It's a coincidence.

As soon as Zhou Ming left, Gao Jing came to see him with a heavy face.

Jing Hedi was drinking ginseng tea while listening to his report on the situation.

"Your Majesty, I have heard a lot of rumors in the capital recently..." Gao Jing was a little hesitant, "I don't know whether to say it or not."

"What's wrong with saying? Are there still fewer rumors during this period?" Jing Hedi said disapprovingly.

The people in the capital are the most reckless.

Because they are at the feet of the emperor, they can have a little relationship with nobles and officials, so they are more confident than anyone else.

There has never been something they dare not discuss.

Since September this year, everyone has been eating melons very well.

Especially when the two princes died suddenly, there was a lot of discussion.

Even Jinghe Emperor Capital heard about it. Someone talked about whether it was after King Ren who was demoted and thought that King Shou was a threat and wanted to eradicate him and become the only heir to the throne. After the success, he died inexplicably.

Such a discussion is infinitely close to the truth.

Fortunately, this kind of remarks does not occupy the mainstream, and everyone discusses them even more outrageously, so basically everyone is just talking nonsense and chatting and bragging.

Since Taizu, Dakang has never banned the people's remarks.

So there has never been a case like me in the Qing Dynasty. As you chat, there was a sudden situation where the secret spies of the yamen were invited to sit in the yamen.

Emperor Jinghe didn't care if he heard so much.

But even if he said that, Gao Jing was still a little hesitant, which surprised him and was a little impatient.

"Speak quickly!" The emperor put down the ginseng tea bowl and said unhappily: "Is there anything else that can hit me better?"

Gao Jing was naturally an insider about the death of the two princes, and he even knew more than Jing and Emperor.

Therefore, he also understood the emperor's meaning, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "That's right, there have been a lot of rumors about His Royal Highness De in the capital, which can also be said to be slander and slander. I have searched and searched everywhere, but I have not found the source of the rumors."

It’s worthwhile that Liu Mingqi has been trying to win over relationships with Gao Jing. The last half of what he said is already a defense to Liu Mingqi.

Jing Hedi smiled, "Didn't you keep talking about King Ning? Why did you talk about Mingqi? Come on, let's talk about it!"

"yes!"

Gao Jing said: "The rumors mainly come from several things. The first is what the people talked about before. King De is a saint respected by Confucianism and Legalism. If he does not serve as the prince and ascends the throne as the emperor, it will be contrary to the public opinion of the world."

Jing Hedi nodded: "Continue!"

"Second, the common people are talking about it. The spider-web-like sales network of Prince Yu's Mansion is very strange. If you didn't want to win people's hearts, why would you give money to the royal family for nothing? Isn't this obvious that you want to unite the royal family and let all the royal family support him to become the prince?

Third and most important. The people don’t know why, but they all know the explosion that happened at the gates of hell. They think that King De privately created such a powerful explosive, and did he want to make a mistake? Once you don’t choose him, he will take risks..."

Gao Jing can't continue to say the following words, it's really too ruthless.

But Jing and Emperor still heard the meaning clearly.

He said quietly: "What do you think?"

Gao Jing replied: "The first saint's remarks have always been there, but now the voice suddenly becomes louder, which is not surprising. But what surprised me was that the second and third words seemed to be deliberately distracting from your Majesty, you and His Highness, King De."

“Tell me specifically.”

"yes!"

Gao Jing continued: "That royal sales network has indeed won too many royal families, and hundreds of powerful royal families have been included, but if this is to win people's hearts, it is the most untenable.

First of all, His Highness King De has reported to you, Your Majesty, and you will take out a portion of the money you earned here and hand it over to the clan’s mansion to subsidize those poor clans.

Then this spider network was... before the palace changes took place. If King De had such a thought at that time, it would be too terrible!

Finally, and most importantly, if King De wants to inherit the throne, then what should he do to please those royal families without any power? Shouldn’t it be to let the prime ministers invest, let the nine imperial guards invest, let the six ministers and the five governors invest? These are the people who are qualified to discuss who can inherit the throne!"

The inaudible jaw head of Emperor Jinghe.

He didn't believe this at first glance.

Mingqi spoke openly about the significance of royal trade to himself from the very beginning, and he thought it was very good.

This will not only make the royal family live a better life, but will develop well in the future, but may also reduce the pressure of previous emperors. If you encounter a royal family, the queen, the queen and other harem masters, you will definitely give some money.

Although a family doesn’t give much, it’s a big number every year after dozens or hundreds of families.

