Dali Temple Minister Zheng Shanguo looked at the eunuch Wang in front of him, and listened to his smile and said the news that Hou Junji was dead, and wanted to curse himself.

Dali Temple is his yamen, but Hou Junji committed suicide. It was actually a eunuch who told him that this was the eunuch who was the eunuch who was the emperor. Who wouldn’t know that he was the chief steward of the palace next to the emperor?

"How did Hou Junji die?"

"Suddenly die!"

Eunuch Wang still had the same kind of smile as if it was harmless to humans and animals.

He died suddenly. Zheng Shanguo also smiled. This news is really interesting.

"Okay, I get it."

"Does Duke Zheng really understand?" Eunuch Wang reminded.

"It's over, of course I understand."

Eunuch Wang left with satisfaction.

Zheng Shanguo immediately called the prison officials and asked one by one. Finally, he understood everything. Hou Junji was indeed not a good death. The matter was very clear. The emperor went to the prison to see Hou Junji and then gave him a glass of golden wine.

As for why he didn't explicitly say that he was killed suddenly, Zheng Shanguo, who was in the old officialdom, also understood very well.

For the sake of a Hou Jun, the public opinion in the world was raging. Even the four prime ministers resigned and a Privy Councilor was brought with them. This was no longer a simple matter of killing the Hou, but involved a deeper struggle.

Now the emperor is in a difficult position to get off the ground, and he is still in a stalemate, so he can't get off the Taiwan side. But if he kills the marquis, the emperor will ruin his prestige.

The emperor is not simple either, he died suddenly at a critical moment.

Hou Junji died suddenly.

The emperor doesn't have to be forced to slap himself in the face.

Hou Junji died suddenly, and even the best way.

"I finally died, and I can be more relaxed." Zheng Shanguo picked up his pen and started writing a report.

Under the Secretary of the Central Committee.

Zheng Shanguo's report was soon presented here.

"Hou Junji is dead."

Fang Xuanling exclaimed.

"Die? How did you die?"

"Zheng Shanguo said that Hou Junji suddenly had a colic and died suddenly!"

Du Ruhui was silent for a while.

"It's good to die."

How could a person die if he dies? If he dies sooner or later, he will definitely have internal information when he dies at this time.

"Report to Your Majesty."

"Duke Zheng said that Hou Junji died suddenly or the eunuch Wang informed him." This sentence was very connotative, and the responsibility of Dali Temple was removed at once, and at the same time it also vaguely showed the true inside story of Hou Junji's sudden death.

The palace is informed.

“It’s good too.”

A tricky thing, solved in this way, is a good result.

Li Shimin sent someone to the Duke of Wei's Mansion to invite Li Jing back, but Li Jing refused.

"Duke of Wei said that the old disease occurred and the pain was not in charge."

"Add to be named Grand Marshal Li Jing!"

The decree was sent to the Duke of Wei's Mansion, but Li Jing took over the title of the Grand Marshal, but he refused to continue to return to the Privy Council.

Within one day, Li Shimin issued an order three times to ask Li Jing to go back, but Li Jing refused three times.

Li Shimin was helpless.

"Qu Tutong was appointed as the Privy Councilor, and Liu Hongji, Chai Shao and Duan Zhixuan were appointed as the Privy Councilor."

Wudang Mountain.

When Li Chao heard that Hou Junji died suddenly in prison, he just nodded. Hou Junji died suddenly. Of course, the inside story could not be hidden from Li Chao. Zheng Shanguo is his father-in-law. Besides, the assassin team under Ke Qing has been brought out now, so it is no problem to collect some information.

Li Chao told Cheng Yaojin the news.

Lao Cheng was very excited, "Damn it, he finally died."

"Let him live for three more months." Li Chao said calmly.

Hou Junji definitely couldn't survive, but he didn't expect that in the end, there was such a way of death. Li Shimin gave Hou Junji to death, and then told the public that he was a sudden death. From this point of view, Li Shimin actually refused to admit his mistake.

However, the Times and Banyuetan suffered a disaster and were actually blocked by Li Shimin.

This was something he didn't expect, but he was expecting it.

The influence of the Times and Banyuetan is getting bigger and bigger, and even the Hanjing News run by the court itself is completely incomparable. Earlier, these two newspapers were relatively in line with Li Chao's words, trying to avoid being involved in politics and only doing news. But now, when Li Chao doesn't have much energy to care about them, these two newspapers are still inevitably involved.

Public opinion involves the government affairs and will be dealt with sooner or later.

This time, Li Shimin was furious and banned, and he was not surprised. It was just that Li Shimin resigned Li Jing too.

"What a pity." Ma Zhou sighed.

In his opinion, these two newspapers are civil censors, and they have a great effect on the court's widespread remarks and admonishing the king, and can even supervise all the officials of the court.

Not only that, newspapers also have the benefits of enlightening people's wisdom and promoting the morality of sages, but now they have been sealed.

"Don't worry, you can lift the ban after the ban. I'm just like the letter from the Fangdu prime ministers. The Times and Banyue have negotiated to run the newspaper well, but did not touch the rules of King France. Why should Your Majesty block it? There must be some reasonable things in the world. I believe the court can give me a reply."

Ma Zhou smiled, "This is granted by Your Majesty."

