back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 698
After hearing the inside story, Lu Chengqi remained silent.Sure enough, there are so many conflicts within Dashun, not to mention the surrounding countries, there are not many who do not have conflicts with Dashun.Even Uighur had fought against Dashun several times.Fortunately, Uighur is located in the Western Regions, and Dashun beat him just to re-open the Silk Road.After Uighur was convinced, he no longer dared to embarrass the original merchants.

Why did the Uighurs ban merchants from the Central Plains?Isn't it because the Silk Road has made huge profits, and the Uighurs want to monopolize it!You swallowed it all by yourself, how can Dashun be convinced? Khitan was beaten to the ground by Dashun, how dare you, a Uighur, dare to be a chariot with your arms?Did not say, hit!

After this fight, the Uyghurs were immediately convinced, and they were divided into two parts, the Xizhou Uyghurs and the Yellow-headed Uyghurs. As long as they fought hard, it would not be difficult for the Yellow-headed Uyghurs to merge into Dashun.It's just a pity that when Dashun's national strength is declining, the yellow-headed Uighur is not stupid. Since Dashun is weaker than Liao, why join?After coming and going, just keep neutral, and no one will offend.

This is true from country to country, and my brothers are no exception.In fact, Wuman and Baiman have been in Yunnan for so long, and they are brothers if not brothers. Is it worth it to fight for petty gains?According to what Wei Xujing said, besides the conflict of interests, Wu Man and Bai Man are family feuds. "...Your Majesty, the situation in Dali is so complicated that it cannot be explained in one word. Prince Duan wants to bridge the two families. It is easy to say, but difficult to do!"

Lu Chengqi was silent for a long time before sighing: "Combining will benefit both, and dividing will result in losses. They will not understand this truth. Wei Qing, since Duan Silian is sure to reconcile the conflict between Wuman and Baiman, let him go for a while." Try. If it doesn't work, I will order the imperial army to suppress it forcibly and disarm them..."

Lu Chengqi said lightly, but Wei Xujing knew how much blood was hidden in these words, he said tremblingly: "Please have mercy on the people of Dali, Your Majesty, don't use swords against the people..."

"We're all fighting with weapons. If the Supervision Department hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known there were such 'common people'!"

Wei Xujing bowed silently, but had nothing to say.Indeed, Wu Man and Bai Man went too far, and were both classified as bandits by the court.At first, Wei Xujing really thought that there were bandits in Yunnan and Guizhou, but unexpectedly they were his own clansmen.Even if he is a cabinet minister, he is powerless to stop the court from making such a decision.You can't sit down and talk about it, you have to fight a few times, isn't it courting death!
"However, I am not going to kill them all. How about this, I will let Huangzhuang take the lead, and the two of them can shake hands and make peace. If not, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Surprised and overjoyed, Wei Xu immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty is merciful, and I thank His Majesty for your mercy on behalf of the people!"

Lu Chengqi was not used to such flattery, so he waved his hand and said, "You step back."

Surprised, Wei Xu kowtowed again to thank him, and slowly exited the Chui Gong Hall.Lu Chengqi didn't even need to think about it, Wei Xujing must have gone back to write a letter.That's fine, if they don't know how powerful the state apparatus is, they won't let it go. "I don't know where Zitong is?"

Lu Chengqi thought about it, but he still needs to discuss this matter with Zhou Zhiruo now.Although the tea-horse trail in Diandi is not very profitable, mosquito meat is also meat!

"High pick, high pick!"

Hearing Lu Chengqi's call, Gao Hao walked in quickly: "The little one is here!"

"Where is the empress now?"

Gao Hao was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, and then said: "The empress seems to have never left the Kunning Palace today..."

Lu Chengqi was startled: "But your body is swollen, have you let the imperial doctor see it?"

Gao Hao lowered his head and said, "It's a regular court today, so I haven't had time to tell His Majesty..."

"Nonsense!" Lu Chengqi reprimanded, "Then why didn't you report it to me just now?"

Gao Hao was speechless, but Lu Chengqi didn't have the heart to say anything to Gao Hao, and hurriedly said: "Quick, drive to Kunning Hall!" How dare Gao Gao disobey Lu Chengqi's will?Immediately shouted loudly: "The emperor drives!"

Lu Chengqi was so anxious that he walked and ran all the way, wishing he could come to Kunning Palace right away.All the way into the palace, Lu Chengqi shouted: "Zi Tong, are you alright?"

As soon as the words fell, Lu Chengqi saw Zhou Zhiruo with a blank face, sitting in front of the table, looking at Lu Chengqi in puzzlement: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Lu Chengqi was also dumbfounded: "Zitong, aren't you feeling unwell?"

"When did the concubine ever feel unwell? Who did your Majesty hear from?" Zhou Zhiruo asked back in surprise.

Lu Chengqi was speechless for a while, and shouted angrily: "Gao Hao, what's going on?"

Gao Hao said with an innocent face: "The little one just said that the empress did not leave the Palace of Kunning today, but did not say that the empress is not feeling well!"

Lu Chengqi understood, it turned out that he had misinterpreted his meaning.The only one to blame was Zhou Zhiruo who went out of the palace too frequently on weekdays, and if she didn't go out for a day, it became news instead. "Your Majesty, the concubine is just sorting out the accounts." Zhou Zhiruo laughed out loud after understanding the cause and effect.Lu Chengqi grinned, waved Gao Hao, and told him to back down: "I blamed you..."

Gao Hao didn't dare to stay any longer, said he didn't dare, and exited the Kunning Palace in three steps, with cold sweat dripping from behind him.

"That... Zi Tong, I have a discussion with you..." In order to relieve the embarrassment, Lu Chengqi told Zhou Zhiruo about the tea horse trail in Dali Mansion.After Zhou Zhiruo listened carefully, she said with a smile: "Your Majesty is the one to decide this matter. Huangzhuang is for the court to make money, and how to use it is also your Majesty's business."

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "Although it's a small profit, it can still make some money. The key is to bridge the white man and the black man. They have gone too far."

"By the way, Your Majesty, my concubine has always wanted to tell His Majesty one thing, but in the end she forgot."

Lu Chengqi asked curiously, "What's the matter?"

"There was a severe drought on Shandong East Road. The concubines had already prepared grain and shipped it to Shandong East Road. They rushed in front of some profiteers hoarding grain and stabilized the price of grain. Now the price of grain on Shandong East Road is about 110 renminbi a bucket. Although It's [-] Wen higher than usual, but it's also much lower than the price offered by those profiteers. Therefore, Huangzhuang also paid a lot..." Zhou Zhiruo's tone was calm, as if she didn't care about these millions of dollars. Consistent business at heart.

Lu Chengqi knew that Zhou Zhiruo's freight must have increased a lot in order to transfer this batch of grain.To raise so much food in such a short period of time, and to transport it to Shandong East Road so quickly, there is no other way but to advance by water.It is a well-known fact that water freight is cheap and land freight is expensive.

"It turned out that Zi Tong made the move, so I said, why is there a severe drought on Shandong East Road, but the Supervision Department didn't report it? With Zi Tong's move, hundreds of thousands of people have died, and he is worthy of being my empress!" Lu Chengqi suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)