Qing shook his head and increased his tone: "I said, it's not my thoughts that matter, but your thoughts."

Ning Juan lowered his eyes and looked serious: "Teacher really wants to hear my thoughts?"

Lu Qing nodded.

"I think," Ning Juan's dark eyes showed a chill like ice, and his tone was cold, "Throwing them into the corpse pit, shooting them with arrows, and then burying them alive is the best outcome for them. ."

Lu Qing was silent for a while.

He suddenly discovered that he could understand some of the actions of the tyrant in the original book, just like now, emotionally, he agrees with Ning Juan's idea.

But intellectually...

Seemingly aware that his tone was too cold, Ning Juan quickly adjusted his demeanor and rushed to Lu Qing with a pure and kind smile: "Just thinking about it."

He slowly picked up a document and opened it, his tone softened: "If everyone is killed, it will not be able to kill the chickens and show the monkeys. There are too many vacancies everywhere, which is not conducive to Jiangyou's recovery. Those who make big mistakes will be punished. , those who make minor mistakes are temporarily put back in place and punished later. They must have been locked up in prison for these days, and they are honest enough to not dare to eat idle meals - Jiang You has too many chores, I shouldn't be trapped in the study by chores middle."

Ning Juan's voice still had a clear youthful air, but it was coherent and solemn.

Lu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, staring at Ning Juan, somewhat relieved: "Guoguo is becoming more and more like an emperor."

Ning Juan's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't speak.

In fact, he is not the benevolent monarch that Lu Qingze expected. He is like a wolf who likes to see blood by nature. As for those officials who commit crimes, he just wants to kill them all and then hurry up.

But for Lu Qingze's sake, he is willing to be magnanimous and be a gentle and relaxed gentleman in Lu Qingze's mind.

This will make Lu Qingze happy.

As long as all of Lu Qingze's expectations for him are met, Lu Qingze will have no reason to leave, right?

Although some officials who committed crimes will be released to work in the future, the current work still has to be solved first.

Lu Qing was in a good mood, calmed down, and began to help Ning Juan deal with it.

The study was quiet, except for the slight rustling of turning pages and pens falling on the paper. The atmosphere was peaceful and quiet, and the guards and guards were guarding outside, not to disturb the two of them.

But the silence didn't last long.

Zheng Yao came back from the prison quickly and brought good news: "Your Majesty, Pan Jingmin has recruited!"

Lu Qing was slightly surprised: "So fast?"

Zheng Yao bared his big white teeth and showed a slightly cruel smile: "I used a little trick."

Having been gouged out by Ning Juan, he quickly restrained the suffocating anger on his face, so as not to scare Lu Qingze.

Lu Qing was not frightened, and curiously took the paper with a **** fingerprint on it, and looked at it together with Ning Juan.

Pan Jingmin truthfully confessed his relationship with Wei Herong.

He pays filial piety to Wei Herong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, every year. Over the years, there are millions of giants, so his official career has been magnanimous all the way, and he was promoted to the governor of Jiangyou at a young age.

After coming to Jiangyou and taking control of the military and political power, Pan Jingmin put his sights on the common people, and cleverly set up a name to privately charge fire consumption. The fire energy consumption was as high as 50%. , accumulated a net worth of millions of silver and hundreds of thousands of gold.

Wei Herong promised that in two years, he would be transferred to Nanzhili.

This is another reason why he is holding the news of Jiangyou flood disaster - this is all linked to political achievements.

Unexpectedly, this matter was getting bigger and bigger, and the emperor was directly covered.

Originally, in Pan Jingmin's heart, Wei Shoufu, who held the power alone, was much more terrifying than His Majesty the Emperor. As long as he killed Wei Herong and did not betray Wei Herong, Wei Herong would save him. After all, he still had evidence of his contacts.

Wei Shoufu has taken action, what can the emperor do?

But he didn't expect that Zhao Zhengde, the idiot, swore that the account book had been washed away by the water, turned his head, and the account book fell into the hands of the emperor.

Days of torture had exhausted Pan Jingmin for a long time, and Zhao Zhengde's ledger was the last straw that broke him.

After reading the paper, Ning Juan lifted his eyelids: "Where's the ledger?"

Jin Yiwei rummaged through every inch of Pan's house some time ago, but couldn't find Pan Jingmin's private ledger or records of correspondence with Wei Herong.

Zheng Yao's mouth twitched: "This..."

Seeing his hesitation, Lu Qing became interested instead, and turned his eyes with enthusiasm: "Oh?"

Ning Juan reluctantly nodded to Zheng Yao.

"Pan Jingmin is suspicious by nature. He was even more frightened when he learned that His Majesty was a thief after going south, so he wrapped the account book and hid it in it..." Zheng Yao paused for a while, his face strange, "In the dung heap of the pigsty in Pan's house."

Even if Jin Yiwei is conscientious, he will not be so dedicated that he wants to dig feces!

Lu Qingze: "..."

The surname is Pan, it really belongs to you.

Ning Yan tapped the table with two fingers, and said with a blank face, "Take Pan Jingmin to Hongdu Mansion and ask him to take out the ledger by himself."

Without having to send his own people to dig it out, Zheng Yao immediately stretched his brows, showed a very bright smile, and grinned: "I will do it now!"

Zheng Yao rushed out like a black whirlwind, and with a slap, Chang Shun, who was walking into the door on tiptoe, was almost slapped into a piece of paper.

Zheng Yao has always looked down on eunuchs, but Changshun is the person serving Ning Juan, and even if he is disdainful, he does not dare to refute Ning Juan's face, and quickly grabs him, saying no, and then grumbling away.

Changshun was hit and dizzy, entered the door, and said in a dizzy tone: "Your Majesty, the slave went to that Young Master Lin to get Master Lu's veil back, but Young Master Lin washed the veil..."

After he finished speaking, he noticed that Lu Qingze was also in the room.

Changshun's hand holding the handkerchief trembled slightly.

Lu Qing was confused, stretched out his hand in confusion, hooked the handkerchief to his fingertips, and looked at it slowly.

Then he raised his eyebrows and looked at Ning Juan, the corners of his pink lips would not smile: "Oh - Your Majesty, explain?"

Ning Lan: "..."

Ning Juan frowned, and scolded Zheng Yao and Changshun again in his heart.

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