Xiao Mi asked her, "What have you been doing in the past two days?"

"I have nothing to do, so Mrs. He came into the palace yesterday morning to chat with me for a while. Queen Xuanping bit her red lip, "Your Majesty, do you want to rest earlier tonight?"

The autumn waves in her eyes are moving, and there is an invitation to her.

When other men saw it, they might have soft bones, but Xiao Mi just rubbed his face:

"These folds are not yet approved. He sighed, "Lanjiang disaster relief is the time to ask for money." ”

Queen Xuanping was a little disappointed. The night was dewy, and the king hadn't gone to look for her for a long time.

But she knew that he was a good monarch and was really busy with government affairs.

Xiao Mi put the porcelain bowl aside and took the next fold to look at it, but her brows furrowed, and her face became gloomy.

Queen Xuanping had been paying attention to his expression, and when she saw his hidden anger, she couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

King Wei was silent, read the excerpt from beginning to end, and threw it on the table:

"Before the heavy rains in March and July this year, there were 26 hijackings of merchant ships in the Lanjiang River, all of which were said to have been encountered by water bandits, an increase of 10 cases over the same period last year, and the situation became more and more rampant. ”

After the opening of the canal, the Lanjiang River was the busiest body of water in the whole country, with ships shuttling every day, and commerce and trade were developed. The water trade routes are prosperous, and it is inevitable that some people will target these fat sheep and want to fight the autumn wind.

However, there are many tributaries of the Lanjiang River, and the water body is complex, which breeds water bandits.

"The rise of civil escorts is all formed by local snakes. Fenglai Mountain Zhizhou played, in which the herring liao quickly annexed other forces, and gradually became a hegemon on the water, forcing the merchant ships to hire the herring liao to escort the goods, otherwise it would be difficult everywhere and not passable. ”

Queen Xuanping has lived in the deep palace for a long time, and is very interested in the wind and grass outside: "Then, has the merchant ship that hired Qingyuliao been robbed?"

"There is only one thing that succeeds. ”

Queen Xuanping said curiously: "Isn't that good, at least it keeps the merchant ships safe, why is the king displeased?"

"More than a month ago, Fengxia Mountain cleared two water bandit dens. The leader confessed that they were the Qingyu Liao. ”

Queen Xuanping said softly: "The thief shouted to catch the thief?"

This analogy is not very appropriate, but Xiao Mi knows the meaning of her words: "Yes, Qingyu Liao is actually divided into two parts: light and dark. The bright department helps the merchant ships to escort it, and the dark department is the water bandits. They searched for prey on the water, and merchant ships that did not fly the herring fish flag would be unlucky. ”

Queen Xuanping understood: "In this way, if the merchant ships want to make a safe transition, they have to find Qingyuliao?"

"yes, they make two portions. "One for escort, one for looting.

"It's just a water bandit, can't Fenglai Mountain be destroyed locally?" Otherwise, the king would not have frowned.

Xiao Mi said coldly: "If you knew the background of Qingyuliao, you wouldn't ask that." ”

He straightened his face, and the majesty of the king showed himself, and Xuan Ping did not dare to ask again.

Xiao Mi didn't explain anymore.

These water bandits were originally from Fenglai Mountain, and they went into the water as bandits and went to the land for the people. When the officers and men came, the bandits had to be reported by the local residents, and even hid and covered, which was very difficult to catch.

Of course, if it were just like this, Zhizhou would not have written a special letter to complain. Among all the bandits, the most difficult to deal with is the herring liao. There are two people involved.

One of them is the famous Mao Dingsheng. He was originally a rebel leader, and after returning to Xiao Mi, he dismissed the old department, but many of them formed a Qingyuliao in Fenglai Mountain. Needless to say, there is a close connection between Qingyuliao and Mao Dingsheng, and the latter does not take much money from Qingyuliao.

Xiao Mi didn't want to deal with Mao Dingsheng.

This name and the power he once represented behind it are an obscure and inglorious stroke of the country, which can easily touch the fragile nerves of the defenders. Although the Fenglai Mountain Uprising is guilty of the avant-garde king, he is Xiao Mi's half-brother after all.

Mao Dingsheng took the initiative to surrender, and helped Xiao Mi ascend to the throne, and he only got a fortune. If Xiao Mi issued a decree to blame him, no matter what the reason, it would inevitably make people think of it elsewhere, saying that King Wei today has no measure to tolerate people, and after enduring it for so many years, he finally attacked Mao Dingsheng.

So, what will the Wei people in the south think, and what will happen to the people of Fenglai Mountain?

He sincerely did not want the North and the South to renew the divide.

Xiao Mi ate the pretzel and praised: "The rose filling is really fragrant." ”

Queen Xuanping said happily: "Then I will make some more tomorrow, and this time I will change it to another filling." She never made these things in the palace of Youguo, pretzels were a favorite food of the locals in Shengyi, and she heard that the king's aunt often made them for him, so she decided to learn them.

Xiao Mi nodded: "Okay, let's change the stuffing tomorrow." It's getting late, so go to bed early. ”

Queen Xuanping also knew that she would accept it when she saw it, so she immediately ordered someone to clean up the utensils on the table and leave.

The study was quiet again.

Xiao Mi ordered the palace people to serve a cup of hot tea, but he didn't drink it in his hand, but he was stunned.

Mao Dingsheng is not too troublesome, and it is good to admonish him a few times. In front of Queen Xuanping, what he didn't say was that there was a person involved behind the herring fish:

Yan Shichu.

Yan Shichu set up the "Tiangong Bureau" three years ago, not only in Shengyi to undertake the swallow tower, Longkouyan these big projects, the south of the Grand Canal digging because of the rush to work, the last section is difficult to get through, so the "Tiangong Bureau" also participated.

Fenglai Mountain Zhizhou participated, since last year, the Tiangong Bureau and the herring liao have been very close. Among the captured bandits, more than a dozen of them were laborers who dug the last section of the canal for the Tiangong Bureau the year before last.

It can be seen that the two are not a simple partnership.

And the leader of the water bandits also confessed that the large merchant ships of the Yan clan sailed from Shengyi to Fengchao Lake were "more than six per month".

Although there is no evidence that Qinglebo directly controls Qingyuliao in Fenglai Mountain Zhizhou, these facts are enough to arouse vigilance in the eyes of those who are interested. Xiao Mi knew better that the friendship between Yan Shichu and Mao Dingsheng had already been formed during the uprising.

Lenovo's recent excerpts at the beginning of the Yan Dynasty were one after another, and most of them were surging from the Ministry of Industry, so he had a headache.

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The next morning, Yan Saburo received a message from the Protector Mansion:

Han Zhao asked him to eat crabs.

The autumn wind rises, the crab feet are itchy, and this is a good season to eat crabs. In order to meet the occasion, Han Zhao did not entertain guests in the Protector's Mansion, but chose the small building of Fuyu Island under Qiuyang Mountain.

The Tianyao Palace of the Patriotic Kingdom is more special in the palaces of the kings, it is built by the mountains, and the palace receives the scenery of mountains and flowing water. In fact, a mountain is so big that it is more than just a palace. Qiuyang Mountain belongs to its mountain range, is a single peak fifteen miles southeast of Tianyao Palace, famous for its beautiful demeanor, surrounded by clear lakes.

The small building of Fuyu Island is formed by the four islands in the lake, which are named after the four seasons and planted with flowers and plants in the four seasons. It's autumn at this time, so the golden chrysanthemum and osmanthus on the autumn island are fragrant, which is a good place for people and inkmen.

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