In the southwestern provinces, there are a total of thirty-one copies of the books sent to Shangshutai, that is to say, the thirty-one state capitals in the southwest have all been written to the imperial court.

The content of the book, almost all words, together said that the southwest has a bad drought, and I am afraid that there will be no harvest this autumn, plus a few years ago, the Hou Mansion made a rebellion in the southwest, and the military disaster made the southwest greatly damaged, and asked the imperial court to reduce taxes for three years.

This is very unreasonable, according to the rules, where there is a disaster, at most the tax of the year will be reduced, there is no reason for this year's disaster and next year's disaster, and even if the local disaster occurs, it should be to ask the court for disaster relief, not to ask the court to reduce taxes for three years at once.

Thirty-one books, piled up by Lao Gao, were placed in front of Shen Kuan, the left minister of Shangshutai, who was usually personable and personable, his lungs were about to explode at this time, and in anger, he slapped the table fiercely!

"What audacity this is!"

His face turned red, and he said angrily: "Even if the entire southwest is in bad weather, it will not be possible for the thirty-one state capitals to send the recital to the imperial court at the same time. ”

"What do they want to do? This is a rebellion! ”

Shen Kuan is the chief official of Shangshutai, he slapped the table, the entire Shangshutai was silent, and after a while, the new Zhongshu Ling Xu Gu, who succeeded the position of Ram Shu, stood up, and arched his hand at Shen Kuan: "Shen Xiang, it is an indisputable fact that officials in the southwest are colluding in tandem, and the top priority at the moment is to figure out what they are going to do and how to deal with it." ”

At this, he paused.

"Also, do you want to inform Your Majesty?"

Xu Gu was originally a Zhongshu waiter, the deputy of the old ram, and after the ram Shu was forced to say goodbye, he naturally took over the position of Zhongshu Ling and entered Shangshutai to worship the prime minister.

Although he is a new minister, his qualifications are not low, and he is a few years older than Shen Kuan, so he dares to stand up and speak.

"Naturally, I want to inform Your Majesty."

Shen Kuan sneered: "That Mrs. Li has just left Beijing for more than two months, and there is such a big thing in the southwest, who is behind it, it is self-evident, I have said more than once with Your Majesty, Li Chang'an is a person who has split the southwest and has bad intentions, Your Majesty has been pretending not to hear it in the old days, and today this Marquis of Jing'an has finally revealed his true face, of course, I want to tell Your Majesty and cure his sins!" ”

As he spoke, he turned back to a scribe in Shangshutai and instructed: "Go to Yushitai immediately, ask Yushi Dafu Yan Sikong to come to Shangshutai to discuss matters, and then go to the Dadu Governor's Mansion and ask Dadu Governor to enter Shangshutai to discuss matters." ”

The scribe nodded, and immediately beckoned a companion to invite the other two ministers.

Several yamen were in the imperial city, so it didn't take long for the two Zaifu to be sent to Shangshutai, and Shen Kuan personally walked out of Shangshutai with a bunch of books from the southwest, looked at the two auxiliary ministers, and sneered: "Two, go to Weiyang Palace with me to complain!" ”

Dadu Governor Ji Lin, after the last incident, he was a lot more cautious, especially to Shang Shutai, he looked at the book in Shen Kuan's hand, frowned, and did not speak.

Yan Shouzhuo smiled and said, "What is it, provoke Shen Xiang to be so angry, who is Shen Xiang going to sue?" ”

"Naturally, it's Jing'an Hou Li Chang'an!"

Shen Kuan held a bunch of books, and sneered as he walked: "All the princes are all old ministers, what kind of character is he Li Changan in Beijing for ten years, the princes should know that this guy has always been arrogant and domineering with his exploits back then, and he will never suffer a loss, how can he be willing to leave the capital and go back to his hometown in a gloomy way?" ”

"He left Beijing with two words, and the state capitals in the southwest wrote together, asking the imperial court to be exempted from taxation for three years!"

Shen Xiang snorted.

"Since the ninth year of Taikang in the southwest, it has been difficult for the imperial court to restrain them, and this time they don't even want to pay taxes, even when the rebellious Hou was in the southwest, the annual taxes are not less!"

