Marrying a powerful eunuch three times

Chapter 283 The Emperor disappeared at Duantou Ridge.

"When the children of the noble families in the capital reach a certain age and fail to make progress in their studies, they are sent to the camps outside the capital to endure for a few years. Once they have gained some experience, they are placed in various departments.

If it doesn't work in the capital, you can be sent to the local area to gain experience for a few years.

For the aristocratic families, it means preserving their prosperity and wealth for generations to come, but for the Great Zhou, it is a cancer."

Bo Luohui was passionate.

This made more than half of the people in the court look dismayed.

The aristocratic families controlled the government, and most of them formed cliques for personal gain. The harem colluded with the previous dynasty, and the few years of the previous emperor's reign caused the Great Zhou to regress by more than ten years.

"Minister Bo, don't press me too hard. It's easy for you to say that, but are the people in your family so clean? I'm saying this here today, who doesn't have any selfish motives?" Earl Jing'an was the first to stand up and jump up, and his family's land was also poked at by someone.

This is all because of the conversion of farmland into mulberry fields in Jiangnan last year.

The situation has come to this point.

Earl Jing'an intends to get all the noble families to fight against Bo Luohui. He doesn't believe that Shen Zhongshu can stand on Bo Luohui's side.

Who would serve as an official in the court, not for the sake of his descendants?

"Why did the common people riot? Is it our fault as officials?"

Bo Luohui glared over and saw that several old officials looked indifferent. He felt sad for the emperor, who personally led the army to fight for the peace of the country.

These old officials only thought about the profits from their own farms.

Every family owns thousands of acres of land, and the land grows like a snowball every year.

Ordinary people will cause trouble only when they have no way to make a living.

"I, Bo Luohui, can swear to my ancestors that none of my family's land was acquired by usurping the people."

Seeing that Marquis Jing'an was about to speak again, he quickly stopped him from saying anything.

"Not a single acre of land was snatched from the common people at a price lower than the market price, and even less was the best farmland of the common people purchased at the price of inferior farmland."

"Tax revenue will not come in until the farmland issue is resolved."

"There are wars going on everywhere, and the Ministry of War can't come up with money. We can only ask the Ministry of Revenue to allocate some money to us first. We can also prepare food and have people send it to the battlefield. The soldiers can't wait."

Prince Huai stood in the crowd and remained silent.

He raised his head after hearing that.

"If you don't have money, don't fight. Everywhere is fighting, where would the court get so much money? We can discuss with Liguo, Nanli and Xiliang first."

Prince Huai frowned.

"Everything can be discussed. We should give them what they deserve. At most, we can cede a few cities to them. It's better than a war that costs us a lot of money and manpower.

Let's form a peace negotiation team. We have no shortage of eloquent people in our court.

I don't believe that they will have to fight. The land in the border cities is barren and the people are barbaric and disobedient. It doesn't matter whether such a place is wanted or not.

It's not like Jiangnan, Jinzhou and other places have fertile land and high grain production. Aren't they just a few cities? Give them."

The King of Huai described the cities as if they were baskets.

Bo Luohui has been feeling unwell lately.

Su Rutang specifically allowed him to sit on a chair during court sessions.

He leaned back in his chair and listened to Prince Huai's nonsense.

I only slept for an hour last night, and just drank a pot of old tea to keep myself awake. When I heard the King of Huai say that he would give the city to another country, my eyes widened.

"Prince Huai, if you can't speak, then shut up."

Prince Huai didn't dare to speak before.

There is no need to be afraid of this.

He stiffened his neck and yelled at Bo Luohui:

“Don’t think that just because the queen is on your side, you really think you are the boss.

The Great Zhou belongs to our Long family, and we are all willing to exchange cities for peace on the border.

What the hell are you, a dog slave? "

Shen Zhongshu lowered his head, feeling a little headache after hearing what King Huai said. He only thought about the prosperity of the Shen family and didn't care about what happened to the Great Zhou.

Bo Luohui's chest heaved violently.

He shouted angrily:

"You idiot, shake your brains before you talk to me. The land that the Long family's ancestors conquered is also the land of the people of the Great Zhou. It is not for people like you to use to curry favor with the enemy."

Upon hearing this, Minister Lin took over the conversation.

"Minister Bo, you are already old. Don't be angry with Prince Huai. He is just simple-minded."

"This is not pure thinking, it's stupid as a pig." Su Rutang walked in holding Chunxi's hand, "Not a single inch of the Great Zhou's territory can be occupied.

If they can take one of our cities today, they may take our country tomorrow.

If Mobei is gone, Chazhou will also be gone.

If Jianzhou is gone, Yunzhou and Jinzhou will also be gone.

If Zhendong County is gone, Zhennan County and the nearby Dandong will also be gone.

