Chapter 227 If you want the horse to run, but don’t want it to eat grass, the horse will kick!
“At that time, the late emperor, in order to appease foreign countries and not want to give up his biological daughters, found many daughters of small officials and adopted them as adopted daughters, and gave them the title of princess, so that they could bear the burden of the princess. Go and get married!”
“There were many examples like this in the previous dynasty. Although the emperor had many children, he had more foreigners to appease and win over courtiers internally. How could he really send his own daughter to get married? "
"Why are you chosen? Think about it yourself!" There are so many princesses in the imperial city, Yunying, who are not married, and there are still a few unmarried ones. Why not choose them, but choose Zhou Yunyue?
She is just a victim who was pushed out!
Zhou Yunyue had already thought of it, but she just refused to accept the reality.
"You're talking nonsense. Marriage is a duty that every princess must fulfill." When Zhou Yunyue said this, her confidence was obviously lacking.
Seeing that she showed no sign of remorse, Shen Lanxi shook her head sullenly.
She is just a shelf that carries the identity of a princess. It doesn’t matter whoever becomes the princess by marriage!
That’s all she said, good words can’t persuade the damn ghost!
"Let's go!"
No matter how noisy Zhou Yunyue is, Shen Lanxi's intention remains unchanged.
Zhou Yunyue was put into the car by the guards.
"Shen Lanxi, how dare you do this to me, I am a princess..."
Cao Ziling and others approached Shen Lanxi angrily with dark faces.
"General Shen, if you treat Princess Wanhe like this, aren't you afraid that the Holy Emperor will find out about it and confiscate your family and exterminate your clan?"
Shen Yuanjing directly unfolded the imperial edict: "Everyone, you can see clearly. The imperial edict says that no one can If the trip is delayed, there is no exception for the princess!”
Xiao Fang: “If there is a war in the northwest, which one of you will be responsible? Mr. Cao or Mr. Zheng Zhu?”
Of course no one dares!
Shen Lanxi: "Whoever has an objection to the order I issued should stand up now!"
Who dares to do this when there is a holy edict in front of him? They dared to bet that if any of them dared to stand up, Shen Lanxi's men would definitely accuse them of resisting the imperial decree and disrespecting the emperor!
Cao Ziling and others had dark faces, those who got on their horses, and those who rode in the carriages.
We traveled day and night, and finally arrived at Xiling after five days.
Xiling is one of the five major cities leading to the northwest. It is very close to the northwest. Hu merchants from outside the region can be seen in the city, and many foreign businessmen are shuttled on the streets. People here have become accustomed to it. !
For example, the imperial court's request for food and salary reports has been delayed, and the officials in charge of food and grass are under tremendous pressure every day. This time they arrived in Xiling, the pressure was even worse.
The folk customs in the northwest are fierce and fierce, and they will start fighting at the slightest disagreement. The closer to the city in the northwest, the more chaotic it becomes. In the past, when the Wei Jiajun was there, the northwest was relatively stable and united because of the Wei Jiajun's suppression. Now that the Wei Jiajun is gone, robberies and armed fights occur at every turn, and the local government office is in name only!
After reading the news, Shen Lanxi handed the note out and asked them to pass it around one by one.
"Xiling has been divided by many parties. We will not enter the city and camp outside the city!"
"Yes!"
Xiao Fang and others immediately went to make arrangements.
After a while, Shen Yuanjing came to report to Shen Lanxi: "Cao Ziling, Zhou Yunyue and others are unwilling to obey the arrangements and have to go to the city to rest!"
Shen Lanxi sneered: "Let them go, how can a trip to the northwest be possible? There's no blood."
"Is it Cao Ziling who is making the fuss?"
Shen Yuanjing: "It's him!"
Shen Lanxi took a deep breath: "We want to unite as one. We need to make the troublemakers disappear, do you understand?”
Shen Yuanjing and others moved.
Ban Sicao: "I'll do it. I'm the best at this. I'll make sure he disappears naturally!"
Everyone looked at Ban Sicao with expressions that were hard to describe!
After Shen Yuanjing returned to the wedding team, he immediately said to everyone: "The general said, you are free to go wherever you go, but you must not forget what you are here for. If something goes wrong, you will bear the consequences yourself. Take it!" Cao Ziling sneered in his heart, a woman can only scare people!
Zhou Yunyue had been in a trance for the past five days and was distracted. When she heard that Cao Ziling was going to take the marriage delegation into the city to rest, she immediately expressed her support.
She really couldn't stand the journey for several days!
If the final result is that she must go to get married, then she must enjoy everything that she has not enjoyed in the palace before. Otherwise, when we get to the northwest, who knows what it will be like there.
I heard from people at the inn that the northwest is very short of water. You can’t take a bath twice a year, and it takes several months to wash your hair. When thinking of that scene, Zhou Yunyue burst into tears and hated it. Grit your teeth.
The marriage team left quickly, and Shen Lanxi said to Cheng Zheng beside her: "Writing a memorial, don't you need me to teach you how to write it?"
Cheng Zheng wrote in a few strokes: "Cao Ziling of the Ministry of Rites insisted on going his own way and led the marriage team into Xiling City. He did not want to be assassinated by foreigners and put the princess in danger..." He wrote this and showed it to Shen Lanxi.
Shen Lanxi reminded: "Cao Ziling died on the spot." This needs to be included.
Cheng Zheng made some slight revisions and continued to write vigorously.
Not long after the news about Feige spread, she also received a reply from the capital.
“Shen Lanxi is given the right to collect grain from the northwest, including the northwest army. From now on, grain and grass can be collected from the northwest!”
After Shen Yuanjing finished reading, he handed the note to Shen Lanxi.
"Tell me what you think." Shen Lanxi said with faint eyes.
Xiao Fang: "It would be great if Lao Liu was here!"
Qian Feng glanced at Xiao Fang: "You must tell the truth!"
Cheng Zheng Wrote: "Let us collect grain, what about taxes?"
Shen Lanxi sneered and said: "The imperial court is really well-calculated. They take the taxes and let us figure out the food ourselves. Is it possible that we really have to ask the people for food?"
Qian Feng frowned. Said: "The land in the northwest is barren. After the people pay taxes, there is basically nothing left. If they encounter bad solar terms, they will starve. If they encounter bad thoughts, people in the western Beijing city will starve to death!"< br>
Shen Lanxi: "You definitely can't ask for food from the people."
Ban Sicao understood.
“What kind of power to collect grain? The court has made it clear that it does not want to give grain!”
Shen Lanxi: It’s not easy, I finally understand!
“If you want the horse to run, but don’t want to let it eat grass, then the horse will have no choice but to kick!”
A few people looked at Shen Lanxi in unison, what do you mean?
That night, a group of thieves quietly sneaked into Xiling City and went straight to the official residence of Xiling!
On the second day, in addition to the assassination of the marriage team, a large amount of property was stolen from the mansions of Xiling officials.
Rumors spread for a while.
“Some people see that it was a foreigner who did it, hush, keep your voice down, let people hear it and we won’t even think about living.”
“I guess the foreigner wants to ruin the marriage!”
“Does this need to be estimated? Anyone with a discerning eye can see it at a glance!”
“Did something happen to the princess?”
"No, I heard that a man named Cao blocked the princess's knife."
"The government, which usually never sees anyone, is going crazy today. It was the third time it was searched just now."
>"Are you not crazy? I heard that the whole house was stolen!"