Chapter 1008
The Eunuch Eating Watermelons and Watching the West 5
Chapter 1008 The Eunuch Eating Watermelons and Watching the West 5
The emperor did not kill Han Wenxing, but instead recruited him into his own service.
This is a talent, it would be a waste to kill him.
The emperor asked someone to impersonate Han Wenxing, but he was found by people in the brothel.
The emperor became interested in this brothel and wanted to take it into his own hands.
The Imperial Guards began to investigate the boss behind this brothel.
In order not to alert the enemy, their actions were very covert.
The people in the brothel found the whereabouts of the fake Han Wenxing and told the imperial concubine.
The imperial concubine sent her men to find Han Wenxing and bought the colorless and odorless poison.
The emperor narrowed his eyes and asked his men to keep a close eye on the imperial concubine.
The imperial concubine used the chess piece in her hand to send the poison to Concubine An.
In the previous life, Anpin’s family played a big role in the downfall of the imperial concubine’s family.
Concubine An was made a concubine due to the merits of her mother's family. Later, she gave birth to a son and was very popular in the harem.
The imperial concubine hated the emperor and also hated Concubine An.
She couldn't let others suspect that she was the one who killed the emperor. She wanted to be a noble concubine and protect her natal family.
Then, the best person to take action is Concubine An.
The imperial concubine used all her chess pieces and went through many twists and turns before she managed to get the poison into Concubine An's hands.
If the emperor died, other people would only find out that the medicine was obtained by Concubine An from Concubine Shu.
If we continue the investigation, we will only find the Defei.
The imperial concubine didn't know the true face of the virtuous concubine in her previous life, but she was jealous of her.
Defei had always enjoyed a glorious life. Later, she gave birth to a son, who became the new emperor, and she took the position of empress dowager.
Oh, now that the emperor is dead in this life, can she still give birth to a son?
Still want to be the queen mother?
The imperial concubine sneered, waiting for her enemies to perish one after another.
Little did she know that her every move was being watched by the emperor.
Emperor: "It seems that the concubine did not have a very good life in her previous life."
He could think about what he had done in his previous life.
The imperial concubine's family holds military power, which makes the emperor wary.
In fact, the emperor had good abilities and a broad mind, and would not easily doubt or fear his subjects.
But the imperial concubine's family was too domineering and arrogant. They thought they had made great contributions and had military power, and they looked down on anyone except the emperor.
Very similar to Nian Gengyao.
Nowadays, the emperor can still endure it.
But if they don't restrain themselves, the emperor will definitely take action against them.
Is the imperial concubine reborn to avenge herself?
Ah.
The emperor sneered and gave the order.
When the bottle of so-called "poison" fell into the hands of the emperor, all the secret connections of the imperial concubine in the palace were eliminated.
The emperor brought the "poison" to the imperial concubine's palace and placed the "poison" in front of the imperial concubine.
After seeing the "poison", the imperial concubine realized that she had been discovered and she could not take revenge.
The imperial concubine cursed angrily, opened the bottle cap, and drank all the "poison" in one breath.
She closed her eyes and waited for death, but after a long time, she did not wait for death, but only waited for the emperor's mocking laughter.
The imperial concubine's face was red and purple.
Even if I were reborn, I couldn't beat the emperor!
The emperor left.
But later, news came from the imperial concubine's palace that the imperial concubine had died.
Although the emperor spared the concubine's life, the concubine herself did not want to live anymore.
She had had enough of the life in the cold palace in her previous life and didn't want to experience it again in this life.
When the emperor heard the report from the palace servant, he sighed and said, "Bury her with the ceremony of a noble concubine." The emperor did not strip her of her title and gave her some dignity after her death.
When the news spread outside the palace, everyone heard that the imperial concubine had suddenly died of a serious illness.
The imperial concubine's family didn't believe it and thought it was done by other women in the harem, so they went to the palace to ask for an explanation.
The emperor produced evidence that the imperial concubine had purchased poison.
He did not say that the imperial concubine bought the poison to kill the emperor, and only let the imperial concubine's family guess for themselves.
The imperial concubine's family members did not dare to investigate the cause of her death any further, and the emperor said a few more ambiguous words.
The imperial concubine's family felt the crisis.
The original idea of becoming the new emperor's in-laws was abandoned, and the imperial concubine's family handed over the military power.
The emperor also gave them some respect, allowing their family to live peacefully in the capital.
The situation of having the house confiscated as in the previous life will not happen again.
The previous dynasty was stable.
The harem became anxious.
The death of the imperial concubine frightened all the women and they began to become suspicious.
After all, the imperial concubine had always been in good health, how could she suddenly die of an acute illness? !
I’m just afraid that someone will attack the imperial concubine.
who can that be?
The women looked at the people around them, suspecting that the murderer was among them, and that they might be the next target.
The concubines lived in fear and anxiety.
In such a panic, some of their tricks were exposed.
As a result, the emperor dealt with many of his concubines' spies.
The emperor really didn't expect that the struggle in his harem would be even more intense than that of the previous dynasty.
Why can't they just be content?
Liu Shu laughed: You are a big pig's hoof beneficiary, what qualifications do you have to make demands on others?
The incident of the Imperial Concubine made the women in the harem more restrained, and the harem was peaceful for a while.
In the previous dynasty, the emperor finally bought the method of drying salt.
It was really the salt tax this year that made the emperor so angry that he wanted to kill someone.
The emperor recruited his own confidants and sent people to the southeast coast to open salt fields.
Summer is coming, and this is a good time to dry salt.
Two months later, the confidant sent someone to deliver the salt that was dried in the sun, which was better than the salt that was boiled.
After all, the salt is dried according to the method given by the system, and the salt produced is refined salt that is almost the same as modern table salt. It is white and looks like snow, and is a hundred times better than the bluish-white coarse salt.
The cost of these refined salts is cheaper than those coarse salts.
People can buy twice as much refined salt for the same price.
At that time, who would buy coarse salt from salt merchants?
The emperor knew that the salt merchants had hoarded a large amount of crude salt and were planning to raise the price.
Haha, if they launch the refined salt now, they won’t be able to sell their coarse salt and they will all suffer huge losses.
As for the salt merchants being desperate and doing something...
If they have money but no army, they are just meat on the chopping board.
The reason why he didn't take action against them in the past was that he was afraid of causing fluctuations in the salt market, but now that he has refined salt as a base, the emperor is not afraid anymore.
The emperor ordered the sale of large quantities of refined salt while mobilizing troops to the south of the Yangtze River.
There were also troops stationed in Jiangnan, but the emperor did not trust the officials there.
Many officials in Jiangnan are in collusion with salt merchants. If the army in Jiangnan is really mobilized to capture salt merchants, not only will they fail to catch them, but it may also cause unrest.
This time, the emperor was well prepared. Almost all the officials in Jiangnan had collapsed, and the salt merchants had no backing.
Some salt merchants who did business honestly were fine, but those who colluded with officials and businessmen to resell private salt were all confiscated and exiled.
The crude salt they hoarded was sold to ordinary people at a price half as cheap as refined salt.
The people of Jiangnan applauded and praised the emperor's wisdom.
The people in other provinces also ate cheaper salt and also gave the emperor a sign of longevity.