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Chapter 675 With enough to eat and warm to wear, who has time to rebel?
After forcing himself to calm down, Emperor Zhu suddenly felt that something was wrong.
What were we supposed to talk about with the girl again?
It involves cases of child abduction and the outflow of ironware.
How did the conversation end up on the topic of "later generations lamenting but not learning from it"?
Also, when we asked the girl what we should do, why didn't she tell us what to do? Instead, it seemed like she was deliberately waiting to see us make a fool of ourselves.
This is wrong.
Our sister loves Biao'er just as much as we do.
The fact that she's in the mood to laugh at us means she's not worried about Biao'er at all.
In other words, she already had a solution in mind, and she's just deliberately trying to annoy us?
So, when did we offend our sister?
The thought of that cold, hard bed in the next room made Emperor Zhu's mind race even faster.
Before we ask the girl for a solution, we say we're going to slaughter those bastards.
My girl definitely won't be angry with me over this.
Further back, it goes on to say that some scoundrel said "there's nothing new under the sun" and about the emperors of the Han Dynasty.
Going back further, we said we would appoint Biao'er as the Executive Vice Emperor.
Oh, I see. It was some bastard and some little beast who made my sister angry!
Emperor Zhu approached Empress Ma with a fawning smile and said, "Sister, let's not be angry anymore. It's not worth ruining your health."
As he spoke, Emperor Zhu took out two more memorials and said, "Take a look at these two. This one was written by Hu Weiyong."
Empress Ma rolled her eyes at Emperor Zhu, then reached out and took the memorial to read it.
"I respectfully request permission to relocate the people of Ji'an, Jianyang, Yuyao and other places in Jiangnan to Liaodong."
"I respectfully request permission to transfer prisoners from Liaodong to Dengzhou for service."
Both memorials had straightforward titles and simple content, and the methods used were simple and crude, which was very much in line with Hu Weiyong's consistent style.
Something's wrong.
Empress Ma pondered for a moment before looking at Emperor Zhu and asking, "Do you think these two memorials are normal?"
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback, and replied, "That's normal. Hu Weiyong was almost tricked to death, and even his entire family was almost implicated. It's normal for him to want to take revenge on these people and use them to repay that bastard's favor."
Empress Ma shook her head slightly and said, "No, this is not normal."
"Both of these memorials are perfectly normal when viewed individually."
"It's not normal to put them together."
"I'm asking you, do you think Hu Weiyong is stupid or not?"
Emperor Zhu wanted to say that Hu Weiyong wasn't very smart, but seeing Empress Ma's expression, he finally answered honestly, "He's alright, not stupid."
Empress Ma glanced at Emperor Zhu and continued, "These two memorials, placed side by side, are practically blatantly stating that they intend to force innocent people into criminalhood before sending them to Dengzhou. Do you think Hu Weiyong would dare to write something like this directly? Or does your good son-in-law not know how to avoid suspicion at all?"
When Empress Ma asked him this question, Emperor Zhu immediately realized what was going on.
If the memorials only requested the relocation of gentry and scholars from Jiangnan, it could be seen as Hu Weiyong's deliberate revenge.
If it were merely a memorial requesting the exile of prisoners to Dengzhou, it could be seen as Hu Weiyong repaying a favor to some scoundrel.
However, these two memorials together became irrefutable evidence that Hu Weiyong and some scoundrel were conspiring to harm the gentry and scholars of Jiangnan.
Even if that bastard makes such a simple mistake, what about Hu Weiyong?
Emperor Zhu took the memorial from Empress Ma, read it several times, and then suddenly frowned and said, "Hu Weiyong isn't stupid, and that scoundrel is even more cunning than a monkey. The problem that allowed them to join forces must lie with Ji'an, Jianyang, and Yu..."
Before he could finish saying the words "Yuyao," Emperor Zhu was stunned once again.
“I remember now. Several major cases before, especially the blank printing case and the illegal coal mine case, were all closely related to these three places.”
“Even when we talked to that bastard about moving the capital to Beiping last time, he specifically mentioned these three places.”
Emperor Zhu tapped the table thoughtfully and said, "This case involving children and ironware is again related to these three places, and that scoundrel has been thoroughly enraged."
"But that makes sense. Judging from his strict enforcement of community schools in Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture, it's not hard to see that this scoundrel has always valued children and education."
“Those bastards who laid a hand on the child were crossing his bottom line.”
"That's why he fooled Hu Weiyong into writing these two memorials."
"..."
Emperor Zhu slowly analyzed Yang Shaofeng and Hu Weiyong's motives, then suddenly clicked his tongue and said, "That bastard did things too carelessly."
"Let Xia Yu handle the matter of executing Gu Chengzhi's entire family by slow slicing."
"If he personally jumps out to threaten Gu Chengzhi, wouldn't that easily give people something to talk about?"
Seeing that Emperor Zhu's thoughts were once again veering off course, and that he was starting to berate his son-in-law, Empress Ma's face darkened.
Zhu Chongba, even if you eat three catties of goji berries today, you still have to go to your private room and sleep by yourself!
Empress Ma glanced at Emperor Zhu and asked, "Have you ever thought about what's going on in these three places? Why are all these cases related to these three places?"
Emperor Zhu's erratic train of thought was brought back on track. After careful consideration, he said, "Neo-Confucianism?"
Empress Ma was almost made to laugh by Emperor Zhu.
What a mess!
Empress Ma, her face dark, gritted her teeth and uttered two words: "Former Song!"
Emperor Zhu was completely bewildered. Empress Ma continued, "To be precise, those scholar-officials from the Song Dynasty mainly settled in these three places after they fled to Jiangnan."
"The reason our son-in-law wants to relocate the people from these three places is to solve the problem at its root."
But as soon as she finished speaking, Empress Ma shook her head slightly, denying her previous statement: "This method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. This should only be a delaying tactic, buying time by relocating the gentry in these three places."
Emperor Zhu was somewhat bewildered by Empress Ma's speculation.
What I'm saying is, does that bastard even have the brains?
How could he plan things so far in advance?
While inwardly complaining, Emperor Zhu nodded in agreement: "You're right, sister. This way, Hu Weiyong's two memorials can be explained."
To avoid being relegated to a private room, Emperor Zhu went to great lengths.
Empress Ma gave a soft "hmm," and after pondering for a moment, said, "Just wait and see, this case involving children and ironware will soon be over."
Emperor Zhu frowned slightly and asked, "End? That shouldn't be the case. We still haven't figured out the White Lotus Sect. How could it end so quickly?"
Empress Ma rolled her eyes at Emperor Zhu again, pointed outside the courtyard, and said, "Go tell the people of Ningyang County about the Eternal Mother and the Void Homeland, and see if anyone will listen to you?"
"It's easier for you to swindle their money."
"But are you suggesting we lead them in a rebellion?"
"Ah."
"When ordinary people have enough to eat and wear, they will think about planning for their children and grandchildren. Who has time to rebel?"
Emperor Zhu did not argue; instead, he nodded in complete agreement.
But after a while, Emperor Zhu's thoughts started to wander off course again.
"Speaking of which, the child case and the ironware case will create a lot of vacant official positions."
"This is going to give Biao'er and Li Shanchang a real headache."