He glanced back at the Metropolitan Governor Ji Lin, and bowed slightly: "The Metropolitan Governor, I'm afraid that the imperial court will immediately take back the southwest, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can mobilize the world's soldiers and horses, you are the Metropolitan Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, you can't help but ask about things, you must go with us to see Your Majesty!" ”

Ji Lin's face trembled, and he said in a sullen voice: "Shen Xiang, if the imperial court or His Majesty has any orders, just send someone to the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and it is inconvenient for the Dadu Governor's Mansion to participate in political affairs." ”

The last time the right battalion of the forbidden army was transferred to the right battalion of the forbidden army, he was recommended by Shen Kuan from the Dadu Governor's Mansion, but Li Xin made a big fuss, and Shang Shutai dumped the blame to the Dadu Governor's Mansion, making him, who had just been a Dadu Governor for a few years, not a person inside and outside, and he was almost going home to retire.

This incident still makes him a little scared in his heart, and he is determined not to deal with these big-headed scholars, as Li Xin said, he is a military attaché, and it is indeed not suitable to mix with civilian officials.

With that, Ji Lin was about to turn around and leave.

Ji Lin glanced at the Metropolitan Governor from the clan and sighed a little helplessly.

"Governor Dadu, you are also an auxiliary minister, how can you be worthy of the trust of the first emperor if you retreat three points in case of trouble?"

The Metropolitan Governor snorted.

"The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is a transfer of troops, and if the imperial court decides to fight, the Governor will naturally go to Weiyang Palace to discuss how to fight."

"As for whether you want to fight or not, it's none of my business."

After that, the governor of the capital walked away without looking back.

Shen Kuan glanced at Ji Lin with some resentment, and said angrily: "It's a shame that he is still a member of the Great Jin Dynasty, and an auxiliary minister of the first emperor's will, so it's not helpful." ”

He looked back at the Imperial Historian Yan Shouclumsy, and asked, "Yan Sikong is in charge of the Imperial History Observatory and is responsible for supervising the hundred officials, won't he have to shrink his head before the incident?" ”

Yan Shouzhuo didn't want to get involved in this matter, but after the attitude of the Son of Heaven was clear, he was so provoked by Shen Kuan, he could only stubbornly say: "I will go to Weiyang Palace with Shen." ”

"Good!"

Shen Kuan divided the southwest recital book in his hand into more than a dozen copies for Yan Shouzhuo, and the two old men each held a dozen recital books, and went towards Weiyang Palace angrily.

Shen Kuan is now presiding over political affairs, he wants to see the emperor who has not yet been in power, it is naturally a casual thing, Yuan Zhao Tianzi was listening to the lecturer teaching, after hearing that Shen Kuan was coming, he didn't even listen to the class, he directly changed his clothes, and met the two auxiliary ministers in the study.

After the two old men saw the Son of Heaven, they first put a pile of recitals on the ground, and then knelt down to salute the Son of Heaven.

Yan Shouchou didn't speak, but Shen Kuan's voice was sonorous.

"Your Majesty, the southwestern state capitals, at the same time wrote a letter asking for a three-year exemption, and openly began to strike taxes, such an act is clearly a demonstration to Your Majesty and a provocation to the imperial court!"

"Jing'an Marquis Li Xin, it has only been a few months since he left Beijing, and there has been such a big change in the southwest, please ask Your Majesty to immediately send the Praetorian Guards to Yongzhou and take Li Changan back to Beijing to ask for the guilt!"

"In addition, the southwestern state capitals are afraid that they are no longer with the imperial court, today's southwest, compared to when the Hou Mansion was in charge of the southwest, it is even better, the Hou Mansion still rebelled during the Taikang period, according to the old minister, the southwest is probably not far from raising the flag to rebel!"

"The imperial court should be the first to move strong, and immediately transfer troops to the southwest, rather than a moment of severe pain, but also to remove the rotten sores in the southwest, otherwise if it continues like this, the southwest will become a country of its own and become a worry for the future of the Great Jin!"

"Emperor Wu overcame all obstacles to create a splendid country, and it must not be stolen by thieves!"

He kowtowed deeply to Yuan Zhao Tianzi.

"Your Majesty, please make a judgment!"