Now that the clan’s sect’s mansion has taken over the mission, the in-house no longer has to be borne by the inner treasury.

For example, this year is the first year of the implementation of this kind of royal family trade, and the clan mansion received a dividend of 700,000 taels.

The Prince Yu Mansion is based on the shipment volume to each family and then asks them to pay 10% of the profit, so no one can make a false statement.

All of them, including Prince Yu's Mansion, have also been paid.

But because the royal alliance started to be established in May, it took only half a year to complete the entire battle, and it could actually be worth 700,000 taels of silver. So wouldn’t there be 1.5 million taels in a year, or even more?

Of course, even two million taels are not worth mentioning for the emperor's internal treasury income.

Not to mention the income of the mine royal farm that had been there every year, the annual grace order was at least a few million taels of silver, and the high-priced certificates also had a guaranteed income of five million taels.

But with this income, the royal family can do more things themselves. Those poor royal family members can have a fat New Year, so that they will not run to the palace to cry and make their mother cry again.

This is pretty good.

Jing Hedi thought he could continue to do this.

It is very reasonable for a capable royal family to eat meat, and a non-capable royal family to drink soup.

Gao Jing looked at Jing Hedi's indifferent expression, and while putting down half of the stone in his heart, he also mentioned the third message.

"As for the powerful explosives of the third point, I have never seen them, and I don't know what exactly." Gao Jing said in a calm voice, "But according to the rewards of the embroidered wardrobe guards present at that time, it is indeed powerful and extremely mysterious, as if it can explode in the water... You should be most familiar with this, Your Majesty."

Jing Hedi hesitated for a moment: "What if he could really make such explosives in large quantities, and the explosion is even more powerful than you think?"

"Then he can't do it." Gao Jing said firmly.

"Can you put it away and hand it over to the Ministry of Works?" asked Emperor Jing.

"Absolutely not possible!" Gao Jing bowed his head, "His Royal Highness De is actually more reliable, but there are many people in the Ministry of Works that can be exposed to this thing. Once someone is bribed, such as those with rebellious intentions, such as Shi Wei and the people of Xi Qiang, it will definitely be a huge disaster for us!"

"Um……"

Emperor Jing He also agreed with his statement and silently denied his ideas in his heart.

The Ministry of Works is not a sieve that leaks air everywhere, but there are indeed many people who can get in touch with this secret.

Once these people tell others, the secret will not be kept.

It would be better to let Mingqi stay... Well, Mingyu and Shuang girl were also doing it with him. I heard that they had separate procedures and didn't know the whole process, so it should be relatively safe.

"They still have great uses now, and they are related to the Gate of Ghost." Jing Hedi said carefully: "When two or three years have passed and the Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate of Gate, I will let Mingqi seal it."

Gao Jing had long known that both sides of the Gate of Hell were spending a lot of money to rebuild the river.

I thought the emperor wanted to completely bypass the gate of hell, but I didn’t expect it to eliminate the gate of hell?

Thinking of the powerful explosives he mentioned that King De made, Gao Jing suddenly realized.

It turns out that it's for this!?

But until he left, Gao Jing felt incredible.

Can the gates of hell that have not been able to be solved for thousands of years be solved so easily?

...

After Gao Jing left, Emperor Jinghe continued to close his eyes and rest.

Just when the palace maids and eunuchs thought he was asleep, he suddenly asked calmly: "Zhao Shou."

"I'm here!" Zhao Shou bowed his waist and said.

"What does it mean if these four rumors are all on one person?" the emperor asked lightly.

"It must be someone who did it deliberately." Zhao Shou expressed his judgment.

"Do you think it's... Mingguan?"

"No." Zhao Shou shook his head, "His Highness Ning is pure and gentle by nature. He is a bit like Your Majesty. He can't do such a thing."

"snort!"

Jing Hedi suddenly snorted coldly, "It's not him, but there are always people who want to make trouble! Do they think that doing so will make me suspicious of Mingqi and thus destroy the dragon in my royal family?"

Zhao Shou did not say anything because the emperor was talking to himself.

After saying this, Emperor Jing He did not ask him again.

Just as Zhao Shou wanted to get up and retreat, Jing Hedi sighed faintly again.

"But Mingqi... is so outstanding... can my prince suppress him in the future?"

The emperor's voice was very soft, but Zhao Shou could still hear it clearly.

When Zhao Shou heard this, he was shocked and felt a little creepy.

He silently lowered his head and stepped back, thinking that he had heard nothing.
To be continued...