Zhu Wen moved his body effortfully, let himself sit up on Hu's bed, looked at Jing Xiang, and said, "Reason!"

Jing Xiang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I wrote you a memorial a few years ago, saying that there may be a severe drought this year."

Zhu Wen nodded: "I remember this matter. Didn't your comment be approved? It all came according to your request. Is there any problem?"

Jingxiang smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I went to Chang'an County yesterday. The actual situation is shocking."

At this moment, Jingxiang said all the water conservancy facilities in Chang'an County, but he did not mention the name of the Chang'an County Magistrate. "Your Majesty, Chang'an County is close to us, so it is. Other places are afraid that they are even more unbearable. I have asked Fan Sheng to investigate. Now the situation in Wannian County has been reported, just like Chang'an County. The situation in other places will inevitably return in the past few days. In my judgment, I am afraid that it is not optimistic."

Dai Chao's face changed slightly, and he said with a forced smile: "Jing Xiang, you are just shocked, right?"

"What I saw with my own eyes is not an exaggeration? If you think I am lying, you can go and take a look!" Jing Xiang said angrily.

Dai Chao suddenly stopped. Although he didn't know the specific situation, he was still very clear about Jing Xiang's character. Since he said that this is the case, I am afraid that this is the case.

Jing Xiang looked at Zhu Wen and said, "Your Majesty, the only thing I hope now is that Chang'an County and Wannian County are just individual cases. Once such things are common, there will be a big mess. Once a large-scale production cut or even a failure to obtain, there will inevitably be a wave of refugees and refugees. Chang'an, Luoyang and other places are originally places where food is imported. Once this happens above the grain output, it will rely more on the input from outside."

Listening to Jing Xiang's words, Zhu Wen thought, "You mean..."

"Your Majesty, the pace of going south must be accelerated." Jing Xiang said: "Now, the Third Highness has established a firm foothold in Wuning, and Huainan has also surrendered to the Third Highness. The Third Highness will immediately launch an attack on Eyue. Once Eyue is taken down, it can greatly alleviate the possible food shortage in Chang'an and Luoyang and other places. We can take the grain from these places to make up for the shortcomings of Chang'an. But just Huainan, Eyue is obviously insufficient, so I suggest that the Great Highness should not return to Chang'an at this time, but should immediately lead the elite troops under his command to launch a fierce attack on Jing'an and take down Jing'an Jie Town."

Zhu Wen nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, once Your Highness succeeds, Jingnan and Eyue can be connected together and all into our Daliang territory. Although the drought is severe this year, there are many water systems in Jingnan and Eyue, which are much smaller than ours due to the drought. With the support of these places, we can overcome this difficulty." Jingxiang continued. "So, Your Highness should not return to Chang'an at this time."

"Li Ze in the north is aggressive. If we don't respond strongly, we're afraid they will gain a better position. Our biggest enemy is Li Ze." Dai Chao said on the side.

"Li Ze is of course our biggest enemy." Jing Xiang retorted: "But we are affected by the drought, and they will also be affected by the drought. Over the past few years, Li Ze has been fighting, and no one is easy to deal with, whether it is Zhang Zhongwu or Tochar. Li Ze is actually exhausted. At this time, he has no ability to launch a large-scale attack on us. Local provocations cannot change the overall situation. We don't need to pay attention to it at all. It is urgent to march to the south. Although Li Ze himself does not have the ability to attack us immediately, he has taken the lead. Lingnan Xiangxun and Fujian Ronghong are attacking Jiangxi. If they completely take Jiangnan, they will face us in close combat. Xiangxun is ambitious and should not be underestimated. If all the places like Hunan and Jiangnan fall into his hands, we will be attacked on both sides."

"I know this." Zhu Wen nodded and said, "What if I want to think about it carefully before making a decision? Let's go first, Lao Jing, the county magistrate of Wannian County, Chang'an County, you sent someone to slaughter. The bastard is greedy for money under my nose, and you really don't know how to live or die."

Jing Xiang glanced at Dai Chao, bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will leave."

Dai Chao also stood up and bowed, "Your Majesty, I have something to discuss with you."

"Go and go! I'll entrust the state affairs to you two. If you have any problems, you still have to be in discussion and reckless." Zhu Wen glanced at the two of them and said with great meaning.

"As for the order!" The two looked at each other and bowed together to leave.

Walking out of the palace and strolling on the Imperial City Avenue, although the two walked side by side, they didn't say much. It was not until they were about to leave the Imperial City Gate that Jing Xiang looked at Dai Chao and said, "Dai Shizhong, the county magistrate of Chang'an County, you can handle it yourself. One day in, I will send someone to take over Chang'an County."

Dai Chao smiled and bowed: "Then I will be in love."

