Chapter 230 The Boss is Afraid of the Stupid

In the duty room, Jia Yucun sat at his desk and said to the officials standing on both sides, “It is definitely too late to transfer grain from the interior. Let’s transfer the 100,000 dan of rice and 10,000 dan of fodder from the warehouse in Yulin.”

Officials: “Yes.”

Jia Yucun picked up his pen and began to write.

At this moment, the door was pushed open with a “bang”.

Jia Yucun and the other officials looked up in surprise.

The Fourth Prince walked in with a gloomy look on his face and sat down on a chair against the wall.

The officials looked at each other and then at Jia Yucun.

Jia Yucun put down his pen and winked at the officials.

All the officials retreated quietly.

Jia Yucun stood up, handed a cup of hot tea to the Fourth Prince, and said softly, “Didn’t Your Highness go to the Yangxin Palace to pay respects to His Majesty? How come you’re back so soon?”

The fourth prince took the tea bowl and took a sip, then put it down and spoke: “The second prince is here.”

Jia Yucun: “Oh?”

The fourth prince snorted and said, “The day before yesterday it was the crown prince, yesterday it was the third prince, and today it’s the second prince. It’s as if they had discussed it all beforehand.”

Jia Yucun’s eyes flashed. The prince and the others must have seen through the Fourth Prince’s thoughts. They were uniting to deal with the Fourth Prince.

The fourth prince suddenly stood up and walked away in a somewhat irritated manner, saying, “Your method is good, but it is too time-consuming. Can you think of a better way?”

Jia Yucun was silent. In fact, the other person he really wanted to step on was the second prince who was favored by the emperor. Unfortunately, he didn’t dare to do so because Li Hu would kill him. According to his observation, the emperor didn’t really want to push the fourth prince to the throne. He just wanted him to take the blame and raise money for the court. Sooner or later, he would abandon him. The reason why he came up with such an idea for the fourth prince was just to try it out. What if it worked?
Being idle is also idle.

But now the situation has changed. The Crown Prince and the Second and Third Princes have joined forces to deal with the Fourth Prince. He cannot possibly offend other princes for the sake of a prince who is destined to have no future.

The fourth prince suddenly stopped and asked Jia Yucun, “Why don’t you say something?”

Jia Yucun just opened his mouth but no sound came out.

The fourth prince stomped his feet and said, “Hi!” Then he turned around and was about to leave.

At this moment, the Fourth Prince’s confidant came in excitedly, greeted the Fourth Prince, and then whispered a few words in his ear.

When the Fourth Prince heard this, his eyes flashed with light.

The confidant looked at the Fourth Prince excitedly.

The fourth prince calmed down his excitement and said to his confidant, “According to the plan!”

The confidant answered loudly, “Yes,” and strode out.

The fourth prince walked back and forth a few more times, clapped his hands, and said to Jia Yucun, “Come on, I’ll take you to see the fun.”

Watching the fun? Jia Yucun was stunned for a moment, then replied, “There was a snowstorm in Hetao, and the cabinet ordered the Ministry of Revenue to allocate grain and rice.”

The fourth prince raised his hand and said unhappily: “They are just a bunch of lowly people. If they go hungry for one more meal, we can save some food. It won’t be too late to send them out tomorrow morning.” After saying that, he walked out.

Jia Yucun was stunned for a moment, and had to pick up the cloak on the hanger and follow him out.

After seeing off the second prince, Dai Quan returned to the Yangxin Palace and saw that Emperor Yongchang was still sitting on the couch in a trance. He picked up the tea bowl on the couch and said softly, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please have some hot tea.”

Emperor Yongchang still stared upwards, but he said, “How wonderful it would be if this were true!”

A look of discomfort flashed across Dai Quan’s eyes, and he sighed silently.

Emperor Yongchang came back to his senses, took the tea bowl and took a sip, then forced himself to speak: “It’s been more than half a month, why is there still no news from Huai’an?”

Dai Quan: “It’s under trial.”

