The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Jia Xu's words silenced the entire imperial study room.

The palace maid who was about to serve the mung bean soup to Wei Zheng was so shocked that her hands shook, and the porcelain bowl made in Jingdezhen fell to the ground and shattered.

"Slaves deserve to die! Slaves deserve to die!"

The palace maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she knelt down with a plop, kowtowing, and trembling all over.

"Things without eyes!"

Gao Huai was furious and was about to step forward to beat and scold him.

Li Chengdao waved his hand and said calmly: "It's okay, you all should step aside first, and don't blame her."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Naturally, Gao Huai did not dare to violate Li Chengdao's words. After bowing and bowing, he withdrew, and the palace maid also withdrew.

Only Changsun Wuji, Jia Xu and other close ministers were left in the imperial study.

"When did these rumors start?"

Li Chengdao put the bowl on the table and asked calmly.

Jia Xu lowered his head slightly and replied: "In the past few days, the news came back from the Shadow Guards who dispersed."

After Jia Xu finished speaking, Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this matter must be investigated strictly! Those who spread these rumors are deliberately backpedaling and want to shake the stability of the Tang Dynasty!"

As a top think tank, he could see the danger behind this matter at a glance.

The people are all superstitious. This time we encounter a severe drought that is rare in a century. Even if the court is well prepared to deal with it, the people will inevitably be affected and suffer losses.

At this time, someone suddenly came out and said that this was a disaster from heaven, and put all the responsibility on the emperor. It would be easy to direct the dissatisfaction of the people towards Li Chengdao.

As a monarch, the most important thing is to be honest. If the people all believe that the drought is caused by Li Chengdao's improper access to the throne, it will be very troublesome for a long time.

"Whoever spreads these rumors should be damned!"

Wei Zheng, who had always been steady, rarely got angry, and his face looked very ugly.

Li Chengdao spent millions of taels of silver to ensure peace for the people, preventing this once-in-a-century drought from the tragedy of exchanging children and leaving corpses everywhere. This alone can be called a wise king. !

However, this move not only failed to win praise, but instead earned slander!

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have ordered the Shadow Guards to investigate this matter thoroughly. No matter what means are used, they will be thoroughly investigated!"

Jia Xu said through gritted teeth, feeling extremely unhappy.

Everyone in the room was furious, but Li Chengdao, who was the one being slandered, looked indifferent and didn't care.

"Your Majesty, do you want to order a strict ban on the spread of such rumors and arrest and punish all those who discussed it? This way we will surely find the source of the spread."

Du Ruhui suggested.

However, Li Chengdao shook his head and said: "There is no need. The pure will be pure by themselves, and the turbid will be turbid. I ask myself that what I have done is worthy of the people. Why should I care about these rumors?"

"People follow blindly. Using strict measures to prevent the spread of rumors will only be counterproductive. Just wait and see what happens."

Li Chengdao is very open-minded. In the past, he might have been angry, but after experiencing so many things, he has been able to look at it coldly.

"Your Majesty is benevolent."

After hearing Li Chengdao's words, everyone was amazed and bowed down one after another.

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Rumors that the drought was caused by Li Chengdao's improper position and a disaster from heaven spread quickly, and rumors spread all over the place.

Although the imperial court responded adequately to this drought and saved the people from starving to death, the people who suffered the most direct losses from the drought were the people, so it is normal to have resentments.

Therefore, after this rumor spread, it actually gained the approval of many people.

"This drought is unprecedented. It must be a punishment from the Tang Dynasty!"

"Since ancient times, saints have appeared when the water in the Yellow River is clear. Why is there a drought this time when the water in the Yellow River is clear? Is it true that the emperor cannot be recognized by heaven..."

"You are all farting! In previous droughts, hundreds of thousands of people did not die. This drought, His Majesty arranged for the court to provide disaster relief in time, so that we common people can survive. Otherwise, how could you be here talking nonsense!"

"That's right, if a saint like your majesty cannot be recognized by heaven, then this god is really blind!"

"His Majesty has suffered from such a severe drought just over a year since he took the throne. How could it be such a coincidence if it weren't for the wrath of God."

"It seems that the emperor's sins of killing were too heavy, which made God dissatisfied..."

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Rumors like this spread everywhere. Although many people supported and believed in Li Chengdao, more people followed blindly. For a while, this dangerous fishing boat gained the upper hand, and it was spread everywhere that "the emperor has no virtue and brings disasters to the people."

Because of Li Chengdao's instructions, the court only refuted the rumors, but did not take any severe measures to stop the spread of the rumors, so the rumors became more and more intense.

On the other hand, Jia Xu personally ordered the Shadow Guard to investigate the rumors thoroughly, and he finally found the source of the rumors.

It turned out to be a rumor spread privately by several grain merchants, and the reason was very simple.

This time, Li Chengdao asked the court to provide disaster relief and forcibly intervened to macro-control grain prices to ensure that grain prices would not soar. This move undoubtedly violated the interests of grain merchants.

Therefore, in order to retaliate, these grain merchants made up this rumor and spread it with hatred to slander Li Chengdao.

Originally I just wanted to relieve my anger, but I didn't expect that this rumor would spread so widely and be believed by so many people. It was such a big fuss.

They thought they did it flawlessly, but they still underestimated the methods of Jia Xu and the Shadow Guard.

This time, Jia Xu did not ask Li Chengdao for instructions, but directly arrested these grain merchants, ransacked their homes and exterminated their families, showing the ruthless methods of a generation of poisonous men.

But even this couldn't stop the spread of rumors, which made him very annoyed.

Royal study.

"Your Majesty, I am not doing my job well, please punish me!"

Jia Xu knelt in front of Li Chengdao's Long Case and said with a look of remorse. He found out the source but was unable to stop the rumors. In his opinion, this was his fault.

Li Chengdao was dealing with government affairs. Hearing this, he smiled faintly and said, "Get up. What does it look like for the servants to kneel like this? You can spread the word as much as you like. Do you think I am the one who cares about these things?"

"I left a bowl of iced mung bean soup for you, drink it."

Hearing Li Chengdao's words, Jia Xu's nose suddenly felt sore. He suppressed the emotion in his heart, stood up, picked up the bowl of mung bean soup, and drank it all in one gulp. ..