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Chapter 116 loyal minister

"Okay, everyone who wants to leave has left, and the main business has been finished. Let's leave the court." Chen Sheng saw that no one stood up and resigned, and stood up and said.

The remaining court officials were stunned. What is the important matter? This morning, except for the emperor looking for a woman, it seemed that there was no discussion on any important matter.

"Your Majesty, please be proud of me. I have submitted a memorial."

Chen Sheng raised his foot and stopped, feeling in his heart that there were so many filial sons and grandsons in the Qing Dynasty. His character as a foolish monarch was so stable that there were still people who dared to talk to him about serious matters.

The arrogance of these loyal ministers and honest officials must be suppressed immediately.

Looking down, the person talking was a dry and thin old man with a hunchback.

Judging from this image, Chen Sheng also knew who it was without Li Yu's introduction. It was Heshen's mortal enemy Liu Yong and Liu Luoguo.

Seeing that it was Liu Yong, Chen Sheng remembered that there was indeed one serious matter that he could not do.

Yesterday he discussed with Heshen that he would deal with Liu Yong today. Heshen is really unreliable and he can forget all the promised things.

Chen Sheng sat back on the dragon throne and said, "Liu Aiqing, please speak."

"Report to Your Majesty, the severe drought in Shandong is becoming more and more serious. This fall, most of the fertile land in Shandong has been affected by disasters. The people have no harvest and cannot eat. Please send money and grain to provide relief as soon as possible." Liu Yong said.

"It's nonsense. My Qing Dynasty is in a prosperous era, with good weather and prosperity, and peace and prosperity in the country. How could a severe drought occur? This must be a rumor, and Liu Aiqing doesn't need to pay attention to it." Chen Sheng shook his head and said.

"Everything that I said is true is proved by the Shandong Governor Six hundred miles of urgent documents." Liu Yong took out a memorial from his cuff and raised his hands in front of him.

“Show it.”

The little eunuch standing beside him ran over, took the memorial from Liu Yong, and sent it to Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng picked up the memorial, pretended to look at it, and threw it on the imperial case, saying, "The written word for the compromise is mostly untrue. No disasters are reported, minor disasters, minor disasters and major disasters are common tricks. This is a common trick for local officials. You may ask the court to reduce money, grain and taxes, or defraud the court of disaster relief funds to make a living. This matter must be investigated strictly. Heshen, you are responsible for this case. The official who signed the letter on the discount will be dismissed from his post and investigated, and you must not let a borer go."

"I obey the order." Heshen immediately responded. Investigating officials in a province is a big business, and how much oil and water can be squeezed out depends on his ability.

"No." Liu Yong said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the situation in Shandong is now severe, and it depends entirely on local officials to maintain it. If the coefficient is investigated, the situation will inevitably become uncontrollable. At that time, refugees will arise everywhere. If someone takes the opportunity to organize incite, it may lead to chaos."

"Why should Liu Aiqing be exaggerated? Your ancestral home is in Shandong and you are not wrong to care about your hometown, but you should not be too biased. There may be minor disasters in Shandong, but it will definitely not cause major disasters. As a central important official, you must be able to achieve justice and not just think about asking for benefits for your hometown." Chen Sheng said unmoved.

"The old minister has no selfishness at all. He is all for the sake of our Qing Dynasty. If there is a disaster or chaos in the people..."

"Mr. Liu, don't worry. When I investigate Shandong officials, I will order people to pay attention to the disaster situation in various places. If there is a major disaster, I will report to the emperor. It will not be too late to issue relief at that time." Heshen interrupted. It is indeed not too late for him. No matter when the disaster relief is provided, he can make a fortune.

The later the time is, the more serious the disaster is, the more money and grain the court needs to allocate, and the more he can make.

As for how many people would die during this period, Heshen didn't care or care.

Perhaps more people die and fewer people eat, the disaster will automatically ease.

"That's too late. Relief of disasters is like putting out fires. The disaster situation in Shandong is urgent and cannot be delayed at all." Seeing that Chen Sheng was still indifferent, Liu Yong knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to use Xiang's head to guarantee it. The report from the Shandong Governor is the truth. Please ask Your Majesty to quickly select capable officials and officials to allocate money and grain to save the people of Shandong from water and fire."

"Forget it, since Liu Aiqing has said that, I will fulfill your wishes." Chen Sheng nodded and said, "Come on, chop Liu Yong's head. After verifying the disaster, if what he said is true, return the head to him."

Liu Yong was stunned. He was not afraid of death, but he did not expect that the emperor would be so stupid.

Qianlong had many problems in the past, but he still valued the Qing Dynasty's country and country. Now he seems to have become a different person, and his ancestors do not care at all, and he intends to destroy this great country.

The guards didn't dare to procrastinate this time. When they heard Chen Sheng's orders, they immediately ran in and went forward to drag Liu Yong.

"Let go, I'll go by myself." Liu Yong pushed away the guards and cursed as he walked: "The tyrant monarch is a tyrant monarch. The prosperity of the Qing Dynasty is over, and the country and the country will be destroyed by you. I, Liu Yong, studied hard for ten years, worked diligently for decades, and worked hard for decades, and devoted myself to benefiting the people of the world. Unexpectedly, I, a tyrant, is God treating me so badly. Why am I, Liu Yong, is the people of the world, and is the tyrant monarch... "

"Shut up, Liu Yong, stop me." A chubby old man who had been dozing off since the morning court hurriedly stood up and stopped drinking, and then his fat body knelt on the ground and said to Chen Sheng:

"Your Majesty, Liu Yong is obsessed with the wits and nonsense for a while. Don't take it seriously. I will teach him a lesson when he turns around. Please spare him this time for the sake of the old minister and Xia'er. Your Majesty also knows that if Liu Yong dies, she will not live alone. The old minister, the white-haired man, is afraid he will go together."

"Who is this old man?" Chen Sheng asked Li Yu beside him.

"Your Majesty, this is the Sixth Prince. By generation, you need to call Uncle Sixth Prince." Li Yu replied, and then whispered the relationship: "Xia'er is the daughter of the Sixth Prince, married to Liu Yong as his wife."

After thinking about it, Li Yu added: "When he was young, he had a bit of affection for Prince Xia and had intended to take him as his concubine, but Prince Xia was unhappy and chose to marry Liu Yong."

There is actually such a layer. Qianlong and Liu Yong are both rivals of love, monarch and ministers, and brother-in-law and cousin-law. The relationship is quite complicated.

"Uncle Six Wang asked for it, I had no intention of killing him. I just saw that he was a first-rank official. When discussing national affairs in the court, he was like a thug in the market, and was really unruly. So I deliberately scared him. Unexpectedly, I didn't scare him, but instead scared Uncle Six Wang. It's not my fault." Chen Sheng said in a gentle tone.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, your Majesty is broad-minded and magnanimous. He is a wise ruler who is rare in the ages. He is always tolerant, so how could he care about him? It was the old minister who was too worried." The Sixth Prince breathed a sigh of relief, returned to his previous dull appearance, got up from the ground tremblingly, turned his head and shouted at Liu Yong: "Why don't you get back soon and apologize to Your Majesty."

Liu Yong seemed to have not heard it, but he still walked out, but did not scold him anymore. Instead, he removed his official uniform while walking, and finally even took off his official boots and threw them away.

"Bastard, what are you doing?" The Sixth Prince cursed, then turned his head, raised his eyelids slightly, carefully observed Chen Sheng's expression, and said in fear and fear: "Your Majesty, Liu Yong..."

"Forget it, let him go." Chen Sheng stood up and said, "Sanchao."
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