Emperor Yongchang: “Hurry them up and ask them to close the case before the end of the year. I want to replace all the officials in Nanjing and Suzhou to ensure that next year’s summer grain and the taxes for the first half of the year will all enter the national treasury.”

Dai Quan: “Yes.”

Emperor Yongchang: “As for the candidate officials, you should personally inquire about it and stop people from abusing their power for personal gain.” At this point, he snorted coldly, “That Mei guy is not a good guy either.”

Dai Quan suppressed his laughter and replied, “Yes.”

“Your Majesty, there is news from over there.” The voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside the door.

Emperor Yongchang: “Come in.”

The eunuch on duty came in and reported to Emperor Yongchang: “The Fourth Prince’s people have moved, and the people arranged by the Emperor Retired have also begun to incite those clean officials. It seems that those people will soon go to the Southern Pacification Office to ask for people.”

Emperor Yongchang nodded and asked Dai Quan, “Have you made all the arrangements at the Southern Pacification Office?”

Dai Quan replied, “General Li reminded me yesterday, so I went to make the arrangements.”

Emperor Yongchang gave a bitter smile and said, “My sons are not as good as Li Hu.” He then said to the eunuch on duty, “Bring the people out of the Southern Pacification Office and spread the news that the Duke of Yansheng Mansion participated in the fight for the throne and sided with the fourth son. We must make this matter a reality.”

The eunuch on duty said: “Yes.” He bowed and walked out.

Emperor Yongchang stood up, walked to the window and looked at the falling snow outside. Suddenly he remembered, “Have the extra taxes been returned to the people of Shuntian Prefecture?”

Dai Quan replied: “The Ministry of Revenue has already allocated all the money.”

Emperor Yongchang: “The people from the Ministry of Revenue did not intercept it, did they?”

Dai Quan: “This is your majesty’s love for the people. They dare not do that.”

With a snort, Emperor Yongchang said: “These people dare to take money out of the frying pan and spend it. What are they afraid of?”

Dai Quan thought for a moment and said, “No matter how bold they are, they dare not intercept the silver from the counties surrounding the capital. I will send people to the remote counties to check.”

Emperor Yongchang said nothing more, staring at the snowflakes outside the window in a daze.

It was snowing heavily, and the snow was falling all over the sky. The common people and vendors on the street of Nanzhenfusi Yamen all had their eyes wide open.

In the snow, a large group of officials in red and green robes walked towards the Southern Pacification Office in a square formation.

The sudden arrival of so many civil servants frightened the guards from the Southern Pacification Office who were guarding the gate.

These officials stopped in front of the gate and lined up neatly in the open space in front of the gate, all looking towards the Southern Pacification Office with angry eyes.

The leader of the bandits swallowed his saliva, winked at a bandit, and then walked forward and asked, “My lords, what are you doing?!”

An old man in a red robe spoke up: “Let Kong Qingxiang get out!”

The officials shouted:
“Let Kong Qingxiang get out!” “Hand him over!”

The leader of the bandits was sweating and said, “My lords, this is the Jinyiwei Yamen, we can’t stay here for long.”

Before he finished speaking, someone in the crowd shouted excitedly, “Do you think you are in the Northern Pacification Prison? Get Kong Qingxiang out!”

“Let Kong Qingxiang get out!”

“If he doesn’t come out, let’s go in!”

“Yes! Rush in and rescue the descendants of the saints!”

Suddenly, an official stood on tiptoe behind a few heads and threw a snowball at the leader of the barbarians!

The snowball hit the leader of the gang on the head!

The leader of the bandits retreated back in fear!
“Hit him!”

“Rush in and rescue the descendants of the saints!”

Just like a drop of water splashing into a boiling oil pan, countless people immediately rushed up, pinned the leader of the foreign tribes to the ground, and beat him up!
The guards at the gate dared not move under the stern gaze of the red-robed officials.

Suddenly a deep voice rang out: “How shameful!”

There was silence in front of the door.

Someone shouted: “His Highness the Fourth Prince has arrived—”

All the officials stepped aside and saluted.

Surrounded by several guards, the Fourth Prince led Jia Yucun over.