"I won't kill him, not because I want to sell you a favor, but if I want to kill him, a large number of people will be brought out from behind, pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. At this time, it is not the time to investigate the problems on a large scale, and I have to overcome this difficulty before talking about it." Jing Xiang sneered.

"You exaggerate your words in front of His Majesty, and you have ulterior motives!" Dai Chao shook his head and said.

"The Assistant Minister, it hasn't rained for three months. Do you think I'm exaggerating?" Jing Xiang suppressed his anger, "You should do it less in the official office and go out for a walk more, and you will know if I'm talking nonsense. The food price in Chang'an has quadrupled."

The two of them stared at each other like cockfighting, snorted coldly, and left with their sleeves.

Inside the bedroom, Zhu Wen frowned and said nothing for a while. In front of him, Wang Shu lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and a faint smile always appeared on his face.

"Wang Shu, tell me about this!" Zhu Wen suddenly said.

Wang Shu raised his head, "I wonder what Your Majesty wants me to say?"

"Tell me about Dai Chao and Jing Xiang." Zhu Wen said.

Wang Shu smiled and said, "Jing Xiang is afraid that these things that Jing Xiang said are true. In the Guanzhong area, the money allocated last year to build water conservancy has definitely not been implemented. Guanzhong will suffer disaster this year and cannot escape. However, Jing Xiang does not agree that His Highness will return to Chang'an, and he has his own considerations."

“What consideration?”

"Your Majesty, Jingxiang is optimistic about the Third Highness." Wang Shu said: "The Third Highness has been silent for several years. Once he rises up, he will make a big splash. If Jingxiang is not planning here, it will probably be impossible. Whether it is Cao Xuan of the balance or Zhu Chi of Xuanwu, without Jingxiang's contact, they will bow their heads to the Third Highness who had nothing at that time?"

"Miss San'er is indeed impressive." Zhu Wen smiled and said, "It opened up the situation in the south."

"Your Majesty, the three Your Highness has been established. The Tianping, Xuanwu, Wuning, Huainan, and Eyue have been connected together, and they have already had a great foundation." Wang Shu smiled and said, "At this time, Jingxiang naturally does not want His Highness to return to Chang'an. Chang'an is the central place."

Zhu Wen snorted coldly: "I'm not dead yet!"

"Your Majesty forgive me!" Wang Shu quickly bowed and said, "I am just talking about the matter. As long as your Majesty does not appoint a crown prince for a day, then this dispute will naturally be indispensable."

"You mean that Jingxiang is unwilling to let the boss go back to Chang'an, not because of the food problem, but because of the boss's first move?"

"Of course," Wang Shu said: "It is always much better to be able to appear in front of His Majesty every day and to plan in Chang'an than to be outside. The commander of the Imperial Guard is in charge of the 50,000 imperial guards in Chang'an! If you really want to talk about the food issue, with the area under the control of the Third Highness, you can already import food into Chang'an and Luoyang."

"But taking Jingnan will still benefit us more than you will suffer." Zhu Wen said.

"This is the reason for knowing that." Wang Shu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, but you have to beware of the great difficulties of the Third Prince. At that time, the Third Prince will be outside, respect the minister inside and connect with the inside and outside, and you will be afraid that there will be a disaster."

"Rareless!" Zhu Wen slapped Hu's bed, and Wang Shutuo was so scared that he knelt on the ground with a loud voice: "Your Majesty, my loyalty is a testament to the sky."

After glaring at Wang Shu for a while, the anger on Zhu Wen's face slowly faded, he waved his hand and said, "Get up. I know Jingxiang. If I say that after I die, I don't know what he will do, but as long as I live, he will never betray me. But what you said makes sense, you have to balance it. The third brother's current power has jumped into the strongest of the three brothers, and will control the important channel for external grain to be imported into Chang'an and Luoyang, which is equivalent to pinching the throat of Chang'an and Luoyang."

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Wang Shu asked tremblingly.

"The plan to transfer the boss back to Beijing remains unchanged. But I transferred Dai Chao to Shandong East Road to serve as a general, responsible for commanding the army in Shandong East Road to attack Jingnan. In addition to the boss's direct line, it is Gunhai's army. Dai Chao will replace the boss, so there will be no problems in the military. The boss's return to Beijing is also a reminder to the third brother. He is still alive, and it is still a little too early to fight for this position."

"Your Majesty, the magistrate of Chang'an County, is his family member of the Servant." Wang Shu whispered.

Zhu Wen was stunned and suddenly laughed: "Okay, very good. Go down and check it. The Chang'an County Magistrate had no head cut. If not, go and chop his head for me, and then send this person's head to Dai Chao. By the way, tell him the meaning of transferring him to General of Shandong Dongdao to see what he has to say."

"I obey the order!" Wang Shu stood up and bowed deeply to Zhu Wen.
Chapter completed!