Going deeper, can Fengyang Prefecture, Jiangnan and other places still stop the enemy's advance?

What can we use to stop the enemy's cavalry? Do you want to become slaves of a conquered country together?"

Su Rutang said this seriously.

"The Great Zhou is not Long Changyou's Great Zhou, it is the Great Zhou of all the people of the Great Zhou." Su Rutang was silent for a moment, "At least we have no name in life, but we must have a position after death."

"A hundred years from now, don't let our descendants spit on us when they mention us."

Su Rutang became more and more excited as he spoke.

The court officials also remained silent.

Shen Zhongshu glanced at King Cheng and said casually:

"War is good, of course. But where will the food and money come from?"

"You can't just turn your knife against the noble families because you don't have money." Shen Zhongshu thought for a moment and said calmly, "The Dou family did do something wrong, but that was a thing of the past. It's OK to just reprimand them and ask them to return some of the money.

Do you really want to hurt the reputation of the family by going to war?

What I mean is that we should not mention the past and should not make the same mistake again. As for Jinzhou, tell the besiegers to return. Who is the earth dragon warning?

Shen Zhongshu's analysis of human nature touched the hearts of the aristocratic families.

Su Rutang disagreed.

She just made a few rebuttals.

Someone came in hurriedly from outside.

"My lady. Something terrible has happened."

Su Rutang's heart instantly rose to his throat, "What's going on?"

"A letter from the border. The emperor led his troops to raid the Nanli Kingdom, but was ambushed and attacked by the Nanli Kingdom's prince and his men. The emperor disappeared at Duantou Ridge, leaving behind only the bloody Fang Tian Huaji." Huo Mi had a bitter taste in his mouth. He couldn't believe it when he received the secret letter.

Su Rutang almost fainted.

The figure shook.

Chunxi hurriedly supported Su Rutang and let her sit on the chair next to the dragon throne.

The court was in an uproar.

Bo Luohui felt a surge of air in his chest, and he swallowed the sweet and fishy air with difficulty. He raised his head, and two lines of tears fell.

"emperor."

Some people shed tears.

The prince is still young.

"Order people to search for the emperor." Su Rutang steadied himself and couldn't help shouting in his heart: Ah Yan, please don't leave us orphans and widows in this world.

You must come back alive.

Huo Mi handed the memorial to Zheng Wuyong, "Your Majesty. General Kong Gui led people to search for him, but..."

After a pause, Huo Mi sighed:

"There are only some of the emperor's tattered clothes and... bones that are hard to tell whose they belong to. Some say even the intestines are exposed, but what can be confirmed is that the clothes and purse belong to the emperor."

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone in the court gasped.

Su Rutang couldn't bear it anymore and fainted.

Bo Luohui hurriedly asked someone to call the imperial physician over.

Su Rutang was sent back to Lizheng Hall.

After she woke up quietly.

Chunxi told her that there were more people at the entrance of Lizheng Palace, and judging from their clothes, they did not look like Huo Mi's imperial guards.

"Chun Xi. Go find Minister Bo, Secretary Shen, Prince Anping and the others. Even if you have any ideas, you should explain them to me clearly." Su Rutang struggled to get up before he had time to think about Shang Yan.

"Ask the kitchen to send over a bowl of ginseng soup."

"Yes. Xia An has gone to serve the ginseng soup." Chunxi helped Su Rutang put on her clothes, and she felt very distressed.

Look at what kind of life Su Rutang has been living over the years.

Su Rutang put on the queen's clothes.

She was sitting in the Lizheng Hall drinking ginseng soup, while Chunxi had already gone to call Bo Shizhong and others.

After Prince Anping, Prince Cheng, Secretary Shen, Bo Luohui, the six ministers, and several dukes arrived at the Lizheng Hall, Su Rutang slowly put down the soup spoon in his hand.

She picked up the handkerchief and wiped her hands, then waved to Xia An to take the ginseng soup and leave.

Shen Zhongshu was the first to ask a question:

"My lady. Where is the prince?"

Su Rutang pretended not to know, "Studying in the East Palace. Could it be that the prince..."

Bo Luohui quickly spoke:

"The prince sometimes goes out of the palace to play, and it's not the first time or the second time that he has not been in the East Palace. I think he has gone out of the palace to play again. The guards around him also said that they saw the prince asking who was guarding the palace gate this morning."

The sky turned gloomy in the afternoon.

Thick clouds covered the sky.

The Lizheng Hall seemed to be getting dim.

A palace maid came in and lit the palace lanterns, making the Lizheng Hall suddenly bright again.

Su Rutang glanced out the window, "This palace means that we should not talk about the emperor's affairs for now. Everything should be as usual, and send someone to find the whereabouts of the emperor."

She didn't believe that even Shang Yan would lose his life early after being reborn.