The Fourth Prince ignored the officials, personally helped the leader of the Fanzi up, and asked in a gentle voice, “Are you okay?”

The leader of the gang was still in shock: “No, it’s okay.”

The fourth prince nodded, and then said to the officials: “You don’t follow the law! Don’t you have any respect for your dignity?”

“Your Highness the Fourth Prince, are you also here to rescue the descendants of the saint?” a voice asked loudly.

The fourth prince nodded.

The officials became excited: “With the Fourth Prince, we can definitely rescue the descendants of the saint!”

The fourth prince asked the leader of the tribe, “Where is Captain Kong?”

The leader of the bandits hesitated and replied, “To answer your question, Your Highness, Captain Kong is interrogating the prisoner in the cell.”

Before he finished speaking, many people started shouting, mixed with insults.

Someone shouted, “Kong Qingxiang is going too far. Your Highness, please make a decision for the scholars of the world!”

Immediately, several people followed suit:

“Kong Qingxiang is insulting the descendants of the saints. He is trampling on the reputation of all scholars in the world!”

“Kong Qingxiang was personally appointed by His Majesty as the Captain of the Southern Pacification Division. We can’t make things difficult for His Majesty the Fourth Prince!”

“Yes, we can’t make things difficult for His Highness the Fourth Prince! We forced His Highness the Fourth Prince.”

As they spoke, a group of people rushed into the Southern Pacification Office with the Fourth Prince.

Jia Yucun smiled bitterly and followed him in.

Except for the imperial prison, which held special prisoners, the other prisons had the same rules: passages, iron bars, stone walls and floors, and there were always guard rooms at the exits leading to the prison passages.

Kong Qingxiang was interrogating Kong Xiaoer inside, and those under martial law outside were naturally his people.

The Fourth Prince came prepared, and the guards directly blocked Kong Qingxiang’s men and did not let them in to inform them.

When he reached the exit of the cell, the Fourth Prince frowned. It had been so long, but why hadn’t the other several captains of the Southern Pacification Division shown up? Were they scared?

Before he had time to think about it, the Fourth Prince was escorted into the cell by a group of officials.

Kong Xiaoer, who was hanging on the beam, had fainted. His body was covered with whip marks and there was blood at the corners of his mouth.

Kong Qingxiang threw away the long whip in his hand, wiped the sweat off his face, and shouted loudly: “Come on! Throw it on him to wake him up, and then continue beating him.”

A voice asked, “How should we fight next?”

Kong Qingxiang said without even turning his head: “Put him on the tiger bench! Pour pepper water into his mouth! Use all the methods you have in Class 18 and beat him hard!”

The voice: “What if he was beaten to death?”

Kong Qingxiang said angrily: “Why the hell are you talking so much nonsense? I told you to fight.” When he turned around, he was stunned, “Fourth Prince”

The fourth prince narrowed his eyes and looked at him: “Whose mother did you just curse?”

Kong Qingxiang swallowed his breath and had to kneel down: “I didn’t know it was the Fourth Prince.” He suddenly jumped up and looked vigilantly at the civil servants who rushed in with red eyes.

Looking at Kong Xiaoer hanging on the beam, the officials were angry!

“Kill him! Avenge the descendants of the saints!”

The officials rushed forward, grabbed him, and started tearing and beating him!
“Get out of here!” Kong Qingxiang was so angry that he threw the officials who had grabbed him out with a burst of force. Then he rushed to the wall, drew his sword, and pointed it at the officials: “Get out!”

“He dare not!”

“Let’s go together!”

“kill him!”

A group of people rushed forward again.

“You want me dead? Then no one else can even think about living!” Kong Qingxiang’s eyes were frighteningly red, and he swung his knife at the officials who rushed up.

The Fourth Prince was stunned, but fortunately his guard was quick-witted and swung his sword to block Kong Qingxiang’s knife. With a “clang” sound, a flash of fire appeared from the collision of the blades.

All eyes were stunned!

The officials at the front were sweating profusely. This little beast really dared to kill!

(End of this chapter)