"Indeed, but His Majesty banned two newspapers without passing through the court."

Ma Zhou shook his head.

He stopped talking about that, "Wen Yuan, what do you think of the current bureau?"

"It's great. This year's weather is good, with a bumper harvest, and the price of grain has been lowered. The rice is only 20 cents, and it has returned to a very low price. On the other hand, the imperial court has passed the rectification of Buddhist and Taoist scrutiny, coupled with the previous slaves' release and redemption, and now the population of the imperial court has reached nearly 50 million. The most amazing thing is the class households."

"In the fourth year of Wude, the total number of households in the court was only three million, the number of households in the court was only one million, and the number of households in the court was only one million. But now, the number of households in the court has reached 10 million, and the number of households is as many as 15 million. The household registration has tripled, and the number of students has increased ten times. The national strength has increased greatly, otherwise why would Your Majesty start to mess around like that?"

In recent years, the court has rectified Buddhist Taoism, used major disasters to clean up the hidden households and fled the powerful, conducted household registration surveys, disposal of large households for small households, immigrants and land distribution, and freed slaves from freedom, etc. Basically, all the hidden population in the past have been swept out.

In addition, those captured by the war were also those who surrendered to the Turks, those Han people who fell into the Turks and other places during the war, as well as the local barbarians and yao people in the southwest and other places, the number of current imperial household registration is quite amazing.

The total number of households with over 10 million is still more than 15 million.

The total population is as high as 50 million.

This strength is even greater than that of the official registered population in the prosperous Kaihuang period of the previous dynasty, and Li Shimin was a little arrogant because of this.

Foreign, the court used troops several times and won repeatedly, which was a bit invincible.

The Turks were about to finish, and Goguryeo also suffered a great defeat.

Tubo and Goguryeo successively requested surrender, and Khitan and Xi were attached.

This made Tiankhan Li Shimin elated, so he did so.

"The Tang Dynasty has not reached that point, right?" Ma Zhou was appointed as the Minister of Revenue. Although he had been in charge of the Tang Dynasty for a short time, he had been in charge of the Tang Dynasty and knew his family's financial deficit.

"The Tang Dynasty has not yet entered its prosperous era, but this situation is the best since its founding. Your Majesty is still young and has been floating for a while, which is normal. After a while, he found that the court is still the same empty shell and his empty family background, he will not be happy."

It’s not that easy to govern the country.

The Tang Dynasty has not even saved up any money now, so it is natural for good weather this year to be good. But just a natural disaster or an enemy invasion may lead to the embarrassment of the court.

Not only is the imperial treasury empty, but most of the people now have no storage of food. Especially the new immigrants on the borders in various places, they still have to have a lot of time to gain a foothold and be self-sufficient.

It is said that only one year of good weather can accumulate in three years. Only one year of good weather can accumulate in nine years can gain three years of good weather can gain food. A major disaster may require spending the savings that have been accumulated for several years.

How could there be a prosperous era without ten years of stability?

Not to mention the country is prosperous and the people are safe.

And there is another very important issue. The court is now implementing the new policy, and ordinary people do not have to pay two taxes, so they don’t object, but the landlords and powerful people have been actually violated. Can they be at ease?

Li Shimin was too happy.

"Old Cheng." Li Chao called Cheng Yaojin, "What should I do if I discuss something with you? Let Chumo go to Nanzhao?"

"Why are you going to Nanzhao?"

"I plan to let Chumo be the governor of Zhennan and go to Nanzhao to experience the experience." Li Chao said with a smile.

The court originally planned to let Hou Junji go, but now Hou Junji has died suddenly and this location is still empty.

"What are your ideas? Tell me clearly. Otherwise, I wouldn't be assured to let Chumo go so far."

"Actually, it's nothing. As soon as I asked Chumo to go out for experience, he has been following me over the years. He has learned a lot of skills, but he lacks the opportunity to stand alone. It's just right to go to Nanzhao. Besides, the place in Nanzhao is good, with spring all year round and a good climate. Although the sky is high and the road is far away, there are many business opportunities there."

"The business opportunities are all uncivilized villains." Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully. If you want to talk about business opportunities, he is only interested in Liuqiu Island. The island that is thousands of miles long is close to the Central Plains, and it will be a treasure pot after being defeated.

"You don't know anything. Although Nanzhao is far away and far away, they have resources. It's right to have many Manwu, and it's not wrong to be civilized. But the more this happens, the easier it is to make money. Grow tea, collect herbs, mine, and even directly provoke internal struggles among the Manwu. We buy slaves from them. Isn't that good?"

"You don't have to worry about being remote, just build a road."

"You really plan to let my Dalang go to Nanzhao? Do you really want to do business with the barbarians?"

"You think I'm over and I'm joking with you. Let me tell you that if Chumo goes there, you can open up the situation in at most three years. It will be no problem to be promoted to a county magistrate. If Chumo is there, our business will definitely open up the situation and we can definitely make a lot of money."

Cheng Yaojin was still a little hesitant.

"Old Cheng, there are many gold and silver mines in Yunnan. You can occupy one of them at any time and you will be able to make a fortune."

"Well, Dalang really needs to go out and experience it." Cheng Yaojin nodded with a smile.

Muzi blue said
Chapter completed!